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Just a little rant on the Elder Scrolls games in general and how I feel about upcoming expansion.
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I originally got into Elder Scrolls with Redguard (not realizing until a decade later its an elder scrolsl game) I played Morrowind oblivious to this fact in 2004ish and pretty much spent every hour after and before school playing morrowind. I would stay up entire days because I had played morrowind all night and if I went to sleep I wouldnt wake up in time for school. Fast forward a to the next gen with oblivion launch on 360, throughout my college years I spend every day and night playing oblivion just as I did morrowind in middleschool/highschool. After dropping out of college and selling half my father's equity, I was able to pay off my loan in 6 months then start a home and get back into serious gaming. I manage to get skyrim a year late, and having put collectively easily over 2,000 hours into both morrowind/oblivion I can say skyrim was a lackluster. I really loved the graphics, but the cities and characters made the game feel lackluster. Not to mention the god awful combat skills which had many useless perks that made no sense being in an RPG the caliber of es.
When I found out about Elder Scrolls Online in 2014ish I knew It was the next thing for me. I manage to get into the beta and instantly fell in love with the game. Honestly that beta ESO was my top 10 funnest experiences on a video game in my life. There were immediate drawbacks to the MMO, like not being able to move objects or steal everything. But the way the game felt, and how I could pretend it's a new skyrim was what got me on board. I bought the game at day one, played 3 months then quit for about 6 months until the subscription fee dropped and I got a new PC. It was around the time I started getting back into ESO that I became competitive. I original remember trying to optimize my DPS as best as possible but it wasn't until I saw deltia's build for Stamplars that I started getting good. I figured out a good rotation using his build, I accounted for lack of group help with resources, buffs, and debuffs. Ultimately I ended up being imo a top PVPer in this game. Since PVP felt irrelevant to me (not fair playing field, not competitive enough. Too much zerging, lag, and recently RNG) I primarily stuck to PVE. My original intent in playing the game and in every DLC I bought was to experience the story. But being generally good at the game is just a plus/minus for me...
Being capable of easily pulling 20k+ dps like it's nothing really sets you apart from others. I reached a point in this game where the actual build and having BiS gear didn't matter as much as it would to most. Over 10k dps was entirely dependent on my timing, rotations phases for enemies HP, and my animation canceling. It made such a HUGE difference from being good, and being bad even with BiS gear. That's what really attracted me to ESO. Because I knew in 99% of groups and 75% of trials I was the number 1 person doing DPS. Tanking and Healing always have been the easiest things in this game for me, when it came to DPS which in every MMO majority of people play, I felt it took real skill to set you apart from others. The only downside to playing so good and expecting so much from others is pugs *** you off. I quit playing about a year ago, and tried playing off and on the past 4 or 5 months. Everytime I've gotten on I've spent hours waiting for random groups for dungeons. Then when the dungeons load our teams are so terrible that It's impossible for me to solo the entire dungeon. The number 1 reason why I don't really play ESO anymore is the players who play the game.
There was a point where this game was fun, interesting, and fresh. But after beating every single quest in game at least twice, and seeing this from a regular competitive players perspective. The game is just horrible. I feel as if most people don't even attempt to do their daily dungeons anymore. It's literally impossible at this point to find a group that can run vanilla dungeons let alone DLC ones. I will be buying morrowind simply for the sake of self roleplaying and story. Just as I've played ANY ES RPG.
This is the only game, rather MMO where I've hated the social / online aspect and just wanted to play offline. I felt this way during the launch after beta, and felt this way for years. Theres no reward in having others, especially when their incompetency leads to your downfall.
When I found out about Elder Scrolls Online in 2014ish I knew It was the next thing for me. I manage to get into the beta and instantly fell in love with the game. Honestly that beta ESO was my top 10 funnest experiences on a video game in my life. There were immediate drawbacks to the MMO, like not being able to move objects or steal everything. But the way the game felt, and how I could pretend it's a new skyrim was what got me on board. I bought the game at day one, played 3 months then quit for about 6 months until the subscription fee dropped and I got a new PC. It was around the time I started getting back into ESO that I became competitive. I original remember trying to optimize my DPS as best as possible but it wasn't until I saw deltia's build for Stamplars that I started getting good. I figured out a good rotation using his build, I accounted for lack of group help with resources, buffs, and debuffs. Ultimately I ended up being imo a top PVPer in this game. Since PVP felt irrelevant to me (not fair playing field, not competitive enough. Too much zerging, lag, and recently RNG) I primarily stuck to PVE. My original intent in playing the game and in every DLC I bought was to experience the story. But being generally good at the game is just a plus/minus for me...
Being capable of easily pulling 20k+ dps like it's nothing really sets you apart from others. I reached a point in this game where the actual build and having BiS gear didn't matter as much as it would to most. Over 10k dps was entirely dependent on my timing, rotations phases for enemies HP, and my animation canceling. It made such a HUGE difference from being good, and being bad even with BiS gear. That's what really attracted me to ESO. Because I knew in 99% of groups and 75% of trials I was the number 1 person doing DPS. Tanking and Healing always have been the easiest things in this game for me, when it came to DPS which in every MMO majority of people play, I felt it took real skill to set you apart from others. The only downside to playing so good and expecting so much from others is pugs *** you off. I quit playing about a year ago, and tried playing off and on the past 4 or 5 months. Everytime I've gotten on I've spent hours waiting for random groups for dungeons. Then when the dungeons load our teams are so terrible that It's impossible for me to solo the entire dungeon. The number 1 reason why I don't really play ESO anymore is the players who play the game.
There was a point where this game was fun, interesting, and fresh. But after beating every single quest in game at least twice, and seeing this from a regular competitive players perspective. The game is just horrible. I feel as if most people don't even attempt to do their daily dungeons anymore. It's literally impossible at this point to find a group that can run vanilla dungeons let alone DLC ones. I will be buying morrowind simply for the sake of self roleplaying and story. Just as I've played ANY ES RPG.
This is the only game, rather MMO where I've hated the social / online aspect and just wanted to play offline. I felt this way during the launch after beta, and felt this way for years. Theres no reward in having others, especially when their incompetency leads to your downfall.
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