Necronomicon wrote: »Sadly, WildStar looks like a goldmine compared to this game, and you can purchase subs with ingame gold?... Wild Star has housing,arena pvp and so on, everything ESO should've been..
rawne1980b16_ESO wrote: »I told a friend he needed a new sofa.
It was a nasty purple one he got for free from his wifes aunty or something silly like that.
What?
I thought we were playing the *pointless tripe we tell our friends but no one else really gives a damn* game....
I wouldn't call them minor problems. Just to list an example, I haven't played a Nightblade, but the fact that they still aren't fully functional is inexcusable and the announcement a week or so ago addressing some of those issues is inexcusable and doesn't bode well for the future of this game. You don't launch, and neglect, issues of that caliber for the first two months of the game. All new MMOs don't launch with major bugs involving base class mechanics that have been reported to death since beta and have been willfully ignored for whatever reason.Tannakaobi wrote: »Op! Well done, you stopped your friend playing a perfectly decent game that you enjoyed because of some minor problems that ALL new mmo's will have in one way or another, good job. Most people in your situation, the way you have described it would have said. It's a good game, I have enjoyed it but be warned of X, Y, Z.
Tannakaobi wrote: »Op! Well done, you stopped your friend playing a perfectly decent game that you enjoyed because of some minor problems
Carnage2K4 wrote: »With people that ask, I normally say wait 4-6 years... currently it may as well still be called late-beta.
ipkonfigcub18_ESO wrote: »Carnage2K4 wrote: »With people that ask, I normally say wait 4-6 years... currently it may as well still be called late-beta.
Fixed
Tannakaobi wrote: »Op! Well done, you stopped your friend playing a perfectly decent game that you enjoyed because of some minor problems that ALL new mmo's will have in one way or another, good job. Most people in your situation, the way you have described it would have said. It's a good game, I have enjoyed it but be warned of X, Y, Z.
I wouldn't call them minor problems. Just to list an example, I haven't played a Nightblade, but the fact that they still aren't fully functional is inexcusable and the announcement a week or so ago addressing some of those issues is inexcusable and doesn't bode well for the future of this game.
rawne1980b16_ESO wrote: »I told a friend he needed a new sofa.
It was a nasty purple one he got for free from his wifes aunty or something silly like that.
What?
I thought we were playing the *pointless tripe we tell our friends but no one else really gives a damn* game....
Tannakaobi wrote: »Op! Well done, you stopped your friend playing a perfectly decent game that you enjoyed because of some minor problems that ALL new mmo's will have in one way or another, good job. Most people in your situation, the way you have described it would have said. It's a good game, I have enjoyed it but be warned of X, Y, Z.
I wouldn't call them minor problems. Just to list an example, I haven't played a Nightblade, but the fact that they still aren't fully functional is inexcusable and the announcement a week or so ago addressing some of those issues is inexcusable and doesn't bode well for the future of this game.
I do play a NB, and am loving every single minute of it. My NB works just fine - I solo content 2 to 4 levels above me with ease.
Congrats. I wasn't pushy like that, either. I told him about the issues I saw, I told him about the general gameplay, and I told him that I wouldn't purchase the game if I could do it again. He made the decision for himself.magickats242cub18_ESO wrote: »I would never presume to tell my friends on what to buy, I just tell them of my experience, then have them do their own research. This way they can come to their own conclusions and decide for themselves.
I guess I am just not pushy like that. I like to believe that my friends are adult enough to figure things out for themselves.
pecheckler wrote: »Tannakaobi wrote: »Op! Well done, you stopped your friend playing a perfectly decent game that you enjoyed because of some minor problems that ALL new mmo's will have in one way or another, good job. Most people in your situation, the way you have described it would have said. It's a good game, I have enjoyed it but be warned of X, Y, Z.
I wouldn't call them minor problems. Just to list an example, I haven't played a Nightblade, but the fact that they still aren't fully functional is inexcusable and the announcement a week or so ago addressing some of those issues is inexcusable and doesn't bode well for the future of this game.
I do play a NB, and am loving every single minute of it. My NB works just fine - I solo content 2 to 4 levels above me with ease.
clearly not veteran rank 5 yet
magickats242cub18_ESO wrote: »I would never presume to tell my friends on what to buy, I just tell them of my experience, then have them do their own research. This way they can come to their own conclusions and decide for themselves.
I guess I am just not pushy like that. I like to believe that my friends are adult enough to figure things out for themselves.
Necronomicon wrote: »Sadly, WildStar looks like a goldmine compared to this game, and you can purchase subs with ingame gold?... Wild Star has housing,arena pvp and so on, everything ESO should've been..
