Hello Community and ZoS,
Let me Start my "Review"about ESO with a quote from a Compatriot."My English is not so good, my German is much better" (Lothar Matthäus).So please forgive me about my English.^^
I am not a famous streamer nor a Guild Leader.I am not a Game Reviewer I am just somewhat an Average Joe.Somebody who loves Video Games and ofc plays them on a daily basis.Why do i write this "Review" then?Well to voice my worries,about this Game.I know there are tons of other Threads already but I hope you will read this with an open Mind and Heart.
When i first started ESO(4. April 2014) i didnt know what to expect but my expectations were exceeded.It nearly felt like a Elder Scrolls Game.Nice Quest Design(probably the best in the MMO Genre) and somehow quite Challenging.I remember not even be able to kill Mannimarco(those who did this mainquest on release may remember how hard he was).SO i fought myself through Tamriel and it was great.I fell in Love with this game.Sure it had bugs n stuff but when you play some Bethesda Games(i know ZoS is in charge for this game) you dont really think about them.(#clipping

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After finishing the mainquest line and getting to max level I went from questing to Group Dungeons and learned more about playing in a group,I learned the mechanics from every Dungeon with my friends and it was cool.Some frustrating moments but after beating them it was a blast.So I went on,was chasing the best Gear,Golden Mats etc.
After having Gear and a Build i liked i went to Cyro.AvA was great but i missed(and still miss) a smallscale PvP.I know it will come at the end of the year.Back in the Days the Lag wasnt that impactfull and acceptable.Sure some things were broken(Vamps for example) but still it was a great PvP Game.
Craglorn came out with Trials and so on and it was *** Epic.Challenging PvE endgame content;Good PvP and i really thought this game might be able to kick of WoW from the MMO Throne.I will skip stuff like the Lightning Patch,because the Devs said bad Cyro perfomance didnt come from it,while some say it came from it.
I had a break from this Game for some time and after i came back faced a different game.At least what it felt like.
Very laggy PvP(350 Ping if you were lucky),the old trials were not scaled to max level.Best gear was/is BoP.Vet Dungeons got nerfed.
So all in all i actually had nothing to do in this game,except farming TV Stones in IC.It was cool for like 3-4 weeks,then it was empty.So i gave the new Vet Dungeons a chance(vWGT/vICP) and they were really good,not too hard but not too easy either.Just the right amount of beeing hard.
But that was it in IC,farming vWGT/vICP over and over and over again for stuff like SPC/the new MK and ofc Kena.I ran vWGT like 500 times for my SPC set and i first was faced with the RNG in this game.It was just not rewarding at all to run those Dungeons since everything was BoP.vDSA and the other trial Sets are just not worth anything.So i didnt make any money at all.I switched to farming mats allday since vWGT got nerfed super hard(way to easy atm) and PvP was just a complete Mess.Very Laggy Zerging.The only way a Zerg beats another one was a question of who got more Barriers/Proxy Dets and so on.It wasnt even worth farming AP since all the PvP sets were not max level.
So I thought maybe with the next DLC things will Change.
Orsinium dropped and i was really dissapointed.Still no scaling for the old Stuff like Gear/Trials etc.Sure it had a cool Story Line and a nice overall Look.But a Solo Arena(vMA) in a mmorpg just felt super wrong.And ofc it was not that rewarding except MA Weapons.Everything was again BoP.But okay it was at least challenging.Then the nerf hammer dropped again.Sure People were complaining about the diffuclty but hey it is ENDGAME Content and should not be easy at all since everything else was just to easy.
Let me explain why i think all Groupveteran dungeons are just a joke(maybe Prison is kind of ok).I was/am a healer and had a sorc dps.I tried hard to be one of the best healers and not just a healbot.I changed my Build and Gear.I made Progression back in the Days.I Provide more Utility than pure Heals(aka Orbs/Drain/shards).
But now everytime i do the Undaunted dailys for Keys i mostly just can laught at the groups.Whenever i ran with my Sorc and told my Healer to slot orbs/drain to sustain me through the dungeon,80% dont even know what im talking about.I saw Healer putting down Blood Altar,DPS that use Solo Spells in add Phases from Bosses on the Adds.Short Said just not anything near a Build and understanding the mechanics of the Dungeons and how to be a Functionable Part of the Group.Most of them just get Carried by either super high DPS Guys,Strong Healers and so on.
