MASSIVE Gold Road & Scribing PREVIEW 🔮 Everything I learned about ESO Update 42

[@Arttea]

I had a great time in Amsterdam and I look forward to sharing a vlog about my time there soon! If you're interested in pre-ordering Gold Road and supporting the channel, check out this resource: bit.ly/3Pn1LqJ

[@mikehazel9991]

Sorry this is off topic but I think this is the first time I've seen you. And I think you're beautiful. That aside I follow you because you're incredibly funny and you have some good knowledge about the game which I appreciate. So I was not trying to be creepy just a compliment please continue to soldier on. 😊

[@pizzacrusher4632]

pre-purchased just now. :)

[@gwenthebard]

Haha. Didn't even notice the camera. I was Abnur Tharn. I'm trying to stay spoiler free so not finishing the whole video yet but followed you. Like your voice & will check out rest of your content.

[@Arttea]

Oh right on! Your cosplay was excellent 👌

[@pizzacrusher4632]

very cool!!! I cant believe I missed this for 11 days! Ty for your videos. I genuinely enjoy them!

[@druidicleonnnjj]

I really do hope that ESO strives more to horizontal progression rather than vertical. I'm also huffing a lot of copium in that I hope that the "Styling" is less focused on "how much can we shove into the crown store/crates". Wardens have been pleading since the release for Cliffracer and Bear reskins. I for one would love to change Cliffracer to be a Raven, so I can further distance myself from those loud monstrosities.

[@Roarshak]

Really look up to you for your video quality and editing skills! Another great video, thanks for the insight. Can't freakin' wait!!!

[@krisirizarry]

Just stated a brand new character for my new gaming PC (former console-only player)--hopefully I’m through al the zone stories and dlc before this comes out because it looks AWESOME 👏…

[@Arttea]

Oh man, good luck with your questing journey I've been playing for 5 and a half years now and I don't think I am anywhere close to finishing all of the zone content. I'll definitely have to make some progress with all of that because I do kinda want that new skin from the 10-year achievement 🤩

[@JAMIIEW05]

Looks like i need to get to work completing all the zone and dlc quests then because i’m a s**t for a nice new skin. Great vid as always Arttea!

[@Salreth]

Good lord that's some juicy info. Thanks for summarizing the event. I'm really interested in seeing how scribing will increase build diversity but I agree with your sentiment on high APM. I think us NB mains are just used to playing "Through Fire and Flames" on the keyboard every time we enter combat. 😆 Glad you enjoyed Amsterdam, I've been a few times to visit distant family and it's always a good time, very beautiful there. Excited to see your travel vlog.

[@karlthegreaterest]

I am PUMPED for styling!

[@YouCaughtCzars]

I am cautiously optimistic about scribing, but I am horrified about what meta-chasing PVPers are going to be able to do with it. The introduction of Dark Convergence basically made me go from being a PVP regular to once every few months, and having another potentially powerful pull or stun ability that also debuffs you pairing with that for bombing and gank builds makes my butt clench. Everything else looks wonderful and I'm always bummed I can never attend these annual meet ups; it would be so much fun!

[@davery07]

Excellent video. Always enjoy your presentations. Looking forward to the new chapter.

[@Arttea]

Thank you! And same here! 🙏

[@BeKind1Love]

Zos should give you all complimentary jubilee boxes since this took away from your farming time

[@Arttea]

We basically ended up getting jubilee boxes irl haha. I got a little giftbox that had an ESO 10 year anniversary shirt, some sweets, and an honor plushie!

[@SD-fl8zl]

@@Arttea an honor plushie! no way

[@HackTheMinotaur]

Doink Meta confirmed 👍

[@achichachi8825]

Heavy emphasis on our favorite twink vampire

[@CountessKek]

Arttea! Ty so much for this video! You got me so excited for this new content! The Skingrad area has always been a favorite of mine so was already looking forward to it. Love your snarky humor and knowledge❤ Sharing ya with my guilds😊

[@Arttea]

Yea I'm pretty stoked to be able to venture into the new zone myself And thanks!!

[@briankingham175]

Thank you for the video! Based upon a few things you covered, it dawned on me that if there's a class based on hermaeous mora (arcanist), I can see the potential for a class based on the glass shard theme for ithelia! I really like the way the glass shard theme looks. Anyway, good video!

