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Console is finally here!!! And it's awesome!!!
RenhardtESO
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I just want to say ZOS, that I have been on since PC launch and was so bummed the console got delayed, but was well worth the wait! I have been playing on a Mac which isn't the best gaming rig in the world and only been able to play this game at medium graphic settings at best. It is AMAZING to see this game in so much more detail on console!!
My thoughts so far: I only played for about 30 minutes before having to get to work but this is what I think so far.
Graphics - AMAZING (Again comparing to playing on an iMac, not a gaming rig) I can actually see my argonians scales now!!! I didn't think he had scales!!!
Gameplay - Took a bit to get used to the buttons but got it eventually. I am used to playing on a Razer Naga and having that free movement and all my abilities at my thumb. So it took a bit to get used to where my abilities were on the controller. Which is ironic since I am not a PC player at all. I grew up on consoles and am fully accustomed to a controller. But I guess you get used to doing something one way, even if it isn't your norm. But I am quickly getting the hang of how it all works!
UI - SO much awesome put into the UI! Very much designed with Skyrim in mind which is very familiar for us TES fans. I know a lot of add-on/stat junkies are going to be squirming playing this game, but I didn't play with any add-ons to begin with. Except the skyshard one, which I would check at the exit of each zone. But other than that, thank you for keeping a clean UI for this as well!
The one thing I struggled with and have to go back to figure out is the dye system. That is all sorts of confusing to me. I love dying my armor as does everyone else and I feel like that was made a lot more complicated than the PC version. Grant it I only spent about 2 minutes trying to play around with it and it just was not clicking with me at first. So I gave up on it and will go back to figuring it out tonight.
Voice - I can imagine the social aspect of a giant MMO on console took SO much figuring out. And i gotta say, while it was annoying listening to people screaming into the mic to yell to someone in their house instead of muting it (hint hint people who don't use the mute button), I can see now how it works. I was racking my brain before this trying to figure out how this would all work with not having a chat window. But I get it now. I just keep my mute button on until I have something I want to say. And if someone is playing bad music, or yelling a conversation across the house (peanut butter and jelly or ham and cheese?....), or having an allergy attack into the microphone, it's easy to figure out who it is and just block them
But seriously, I don't want to block you! the ESO community has been such an awesome community thus far. And (almost) everyone is super nice and helpful. It was awesome seeing in zone chat the amount of help people were giving to the new players when it went B2P. I play WoW also and you would never see that in their community in my opinion. I hope that the console community can keep the same friendly stature.
Lastly on the social front, parents beware. This is console with an open area mic. I had to cringe and occasionally laugh at some of the crap that was coming out of peoples mouths over area chat. Yes person wanting to purchase a mount. You can buy a horse from the stable and do not have to buy one from the crown store like a {SNIP}
Social - I did not get the chance to group with anyone in my brief 30min jaunt through Glenumbra today, but I did check out the grouping tool and seems as simple as the one on PC. People just gotta use it! Everyone complains about the one on PC but the fact is, no body uses it! It would work fine if people actually used it!!! So I am guessing the grouping tool will be used way more on console since you can't spam zone chat looking for a tank for an hour. But I can definitely say group up! I am not a very social person when it comes to gaming. I have one friend on Xbox Live and 6 in the PC version of ESO. But I gotta say I have had a great time in this game teaming up with people I never met to tackle dungeons and pledge, world bosses, dolmens and the like!
Connectivity - I saw a lot of people were having issues getting on to their server. I honestly didn't have that issue. I was thrown into Tamriel just as fast as I am on my PC. I also didn't notice any lag at all with the TONS of players running around. One thing I did notice when I first logged in was all the players standing around me were just black outlines. And then a second later their features came to be and that was the only time I saw that. So not sure if that happens every time you log in or what. But wasn't a big to do. Everything ran seamlessly after that.
CONCLUSION!!! - If you are a fan of MMO's, you have a XBone or a PS4, and you are an Elder Scrolls fan.... Then I do suggest getting this and giving it a whirl. It's fun and there is so much to explore. And on top of everything, the game is gorgeous! Even on medium graphics settings, I was always blown away but the artwork put into the game. So much to see and do! And not to mention all the new content that we can look forward to this year and the coming years! Thank you ZOS for making this console gamers experience thus far fulfilled I only hope that the majority of the other players are having as much fun with this game as I am.
[Moderator Note: Edited per our rules on Hate Speech]
Edited by ZOS_Ann on June 9, 2015 3:24PM My thoughts so far: I only played for about 30 minutes before having to get to work but this is what I think so far.
Graphics - AMAZING (Again comparing to playing on an iMac, not a gaming rig) I can actually see my argonians scales now!!! I didn't think he had scales!!!
Gameplay - Took a bit to get used to the buttons but got it eventually. I am used to playing on a Razer Naga and having that free movement and all my abilities at my thumb. So it took a bit to get used to where my abilities were on the controller. Which is ironic since I am not a PC player at all. I grew up on consoles and am fully accustomed to a controller. But I guess you get used to doing something one way, even if it isn't your norm. But I am quickly getting the hang of how it all works!
