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A Sad Truth

  • Doctordarkspawn
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    Did we need all that?

    Not really considering the people who are denying it will deny damn near anything that isn't the tooth fairy coming up and slapping them.
  • lunalitetempler
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    Give it a rest, play if you enjoy the game, delete your account if you don't. Stop moaning and learn to play.
  • CMFan1966
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    So, what I'm getting out of all of this...and I could be wrong....is that these graphs and charts are related to Google searches. Also because the OP logs in to play and there are no other players around. Because of these things and an outdated article that the game is dead and/or dying.

    To me it says something completely different. To me it says that Google search is dead and/or dying and the OP actually had the game to himself for a space of time. I look at that as an opportunity to enjoy some node farming rather than a well-loved game breathing its last.
  • maboleth
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    This game isn't doing well, considering its size and expenses. Doesn't surprise me at all. For me, ESO went downhill with its lackluster, underdeveloped and buggy Homestead release. Morrowind will be the final nail in the coffin and the final massive cash-in on purely nostalgia values.

    The games like Elite Dangerous and even Star Citizen that is unreleased and slightly vaporware-ish has more searches than ESO. And yet Elite Dangerous is being led by a small but cheerful British team. Unlike ESO and Zenimax with its clunky and expensive bureaucracy and systems.

    Perhaps, ESO could linger for a few years, sort of like Dungeons & Dragons Online... But even D&D Online is doing tremendously good considering its age (2006). In fact, in South America, it's currently 2x more popular than ESO.
  • Ankael07
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    I'll tell you a sad truth. The amount of people hating ESO is real. Their facebook page and youtube videos are filled with people vomiting their uneducated ideas about the game without having played once.
    If you want me to reply to your comment type @Ankael07 in it.
  • IcyDeadPeople
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    Is it not obvious to everyone that consumer interest spikes with product launches / expansions, etc? Is it surprising that this coincides with marketing spend?
    pizzaow wrote: »
    To continue what @Crafts_Many_Boxes says, here is the trending data for "ESO"
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    Doesn't look dead to me. You can look for yourself here: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=ESO

    Note that all of the related topics are video game/mmo related

    Yes exactly, spikes in trending with console launch and One Tamriel, and then interest has been rising a bit since then. There will be another bump with Morrowind launch, just hoping enough new players stick around for the Battlegrounds.
    Edited by IcyDeadPeople on May 10, 2017 12:07AM
  • Thelon
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    Pointless Thread is Pointless
    Balamoor wrote: »
    Another day another emo troll post about the game dying.
    altemriel wrote: »
    non-sense
    Did we need all that?
    Darlgon wrote: »
    I only got thru the second paragraph before I decided the writer is talking thru the opening not on top of his body. Are you looking to up your epeen?
    BuddyAces wrote: »
    I don't use google.
    kongkim wrote: »
    what do you get out of this??
    Keep_Door wrote: »
    So take your fancy graphs and pie charts and shove them somewhere that i cant say because of the forum rules.
    zaria wrote: »
    On general gaming forums eso reputation has been raising over the time
    I, too, can poorly interpret graphs.
    Usually if I google something about this game it's "where to find ninroot"
    kongkim wrote: »
    Don't get way it's so important for you to prove that the game is dying
    Krileon wrote: »
    ESO has shown stable growth.
    Adernath wrote: »
    thread is pointless.
    Kiwi wrote: »
    good luck in your attempt to drive traffic to wtfever that crap website you linked
    Asardes wrote: »
    My sales on guilds steadily increasing since One Tamriel
    OP is obviously trolling, he is blatantly ignoring all the facts and only focusing on his 1% used keyword.
    Thannazzar wrote: »
    pathetic attempt at self aggrandisement
    Alcast wrote: »
    Do not like the game? Then leave instead of whining like a little kiddo about it for *** weeks.
    RavenRoxie wrote: »
    I truly hope the OP does not have a job in sales, because you are bad at it.
    Sigh...I'm just wondering how much longer we have to wait for the quitters to quit.
    You must be so embarrassed! Seriously though, pointless thread is pointless.
    Draqone wrote: »
    ZOS has more detailed statisics
    Eshelmen wrote: »
    This Author is a complete idiot. Nobody is searching this game, because we're already on it! Lol
    I cant even be *** to read all that but it is far from dead
    kargen27 wrote: »
    The OP has an agenda and has found something unrelated to try and support it. I am not arguing that the numbers are wrong or invented. I am saying they are unrelated to the state of the game.
    Your ridiculousness is impressive.
    Trump approves the OP.
    Meetre wrote: »
    it is a l2s (learn to stats) issue.
    JD2013 wrote: »
    ESO is still here.
    Just stop please. It's such a waste of time.
    Balamoor wrote: »
    it's the same handful of people continually crying about anything they can possibly pull out of their A** and really every MMO out there has it's doomsayers, except for maybe FFXIV
    I just did pvp 2 days ago hundreds of players
    Hope499 wrote: »
    This might be one of the most pathetic posts I have seen...
    Why would people who are playing the game currently be searching for it. They already have it.
    kargen27 wrote: »
    the data is worthless.
    Google trends is not reliable
    I never search for "Elder Scrolls Online". I always type "ESO".
    Balamoor wrote: »
    2.5k views on a lame uninteresting thread.
    Cadbury wrote: »
    The data is heavily skewered toward the OP's narrative.
    Darlgon wrote: »
    Windows 10 forced on a lot of people, also tries to force people to use Cortana and Bing. It even removes Chrome. That alone would decrease the number of Google searches.
    Stop moaning and learn to play.
    Ankael07 wrote: »
    The amount of people hating ESO is real.