[@icedzinnia]

Love your attitude and vids!

[@WilYju312]

Appreciate that "your thoughts" were quite realistic/critical in a good way. I don't care about hype but Gold road seems a step to the right direction. I started in Blackwood chapter just before the peak overmonetization and was pleasently suprised for Necrom. Still in my opinion Necrom felt like a gap year, where ZOS started to understand their players more but couldn't fully give up its bad reward systems (read crown crates and crown store in general). In my opinion ZOS still hasn't done enough to get ESO out from the overmonetization hell... But the direction is right and i will ram every sorc with my kagouti mount scribing ability in Cyrodill, when Gold road releases.

[@drizztiley8740]

Im glad things are looking up! I recently got into the game, playing with a buddy who ysed to play alllllll the time with a guild. Even got the massive Nordic Homestead that he made into the former Guild's HQ. I know ESO isn't the perfect MMO and to be fair none of them are. But i enjoy runniing around Tamriel with my Redguard. Sometimes when i run tabletop games, I'll put the game on in the background as ambience even Seen a few of your videos, they're helpful and I enjoy your commentary 😁 *Long comment to combat the algorithm daedra!*

[@No_Face1313]

Damn im glad i set aside an entire year to do literally every quest that can be done all those years ago. So im current baby

[@jadedj5385]

Mega curious to see how the scribing system works across characters and armory. I imagine each character has to go through the quest but are the chosen grimoire abilities and perks the same for the next character after the first unlocks it? Will abilities already unlocked for secondaries? Not a fan of how current companions work. Each character should experience the quests if the player chooses to emphasize the R in RPG but should be unlocked across the account if they want to jump into combat straight away.

[@MrCykotickiwi]

27:09 There are many items in game that i wish were furniture... adding this awesome looking one to that list. Also i hope they keep inviting you to these events.. your take on it all to me is balanced.. bit of hype and some decent criticism.. I like it.. Easy to listen to.. cool humor and very informative.

[@necrossanguinus]

0:58 Holy shit Arttea got some freaking cake

[@superbad8008]

I wonder how player’s actions will influence an actual Deadric Prince. Couldn’t possibly go wrong.

[@slytherben]

I'm still really new, just level 36. But styling? Wow!!! Being able to customize the color of spells is an idea other mmo's won't embrace because it disrupts pvp telegraphs. It's just cool how ESO is embracing customization

[@ua6nonymous685]

Awesome video 😁 Im ready for goldroad.

[@WhiteWerewolfo]

I hope they change the templar mastery later, it seems like its the only one with a "negative" attachment to it with no real benefit. As always great video with stuff I'm excite to test! Will prob be my first time touching the pts server

[@MashMalloman]

Kinda needs a down side because it gives you 33k armor on demand which is normally relegated to a heal ultimate. Even with the snare, this is going to be abused so hard, not excited for this in PVP and really hope it's reworked. It's way too powerful.

[@WhiteWerewolfo]

@@MashMalloman I didn't realize it was for 33 k I thought it was something puny like 1000-5000 like a basic sheild. My main I use on eso is a templar tank so I was really hoping for something healing/damage/cool light effects wise. I really want my hands on that pts 😩

[@bannyn]

thank you!

[@enajndivad]

I loved your commentary. You gave us a glimpse at all the things I’m interested in when a new release is on the way. I kept thinking about how it could really mess with the meta-chasing parse grinders. Please, please, please ZOS give us a new mount that isn’t an ugly makeover of what we already have.

[@CadeAid1]

I like the shield throw 😳

[@tyreseperrin223]

10:19 Vault of glass taught me how to do my lefts and rights

[@nonamegiven202]

yeah tons of stuff to look forward to this year, tho what i most want to see Monday is just how far the "access class's passives and mechanics" the class mastery script goes. Like if i can get a two handed weapon fire damage spammable that triggers the "use Aredent Flame, Draconic Power, and Earthen heart abilities" passive and also advancing the Molten Whip's seething fury. then i'm going to be one happy -fire nation- snake-weeb cosplayer.

[@Whit3hat]

OMG, I saw Arttea's face

[@Arttea]

Arttea eye reveal

[@YouCaughtCzars]

@@Arttea Channeling that Hermaeus Mora Vibe

[@disky01]

Loved this overview...I gotta ask, was there any mention or discussion of any changes to overland challenge? I know they don't want to change anything for casual players but an optional change would be really nice, and I'd love to hear them even mention it.

