The Elder Scrolls Online players given five additional free days

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Players of The Elder Scrolls Online who registered an account prior to May 1 will receive an additional five days of game time, ZeniMax Online Studios game director Matt Frior has announced.

Frior explained the decision to dish out free game time in a new blog post.

“We recognize that some of the launch issues – especially black market botting and spam, de-synced quests, and the disappearing bank slot bug – affected the early gameplay experience of a number of players,” wrote Frior. “Fixing these problems required us to take the megaservers offline, costing players time in the game. In recognition of this experience and to show our gratitude to everyone who supported the launch, we are giving an additional five days of included game time to every ESO player who set up an active account prior to 8pm EDT Thursday May 1st and who are currently enjoying their 30 days of included game time.”

Confirmation of this extra game time will be sent to your account’s registered email address.

“This is a small gesture to show our thanks for being part of the ESO community while we work to make this extraordinary game and service even better,” added Frior.

Beyond the imminent roll out of Update 1, the development team has plenty more planned for the game, including:

  • A system that allows grouped players to see each other even when they’re in different phases
  • A justice system-steal from and kill NPCs and deal with the consequences if you are caught
  • Migration of European Megaserver to our European datacenter.
  • Field of View (FOV) adjustment
  • Armor dyeing and tinting
  • Two new Veteran Dungeons: Crypt of Hearts and City of Ash
  • New region of Craglorn with a new Trial (the Serpent)
  • Increased ability to pick up items in the world
  • Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood storyline and quests.
  • Spellcrafting
  • Horse Racing
  • Dragonstar Arena-similar  to Trials, but built for a group of four
  • Improvements to fishing
  • Crafting system improvements
  • Improved Looking for Group system  
  • Better NPC facial animations
  • Guild functionality updates: guild store interface updates, customizable guild insignias, tabards, and guild ranks, and Guild Kiosks-guild stores open to everyone that are available to the highest-bidding guild.
  • Auto-leveling dungeons that level to your group leader
  • Awards when you repeat dungeons
  • Imperial City PvP dungeon

Frior concluded: “As we end this first month of our journey together, we want to express sincere appreciation to our loyal fans. Be assured that we are working diligently to keep ESObalanced, stable, and fresh for veteran players.”

Source: elderscrollsonline.com

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  • Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Massively Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online, RPG
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