So in 10 years...

Asherons_Call · March 2016

AC is going on 17

starlizard70ub17_ESO · March 2016

Ultima Online is about to hit 19 years in September.

nine9six · March 2016

Unless they shut the servers down, or so something REALLY, REALLY bad...I'll still be playing ESO to some extent.

That said...IDK if there will be an ESO in 10 years.

Alabyn · March 2016

SemiD4rkness wrote: »

Selstad wrote: »

Sorry to laugh a bit SemiD4rkness, but I strangely remember someone saying the same thing about WoW back in Vanilla; A game only casual players enjoy and that it wouldn't survive the first couple of years. It's a bit fun reading the negatives around WoW prior to and after its release

You just can't compare such a huge game with ESO lol, time will prove me right.

I think you're probably right. Casuals will be enjoying the game for years to come, long after the bitter players have moved on to the next shiny thing.

SantieClaws · March 2016

In 10 years time khajiit hopes to be sitting in Elsweyr, on a mountain of stolen yarn, in a palace made of sweetrolls, surrounded by many elven servants.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

nine9six · March 2016

wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »

...surrounded by many elven servants.

"You may say I'm a Dreamer, but I'm not the only one..."

Casdha · March 2016

In ten years, well I don't know about ESO directly but I do have an idea about what they will be saying about the The Elder Scrolls universe 10 years from now,,,, " I heard a rumor that Elder Scrolls 6 will take place in ....... and it will be announced next year at E3"

Elsonso · March 2016

If ZOS, and all the people at ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks, want ESO to be around in 10 years, they can invest the money, skills, and time to make it happen.

It is theirs to fail, and all they have to do is keep the development team alive, keep updating the game; bring new experiences to the game, new systems to play, and just keep expanding and refining the game. They have to maintain a good steady pace and not try to play all their cards right away, so that they keep delivering at a good pace over the coming years. If they do this, the game will only get better. In 10 years, people will be able to look back at the decade and see the amazing growth of the game.

Bumps in the road don't concern me for the long term, as long as the game continues to move forward and they work to iron out the bumps. As crazy as it sounds, bugs like what we see with the new PC/Mac client are a good sign because it shows that they are spending the money and taking the risks necessary to move the game forward. I hope they never stop, although the could probably test a little bit more.

The single most important bump that they need to flatten is lag, the crippling lag in Cyrodiil, but also the less noticeable combat lag in PVE. Balance issues, crashing problems, and texture issues that get a lot of attention in the forum are considerably smaller bumps. If they can nail down lag, and I know they are working on it, I think they can definitely write their own success story with ESO.

bertenburnyb16_ESO · March 2016

WalkingLegacy wrote: »

What glory days? It was marginally better at launch and progressively getting worse with each update.

Aint that the thruth

WalkingLegacy · March 2016

Jaemeson_Foster wrote: »

WalkingLegacy wrote: »

What glory days? It was marginally better at launch and progressively getting worse with each update.

Why are you here?

Multiple reasons. TESIII is top 2 favorite games of all time. Love Elder Scrolls games and the team here has such great potential with the game so I throw money at them in hopes they make a great MMO.

Gedalya · March 2016

I see myself playing ESO on and off for a number of years with the quality and quantity of expansions/DLC/add-ons.

sadownik · March 2016

Mates, i logged into live game today for the first time since... early november i think? I was on PTS server and frankly speaking was pretty disappointed, but thought to myself ill try the live version.

Logged in on 64bit version (took me 3 tries to do that btw) and i must say i was dishearted how EU server seemed dead. I am sure there are people on, hell im sure there are people in new dlc right now but i was in the game for around 1 h. logging in on all my 4 characters - different levels from 11 till vr15, different factions and ... nothing. I didnt see a single another player, i didnt see a single line of chat be it in guild channels or zone chat.

Tried going to cyrodil -Azura is quiet, trueflame - some action but probably because of that game lags as hell, 3 times black screen of death and 1 kick to desktop, well at least i saw people chatting about exactly those problems in chat.

Perhaps because of my break, but i was shocked, truly shocked. 10 years? Oh mates if some drastic changes wont come soon in 10 years people will just be reminded from time to time about the TES MMO that failed.

Uriel_Nocturne · March 2016

SemiD4rkness wrote: »

Selstad wrote: »

WoW wasn't "such a huge game" before, it was an underdog made by a company with no prior knowledge to MMO development, and was generally laughed at prior to its release and deemed a failure.

It's easy to forget that WoW didn't start out as a massive MMO.

Get over it, this game killed itself.

