Do you think ESO will stand the test of time?

Solthour

When a new MMO comes out it's hard to tell whether it will be popular for a long time or die out quickly what do you think will be the case with ESO?

Solthour

ESO will last a long time.

Personally my self I think ( or hope ) that ESO will last a long time I can see a bright future for it providing the developers don't mess which I hope they don't.

(By the way I have put this poll in main quest as I could not find a more appropriate tag for it)

Nox_Aeterna

ESO will last a short time.

How much time is "a long time" or "a very short time"?

A month, an year?

People could see this in different time frames.

Solthour

ESO will last a long time.

Nox_Aeterna wrote: »

How much time is "a long time" or "a very short time"?

A month, an year?

People could see this in different time frames.

Very long time = 3 years +
Long time = 1 and about a half years +
Short = stays alive about a year
Very short = dying out before a year after launch

Sorry I should of been more precise with my times here hope this helps

Phoboz

ESO will last a short time.

the game will soon go free to play if they dont fix all bug, if they dont do anything to improve the quality of life and really just not show something amazing, the hipe for the game is done now, and all we have so far are millions of bugs on every single important quest and a feelining that we missing something, and theres other games coming out soon... they have little time for fix and save what they can, or you will have just fan base around 3 factions witch will made the population even more tin....


sorry for the grammar, english is not my first langauge hehe..

Memnock

ESO will last a long time.

They already fixed a lot of the quest bugs , i mean the main story progression , is clear now , just finished it about 2 days ago , hope they didn't ad other bugs to it

As for the VR content , i am having a bit of lag in Auridon , i talked with other and some people seem to have it as well , and others don't so , i am not sure if its a connectivity issue , or its due to the EU server location.

With regards to other bugs , if they fix the vampire bugs , with the stages and with the Mist form allowing heals from Draining Swarm , also , maybe a few tweaks to destro staves damage , since it seems they are doing a bit worse compared to Bows , the game is in pretty good shape IMHO.

For the games future , i would like to see them add arenas in Cyrodiil and the alliance major cities , so there is a possibility of smaller PVP , teams of 2 , 4 , 6 facing in arenas , with other players having the ability to spectate , and maybe place bets on the fighting teams would help the PVP a lot , since after a while , the large scale stuff will be get a bit tiresome after some time.

Also , if they add awesome , new and long quest chains , for the Assassins and Thieves guilds , just like the ones for the Fighters and Mages guilds , the pve content will be there , add to that 1-2 more large dungeons , besides the existing 16 man one and its going to be great.

As a last note ( this is a personal thing that i would like them to add at a later time ) , if they decide to add 2-3 more slots for skills per each weapon loadout , it will add even more variety to the builds that you can make , and that will bring even more versatility and variety , so even more time to spend on deciding and experimenting with different builds.

Other than the above , if they keep adding new skills to the worlds skills , and bring in new ones maybe on a 4-6 month cycle , along with stories that give a reason for expansion of the lines and adding new ones, then the game will be in a good place for at least 2-3 years

Varivox9

ESO will last a short time.

It really depends on how they respond to the feedback at this point. I picked "short" but it could be longer if they fix all the bad design choices they made. Better guild functions, better trading, botbans, PvP xp/loot balancing, etc. It has a great foundation, but it's marred by a plethora of terrible "little" things that add up imo.

knaveofengland

ESO will last a long time.

reason I say long time money spent on game will mean if they have to change direction to make the game epic then they will , you also have to remember the millions of fans from the elder scrolls series will play the game.
also 5 million I think they said to beta game , so I would suggest game will improve all games have bugs look at rtw even gold still has bugs ,
so game will get better they do have to improve , so they will every thing takes time , some bugs will take months , but some times I do think they are on planet zog

Faolanhart

Honestly we don't have any idea.
You could say yes because of the IP.
But then you look at The Old Republic.
But then you realise that that game had the letters E & A associated with it.
If you go by other MMOs then you'll probably end up with "well it will at least be free to play in about a year/two years".

Personally I want it to grow, improve & last for a while & I don't want it to go free to play any time soon.
As much as I loved WoW I keep hoping that it will just die already so that developers can finally quit trying to copy it & try something new.
Although they'll probably just copy whatever ends up replacing it.

People just love to be doomsayers, it happens with every MMO.
We don't know how long it will last, it hasn't even been out that long.

Jeremy

ESO will last a long time.

I think it will if they address the serious issues in a timely manner. Because this game definitely has the potential for longevity. But it's going to stay a work in progress to keep it that way.

Sharee

ESO will last a very long time.

I don't know how long it will last, but i can see myself playing it as long as it does. The game has almost everything i was looking for in an MMO ever since i played DAoC.