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  • Bobby_V_Rockit
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    73% of statistics are made up

    Forfty per cent of people know that
  • Blobsky
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    I hope you didn't do Physics or Maths at College...

    The reason for the big peaks is a Patch.
    The reason for the drops following the Patch is people gradually complete or get bored of the content.

    The reason for an overall graph rise seen in @RinaldoGandolphi post is because ESO is growing


    There is a lot more to growth and fall on a graph than 'oh its down so its dead'...
    (Not to mention there are like... a million different search options that different to that -.-
    Edited by Blobsky on May 10, 2017 1:05AM
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  • Galwylin
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    Clearly the guy is wrong. There's much more than just 20%.
  • Doctordarkspawn
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    Thelon wrote: »
    Pointless Thread is Pointless
    Balamoor wrote: »
    Another day another emo troll post about the game dying.
    altemriel wrote: »
    non-sense
    Did we need all that?
    Darlgon wrote: »
    I only got thru the second paragraph before I decided the writer is talking thru the opening not on top of his body. Are you looking to up your epeen?
    BuddyAces wrote: »
    I don't use google.
    kongkim wrote: »
    what do you get out of this??
    Keep_Door wrote: »
    So take your fancy graphs and pie charts and shove them somewhere that i cant say because of the forum rules.
    zaria wrote: »
    On general gaming forums eso reputation has been raising over the time
    I, too, can poorly interpret graphs.
    Usually if I google something about this game it's "where to find ninroot"
    kongkim wrote: »
    Don't get way it's so important for you to prove that the game is dying
    Krileon wrote: »
    ESO has shown stable growth.
    Adernath wrote: »
    thread is pointless.
    Kiwi wrote: »
    good luck in your attempt to drive traffic to wtfever that crap website you linked
    Asardes wrote: »
    My sales on guilds steadily increasing since One Tamriel
    OP is obviously trolling, he is blatantly ignoring all the facts and only focusing on his 1% used keyword.
    Thannazzar wrote: »
    pathetic attempt at self aggrandisement
    Alcast wrote: »
    Do not like the game? Then leave instead of whining like a little kiddo about it for *** weeks.
    RavenRoxie wrote: »
    I truly hope the OP does not have a job in sales, because you are bad at it.
    Sigh...I'm just wondering how much longer we have to wait for the quitters to quit.
    You must be so embarrassed! Seriously though, pointless thread is pointless.
    Draqone wrote: »
    ZOS has more detailed statisics
    Eshelmen wrote: »
    This Author is a complete idiot. Nobody is searching this game, because we're already on it! Lol
    I cant even be *** to read all that but it is far from dead
    kargen27 wrote: »
    The OP has an agenda and has found something unrelated to try and support it. I am not arguing that the numbers are wrong or invented. I am saying they are unrelated to the state of the game.
    Your ridiculousness is impressive.
    Trump approves the OP.
    Meetre wrote: »
    it is a l2s (learn to stats) issue.
    JD2013 wrote: »
    ESO is still here.
    Just stop please. It's such a waste of time.
    Balamoor wrote: »
    it's the same handful of people continually crying about anything they can possibly pull out of their A** and really every MMO out there has it's doomsayers, except for maybe FFXIV
    I just did pvp 2 days ago hundreds of players
    Hope499 wrote: »
    This might be one of the most pathetic posts I have seen...
    Why would people who are playing the game currently be searching for it. They already have it.
    kargen27 wrote: »
    the data is worthless.
    Google trends is not reliable
    I never search for "Elder Scrolls Online". I always type "ESO".
    Balamoor wrote: »
    2.5k views on a lame uninteresting thread.
    Cadbury wrote: »
    The data is heavily skewered toward the OP's narrative.
    Darlgon wrote: »
    Windows 10 forced on a lot of people, also tries to force people to use Cortana and Bing. It even removes Chrome. That alone would decrease the number of Google searches.
    Stop moaning and learn to play.
    Ankael07 wrote: »
    The amount of people hating ESO is real.

