LexonLightbringer wrote: »malikwalker_ESO wrote: »Late-ish reply. Had to do my morning run and all that jazz.LexonLightbringer wrote: »malikwalker_ESO wrote: »LexonLightbringer wrote: »Breg_Magol wrote: »For he price of 2 Latte's a month!! Of course it's worth it.
If the developers make money out of this more power to them. What do people want .. something for nothing?
Happy developers and happy subscribers .. that's what I want. I'm a happy subscriber, I sometimes routinely spend more than $15 on lunch .. I need to curtail my consumption one day a week (at least) .. happy to pay a subscription!
I spend 15 dollars a month on a number of things too. Yet if I go out to eat and that restaurant brings me food that is spoiled, I get a refund. I know I sound entitled to get a refund for a product not fit for human-consumption, I am selfish that way. Seriously though if you pay for something you expect something. I suppose its comes down to standards, and listen more power to you for eating food that will make you puke later!
Not exactly a fair comparison.
You pay for a complete meal. If it is not complete(missing sides, under-cooked, spoiled, etc), you send it back for another or your money back. An MMO is never complete until the servers are shutdown-its always a work in progress.
True, some MMOs are launched more fleshed out than some. But honestly, ZOS isn't doing that bad. There are some areas that they REALLY need to improve on with a quickness. But the launch could have been much, much, much worse and i think people need to dial back the Veruca Salt-esque mindset a bit and take note of that.
I think you can make an argument that ESO is missing the "Sides" you would expect in a "Complete Meal". Just for reference we are not talking about the Dessert, or in other words the additional content that comes later, we are talking about the normal stuff that's included with your meal.
OK
You want to stick with the food analogy, fine. Doesn't make the expectations some people are expressing any less unrealistic.
We agree on how one reacts when they buy a meal. They expect it to be complete. We've established a consensus of sorts on what 'complete' is. But you are trying to liken a purchasing a MMO at launch and shortly thereafter, in this case of course TESO, to purchasing a complete meal. And that comparison just isn't a fair one.
Sticking as close as possible to your complete meal analogy, buying a copy/setting up a sub for TESO is most closely likened to buying say an Apple Tree sapling. You buy the sapling and you know up front that given time, you are going to get lots of delicious apples if you properly care for and maintain it. You don't buy the sapling, plant it, and then expect a bushel of apples the next day.
I'll say it again for clarification: MMOs are works in progress. Every single one that has open servers and players on them.
A WIP is not a completed item/service/etc. It is an ongoing project that is measured in good stretches of time, not a single moment. It is disingenuous at best to allow yourself to think otherwise; purposefully delusional at worst.
OK
But what if you bought an "Apple Tree sapling" and it didn't provide you with a first year harvest? The "Seller" guaranteed you a first year harvest, yet you were not provided one. What if you were provided a first year harvest yet it was "slim pickings". Even though you wouldn't know until "harvest time" if you were going to get a good crop, I am certain there would be signs throughout the year that would suggest some "bad apples".
This particular food analogy is very different then the "complete meal" one. With the tree you have to wait and see, with the meal you know what you are getting. So lets break it down. The "Complete Meal" is the retail version of the game with the 30days included. The tree is the service after the initial purchase. They are entirely two different things.
malikwalker_ESO wrote: »My issue with a lot of what i consider 'whining' threads/posts is this frankly dumb notion that some keeps popping up that expects an unreasonable level of initial perfection.
starkerealm wrote: »malikwalker_ESO wrote: »My issue with a lot of what i consider 'whining' threads/posts is this frankly dumb notion that some keeps popping up that expects an unreasonable level of initial perfection.
While you're on that, could you please remember there's a fairly large contingent of players out there that are frustrated and or severely disappointed with the state of the game, and lumping it all in as "whining" is somewhat disingenuous.
starkerealm wrote: »malikwalker_ESO wrote: »My issue with a lot of what i consider 'whining' threads/posts is this frankly dumb notion that some keeps popping up that expects an unreasonable level of initial perfection.
While you're on that, could you please remember there's a fairly large contingent of players out there that are frustrated and or severely disappointed with the state of the game, and lumping it all in as "whining" is somewhat disingenuous.
malikwalker_ESO wrote: »
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Drawing conclusions based on internet points. Bad.10 people voted "LOL", to show that OP was silly and laughable.
18, as of this point, have voiced support, with 16 agrees and 2 insightful.
You can be as "LOL" all you want to try to be dismissive, but if 18/28 people, nearly twice your number, shares OP's concern, then there's a problem, one shared by a greater number than you.
10 people voted "LOL", to show that OP was silly and laughable.
18, as of this point, have voiced support, with 16 agrees and 2 insightful.
You can be as "LOL" all you want to try to be dismissive, but if 18/28 people, nearly twice your number, shares OP's concern, then there's a problem, one shared by a greater number than you.
Prospero_ESO wrote: »malikwalker_ESO wrote: »
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So in short you have the right to complain about the things you don´t like but when other people do it they are a bunch of whiners ? That´s an interesting point of view, maybe you should swap out arrogance for common sense. Would definitely help to not make you look like a complete [snip].
SinisterJoint wrote: »10 people voted "LOL", to show that OP was silly and laughable.
18, as of this point, have voiced support, with 16 agrees and 2 insightful.
You can be as "LOL" all you want to try to be dismissive, but if 18/28 people, nearly twice your number, shares OP's concern, then there's a problem, one shared by a greater number than you.
