Here's why I'm burnt out right now.

Phica_Lovic

Foreword: I am still playing ESO, I still actively log on and get my hirelings, feed the few horses that aren't fatties yet, and list stuff in my guild stores. This IS NOT a post flaming the game, this IS NOT a "!&% ZoS, I'm leaving the game" post.

Currently, I am CP 600 something. My main has his 2 gold farmed sets, and his monster set. I have millions of gold (vague for a reason). I have all nine traits on all armors. I have done all (emphasis on all) the non-repeatable quests in the game, have most of the achievements, and have/can complete most of the vet/hardmode dungeons/trials blindfolded. While I am a mainly a PVE'er, I do PVP but the lag and the proc set B.S. has me avoid Cyrodiil and only doing IC in small spurts.

The last content we recieved was One Tamriel - and while I enjoyed this... it was nothing but a reflush of the same content most of us high CPers have done before. Nothing new was added (save some re-vamped dungeons, and repeatable Guild quests to make us do content most of us have already done).

The content before that was Shadows of the Hist which released August 1st and was pretty much 2 dungeons. I have now done these so many times (especially since they pop up every other day as the DLC pledge), that my ears bleed when I hear Vel call me "sweet-meat".

The content before that - and in my honest opinion was the last REAL content we received with any meat on it - was Dark Brotherhood which was released May 31st, 2016. That was 206 days ago, rounding up. And I loved this xpac, even though it was as meaty as say Wrothgar. I played it and the storyline, I explored, I did world bosses every day and did the bounty boards every day. I loved it.

But that was 206 days ago. And now, the next "big content" release is going to be Housing. In February. If they released Homestead on February 1st, it would be 40 days from today. That is 246 days I have played the same content, and done the same things in game - over and over. Even counting SotH, I would've done each of those dungeons at least 50 times each by now, had I played every day and done my pledges.

But let's reel-it-back, a bit. Take into account I do not count either the Witches' Festival or the New Life Day Festival as new content. Take into account I do not count repeat-ables (that we've ALREADY DONE, aka new Guild 1Tam stuffs) as new content.
Homestead will drop in 40 days though, right? Then I get to get my house (or houses) and decorate them really nice, and sink some gold into it, and then..... what's next? Probably nothing. There will be class balancing, and such - but nothing will change in the tasks I can do.

So what's after Homestead? I'll be generous and say they drop a real DLC on April 1st, 2016 (extra-ordinarily unlikely, but I'm being pretty generous here, ZoS). IF, that happens, we still will have had the same quests, PVP map, and other misc tasks to fill our time for 305 days.

305 days of nothing new. Nothing exciting. In all honesty, I've enjoyed more of my time watching the forums rage about crown crates and broken sets than doing... whatever I do now.

So, I don't really understand the point of this post but give me feed-back. Say I'm wrong, say I'm crazy. Tell me how you spend your time in game meaningfully rather than eye-balling what other games are on sale RIGHT NOW (cough). Please, for the love of Nirn, just don't tell me I'm possibly, probably right.


Sincerely,
A Concerned Argonian

DMuehlhausen

There really isn't anything new here over every other MMO in the history of games. The advantage here is you know you have new stuff coming in update 13.

WoW you had to wait another maybe 18 months for anything new at all most of the time. So while I understand the issues (I've reached them as well in other games) nothing is going to be done about this, nor can it be really.

Phica_Lovic

DMuehlhausen wrote: »

There really isn't anything new here over every other MMO in the history of games. The advantage here is you know you have new stuff coming in update 13.

WoW you had to wait another maybe 18 months for anything new at all most of the time. So while I understand the issues (I've reached them as well in other games) nothing is going to be done about this, nor can it be really.

Then why pay $15 a month for 18 months or so? And, if we're talking WoW, there xpacs are all the size of Wrothgar. I'd settle for one of those every 18 months.

starkerealm

At a guess, Murkmire in Update 14. Granted, that will probably be May, so almost exactly a year after Dark Brotherhood.

imnotanother

I hear ya.

I would almost welcome the gear to be updated to CP 180 just for something to do.

Kirameku

I can feel your pain bro

spectre303

I'd say get into PvP. Put on some heavy armor and the proc sets aren't that bad. The lag... well, its awful. Try to play during the slower hours if you can. It helps a bit.

I do a few months of pve til i get bored then a few months pvp. repeat until new content.

kewl

The game will be f2p soon. We'll have new content with that announcement.

Rohamad_Ali

We are definitely getting tired of eating reheated content here . We are in need of something new . Please don't raise gear caps , that's just more left overs in disguise .

starkerealm

kewl wrote: »

The game will be f2p soon. We'll have new content with that announcement.

That one, I doubt.

BlackSparrow

It's fair for you to feel that way. You have consumed the content they have, and now you want more. This is fair for a game you enjoy.

But you shouldn't expect to get a constant stream of new content or zones. No one has the developing time or budget for that. One dungeon's worth of content that takes a player an hour to knock out needs dozens of development hours of layout, art and story design, voice acting, testing, and programming. The fact is that the devs just can't create new stuff at the same rate their players consume it. So, at some point, any highly dedicated player is going to bottom out.

So... go play something else for a little while. When I feel burned out on something, I go do something else for a while... either boot up a different game, or pick up a book I've been meaning to read, or write in my own fictional universe. Such breaks are refreshing, and give the game time to build up new content. I did that to ESO about two years ago, and when I came back, I had TG and DB to start chewing through.

