MMORPG for Elder Scrolls is getting the last update of the year today, and players aren’t celebrating everything that’s new

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Paid companions as well as extensive PvP adjustments and innovations – these are the core features of the upcoming Update 44 of The Elder Scrolls Online. This is not enough for various players.

Update from October 28, 2024: Today Update 44 is released for the PC/Mac versions of The Elder Scrolls Online. The patches for Xbox and PlayStation will follow on November 13, 2024. The developers have now published further preview articles for individual features of the free content package:

What exactly comes with Update 44? Via Expecting you:

  • 4vs4 and 8vs8 PvP battlegrounds
  • 7 new maps for the PvP battlegrounds
  • Power-ups for the battlefields
  • 6 new PvP armor sets
  • Curated item sets from the Imperial City
  • 10 percent more Alliance Points and Tel Var Stones for ESO Plus members
  • New Grimoire of Scripture: Banner Bearer
  • 2 new companions: Zerith-Var and Tanlorin (for ESO Plus or via the Crown Store, via elderscrollsonline.com)
  • Added support for 14 focus scripts
  • 4 new skill styles
  • HDR support for PC
  • New homes and furniture
  • New achievements and titles
  • Tutorial update

    • Update 44 is scheduled to be released as a free update on October 28, 2024 for the PC and Mac and on November 13, 2024 for the consoles.

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    Lots of criticism for new update

    How does the community rate the upcoming patch? Various players have gathered under the developers’ post on X to discuss the quality of the update. First the more critical posts:

  • Silaf misses ESO’s old content update structure (via X): “So instead of a DLC like Clockwork City, we get this…”
  • xTalinHawkx writes on This is mostly just PVP stuff and lacks quite a bit of the real content that players want. That means: Do better in the future.”
  • Colorado9494 the innovations don’t go far enough (via X): “Sorry guys, that’s not enough. We need more significant changes to PvP.”
  • Alex points out the fine print (via X): “The * is very important. The companions do not end up in the game for free with the update, as has always been the case before, they are in the crown shop. Wouldn’t doubt it if you had to pay 3,000 crowns for them.”

    • But there are also some positive comments about the upcoming patch:

  • Eric Scho writes on X: “Two new companions, that’s great.”
  • Lala Calamari explains on X: “I’m really looking forward to the PvP update.”
  • Redd has a message on X for someone else: “7 NEW BG CARDS 🫢. @Lord_ZelePvP: Will you complain less now?”

    • How does MeinMMO editor Karsten Scholz rate the update and the reactions? In recent interviews I have repeatedly asked how the new Elder Scrolls Online update structure is being received by the community.

    After all, instead of a complex but paid story DLC, players now “only” get a free update that focuses on individual areas of the MMORPG. The answer from those I spoke to each time was that they had received a lot of positive feedback about the change.

    While there was a very successful feature for PvE fans in the fourth quarter of last year with the Endless Archive, the last update from 2024 will be aimed at PvP fans and thus at a – based on experience – significantly smaller target group. In addition, the big highlight for PvE fans, the two new companions, are not part of the free content. In my opinion, it was inevitable that this would cause dissatisfaction.

    Another innovation from Update 44 was celebrated by many fans after its announcement, which is actually just a side note in the patch notes – the comeback of the old tutorial in Coldharbour: “This is the best day in my life” – players celebrate the innovation the MMORPG for Elder Scrolls

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