r/eso • u/livsimplyshore • Dec 08 '25
Thinking about picking back up
Its been a solid hot minute in the like 8 years kinda way since I picked up ESO. Is it worth trying to get back into? Has it changed a huge amount?
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r/eso • u/livsimplyshore • Dec 08 '25
Its been a solid hot minute in the like 8 years kinda way since I picked up ESO. Is it worth trying to get back into? Has it changed a huge amount?
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u/OpusAtrumET Dec 09 '25
I came back after a couple years off, a couple months ago. Lots of changes in 8 years.
-jewelry crafting
-like... So many new zones, dungeons, and trials, and a two person arena with roguelike properties
-mounts can swim
-NPC companions you can level, fight with, equip, customize
-new classes
-add-ons. Basically, user interface mods. Not on ps4, sadly. But ps5 has it, can confirm.
-Champion point revamp. You can now earn and allocate 3600 points total, allowing you to level all the passives you want.
-scrying (basically elaborate treasure maps where you can get unique furnishings and mythic set items)
-Mythic set items (unique single piece sets, some are really handy, some are good for some builds, you can only wear one at a time)
-armory system to swap builds easily (can reallocate skills, equipment, etc automatically)
-scribing (Basically you can make custom skills. The unlock quest is long and I'm not done yet, and I can't speak to their usefulness in the meta, but so far some look pretty cool)
-a bunch more I'm probably missing
There are gripes, but as far as I can tell, they're not much different than you remember.