Why I have canceled my sub

kunquatb16_ESO

Buying The elder scrolls online, I was excited, hoping for a great game. And for the most part, it is, beautiful graphics, clever plots ect ect, but, it is not an MMO.

The social system is woeful, giving little in the way of usability. I have tired to find any guild that actually socialized, and beyond people who already knew each other prior to ESO, very little chat took place. I joined multiple guilds, and I even spent a month building up a guild, chatting to try and set up a pattern, soon as I stopped, no chat.

Asking why this was, usually by /tells as other chats rarely get answers, I find it's due to most have all or most chats turned off. Most people seem to turn all but 1 guild chat off, zone chat off, and only really watch tells and group chats. The reason is the chat system is so bad, no one can use it effectively.

I could use addons to improve the chat system, but then why pay subs to Zenimax on the basis of someone else's work?

The trade system is also woeful, is a text search to much to ask? will adding it be game breaking? is it hard to do? No, no and not very. Trade needs many improvements beyond that, like being able to search all guild trades at once, rather than having to switch guild, re apply search filters, while remembering the cheapest/most costly guild depending n what you're doing, for each guild you are in. Even in a none subs based MMO, the trade system would be unacceptable, but in a game where player pay for the time they play, it's actually an insult.

Oh, but at least I can play with a friend right? Yea, sort of, if I log every 20 mins to resync our phases, confer at all stages of quests so we choose the same option, lest we become unphased for the remainder of that quest, and make sure we both have the quest to start with. So, not something that is made easy.

In closing, This 1 player game is excellent, but the MMO for which I paid is somewhat absent.

LariahHunding

can I haz your cheeseburgers?

Epona222

I love the game, but I think your criticisms are very valid, these are issues that need to be addressed - particularly phasing when grouped during questing.

RedMiniStapler

You'll get a standard reply from zos, something like "we understand some players will leave the game, leave comment on feedback section after you unsub instead of leaving it on the forum. Now I will close this thread. BAM!"

I think it's something similar like that and your thread will close.

Iago

in before the close

Xenite

Funny, the strong solo experience is the ONLY reason my wife and I play. To each their own, can't please everyone.

renton1x1x1

i sense the approach of the banhammer

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kunquatb16_ESO

RedMiniStapler wrote: »

You'll get a standard reply from zos, something like "we understand some players will leave the game, leave comment on feedback section after you unsub instead of leaving it on the forum. Now I will close this thread. BAM!"

I think it's something similar like that and your thread will close.

They could do that, if they really didn't want me back as a subscriber.
Hopefully they'll see that this thread is not just a gripe thread, these things will continually lose them subs, and eventually kill the game.

It's to good to be left to die for lack of a social and trade system.

Loco_Mofo

Solid post, agreed with all of it.

Thanks for sharing.

OtarTheMad

While I do see your points and agree that some of those can be frustrating I just am too excited about what is coming down the road for this game because you know about the things they've told you about but probably have others in mind simply cause no one asked.

ZOS_ShannonM

We understand and respect that sometimes people will leave The Elder Scrolls Online community. [kunquatb16_ESO], we thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us and we wish you the very best. We're closing this thread now per our Code of Conduct policy on quitting/goodbye threads.