[@Arttea]

This notion was not explicitly brought up at any of the roundtable discussions that I attended, but when I was actually chatting with Brian Wheeler 1-on-1 he said to me that when discussing the idea of a more difficult overland experience with the team, Wheeler shared my silly "questing with 1 health point" video with everyone, and how I essentially made overland questing more trickier myself that way haha. At that point I brought up the concept of the ability to wear a mythic item or something that could potentially make overland content more difficult. I did this because him telling me about my video reminded me of a conversation that sparked in my server *about* the potential creation of a "hard-mode mythic" shortly after I had dropped that video and everyone was talking about it. That's all that was really said, but I did find it interesting to know that a more challenging overland experience is definitely something that the developers have been discussing - Wheeler basically confirmed that.

[@disky01]

@@Arttea Thanks so much for responding! I'll keep my expectations low but it's nice to hear that they've even discussed the possibility. In the past it always seemed like they've shut the idea down entirely.

[@Arttea]

@@disky01 Exactly! Which is why I was pleasantly surprised to hear that it was a topic that had been, at the very least, discussed to some extent. Let’s see if anything comes of it 🙏

[@disky01]

@@Arttea Thank you for bringing it up to them by the way, and for sharing your ideas!

[@liviaglowaski5363]

love the video!!!

[@matthiasforester2010]

I wonder if the scribing altar will become a placable crafting bench like the transmute station 🤔 Or at least some variation of it

[@Arttea]

I was thinking the same thing! I'm gunna start saving up my writ vouchers juuuust in case they add a scribing altar to the master writ vendor's inventory just as they did with the transmute station - especially if we can sell it hehe

[@matthiasforester2010]

​@Arttea good idea! Handing in writs as we speak

[@newworldforward1842]

The scribing stuff is that going to be part of base game or is it only for those who bought the chapter?

[@Arttea]

Scribing will come with the Gold Road chapter, so you will need to own a copy of the chapter in order to have access to the new system.

[@holzkopfkino8267]

Thank you for the awesome summary! As one of those filthy casuals, the prospect of getting respectable damage numbers without having to animation cancel/light attack weave sounds fantastic to me. That's basically the only reason I've been maining a Heavy Attack Oakensorc so far - I'm cool with bar swapping, but the constant "skill - click - skill - click - skill" is just not for me. Also really looking forward to your Amsterdam vlog! Spent a couple days there like 10 or so years ago, excited to see what it looks like now.

[@JuuzouMH]

New Arttea video 🙌🙌

[@williaml7390]

Cant wait for scribing. Hopefully there will be viable ice damage scripts for my frostden so I can drop fetcherflies or shalks!

[@Poivcxz]

Y did no one invite law dog?

[@Arttea]

Trueeeee

[@HARLYDAVIDZ]

Your videozz are AWZZOMELICHUZZ!! YOUR VOICE IZ ZOUDING GV

[@Leloreth]

eyyyy I was there too! So jealous you got to do the workshops! This was a great summary cos even tho I was there I noticed I didn't absorb much of all the info that got released.

[@Arttea]

Oh man I just *barely* managed to get into both of those workshops! I signed up for a late calligraphy workshop slot at 12:30pm - just 30 minutes after the event venue had opened! And then I was one of the few peeps that managed to get into the alchemy workshop the next day after I waited in line for about an hour to sign up. It was really chaotic to try to sign up for those workshops but the actual events themselves and the folks that were hosting them were really sweet!

[@Scuuurbs]

Super love all of this! My one caveat is the continuation of ZOS' extreme allergy to vertical player progression. We've been sitting at about the same power level for _yearsss..._ I get that they want to keep content relevant but I can't be the only person who finds it weird that sets from 6+ years ago are still BiS for many current encounters?

[@SuperPokemaster22]

22:38 WHAT IS THIS SHIELD? I. NEED. IT.

[@luchtt]

what the frick i saw this person at the event whats her name again.. arett.. no.. eritrea?

[@Arttea]

yeah something like that

[@sk8legendz]

wonder if we'll ever get spear combat the way combat has been changing, I'm hoping to see some new weapon/fighting styles.

