Would You Buy Another ZOS Game?

Turelus · June 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

At this time no I wouldn't and I would advise other other avoid the game.

There could be some redeeming factors depending what the title was and what members of the team had a direct role in it, however I don't feel ZOS has done a good job in regards to cheating/exploiting or working with the PvP community to push a fair and balanced game.

Cillion3117 · June 2016

Yes, I would buy another ZOS title.

If I felt that ZOS was a bad company that put out bad games, I wouldn't play their game or go on their forums to complain. Why people play games they obviously hate so they can complain is beyond me.

Florial · June 2016

Yes, I would buy another ZOS title.

I've been very happy with the game and the direction it is going. Personally, I've experienced very few bugs and overall it has been a great MMO experience for me. I like the ZOS team and think they've done a pretty good job.

Would I buy another ZOS game? It depends. I'm not a big fan of space MMOs, regardless of who the publisher may be. So it really depends on the game and not so much the publisher.

theher0not · June 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

Atm I am not even buying DLC for this game. Zos constantly prove that they have no idea what they do. This game has so many bad design choices, some are at WoD level for example the mount training system.

As someone said above: to see what game ZoS made you must look at what it is without the TES theme. And without it this game is nothing really. The only thing ZoS did right is the combat system (I like the limited abillities and having a second weapon. That is actually a very good design choice IMO) and the character models.

Hellbender27 · June 2016

Yes, I would buy another ZOS title.

Ch4mpTW wrote: »

Out of curiosity, would you be interested in another ZOS game in the future? If yes, please explain why. If no, please explain why.

Yes if it's an MMO.

bloodenragedb14_ESO · June 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

the only thing going for this game, in my eyes, is that ist set in tamriel, thats it

i much prefer games like Rift and star trek online

Drakoleon · June 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

Never! I cant forgive them for destroying this masterpiece day by day

NobleNerd · June 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

bloodenragedb14_ESO wrote: »

the only thing going for this game, in my eyes, is that ist set in tamriel, thats it

i much prefer games like Rift and star trek online

Hmmmmmm.... what is there about RIFT in it's current state that you like? I liked RIFT in beta and at launch, but honestly ESO is about to go the same direction RIFT went after f2p... no faction divide, no sense of progression and cash shop harloting!

Star Trek I never played, mostly because of PW controlling it, but would love to know what draws you to this one also.

dennissomb16_ESO · June 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

For me the deciding factor on saying no is that I would never trust a company again who approved the process that is going on right now that when you create a customer support ticket you get an automatic response of "we are to busy this ticket is being closed, sorry for the inconvenience"

Long wait times, unrelated responses, cannot actually fix your issue are all responses you may get in any MMO but closing tickets without even pretending to help is so mind boggling that there is no chance i would ever trust them in another game

Elsonso · June 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

dennissomb16_ESO wrote: »

For me the deciding factor on saying no is that I would never trust a company again who approved the process that is going on right now that when you create a customer support ticket you get an automatic response of "we are to busy this ticket is being closed, sorry for the inconvenience"

Yeah, this sort of thing is what companies do when they want to get a reputation for being the worst in the industry for customer support.

djtzen · June 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

Only game where I constantly have to tailor my system and settings so the game can moderately work sometimes. Every patch/update breaks some other part of the game. Support is sub-par/poor at best. Always on you to find that obscure "fix" that is only a fix for your system/settings and usually it's other players on the forum that are helping you make your game work not the devs or support. Over 2 decades of gaming, I have never had such a mainstream game fight me so hard in order for me to play.

Daishichi · June 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

Not a chance. I'm practically ashamed of myself that I continue playing ESO...I've invested hundreds of hours, and still have friends playing. But I won't renew my ESO Plus until I get through a session without a disconnect or loading screen, period.

I've seen symptoms like this from all manner of companies...the disease is deep. They could clean house and still only limp a bit further before they are inevitably blown out of the market by people who are actually doing their jobs. I'm just waiting for my brothers to say "Eff this, let's play [blank]".

baltic1284 · June 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

I have to say No if what they have done with ESO is any sign of there professionalism and attention to detail on issues that happen and are happening they have don't deserve another check from me.
1 the disconnect and crash issues plaguing many players now.
2 revamp of the resource gathering aspect of the game made a post about it here.https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/276168/mines#latest
3 more armor motifs added to the game not the armor itself but the required race trait available in store in the game purchasable.
4 better dynamic quests and more quests in game that involve your character and race they in and faction they are apart of.
5 better civil war campaign played that before and it was either alliance group A land slides two groups all the time.

