January 2025 Roadmap

Onomog;c-8247213

Thanks, Kevin. Hope you had a good holiday. Are there any plans to let us know of an actual performance & changes to the game type of road map? This doesn't seem to address that. edit for spelling

Thanks, @Onomog. Hope you had a great holiday and wonderful start to the New Year as well. The purpose of this monthly roadmap is to inform everyone regarding events, both in and out of game, coming in January. Trying to address the need of informing folks of events earlier. Any game additions or changes like game improvements will be outlined in patch notes and articles, or during preview livestream events. We do have quarterly roadmaps graphics we share as well that highlight the upcoming changes after we do formal announcements. However, those are not available yet. That being said, we can pass along the feedback of having a roadmap for features and see what is possible there.

Poss;c-8247242

What happened to January Whitestrakes?

Whitestrake's is happening. Just not in January.

Leia98;c-8247248

Please inform us more about seasons.

We won't have information on seasons until Global Reveal in April. The next update is following our current structure.

Ingenon;c-8247249

@ZOS_Kevin Thanks for posting this January 2025 Monthly Roadmap! I am curious about what time the January 9 Livestream starts. I would like to rearrange schedule and watch it. Will it start at 1 PM EST like the December Livestream did? Twitch Drops Fest - OK, I logged into twitch.tv and cleaned up my streamers list. Multiple streamers I had watched play ESO in the past who are not streaming ESO now, so I unfollowed them. And I see on https://elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/streamers that several new streamers have been added. The roadmap picture shows drops of a mount and either a costume or style. And a Pan-Tamriel Celebration that overlaps a new Golden Pursuit? Whoa! Maybe next time put them one after the other, instead of both overlapping?

Unless things shift between now and then, 1pm ET should be accurate. But we will have an official article for the stream next week confirming. We should have more info on the Twitch Drop Fest soon. Not sure if you had a specific question there. But if it's regarding what the drop is, we should have info to share in the coming weeks. We can pass feedback on about the Event and Golden Pursuit overlap. We know that some folks like the overlap, but will share this as well.

Leia98;c-8247257

Thanks for the clarification. It is kind of disappointing and i would request zos revisit this decision.

Totally understand your sentiment. The work around future content is still being worked out, so it would be misleading to announce specific details regarding seasons before we are ready to talk about it. Because if things shift, we would like to avoid having incorrect information or cause confusion. Also forgot to note that we'll pass the thoughts on to the team. We know others feel this way as well. Not sure if things will shift, but we will address it and see if anything is possible there. Leia98;c-8247257

By current structure, are we to understand this new update will definitely include a new set of dungeons?

The livestream next Thursday will provide clarity to your question. Can't answer that right now since we have plans for discussing U45 content.

Leia98;c-8247260

ZOS_Kevin;c-8247253

Leia98;c-8247248

Please inform us more about seasons.

We won't have information on seasons until Global Reveal in April. The next update is following our current structure.

Also, we were told the questions about the letter asked in the forum were being looked at and would be answered in a post. I think that would help a lot of people with concerns about the game going forward.

We're going through and looking to see what can be addressed before April. Some of the team is also out for the holiday still, so we have to circle back as a team later next week.

Ingenon;c-8247249

@ZOS_Kevin Thanks for posting this January 2025 Monthly Roadmap! I am curious about what time the January 9 Livestream starts. I would like to rearrange schedule and watch it. Will it start at 1 PM EST like the December Livestream did? Twitch Drops Fest - OK, I logged into twitch.tv and cleaned up my streamers list. Multiple streamers I had watched play ESO in the past who are not streaming ESO now, so I unfollowed them. And I see on https://elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/streamers that several new streamers have been added. The roadmap picture shows drops of a mount and either a costume or style. And a Pan-Tamriel Celebration that overlaps a new Golden Pursuit? Whoa! Maybe next time put them one after the other, instead of both overlapping?

