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One Tamriel Interview with Matt Firor - Elder Scrolls Online Interviews

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited June 2016 in News & Features Discussion

imageOne Tamriel Interview with Matt Firor - Elder Scrolls Online Interviews

E3 has come and gone, but not without some big news from Zenimax, Bethesda, and Elder Scrolls Online. We caught up with ESO’s Game Director Matt Firor to discuss the news out of E3, the next big update “Shadows of the Hist”, and what the future may hold for Tamriel.

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  • Righteous_RockRighteous_Rock Member RarePosts: 1,234
    Ahh the ole two step...
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  • orbitxoorbitxo Member RarePosts: 1,956
    edited June 2016
    this game has been my grounded mmo! they've done an excellent job!
  • GreatswordGreatsword Member RarePosts: 429
    I still wonder why nobody even *asks* for an ETA on One Tamriel...
    Is it planned for 2016? 2017? 2020?
  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,941
    Greatsword said:
    I still wonder why nobody even *asks* for an ETA on One Tamriel...
    Is it planned for 2016? 2017? 2020?
    Wasn't it in the fall?
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  • BillMurphyBillMurphy Former Managing EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 4,565
    Sovrath said:
    Greatsword said:
    I still wonder why nobody even *asks* for an ETA on One Tamriel...
    Is it planned for 2016? 2017? 2020?
    Wasn't it in the fall?
    That's correct. E3's announcement was this Fall.

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  • FacelessSaviorFacelessSavior Member UncommonPosts: 188
    So the whole game will be level balanced except for the end game/veteran level content?
  • SaunZSaunZ Member UncommonPosts: 472
    I don't understand what he said, but its got to be good and I LOVE ESO!!

    Sz :)
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    SaunZ said:
    I don't understand what he said, but its got to be good and I LOVE ESO!!

    Sz :)
    That's because he dodged all the questions. But hey, I love the game too, Matt... not so much. :)
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  • joeslowmoejoeslowmoe Member UncommonPosts: 127

    Greatsword said:

    I still wonder why nobody even *asks* for an ETA on One Tamriel...

    Is it planned for 2016? 2017? 2020?



    It was asked and answered with the information being easy to find. I would suspect this is "why nobody even asks for an ETA"...
  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,941
    Iselin said:
    SaunZ said:
    I don't understand what he said, but its got to be good and I LOVE ESO!!

    Sz :)
    That's because he dodged all the questions. But hey, I love the game too, Matt... not so much. :)
    Yeah, I'm not a fan of Matt at all.
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  • KajidourdenKajidourden Member EpicPosts: 3,030
    They've just made a shitload of announcements, are people seriously complaining that they're not giving enough of a heads up? Matt is the same as any other face of a game like Yoshi-P, etc.
  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    One day I'd love to see underwater content so the Argonians can truly shine.

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  • bingbongbrosbingbongbros Member UncommonPosts: 689
    He never actually answers any question about sub numbers or player bases from pc or console.

    I loathe pr people

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  • RukushinRukushin Member UncommonPosts: 311
    Wow, he is an expert at dodging questions and talking without ever really saying anything. Also, if you look into how he responds with his first sentence to any question he makes a point to agree wholeheartedly with the interviewer. Are you you going to be giving us VR, Housing, and taking out instancing entirely? Absolutely, we will be looking into VR in the future, housing is coming and instancing is always being reviewed at every stage in the game.

    Which really means, Absolutely going to skate by every one of these questions, we are not really concentrating on VR, housing will come when it comes so stop asking, and yeah yeah yeah instancing we know you hate it but it makes our job easier so shut up, but i'll tell you that we are always looking into it.

    This is just an example of how I think Matt Firor answers questions. Then again, that's why he was hired. Total magician when it comes to interviews....slight of hand was so 1999....its all about slight of answers now.
  • k61977k61977 Member EpicPosts: 1,526
    BillMurphy said:
    Sovrath said:
    Greatsword said:
    I still wonder why nobody even *asks* for an ETA on One Tamriel...
    Is it planned for 2016? 2017? 2020?
    Wasn't it in the fall?
    That's correct. E3's announcement was this Fall.
    Saw in one of the developer video's from E3 that is was slotted around end of August but don't think that was a set point and could change.
  • TweFojuTweFoju Member UncommonPosts: 1,236
    Still waiting for Chat feature on Console * zzzz

    So What Now?