Blackwidow wrote: »magickats242cub18_ESO wrote: »I would never presume to tell my friends on what to buy, I just tell them of my experience, then have them do their own research. This way they can come to their own conclusions and decide for themselves.
I guess I am just not pushy like that. I like to believe that my friends are adult enough to figure things out for themselves.
But, if a friend said to you, "You own this item, is it worth buying in your opinion?"
You would never give a yes or no answer, even with a review?
I think using the word pushy was a bit much. Not everyone want to hear about a product for a long time when all they really want is a yes or no.
Friend: Is EOS worth buying?
You: Regardless of whether you assume the guise of an orc or an elf, Elder Scrolls Online is the story of an adventurer in search of his or her soul. It's a fitting setup for a beloved single-player franchise that finds itself taking its first shaky steps in the unfamiliar massively multiplayer role playing game genre, and just moments past the character creation screen you can feel it struggling to reconcile its heritage with its new duds. Just as the adventurer tries to learn the truth of their past, ESO itself struggles with its identity through each leg of the lengthy leveling content.
Friend: Okay, but is it worth buying?
You: It's important to view ZeniMax Online's creation as an MMORPG first and an Elder Scrolls game second. Expecting to kill random NPCs or find the free-roaming exploration of a game like Skyrim amid its traditional zone-based progression? It'll always let you down. The good news is that, despite some substantial launch bugs and underwhelming graphics, it exceeds many expectations and captures the Elder Scrolls experience about as well as an MMORPG realistically can.
Friend: Okay, but do you think it is worth getting??
you: It takes a while for the pieces to fall into place over the course of its 100-hour main story, but in time it delivers an experience that's at least as worthy of the Elder Scrolls name as any of the three most recent single-player games. (It suffers from the same occasional cliches, too.) It presents its own unique twists and cameos of important figures from Elder Scrolls lore, as well as a final boss encounter that both exceeds the challenges of some of the single-player games and points to what's in store in the promising Veteran content that comes after 50.
Friend: OMG! can you just answer me please!!!!
You: As in Skyrim, it's the quests you find from random townsfolk and Dunmer guar herders that make up the bulk of the PvE experience, as well as stories from series favorites such as the Mages’ and Fighters’ Guilds. They're fully voiced to a degree that puts even Star Wars: The Old Republic to shame, although the quality of the delivery from the limited voice actors ranges from adequate to robotic (particularly for some male Argonians). The catch? If you’re unaccustomed to the conventions of MMOs, you may bristle at the sight of other adventurers undertaking the same clandestine dealings with the same sketchy Breton landowners. These stories written for a singular hero but delivered to a crowd are a spot where ESO seems to hold onto its single-player beginnings more than it probably should.
Friend: Forget it! BYE!
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Bane_of_Fringe wrote: »Vr-5 Nightblade and I have no troubles..DPS works fine with some spell enchantment increase, and using what you have at the right time works wonders. (Also a stamina build..half and half really, but it works good in dungeons and pvp.)
That being said...it's nobody's fault that you decided to push through all PvE content within the first month of the game. Whoever pointed out that the game is done within the first 2 weeks for them either wasted their time on a game that wasn't for them, or spent way to much time speeding through content.
PvP for me has an objective, whether it's taking a vendetta with another player and/or large group objectives such as keeps, areas, the whole map. As it is, smaller groups are awarded more anyways.
It's whatever, pessimistic views is what everybody has to give. I remember pre-vet and it was awesome. Just got the game, spent every free hour of every day on it. I will admit that vet lvls are rather boring and loathsome, but the game is still good. Game hasn't been out for two months, and people are sucking it dry. I plan to keep playing it, trying out new builds nobody else has, and enjoying the game I spent $60 on and have spent $30 for game-time. If you need to be fed content like an animal, then ESO really isn't for you.
Not sure why I'm posting this, but as much as I have enjoyed this game I can't in good conscience recommend to my friends that they purchase it.
The issues I brought up:
4. Balance. DKs and Sorcs OP, Templars and NBs UP, and everyone on every side of the issue has no idea what balance should actually look like, per the designers' intent, because the design behind every aspect of the game is short-sighted and poorly thought out.
I don't know. I defended the game pretty rabidly pre-VR10. Now I'm level capped, there's no more PvE for me to experience, PvP is boring and repetitive, and I have no idea what to do aside from log in to receive hireling mail, upgrade horse, and research traits as they're available.
It pains me to see an Elder Scrolls title in this state, but I do truly believe that they've screwed the pooch on this one. And as much as I would like to, I cannot recommend to my RL friends that they purchase this game and invest time in it.
Sorry for the rant and ty for reading. Again, I'm not sure why I'm posting this, but I feel let down and I don't anticipate that changing anytime soon