'Elder Scrolls Online' news: Announcement regarding customization could be long-awaited feature

A promotional photo for "The Elder Scrolls Online." "The Elder Scrolls Online" official site

The year 2017 has been a year of milestones for "The Elder Scrolls Online," and the developers are planning to achieve a lot more in the coming year.

After the announcement of "The Elder Scrolls Online: Dragonbones" downloadable content (DLC) gave players something to be excited about, another announcement was recently made regarding character customization, which would finally give "ESO" fans what they have long been hoping for: Transmogrification — yes, that is an actual word.

According to one blog post by the game's developers, they are planning to incorporate a new way to customize a player's armor other than the one currently available in the game. In "ESO," players can use specific themes to give players a unique look in order to stand out. The planned content can potentially go beyond that in terms of customization.

Transmogrification, as popularized by fantasy action games such as "World of Warcraft" and "Diablo III," allows the players to completely change the appearance of a specific weapon/armor into another piece of equipment while retaining all its stats, abilities and upgrades.

For players, this lessens the burden of spending several hours grinding/hunting to find equipment that has the right stats that they are looking for and at the same time add a good look on their avatar. Usually, a player will find gear that looks great but does not hold the right enhancements for their character, and vice-versa.

If Transmogrification will indeed be included in one of the 2018 updates, it would be a really good accompaniment to the "Dragonbones" DLC.

"The Elder Scrolls Online: Dragonbones" will feature Nordic-themed dungeons. "Nordic" refers to the Nords, or Viking-inspired residents of the Skyrim, the Northern part of Tamriel, where the ESO is currently set. During the 2011 "Elder Scrolls" game "Skyrim," it is shown that the place had once been plagued with dragons, which gives the Nordic-inspired DLC its name.

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