There certainly is room for improvement tho, and i'm looking forward to see what the dev team comes up with! (something like the realm abilities system from DAoC would be nice, *wink wink*)

Solthour

ESO will last a long time.

Thanks for commenting and voting guys.
It is good to see your opinions.

taze222b14_ESO

ESO will last a very short time.

Phoboz wrote: »

the game will soon go free to play if they dont fix all bug, if they dont do anything to improve the quality of life and really just not show something amazing, the hipe for the game is done now, and all we have so far are millions of bugs on every single important quest and a feelining that we missing something, and theres other games coming out soon... they have little time for fix and save what they can, or you will have just fan base around 3 factions witch will made the population even more tin....


sorry for the grammar, english is not my first langauge hehe..

I agree. Zenimax has even said they aren't going to F2P but unless they start prioritizing the game and players over their greed. This game will end up like SWTOR. Also Wildstar is releasing in like 2 months and a lot of players will flock to that. I know Blizzard has their plans for that but does Zenimax?

South_of_Heaven

ESO will last a very short time.

A very short time. It's a shame, the game is very beautiful. The bugs, exploits etc surely have contributed to this but it also has done some things wrong... For example whoever is going through the veteran content will understand this.... http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/comment/716172#Comment_716172

JexTex

ESO will last a short time.

If they don't fix the pointless grind to V10 than yes the game wont survive as it stands I have guildys dropping left and right due to the veteran rank crap....u make people work to V1 and then make us run all the quests again wow...

really fun unsubbedl ol

Xaei

ESO will last a long time.

I certainly think the game has potential.

No matter how good a game like Wildstar is, it's the same old same old. There's too much competition out there for it to survive that long unscathed.

ESO is very very different to most MMOs and there's some real innovation here which could make the game truly amazing.

But ZO needs to up their game, and the complete lack of forum presence gives me worries that they aren't upping their game.

Eris

ESO will last a long time.

Yes, because there will always be someone to create another forum poll to keep up interest.

columbineb14_ESO

ESO will last a short time.

It'll go a couple of years and will make its dev investment back plus a modest profit. If that sounds like I'm being overly harsh, I'm not. That's the only thing that really separates a "successful" MMO from a "failed" one.

So far ESO has felt very solo-ish, and while that works out for me as a mostly solo/duo player, the solo people are the ones who leave when they work through all the quest content. So the longevity of the game doesn't actually depend on players like me; it doesn't depend on bug fixes or the stability of the game either. It depends entirely on how well it will attract people who come in nightly to run the same group dungeons or world pvp over and over.

cubansyrusb16_ESO

ESO will last a very long time.

Phoboz wrote: »

the game will soon go free to play if they dont fix all bug, if they dont do anything to improve the quality of life and really just not show something amazing, the hipe for the game is done now, and all we have so far are millions of bugs on every single important quest and a feelining that we missing something, and theres other games coming out soon... they have little time for fix and save what they can, or you will have just fan base around 3 factions witch will made the population even more tin....


sorry for the grammar, english is not my first langauge hehe..

So it will still be here ...... your reply has nothing to do with the length of time the game will be here, i think you misunderstood the poll for a "how long will it be till is goes F2P" and inserted a minor rant.

JexTex

ESO will last a short time.

columbineb14_ESO wrote: »

It'll go a couple of years and will make its dev investment back plus a modest profit. If that sounds like I'm being overly harsh, I'm not. That's the only thing that really separates a "successful" MMO from a "failed" one.

So far ESO has felt very solo-ish, and while that works out for me as a mostly solo/duo player, the solo people are the ones who leave when they work through all the quest content. So the longevity of the game doesn't actually depend on players like me; it doesn't depend on bug fixes or the stability of the game either. It depends entirely on how well it will attract people who come in nightly to run the same group dungeons or world pvp over and over.

Yep...I agree for most part....the game feels kinda lifeless for an mmo and be able to see so many people but the fact I cant toggle tags etc is weak...

also the veteran ranks style max level is kinda of a turn off...and makes getting into the game more difficult and defiantly more difficult to make another char...obv they didn't think this out well...mmo;s aren't new a lot of people no longer care that much about questing etc...I for one enjoy endgame raiding and pvp....the fact I havto pve and quests my balls off is simply poor for a monthly sub game...sry its true the game has a lot of potential but things like this are turning people away..all I havto do is look at my guild lists...its dwindleing faster than ive seen in any other mmo..and that's not people leaving just no longer playing lol

Spriggen

ESO will last a long time.

I'm hopeful that the game will stay for a long time. I've subbed for 6 months so I'll see then what happens.

I am hoping for dueling

Brodycanuck

What do you mean by last? If it starts to die, it will just go F2P, which means it probably will never actually DIE, there will always be some people that play...

Or do you mean like...SWTOR, how it started out well then started to dwindle down??