I found a silver lining! :)

Blackwidow

At first, I was really upset at the appearance of a lot of people leaving the game. From what I can tell we have lost well over 80% of the players, but that is just my perspective.

However, as a few ESO diehard fans have pointed out, I have no proof. Some people even claim ESO is actually growing in numbers. I am so relieved to hear this good news.

So, now I go into the game and see the silver lining of my wrong perspective.

I used to separate chat tabs for my guilds because of all the chatter. Now I have consolidated them all to one tab. I'm sure everyone is still playing. I think most are enjoying the game too much to chat.

I am finding players are no longer around me to steal chests from me or beat me to crafting nodes. I gather so much more now, it is really awesome. I guess all the other players must be in different areas.

I can use my zone chat again. I had to turn that sucker off a while back because there was so much selling spam. I mean sure, I'll still see people selling in zone chat still, but my screen no longer flies past so fast that I can not read it. I guess that guild store concept must finally be working right.

I can finally solo public dungeons alone. No more tons of other players rushing past me and killing everything. I guess I'm slow and all the other players have done all the dungeons I'm doing now. It's nice to be able to take my time and enjoy the solo dungeons for a change. A month ago, that was never possible.

So, thanks to the assurance that we have a growing population, I am really enjoying all the benefits of a quiet little game.

Thank you.

DDemon

Let me hand you a towel to wipe up all the sarcasm dripping off this post.

Blackwidow

DDemon wrote: »

Let me hand you a towel to wipe up all the sarcasm dripping off this post.

The funny thing is, I really am enjoying the benefits I listed.

ZiRM

Silver Linings Playbook was awesome!

Stratti

NiRN wrote: »

Silver Linings Playbook was awesome!

Why was it awesome?
I mean what do you think was awesome about it

david271749

I can't wait until this game is the single player experience we all wanted in the first place!

Blackwidow

david271749 wrote: »

I can't wait until this game is the single player experience we all wanted in the first place!

Not much longer, my friend.

Blackwidow

DDemon wrote: »

Let me hand you a towel to wipe up all the sarcasm dripping off this post.

Thanks.

Slantasiam

good post! best I seen all day.

SantieClaws

Is this Silver Lining a rare clothing crafting item?

AreoHotah

That's the problem. Its silver. Could have been gold.

GrimCyclone

NiRN wrote: »

Silver Linings Playbook was awesome!

I refuse to watch it because I don't like Bradley with my woman.

Anastasia

Blackwidow wrote: »

At first, I was really upset at the appearance of a lot of people leaving the game. From what I can tell we have lost well over 80% of the players, but that is just my perspective.

However, as a few ESO diehard fans have pointed out, I have no proof. Some people even claim ESO is actually growing in numbers. I am so relieved to hear this good news.

So, now I go into the game and see the silver lining of my wrong perspective.

I used to separate chat tabs for my guilds because of all the chatter. Now I have consolidated them all to one tab. I'm sure everyone is still playing. I think most are enjoying the game too much to chat.

I am finding players are no longer around me to steal chests from me or beat me to crafting nodes. I gather so much more now, it is really awesome. I guess all the other players must be in different areas.

I can use my zone chat again. I had to turn that sucker off a while back because there was so much selling spam. I mean sure, I'll still see people selling in zone chat still, but my screen no longer flies past so fast that I can not read it. I guess that guild store concept must finally be working right.

I can finally solo public dungeons alone. No more tons of other players rushing past me and killing everything. I guess I'm slow and all the other players have done all the dungeons I'm doing now. It's nice to be able to take my time and enjoy the solo dungeons for a change. A month ago, that was never possible.

So, thanks to the assurance that we have a growing population, I am really enjoying all the benefits of a quiet little game.

Thank you.

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Wild guess here Blackwidow...but are you in 'endgame' (*and were most of the members of the guilds you joined and did you and/or them level up in less than two months?) No offense, just curious. I purposely did NOT level fast. Not only because I wanted to enjoy the journey, but because I learned that lesson in several other mmo releases 0-o.

DISINFORMATION. Taking an untruth and weaving it throughout a secondary explanation or description thereby unobtrusively creating an assumption of truth.

