Elder Scrolls Offline, single player questing version

taiji2078

Hey !

Would you like to be able to play everything (except the group quests, trials, vet dungeons and pvp ofc) when the servers are offline or you're really far far away and cannot connect to the internet ?
The bought DLC's will be active in any situation. If you're ESO+, the game will mantain the double capacity of your bank and will always use the ESO+ bag.
You will not be able to access the online content, like guild traders ofc. You could still decorate your home, craft items, etc.

This will asure a special position in the market to Elder Scrolls, since it would be only MMO playable when you go in a cruise / airplane trip, etc. and you're offline.
Your questing and mats gathered / used, house changes, etc. should be synced with the server first time you reconnect to the internet. This way all the advancements you did will not be lost.

You will be able to play lag free when questing !!! Very important for whoever has a slow internet connection ... The game will have internal timers so you cannot just hack the database and add resources to the PC game, or maybe you will only be allowed to complete quests and wonder around the world, not mats and items involved. The rewards will be received upon reconnection to the servers. No cheaters pls )

This way ZOS will have way less negative forum posts about such maintenances like today.

And yes, it's all anonymous. I don't care who says what.

Merlin13KAGL

M M O

drakhan2002_ESO

Why do you play an MMO? If you want a single-player ES experience try Skyrim.

taiji2078

"The Elder Scrolls is a series of action role-playing open world fantasy video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The series is known for its elaborate and richly detailed open worlds and its focus on free-form gameplay. Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim all won Game of the Year awards from multiple outlets. The series has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide."

The game did fine even offline ... I think they will just sell more copies of it.

vyndral13preub18_ESO

I wanted to vote the third option... but I thought that might flag my account... nothing to see here. Move along.

Xarc

drakhan2002_ESO wrote: »

Why do you play an MMO? If you want a single-player ES experience try Skyrim.

In skyrim you only go in skyrim. Not all the regions and stories you have in teso.

Syntse

There are single player TES games you can play while maintenance.

Having offline of MMO would break so many things that you cannot even imagine.

Elloa

I'm not interested into playing games by myself, in general. I do not have time for them

taiji2078

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

I wanted to vote the third option... but I thought that might flag my account... nothing to see here. Move along.

My bad ... I wanted to change now the 3rd option to "Maybe, I'm not sure" ... but it doesn't allow me to change the poll options. Sorry about it. Better don't vote if this could cause harm to the acount. I never thought this could be possible ... but who knows ???

Nermy

Ok, let's just say they let you do exactly as you are asking, any game changes you make to the world would have to be uploaded after you finish your 'solo' session. It would be totally unfeasible. Otherwise you'd have a roll-back.

Go buy Skyrim if you really want to be more unsociable than you already are...

Vipstaakki

drakhan2002_ESO wrote: »

Why do you play an MMO? If you want a single-player ES experience try Skyrim.

As soon as you get to work into creating a skyrim mod that has the entire storyline of ESO in it.

taiji2078

Nermy wrote: »

Go buy Skyrim if you really want to be more unsociable than you already are...

I have them all, but I don't have my chars from ESO and also the multitude of quests and place to visit that we have here.

vyndral13preub18_ESO

taiji2078 wrote: »

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

I wanted to vote the third option... but I thought that might flag my account... nothing to see here. Move along.

My bad ... I wanted to change now the 3rd option to "Maybe, I'm not sure" ... but it doesn't allow me to change the poll options. Sorry about it. Better don't vote if this could cause harm to the acount. I never thought this could be possible ... but who knows ???

Never admit to being a dirty hackzor!

drakhan2002_ESO

Xarcus wrote: »

drakhan2002_ESO wrote: »

Why do you play an MMO? If you want a single-player ES experience try Skyrim.

In skyrim you only go in skyrim. Not all the regions and stories you have in teso.

Gotcha - the OP just wants to play with himself. Everywhere.

Turelus

I don't think it works that way...

Also if I wasn't going to keep any of the stuff I got (you know, as servers would be offline, and no way they'll trust the client [okay, yeah I won't even go there]) then it kind of seams pointless and I might as well play a single player or another game.

Dracindo

An offline version: Yes.

BUT: no connections to the multiplayer version whatsoever. You don't get to bring SP things into the MP game.

I would like an offline version to hack the game, so I could fully furnish a house. This way, I know if I'm making a good choice when buying a house online. Same for testing builds.

Crowzer

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

M M O

2017

idk

It would be fruitless since we are not connected to the server.

Not even getting to the point that some critical aspects of quests are not stored on our PC and would require even more space to dl them.

Fishoscandi

If you want to play ESO alone or with very few people, try playing on the PTS like you would play on live. There will be nobody or very little people in towns and quest locations as people only test stuff there. Might be crowded a little bit before DLCs due to testing of the DLCs.
Yesterday I was in Orsinium on the PTS(PC EU)and there was nobody there. Was also in Evermore:same.

soll

>all you need to know about community

BreacaT

Don't be ridiculous, if you want to do that, then go and play a different game.

Yakidafi

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

M M O

Mass multi-player offline? Kappa

Insandros

Sayyyy WHATT!???

No way i wanna wander around alone and not having my bear'S rear end to actualy comme across someone's eyes in Deshaan's bank

Kodrac

*sigh* another one. Is a little social interaction going to hurt?

DMuehlhausen

Yeah your 3rd option is the exact reason why it can't be.

Now if they wanted to make it offline as a different set of characters. Kind of like Diablo 2 did it Online and Offline characters then fine.

Merlin13KAGL

Merlin13KAGL wrote: »

M M O r p g

Is that better? @Crowzer, as I understand it, they've developed quite a few single player games in the last three to four decades, so 2017 indeed.

@Yakidafi , you win today's internets

Gedalya

Yes; would also like private servers.

Bombashaman

Yes, of course.

Drakkdjinn

It's an MMO ppl -- and There's already an offline mode.

Runs

taiji2078 wrote: »

Your questing and mats gathered / used, house changes, etc. should be synced with the server first time you reconnect to the internet. This way all the advancements you did will not be lost.

No. This can never happen. Since everything offline would be clientside, this would open a floodgate for cheating. The online game would be completely ruined the first day.

BlackSparrow

Honestly, speaking as a long-time TES fan? This game wouldn't stand up as a standalone game. The thing that sets it apart from the single-player TES games is the social, MMO aspect... in other things (world physics, customizability, emergent story-telling, changeable game world), the single player games are always going to be superior, because that's what they're designed around. If I want to play Elder Scrolls offline, I play Morrowind, Oblivion, or Skyrim. ESO is for my MMO fix.

Also, in a previous thread about this, it was pointed out that something like this would make botting and gold sellers absolutely explode in population and effectiveness. They could bot in the offline mode completely undetected, and then log in to sell their ill-gotten gains. It would absolutely destroy the in-game economy.