In the fantasy MMO The Elder Scrolls Online players’ inventory is set to become significantly more organized soon. With Update 6, a compartment inventory system will be introduced in TESO.
In every MMO, players demand larger bags because they clutter the old ones with junk they probably will never use, but they don’t want to discard it either, as they may never get it back.
The trend is towards compartments – and The Elder Scrolls Online follows it
“Where did I leave my horse again? Where was that artifact I got from Raid X two years ago? And why on earth do I never have space in my bags!” These are typical expressions of an MMO hoarder. These should soon be a thing of the past. This is a genre-wide trend. It can often be observed in MMOs: When a game finds a sensible solution to a comfort issue, others follow suit. And when a game introduces a new feature (like the followers at the moment), other games follow suit with some delay.
Oldie World of Warcraft has gradually switched to such a compartment system over the past years. Currently, there are tabs for mounts, toys, and pets. The Elder Scrolls Online, being a newer game, doesn’t want to be left behind and is currently working on a “nicer” solution than the current one, which is “This space in my bank belongs to the mud crab.”
Compartment system triggers “Gotta catch ’em all” instinct
In last night’s ESO Live, we got to see a screenshot of the new inventory system featuring its own tabs for pets, mounts, and costumes. Here they opted for a compartment system – just like in WoW.
Beautifully arranged, there are spaces for all available pets. The creatures that you already have will then pose in their boxes. Naturally, players want to fill the empty slots. Additionally, there is also a progress bar, which rises with each obtained pet, mount, or costume.
We will probably learn more about Update 6 at the beginning of December
This compartment system is supposed to come with Update 6. Besides that, little is known about what exactly will be included in Update 6, the last one for 2014. They are probably saving that for the next producer letter from Matt Firor, which is expected to be released after the Thanksgiving weekend in the USA. So at the beginning of December. Last Friday in the streaming show ESO Live, the focus was mainly on bug fixes and solving issues that Update 5 brought in the last weeks.
Here you can already take a look at the new model – and if you want, enjoy the entire ESO Live episode as well.