So maybe accept that you've done pretty much all you want to do in the game, and go try a different game for a while. This one will still be here when you come back.

jedtb16_ESO

take a break.... go do something else for a while.

imnotanother

BlackSparrow wrote: »

It's fair for you to feel that way. You have consumed the content they have, and now you want more. This is fair for a game you enjoy.

But you shouldn't expect to get a constant stream of new content or zones. No one has the developing time or budget for that. One dungeon's worth of content that takes a player an hour to knock out needs dozens of development hours of layout, art and story design, voice acting, testing, and programming. The fact is that the devs just can't create new stuff at the same rate their players consume it. So, at some point, any highly dedicated player is going to bottom out.

So... go play something else for a little while. When I feel burned out on something, I go do something else for a while... either boot up a different game, or pick up a book I've been meaning to read, or write in my own fictional universe. Such breaks are refreshing, and give the game time to build up new content. I did that to ESO about two years ago, and when I came back, I had TG and DB to start chewing through.

So maybe accept that you've done pretty much all you want to do in the game, and go try a different game for a while. This one will still be here when you come back.

In all fairness, originally Zos promised new content every 3 months. Only delivered for the first year.

Acrolas

Do you want to buy a Crown Crate?

It doesn't have to be a Crown Crate.

Okay, bye.

Kuramas9tails

I am in the same boat. I have been playing almost every day for over a year but recently I am just feeling burnt. The only time I get on anymore is to do writs and when my trial guild is ready to do a trial.

essi2

To be fair, One Tamriel probably took some doing.

Not new content, but a change that needed to be made.

starkerealm

imnotanother wrote: »

In all fairness, originally Zos promised new content every 3 months. Only delivered for the first year.

They didn't manage to do that. After Craglorn they went into a content freeze in order to get Unlimited out.

There's also been a lot of "iffy" content releases. The Justice System and Champion Ranks were 3 month content, for instance.

One Tamriel is weird, because it is new content, just none of it applies to players who've been playing the game for a significant amount of time.

For newbies, it appears to tripple the amount of content, and allows them to skip stuff they're not enjoying.

So it is "new" content. Just not for us.

Egonieser

Same here. For now I just do the daily New Life quests, some PvP and in the meantime play Path of Exile, there's not much else to do. But I don't mind, I've played MMO's long enough to understand their cycles and planned out my gaming time with it in mind, as I will always have backup games to play at any given time.

starkerealm

Ironically I'm just coming back in off a hiatus...

raidentenshu_ESO

The consent obligations of farming for best in slot gear ( expecially spell Power Cure in white gold Tower) is really burning me out.

phairdon

Game burnout is not uncommon, go through it myself. I'm on a break from this game at the moment, about one month so far. May not return anytime soon. Was looking forward to the new life festival, unfortunately cannot motivate myself to login.
I've taken breaks from other games/gaming before and will continue to do so, in the future.

EldritchPenguin

I think something that might help you out is to play something else for a month or two. Come back when they've released a major update. It might give you a fresh outlook on the game.

pattyLtd

You're not alone OP.

I felt like that a while ago on my main but managed to breath new life into the game for myself on my tank but its slowly getting old already its still same stuff just from another role but maybe that an idea for you.

If not maybe its time to take a break. I'm not even sure how much amd especially how long any new dlc will take that feeling away.

Note to self: stay positive its christmas ffs lomg live Eso lol

Thealteregoroman

kewl wrote: »

The game will be f2p soon. We'll have new content with that announcement.

Really?

newtinmpls

BlackSparrow wrote: »

But you shouldn't expect to get a constant stream of new content or zones. No one has the developing time or budget for that. One dungeon's worth of content that takes a player an hour to knock out needs dozens of development hours of layout, art and story design, voice acting, testing, and programming. The fact is that the devs just can't create new stuff at the same rate their players consume it. So, at some point, any highly dedicated player is going to bottom out.

It all depends on how you play.

I fish.. or wander... or do a side quest and then get distracted by gathering stuff.

I have been playing since about a month after PC release and have not yet done all the original content, never mind all the DLCs (I sub).

I do agree, if you are bored, take a break. for me this can mean working and not being able to play, or playing one of my lowbies, or someone from a difference alliance (I know, with One Tam you CAN go everywhere, but usually I don't).

Or I play a class I haven't played (and leveled) in a while.

OrphanHelgen

Im bored af as well lately. Stam DK dont offer much different either in pve. They got standard of might and a poison dot.

BossXV

What your going through every dedicated mmo player goes through.... The burn out! People have sumed it up pretty well


However! I do think it's time for Wrothgar 2.0,

Well content the size of at the minimum, personally I wish they would release 1 super large expansion on a rate the community would know

Prof_Bawbag

Yup, this game needs a new landmass more than it needs housing. I don't even think a landmass the size of the last 2 area dlc's would cut it either. We need a proper landmass a la Orsinium.

Thal

Personally I'm more burnt out from running CoA1 over a thousand times in the last month+ and still not sniffing a BSW sharpened sword... but hey, I did get a charged one last night after getting 0 to drop for 11 days of 30+ runs each. @ZOS_GinaBruno

Izaki

What burns me out is the money farm. I'm always struggling to make money ever since they made trials unprofitable. It's so boring having to look through guild stores to the point where it bores me to the log out button

CapnPhoton

DMuehlhausen wrote: »

There really isn't anything new here over every other MMO in the history of games. The advantage here is you know you have new stuff coming in update 13.

WoW you had to wait another maybe 18 months for anything new at all most of the time. So while I understand the issues (I've reached them as well in other games) nothing is going to be done about this, nor can it be really.

Yeah I don't really see the issue. Most big MMOs in the past saw expansions every year or year and a half.