Has ESO become more about the forums than the game?

CaptainObvious

Gidorick wrote: »

For some, sure. But there are far more people that play the game and never come on the forum. There have been 108,991 people who have posted on here. Hopefully this is a small fraction of those who are playing ESO.

Heh, may depend on how well the new content is received.

Mojmir

Devs spend more time here than game O.o.

Reverb

Mojmir wrote: »

Devs spend more time here than game O.o.

To be fair, they probably spend more time in meetings than here or in game.

RazielSR

Gidorick wrote: »

There have been 108,991 people who have posted on here. Surely this is a small fraction of those who left ESO.

FIXED.

Zorrashi

I wouldn't call the game "boring" per se, but it is certainly not as compelling as it once was. Be it through me going through the content, the lack of real TES elements to mull over or just the content drought the game has been experiencing I simply find the game....lacking. For now.
But I still like the game enough to stick around.

Sensesfail13

LameoveR wrote: »

Sensesfail13 wrote: »

Where as the game just isnt fun anymore, it actually sucks... bad... since the last patch.IMHO

Fixed it for you!

Nah, thats your opinion, and its wrong.

Elektrakosh

psychojudge wrote: »

Tholian1 wrote: »

I can only play the game at home. I can access the forums from anywhere.

Same here.

Ditto.

Swarog

I can't play at work. I can play some hours at evening.
I can use forum from mobile phone anywhere.
Using TESO forum from mobile is a huge pain.

Cadbury

New guy here.

I always check out the forums of any new MMO I play. I find that they're pretty much all the same.

It's all just noise to me anyway.

*goes back in lurker mode*

Arundo

Tholian1 wrote: »

I can only play the game at home. I can access the forums from anywhere.

This, mostly on the forums when i'm at the office.

Garethjolnir

To the minority that post here, maybe.

hrothbern

long loading times

Soulshine

You have to put this in context. There are some people who have well over 5K comments and have not even been around a year and then there are other here like me who have been here since beta rounds, going onto 2yrs+ and still not cracked 2k comments. Some people in all games I have played end up making "forum life" and the personae they create for themselves more important than playing the game itself.

I tend to go through phases of reading, then posting, then not coming to the forums at all for maybe weeks or months, depending on my time and interest level in things I discover in game, but rarely ever is it the other way around. I am also a regular member of Tamriel Foundry and tend to spend far more time reading there than here, when I feel inclined to read. The hyperbole is less and far more useful information is more readily found.

Casdha

I work 3 to 11 so I get on the forums when I get home to wind down, playing would wake me up more. Then I check my participated threads when I wake up before I play,,,,if I play, depends on what all I have to do before I go to work.

VincentBlanquin

sure, play forum is much more enjoyable

Belidos

Azalin76 wrote: »

I see a lot of posts on here every day and I always ask myself "has the game become so boring that players spend more time in the forums than in the game?"

Sure we all need a place to vent but are the forums really more important than the game? If not then why do so many players spend time here instead of grinding out champion points or whatever they desire in the game.

I have to do something while i'm at work ffs

Belidos

Cadbury wrote: »

New guy here.

I find that they're pretty much all the same.

Haha, so true. It doesn't matter what game it is, or who the company is, the forums are usually always identical. Always full of doom and gloomers, there's always that small group of people who think that because they know a bit of html or css they're programmers and know everything about making mmo's, there's always that group that pulls stats out of their butts and argues they're real, and there's always that one guy that supposedly rage quit and deleted his tons years ago but still spends half his life on the forum, and of course there's always the general consensus amongst the troll community that that specific game is worst run game in existence regardless of how many examples of worse companies you can provide and prove.

Lamiai

Belidos wrote: »

Cadbury wrote: »

New guy here.

I find that they're pretty much all the same.

Haha, so true. It doesn't matter what game it is, or who the company is, the forums are usually always identical. Always full of doom and gloomers, there's always that small group of people who think that because they know a bit of html or css they're programmers and know everything about making mmo's, there's always that group that pulls stats out of their butts and argues they're real, and there's always that one guy that supposedly rage quit and deleted his tons years ago but still spends half his life on the forum, and of course there's always the general consensus amongst the troll community that that specific game is worst run game in existence regardless of how many examples of worse companies you can provide and prove.