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    Pretty much.

    The fanbois will never stop defending a product. It is how they be. Bonus points if you can identify one or more names on this list who consistantly defend ZOS without any arguements based on fact, data, or any sort of measurable metric in multiple threads. I know I can! But naming and shaming is against forum rules, so, play at home kids.
  • usmcjdking
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    Am I the only one that actually realized the data in this post is a year old?
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  • Lucky28
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    Is it not obvious to everyone that consumer interest spikes with product launches / expansions, etc? Is it surprising that this coincides with marketing spend?
    pizzaow wrote: »
    To continue what @Crafts_Many_Boxes says, here is the trending data for "ESO"
    hsdeGr1.png
    Doesn't look dead to me. You can look for yourself here: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=ESO

    Note that all of the related topics are video game/mmo related

    Yes exactly, spikes in trending with console launch and One Tamriel, and then interest has been rising a bit since then. There will be another bump with Morrowind launch, just hoping enough new players stick around for the Battlegrounds.

    i kind of doubt it. i mean the direction the game is going with Morrowind is not very good, a large chunk of people who play ESO play it because "Elder Scrolls" not because it's an MMO. and i think with the Morrowind patch they are probably gonna lose a lot of those players.

    it doesn't really surprise me tho. I've noticed significantly less players around these days.
    Edited by Lucky28 on May 10, 2017 2:55AM
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  • Streega
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    I have only one thing to say: let it go, Rinaldo. The game isn't dying, servers are packed and I wish I wouldn't stumble on 2-3 guys in every single even most remote dungeon killing my mobs and stealing my XP... Even on 4 am, like now. And I don't even mention the dolmens, the world bosses and happy campers falling from the sky like rain in Cyro.
    I think I'll take a break when Morrowind "chapter" comes, because there will be a Warden and a bear behind every tree. Beware, next peak is coming!
    Statistics of any kind can be manipulated in million ways, as many posters stated above. And you are a victim of confirmation bias, my friend, so really - drop the google, go outside and smell the fresh, spring flowers instead. Everybody and everything dies, and my father did, too - shortly before ESO was launched. But this game will not die for a long time.
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  • Doctordarkspawn
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    Streega wrote: »
    I have only one thing to say: let it go, Rinaldo. The game isn't dying, servers are packed and I wish I wouldn't stumble on 2-3 guys in every single even most remote dungeon killing my mobs and stealing my XP... Even on 4 am, like now. And I don't even mention the dolmens, the world bosses and happy campers falling from the sky like rain in Cyro.
    I think I'll take a break when Morrowind "chapter" comes, because there will be a Warden and a bear behind every tree. Beware, next peak is coming!
    Statistics of any kind can be manipulated in million ways, as many posters stated above. And you are a victim of confirmation bias, my friend, so really - drop the google, go outside and smell the fresh, spring flowers instead. Everybody and everything dies, and my father did, too - shortly before ESO was launched. But this game will not die for a long time.

    Let it go, because you dont like people saying negative things about the game and looking for hard evidence to support or dispel this conclusion.

    K.
  • SirDopey
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    There's definitely some truth to this. My 2 main guilds which have been active since pretty much beta are dead these days and there's definitely no where near the population of people asking in zone to do stuff.

    I know there's a lot of hate with every major patch but I think ZOS has probably over step this time, even myself I'm questioning whether the desire is really there to stay as committed as I have been.

