Eso endgame, what is there to do?

Gash

Hi

I'm a new player (well I say new, I played the games beta and bought it at launch but never got past level 10)
I seen that there has been quite a few updates to the game and I have come back. It's a pretty decent game now and I am enjoying it.
I'm just wondering what is there to do once you reach max? I have played wow for years and I'm just burned out with it, is there similar things? Like max level dungeons, daily quests? Is there anything else?

Thanks in advance, I'm just trying to get my head round what I am working towards haha.

WarpigFunk

It's not unlike any other MMO really... you have PvE and PvP

PvE:

Run group dungeons to complete daily pledges
Complete daily quests for various factions
Run 12-player trial dungeons for leaderboard scores or to farm for gear
Run 4-player dungeons for gear
Run Dragonstar Arena or Maelstrom Arena for leaderboard scores or for gear
Farm for crafting materials or for gold making stuff
Complete crafting writs for materials and rare drops

PvP:

Cyrodiil open world PvP - siege warfare and large scale strategic battles
Imperial City PvP - for smaller scale urban warfare
Farm for telvar stones or AP to purchase gear or crafting items


What I generally do:
Log onto my magsorc main (CP390)- train my mount, complete my crafting writs, do the daily random dungeon for the exp boost to accumulate champion points.
Log onto my DK tank (CP390)- train his mount, do the daily random dungeon for exp
Log onto my Templar healer (CP390)- train his mount, do the daily random dungeon for exp
Log onto my nightblade (level 5)- train his mount
Log onto my stamsorc (level 30)- train his mount
Log back onto my main - run vet Maelstrom Arena once or twice, trying to get a destro staff
Log back onto my stamsorc - work on leveling him to 50
Pause to run trials with guildmates on my main or my healer when they're grouping for trials, or occasionally help out friends or guildies in a dungeon.
Also occasionally run daily pledges for a chance at the ever elusive divine ilambris arm cops, or divine veli shoulders.

Short term goals are - finish collecting a BiS set for my main magsorc (need a maelstrom staff), finish collecting a BiS set for my healer, get my stamsorc to 50 (already have basically a BiS set waiting for him), get weekly leaderboard rewards in AA, HelRA, and SO.

Long term goals - Work up to completing vet Maw of Lorkahj (completed normal many times, have not set foot in vet), also learn how to tank properly so I'm not always bored when playing my stam DK, also eventually get into the PvP stuff when I've finished up BiS PvE stuff for my main and alts.

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AzraelKrieg

There are the daily dungeon pledges, you can do trials which are similar to raids in WoW, the two arenas, DragonStar which is a group arena, and Maelstrom Arena which is solo.

BreacaT

vMA sharpened staffs

Turelus

Daily quests for motifs or other rewards which you can use or sell to other players.

4 player dungeons

12 player trials (raids)

PvP in Cyrodiil (open world warfare)

PvP in Imperial City (small scale skirmish/ganking)

PvP in Arenas (with Morrowind)

Gash

Thanks for the answers guys. Sounds pretty fun and plenty to do. XD

johu31

Here lately? Not so much.. dual and build housing.

Zenzuki

And now there's housing to mess around with as well!

There's always something to do in Tamriel! Enjoy

Malmai

There is nothing to do atm so best engame is to farm flowers arm.

SuperLarrio

As an end game player...these 2-3 months until morrowind will be rough. All i really have left is vmol hm but even thats not really something to do. My daily activity consists of my daily writs, re running a vet dungeon or two for the busts, maybe farming some housing blueprints, then sitting in my house bs'n with guild mates. We have vmol runs scheduled on Wednesday and Saturday with whatever random runs sprinkled in...but really...there isn't a ton to do right now

WarpigFunk

SuperLarrio wrote: »

As an end game player...these 2-3 months until morrowind will be rough. All i really have left is vmol hm but even thats not really something to do. My daily activity consists of my daily writs, re running a vet dungeon or two for the busts, maybe farming some housing blueprints, then sitting in my house bs'n with guild mates. We have vmol runs scheduled on Wednesday and Saturday with whatever random runs sprinkled in...but really...there isn't a ton to do right now

To be fair - this is indicative of ENDgame-endgame... in other words the type of player that has been at the endgame level of content for a very (very) long time, already completed every vet trial a bunch of times, already has BiS gear on multiple characters, and has essentially no compelling need to continue running anything.
This is not the same "endgame" experience for lets a player who has just hit CP 160, is running purple crafted sets, and has not yet completed a single vet trial.

"Endgame" can be viewed as a spectrum ... an ever dwindling cone shaped spectrum that starts with hitting CP levels and getting your feet wet in trials and Arenas or PvP, and eventually narrowing to a point typically culminating at Vet Maw of Lorkahj HM, or Emperorship of Cyrodiil.

If a new player is asking what there is to do with endgame? It's not necessarily fruitful to say "nothing, because I've already done everything there is to do." That's like a fresh off the plane traveler asking "hey so is there anything worthwhile to do here in the Himalaya?" And you sitting on the top of Everest, responding... "nah, not really."

