ESO Update 51 PTS: Combat Team Responds to Dragonknight and Werewolf Concerns
The Elder Scrolls Online's combat team has announced a mid-cycle course correction for Update 51, driven entirely by player feedback gathered over two weeks of PTS testing. The changes were not originally planned.
What changed
- Dragonknight (PvP): Players flagged the class as dominant in PvP, particularly around burst damage and sustain. The team acknowledged it did not act on this in its earlier targeted pass and says adjustments are now coming to address those "spikiest bits."
- Werewolf (PvP): A prior PTS patch already made sustain more difficult for Werewolves, but the team concedes broader burst and sustain concerns remain a priority issue raised by the community.
- PvE balance: The combat team deliberately kept PvE adjustments light, citing the still-evolving meta introduced by the Class Mastery system. However, player concern that underperforming classes would be "left in the dust" prompted a reconsideration, though the source text cuts off before specifics are detailed.
The team's framing is notable: Dragonknight and Werewolf received their Class Mastery refreshes earlier than other classes, which the combat team describes as an inherent structural disadvantage for PvP balance at this stage.
The source does not specify which exact abilities or values are being tuned, nor does it confirm a release window for these PTS changes. What it does confirm is that player feedback directly reshaped a balance plan that had already been set — a meaningful signal for a community still mapping the boundaries of the Class Mastery system.