People LOL at his post because of the crap he put in there. Some points are valid sure.
But over half of the stuff he is "demanding" doesn't and hasn't launched with any other mmo to date. So while you think what you are saying is solid, its not.
The op IS silly and laughable. he comes off as a "want it now" generation baby and it's sad really. What's more sad is the state in which gamers are now a days.
@malikwalker_ESO
Think we're muddling the point here: Is ESO's monthly sub justified? Why?
Subjective opinion in terms of a consumer base filled with jaded, "now" generation thinking is extremely valid. That's the state of the market no matter what you or I consider a valid justification. You yourself established a subjective waiting period for showing improvement (three months) without any objective reasoning to support that. Others simply have a much shorter waiting period for their demands from a product to be met, and that is just the reality of it.
This brings us to the real answer to the question which is, objectively, No, it is not justified. What a gamer can purchase for $15 a month on services like Steam, is factually more content at a higher quality than ZOS has presented with the subscription (see for yourself). I personally can justify it to myself, but that is based purely on my own perspective. If we entertain my subjective opinion as valid we must entertain every subjective opinion as valid which means every answer would be correct:
"Is ESO sub fee justified?"
"I like sweetrolls"
"Ummm...good enough!"
Psychotius wrote: »On the subject of swimming underwater, my character is deathly afraid of even getting in the water. Considering he is wearing a ton of armor, apparently carrying a horse, anywhere between 40-90 items in his bag, etc. It's been a true wonder that he hasn't been underwater yet.
I mean, compared to certain other MMO titles out there what does TESO offer for the monthly cost? Not much in my opinion.
- No housing
- No auction house
- No underwater system argonians
- No consequence system stealing
- No SLI support
- Game design that totally break immersion in public areas
- Broken loot
- Good combat system
- Non explorable areas, invincible walls.
- Low res textures world objects
- Limited endgame
- Bots problem not solved, getting worse
- No dedicated EU server
- Bugs, too many
A rushed product incomplete in my opinion
SinisterJoint wrote: »10 people voted "LOL", to show that OP was silly and laughable.
18, as of this point, have voiced support, with 16 agrees and 2 insightful.
You can be as "LOL" all you want to try to be dismissive, but if 18/28 people, nearly twice your number, shares OP's concern, then there's a problem, one shared by a greater number than you.
People LOL at his post because of the crap he put in there. Some points are valid sure.
But over half of the stuff he is "demanding" doesn't and hasn't launched with any other mmo to date. So while you think what you are saying is solid, its not.
The op IS silly and laughable. he comes off as a "want it now" generation baby and it's sad really. What's more sad is the state in which gamers are now a days.
Except perhaps player housing, I dont think I am silly to request the other stuff in the OP. They are not remarkable things. A few of them like underwater and stealing should be standard in a elderscrolls game since they are connected to the races skills.
- No housing -covered
- No auction house - a better trading system is needed (like personal stores)
- No underwater system argonians - What is underwater swimming going to bring to the table? What kind of excitement? Nothing... you are asking for something that will add nothing of value to the game...
- No consequence system stealing - Said to be in a future patch
- No SLI support -- Name me 3 mmo's that support SLI
- Game design that totally break immersion in public areas - This needs some explaining.
- Broken loot - How? What?
- Good combat system - This systems combat is great, just needs some bug tweeks.
- Non explorable areas, invincible walls. EVERY mmo has invisible walls... the map has to end somewhere....
- Low res textures world objects -- IDK about you but my textures and resolutions are just fine. Game looks great
- Limited endgame - THis always comes up in every new mmo that launches. Name one MMO (aside from everquest) that had tons of end game content on release
- Bots problem not solved, getting worse -- everyone mmo, especially newly launched ones have bot problems. Its just how it is.
- No dedicated EU server -- They said it will be moving to EU soon... read more updates.
- Bugs, too many -- just like any other newly launched MMO, bugs are gonna happen
A rushed product incomplete in my opinion
I mean, compared to certain other MMO titles out there what does TESO offer for the monthly cost? Not much in my opinion.
- No housing
- No auction house
- No underwater system argonians
- No consequence system stealing
- No SLI support
- Game design that totally break immersion in public areas
- Broken loot
- Good combat system
- Non explorable areas, invincible walls.
- Low res textures world objects
- Limited endgame
- Bots problem not solved, getting worse
- No dedicated EU server
- Bugs, too many
A rushed product incomplete in my opinion
I mean, compared to certain other MMO titles out there what does TESO offer for the monthly cost? Not much in my opinion.
- No housing
- No auction house
- No underwater system argonians
- No consequence system stealing
- No SLI support
- Game design that totally break immersion in public areas
- Broken loot
- Good combat system
- Non explorable areas, invincible walls.
- Low res textures world objects
- Limited endgame
- Bots problem not solved, getting worse
- No dedicated EU server
- Bugs, too many
A rushed product incomplete in my opinion
SinisterJoint wrote: »What other ES game has had underwater swimming? none
- No SLI support:
-->I play on a Mac, so I am going to assume that since I'm not familiar with the acronym (and haven't heard it from anyone else) that this is a PC only thing and doesn't seem to be a major issue amongst the larger player base.
- Bugs, too many:
-->Since when? I haven't been stalled by a broken quest or game stopping bug since patch 1.07 hit. Do you know what confirmation bias is?
- Bugs, too many:
-->Since when? I haven't been stalled by a broken quest or game stopping bug since patch 1.07 hit. Do you know what confirmation bias is?