UI - SO much awesome put into the UI! Very much designed with Skyrim in mind which is very familiar for us TES fans. I know a lot of add-on/stat junkies are going to be squirming playing this game, but I didn't play with any add-ons to begin with. Except the skyshard one, which I would check at the exit of each zone. But other than that, thank you for keeping a clean UI for this as well!
The one thing I struggled with and have to go back to figure out is the dye system. That is all sorts of confusing to me. I love dying my armor as does everyone else and I feel like that was made a lot more complicated than the PC version. Grant it I only spent about 2 minutes trying to play around with it and it just was not clicking with me at first. So I gave up on it and will go back to figuring it out tonight.
Voice - I can imagine the social aspect of a giant MMO on console took SO much figuring out. And i gotta say, while it was annoying listening to people screaming into the mic to yell to someone in their house instead of muting it (hint hint people who don't use the mute button), I can see now how it works. I was racking my brain before this trying to figure out how this would all work with not having a chat window. But I get it now. I just keep my mute button on until I have something I want to say. And if someone is playing bad music, or yelling a conversation across the house (peanut butter and jelly or ham and cheese?....), or having an allergy attack into the microphone, it's easy to figure out who it is and just block them
But seriously, I don't want to block you! the ESO community has been such an awesome community thus far. And (almost) everyone is super nice and helpful. It was awesome seeing in zone chat the amount of help people were giving to the new players when it went B2P. I play WoW also and you would never see that in their community in my opinion. I hope that the console community can keep the same friendly stature.
Lastly on the social front, parents beware. This is console with an open area mic. I had to cringe and occasionally laugh at some of the crap that was coming out of peoples mouths over area chat. Yes person wanting to purchase a mount. You can buy a horse from the stable and do not have to buy one from the crown store like a {SNIP}
Social - I did not get the chance to group with anyone in my brief 30min jaunt through Glenumbra today, but I did check out the grouping tool and seems as simple as the one on PC. People just gotta use it! Everyone complains about the one on PC but the fact is, no body uses it! It would work fine if people actually used it!!! So I am guessing the grouping tool will be used way more on console since you can't spam zone chat looking for a tank for an hour. But I can definitely say group up! I am not a very social person when it comes to gaming. I have one friend on Xbox Live and 6 in the PC version of ESO. But I gotta say I have had a great time in this game teaming up with people I never met to tackle dungeons and pledge, world bosses, dolmens and the like!
Connectivity - I saw a lot of people were having issues getting on to their server. I honestly didn't have that issue. I was thrown into Tamriel just as fast as I am on my PC. I also didn't notice any lag at all with the TONS of players running around. One thing I did notice when I first logged in was all the players standing around me were just black outlines. And then a second later their features came to be and that was the only time I saw that. So not sure if that happens every time you log in or what. But wasn't a big to do. Everything ran seamlessly after that.
CONCLUSION!!! - If you are a fan of MMO's, you have a XBone or a PS4, and you are an Elder Scrolls fan.... Then I do suggest getting this and giving it a whirl. It's fun and there is so much to explore. And on top of everything, the game is gorgeous! Even on medium graphics settings, I was always blown away but the artwork put into the game. So much to see and do! And not to mention all the new content that we can look forward to this year and the coming years! Thank you ZOS for making this console gamers experience thus far fulfilled
I only hope that the majority of the other players are having as much fun with this game as I am.[Moderator Note: Edited per our rules on Hate Speech]
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Naivefanboi✭✭✭✭Pc version is better so far for me anyways. This GIANT UI TEXT is rediculous. and rhe ui is buggy, its forcing me to leave the the resource bars upvat all times .... And their like 3x rhe size .
Soo after all the nonsense and failed logins/waiting for codes, NOT only do i get be forced out of having chatlogs, but now am forced to view giant resource bars.
Need to be able to toggle resource pools to on/auto/off like ability bar.another core feature missing from pc.Edited by Naivefanboi on June 9, 2015 3:10PM3 -
Naivefanboi✭✭✭✭Naivefanboi wrote: »Pc version is better so far for me anyways. This GIANT UI TEXT is rediculous. and rhe ui is buggy, its forcing me to leave the the resource bars upvat all times .... And their like 3x rhe size .
Soo after all the nonsense and failed logins/waiting for codes, NOT only do i get be forced out of having chatlogs, but now am forced to view giant resource bars.
Need to be able to toggle resource pools to on/auto/off like ability bar.another core feature missing from pc.
Apparently its just a bug, talking to the banker repeatedly seemed to have gotten things back on track lol.1 -
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So taking the time to mute 100s of ignorant players instead of playing is the answer, got it. /sarcasmRenhardtESO wrote: »Voice - I can imagine the social aspect of a giant MMO on console took SO much figuring out. And i gotta say, while it was annoying listening to people screaming into the mic to yell to someone in their house instead of muting it (hint hint people who don't use the mute button), I can see now how it works. I was racking my brain before this trying to figure out how this would all work with not having a chat window. But I get it now. I just keep my mute button on until I have something I want to say. And if someone is playing bad music, or yelling a conversation across the house (peanut butter and jelly or ham and cheese?....), or having an allergy attack into the microphone, it's easy to figure out who it is and just block them
Very offensive mang....voting for a closure for this @ZOS, @ZOS_AlanG, rude.RenhardtESO wrote: »Yes person wanting to purchase a mount. You can buy a horse from the stable and do not have to buy one from the crown store like a f@^^ot...
