How important is the ESO story to you?

reften

I'm curious to know how much weight the community puts on having a good ESO story, even with new content.

Nestor

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

The Story is the reason to play the game. Otherwise it's just another game like any other where you do the same things for much the same reasons.

Give me a reason to care about the NPCs and I will gladly help them. Otherwise it's just another fetch quest so I can get the next shiny thing.

AshySamurai

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

Agree with @Nestor‌. Sometimes I need to do a really hard choice.

JD2013

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

Story is very, very important in the terms of an ES title.

And why do people put "I could care less" . . . ? That implies you could care. If you don't care, then you couldn't care less.

I apologise. Really do. I hate being that guy. But that is one thing that makes my eye twitch slightly.

Rodario

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

Except for the AD line. It's a bit heavily focused on Bosmer for my taste.

Cazic

It's important but not a deal breaker.

JD2013 wrote: »

Story is very, very important in the terms of an ES title.

And why do people put "I could care less" . . . ? That implies you could care. If you don't care, then you couldn't care less.

I apologise. Really do. I hate being that guy. But that is one thing that makes my eye twitch slightly.

Hahaha.. glad you pointed that out. I hate that too. It should be "I couldn't care less" meaning you're caring the least possible amount already. People always get that mixed up.

I went with "It's important but not a deal breaker". The story is always important, and even more so in an ES game. But I don't think the story is THE reason to play the game. Gameplay is equally important and in this case I find there's an excellent balance of quality gameplay and story telling, both of which support one another.

starkerealm

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

I love the stories, plural. I'm not as incredibly dedicated to the main quest plot line... though the stuff in Sancre Tor is freakin' hilarious.

Ganacampo

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

Why would I play the game otherwise?

For me it's the reason why I'm playing the game.

AshySamurai

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

JD2013 wrote: »

Story is very, very important in the terms of an ES title.

And why do people put "I could care less" . . . ? That implies you could care. If you don't care, then you couldn't care less.

I apologise. Really do. I hate being that guy. But that is one thing that makes my eye twitch slightly.

About care less.
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes:
Start at 1:07.
Every time I see "I could care less", I remember this video.

TheBull

I could care less, I just click through PvE dialog as fast as possible

The story, not so much.

The lore though, I'm a huge fan. The lore sets the context, and the atmosphere. Anything that adds to this, racials, armor, guilds, mundus stones, ect. is positive from my perspective.I would love to see the Aedra and Daedra play a larger roll in the lives/development of our characters.

Story quest? Not so much.

Nox_Aeterna

It's important but not a deal breaker.

I dont "LOVE" the story , but i do like it and consider it important. If i had to say about faction , i think AD/DC are quite good and EP is average.

In the end lore in TES is a major part always.

MikeBob

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

Color me red: if it doesn't stick to the TES story line/lore, it may as well be called 'Some Other Game Online.'

BBSooner

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

In fact, I hope we get a chance to revisit the cast from the main story at some point, and much more Naryu please.

MikeBob

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

BBSooner wrote: »

In fact, I hope we get a chance to revisit the cast from the main story at some point, and much more Naryu please.

Naryu

Osira

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

A game without a good background story and other entertaining details wouldn't make this game good. People spamming LMB just get through quests faster miss the story and good work from the actors.

I don't know, a game without any story at all would be like a game without textures.

Holycannoli

I'm the middle choice that doesn't exist: It's nice to have but I don't really care. Too much story makes a game on rails. I prefer the Everquest story model: every region and every city has it's own story and you don't even have to bother with them.

reften

It's a nice to have, but not sure I even know the ESO story/stories

Interesting, 80% of respondents say the story is a huge reason why they play...but there is rarely any discussion on the boards about the story,

Like a movie, people go see a movie for the story, and debate the story, or talk about the story, or talk about characters they like/don't like.

Yet 99.9% of the content and discussion on these forums revolve around broken skills, best builds.

I'm not saying I'm calling BS on these results, or BS on people's responses. Not at all, I believe you all...I just wonder if the people that don't care about the story just don't want to bother with a survey like this.

I personally love gameplay and PvP, and am not ashamed to admit PvE / story, while I love the medieval genre, it's just not that important to me with a game.