Translation: This game hasn't changed/evolved exactly how I think it should have, so I'm going to be bitter and salty and predict it's untimely demise.

lol

I love posts from people like @SemiD4rkness. There's never an end to the amusement.

Edit = I'm no "casual" either, so let's keep that out of your rampaging rebuttal. I've been playing MMO's since Asheron's Call. MMO's have drop-off of player-pop the longer they hang around, true. But with so many MMO's over ten years old, and some creeping very close to twenty years, there's no reason to think that ESO will die off early.

Especially with how they're handling their DLC and updates. Will it be consistently hosting double-digit millions ten years from now? Most likely not. But will the population still be healthy enough to keep it chugging along? I believe it definitely will.

jkemmery · March 2016

khele23eb17_ESO wrote: »

Doubt it.

Well, if you look at the map of Tamriel, and see how much is left to be unlocked in ESO, consider that WOW has been around for 10 years + now and factor in that Elder Scrolls probably has an inherintly larger player/fan base, I think it's easy to see that ESO will likely be around for at least a decade.

jkemmery · March 2016

WalkingLegacy wrote: »

What glory days? It was marginally better at launch and progressively getting worse with each update.

I couldn't disagree more ... I think they've made the game better, for the most part, as time has gone on. But then, I'm not a "hardcore" gamer, I'm fairly casual. I play for enjoyment and the escapism. That being said, I think the trials are a good place for those seeking challenges can find a home in ESO.

You need to realize the game is designed for mass appeal. Kids and older folks alike can find something to enjoy. The main story line is, by design, fairly easy for anyone who wants to try to finish.

I disagree with some of the changes they've made, but, on the whole, I feel the game has improved since launch.

(But they still need to nerf nightblades)

Uriel_Nocturne · March 2016

jkemmery wrote: »

WalkingLegacy wrote: »

What glory days? It was marginally better at launch and progressively getting worse with each update.

I couldn't disagree more ... I think they've made the game better, for the most part, as time has gone on. But then, I'm not a "hardcore" gamer, I'm fairly casual. I play for enjoyment and the escapism. That being said, I think the trials are a good place for those seeking challenges can find a home in ESO.

You need to realize the game is designed for mass appeal. Kids and older folks alike can find something to enjoy. The main story line is, by design, fairly easy for anyone who wants to try to finish.

I disagree with some of the changes they've made, but, on the whole, I feel the game has improved since launch.

(But they still need to nerf nightblades)

Well said. +1

clayandaudrey_ESO · March 2016

From most stuff you post here

SemiD4rkness wrote: »

ESO is not a good game, at all. It had the potential to be something huge but now only casuals enjoy it.
Id be surprised if it would still be alive in 2 years.

jkemmery wrote: »

WalkingLegacy wrote: »

What glory days? It was marginally better at launch and progressively getting worse with each update.

I couldn't disagree more ... I think they've made the game better, for the most part, as time has gone on. But then, I'm not a "hardcore" gamer, I'm fairly casual. I play for enjoyment and the escapism. That being said, I think the trials are a good place for those seeking challenges can find a home in ESO.

You need to realize the game is designed for mass appeal. Kids and older folks alike can find something to enjoy. The main story line is, by design, fairly easy for anyone who wants to try to finish.

I disagree with some of the changes they've made, but, on the whole, I feel the game has improved since launch.

(But they still need to nerf nightblades)

Agreed until your last comment. Such a pointless comment to make in this thread.

xellink · March 2016

wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »

In 10 years time khajiit hopes to be sitting in Elsweyr, on a mountain of stolen yarn, in a palace made of sweetrolls, surrounded by many elven servants.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

In ten years time i'll be telling my kids Santa doesn't exit, but Santie does... with *her many elven servants making toys.

Edited for gender reference

jkemmery · March 2016

clayandaudrey_ESO wrote: »

From most stuff you post here

SemiD4rkness wrote: »

ESO is not a good game, at all. It had the potential to be something huge but now only casuals enjoy it.
Id be surprised if it would still be alive in 2 years.

jkemmery wrote: »

WalkingLegacy wrote: »

What glory days? It was marginally better at launch and progressively getting worse with each update.

I couldn't disagree more ... I think they've made the game better, for the most part, as time has gone on. But then, I'm not a "hardcore" gamer, I'm fairly casual. I play for enjoyment and the escapism. That being said, I think the trials are a good place for those seeking challenges can find a home in ESO.

You need to realize the game is designed for mass appeal. Kids and older folks alike can find something to enjoy. The main story line is, by design, fairly easy for anyone who wants to try to finish.

I disagree with some of the changes they've made, but, on the whole, I feel the game has improved since launch.

(But they still need to nerf nightblades)

Agreed until your last comment. Such a pointless comment to make in this thread.

