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Latest news from the Elder Scrolls Online MMORPG.

ESO can now be purchased on Steam

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QuakeCon 2014 is in full swing and we got our first big news concerning Elder Scrolls Online. From today, ESO will be available for purchase on Steam. In addition to that, the game will be on sale for the duration of Quakecon 2014. so you can purchase the Standard edition on Steam for $30 and Imperial will set you back for $47.99. The game still requires you to have an ESO account and all that other stuff you are used to from a standalone client, but if you get it through Steam you get the friends overlay or you can even gift it to your steam friends. Another boon for those that choose to purchase the Imperial Version of the game through Steam right now is that they will get the Whiterun Wolfhound vanity pet. On the sale page it says that the vanity pet offer will last only until July 21st so you better hurry if you are planning to get it.

Existing subscribers are currently not able to import their game into Steam. If you add the game to steam it will not behave the same as if you purchase it there. We have to wait on Bethesda to give us import keys or something similar to be able to integrate our existing clients with Steam.

In other QuakeCon news related to Elder Scrolls Online we have “THE FUTURE OF ESO” panel happening on Friday where various developers should discuss what’s in store for different aspects of the game. Event is taking place on Friday, July 18th from 5:00PM to 7:00PM CDT on QuakeCon Ventrilo Main Stage. You can submit your questions to developers on the official ESO forums and Twitter ahead of time, and you may see them answered live at QuakeCon! (Please use the #ESO and #QuakeCon hashtags on Twitter.) If you are not at QuakeCon, you can watch the panel and Q&A live on Twitch at Twitch.tv/bethesda or later on the official ESO Youtube channel.

Beautiful Eastmarch

Eastmarch is a zone that Ebonheart Pact members get to visit around level 35. It is very well known to players of the Elder Scrolls series because it is part of the Skyrim map and home to Jarl Ulfric Stormcloak. I am currently playing a Nord Dragonknight and a few days ago I managed to fully complete Eastmarch. After letting my impressions settle for a while I must say that Eastmarch was, for me, by far the best looking land I’ve seen and played through so far in ESO.

I loved the quests as well and some of them were really among the best quest lines in the game and the Elder Scrolls series (for me at least). I also had that great moment when I entered a very important place and said to myself: “I’ve seen this before”. It was a place of power I visited during my adventures in Skyrim (part of the main story there as well) that managed to get stuck in my mind although it has been a while since I played. Bellow are some screenshots of Eastmarch that might better show the beauty of this zone. If roads ever take you towards Skyrim make sure you stop by for a pint (or three) of mead in Eastmarch.

What’s your favorite zone and screenshot so far in ESO?

Servers are down in preparation for launch

UPDATE: The North American and European megaservers are now back online, and open for the official launch of The Elder Scrolls Online. Welcome to Tamriel!

It is already April 4. in some countries and in preparation for the official launch day Zenimax brought down both the European and North American Megaserver to get everything ready for the big day. I can imagine a lot of celebration is going on in Zenimax offices right now and gamers across the globe are getting ready to enter the game and start exploring Tamriel. Exact time of when the servers will be up is still unknown, but we expect them live soon enough (a few hours from now perhaps?). In the meantime you can check out this nifty infographic Bethesda released on their blog about Elder Scrolls Online. You can find out how many character variations you can make, the number of books you can read, and how many mudcrabs you’d need to kill to reach level 50. I wonder if anyone will pick the mudcrab killing as their style of leveling up their character …

Click here to see the infographic image

Known Technical Issues for MAC Users

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This list consists of descriptions and solutions for error codes you might encounter while login to the Elder Scrolls Online.
 
I installed the OSX client on my Mac, but I can’t find the launcher

  • To find the Launcher manually, double-click the Macintosh HD icon on your desktop
    (If you cannot see your Macintosh HD, click on Finder on the toolbar along the top of the screen).
  • Select Preference from the drop down menu.
  • Place a check in the Hardrive box under Show These Items on Desktop.
  • Double click on the Applications folder.
  • Double click on the Zenimax Online folder.
  • Double click on the Launcher (it will have the ouroboros icon).

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ESO AMA on reddit

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For all of you who didn’t have a chance to join the ESO team on a special Reddit AMA today, we summarized the most important answers in the list below:

Your beta account is your live account, you won’t need to create a new one when the servers go live on the 30th (for pre-purchasers).
Also, if you have been in the beta and are going to play when ESO launches, don’t uninstall the game – when the servers go live, just run the same patcher as you always have, and any delta files will be downloaded from there. You don’t need a clean install. This will save you lots of time over completely re-downloading the game.
 
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ESO Patch Notes 0.182

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Elder Scrolls Online patch notes v0.182 brings many fixes and improvements to existing content and will be the last significant patch until launch. Many changes are made to Alliance war like campaign reassignment and guest campaign assignment cooldown is set to 12 hours, the cost to reassign your campaign is reduced from 100,000 AP to 15,000 AP and the XP from monster kills in Public Dungeons is significantly reduced. Many fixes and improvements to quests, animations, and gameplay. Tweaked many issues relating to UI. In the list below you can find out more about all changes.
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Monthly content will give you more

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Bethesda’s VP of PR, Pete Hines, in an interview for Gamespot said that ESO subscription will give players substantial additions every month.

“We’re also very confident in our ability to support [the sub fee] with content. And not content of the magnitude of, it’s a new month, here’s a new sword or here’s a funny hat — but content that is real and significant and it feels like regular and consistent DLC releases.”

He also claims that ESO will be different from all other F2P MMORPG titles and that its $14.99 subscription will be well worth it to anyone willing to dive in the world of Tamriel.

Another TESO Beta coming this weekend

TESO Beta weekend
 
The Elder Scrolls Online Twitter page just announced another TESO beta, set for the upcoming weekend (starting on March 14). In a short tweet, they also promised another set of beta invites would be sent tomorrow.
 
You can find original post here.
 
So far, one Beta key worked for all future Beta tests, so it’s safe to assume that it will be the same this time. However, if you haven’t grabbed that beta key, keep checking you email tomorrow, for your best shot to try the game before it’s released and give your feedback to the development team.
 
NDA is officially lifted, so you can share your videos, screenshots and thoughts about TESO beta, too.