Here are a few of the things that jumper out at me from the AMA:
Q: Hi guys, I noticed that people were encoutring buged quest a lot during the last beta test, but not the people on pts servers, i guess this is related to the number of player on the last beta, how can you assure us that that is not going to happen at lunch where the number of people is gonna be much bigger ?? thanks
A: We found the underlying problem that caused that series of bugs (similar problems across a wide variety of quests) that made the last beta frustrating for players and those fixes will show up on PTS on Monday and will be live for early access. We’re pretty sure we found all of them, but we will remain vigilant and will fix anything else that may crop up.
Q: You mention starter island being able to be skipped in your previous response. My question is are you going to make the NPC more identifiable that gives the quest? I spent a good 20 minutes just trying to locate the NPC and found I had to go up and talk to everyone before I found the right one.
A: Absolutely – that was the change I talked about in another answer. We moved the NPC who tells you about the island directly in front of you when you leave your house/boat in Vukhel Guard/Daggerfall/Davons Watch. This change has been made on our internal dev server and will be pushed to PTS early next week – and will be up for early access. Short story: if you want to go to the islands, now it is much easier to do so. Or, if you want to start exploring your first major zone, you can do that too. It’s your choice.
Q: Thank you guys for taking the time to chat with the community. I am wondering if there are any plans to implement a few features I have felt are missing. These features are:
- (1) The ability to add additional guild ranks
- (2) Some form of noticeable party leader identification
- (3) An ability to blacklist player accounts from a guild
A: Yes. Yes. Not currently, but certainly this is something we could discuss. Right now, your guild is tied to your account, so people will know not to invite people they don’t want.
Q: Why do you guys hate healers so much? :( By which I mean, there are SO many different and unique ways to build a dps character, less so for a tank (but still a fair number of options)…but for healers we get pidgeon-holed into Templar’s restoring light tree and/or restoration staff weapon.
A: I think you have a very reasonable concern about the depth of healing builds versus dps builds. We are currently building several new skills for release in future patches, and while I can’t confirm the specifics, many new healing and support spells will be included. (We do love healers, I swear!)
Q: I am generally pleased with how crafting works. However, I was wondering if you had any plans to implement poisons to be applies to weapons in the future. Half of alchemy in TES was in creating poisons.
A: You can expect poisons to become a part of alchemy before long. More details to come!
Q: Cheers! Is there a reasoning that the Khajiit passive Carnage doesn’t work with Bow/Ranged attacks?
A: That’s a bug. Whoops! I thought we fixed it already. I’ll check to make sure that’s fixed today! Should be good to go for launch.
