According to the enigmatic Daveh, the UESP is turning twenty years old! How exactly we’re going to mark this occasion is still pending, but it’s amazing how far it has come.
The site itself just went through a few upgrades, and tweaks are stilling being made to some features. If you’re like me, when using the search function, you’ll need to type in a namespace first if you want to get any auto-fill suggestions to pop up. For more info, see here, if you can decipher it all.
Hero’s Guides marked down, ESO marked up
Just in case anyone missed it in all the Fallout 4 craziness, The Hero’s Guides to the Elder Scrolls Online were marked down 25%, with free shipping in the continental US. Mine’s on the way!
Also, reddit user dominoid73 crunched the numbers and says Steam reviews of ESO have been 93% positive since 31 March 2015.
PSA: For best results, make an account or preview
The UESP is constantly getting updated, and activity is likely to be high for a while. Just last month, Jeancey made about 250 edits in one day, clearing a backlog of two months of unpatrolled edits. So it’s all the more important to remember that if you’re viewing the UESP anonymously, you might not be seeing the most current version of the page. Logging in will ensure this isn’t a problem. If you don’t want to do that, you can click the “Edit” button at the top of the page, then click the “Show Preview” button.
And while you’re checking out of the site, keep an eye out for anything you think should be a Featured Image or Featured Article. I’m going to nominate Shuryard’s pic of this windmill, because moons. And, while this isn’t eligible to be an FI, you shouldn’t miss it.
ESO Console Guild(s)
If you’re a console player looking for a guild, we’ll get a guild up and running for Xbox One. For the NA server, at the very least. The ESO Guild article will be updated accordingly. I haven’t heard about any plans for the PS4. If you’re interested, head to our UESP guild forum, or the guild article’s talk page.. I’m not sure what role the guild(s) will ultimately fill, but for the time being, the guild’s scope will be the same as the site’s scope: everything. Whether you need help with your game in any way, you’re looking to help out others, or maybe you just want to talk and trade, the UESP is here to oblige as best we can. And, hopefully, the guild can also help editors who play on the console get some assistance with wiki projects as needed.
While I’m on the topic of helping, Tamriel Foundry has a great article for new players.
The Lessons of the Lessons of Vehk and Vehk
Thirteen years after Morrowind’s release, many fans are still enthralled by the 36 Lessons of Vivec. Almost 8 months ago, someone began tweeting the 36 Lessons, 140 characters a day. They’re on Sermon 10 now. Loremaster RottenDeadite, a longtime devotee of metaphysical TES lore, is providing an annotated guide of his understanding of the Lessons. But of all the tributes to the Lessons I’ve seen, my favorite must be the 36 Rages of Vivec (slightly NSFW).
