Last Questions for the Devs!

Hey guys, in about 12 hours I'm going to be going to the next Food Truck event in Mass to chat about the game and such (and maybe Sutch too, get it?).

I know there are a few questions that I forgot to ask, and there are probably some of you who still have them.

Post any and all questions here, and I'll do my best to get them answered!

-Sorry for starting this so late, I'm extremely busy right now...

my questin would be if there will be soul-bound items or will we be able to trade evrything to anyone. i ask this because i would like to know more about the economy and because i think soul-bound items arent realy helping the economy in game.

Fellow Aldmeri Dominioner... I need to know if factions will matter, or if it'll be just one big carebear PvE-style game... Could you please ask if people will be allowed to group with and chat with people from other factions? There's been some more confusion based on a video posted today by Richie Procopio over at massively, (who was the guy that originally said that Sage said there would be no faction locks past 50), and he now said that Paul said (at PAX) that people will NOT ONLY be able to group with people and chat with people at level 50, BUT, the whole game is going Carebear, because he plans to allow this from level 1, instead... So...

Are they destroying the game by taking off the faction locks, or NOT? The fans need to know... Thx.

Are stamina/magicka skills spread between different skill trees? IE are class skills all magicka and weapon/armor all stamina? Or are there some in both?

(March 28th 2013, 06:57 PM)Dreehv Wrote: Are stamina/magicka skills spread between different skill trees? IE are class skills all magicka and weapon/armor all stamina? Or are there some in both?

I can quickly answer this one:

Some skills use magicka, such as the ability to quickly summon a weapon and deal extra damage, or spells with special attack styles or teleports. Others used Stamina, sometimes significant amounts (at least, compared to the low quantity I started with).

I bet there will be other special attacks that use both stamina AND magicka, while our ultimate abilities have been rumored to not need either!

Honestly, the only thing I really want to know is when they are going to release some actual gameplay footage from the player's point of view with the UI and everything. I'm sure the answer is some variant of "in the following weeks to months". *sigh*

(March 28th 2013, 08:19 PM)Tabbycat Wrote: Honestly, the only thing I really want to know is when they are going to release some actual gameplay footage from the player's point of view with the UI and everything. I'm sure the answer is some variant of "in the following weeks to months". *sigh*

Yes I will be ripping them a new one for this.

If the developers don't start releasing footage, the community will (without permission).
We obviously want to avoid that!

(March 28th 2013, 06:56 PM)UncleBress Wrote: my question would be if there will be soul-bound items or will we be able to trade evrything to anyone.

I can say with CERTAINTY that I remember hearing that there is indeed summonable daedric armor in the game. I overheard this in a discussion about what the current Hot Build was in the Zenimax offices, something like a tanking healer.

We will also see mundus stones (standing stones) which may provide us with something along those lines; who knows?

(March 28th 2013, 08:19 PM)Tabbycat Wrote: Honestly, the only thing I really want to know is when they are going to release some actual gameplay footage from the player's point of view with the UI and everything. I'm sure the answer is some variant of "in the following weeks to months". *sigh*

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(March 28th 2013, 08:33 PM)Terminus Zaire Wrote:

(March 28th 2013, 08:19 PM)Tabbycat Wrote: Honestly, the only thing I really want to know is when they are going to release some actual gameplay footage from the player's point of view with the UI and everything. I'm sure the answer is some variant of "in the following weeks to months". *sigh*

Yes I will be ripping them a new one for this.

If the developers don't start releasing footage, the community will (without permission).
We obviously want to avoid that!

(March 28th 2013, 06:56 PM)UncleBress Wrote: my question would be if there will be soul-bound items or will we be able to trade evrything to anyone.

I can say with CERTAINTY that I remember hearing that there is indeed summonable daedric armor in the game. I overheard this in a discussion about what the current Hot Build was in the Zenimax offices, something like a tanking healer.

We will also see mundus stones (standing stones) which may provide us with something along those lines; who knows?

I dont know if you understaned right what i meaned, maybe i didnt put it right, i meaned if there will be some items which ara bound on your character ( bound on pick up/ bound on equip). This items cannot be traded to other player, if you want to sell them you only can sell to npc.

But now i also want to know more about this daedric armor :D

PS: another realy important question for me is:

Would it be possible for me to play with my friends even though we have huge level differences to each other without any kind of lost on progression or experiance gain. For example in guild wars 2 if i was lvl 30 and a friend of mine did just start to play this game and we both want to quest together, so i could just teleport to the area where he is questing and my current level and stats get scaled down for this area.So we have both no exp loss and i as" high lvl player" have also somekind of challange in this area.

I hope you can understand what i mean :)

When is the next beta event and how many invites are going out?
And ask about Night blades, see if they can give us some info on their abilities etc.

- Is the game stereoscopic 3D Vision compatible?

- AMD Eyefinity or Nvidia Surround (Triple-display).

- DX11 or DX9?

- List DX11 features.

Hey Terminus Can you please ask if the exploration gameplay will be similar to Skyrim, meaning you will stumble upon hundreds (or thousands) of mini-dungeons, caves, camps and all manner of Skyrim'esque Points of Interest in the world to explore. I know the leaked video mention ed exploration but it only mentioned finding questgivers. That isn't exactly the same thing as my personal favorite activity in Skyrim was to wander off the beaten path and explore those marvelous P.O.I.'s, if those styles of content isn't in game then it is not really an TES game IMO. I always found that open world the defining characteristic of a TES game and not the First Person....but thats another subject netirely. So please be kind to an older gamer and find out for me. I've even gone so far as to email Zenimax but havnt had a response yet, and no one in all the interviews or article since the press event and PAX has asked that question. Thanks.

(March 28th 2013, 09:21 PM)Zederok Wrote: Hey Terminus Can you please ask if the exploration gameplay will be similar to Skyrim, meaning you will stumble upon hundreds (or thousands) of mini-dungeons, caves, camps and all manner of Skyrim'esque Points of Interest in the world to explore. I know the leaked video mention ed exploration but it only mentioned finding questgivers. That isn't exactly the same thing as my personal favorite activity in Skyrim was to wander off the beaten path and explore those marvelous P.O.I.'s, if those styles of content isn't in game then it is not really an TES game IMO. I always found that open world the defining characteristic of a TES game and not the First Person....but thats another subject netirely. So please be kind to an older gamer and find out for me. I've even gone so far as to email Zenimax but havnt had a response yet, and no one in all the interviews or article since the press event and PAX has asked that question. Thanks.

There was an interview where they talked about this, give me a bit time and i'll find it for you, if in the mean time someone isnt fasther then me and post it :D

Edith: but i also hope there will be many many dungeons,caves,ruines and mines to explore like skyrim.
Got it. I hope it may answer the question for you,or at least a bit.

http://youtu.be/oqw4wP_m118?t=54s

(March 28th 2013, 09:11 PM)Velaskae Wrote: And ask about Night blades, see if they can give us some info on their abilities etc.

yea man, have them dish some info on the Nightblades, fo sho