Whatever you do, avoid the PC-EU server like the plague. You can thank me later.

Why? It has a lot more technical difficulties and a lot more downtime than PC-NA. If you don't believe me, just check out the legendary "R.I.P. PC-EU" thread with thousands of replies.

VaranisArano wrote: »

If you want to reexperience ESO with add-ons, yes.

If you are concerned about performance, as that can vary greatly from player to player, I'd suggest waiting for a free trial.

The add-ons, from what I hear, are TERRIFIC for game play. Such as trading and what-not. That was always a huge issue with console gaming on ESO. Trading can be a pain.

I suppose that is an idea. Wait until a free trial.

Sylvermynx wrote: »

PC EU generally depends on what time you play, where you live, and WHAT you play. If you love PVP - well, no server is going to be great as I understand it (I can't say from personal experience, I dislike PVP intensely).

I do play on PC EU, and since I live in US MT time zone, my play there is always during peak time. I have literally zero issues (but I don't do PVP or PVE trials etc which is where the issues are).

Addons are great. Some people seem to have issues with them; I don't, and I'm running around 50 of them. My experience cannot be said to be normal about anything really though, as my only available connection is HughesNet satellite.

Interesting, so does the PC NA server get a lot of traffic? I notice PC EU mentioned, both good and bad, in this thread.

I am the same, I cannot stand doing any PvP content. It's just not for me.

Which Add-Ons are MUST haves? If there is such ones. I kind of figured that question is loaded - as far as subjective views. lol

kaithuzar wrote: »

A long time ago, before console was really a thing, ZOS gave PC players a 1 time option of paying to make a direct copy of their PC account, to one or more console environments.
I’ve never understood why in the past 5 years since, that ZOS has not offered this up as a paid option for continuous sale?

@ZOS_GinaBruno

That's what I recall! I wasn't aware if they ever planned on bringing the option back, because I would pay handsomely for that. Hopefully they intend to bring it back, I'd gladly transfer over and continue playing on PC.

UGotBenched91 wrote: »

I also came from Xbox and restarted on PC. It’s a whole different experience and is better in every way except one. The community is more noticeable because chat box and the game just runs smoother.

The only thing I don’t like is on Xbox when you make groups you automatically get put in a voice chat. I liked this a lot. Pc doesn’t have this so you have to type everything which can be a pain sometimes. Pc depends way too much on discord imo.

But, again it’s definitely worth it.

Oh! Very nice! Good to meet a fellow Xbox player.
See, that's what I figured. And I really wanted to get on PTS for new content.

YES. I hate that function on console. It's irritating when you can't hear any sounds from the game. And then you realize, DOH! I'm in a group still. I remember taking over an hour to figure out why I couldn't hear anything during my game plays.

Thanks for feedback, I don't have enough to go off of. I mean, yeah, I could watch YouTube. But it's not enough. I miss game demos, really helps you decide if the game is right for you. The Free Trial would probably clinch it for me, like a demo. But I don't know if that will ever occur again. Maybe?

What does Combat Metrics do?

Much appreciated on the info, as well as everyone else! I appreciate it.

Combat Metrics will give you a very detailed report about your fight statistics.
How much damage you did to which enemy (if it's more than one), which ability did how much (overall, average, how many critical hits...), what your uptimes on buffs and debuffs are, your penetration, resource management, and so on.
Essentially, you can analyse your combat stats in quite some detail.

Varana wrote: »

Combat Metrics will give you a very detailed report about your fight statistics.
How much damage you did to which enemy (if it's more than one), which ability did how much (overall, average, how many critical hits...), what your uptimes on buffs and debuffs are, your penetration, resource management, and so on.
Essentially, you can analyse your combat stats in quite some detail.

Oh that's interesting, so you can adjust tactics if need be and be more optimal?

shimm wrote: »

I’ve debated this myself, what keeps me from switching from Xbox to PC (well... I do actually have a PC character just over cp 400) is having researched 9 traits in everything. That’s the thing I can’t replace!

Exactly, I'm in the same boat. I've researched all traits for EVERYTHING! Not only that, but countless motifs, crafting materials, etc. It's hard wanting to move to PC. If i could transfer, I'd be fine.

ArchMikem wrote: »

Are you going to miss all of the stuff and progress you've acquired? If you will, then no it's not worth it.

I suppose that would normally be a given. I would miss it TERRIBLY. Considering it took me years to get this far. Almost CP 600 as well. Part of me finds the excitement of a whole new character, and earning everything again, fun. Other part remembers countless hours spent doing EVERYTHING. 50/50 on the matter, hence the topic. Lol

Thanks for weighing in, though. I appreciate it.

Addition: To be fair, though, I have done this once before. I was on PS4 and moved to Xbox.

Jack_Of_Shades wrote: »

kaithuzar wrote: »

A long time ago, before console was really a thing, ZOS gave PC players a 1 time option of paying to make a direct copy of their PC account, to one or more console environments.
I’ve never understood why in the past 5 years since, that ZOS has not offered this up as a paid option for continuous sale?

@ZOS_GinaBruno

That's what I recall! I wasn't aware if they ever planned on bringing the option back, because I would pay handsomely for that. Hopefully they intend to bring it back, I'd gladly transfer over and continue playing on PC.

The reason it was a one time thing was to allow PC players that wanted to move to console at console launch.
The reason they could do it then was because the database was new and empty. They wont do it again because they dont want to risk database errors by transferring into an already populated database.

Katahdin wrote: »

The reason it was a one time thing was to allow PC players that wanted to move to console at console launch.
The reason they could do it then was because the database was new and empty. They wont do it again because they dont want to risk database errors by transferring into an already populated database.

That's kind of what I figured. The technical side would probably be hell on an already [supposed] buggy server[(). Still, if they ever figure it out, I'd definitely use the service. I'd even be fine losing all the guilds I was in just to do it. I can always join a new guild, or two. xD

Daviiid_ESO wrote: »

if pc-eu dont even bother, if NA sure you can do some quests I guess. If you want to go pvp on EU then good luck.

Yes, definitely NA server. I'm a little afraid to even TRY to use the EU server. But no, PvP is a no go for me. So no worries there.

Daviiid_ESO wrote: »

Well if you manage to log in on EU, double good luck there. It's a[Snip]. honesly even if you're based in EU just make your chars on NA anyway, devs given up hope for the EU serrver.
[Edited for profanity bypass]

So little to no support on EU server? Damn, no wonder everyone says to avoid it like the black plague.

It performs superior in every way on pc... I play on an Xbox one x and the graphics on my pc (an “oldish” i5, 16gb and an nvidia 1070), running at 1440p, are better in every way, most importantly frame rate (60ish most places). Lighting is also noticeably better too.