Back at QuakeCon in July, ZeniMax announced a huge roadmap for performance improvements and upgrades coming to The Elder Scrolls Online, mostly on PC, over the next three quarters. Today, with Update 23 and the Scalebreaker DLC in the rear-view mirror and Dragonhold on the horizon, the devs have updated that roadmap with what’s on deck in Update 24 later this year.
Specifically, ZeniMax says the memory management overhaul is “on track to release with Update 24,” that “performance updates on the most consumptive combat-related abilities have been completed and are now in internal testing,” and that the changes for Champion system passives are also now being tested, though there’s more to come. As for the LFG rewrite:
“The dungeons portion of the game code is complete and in internal testing. (We completed the first scale test during the Update 23 PTS, week 2.) The Battlegrounds portion of the game code is being finalized and will be in internal testing soon. This is on track for an Update 24 delivery.”
The patching overhaul, faster loading of characters and fixtures, phase two of the combat ability improvements, frame rate buffs, and server optimizations are slated for update 25 coming at the beginning of 2020. Update 24 is still set for fourth quarter of this year.
The first update for our #ESO performance improvements plan is now available.
Work is still ongoing and on track for Update 24 and Update 25. See here for more details: https://t.co/XKC7UP7iVZ pic.twitter.com/FZeMPsWSzz
— The Elder Scrolls Online (@TESOnline) August 28, 2019
Unrelated to all that, the studio’s also moving a promo house to the cash shop.
We wanted to give everyone an update on the Jode’s Embrace house. This house will no longer be associated with a special promotion. Instead, it and Moons-Blessed Oasis Furnishing Pack will be available for purchase in the Crown Store later this year. pic.twitter.com/s35YR3hJED
— The Elder Scrolls Online (@TESOnline) August 28, 2019
