The fantasy MMO The Elder Scrolls Online is expected to receive its largest update yet in the short history of the MMO next week.
As community manager Kai Schober writes in the official forum of The Elder Scrolls Online, it is assumed that Update 5 should arrive early next week. This would likely be early Tuesday morning for us Europeans. They do not want to make a definitive commitment, as later clarified by Gina Bruno, another community manager, this is the intention and goal. No guarantees are being made.
With Update 5, the transformation begins at The Elder Scrolls Online
Update 5 is likely the most extensive and profound update in the history of The Elder Scrolls Online. While previous updates mostly focused on introducing new gameplay content for the most advanced players, this current update gets to the heart of the matter, bringing new daily quests into the game, new item sets, and changing group searching. Additionally, there will be better facial animations for TESO, optional speech bubbles will be implemented, and they are working on class balancing, primarily aiming to strengthen stamina users and werewolves.
With a veteran edition of “City of Ash”, there will also be new gameplay content available right away.
TESO has received much praise for its new beginning in recent weeks
Update 5 ushers in a kind of restructuring, for which The Elder Scrolls Online has received much praise in recent weeks. Specialty sites like mmorpg.com highlighted TESO as a good example of how an MMO can recover from a somewhat rocky start. The proactive handling of problems, the constant improvement of the game, and the calm demeanor maintained are all highlighted as commendable.
Many fans are now asking at the end of the year what the announced console version of the game looks like. As of now, there are still no news on this. It is highly unlikely that Zenimax will meet the targeted date for the end of 2014. Soon, they aim to inform fans about the state of the port.
Update 2.11 15:30: It is now official, that Update 5 is definitely coming on Tuesday morning, November 3rd, to the European mega-server. Already on Monday evening our time, the Americans will have it.
