During the lengthy Kinda Funny Gamecast interview mainly focused on Fallout, Bethesda's Todd Howard revealed a big Starfield update coming this week to the Steam beta branch. The first story expansion, Shattered Space, will be released this Fall.
11.04.2024 - 14:29 / mmorpg.com / Christina Gonzalez
The Elder Scrolls Online is celebrating its 10th anniversary and getting ready for the new Gold Road Chapter. The team just released a deep dive video on Scribing, the new feature coming in Gold Road that will let you customize your skills and play in new ways.
The video was originally part of the10th anniversary event in Amsterdam, but it's now available for convenient watching all on its own right here. Project Lead Kira Ross Schlitt walks us through Scribing, which is one of the features that will change how you can play ESO.
What is scribing? It is a system that the team intends to expand on roleplay and choices, Giving you ways to customize your skills. There are 11 skills, known as grimoires, you can customize in three different ways. Those three options are Focus scripts, which changes the abilities' main functions, Signature script, add some unique effects, and an Affix script, which adds a buff or debuff.
In order to unlock those 11 grimoires, you'll have to own the Gold Road Chapter. You’ll find Scribing quest givers near the Mages guilds when the content launches in June. Grab the questline and then work to complete it. The video shows off the process, Going through which grimoires you have unlocked and choosing which scripts you have access to and what they do. for an example, Soul Burst, has a Pull Focus Script to use.
Choices do have effects, as what script you choose might alter the type of resource a skill uses, its range, its cost, and other qualities. Focus scripts will change the most, while others, like Signature scripts offer flexibility in how you want to play your chosen class and skills. You could even sync them, in an example of choosing a healing Focus script and then choosing a signature script that boosts healing.
Picking some Focus scripts will lock you out of some signature scripts on that one character, since you can’t use them together. Scribing will require a learning curve, but could be one of the biggest changes in offering variety and customization in a long time.
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Bethesda director Todd Howard explained his vision for an Elder Scrolls adaptation during the red-carpet premiere of the Fallout TV series. Longtime fans of The Elder Scrolls have advocated for a live-action adaptation of the high fantasy action RPG series for years, but while many studios have expressed their interest in the chance to bring the land of Tamriel to film or television, the franchise has yet to branch out to either medium to this day.
Bethesda Game Studios director and executive producer Todd Howard has addressed the chances of a TV show based on The Elder Scrolls following the success of Amazon‘s Fallout TV series.
Despite Amazon's Fallout adaptation getting a very positive reception so far, it doesn't seem likely that other Bethesda properties will be getting the same treatment. At least, not on Todd Howard's watch.
With the Fallout TV show on Amazon Prime Video getting rave reviews, the question on everyone's mind is whether Bethesda will try to replicate that magic with the Elder Scrolls franchise.
With the Fallout series currently taking the world by storm, many Bethesda fans are wondering if the Amazon Prime Video exclusive could open the door for other adaptations. At the premiere of the new show in Los Angeles, IGN took the time to chat with Todd Howard about the likelihood of this happening, and things aren’t looking good. Sorry, Elder Scrolls fans.
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