[@deano852]

Excited to see more on this new update. But, seriously Bethesda you had to call it Scrying when you already have Scribing? That's so confusing...

[@the_nerdbucket]

wow lots of cool stuff!

[@TheGreatPanicker]

It's time we got a new weapon skill line: something that mirrors the theme of this upcoming chapter with mirrors and glass. Crystal weapons! And you could augment the weapon type abilities with scribing. 😃😀🤗

[@Avid-AFKer]

Is styling gonna be tied into the chapter like the scribing? If i don't own the chapter, I can't use the styling?

[@Arttea]

Hmm my understanding is that styling is a new system that will come with the Gold Road chapter, so if you do not have access to it, you will not be able to use the styling system. I think if it was going to be a base game feature the developers would have highlighted this point or mentioned that styling will "come with Update 42" instead of "come with Gold Road". If I recall correctly, to unlock some skill styles you have to complete quests related to the scribing questline as well.

[@Avid-AFKer]

@Arttea thanks. That's a little sad.:)

[@thefacts4440]

so excited for the Road to Gold argonian Bussy 🤤🤤

[@Arttea]

The road to what? 🤨

[@jasonramero6274]

When will gold road be live on PTS?

[@aldenencluna6409]

Nice.

[@SilverScythe65]

I have to assume the new thing being added to housing will be that scribing altar. How many vouchers do you think it'll cost?

[@Arttea]

I wouldn't be surprised if they do add the altar as a furnishing, but I imagine that the housing update they've been teasing will be much larger than that. And hmmm I could see the altar going for a similar amount of vouchers as the transmute station!

[@victuss1413]

Did you find any Big Loises while you were in Amsterdam?

[@Arttea]

Unfortunately not, although I did see a lot of two lips there

[@robertshelton3796]

Any info on the "new PVP feature"?

[@thuhgravekeeper650]

Another great vid!

[@Arttea]

Thanks!

[@burakcem8524]

Is there any pvp update at the dlc. I mean any polishint for cyrodill or new pvp instance?

[@Arttea]

No pvp update in Gold Road unfortunately - that update will be happening in Q4 of this year.

[@burakcem8524]

@@Arttea Thank you subscribed

[@marquesta82]

I'm excited for this! Thank you for sharing your experience! I wonder though.... will other's be able to see our customized scribing? I run the Monolith of Storms set on my sorc, and no one can see the cool lightning rods causing all that damage. I was disappointed in that. I hope these aren't hidden.

[@Arttea]

Yes, we will be able to see everyone else’s scribed and styled abilities - the devs assured us of this! The lead combat developer mentioned that it was important to them that we the players will be able to recognize what attacks are coming our way in pvp. So if we get hit with a customized soul burst, we should have an idea of what all just happened to us because of the visual differences that each soul burst skill will have (ex: a soul burst with a shock damage focus will send out a shock wave). Styling should be able to be seen by other players as well, but the developers did mention that if styled skills create issues in pvp environments they may disable styles in those environments only.

[@marquesta82]

@@Arttea Awesome!

[@oldbat4383]

did they say they were gonna remove that permanent red glow from my wpns?

[@Arttea]

If you are referring to the glow that persists on your weapons when you have grim focus slotted on a nightblade, someone at the creator-only event did abruptly bring up that they disliked that glow, but the developers did not comment on it. My understanding is that this was a stylistic choice that the developers made not too long ago, so that glow is intentional and will likely not be changed. I can't say I'm the biggest fan of it either, but it is what it is I guess :')

[@tiffskin3209]

Excellent job explaining the new scribing system, cheers!

[@JamesOKeefe-US]

Can't wait, just an awesome ESO year!! Thanks Arttea!

[@Kaiserker]

I thought that skin was really cool at the event, couldn't figure out how it was unlocked at the time. Hoping I've completed all the required quests across my alts lmao

[@skylineproductions82]

Ich war auch in Amsterdam, war aber nicht am längweiligen eso Event. 😁

[@Spacegrass-]

Im a pvp sweat too lmao channel abilities are feasible for bombing or ganking. Some of the skills can be used to proc some pretty lethal sets. Just dont want the new skills to break pvp combat.

[@assamite9833]

Nefas not even paying attention but browsing his phone smh...