SuperLarrio

WarpigFunk wrote: »

SuperLarrio wrote: »

As an end game player...these 2-3 months until morrowind will be rough. All i really have left is vmol hm but even thats not really something to do. My daily activity consists of my daily writs, re running a vet dungeon or two for the busts, maybe farming some housing blueprints, then sitting in my house bs'n with guild mates. We have vmol runs scheduled on Wednesday and Saturday with whatever random runs sprinkled in...but really...there isn't a ton to do right now

To be fair - this is indicative of ENDgame-endgame... in other words the type of player that has been at the endgame level of content for a very (very) long time, already completed every vet trial a bunch of times, already has BiS gear on multiple characters, and has essentially no compelling need to continue running anything.
This is not the same "endgame" experience for lets a player who has just hit CP 160, is running purple crafted sets, and has not yet completed a single vet trial.

"Endgame" can be viewed as a spectrum ... an ever dwindling cone shaped spectrum that starts with hitting CP levels and getting your feet wet in trials and Arenas or PvP, and eventually narrowing to a point typically culminating at Vet Maw of Lorkahj HM, or Emperorship of Cyrodiil.

If a new player is asking what there is to do with endgame? It's not necessarily fruitful to say "nothing, because I've already done everything there is to do." That's like a fresh off the plane traveler asking "hey so is there anything worthwhile to do here in the Himalaya?" And you sitting on the top of Everest, responding... "nah, not really."

Very fair point, i did take the topic in more of a "what is there for ME to do end game". For a fresh cp160 there is ALOT of content for you to do.

Duiwel

Ya'll are forgetting the most important thing of all...

Buy a house & decorate it

Soella

The best thing about ESO is that ZOS pretty consistently working last year - year and half on lowering difference between leveling and "end game" in the traditional meaning. Even though there are some PvE vet dungeons where you need to be CP300+ (very rough estimations), all specter of other activities are available for you almost right away, and questing is still meaningful even if you leveled your toon, you cannot overgrow any content.

It is probably wise to start doing some dailies (for example, undaunted) as soon as they are available for you, because even now it takes a long time to level it.

bulbousb16_ESO

I love when people talk about "endgame" in a game that is still very much in development, with new content being released all the time.

Remag_Div

RNG Simulator and Achievements.

qsnoopyjr

bulbousb16_ESO wrote: »

I love when people talk about "endgame" in a game that is still very much in development, with new content being released all the time.

Game has been out for 3 years and it's still in development?
Problem is older MMORPGs set the bar too high.

Basically there isnt an MMORPG as equivalent or better to Everquest or World of Warcraft.
Thing about those MMORPGs, it caters to casual, raiders, hardcore raiders, crafters, roleplayers, just about any group you can think of.

ESO??? Its missing raiders, hardcore raiders, and roleplayers.

nine9six

qsnoopyjr wrote: »

bulbousb16_ESO wrote: »

I love when people talk about "endgame" in a game that is still very much in development, with new content being released all the time.

Game has been out for 3 years and it's still in development?

Yes.

qsnoopyjr

nine9six wrote: »

qsnoopyjr wrote: »

bulbousb16_ESO wrote: »

I love when people talk about "endgame" in a game that is still very much in development, with new content being released all the time.

Game has been out for 3 years and it's still in development?

Yes.

World of Warcraft was big hit at launch
Everquest was big hit at launch

Some games do it right...
Others take too long, technology improves, never become a big hit.
When you start hearing people say "this game has potential" over and over and over again.. Yep, heard it with several other games too.

nine9six

Huh?

bulbousb16_ESO

qsnoopyjr wrote: »

Game has been out for 3 years and it's still in development?

Any game that isn't nearing its end of life (often referred to as "maintenance mode") is still in development.

Basically there isnt an MMORPG as equivalent or better to Everquest or World of Warcraft.
Thing about those MMORPGs, it caters to casual, raiders, hardcore raiders, crafters, roleplayers, just about any group you can think of.

Universal appeal makes things more popular, it doesn't make them better. WoW is the most garbage MMORPG in history. It is also one of the most popular, because they stuck in a little something for everyone.

It's like movies these days. They end up trying to appeal to everyone and end up not being anyone's favorite.

waterfairy

Kill players

ral

Playing with friends is the end game.

Lord Xanhorn

There's a bunch to do at end game but the only problem is, there's really no reward in doing it. The only goal that ZoS is concerned that you have is building CP which is essentially another form of leveling your character through experience points. Gear grinds are entirely optional as almost all the PVE content in the game can be completed with easily crafted gear and a half a brain.

Tornaad

Gash wrote: »

Hi

I'm a new player (well I say new, I played the games beta and bought it at launch but never got past level 10)
I seen that there has been quite a few updates to the game and I have come back. It's a pretty decent game now and I am enjoying it.
I'm just wondering what is there to do once you reach max? I have played wow for years and I'm just burned out with it, is there similar things? Like max level dungeons, daily quests? Is there anything else?

Thanks in advance, I'm just trying to get my head round what I am working towards haha.

When I hear about the idea of end game I think of having gotten every single achievement, found every single location, and done every single quest at least once, I then think how long would that actually take to do?

darthsithis

'endgame' is when eso gets fun being creative with your class and build to do well in duels, doing the hard dungeons and trials on vet/hard mode, maelstrom of course, vet dsa, but mostly running content that is mechanic heavy and requires collaboration and cp/BiS gear