    I don't think the worst of it is over yet too, the fact that ZOS is sneaking nerfs into PTS updates (completely uncalled for ones like BSW) just shows that they're clutching at straws to make their new "non dlc expansion" as necessary as possible.
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    Pretty much.

    The fanbois will never stop defending a product. It is how they be. Bonus points if you can identify one or more names on this list who consistantly defend ZOS without any arguements based on fact, data, or any sort of measurable metric in multiple threads. I know I can! But naming and shaming is against forum rules, so, play at home kids.

    Of course, the "everything sucks" crowd is just as irrationally negative as they claim the "fanbois" are irrationally positive.

    But hey, don't let that stop you. It's an internet game forum, that's just how it is. Fanatical partisans on both sides, endlessly yelling that the other side is deluded.

    Oh, and
    Bonus points if you can identify one or more names on this list who consistantly defend ZOS without any arguements based on fact, data, or any sort of measurable metric in multiple threads

    holds just as true for the anti-ZOS crowd. A good handful of recognizable names, singing the same tune in every thread.
    Edited by Kiralyn2000 on May 10, 2017 3:33AM
  • Darlgon
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    Thelon wrote: »
    Darlgon wrote: »
    I only got thru the second paragraph before I decided the writer is talking thru the opening not on top of his body. Are you looking to up your epeen?
    Darlgon wrote: »
    Windows 10 forced on a lot of people, also tries to force people to use Cortana and Bing. It even removes Chrome. That alone would decrease the number of Google searches.

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    ROLF.. I made fanboi list.. TWICE. You OBVIOUSLY DONT KNOW ME. I am being called an idiot for criticizing ZoS in another thread, at this moment. Oh... and Google is not hard data. Its subjective to its users.
    Kodrac wrote: »
    Darlgon wrote: »
    Just to follow up, this issue will be fixed when we launch Update 14 (Morrowind). For what it's worth, this is only appearing on the Live megaservers so we never encountered it on our internal servers. It is just a visual issue, though; the items all still do the same thing.

    Thats pretty disappointing Gina. It speaks poorly of ZOS quality control that you can OOPS a itemization database wrongly into the game and say, "Oh well.. live with it until we have our big launch in three weeks". And, yeah, I know its not you. You just get to be the messenger for a sucky message.

    I kinda wish the shareholders of ZoS could see this kinda shoddy game design.

    FYI, ZOS has no shareholders. It's not publicly traded. I know it's edgy and cool to trot out the shareholder card when you're mad at the game, but in this case it doesn't apply.
    Edited by Darlgon on May 10, 2017 4:18AM
    Power level to CP160 in a week:
    Where is the end game? You just played it.
    Why don't I have 300+ skill points? Because you skipped content along the way.
    Where is new content? Sigh.
  • nimander99
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    You do understand that most gamers don't use Google, know exactly the web address they are typing, have been using the internet for years thus use a really cool thing called "Bookmark" where it takes you directly to your page, use youtube to watch videos and get game news and mmorpg.com etc.

    Basically Google trends is meaningless when trying to figure out how well a game is doing. Check Xbox live, PS4, Steam and maybe someday ZeniMax will release internal statistics.
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  • Darlgon
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    For any who rely on google trends for anything.. Here read what GOOGLE has to say about Google trends.

    Where their data comes from:
    https://support.google.com/trends/answer/4355213?hl=en&ref_topic=6248052
    Google wrote:
    "Google Trends data is an unbiased sample of Google search data. Only a percentage of searches are used to compile Trends data.

    Real time data is a random sample of searches from the last seven days.
    Non-real time data is a random sample of Google search data that can be pulled from as far back as 2004 and up to 36 hours prior to your search.
    Once the search data is collected, we categorize it, connect it to a topic, and remove any personal information.

    Data that is excluded
    Searches made by very few people: Trends only shows data for popular terms, so search terms with low volume appear as 0.
    Duplicate searches: Trends eliminates repeated searches from the same person over a short period of time.
    Special characters: Trends filters out queries with apostrophes and other special characters.

    How Trends data is adjusted:
    https://support.google.com/trends/answer/4365533?hl=en&ref_topic=6248052
    Google wrote:
    Trends adjusts search data to make comparisons between terms easier.

    Search results are proportionate to the time and location of a query:
    Each data point is divided by the total searches of the geography and time range it represents, to compare relative popularity. Otherwise places with the most search volume would always be ranked highest.