Please members of the herd. Do not accept this.

To OP: ;o) Good maneuver.

GrimCyclone

He tested a lot so yeah he probably rushed. Dude probably has been through the content a couple times.

ferzalrwb17_ESO

I've got a main in mid VR, an alt that's just hit around 40, one that I shelved at 28 and a level 10 (plus mules). I'm experiencing all of these same benefits from this overcrowded server in each area. There are so many people grouped up doing things privately that I have the whole world to myself. I've been in banks with no one else in them because everyone was busy somewhere else.

Everyone in my guild and on my friends list is having troubles logging on because of the waiting queues so there's hardly anyone online in my lists but I'm sure they'll get in eventually.

This game has a really solid future.

Pewpie

The devs just had to tackle the lag problem... so they created a phase for every single player so they wouldn't get lagged so much by others... :P That is why you feel so alone sometimes, but that is just a new feature of the game!

jalker1205b16_ESO

best OP ever. me i spend more time on forums waiting for a dev/gm to give some info to the player base. iv unsubed why the 9 RLF i started this game with have not logged in for 2 weeks or more because of the vet levels. i will not bore you with their list of complaints. this game had promise. very poor feed back to community is always going to kill a game.

btw this is my first post in these forums.

i hope not to get flamed. but if i do at leased someone read my post and could be bothered to reply unlike Zeni

Blackwidow

GrimCyclone wrote: »

He tested a lot so yeah he probably rushed. Dude probably has been through the content a couple times.

I did not rush through anything. I listen to every quest giver. I explore every inch of the land. I even read the books.

I love how you you guys attack the poster instead of admitting the game might be in trouble.

Amazing.

Blackwidow

Anastasia wrote: »

Wild guess here Blackwidow...but are you in 'endgame' (*and were most of the members of the guilds you joined and did you and/or them level up in less than two months?) No offense, just curious

Nope.

To OP: ;o) Good maneuver.

Thanks, I guess.

Ranger

I agree the crowd has thinned out but for some reason peeps like to plow through a game and get on to the next latest and great thing they can spend theyre money on these days. When MMO's first arrived they were meant to be like a hobby, meet new people gather and grind. Play for years. Now its like peeps have been brain washed by companys like EA with Need For Speed. $50, plow through in a week, don't worry the next one will be out in a couple months.

k9mouse

I am just wondering how do we know that ESO is gaining players? I have not seen any numbers or hint of numbers. I am too glad that the zones thin out and I can enjoy the world with out being ran over by other players.

BUT

on the other paw, I am concern that ESO might be losing to many numbers of players to keep the game a float. I do like to see some numbers to release this concern and see in fact ESO is doing well over all.

countesscrownub18_ESO

Blackwidow wrote: »

At first, I was really upset at the appearance of a lot of people leaving the game. From what I can tell we have lost well over 80% of the players, but that is just my perspective.

However, as a few ESO diehard fans have pointed out, I have no proof. Some people even claim ESO is actually growing in numbers. I am so relieved to hear this good news.

So, now I go into the game and see the silver lining of my wrong perspective.

I used to separate chat tabs for my guilds because of all the chatter. Now I have consolidated them all to one tab. I'm sure everyone is still playing. I think most are enjoying the game too much to chat.

I am finding players are no longer around me to steal chests from me or beat me to crafting nodes. I gather so much more now, it is really awesome. I guess all the other players must be in different areas.

I can use my zone chat again. I had to turn that sucker off a while back because there was so much selling spam. I mean sure, I'll still see people selling in zone chat still, but my screen no longer flies past so fast that I can not read it. I guess that guild store concept must finally be working right.

I can finally solo public dungeons alone. No more tons of other players rushing past me and killing everything. I guess I'm slow and all the other players have done all the dungeons I'm doing now. It's nice to be able to take my time and enjoy the solo dungeons for a change. A month ago, that was never possible.

So, thanks to the assurance that we have a growing population, I am really enjoying all the benefits of a quiet little game.

Thank you.

I love Sarcasm.

I log in every day ....upgrade my horses. Deconstruct glyphs that were sent to me. Then I log out and play Wild Star or Star Citizens.