FearlessOne_2014 · June 2016

The main question I asks my self everyday for the past 2 weeks is. Will I buy another MMO period. The past 3 or 4 MMO I've played over the past 4 years have left me feeling down and out. The lack of choice for the genre is another turn off for me buying another MMO. As in Dev teams now don't have to make quality MMOs these days, they just have to release something with a little of something others don't have. And sadly people swarm all over it like brainless hive-minds. I more less looking into the "free aim third person view MOBA" genre atm.

I'm a PvPer that hate to PvE but will force himself to do it, only if it'll make me happy. But the standard the PvE has become in MMOs to force players to PvE just to be decent at PvP if not overpowered. I think I'm done with killing the same set of NPC 10000 times over, done it for 15 plus years now, it's getting old. I just want to kill other players in a Massive World PvP or Sandbox PvP that don't require farming NPCs forever.

I'm also a old school person who don't beat around the bush and speak my mind. So that also puts me at odds with this new generation of gamers, where no matter how much they suck it's impolite to correct them. I'm not nearly as hardcore as I used to be about a year ago, so that puts me at odds with the players from that group.

Honestly I just don't think their is a place for me in modern day MMOs. And I'm fine with that. Just means I'll have to find some thing else to bring enjoyment to my life. CU and Star Citizens will more then likely be the last MMOs I will ever play.

Xylphan · June 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

Cillion3117 wrote: »

If I felt that ZOS was a bad company that put out bad games, I wouldn't play their game or go on their forums to complain. Why people play games they obviously hate so they can complain is beyond me.

Are you even reading what people are writing?

They don't hate the game. They love the game. They want to see it grow. They see it's potential.

What they hate is how it's being managed. Exploits, bugs, the focus quantity vs. quality. People, including many long time players, are getting fed up. Players who willingly test out new content and features on PTS and point out glaring defects are ignored (DLCs still get released and break crap anyway). Console players get it even worse, where there are simply areas you cannot go into unless you want to play "how many times can I crash my console".

For $DIETY's sake, this is supposed to be a gold AAA MMORPG and yet basic functions like LFG remain broken for weeks, not to mention fundamental mechanics that have not worked properly since who knows when.

Justice31st · July 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

Shaun98ca2 wrote: »

Wow I read this and.....wow I swear you people have never played an MMO before.

If anybody was to really take any time and effort ZOS / ESO is NO different than all other MMO's ever released.

A buggy mess - EVERY MMO's a buggy unplayable game based on the forums. Here I am playing the game enjoying it. A few bugs here and there sure but not enough to ever boycott ZOS and burn down their houses.

Company doesn't care or listen. Damn right they don't and for good reason. On the forums its 50 ish people yelling and screaming the sky is on fire. What about the 1000's of other players that don't seem to have a problem...well screw them they need to shout louder.

Its the same thing everywhere you go. All MMO's are horrible buggy messes with uncaring devs and the game is dead dying based on the forums. Then you play the game an enjoy yourself.

As for

Ch4mpTW wrote: »

I have to admit, Blizzard makes some pretty excellent games

WOW is an anomaly, that will never repeat. Period. You wanna know why its bleeding subs in the millions, its a mediocre game at best. WHY does it have so many players. Only answer is for Blizzard the stars aligned perfectly for WOW to be what it is.

At the time of release there weren't as many MMO's to choose from and Blizzard was the largest name to be developing an MMO. After amassing a HUGE following of players, more and more continued to join simply due to the player base IE my friends are playing so I'm going to join them.

If Blizzard were to attempt another MMO, it would be a shocking revelation that Blizzard couldn't produce gold a second time, which is probably why they haven't attempted it simply cause they know WOW was an anomaly they cant reproduce.

Go to WOW's forums, its a buggy unplayable mess with bugs remaining from day 1 and WOW is an uncaring company with uncaring devs. They even went as far as adding a cash shop, how greedy can you be as the LARGEST SUB BASED MMO LOL is what you'll see.

ESO has been an amazing game. My 1st TES game ever. Amazing story, graphics, gameplay, PVP when it isn't laggy. I couldn't ask for a more enjoyable experience.

Said no one ever. It is a 12 year old game, of course an MMO after 12 years is going to lose subs lol.

Justice31st · July 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

The only reason I am playing this is because I switched from PC gaming to console and this is the only western styled MMO available on PS4. Unfortunately EQ Next was cancelled so I now have to wait even longer for the next MMO to play instead. ZOS has been the most unresponsive and unprofessional company I have ever seen for an Triple A game title. The fact that day zero glitches/exploits are still in a 2+ year old MMO with supposed weekly updates says it all.

arkansas_ESO · July 2016

I kinda doubt there will be another one, to be honest

FearlessOne_2014 · July 2016

arkansas_ESO wrote: »

I kinda doubt there will be another one, to be honest

Seeing how ZOS is apparently struggle to make money to keep this on afloat. I wouldn't be surprised either if ESO would be the last ZOS MMO.

