I love the game but the mmo portion is really bad. I've played for almost 2 months ...

Amyshia

I love the game but the mmo portion is really bad. I've played for almost 2 months ...and have had almost no interaction with other players. I've yelled in zones and with no guild or group finder it is not very new player friendly...

shadelon

Be sure you're actually using /zone or /z, not /yell. lol /yell is only a larger proximity than /say.

That said, what platform are you on?

Integral1900

Lol, I had /say enabled for ages and didn’t realise, for some stupid reason it’s the default, go into chat menu and select zone, there are no shortage of guilds

Ackwalan

There is also a guild forums right here. You can pick your platform and search for the kind of guild you want.

Amyshia

I understand say, zone and yell. I want to be able to join a channel without joining a guild. And most of the zone chats are very unresponsive.
I would like to join a world rp channel. Or an ooc world channel.

PlagueSD

Most of us turn off /zone chat because it's 90% spam. For grouping, I'd suggest using the dungeon finder.

If you're looking for a guild, there's a guild recruitment section on the forums.

Magdalina

Amusingly enough a lot of players love that part and would like even LESS interaction with other players Because Skyrim and stuff. It actually upsets them to no end there actually ARE occasions where you gotta communicate with other players, such as group dungeons, trade guilds, world bosses, etc.

The most active zones are usually Undaunted hubs(which are also capitals with a lot of traders) - Deshaan, Stormhaven, Greenshade - and Rawl'Kha just because it's Rawl'Kha. The zonechat in those is almost never dead, at least on PC, in my exprience. That aside, you could try looking for a friendly social/rp guild in guild section of the forums.

Narvuntien

I have an odd time zone so I play in the dead zone of the game.
I have joined a bunch of guilds form zone chat but so often they just seem to die after a month or so. Without commitment to hold them together.

By far the most active guild I am in is my trade guild and not just due to the necessity of having events and auctions and things to pay for a guild trader. I really do suggest joining a trade guilds, there are plenty without fees or sell requirements and you'll find its not even hard to meet those thresholds if you do join one that has them.

Atm I have managed to find a more serious PVE guild and thats lead me to actually run some trials and stuff, also pretty easy to pull people into pleadges.

I am not going to lie a lot of the MMO elements do annoy me... but my trade guild is really awesome....

Ohtimbar

Magdalina wrote: »

Amusingly enough a lot of players love that part(...)

I'm one of them. I'm heavily involved in several guilds, but when I want to fly solo it's a good experience for the most part, with a few obvious and silly exceptions. I don't view the solo/group dichotomy as being zero sum. I think the game can and should cater to both audiences as best it can, and there's plenty of room for improvement in that area.

Lysette

It does not make me wonder at all - with a chat system like in the late 1980s.

Bbsample197

on what places? some places have deserted zone chats but not the busy maps, do keep in mind tamriel is a massive map.

Blacksmoke

Magdalina wrote: »

The most active zones are usually Undaunted hubs(which are also capitals with a lot of traders) - Deshaan, Stormhaven, Greenshade - and Rawl'Kha just because it's Rawl'Kha. The zonechat in those is almost never dead, at least on PC, in my exprience. That aside, you could try looking for a friendly social/rp guild in guild section of the forums.

Clearly not an aldmeri player ;'D

DoctorESO

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anitajoneb17_ESO

Wanting social interaction in the game but not wanting to join guilds. Fine. Sounds like wanting natural sunlight without going outside.

Kel

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Wanting social interaction in the game but not wanting to join guilds. Fine. Sounds like wanting natural sunlight without going outside.

I have to agree. If you want more social interaction, join a guild. If you're looking to RP, join a RP guild. Do not expect to just walk around RP'ing and have players automatically join in your roleplay.
If you're looking to group up, dungeon finder is your friend. Trials? Trial spam is constant in Craglorn zone chat. (at least, on ps4 NA and EU)
No guild and not using group finder? That's on you, not everyone else. It's like choosing to stay home and wondering why you haven't gotten asked out on a date.

Mannix1958

Strange the OP still has not said the platform

Fingolfinn01

lol I don't man, if you want interaction with other players, but not the commitment to a guild, you will get little interaction. Most mmos work that way. I played wow for years in a small guild, and the most interaction I had was in dungeons.

I don't know what you want??

What other experiences have you had ?

stewhead2ub17_ESO

I'm not sure if I should take this post seriously or not lol. I'm on PC NA and if you want social interaction it's as easy as asking for others in zone chat to help with Dolmens, WB's, or Pub dungeons. For me that has almost never failed to attract other players. Or simply spotting another person's character that has a cool look or an amusing or clever name and sending them a msg, complimenting them and striking up a conversation that way. Best of luck in your travels.

Niobium

Amyshia wrote: »

I understand say, zone and yell. I want to be able to join a channel without joining a guild. And most of the zone chats are very unresponsive.
I would like to join a world rp channel. Or an ooc world channel.

Ok well there aren't any world channels like you want.

What you can do is visit the guild recruitment forums either here or on reddit. There are some folk who just have Discord channels but aren't actually guilded together.

If you want to be only mildly social and non-commital then take a look there for some of those channels.

Beardimus

Amyshia wrote: »

I love the game but the mmo portion is really bad. I've played for almost 2 months ...and have had almost no interaction with other players. I've yelled in zones and with no guild or group finder it is not very new player friendly...

Yelling in chat is like walking to your nearest town and screaming for friends.

The MMO in this game is brilliant, but you just need to interact properly!! Use the forums to find a guild is probably your best bet.

And use actvmivity finder fo group content and get chatting to people. You will soon be in 5 guilds and have more MMO than you j ow what to do with.