[@DirtySerb]

Well there goes my summer 😂

[@gegbag2666]

cant wait to spend my hard earned crown coins on scribing so i can get one of my skills (the others arent supported) to be green (with leaves that i cant remove) so it looks like an arcanist skill

[@Barz1eone]

Her: "you can't stop me." Me: *pauses vid* "gotcha."...*unpauses video cause im interested*

[@alexfarmwald3946]

The coffe shop thats not a cofee shop! My parents came back from amseterdam last month and apparently theres two types there lol!

[@Arttea]

Lmao yeah! I was like *ooooh coffee shop!* when I saw my first one and then took one look inside and knew I had rolled up to the wrong place

[@FrostbreakYT]

Your editing is SO FREAKIN CLEAN! What software do you use if you don't mind me asking? It takes me ages to edit, I can't image how long it takes you. In 1min on content I would guess you spend at least 20-30 minutes editing. Transitions, zooms, shake, text. Really awesome stuff, one can only hope to be on your level one day.

[@Arttea]

Thank you! I use Premiere Pro to edit my videos, and occasionally After Effects for some of the memes that are in them. On average, 1 minute’s worth of a video takes about 1-2 hours to edit depending on the kind of video that I am making, as some videos require more editing work than others. It takes me a long time to make videos as well, but fortunately Premiere Pro allows you to make your own presets! This has saved me a lot of time since I can pull up old presets to use any time instead of repeating the same remedial tasks (ugh keyframing). The “replace with clip” function is also a huge timesaver when it comes to animating multiple things (text, images, etc).

[@FrostbreakYT]

@@Arttea Wow 1-2 hours a minute is crazy but your videos really show it off well. Keyframing is always a nightmare

[@Arttea]

@@FrostbreakYT Thanks! I've been enjoying watching your recent ESO series and the editing work that you have done with those videos is really impressive! I've found that a lot of my content creator peers in the ESO community aren't as interested in editing as I am, so I don't really get the chance to chat about it much or bounce ideas off of anyone. If you use Premiere and/or ever want to talk more about editing you can always hit me up on discord (my username there is "artywashere" and you'll have to send a request because my DMs are turned off)

[@FrostbreakYT]

​@@Arttea Wow that's so cool to hear! I'm not really familiar with the ESO community yet, but your content is perfect for someone like me. I'm not really into the meta/build/"should you play ESO" stuff, and you have a wide variety of subjects to learn about. I'm still very new to editing and money is tight, so I've been using Davinchi Resolve. It has a lot of functionality for a free program. It's the "lite" version of the "professional-grade" software that's used on blockbuster productions (deadpool 2, avatar, la la land, etc.) so it's tougher to learn; but I can't complain. I appreciate your offer! I'm afraid I've got quite a bit to learn before I'm at your level but I appreciate it nonetheless :)

[@Arttea]

​@@FrostbreakYT I can relate; as a broke uni student, money is tight for me too - fortunately, there are enough kind souls out there that dig my content enough to financially support me by paying a monthly membership to my channel. Those funds allow me to afford my Adobe subscription. I've heard great things about Davinci Resolve though, like that it is quite competitive with other industry-standard software, which is WILD considering that it is free! I do wish ya the best with your content creation journey and I'll definitely be watching everything along the way :)

[@GazingTrandoshan]

Ithalia has been Mew Maxing it seems

[@Confused_Slime]

YOU KNOW WHO ELSE IS HUGE

[@Confused_Slime]

:(

[@jeremyvazquez957]

how does one say rip to a 5 year old character, ....... then switch to pc?

[@Moon-Reacher]

So excited for PTS! But most of all I want to know if there will be furnishings of the awesome overgrown-jungle aesthetic and some of those gorgeous Ayleid lamps in the footage. Loving all this new footage, the environments look gorgeous.

[@robertshelton3796]

ZOS: Hey our largest instance is PC/NA so lets have our 10 year anniversary event in friggin Amsterdam. LOL Thanks for sharing though Arttea love your content as always.

[@shadieeryaqati4514]

I feel like I'm the only one who actually wants pets to be usable by all classes. X_X I don't like the idea that pets are only legal for Sorcerers :C

[@ryno1808]

Everybody is going to scribe the same 3 useful skills in it anyway and the rest will never get used it wont change nothing

[@Spacegrass-]

Man id spend to much time in those coffe shops 😂😂

[@Confused_Slime]

Cant wait to get a wood elf passive to eat people

[@Arttea]

🤨🤨🤨

[@johnathanmanuel780]

Did i miss the part where the styling system is monetized?

