14 DAY TRIAL // The development team at ZeniMax Online and publisher Bethesda announce that they are launching a new patch for their The Elder Scrolls Online, labeled 1.3.5, which is designed to fix a number of outstanding issues and add some new functionality just as a much bigger update is being tested by the community.
The official announcement explains that “The Elder Scrolls Online v1.3.5 is an incremental patch that addresses issues mainly with quests, but also includes fixes for gameplay, dungeons, and NPCs in Cyrodiil.”
The Alliance War, which sits at the center of The Elder Scrolls Online, has been improved by making Eyes-the-Path sell Elite Gear near the Northern Morrowind Gate, while Wanders-Far has reduced prices and delivers new items at the same rate as other vendors.
There are also plenty of other tweaks to various aspects of the MMO that players will find interesting.
Maybe the most important ones are related to the user interface of The Elder Scrolls Online, which includes a fix for a problem linked to listing items on the Guild Store and the charge attached to them.
ZeniMax Online adds, “Fixed an issue where stacks of Enchanting Runes were appearing as garbled attachments when returned through in-game mail. You will now see the proper stacks of runes in your mail.”
At the moment, the fourth major update for The Elder Scrolls Online is on the official test realms of the game, and all interested players need to join it in order to test all the new features and areas and offer feedback that the developers need before full launch takes place.
At the same time, ZeniMax Online has launched a new loyalty program for those who have subscribed to the MMO for three months, offering them access to a High Hrothgar Wraith as a companion, and in the coming months, a new reward will be offered to those who pay a monthly subscription for six months.
The developers are also saying that, in order to maintain the long-term health of The Elder Scrolls Online, they are planning to launch a batch of new anti-cheating measures, while also issuing bans to all those who do not abide by the official rules of the title.
The MMO is somewhat unique in its genre because it still asks gamers to pay a monthly fee for access, which only World of Warcraft has managed to do successfully in the last few years.