In it, studio director Matt Firor reiterated much of what he said in anend-of-year blog postfrom December.

In the years ahead, seasons could be shorter, ranging from three to six months.

New Experiments

Aside from subclassing, ZeniMax Online is experimenting in other ways as well.

The new Solstice zone sits off Tamriel’s southern coast.

“It couldn’t have gone much better,” Firor said.

“It was beyond-our-wildest-dreams successful.”

Lambert said the next step is to dig through the “mountains of data” from the test.

A massive magical barrier, the Writhing Wall, divides the new Solstice zone in half.

ZeniMax Online is also putting an emphasis on catering to new and returning players.

“We just didn’t have time to do all those little things,” Firor said.

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