The Elder Scrolls Online “One Tamriel” Previews

Since taking to the stage at E3 to announce their plans for “One Tamriel”, the update that will make all content in The Elder Scrolls Online playable at any character level, the web is now home to a couple of previews regarding Zenimax Online’s ambitious plans. The first one comes to us via MMORPG.com, where they briefly break down how this is going to work:

It’s something they’ve been perfecting since the game was released. First it was in Cyrodiil, then Orsinium, Hew’s Bane and most recently the Gold Coast. So all content will essentially be boosted to “max level” and all characters, regardless of actual character progression, will also be scaled. This will put every new player and old player at the same content and they will be able to explore and do quests together without any barriers.

The impediment of opposing of factions is also being removed with One Tamriel. No matter if you originally sided with Daggerfall, Ebonheart Pack, or even the filthy Aldmeri Dominion, you’ll be able to group with and play alongside anyone. This is something that had been requested well before the game launched. The Elder Scrolls community felt that with the faction lock the game wouldn’t feel like an Elder Scrolls game. They were right, the faction lock took out a lot of the single player Elder scrolls game feeling and gave it more of a MMORPG feel to it.

And then PC Gamer offers up a slightly shorter piece to fill in a couple of gaps:

When One Tamriel goes live, character levels will be scaled for the full game in the same way that they’re currently scaled to the Imperial City, Orsinium, Thieves Guild, and Dark Brotherhood DLC zones. You’ll be able to take on the entirety of Tamriel however you wish—“Just walk across the world and you will always find appropriately leveled content”—and, aside from PvP, players will be able to group and play with whoever they want, regardless of level or allegiance.

PvE Alliance restrictions are also being dropped, and “silver” and “gold” versions of zones will be replaced by Cadwell quest storylines that can be completed in any order. Trials and Dungeons will continue to offer Standard and Veteran difficulties, and the Coldharbour zone will be inaccessible to players who haven’t finished the questline that leads there; if you’re invited to join a group that’s already there, however, you’ll be able to access it immediately.