owned eso for 3 years or so before i ever actually played it. i would open the game up and collect the login bonus every morning while having coffee and going through emails and whatnot. this was back when they used to give crates away almost every month. i wasn't actually ready to play it until 3 or 4 years ago when ffxiv became unplayable on hughesnet. like... could only log into the game between 3am-6am if i was lucky. i would have to stay logged in all day if i wanted to play and if i dc'ed for whatever reason, well that was it for the day.

eso worked great on hughesnet, so i subbed and that became my game. i never have agreed with the expac/chapter/season/whatever-you-want-to-call-it pricing. you get a fraction of what other mmo's give for the same price. of course, eso gives away more for free than just about any other mmo. but once you get done with the free stuff, you are out of things to do.

anywho... a year and a half ago we were able to get starlink. i was thinking i was ready to go back to ffxiv this summer. and then they started putting out more info about the season pass for eso. so now it's even more expensive for even less content. the subclassing would not have been a deal breaker for me, but i'm not happy about that either. at first i had thought i would go back to ffxiv for a year, take a break next summer and pay a month of eso+ to play gold road and solstice.... but then i realized there will be free eso+ trials and i don't even need to do that. i can just wait for the free trials and play the stuff i'm missing then.

the wall event does sound appealing. i've always enjoyed those kinds of things in wow and ffxiv, but i just can't justify the price with the tiny amount of content that comes with that. even the full size zones, you can do them in a day or two.

Yes on two active accounts. No on a third account that has been inactive since account-wide achievements.

It's a transitional year, I'll make a longer-term decision next year when I see what happens when the transition is over.

Jestir wrote: »

Where is the "I already did" option? Should be it's own option, would certainly tell a tale I would think.

I intended that the first option would include that because someone that already bought it did purchase it now. We aren't able to edit the choices or I would have added that, so I directed that those that already purchased it to use "Yes I am purchasing now".

At first I was thinking I'd get it on sale, like I have been the last few chapters. (Assuming it would go on sale). Then I wasn't that thrilled with the idea of the story, so I thought: eh, maybe not. Then I wasn't thrilled at all with the idea of subclassing, so I thought: probably not.

But I honestly don't know now. Still mulling it over and weighing how much enjoyment I get out of the game with how much I'm willing to spend on it.

And I know subclassing is base game and not part of the content pass, but all the information came at us at once, and so it's firmly set in my mind as one of the bad parts of the content pass. Not logical, but there it is.

Not impressed with the amount of bang for the buck with this Season. I’m not planning to give up on ESO entirely but I have already been dialing my play time back in favor of other things.

Not happy with how zenimax are handling "subclassing" or taking on any feedback. Not convinced by the season pass change, we are getting less content and a lot of the language being used is very corporate, non-commital and vague. I've stopped trusting that this company is making the best decisions for its customers.

I'll decide after launch if the product is any good, and then I might buy it.

I want to play the new trial, so I don't really have a choice.

I have decided not to buy the content pass because I do not want to own DLC dungeons. This is a bit of a change for me since I usually prepurchase chapters. Whether I am able to buy the story zones without the dungeons remains to be seen.

I am also putting an indefinite pause on ESO plus.

No because of Subclassing

The day it's released I'll buy it purely for a particular set I want. Wasn't persuaded by the 'for a limited time only' custom recall action or current 'must have' 'premium' goodies you can get for buying it then or now.

I very probably should not have but already did so what's done is done.

I've pre-purchased every chapter and subscribed to ESO+ since late 2018. I bought the 2025 Content Pass as well. I only buy the standard upgrade versions.

For me this is good value as I don't play any other games and spend at least a couple of hours daily in-game.

Thought about waiting until this fall to buy it at deep discount, but this is the first such thing they have done and want to see how it goes.

Already purchased, mainly because I've been waiting for a good portal customized action, and we got one for preordering. The new zone sounds like a decent adventure and I'm interested to see how the new dialogue options play out.

That said, these past two years ZOS has rolled out two systems that I have wanted for over a decade and was convinced we'd never get: first spellmaking (Scribing) and then custom classes (Subclassing). For that, even if I had no interest in the new zone whatsoever, I'd have still bought the season pass just to support them.

Adaarye wrote: »

I'm confused. From what I've seen so far, the content seems to be a partial expansion.

The content included doesn't look like any season I've ever played in the past in other games. Seasons generally contain levels and with each level comes a reward.

Did I miss something?

They're using the term 'season' differently, is all. They aren't doing the yearly cadence any longer, and I believe they went with 'season' because it can encompass different amounts of time.