    The resulting numbers are then scaled on a range of 0 to 100 based on a topic’s proportion to all searches on all topics.

    Different regions that show the same number of searches for a term will not always have the same total search volumes.

    Basically, they say they only take selective searches, and then eliminate some of that data if it does not fit their critiera.

    Almost as unreliable as that year old post being presented as new.


    Edited by Darlgon on May 10, 2017 4:32AM
    Power level to CP160 in a week:
    Where is the end game? You just played it.
    Why don't I have 300+ skill points? Because you skipped content along the way.
    Where is new content? Sigh.
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    Hope op gets sued, just for lolz
  • DragonBound
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    It really comes down to games not having heart and soul when companies do this players loose interest because they are literally only about money without any passion behind the game which does indeed kill creativity. Gamers are to aware of these things and people can sense that, it is all about the added details into the game, look at wildstar clearly the devs cared about the game until nc soft went overboard like they always do and killed the game with cash shop crap.

    Anyways I do not think eso is pay to win, if anything the lack of interest comes from the changes more recently.
    Edited by DragonBound on May 11, 2017 3:32AM
  • Stovahkiin
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    Did we need all that?

    Not really considering the people who are denying it will deny damn near anything that isn't the tooth fairy coming up and slapping them.

    Hey, I'll have you know that we deny the tooth fairy stories too.

    Everybody knows that Santa and the Easter Bunny are the only real ones.
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  • PocketNova
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    First of all: Divine Reapers left this game (save about 4 of us that I personally knew) LONG before Chip ever posted that article. They were gone in 2015 if I recall correctly and Chip logged on in June 2016 for who knows why and this post came about after that.

    I disagreed with it and I was the one in the comments but I knew the guild/people and knew that there was nothing I could say that would change their minds. They were in a different place and Chip's post was an 'update' of sorts for the other's who had left ESO around the same time that he did. They were all invested in another game at the time and returning to ESO was not going to happen.

    This article is from JUNE 2016. You understand that right OP? It was for those in the guild who had left the game not to be paraded on these forums 11 months later.

    I know for a fact that 1 person I knew is still playing (whether the others that switched to console still are I don't know). But I know for a fact that ESO just wan't the guild's thing anymore and as many guilds before/after them that's cool.

    But there's no reason for you to use the guild article as 'evidence' for your statement. If you think ESO is dying then come out and say it, don't use an almost year old article from a guild that's long moved on to back up what you're saying. It's outdated and completely irrelevant now.
    Edited by PocketNova on May 10, 2017 6:31AM
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    I think I can hear the violins in the background.

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  • Galwylin
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    Well, we all know where this thread is heading.

    If there's one truth in the article, blog, whatever it was is the 20%. I'm a bit of a fanboy when it comes to the storylines. I really enjoy those. Combat and quest? Nah, I was doing that sort of stuff back in the early 2000s. Nothing new or groundbreaking there. I don't even know the lore well enough to care when its violated (though what I do urks me when it is). The only thing that's sort of new is the crap we keep getting handing down as patches. Sure, you expect a little garbage every now and then. But not constant streams of it.

    In the little bit I've been playing I've seen classes go from junk to stars. I've seen some go from junk to rubbish. I've seen live streams that give the absolute least amount of information possible. I get that its mainly a fluff piece which I do appreciate but would it seriously kill them to answer a question straightforward when they do take them? Other games I keep up with take the hard questions and simply tell us no they aren't doing something and this is why. Especially when it comes to class changes. I usually know straight from the devs what exactly is changing and why its being changed. I've never heard of "this will be a buff unless".

    We know they're changing sustain. Why on earth would you say its always been important to the game when you have done everything possible to ensure it wouldn't be a problem for players. Its apparently an important part of the game but that's an awful lot of forgetting on someone's part. That I don't get. And why is it some classes will feel it worse than others? I thought this was about balance. But what kind of balance are they talking about? Do the classes look more balance after these changes? Why wouldn't you balance the classes as is before this just so everyone was at the same starting gate? And how am I supposed to take it if you state that if its too much work you won't do something? Isn't that like going to the steak house and ordering your meal well done and they tell you its too much work, you'll have to eat it rare. Things like that keep my fanboy in check

    I read a comment from someone about the new quest "The Missing Prophesy" which I rather enjoyed. Very simplistic but got my hype up a little. But the poster said they really enjoyed it too and went on about how great it was you'd think it would rival the main story. And they really loved the little details that added so much. I thought, little details? Like the guy with no clothes and no eyebrows? Geez, I believe it letting your fanboy show but throwing undeserved praise for an incomplete quest (and yes, if all elements aren't there... such as CLOTHES... its incomplete). Yes, I know I don't have to be here. But I pays my money so when you serve me a raw steak, I'm going to say something.