I will keep my subscription active for a few months. "15 dollars is a days lunch for me". If I do not see Vet content fixed and class's balanced out for PVE and PVP seperately. Then I will have to move on. However, I am willing to give it some time.

So currently there making a fortune from me. 15 a month for 10 minutes a day.

blauschwinge

Actually, I know it is an MMO, but I do enjoy having the game to myself sometimes. Better farming, no need to hasten to the Chest in the Background etc. Less bugging Quests.

However, since they care more about nerfing players, than their bugged out PVE Quest content, I will probably have to waste a lot of time standing at the doorstep of some quest bosses which are nearly impossible to kill for me by myself.

My Alt is a Templar and I regularly require help at High Health Bosses calling Adds because my Damage is pretty wimpy and I am dead when I run out of ressources. I really doubt making the player feel weak compared to a bunch of silly npcs is the way to go.

Lodestar

There is also the more obvious explanation than even trying to put the OP in a category box, so you can discredit him (petty *** and desperate thing anyway).

In first, second and third months of all MMO launches in recent years, crowds always go in droves. After third month, you usually have your rough figure of what the mainstay numbers of your playerbase is going to be.

It is just how it is. Question is, do the managers, marketers, and developers, take this into account, in their plans and projections, or did they plan on having more of these continue playing?

jambam817_ESO

My guilds (joined within early launch days) have dwindled down to 10ish players during prime time (weeknights and weekends) only a few of which actually say anything. Only my Trade guilds are slightly higher. This ranges from guilds in size of 300 to 500 members with about 20ish players active that i can see.
Its very disheartening. Struggling to maintain interest in this game with no one to play with. I had 1 or 2 RL friends but they stopped playing in their 20s.

RianaTheBosmer

I see the problem as the devs responsibility, instead of nerfing they should have brought the classes up together. Fix templar and NB so they are equal to DK and sorc instead of nerfing DK and sorc.

Find the addons people are using and build your UI accordingly.

Fix the bugs and get rid of the damned solo play.

Then you may just see people come back and give it another try but I also think the sub numbers are dwindling and I'm not so blind to see that they better do something quickly if they want them back.

SeinSchatten

I agree with OP. Skyrim with mods is the best game. OB comes right afterwards.

Blackwidow

Lodestar wrote: »

There is also the more obvious explanation than even trying to put the OP in a category box, so you can discredit him (petty *** and desperate thing anyway).

Thank you.

In first, second and third months of all MMO launches in recent years, crowds always go in droves. After third month, you usually have your rough figure of what the mainstay numbers of your playerbase is going to be.

It is just how it is. Question is, do the managers, marketers, and developers, take this into account, in their plans and projections, or did they plan on having more of these continue playing?

This is their chance to turn the game around. Fix the banks, fix the guild stores/AHs, and much much more.

Blackwidow

RianaTheBosmer wrote: »

I see the problem as the devs responsibility, instead of nerfing they should have brought the classes up together. Fix templar and NB so they are equal to DK and sorc instead of nerfing DK and sorc.

Find the addons people are using and build your UI accordingly.

Fix the bugs and get rid of the damned solo play.

Then you may just see people come back and give it another try but I also think the sub numbers are dwindling and I'm not so blind to see that they better do something quickly if they want them back.

/100% agree.

Blackwidow

jambam817_ESO wrote: »

My guilds (joined within early launch days) have dwindled down to 10ish players during prime time (weeknights and weekends) only a few of which actually say anything. Only my Trade guilds are slightly higher. This ranges from guilds in size of 300 to 500 members with about 20ish players active that i can see.
Its very disheartening. Struggling to maintain interest in this game with no one to play with. I had 1 or 2 RL friends but they stopped playing in their 20s.

That is the real sad part about the loss of so many players. It has a domino effect.

I left because my 2 friends left, then their two friends leave, and their two friends....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkbeuln0TDw

Blackwidow

countesscrownub18_ESO wrote: »

I log in every day ....upgrade my horses. Deconstruct glyphs that were sent to me. Then I log out and play Wild Star or Star Citizens.

How's that working out so far?