[@_invinciScribe_24]

I could’ve gone to the event but i’m too busy with my life at home so yeah i pre ordered the Gold Road Chapter not so long ago really looking forward to the scribing skills it’s gonna be really cool 👍🏾 i’m excited for everything tbh 😂 you so funny btw ty for the video

[@joshua7426]

Wish they'd making crafting more relevant and actually worth doing outside of making housing items

[@thegorrambatguy3280]

Captain Arenthia 😉

[@SirBanana1992]

Black and purple is the entirety of my main toon's identity as my favorite color combos so definitely that amethyst wall of elements is a go-to for me and I hope more to fit within that color scheme. Oh yeah and there's also some Lion imagery, my styles consisting mostly of Daggerfall covenant and Sai Sahan's shoulders so any styling that brings lion imagery would be GOATed, though I don't put my expections too strongly on that one.

[@Arttea]

Unfortunately, the styling options will be limited to colours for now, but just like ESO's other systems (Companions, Tales of Tribute, Antiquities) we will likely be able to receive more styling options in the future!

[@GuardOfDead57]

I hope that someday the developers will receive information about the problem with body markings for animal races. The fact that applying cosmetics rewrites the texture of the skin - and often it is ugly.

[@DustinHarms]

Every time I watch an Arttea video, I start missing ESO. Probably my favorite MMORPG out there right now but there are just a few things still present that always end up turning me off after a few months. Even if the chapter looks super good, I can't get that thought out of my mind. Such a conundrum. Anyway, thanks for another great video, and an excellent recap for folks like me that don't follow super closely!

[@Alpha1598753]

Why does tempalr has a penalty on its class mastery tho I hear enough complaining about the neglect the class suffers as is

[@Arttea]

Lmao yeah, kind of interesting how it's the only class that got a penalty through the class mastery script eh? I'm sure it's for balance reasons, but I'd be interested to read the little developer comment about it when the patch notes for U42 drop on Monday.

[@MashMalloman]

Because on demand 33k armor is way too powerful, I just hope they convert it to something less powerful, with no downside.

[@SilverFoxUK87]

More twitch gameplay and neon ponies please!

[@DavidxPierce]

Fine, I’ll sub. Thx for info.

[@yourrivalgary]

I just know I’m gonna get ganked by a khajiit nightblade with all hot pink abilities that spray out hearts smh

[@Degonyte]

Not the cursed tea.

[@Arttea]

I know you were tryna poison me 😩

[@akek76858]

Neat

[@Billsomebody89]

I remember when i visited Germany, there was a "coffee shop" that had a weed plant at the front door. It had a little sign that said, "Please dont pick off my branches, I wouldn't pick off your arms." lol

[@Moon-Reacher]

Hey ArtTea! I hope you will make another "where to farm" video for Gold Road, like the Sailenmora one you made for Necrom! Super helpful. Thanks for your videos. P.S. really appreciate that you use actual game art for your covers, not "ai".

[@Arttea]

Hey there! I’ve been scouting for new places to farm in the new zone and if I indeed find a solid place (or someone in my community does that is willing to share) i’ll definitely make a quick video about it! And absolutely - I despise how generative AI is being used, and you’ll never catch me using that crap.

[@dad_uchiha1707]

Finally an eso waifu

[@WDMurphy]

One thing I dislike about new zones is with every new one it makes the old OG zones look worse and worse lol

[@chaoticwings3436]

Honestly this is looking to be a fun chapter. :) I just started adventuring with a new character to 100% find all the lore and the quests in a very methodical lore focused manner so to suffice to say it is going to take me a LONG time to get that achievement. I'm going to enjoy getting it though when I do. :) Can't wait to see the types of skills I can put on my characters and having new visuals to go along with said skills is going to make each character feel unique. :) I'm defiantly the opposite mindset when it comes to the long explody staff skill. But it might be because I'm just imagining someone on a bridge in Cyrodill that casts that skill with a knockback effect and sends a whole Zerg into the watery dephs below. XD

[@jojo-pk]

Ha. I KNEW my obsessive questing will eventually be good for SOMETHING. Well, I didn't know that but I'm happy it is. :D