Sigh - there is something I always struggle with on the Internet - and that's when a favorite site has a makeover - I see PES has become Skyrimfied - fortunately the navigation hasn't changed too much - I still struggle with black backgrounds - still I'm a fan of PES (despite its annoying rating system)

Does it look a little retro to you though?

It's giving me a headache. The new site is obnoxiously busy and the old content is not integrated very well.

The new skin is okay, but I kind of preferred the old one. It didn't hurt my eyes as much when I tried to read long descriptions or comments.

I use TESNexus and Elric Melnibone more than I do PES so it doesn't bother me too much...however I think the new look and the overall laggyness of things like drop down menus will deter me away from using PES in the few times I do.

I'm not a huge fan of the new site. I don't mind the drop down menus at the top. But, just like Feneroe, reading all the comments hurts my eyes. T_T

I guess I'll be the minority, but I like it. I've been hoping for a facelift over there for a few years now. I haven't noticed any difference in loading times, unlike the "improvements" we keep getting here.

Seems alright, will take some getting used to but other than that I don't notice any big problems. Much of the layout is still similar to the old site.

Here's hoping their new owners don't try any funny business.

I don't dig it at all. The text is way to bright.

Well my profile has disappeared from PES - which is incredibly sad - I've contacted APY and hopefully can get it back

EDIT - hmm - scratch that panic attack I see i have to login via files/user/manage content and everything is normal - seems a bit of an unintuitive way to authenticate

You can login and go to your profile in the top right corner where it says welcome...

I don't mind the look overall, it's just like how these forums look for me, but I still object to the change on the basis that it was clearly done because of Skyrim. Granted, I'm looking forward to the game, but one thing I really enjoy/enjoyed about PES was the fact that, at least until now, it looked like an Elder Scrolls site. Not a Morrowind site, not an Oblivion site, but a site where every game is incorporated into the motif. Besides, not everyone is looking forward to Skyrim, I'm sure there's plenty of people who already think it svcks, and that number will surely only increase after 11/11/11. Many will curse its very existence and loathe seeing it every time they go somewhere on the net for their ES fix, and they don't really deserve to be bombarded with it.

I prefer the more general elder scrolls site theme as well. Same as here, where the MW forums now also show Generic-Dovahkiin-Nord-Dude in the background.

No I meant i couldn't find how to edit my profile - there are 2 ways to login and it is not clear how to get to your content to manage it.

I agree. It took a great while until I found out how to manage my files. Just check the files tab (when logged in), then user profile. Rather strange though that you can't access it from your account.

I don't mind it as much here, since it is the Bethesda website, and Skyrim is their next big product. To me it's simply to be expected, and not really unwelcome. But with what I would call "neutral" websites, as in sites run people who are fans but also absent of any other incentive to "push" a particular product, I find the behavior most undesirable. It smacks of pandering to developers, of jumping on a band-wagon to bring more traffic (which I'm pretty sure they don't need).

Anyone know if they did this when Oblivion was on its way?

Is it just me, or is anybody else getting sick of Skyrim before the game even comes out?!

I can understand wanting to spruce the place up, but not by shoving Skyrim down my throat!!

I expected it here. It's Bethesda's site. But PES is supposed to be for ALL TES games, not the one that isn't even out yet!

/rant




KF

Noo... I liked PES the way it was!




To me it has always felt like PES was more Morrowind-centric and that TESNexus was more Oblivion-centric. The new message seems to be pretty clear... Skyrim all the way. I'm reserving judgment on the game until I play it, but I wish PES could have stayed the same =/.

I will say that I appreciate the new text color for screenshot comments. Until now, the black text under screenshots was almost invisible to me unless I highlighted it. Now I can read it.

If you all hate it so much, go and let him know what you find so offensive and/or purely and wholly evil.

http://planetelderscrolls.ign.com/articles/news/8073/Welcome-to-the-New-Site

They did actually. About a year or so before Oblivion’s release, PES was known as Morrowind Summit. They changed the website sometime in early 2005 in anticipation of Oblivion’s release. Personally, I never cared too much for the new PES website, Morrowind Summit had a lot more features that the newer website just didn’t have or only recently received upgrades for (like being able to view mod ratings without having to click on the mod page – Morrowind Summit had that in 2004, PES didn’t get that feature until about a year ago). I believe it was actually the website change from Morrowind Summit to PES that ultimately caused PES to lose its dominate position in the modding community. You’ll notice that in 2005, TES Source was just a small Elder Scrolls website that was fairly unimportant in terms of mod content (you went there for the forums, not so much the mods), but then after Oblivion’s release they soared to the top spot with the number of mods being hosted, completely overtaking PES as the central hub for mods.

As for the newest PES website, I kinda like it, the design seems fairly sound, and they do seem to be updating the news channel more frequently. I must admit that I don’t like the Skyrim theme though, it seems like they’re bludgeoning us over the head with it. Say what you will about the older PES website, at least the theme represented all of the Elder Scrolls games.

I miss the Summit! :cold:

To be honest, after the neutering it went through when it changed from The Summit, they can't do anything to it that is worse than what already happened.

I think it looks pretty cool now.

*shrugs* Looks okay, or at least not especially annoying. Nice to be able to read the screenshot titles/captions.

It looks a bit sinister... just like this forum now... It looks nice but I'd like more colors please. The blue in the new PES banner is nice, it'd be cool if they used it elsewhere.

Tesnexus was ahead of its time, with its gray background :/

All the main Elder Scrolls websites are so depressing now, I hope Skyrim is not really like that.

Thankfully, you can change the forum's theme to a much brighter one. The control to do that is in the bottom left corner of every page. :3