It won't get closed, only edited.NA Server - Kildair0 -
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So taking the time to mute 100s of ignorant players instead of playing is the answer, got it. /sarcasmRenhardtESO wrote: »Voice - I can imagine the social aspect of a giant MMO on console took SO much figuring out. And i gotta say, while it was annoying listening to people screaming into the mic to yell to someone in their house instead of muting it (hint hint people who don't use the mute button), I can see now how it works. I was racking my brain before this trying to figure out how this would all work with not having a chat window. But I get it now. I just keep my mute button on until I have something I want to say. And if someone is playing bad music, or yelling a conversation across the house (peanut butter and jelly or ham and cheese?....), or having an allergy attack into the microphone, it's easy to figure out who it is and just block them
Very offensive mang....voting for a closure for this @ZOS, @ZOS_AlanG, rude.RenhardtESO wrote: »Yes person wanting to purchase a mount. You can buy a horse from the stable and do not have to buy one from the crown store like a [snip]...
[Moderator Note: Edited quote to match moderated version]
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RenhardtESO✭✭✭Sorry if I offended anyone with what I wrote. Really did not mean to. Unless it offended the people who would say crap like that. Then yes I hope it was offensive But someone really did say that. I would never make that up on my own and say it. 0
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✭RenhardtESO wrote: »Cuyler.... Wow really? Go ahead and report it then. I didn't say anything offensive or rude. That is something I actually heard someone say over chat not 10 seconds after I signed on for the first time. Just warning people who have kids playing this game.
Yes really, do you often offend people around you without realizing it? You did type the word didn't you? Or was I reading it wrong and someone else was posting under your user name?
Whoever stated it originally was offensive, repeating it is as equally offensive, I'm sorry to break it to youEdited by Cuyler on June 9, 2015 3:32PMGuild: STACK n BURN (gm) PC - NA
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✭RenhardtESO wrote: »Sorry if I offended anyone with what I wrote. Really did not mean to. Unless it offended the people who would say crap like that. Then yes I hope it was offensive But someone really did say that. I would never make that up on my own and say it.
Ya I didn't notice that you were quoting someone so I don't hold it against you. I'm a free speech guy in all forms but for some reason that word really irritates me.1 -
RenhardtESO✭✭✭Sorry it is a horrible word. It was uncalled for especially over area chat and I guess I didn't think me relaying it over my write up was going to offend anyone as well. So, sorry about that @Cuyler Really didn't think it through I guess.0
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✭RenhardtESO wrote: »Sorry if I offended anyone with what I wrote. Really did not mean to. Unless it offended the people who would say crap like that. Then yes I hope it was offensive But someone really did say that. I would never make that up on my own and say it.
Well closure may of been a little excessive on my part, there is a lot of trolling going on today and I jerked at the knee. I'm trying to keep up with all the new posts here and as a whole your post is positive yes. I was just taken back there, certainly deserves moderation.Guild: STACK n BURN (gm) PC - NA
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✭I just love theres tons of people around, no more soloing Dolmens, World Bosses or Public Dungeons.2 -
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✭Theres actually too many people, today we had 20+ guys at Dolmen. Maybe they should reduce the zone population by little, like by 30%.Edited by Sausage on June 9, 2015 3:49PM0 -
RenhardtESO✭✭✭Theres actually too many people, today we had 20+ guys at Dolmen. Maybe they should reduce the zone population by little, like by 30%.
Agreed. Probably not possible but it will thin out eventually as people level at different paces. I signed on this morning and wanted to go out and try combat out and had to go to a totally different zone to fight something since everyone was killing EVERYTHING all around Glenumbra :P I seriously ran around for about 10 minutes trying to find something to fight!
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traigusb14_ESO2✭✭✭✭✭I just love theres tons of people around, no more soloing Dolmens, World Bosses or Public Dungeons.
instance caps seem to be a little on the high side. Should get better as people spread out though. People are moving along pretty well. Haven't had a giant pile of players stuck on broken quest yet like PC release yet, so people are progressing ok.0 -
RenhardtESO✭✭✭RenhardtESO wrote: »Sorry if I offended anyone with what I wrote. Really did not mean to. Unless it offended the people who would say crap like that. Then yes I hope it was offensive But someone really did say that. I would never make that up on my own and say it.
Well closure may of been a little excessive on my part, there is a lot of trolling going on today and I jerked at the knee. I'm trying to keep up with all the new posts here and as a whole your post is positive yes. I was just taken back there, certainly deserves moderation.
Totally agreed now in hindsight and it has been moderated. Again I am sorry for anyone who took offense to what I quoted. I should not have wrote that and just said that parents need to be aware of some nasty things people say in area chat. ZOS has been in contact and let me know it was bad. So again, so sorry for any offense taken. I truly did not mean it.Edited by RenhardtESO on June 9, 2015 4:05PM0