  • giberelinagiberelina Member UncommonPosts: 59
    edited June 2016
    "We already had a really good quest system with top-notch dialog," I disagree, while the stories might be good, there are no dialogues or choices in the game (except a few). This is why is so frustating, i feel that questing could be amazing with a system like SWTOR where you can chose lines of answers and watch your char in the conversation. It doesn't need to have a voiced char.
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Torval said:
    Sovrath said:
    Iselin said:
    SaunZ said:
    I don't understand what he said, but its got to be good and I LOVE ESO!!

    Sz :)
    That's because he dodged all the questions. But hey, I love the game too, Matt... not so much. :)
    Yeah, I'm not a fan of Matt at all.
    Same. I don't want to dog him and maybe it's the culture at ZOS, but I never really feel like interviews with him are open and honest. The questions were really good and to the point.

    Contrast that with interviews with Hartsman. I'm not even a happy Trion customer at the moment but I always like reading Hartsman interviews. The same with Raph Koster. I may not be interested in his latest project (Crowfall) but I always feel like I come away from his interviews and articles better informed or with some sort of insight.
    I tend to cut Matt some slack because it's obvious to me while watching him that he's always uncomfortable around people -- especially crowds. I liked Paul Sage even less but he was much better than Matt at dealing with the public and media.

    There's an art to not answering questions when you don't want to in an honest and straightforward manner, but in order to do so you have to acknowledge explicitly that you're not answering that question and maybe even mention why you're not. If you don't do that, you give the impression that you think no one will notice that you're dodging and that, just makes you look silly. 
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  • winghaven1winghaven1 Member RarePosts: 745
    Yeah I'm resubbing. This is talent and shows they're committed and think about the community quite a deal! Also convinced my two buddies to join in as soon as they learned about One Tamriel. Great job Zenimax
  • GeezerGamerGeezerGamer Member EpicPosts: 8,857
    edited June 2016
    I want TESVI more than anything else from this franchise right now.
  • LeiloniLeiloni Member RarePosts: 1,266
    The only question he dodged is regarding player numbers and every developer dodges that same question for the same reasons. But playing the game it's clear it's highly populated and doing well so I don't honestly care what the official number is. I am glad to see all the changes and additions we're getting. It's really the best game out there and continually getting better.
  • KajidourdenKajidourden Member EpicPosts: 3,030
    Leiloni said:
    The only question he dodged is regarding player numbers and every developer dodges that same question for the same reasons. But playing the game it's clear it's highly populated and doing well so I don't honestly care what the official number is. I am glad to see all the changes and additions we're getting. It's really the best game out there and continually getting better.
    Exactly.  Like anyone gives the exact date, time, and size of every patch ever in interviews....
  • gervaise1gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919

    TimEisen said:

    Im just waiting for a sale and Im in!



    You can buy the game for c. $20 on Amazon.com; less on most EU Amazon sites. Huge game. No need to spend anything else whilst you decide whether you want to buy any of the DLC. At which point you can rent or buy.
  • gervaise1gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919
    I think Matt gave several interesting answers.

    His answer about One Tamriel being "on the initial to do list" after the PC launch is telling imo. That is two years ago.

    His answer about 1-50 suggests that he / ZoS recognise the pitfalls of simply getting rid of it.

    His ESO Plus comment suggests that some people sub for the DLC and then unsub and maybe play two months with no Plus membership.

    What is a subscriber though? How do you compare someone who buys the DLC every quarter but never takes out a Plus membership with someone who just does Plus for one month a quarter? The DLC typically costs more than one months sub. So to really answer the question Matt would have to talk about more than just Plus memberships.

    And he confirmed what is coming in August. And gave a target date for providing info on housing - OK it was only "towards the end f the year" but it is a target.
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