This isn't forums for the ESO programmers to vent? well f*** my old boots!

Techlisp

This is the only text chat we console players can do.

Docmandu

At least for me, since IC, the forum is more fun than the game. (and it's not because the forum content improved)

WTB PvP!

Darlgon

Soulshine wrote: »

You have to put this in context. There are some people who have well over 5K comments and have not even been around a year and then there are other here like me who have been here since beta rounds, going onto 2yrs+ and still not cracked 2k comments. Some people in all games I have played end up making "forum life" and the personae they create for themselves more important than playing the game itself.

I tend to go through phases of reading, then posting, then not coming to the forums at all for maybe weeks or months, depending on my time and interest level in things I discover in game, but rarely ever is it the other way around. I am also a regular member of Tamriel Foundry and tend to spend far more time reading there than here, when I feel inclined to read. The hyperbole is less and far more useful information is more readily found.

I miss my Beta forum badges...

TF got stale to me, after launch. It felt like little changed, but I guess that was your point.

Add to that. some PVP players like to PVP the forums when they cant be in game... and you KNOW who you ARE.

UrQuan

Cadbury wrote: »

New guy here.

I always check out the forums of any new MMO I play. I find that they're pretty much all the same.

It's all just noise to me anyway.

*goes back in lurker mode*

Rabble rabble rabble rabble!

Sorry, just contributing to the noise

Cillion3117

I never look at the forums when I'm home. I just play the game or go do other stuff.

BlackEar

Posting on the forum....
Biased replies. /thread.

Soulshine

Darlgon wrote: »

Soulshine wrote: »

You have to put this in context. There are some people who have well over 5K comments and have not even been around a year and then there are other here like me who have been here since beta rounds, going onto 2yrs+ and still not cracked 2k comments. Some people in all games I have played end up making "forum life" and the personae they create for themselves more important than playing the game itself.

I tend to go through phases of reading, then posting, then not coming to the forums at all for maybe weeks or months, depending on my time and interest level in things I discover in game, but rarely ever is it the other way around. I am also a regular member of Tamriel Foundry and tend to spend far more time reading there than here, when I feel inclined to read. The hyperbole is less and far more useful information is more readily found.

I miss my Beta forum badges...

TF got stale to me, after launch. It felt like little changed, but I guess that was your point.

Add to that. some PVP players like to PVP the forums when they cant be in game... and you KNOW who you ARE.

Regarding Tamriel Foundry? No that was not my point at all. I have not ever found it stale. As I stated, it provides a lot more useful information for me than does this site. The way I see it, if people here meantime like to "PvP the forums," I take it with a grain of salt. It bears no relation to game skill, just investment in and enjoyment of arguing.

EnOeZ

Azalin76 wrote: »

I see a lot of posts on here every day and I always ask myself "has the game become so boring that players spend more time in the forums than in the game?"

Sure we all need a place to vent but are the forums really more important than the game? If not then why do so many players spend time here instead of grinding out champion points or whatever they desire in the game.

ESO too broken to enjoy.
Forum is Hope.
Game is despair.

Fix game mechanics.
Care about balance.

Asherons_Call

Like most of the responders here, I keep an eye on the forums while I'm at work and try to pick up on tips and tricks to apply when I get settled down after dinner and boy put to bed. I've gotten caught up in the whole text chat debate and admittedly was a little more negative than I'd like to see myself as so trying my best to focus on the positive. This is a truly great game so just want to begin to help paint a better picture for newcomers here

Darlgon

Asherons_Call wrote: »

Like most of the responders here, I keep an eye on the forums while I'm at work and try to pick up on tips and tricks to apply when I get settled down after dinner and boy put to bed. I've gotten caught up in the whole text chat debate and admittedly was a little more negative than I'd like to see myself as so trying my best to focus on the positive. This is a truly great game so just want to begin to help paint a better picture for newcomers here

ViscousSummer88

People can access the Forums from anywhere really, not everyone will be able to access the game from anywhere. For myself, I like to come here to see what others are saying, maybe post here and there and to try get some "support" if needed.

Rook_Master

I don't even read posts from people without five stars.