Most Improved MMO of 2016 goes to...

Phica_Lovic

ESO!

massivelyop.com/2016/12/14/massively-ops-best-of-2016-awards-most-improved-mmo-2016/

Though I never tire of the:

Stam v Magicka Debate

PVP v PVE Debate

P2W v F2P Debate

Probably missing a few more..

Kudos to you ESO, some of your decisions brought a lot of life back to your game and what-not. Yipee!

Tryxus

One big step for ESO, One Tamriel for its players

ArchMikem

Now if only it could have the expansive and gorgeous looking scenery of Black Desert...

AlMcFly

ArchMikem wrote: »

Now if only it could have the expansive and gorgeous looking scenery of Black Desert...

The visuals of Black Desert are gorgeous. Too bad PvE is the only thing that works well. PvP is a teleporting madhouse of swinging into air hoping to hit somebody in the lag and bloom madness. Same goes for any over world group event, teleporting madness as World Bosses flicker and one-hit kill everyone every second. Also, most of the game's systems rely on Korean grind and RNG at its fullest, encouraging never logging out as you stay in game 24/7 afking to let your workers help you get ahead. Disclaimer: only play Black Desert if you don't care about gameplay and just want to play with Barbie dolls and take scenery screenshots.

KochDerDamonen

Phica_Lovic wrote: »

P2W v F2P Debate

Huh?

Other than that, I can't speak for other MMOs but One Tamriel made a big change to how ESO works in a lot of positive ways.

AlMcFly

KochDerDamonen wrote: »

Phica_Lovic wrote: »

P2W v F2P Debate

Huh?

Other than that, I can't speak for other MMOs but One Tamriel made a big change to how ESO works in a lot of positive ways.

The only debate I see on these forums that I get sick of are the "RNG Loot Crates vs These Prices are Too Damn High" debate. It will literally never go away from these forums.

Prof_Bawbag

I recently added some guy to my PSN friends list and he was saying he played the game at the beginning, disliked the layout etc etc and disappeared. He picked the game up recently and can't believe the changes that have been made and says he's well and truly addicted to it. It's almost as if he's playing a different game. I think those of us that have been around for all the incremental updates tend not to see the entire picture in that respect. It's a bit similar to your kids growing. People who haven't seen them for a few months or a year or 2 will see a huge difference in them, whilst you won't have noticed that much of a change.

Rastafariel

Grats ESO!

Im looking forward to 2017.

Happy to be part of this community!

Ras

Doctordarkspawn

HAH. Most improved.

It was genuinely improving for the better and now it's taken a nosedive again.

Blackfyre20

Shows the quality of MMOs as a whole right now... While I do think ESO improved overall this year, it has recently been seriously regressing. The shift from meaningful DLC to micro transactions as a business model is seriously concerning. The more effort that gets diverted from actual content to the crown store, the more this game will deteriorate. If you want to make $$ on cosmetic and convenience items then by all means do so, that's great and many players appreciate those options. It becomes a problem though when there is more emphasis on that than actual content and gameplay improvements. We will see which direction ZOS decides to head next year.

Milvan

Doctordarkspawn wrote: »

HAH. Most improved.

It was genuinely improving for the better and now it's taken a nosedive again.

Really? I think the game is doing great.

Maotti

Who did they bribe to get that award?

Phica_Lovic

KochDerDamonen wrote: »

Phica_Lovic wrote: »

P2W v F2P Debate

Huh?

Other than that, I can't speak for other MMOs but One Tamriel made a big change to how ESO works in a lot of positive ways.

Some ppl think this game is going to Pay-to-Win, others think this game is going to be Free-to-play

Rohamad_Ali

One Tamriel changed grouping for the better . The award is deserved . Let's not let emotions about other concerns take away credit for a very nice achievement .

GabiAlex

ESO actually improved during the years. I played it during CBT and I used to hate the game for a long time until and I decided to try it again after I've seen how it started to get better scores from critics and players alike. I'm speaking bout pre-T1 when few minor changes made a boring game with awful rewards into something enjoyable. Then T1 and even some people are hating that, it is the best thing happened to the game and something that future MMOs should consider. The linear progression should die and T1 is a example how to do it. The other is the ability to play multiple classes on same character and here I'll mention The Secret World where you had the possibility to unlock all skills and use all weapons and equipment types on a single character (but here is a bit risky because really over powered builds can be born from it).

AFrostWolf

The more I play this game the more I *** hate it.

They ruined the ability to gather crafting mats without forcing you to make 5 crafting alts every few days....

They still haven't fixed clipping through walls either.

TerraDewBerry

I would have to agree that ESO is by far the most improved MMO of 2016. I was in the beta, and early launch, and I would have to say the game has improved leaps and bounds from where it was when it first launched. Good job ZOS! Now, keep up the good work, and give us some amazing DLCs for 2017! Maybe an expansion if we're good?!

LadyNalcarya

Phica_Lovic wrote: »

KochDerDamonen wrote: »

Phica_Lovic wrote: »

P2W v F2P Debate

Huh?

Other than that, I can't speak for other MMOs but One Tamriel made a big change to how ESO works in a lot of positive ways.

Some ppl think this game is going to Pay-to-Win, others think this game is going to be Free-to-play

And its pretty much the same thing XD

Thybrinena

Big gratz ESO and Zenimax! The major contributing factor to being better is that ZoS seem to listen better than most MMO devs to what the players want. It ain't perfect, but it is encouraging for the time to come. I hope ZoS go on to work towards getting most improved 2017 now. More to do! Chop chop!

Ps - God bless Kathy!

KochDerDamonen

AlMcFly wrote: »

KochDerDamonen wrote: »

Phica_Lovic wrote: »

P2W v F2P Debate

Huh?

Other than that, I can't speak for other MMOs but One Tamriel made a big change to how ESO works in a lot of positive ways.

The only debate I see on these forums that I get sick of are the "RNG Loot Crates vs These Prices are Too Damn High" debate. It will literally never go away from these forums.

I don't see how that's F2P v.s. P2W. Eh, those aren't even opposing sides.

a1i3nz

Well, it had nowhere to go but up. Definitely not winning best.

RebornV3x

Lol I would have go with WOW I've heard Legion was the best update for the game ever I guess we know where are some of our ESO+ sub money goes.

Pops_ND_Irish

Great for ZoS, ESO and us ! This game is great !

Wonder how long it will take the "Haters" to get here ?

Brrrofski

PvE? Sure. One Tamriel is genuinely great.

Put PvP has gone terrible. Every patch it's less and less enjoyable.i don't see that changing either sadly

Nerouyn

Tolrog wrote: »

The major contributing factor to being better is that ZoS seem to listen better than most MMO devs to what the players want.

There's my laugh out loud moment for the day....

Pops_ND_Irish

Didn't take long !

User_Name

AFrostWolf wrote: »

The more I play this game the more I *** hate it.

They ruined the ability to gather crafting mats without forcing you to make 5 crafting alts every few days....

They still haven't fixed clipping through walls either.

What? There's crafting mats of your appropriate level everywhere since One Tamriel. Stacks of 200 crafting mats costs 3-4K in the Guild Stores on PS4 and might even be lower on PC, it is easier than ever.

Having played since release, stopping at some point before Thieves Guild and now coming back when One Tamriel hit, I can testify that the changes have been drastic, and absolutely for the better (except for the introduction of proc damage set crutches). It is a well-deserved award.