DaveMoeDee · July 2016

KingMagaw wrote: »

DaveMoeDee wrote: »

The DLC aren't there to keep people farming. They are there to expand the world and add more content. Hopefully the entire map gets filled in.

How long does it take, to play and finish the content in last DLC?. Was a few days of average play at most. Content hard?, wasn't for me or most of my guild. So after you breeze through this 'new' content, what is left to do?. Farming the dailies for your cosmetic motifs or farming more stuff to unlock more cosmetic dye.

End game for a lot of players i know was PvP as this provides the only real challenge to any game. PvP is a lag filled mess with bugs and exploits, just search the forums for a few minutes although Zeni are keen to remove most of them posts - not good for business lol

Why do I need to play the same game 365 days a year. I finished DB. Now I am back on Fallout 4.

I'm not a big PvP person but I have over 100 hours there. I did not notice the challenge, even without lag. The chaos is fun, but group PvE content seems to require a lot more skill than Cyrodiil.

I have never played an Elder Scrolls game for hard content and challenges.

Stiltz · July 2016

Yes, I would buy another ZOS title.

If it was a title I was interested in then sure. I think they've done a great job with ESO, otherwise I wouldn't be here.

Of course I want the post DB console issues resolved, but this is a console mmo so I'm not surprised. The back end is incomprehensibly complicated, and even after they figure everything out, they still have to jump through hoops for Sony and Microsoft just to make these larger patches/updates live.

I played through the same sort of issues with dcuo and saw the same hate towards the dev teams there as well. The dev team will ALWAYS be public enemy #1, and the vocal minority will always post incessantly on their respective forums as to how awful, greedy, and incompetent these people are.

NobleNerd · July 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

Ch4mpTW wrote: »

I have to admit, Blizzard makes some pretty excellent games

WOW is an anomaly, that will never repeat. Period. You wanna know why its bleeding subs in the millions, its a mediocre game at best[/b]. WHY does it have so many players. Only answer is for Blizzard the stars aligned perfectly for WOW to be what it is.

At the time of release there weren't as many MMO's to choose from and Blizzard was the largest name to be developing an MMO. After amassing a HUGE following of players, more and more continued to join simply due to the player base IE my friends are playing so I'm going to join them.

If Blizzard were to attempt another MMO, it would be a shocking revelation that Blizzard couldn't produce gold a second time, which is probably why they haven't attempted it simply cause they know WOW was an anomaly they cant reproduce.

To the bold.... ummm Blizzard has produced Gold at least 3 times since WoW.... Hearthstone (over 10 million players), Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch (over 10 million in their 1st 2 weeks of launch). If they ever felt they had a design for a better MMO I have no doubt it would do the same!

WanderingJarlPuncher · July 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

unfortunatly no. i would rather buy a Gameboy from mid 90's rather than a new elders scroll.
they have shoe shinners licking their chocolate donut like its a million dollar bill and drowning threads that show WITH proofs that zenimax and Bethesda are at fault with troll posts and out of context post that should be sent into class and combat mechanic instead of general discussion. while ignoring TONS AFTER TONS AFTER TONS of report showing bugs broken quest broken game features broken graphic and hell they even send in GM's to tell players they are at fault because even if you fill a report and get a ticket up with a gm they still blame you.

the only game i would buy with a long study would maybe be morrowing because i still loved the idea of beating guards down bare handed. other than that i would rather trade my TESOU account for a level 80 pve resto sham, in a WOW WOTLK private server of the worst quality, decked out pvp with tanking enchants and elemental spec with broken gears no mounts no bags no golds and being on the verge of getting perma banned from the above mentionned private wow server rather than investing another penny in this rotten company that is so obsessed with nickles and dimes that they care more about how much they can do ow than how much can can earn in the next decade.

Bromburak · July 2016

Ch4mpTW wrote: »

Out of curiosity, would you be interested in another ZOS game in the future?

The company doesn't matter, but the concept and people behind do.

For me, 3 Faction PvP is the most important thing a game needs to have and among ESO there is only DAOC (GW 2 doesn't count because factions are faked by Servers and not by an alliance).

