Tribunal Temple in Mournhold

 Download a better version of this picture as wallpaper from the Elder Scrolls Online Site:

http://elderscrollsonline.com/en/media/wallpapers/59

More news from Paul Sage

So I dug up this info which was posted by Shaigh on www.tamrielfoundry.com
This post is dated July 17- Q and A interview on www.mmmorpg.com

Important things worth pointing out:

• Fishing depends on location, lure. Fishes are cooked by provisioners.
• Provisioner gives longterm buffs, alchemy gives shortterm buffs
• You feed your mount to make it different from others, to give stamina for burst speed, more carrying quality, higher base speed etc
• You can name your mount and have multiple mounts
• There will be a lfg system. You have to discover a dungeon to be able to teleport to it
• You earn crafting skills by learning to craft new things (no more making 10 identical axes to learn how to make swords)
• To be the very best on a craft, you have to specialize on one

Teleporting to dungeons saves time, so you can get in there and loot.

Maybe cooking or fishing would be good professions so you would always have food to feed your mount

No more WOW or Diablo3 crafting system, thank the devines!

Now crafting can only be mastered in one profession, but it's probably for a better economy..

Any thoughts?

Digging up the past.

Having a cat that wants to throw you her toy at 5:00 in the morning is definitely an excuse to be grumpy, and as a result, I walk downstairs into a frigid cold computer room.  It's the end of July, and 14 degrees outside, and the air conditioner was left on all night.  Now I'm thinking to myself, 'There has to be something entertaining for humans in order to keep our minds off of mornings that could possibly get worse' . 

Well, Elder Scrolls Online won't be released for almost another year according to an IGN report.
http://ca.ign.com/companies/zenimax-online-studios

Spring q2 release means late spring. Each quarter is 3 months, so q1 is up to the end of March, and so on. 
This got me thinking that I have all this time to make a good web site, because, well, I'm not a developer.  I am a capable author, good artist, but a horrible programmer. At the moment, I'm climbing up a steep learning curve or slope on a tricycle with a broken wheel. 

Then I thought, it can't be all that bad. When I scoured the web to find more news I came across this...

http://www.shoddycast.com/2013/04/04/bethesda-zos-what-makes-a-great-developer/#comments

Everyone starts from the ground up, and I hope this turns out to be my Morrowind - like success story..  

changes coming soon.

I might as well make the changes now is this blog is picking up momentum.   The site will have a new domain name www.tamrielgold.com   The site is still being worked on , I apologize for the inconvenience. 

The Elder Scrolls Riches will be renamed TAMRIEL GOLD    -which will cover all the alliances and areas in all of Tamriel. The reason I did this, was to try not to make a copycat of Elder Scrolls Online,  and keep this as an official gold making blog/forum.  Also, viewers and future members will not feel deceived once they navigate to this site.  


Cheers,


Dano  

Simultaneous release

Apparently it has been confirmed that TESO will be released on all 4 platforms, pc and mac format, Xbox One, and Playstation 4.  This bodes well for subscriptions -the more subscribers, the larger the market.  




 See news info at>

Crafting

In the near to mid-future I'll have a forum of some sort ready for all of you, and crafting will no doubt be
the biggest topic.  Each of the 5 professions will have their own sub-heading to post under.

So, the five professions are:

Weaponsmith
Armorsmith
Enchanter
Alchemist
Provisioner

Most likely you can only master 2 of these professions.  The reason for this is to create a healthier bartering
system, where your guild mate makes you a sword, and you go ahead and enchant her axe.

Fishing, is more methodical in a real cool way.  Depending on the hole you fish in, you have to find that right kind of bait to hook the fish.

Finding books on the other hand, is a very interesting topic because none of them take up any of your inventory slots.  In other words, you can have every book in the game (about 1000 or so,) if you are lucky enough, with a weight of 0 in your backpack.  Yes, that would be too messy.   I'm also figuring there will be quite a market for some of those tomes out there.

Skyshards and ore deposits will not re-spawn in the same places as in other games, making it less likely for a person to regularly farm them, resulting in a decrease of the value of the shards or stones themselves.

TESO dev's clearly don't  want to make this a game about farming, but exploration, crafting, and the overall joy of discovery.  That's what hooked me on the previous games in the first place.

Farming is a chore, and not in any way fun.  If ore veins and chest randomly appear, then nothing appears to be stagnant, and you will find that you are not falling asleep on your keyboard.

 Here are 2 important links where crafting info are found:

http://elderscrollsonline.com/en/news/post/2013/05/20/ask-us-anything-gathering-and-exploration
http://tamrielfoundry.com/development-faq/#crafting

New Pic

This is a re-post from http://tamrielfoundry.com.   Credit should go to this site for great information. 