Was just informed that the livestream timing is not set in stone yet. So please wait for the article next week for official timing.

tomofhyrule;c-8247495

ZOS_Kevin;c-8247282

Leia98;c-8247260

ZOS_Kevin;c-8247253

Leia98;c-8247248

Please inform us more about seasons.

We won't have information on seasons until Global Reveal in April. The next update is following our current structure.

Also, we were told the questions about the letter asked in the forum were being looked at and would be answered in a post. I think that would help a lot of people with concerns about the game going forward.

We're going through and looking to see what can be addressed before April. Some of the team is also out for the holiday still, so we have to circle back as a team later next week.

Thank you for the information Kevin. I am eager to see what's in store, particularly if we are getting Dungeons coming again. Like many players though, I am a bit anxious about the implications of Matt's letter and what it means for the future of ESO, particularly in the light of the cancellation of the US in-person event. It would really help the community if some things were mentioned in the U45 preview stream on the 9th that could try to reassure us about the future of the game.

We’re chatting internally to see what we can share between now and global reveal to help ease those concerns. So definitely heard there. We need to see what is possible. But we did pass on this sentiment in a chat earlier today.

Ingenon;c-8247249

@ZOS_Kevin Thanks for posting this January 2025 Monthly Roadmap! I am curious about what time the January 9 Livestream starts. I would like to rearrange schedule and watch it. Will it start at 1 PM EST like the December Livestream did? Twitch Drops Fest - OK, I logged into twitch.tv and cleaned up my streamers list. Multiple streamers I had watched play ESO in the past who are not streaming ESO now, so I unfollowed them. And I see on https://elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/streamers that several new streamers have been added. The roadmap picture shows drops of a mount and either a costume or style. And a Pan-Tamriel Celebration that overlaps a new Golden Pursuit? Whoa! Maybe next time put them one after the other, instead of both overlapping?

Just following up here. The livestream is scheduled for 2pm ET. Here is the article.

Ingenon;c-8249732

ZOS_Kevin;c-8249189

Ingenon;c-8247249

@ZOS_Kevin Thanks for posting this January 2025 Monthly Roadmap! I am curious about what time the January 9 Livestream starts. I would like to rearrange schedule and watch it. Will it start at 1 PM EST like the December Livestream did? Twitch Drops Fest - OK, I logged into twitch.tv and cleaned up my streamers list. Multiple streamers I had watched play ESO in the past who are not streaming ESO now, so I unfollowed them. And I see on https://elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/streamers that several new streamers have been added. The roadmap picture shows drops of a mount and either a costume or style. And a Pan-Tamriel Celebration that overlaps a new Golden Pursuit? Whoa! Maybe next time put them one after the other, instead of both overlapping?

Just following up here. The livestream is scheduled for 2pm ET. Here is the article.

@ZOS_Kevin I just got an email from The Elder Scrolls Online (partial copy below). The email says the start time is 1 PM EDT. The article says the start time is 2 PM EST. The United States and Canada are not on daily savings time on Thursday January 9th. So having the email state a time in EDT (daylight savings time) does not make sense to me when the clocks are set to EST (standard time) during the winter months. Please ask the folks responsible for the email to consider fixing this for next time. JAN 9—SAVE THE DATE Join us Thursday, January 9 for a preview of the all-new content coming to ESO with Update 45! Community Team members Jess Folsom and Gina Bruno will be joined by Lead Encounter Designer Mike Finnigan and Lead Combat Designer Brian Wheeler as the group showcases the upcoming base-game patch as well as the first dungeon pack to arrive in 2025. Be sure to tune in to Twitch.tv/Bethesda this Thursday at 1PM EDT, and don’t forget to link your ESO and Twitch accounts to earn drops. We hope to see you there!

The time was incorrect on that communication. The livestream is 2pm EST. Sorry about the confusion there. We have chatted with the team in charge of that communication to clear up process going forward.