Since DAOC I follow some of the projects of former mythic entertainment staff including Matt Firor and Brian Wheeler.
Realm vs. Realm in DAOC was a technical revolution and Mythic entertainment changed my world of online gaming.

However whenever there is a 3 faction PvP game on the market with new ideas or similarities to DAOC or ESO I would always support and buy it.

neville_bart0s · July 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

no.

Ch4mpTW · July 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

NobleNerd wrote: »

Ch4mpTW wrote: »

I have to admit, Blizzard makes some pretty excellent games

WOW is an anomaly, that will never repeat. Period. You wanna know why its bleeding subs in the millions, its a mediocre game at best[/b]. WHY does it have so many players. Only answer is for Blizzard the stars aligned perfectly for WOW to be what it is.

At the time of release there weren't as many MMO's to choose from and Blizzard was the largest name to be developing an MMO. After amassing a HUGE following of players, more and more continued to join simply due to the player base IE my friends are playing so I'm going to join them.

If Blizzard were to attempt another MMO, it would be a shocking revelation that Blizzard couldn't produce gold a second time, which is probably why they haven't attempted it simply cause they know WOW was an anomaly they cant reproduce.

To the bold.... ummm Blizzard has produced Gold at least 3 times since WoW.... Hearthstone (over 10 million players), Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch (over 10 million in their 1st 2 weeks of launch). If they ever felt they had a design for a better MMO I have no doubt it would do the same!

Damn, I had forgotten all about Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm. Blizzard really is 1 of the big dogs of the gaming industry, and holding either the #1 or #2 spot for best gaming company. Diablo, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, Starcraft, World of Warcraft... They are the true bosses of gaming. . .

And damn, you'd think ZOS would have learned a thing or 2 about how Blizzard got to the level that they are at. But, ZOS just keeps making mistakes over and over again (with the majority of them being the same mistake repeated).

Vardy · July 2016

Yes, I would buy another ZOS title.

If the IP were of interest of me, then yes. In the current MMO-sphere, ESO is pretty much the leader right now in receiving content updates, plus it seems the game has only been gaining momentum as of late, so surely they're doing something right.

richardjameshillb16_ESO · July 2016

No chance.

Only Reason I play at all (and not that much anymore) is that it is an Elder Scrolls Game, I am sure this would have died long ago without the IP.

It's now devolved into nothing more than an obvious cash grab, and just filler till Elder Scrolls 6 (The release of which will decimate the population of this game, as I am sure they know only too well)

BenLocoDete · July 2016

No, I would not buy another ZOS title.

richardjameshillb16_ESO wrote: »

No chance.

Only Reason I play at all (and not that much anymore) is that it is an Elder Scrolls Game, I am sure this would have died long ago without the IP.

It's now devolved into nothing more than an obvious cash grab, and just filler till Elder Scrolls 6 (The release of which will decimate the population of this game, as I am sure they know only too well)

Possibly the reason Bethesda delayed TES 6 this far? It's been you know, 5 years and we're not getting it until another year or two, and considering the fortunate success of Skyrim it is doubtful that they didn't want to explore the franchise a bit more.

Nevertheless it is a bit risky because no matter how TES fans see Bethesda or Zenimax and ZOS, if Elder Scrolls Online doesn't live up to the expectations, I doubt Bethesda can hold to theirs - Fallout was rather simplistic, and another RPG with a lame approach to the RolePlaying genre will possibly drown both companies for who knows how long.

BTW, I listen to all those interviews from Todd: "Oh it is a technology we don't have yet..." and - Yeah, of course, keep telling yourselves that.

Lysette · July 2016

Yes, I would buy another ZOS title.

Ch4mpTW wrote: »

I wonder... How many people who voted "yes", would change their vote to a "no" nowadays? I really wonder...

Well, I see no reason why I would have to change my vote, if it is a pve-centric game which allows to play most of the game solo - that part of the game is not broken, and those issues which I temporarily had, got fixed by ZOS. I like the art style and with a new game it would as well depend on the art style and what genre it is of course.

Edit:on a side note, I would prefer though, if Todd Howard's team from Bethesda would do the game mechanics - they know how to make a game real fun when it comes to solo play - ZOS game mechanics are combat-wise too much oriented at PvP, because Mr. Wrobel is liking that more than PvE - and well, I would just buy another game from ZOS, if Mr. Wrobel would not be lead combat designer (I blame him and his combat design for being the main cause of lag in Cyrrrodil) and I am as well not found of the game design lead (who is avoiding to address the core problem) - so these guys in charge would not make me want to buy another game from ZOS. And I would as well prefer people, who do not sit in front of the camera in boy shorts, but would show a little bit more respect towards their customers.