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Calling All Questions: Elder Scrolls Online

You've read our June cover story on Elder Scrolls Online, and you've followed month of online coverage. Now's your chance to ask the creative minds behind the game your burning questions. What do you still want to know about ESO?

We'll be recording a podcast with game director Matt Firor and creative director Paul Sage, but you, the readers, get to ask all of the questions. Leave yours in the comments below and we'll try to get to as many as we can.

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  • What elements from the Elder Scrolls games are you looking to maintain in the transition from solo RPG to MMO experience?
  • Will there be a subscription fee?
  • Will Jeremy Soule be composing the soundtrack?
  • Is it coming to consoles (PS3, 360, etc.)?
  • Will the leveling system be like the other Elder Scrolls games where using a skill levels it up, or will it be more like traditional MMOs where you gain experience by killing things?
  • Did you consider going for style of MMO more similar to Mortal Online, with more realistic graphics, and real-time first-person combat?

    It seems to me like the art style and third-person perspective of TESO will struggle to win TES fans over, as it really doesn't capture the TES vibe.
  • How many people will you need to get rid of teh glitches? Skyrim was glitchy for me. Especially the doors. As the doors are fading to the loading screen, it freezes and when I try to turn off my xbox, I have to press it twice. And on the first press, the whirring of the console shuts down, but its still showing the freezed game.
  • Will we be seeing a large variety of monster enemies?  Will many of the monsters from previous games, such as guars, imps, cliffracers, ice wraiths, trolls, etc. have an appearance?

  • Now that Skyrim is a hit, are there any plans to change the art direction away from the cartoony current look to the gritty Skyrim style?
  • Say i want to play as a Khajit. Will i have to join the Aldemeri Dominion to do that? Or can i be any race playing in any faction?
  • Todd Howard's role was touched briefly in the cover story but how exactly is the input of him and other key elder scrolls contributors factored into the game?

  • Real money auction house?

  • Forget the Q&A. Take my money already.

  • Why can't there be first person perspective? That's been one of the most enduring hallmarks of the Elder Scrolls series and raises the immersion level quite a bit.

    Also: Will there be a public beta?

    And how will alchemy work? Will ingredients be collectible in the wilderness?
  • Will there be any in game bonuses or collectables for the players who have completed other Elder Scrolls games? And not just on PC but any version.
  • On many of the Elder Scrolls sites, such as the official forum, there are many friends across US and EU. Making seperate region servers might split these friends up - what's your stance on this?
  • Is there anything your team has learned from Star Wars: The Old Republic? There's been a large subscriber drop and several layoffs, a fate, I would imagine, that you want to avoid for Elder Scrolls Online.

  • How TES:O is going to stand out from all the Elder Scrolls games yet in the franchise ?
  • I have a major question that I would appreciate if it could get answered. How are the factions going to work ? Is it going to work like WoW ? Or can I be a race from a different faction and be part of the faction of my choice ? I really hope the game is like this because you see races from all over the place in the different provinces of the world. Not to mention 3 races per faction is kinda weak and very limiting for players that want to play together.  

  • What will make me want to keep playing this game in the long run?
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