In the fantasy MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online, there is currently bold silence. Until the console version is released, there is little to say. And there is no apology for that.
Last weekend, the Role-Play Convention took place in Cologne. That’s why there was so little to hear from our Cortyn over the weekend and into Monday: Roleplay lag.
The Elder Scrolls Online was represented in Cologne with a booth. The German cosplay artist Laura Jansen (Lightning Cosplay) and her fiancé posed as an elf and Nord for “Greetings from Tamriel” photos. It was well received; the two really look fantastic and are quite close to the original. The photo wall greetings were combined by Zenimax with a promo campaign: photos of players with the two cosplayers will be posted on Facebook. There are headsets to be won. A good thing.
The information situation is not quite as fantastic. How things will proceed after the release for PS4 and Xbox One on June 9 is still not really known. “Imperial City” is on the table. Fans would like to know more. The fan site ESO-Schatzsucher reports that Zenimax redesigned the Imperial City. It has hardly anything to do with what was announced last summer at the Guild Summit. So how does it look now? No one knows.
An interview with Matt Firor, which was broadcast live after Cologne, didn’t exactly provide many enlightening details about how things will progress with the PC version of TESO. A summary in the official forum led to some snippy comments: Much told, little said, could have been skipped.
The German community manager Kai Schober stepped in to explain the dilemma. The console launch in a few weeks requires a lot of attention. And it should be so. If any big announcements were made now, one would practically “steal the show” from themselves, which is not desired. Therefore, the event in Cologne was not the time for grand visions of the future.
Some announcements should happen on a grand scale. Conversely, some big events also demand special announcements. Therefore, and because the console release truly requires a lot of attention, there is currently silence until E3.
Players should expect information only after the console launch at E3.
The source for the three photos used in the article is the Facebook account of TESO.
