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I want to say thank you to the developers
Thulsola
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When last I checked, I have played ESO for over 6 days of game time after having it for around 2 weeks. And I am loving every single minute of it. Thank you to the development team for giving me so much fun!
Sure, there are bugs, bots and idiots - and yes, the product has a slightly under-baked quality to it right now. But to me that is a good thing. Because now I - and all of you - have the opportunity to help shape the game to be the game we want it to be, rather than have to wait another 6 months or a year to have a game that is the realization of someone else's vision.
It helps that I am the type of gamer who looks to excel at a rules system as it is rather than adjust a game to suit my particular gaming style. But I find it fascinating that despite my best efforts my enchanting is only at level 13, my clothing at 30 and my provisioning is already at 50. How do I do I up my enchanting? What do I have to do? I love the process of exploring, and figuring out the game, and adapting my game play to suit.
I also love that the motif drops have been nerfed. Now I will be rewarded for obsessively opening every single container just to see what is inside. When you run through the dungeon or town without opening a single thing, you'll have to pay me when i find that primal motif you want so badly so that you can experience not one single in-game advantage at all.
There are lots of things that I think can be improved in this game. But I like the foundation elements of the game I am playing, and I am having fun. I have faith, based on what I have seen so far, that this development team is going to make changes, try things out, and improve the game over time - with our help and participation.
To over-extend my metaphor from above: It may be a half-baked game, but I'm enjoying watching the cooking process.
So thank you to the dev team. Keep up the good work.
Edited by Thulsola on 22 May 2014 20:40 Sure, there are bugs, bots and idiots - and yes, the product has a slightly under-baked quality to it right now. But to me that is a good thing. Because now I - and all of you - have the opportunity to help shape the game to be the game we want it to be, rather than have to wait another 6 months or a year to have a game that is the realization of someone else's vision.
It helps that I am the type of gamer who looks to excel at a rules system as it is rather than adjust a game to suit my particular gaming style. But I find it fascinating that despite my best efforts my enchanting is only at level 13, my clothing at 30 and my provisioning is already at 50. How do I do I up my enchanting? What do I have to do? I love the process of exploring, and figuring out the game, and adapting my game play to suit.
I also love that the motif drops have been nerfed. Now I will be rewarded for obsessively opening every single container just to see what is inside. When you run through the dungeon or town without opening a single thing, you'll have to pay me when i find that primal motif you want so badly so that you can experience not one single in-game advantage at all.
There are lots of things that I think can be improved in this game. But I like the foundation elements of the game I am playing, and I am having fun. I have faith, based on what I have seen so far, that this development team is going to make changes, try things out, and improve the game over time - with our help and participation.
To over-extend my metaphor from above: It may be a half-baked game, but I'm enjoying watching the cooking process.
So thank you to the dev team. Keep up the good work.
Thulsola
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Mercenaries of the Queen - because if you can't have fun while playing a game, what's the point?
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Mercenaries of the Queen - because if you can't have fun while playing a game, what's the point?
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Hoylegu✭✭✭I've played every AAA MMORPG since UO, and I haven't had this much fun since the early days of DAoC. Well done ZOS.1 -
Salsadoom✭✭✭Yup, ESO is best described as a christmas present. By the shape and size it could contain great things. Right now we are just seeing the outer wrapping paper, it might be scuffed and slightly torn but it doesn't hurt what's inside. It will be interesting to see what we find when we peel off that layer. Will there be another layer of wrapping paper? A box? Will that box have stuffing in it and contain another wrapped box? Who knows!
Kind of exciting to see each layer revealed, watch the intrigue grow to find out what is really inside.2