The latest "The Road Ahead" has lots of info about 1.6

Looks like we are getting the Champion System and The Justice System in 1.6. The Imperial City will come later:

The Road Ahead - Dec. 4

There are some amusing posts in the Reddit thread about this:

Reddit on 'The Road Ahead'

My stream of consciousness as I read through The Road Ahead:

The Road Travelled

It has been bumpy but I have had a great time 90% of the time

Our next update will come to PTS shortly after the first of the year.

<insert screeching tires sound>  What?  Update 6 doesn't hit PTS until "shortly after the first of the year"?  So realistically that means that it will not hit live until some time in February.  /facepalm  That is disappointing to hear.  For such a large update I would have hoped that it would hit PTS in December.  People taking time off, kids out of school....there are more opportunities to play for many people and with so much interest in the justice system and champion system it would seem to be the perfect time to attract a lot more folks to the PTS.  This feels like a missed opportunity, not to mention near 2 month break in content releases.

The Champion System will include the new post-level 50 veteran progression changes we’ve been talking about for a few months now.

I am looking forward to seeing this implemented and cautiously optimistic.  I am concerned on how the implementation will affect balance and how it will affect gear.  I am afraid the impact will be a stealth increase in level cap affecting current max level gear but we will see.

the first iteration of the Justice System will include Skyrim-style PvE elements—you’ll be able to steal from vendors, pickpocket NPCs, kill NPCs, have justice meted out to you by guards—but not with the PvP Enforcer part of the system.

Now, I am really looking forward to this!  I can just see mayhem erupting in all the city centers. No pvp enforcers = destroying all NPC's. I might not have the need to leave Rawl'kha ever again :)

Update 6 is so large that we’ll be holding the Imperial City PvP area for a future update.

/sadtrombone

Console Update

Doesn't affect me, but good to know they are still committed to it.  If it brings more people to the game it can't be bad.

We have completely replaced the PC user interface with a console-specific UI designed from the ground-up with a controller and a living room play experience in mind.

Wait, you mean the ridiculous Q wheel wasn't in place with a console port in mind? /doublefacepalm

I am very happy to see the new additions coming to the game and will be excited to test them in January and play them in Feb.  Unfortunately there are some head scratchers in there.  The 2 month wait, the delay of Imperial City and the lack of any mention of Cyrodiil are all troublesome to me.  But, just like always there is hope.