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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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Dungeon Questions Answered

In the most recent “Ask Us Anything” article the ESO development team decided to take some questions on a subject everyone wants to know a little more about;dungeons. No Elder Scrolls game would be complete without a ton of different caves, tombs, and other interesting areas to explore and loot for treasure, and given the size and scope of this game it is a safe bet that there will be more areas to explore than in any previous Elder Scrolls title.

Given that this is a different style of Elder Scrolls game than ever before there are a few questions as to how the dungeons will work. Can they be attempted by a solo player? Will there be lock out timers? Will we ever discover cookies at the end of  creepy cave? All these questions, and more, are answered in the full article.

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Exploring ESO Dungeons: An Inside Look

Instead of doing an “Ask Us Anything” feature this week, the developers of The Elder Scrolls Online decided to give players an inside look at what they can expect when exploring one of the games many dungeons. There is information on how the different player roles can be useful given the game’s open ended skill system, as well as what kind of behavior players can expect from the different enemies they encounter.

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