    As for the game dying? So what? I play games that are supposedly dying. I subscribe (we really need a new word or something, bag and bank space isn't going to cut $15 a month. Maybe for a one time purchase) because I do want to support the game for the parts I enjoy but gosh, is there any chance you could stop taking that for granted and address some issues? I mean, if you just want the money and have no plans of changing, then say so. I can't believe this company has survived since the 1990s with this sort of operation. I started playing last October. There were some things that needed help. Some got them. But overall, I'd say the game has gotten worse and worse without end in sight. I have no idea what the goal is you're aiming for. It seems to change every six months. I don't even mind paying for he new DLC. That's how things go so I don't need to be basically lied to that its anything but a DLC.

    Like I said, there are some great parts in the game but someone or something is going on which aren't improvements. And in six months, I really hope we aren't in store for another change in direction (which I still don't know and until someone spells it out I'll assume no one does). Keep classes individualized and stop making them so similar or just do away with them. One of the good things about Skyrim was you could make a "class" any way you wanted. Here you pick a class and its supposed to do everything. I don't get the point of that joke. If its supposed to do everything then why did I pick a class. Why am I given th choice of focusing on magicka or stamina when one has more skills available and the other keeps having its power removed. Why not just have one if you aren't going to make them of equal strength. There's a lot that just doesn't make sense with the supposed pursuit of balance. We are all in agreement of the meaning of the word, yes? Or is this a case of this would be balanced unless situations?
  • Arundo
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    Lol which competitor MMO (Korean / China crap) sponsored that load of bullcrap ?

    And for those not liking the game just uninstall and move on, let us who enjoy this game for years now be in peace we dont need this fake news here.
  • The_Antiquarian
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    This is the saddest attempt at being "analytic." OP posts an article from one year ago by a minor league in MMO article publishing house, sticks in an additional google graph and claims that the game is dead. Having delved in consulting firm and making pretty graphs and performing analytics on countless markets, countries, companies, industries, and etc., this is the most embarrassing attempt on conducting analytics/researching.

    I suggest you move onto Star Trek Online or something, something that could accommodate your level of intellect.

    Your posting is on the borderline trolling. Ressurrecting an old dying opinion piece by a no-name in the industry and posting it again on ESO with such grandioso title will only dissuade teens who are thinking about starting this game (doing a great disservice to the game that you claim to love). If this was an original analytical piece on your side, I don't mind, but there is no coherence in this dingleberry infused article nor you sticking a nonsensical google graph to further validate the dingleberry logic.
    Edited by The_Antiquarian on May 10, 2017 7:31AM
  • jackiemeeking
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    Those looks like EKG/ECG results to me.

    Tachy much
  • Feanor
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    I'm not concerned. I'll play as long as the servers are running. When they get shut down permanently...I'll finally have time to finish the Witcher 3 DLCs ;)
    Main characters: Feanor the Believer - AD Altmer mSorc - AR 50 - Flawless Conqueror (PC EU)Idril Arnanor - AD Altmer mSorc - CP 217 - Stormproof (PC NA)Other characters:
    Necrophilius Killgood - DC Imperial NecromancerFearscales - AD Argonian Templar - Stormproof (healer)Draco Imperialis - AD Imperial DK (tank)Cabed Naearamarth - AD Dunmer mDKValirion Willowthorne - AD Bosmer stamBladeTuruna - AD Altmer magBladeKheled Zaram - AD Redguard stamDKKibil Nala - AD Redguard stamSorc - StormproofYavanna Kémentárí - AD Breton magWardenAzog gro-Ghâsh - EP Orc stamWardenVidar Drakenblød - DC Nord mDKMarquis de Peyrac - DC Breton mSorc - StormproofRawlith Khaj'ra - AD Khajiit stamWardenTu'waccah - AD Redguard Stamplar
    All chars 50 @ CP 1900+. Playing and enjoying PvP with RdK mostly on PC EU.
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