I think if you are using crap in your bars or you just dont know what to do you should not be able to complete these dungeons,but atm every Dungeon is just so easy that it just doesnt matter.People dont make any Progression in their Builds and Mindsets(for example when i did some Undaunted dailys as a Tank i did not recive any shards/repentance from my temp healer,when i DPS as mag sorc i never recived any orbs/drain. Even though i asked in a polite way.Sure we finished,but it just felt wrong).
So i think Endgame PvE is dead,since all the trials are not scaled.Group Dungeons are so easy its unhealthy for the Game.(New trial is locked behind either ESO+ or buying the DLC)
I went back to PvP just to face super Lags and Zerg Partys.Its heartbreaking how PvP changed from fun to just beeing completly nonsense.Your Zerg got more Proxy Dets and Barriers you win.Aint nobody got time to focus singletargets in this Lag.
Well i checked IC out again and tbh there it is sometimes quite funny.Sometimes.It takes quite a long time to face a smallscale fight since its empty or there are just poor PvE´rs farming mats.
Sure you might say just level an alt but tbh grinding to v16 is just a pain in the ***.Nearly no grinding Spots and a massive XP amount needed.You may even say dont be a p**** and just do it.I did.v16 Mag Sorc,v16 Mag Templ,v16 Stam DK,v16 Mag NB,and a v13 Stam sorc.Of course Grinding is grinding and mostly mindless but still just crazy to get max lvl.(i know with next dlc we get 50 as max and gear changed to CP).
Well then TG came out.The only 3 Positive things i can say about TG are:Less AP neeeded for Alliance Skills,a new Trial for max level after i think over a year? and the Vendor for undaunted gear(which is actually useless for most of the people since its all Infused).
We were promised to get less Lags in Cyro,still tons of threads about high ping.My feeling about this game changed completly.From Hyped to idk.If this game stays around for longer well ok,but if it might die i just dont care anymore.Why?Well because that will be ZoS Fault.For Example we(Community) had tons and tons of nice ideas how to change this game into a positive way.We had a good thread about making other Undaunted Gear viable with changing the 1 Piece Passives(I think it was Nifty that posted it,sorry i quite cant remember).We had A LOT of ideas for Templars.Still we got some number tweaks and thats it.No source of major Brut/Sorc.All other classes got this.But oh well ok.
This is not a rant about ZoS/Eso.I want to say that ZoS either has a lot of Problems to actually keep their "every 3 months a DLC" mentality up in such a way the Community dont feel like they get ripped of.Lots of crying about BoP,class Balance,Lag,Missing of Endgame.Ok we got some of this,but behind a Pay2Play wall.
My Major Concern and why i wrote all this,is to show you and ZoS that this game actually has a great Potential buts it feels like it is wasted.Idk why,either they dont listen to us in a proper way or they have so much pressure that they actually cant change the things we want in a good way.
I think the next 3 DLC will determine if ESO can stay around longer or if it will fail.The next DLC with the Max Level and gear change and the Arena/Battleground DLC.If those will have the same Problems as IC/Orsinium/TG it will die,at least for me.We get more crown store stuff than actually fixes for bugs(toppling charge for example).I dont want to ruin your ESO Experience but after testing GW2 and their new PvP Changes it feels like ZoS doesnt give a **** about us.
We get minor class changes that nearly make no impact in our Gameplay.Lets for example talk about Stam Sorcs.Sure im not the best Stam sorc worldwide but i still know what the class misses.Crytal Blast is useless and all of the Stam Sorc players would agree that this should be a stam morph to make stam sorcs more viable.How it actually should be,i really dont know,but there are good suggestions for it.Its just not Stam Sorcs.Every Class wether its Stam or Magicka based,is missing something that makes them viable.Except Mag Sorcs/Mag NBs.Those feel Superior to every other Class(on an equal skillbase).
Ok Ok i will shut up now^^.Again its not a rant,just how i feel and i think some others might feel aswell.
TL;DR:
Game started great,now it lacks actually Endgame Content.PvP is a Mess.BoP and not scaling other trials/dsa is a mistake.Longterm Players feel rigged.Huge Concern that these mistakes will be made over and over again with new DLCs and might kill the Game.
Sincerly a fellow ESO Player