Here are 3 people attacking a Dremora.  I find the characters armor and weapons to still be a bit unpolished by the looks of it. We'll see if this improves over time.   Here is the pic. 

Apologies

I've been called out by Twitter for aggressive spamming which I am very sorry for doing. I just wanted to get noticed , that's all, no tricks, no gimmicks, no sales.  Anyways, the 48 hour suspension is one of the hurdles I have to overcome to make this blog great, and if there are any faults or errors, please point them out and I will correct them. 



Peace,


Dano  

Trading

Originally posted by vFadeToBlackv
Thank you very much for being here.  I am dying to know more about how player to player trading works in ESO?  How will I buy, sell, or trade with other players?

Currently you are able to trade in two very important ways:

1. Meeting someone and doing the normal, "Hey, let's swap items."
2. You will be able to trade in your Guild Store. This is a really big thing for us, and part of the reason we allow people to join multiple guilds. We think this is pretty exciting and we'll have more details on the full system later.

Joining multiple guilds (another form of social networking) and the Guild Store, which hasn't been done. I think the only other trading methods I've seen in MMO's is vendors and  auction houses.   

I can also see the Guild Store(s) having unique pricing, as you can low-ball an item when choosing which one of your favorite guilds has the cheapest items.  That is another thing to keep in mind when selling- don't sell your items for too much, when trading through a guild bank.    

From the Q and A with Paul Sage

Originally posted by Wrehn
How does the mega server actually work as far as intelligently assigning channels? Do we fill out a preference form, or link our facebook account?
Tell us more about the end game, cyrodil, and instanced public dungeons. I just wanted to know what's in store.

Right now, it uses data we already know about you. Your in-game friends, your guild associations, etc. We take that and try to put you in a channel of people you most likely want to be with. We talked about doing a form at one time, and we still might, but that isn't in right now.

That's a load of questions. Let's take end-game:
PVE
Solo end-game = what we have internally been calling 50+. Imagine you can go into any alliance after you complete the zones in your original alliance, but there are no longer levels. Now you can go anywhere you want in that alliance. If you finish that, you go onto the third alliance.
Small group end-game: Master dungeons. You'll go through dungeons which are more difficult to do progressively. Also we have Adventure Zones where there are large swaths of area just for the smaller group. (4 player)
Large group: Adventure Zone instances. While we aren't calling them "raids" internally, that's what you might be safest in imagining.
PVP:
Caters to groups of all sizes. But this is Cyrodiil, a huge land mass where you can just adventure solo doing quests, or looking for resources. Maybe you want a strike group to take out farms or mines. Also you have large objectives like keep sieges. The beauty of Cyrodiil is the size allows for lots of different sizes of group activity down to solo. However, we do pinpoint the hotspot on your map for you, which means if a sizeable fight is going on, you will see it dynamically appear on your map.


"Can you imagine that how it will be if all your online gaming friends who play TESO, are all gold prospectors?  Everybody grouped in the same channel.  What are your thoughts on this?"

Dano   

Check your links for updates.

As the game goes through beta testing, and more beta testing, their will be numerous changes to improve the quality of the game itself.  I'm blogging faster than a one armed paper hanger at the moment, as I have to do the same for my site.  

Check out the Q and A's with Elder Scrolls Online Creative Director, Paul Sage at www.mmorpg.com for up to date news.



Happy Gaming,

Dano

Beta Invites.

Sadly, many of us our still waiting for a beta invitation, but anyone is welcome to post info, videos, pics, and opinions of their beta adventure.


 It will be greatly appreciated by all fans! 



Dano

Temporary Site .

Until spring 2014 arrives, I have plenty of time to construct a more fun and dashing web site. Not just a blog, but a portal of value and information.  Even if this site is temporary, I will be relaying any news that has anything significant to the gold finding aspect of the game. 

Happy Gaming, 


Dano  

Rags to Riches with your first character.

I can imagine how it will be as I first step into a new world.  A newb in a strange land. Possibly a Breton with an insatiable desire to rise up and get ahead from a pauper to a feudal lord. Anyways, I'm stoked about the option of soloing dungeons, because that means you can directly focus on your own agenda, and pick your favorite dungeons to repeat at any interval in the game. 

This is for the people who love hoarding gold, and can purchase or make anything on demand, because it will only lead to more profits in the future. Now if there was housing in the game, it would be perfect! 

When the game is released in the spring of 2014, I'm going to try out and share every method or trick in the game to build wealth fast from absolutely nothing from the get go.  No cheating of course- this includes buying gold off other players. There will also be YouTube releases of my characters adventure, starting with nothing but the shirt on his or her back.