All that clutter in your backpack is about to get a significant spring clean, thanks to Update 6 for The Elder Scrolls Online. The dev team has decided to implement a Collections System, but what does that mean?
It means items considered as ‘collectibles’, like pets and mounts, won’t be stuff in your backpack any more. Instead they’ll have their own section with ”easy access” without lugging them around.
”If you’ve had problems keeping your inventory clean, you have another reason to get excited about Update 6: the Collections System!” blogged the ZeniMax Online team. ”This new addition to the UI allows easy access to items you might not always want to lug around in your inventory, and combined with our updates to provisioning, it will free up a ton of space for you.”
A Collections window will contain three categories: mounts, vanity pets, and costumes. These items can be ‘activated’ directly through the window, or even have them binded to keys, and all without needing to be dumped into the player inventory.
”Whenever you obtain a new item that belongs in one of these collections, it automatically hops into its place—you don’t need to do anything at all. When Update 6 launches, all the costumes, pets, and mounts you already have will be moved to the Collections window for you, as well,” they explained.
Any improvement to your riding skills at a stable will be applied to all your mounts, ”…allowing you to choose your favorite for any occasion and still get all the bonuses you’ve earned.”
”For those of you who love hunting down vanity pets, costumes, and other collectibles, the Collections window also allows you to see items you haven’t obtained yet. If you just can’t stand to have those empty spaces, don’t despair! By mousing over the icon for an item you don’t have, you’ll see a tooltip that indicates how you can get your hands on that particular collectible.”
Yes, The Elder Scrolls Online will be fuelling a ‘gotta catch ‘em all’ addiction with Update 6. Still, it’s not necessarily a bad thing anymore since the MMO is dumping subs and going free-to-play.
