Constructive Criticism - Two Months In
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The purpose of this thread is to make ZOS aware of the things in ESO that aren't working well or could be improved. Try to stay away from pointing out the obvious (bugs need to be fixed, game needs to be balanced, more stability, etc).
Instead focus on something in the game right now that needs to be improved. Talk about what it is, what you were expecting that you didn't get, and what you'd like to see ZOS do to fix it.
For me, it's the open world Dungeons (not the 4 man group instanced dungeons). Anyone who has played the last three TES games knows that TES is about Dungeon Crawling. So I was extremely excited to learn that ESO was going to have lots of caves and towers and open dungeons to explore. In my mind I was thinking of Morrowind and Skyrim and all the fun I had dungeon diving in those games.
What I ended up with was sadly different. Dungeons are too short, too much alike, and far too populated with players (and I don't just mean bots). The entire dungeon experience is ruined when you have three players running ahead of you killing all the mobs, and 3 more players running behind you. You can only pray that something will respawn in time for you to kill it. It takes away the exploration, the excitement, the thrill of not knowing what dangers lie ahead. In other words, you can't sneak through it, expecting to be attacked by some bandit around the next corner.
So what can ZOS do about this?
First, they can add more variety to the dungeon designs. I honestly think they should go back to look at Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim to see how Bethesda did their dungeons and model them off of those.
Second, there needs to be more puzzles to work through, more interesting monsters to fight, some element of danger and surprise at least.
Third, I realize in an MMO that you can't really do much about the volume of players that are going to be in your zone, getting in your way, but I think that just changing up these dungeons and delves to make them more TES like will help out quite a bit.
What would you like to see changed in ESO to make the game even better?
Edited by Tabbycat on 3 June 2014 12:46 Instead focus on something in the game right now that needs to be improved. Talk about what it is, what you were expecting that you didn't get, and what you'd like to see ZOS do to fix it.
For me, it's the open world Dungeons (not the 4 man group instanced dungeons). Anyone who has played the last three TES games knows that TES is about Dungeon Crawling. So I was extremely excited to learn that ESO was going to have lots of caves and towers and open dungeons to explore. In my mind I was thinking of Morrowind and Skyrim and all the fun I had dungeon diving in those games.
What I ended up with was sadly different. Dungeons are too short, too much alike, and far too populated with players (and I don't just mean bots). The entire dungeon experience is ruined when you have three players running ahead of you killing all the mobs, and 3 more players running behind you. You can only pray that something will respawn in time for you to kill it. It takes away the exploration, the excitement, the thrill of not knowing what dangers lie ahead. In other words, you can't sneak through it, expecting to be attacked by some bandit around the next corner.
So what can ZOS do about this?
First, they can add more variety to the dungeon designs. I honestly think they should go back to look at Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim to see how Bethesda did their dungeons and model them off of those.
Second, there needs to be more puzzles to work through, more interesting monsters to fight, some element of danger and surprise at least.
Third, I realize in an MMO that you can't really do much about the volume of players that are going to be in your zone, getting in your way, but I think that just changing up these dungeons and delves to make them more TES like will help out quite a bit.
What would you like to see changed in ESO to make the game even better?
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PimbeeSoul ShrivenI would like for them to actually fix bugs - not lazy/easy fix them by doing some shady coding; which has usually produced worse bugs. REAL fixes before anything else, please!0