Nox_Aeterna

It's important but not a deal breaker.

oren74 wrote: »

Interesting, 80% of respondents say the story is a huge reason why they play...but there is rarely any discussion on the boards about the story,

Like a movie, people go see a movie for the story, and debate the story, or talk about the story, or talk about characters they like/don't like.

Yet 99.9% of the content and discussion on these forums revolve around broken skills, best builds.

I'm not saying I'm calling BS on these results, or BS on people's responses. Not at all, I believe you all...I just wonder if the people that don't care about the story just don't want to bother with a survey like this.

I personally love gameplay and PvP, and am not ashamed to admit PvE / story, while I love the medieval genre, it's just not that important to me with a game.

Hum

First , people did talk about it , if you check there are old threads about many of the story parts and calls you have to make , sure people dont talk about it much now , but then again you dont discuss a movie you saw 3 months ago often do you?

Second , in the end , balance issues/bugs are ever changing , the story isnt. Talking about it wont change it at all and it is unlikely anything we say here can in anyway change the story zen is creating.

In the end , makes sense that people talk much less about it , the story is "old" , it isnt changing at all , now the bugs/issues are "new" usually created by some mistake zen made on the last patch.

AlexDougherty

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

A good story sells a game.

Zorrashi

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

It would hardly be game for me if there wasn't a story. Otherwise I would view it as near pointless 'tasks' that I have no real reason to care for.

Nestor

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

oren74 wrote: »

Interesting, 80% of respondents say the story is a huge reason why they play...but there is rarely any discussion on the boards about the story,

Probably because the story is the one of the things they got mostly right in the game. There is not too much to complain about with regards to the story. We all experience it even if the game is being buggy.

Sometimes they don't implement the story as good as they could, or make it so that choices can have an impact on the story. But, that is probably more due to the MMO aspect than anything else. Instancing can only do so much to display a different world from someone else.

AlexDougherty

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

Nestor wrote: »

oren74 wrote: »

Interesting, 80% of respondents say the story is a huge reason why they play...but there is rarely any discussion on the boards about the story,

Probably because the story is the one thing they got mostly completely right in the game. There is not too much to complain about with regards to the story.

Agreed,

and people get in a right fit if you spoil the story.

BBSooner

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Nestor wrote: »

oren74 wrote: »

Interesting, 80% of respondents say the story is a huge reason why they play...but there is rarely any discussion on the boards about the story,

Probably because the story is the one thing they got mostly completely right in the game. There is not too much to complain about with regards to the story.

Agreed,

and people get in a right fit if you spoil the story.

This. As much as I enjoy the story, I discuss it very little because I don't want to spoil anything.

Gilvoth

I could care less, I just click through PvE dialog as fast as possible

when i first began to play elderscrolls online in the beta and even in early release and launch i was deeply interested and deeply involved and very hungry and starving for more elderscrolls story and lore.
but, after i saw what they did with all the real life swearing and complete removal of anything and basicly everything that was in morrowind, and also the removal of the dark elf lifestyle and culture, and also the knowledge of the disrespect and hatred for the nightblade class and the praise and worship of everything having to do with skyrim and the sorcerer and dragonights. thats when i lost it and has been a down hill roll for me.
i sure hope they turn the page and completely rebuild the entire game.
and by the way, this is my honest feelings and not a troll post, not a joke and not something for entertainment, this is my true honest feelings.

Drazhar14

It's important but not a deal breaker.

I really liked the main story and 1-50 quests. Listened to all the dialogue the first play through. The best faction in my opinion is DC for story/quests.

Craglorn though, I honestly don't care what the story is there. When I do manage to get a group, I usually quickly skim through the dialogue.

Moonshadow66

It's important but not a deal breaker.

I'm a huge fan of the Elder Scrolls series in general, they are my favorite games of all times.
I played them thousands of hours, f.e. Skyrim I played over 1400 hours (that's what I definitely know, well, Steam^^), Morrowind maybe even longer (at least over the years) plus I was also modding for a long time. And Oblivion I played for quite a while, but not as much, though. ESO I'm playing since pre-launch and can't stop it anymore

But what I never cared much for was the main stories. Although they all have something that is really awesome, they also have something that annoys or bothers me, I can't help it.
Example: the Urshilaku Camp quests and such annoy me, as well as the Greybeards sitting on their highest Hrothgar doing nothing but meditating, while the realm of Coldharbour and its background bothers me. But that's just my personal opinion.