I couldn't help myself, sorry. I just dread 1V1 in Cyrodiil against a nightblade. They can cloak, escape, then hit me again when I can't even see them. I'm sure it's fun for them.

Damn, I'm doing it again.

<action> gets off soapbox </action>

SantieClaws · March 2016

xellink wrote: »

wenxue2222b16_ESO wrote: »

In 10 years time khajiit hopes to be sitting in Elsweyr, on a mountain of stolen yarn, in a palace made of sweetrolls, surrounded by many elven servants.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

In ten years time i'll be telling my kids Santa doesn't exit, but Santie does... with his many elven servants making toys.

Santie is all lady khajiit

https://flic.kr/p/rpMsxj

Wishing you an early Merry Fishmas!

Yours with Paws
Santie Claws

WldKarde · March 2016

In 10 years?

Well I'll be 59 and still playing ESO, and plan to be doing so as long as ZOS keeps the servers on.

I play games to have fun, and warts and all, ESO is still fun to play for me.

khele23eb17_ESO · March 2016

Tbh... if Im alive in 10 years Ill still be going back to WoW with every new expansion XD ESO? No idea.

WalkingLegacy · March 2016

jkemmery wrote: »

WalkingLegacy wrote: »

What glory days? It was marginally better at launch and progressively getting worse with each update.

I couldn't disagree more ... I think they've made the game better, for the most part, as time has gone on. But then, I'm not a "hardcore" gamer, I'm fairly casual. I play for enjoyment and the escapism. That being said, I think the trials are a good place for those seeking challenges can find a home in ESO.

You need to realize the game is designed for mass appeal. Kids and older folks alike can find something to enjoy. The main story line is, by design, fairly easy for anyone who wants to try to finish.

I disagree with some of the changes they've made, but, on the whole, I feel the game has improved since launch.

(But they still need to nerf nightblades)

I value you're opinion, but I don't have to realize anything. Obviously it's good business to make a product that can appeal to the masses.

My comment is more of how the game performance has inheritantly gotten worse the last few major updates. This is where the game has not improved at all.

It's also a quip towards their move to solo focus in an MMO.

leepalmer95 · March 2016

You never know in 10 years time it could be a great game.

Player housing

Duel arena
Duels
Pvp Tournaments

Etc...

RebornV3x · March 2016

I don't think this game will last 10 years Zenimax has had nearly 2 years with this game and there are still major problems with the game so I don't know.

Jaemeson_Foster · March 2016

It's entertaining but also sad how any people think WoW started off the way it is today. WoW didn't gain traction until TBC. Vanilla was what, two years? Every game starts somewhere, some people think it's effective to compare a new game to a well established game. Compare this game at 2 years to wow at 2 years and it's the same damn thing, guys.

dimensional · March 2016

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

Forestd16b14_ESO wrote: »

Sharakor wrote: »

There's going to be ESO in 10 years?

WoW is how old ?

WoWs population is/was how big?

Not that im saying eso wont make 10 years, im just saying basing it off the largest game of this type might not be the way to go.

Ultima Online lasted longer than *any* MMO on the market and it is still running with players playing on the live servers, and they are still making content for it. And it *never* had the numbers that WoW had. Irrelevant.

Uriel_Nocturne · March 2016

Jaemeson_Foster wrote: »

It's entertaining but also sad how any people think WoW started off the way it is today. WoW didn't gain traction until TBC. Vanilla was what, two years? Every game starts somewhere, some people think it's effective to compare a new game to a well established game. Compare this game at 2 years to wow at 2 years and it's the same damn thing, guys.

Very much agreed.

Everyone seems to look at WoW, and they forget that it wasn't always the juggernaut that it has been for the last five years or so. It took time for WoW to get where it is, it takes any MMO time to build up.

ESO is very much in a good place right now, and I see this continuing well into the future.

WalkingLegacy · March 2016

Jaemeson_Foster wrote: »

It's entertaining but also sad how any people think WoW started off the way it is today. WoW didn't gain traction until TBC. Vanilla was what, two years? Every game starts somewhere, some people think it's effective to compare a new game to a well established game. Compare this game at 2 years to wow at 2 years and it's the same damn thing, guys.

No it isn't the same thing. There wasn't as many MMO players in 2004 as there are today.

Some could argue WoW made MMO more streamlined as well and set the opening bar to get more players into an MMO - because even though vanilla WoW was no joke, MMOs before it were a bit more 'hardcore'.

WoW had a very successful launch, impressing most published reviewers with a medium score over 90% and by 2005 had a playerbase over 2 million.

DenMoria · March 2016

Probably not.