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ESO at GamesCom 2014

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Elder Scrolls Online had a booth at this year’s GamesCom gaming convention, held in Cologne, Germany. We took the opportunity to swing by and say hello to the community team and take a peak at the new 3v3v3 PvP mode that was first shown back at E3. People were lining up to get their hands on the new mode and experience small scale PvP action. We also had a chance to meet in person Jessica Folsom, which was a highlight of our day in its own right. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take video footage of the on-screen action, but from people’s reaction I think they had quite a good time.

ESO Interview with Maria Aliprando

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During our visit of the GamesCom gaming convention we hovered around Bethesda’s booth and managed to get our hands on Elder Scrolls Online. While playing, we had several game developers hanging around, helping us with any questions we might have. We kidnapped Mrs. Maria Aliprando, Gameplay Designer (in charge of Creature design, Combat design and various other gameplay mechanics) and demand that she answers some of the questions the ESO community wanted answered (we sent out a call for questions here).
 
Now that I think back, I think it was more us begging her to talk to us and her being gracious enough to do so. We talked about the famous Elder Scrolls books, mounts, soulgems, endgame, best in slot items, dungeons and various other systems. In part 2 of this interview (that will be made available shortly) we talked about PvP and the Finesse system as well. We hope you enjoy these community questions and answers and we would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs. Alipandro and all the developers present at the show floor for putting up with us.

 

Maria Aliprando

Maria Aliprando
Elder Scrolls Online
Gameplay Designer

We were playing the game and came across a bookscase, which made us ask our first interview question.
 
Q: How do books in Elder Scrolls Online work? In other Elder Scroll games some books would yield skill points. This is obviously not something we’ll see in ESO.
A: Books in Elder Scrolls Online come in various ways. There is a number of books you can collect that will randomly “drop” from bookcases you come across in the world. There are some books that are scattered around the world that stand by themselves and they obviously yield greater rewards. All the collected books will not go into your inventory as before, but there is an interface where you can browse all the books that you collected. What is special about books in Elder Scrolls Online is that if you join the Mages Guild you will advance some of your Mage Skills by collecting these “Mage Guild Books”. Mage skills can not be advanced like some other skills through usage, but instead you have to explore the world and find these books to upgrade your skills. There are also books not related to the Mages guild that you can collect for lore’s sake.
 
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ESO booth @ GamesCom video footage

We have had lots of Elder Scrolls Online related activity during GamesCom 2013. We managed to interview the developers and get our hands on some gameplay. As we prepare those articles for you we wanted to share with you the atmosphere at the Bethesda booth where gamers got a chance to play the game for the first time. As you can see, the lines are considerable and although there are plenty of computers available waiting to get your hands on one can take hours. People are still queuing up and the interest for the game is high. We’ll be providing you with our game impressions shortly.

GamesCom ESO Community Questions

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Bethesda and Zenimax Online will be making a rather big presence at this year’s GamesCom convention. This will be among the first times that ESO will be playable at the show floor for European gamers. As part of our GamesCom coverage we will be spending a hefty chunk of our time at the ESO booth trying to capture as much gameplay as possible and trying to get some answers from the developers about various TESO topics. This is where you – TESO fans come in. For every game we cover and have a chance to meet the game’s developers we give the community opportunity to present their questions to the developers. You ask, we deliver the questions and get you the answers. You can leave your questions for TESO developers in the comment section bellow or in this reddit thread or via our Twitter account and we will pick the best ones to take to the developers. Stay tuned in the next few days for gameplay footage and TESO discussions straight from GamesCom 2013!