Of course I've done and completed them all, even several times, but I prefer all the other quests (guilds, sidequests) and their stories, though.

Remember f.e. the endquest of the Thieves Guild in Oblivion? That was a masterpiece!

thesilverball_ESO

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

If there's no story what's the point in doing what your doing? Storyline gives you a reason to really be here in my opinion. I love the story and quests and would love more PVE solo quest content.

reften

It's a nice to have, but not sure I even know the ESO story/stories

Nox_Aeterna wrote: »

oren74 wrote: »

Interesting, 80% of respondents say the story is a huge reason why they play...but there is rarely any discussion on the boards about the story,

Like a movie, people go see a movie for the story, and debate the story, or talk about the story, or talk about characters they like/don't like.

Yet 99.9% of the content and discussion on these forums revolve around broken skills, best builds.

I'm not saying I'm calling BS on these results, or BS on people's responses. Not at all, I believe you all...I just wonder if the people that don't care about the story just don't want to bother with a survey like this.

I personally love gameplay and PvP, and am not ashamed to admit PvE / story, while I love the medieval genre, it's just not that important to me with a game.

Hum

First , people did talk about it , if you check there are old threads about many of the story parts and calls you have to make , sure people dont talk about it much now , but then again you dont discuss a movie you saw 3 months ago often do you?

Second , in the end , balance issues/bugs are ever changing , the story isnt. Talking about it wont change it at all and it is unlikely anything we say here can in anyway change the story zen is creating.

In the end , makes sense that people talk much less about it , the story is "old" , it isnt changing at all , now the bugs/issues are "new" usually created by some mistake zen made on the last patch.

New content brings new stories though no?

Gilvoth

I could care less, I just click through PvE dialog as fast as possible

thesilverball_ESO wrote: »

If there's no story what's the point in doing what your doing? Storyline gives you a reason to really be here in my opinion. I love the story and quests and would love more PVE solo quest content.

because im still desperate for anything related to and similar to morrowind.
i have no plans of unsubscribing and i do enjoy many things in elderscrolls online, but the main story is completely off track of anything about the lore and to me is just something i do not like very much. but there are many things i do enjoy and also love and look forward to doing every single day in elderscrolls online
and just like a drug addict for morrowind and anything morrowind related is where i am at, i sit and wait and wait for morrowind related matterial to makes its way into elderscrolls online.
and that is why im here and hopefully answers your question.

BBSooner

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

Hlaren_shortsheath wrote: »

thesilverball_ESO wrote: »

If there's no story what's the point in doing what your doing? Storyline gives you a reason to really be here in my opinion. I love the story and quests and would love more PVE solo quest content.

but the main story is completely off track of anything about the lore

This is just false. Not only did the main story fit within the lore, but it draws from multiple large aspects of the lore as a whole. You're free to not like it, but attacking the plausibility of the story vs established lore is a stretch at best.

Elsterchen

LOVE the story, it's a huge reason why I play and continue to play

Nestor wrote: »

oren74 wrote: »

Interesting, 80% of respondents say the story is a huge reason why they play...but there is rarely any discussion on the boards about the story,

Probably because the story is the one of the things they got mostly right in the game. There is not too much to complain about with regards to the story. We all experience it even if the game is being buggy.

Sometimes they don't implement the story as good as they could, or make it so that choices can have an impact on the story. But, that is probably more due to the MMO aspect than anything else. Instancing can only do so much to display a different world from someone else.

Adding to this its difficult to discuss the story, because no one likes spoilers.

Even if that was not a major concern, tamriels history/story/lore is only known from lore-books and the TES-games that supply a brief guidance of what may have/ will happen. I bet there are many lore-specific topics were more than one view may be valid as people tend to have slightly different views on specific aspects and interpret the writen word or value "the author" differently. Next to putting up a discussion about story-aspects it will imho be very difficult to moderate it in such a way that it stays objective, open and on topic.