In the fantasy MMO The Elder Scrolls Online, a change to the PvP campaigns is coming. The Zenimax team has let fans discuss what these changes should look like. Now, an initial date has been mentioned.
Brian Wheeler, the PvP lead of TESO, has spoken up in the official forum and announced for the first time a date for when the planned changes should take place. With the third update, which Matt Firor had dated for the end of July in his letter to fans, the campaigns will also change.
There will not be a “clean” transition where the 90-day campaigns “naturally” expire and are then replaced by the likely 5 new campaigns. Instead, there will be an intermediate phase where the current campaigns will restart but then be terminated early. However, Wheeler promises that the campaigns will be ended in an orderly fashion, so that players will be awarded and rewarded based on their position on the leaderboards and their merits. This was not achieved in the only campaign that ended early, “Scourge”.
Duration of the campaigns significantly shortened
Currently, it is still being discussed to launch 5 new campaigns each for the EU and US megaserver, which have different rule systems. We have covered the backgrounds of the change in a major special at Mein MMO. The proposed rules for the 5 campaigns currently look like this:
- Bow of Shadows – Campaign for veterans – 5 days duration
- Blackwater Blade – Campaign for players who have not yet reached veteran level – 5 days duration
- Haderus and Chillrend – Campaigns for everyone – 7 days duration
- Thornblade – Campaign for everyone – 30 days duration
The duration of the campaigns is thus significantly reduced.
