Having fun on ESO

ParaNostram

Okay so nothing in this game feels fun to me anymore so would any of ya'll mind listing what you find fun in this game? I just don't want to call it quits on this game but woo really questioning why I even log in anymore.

Pennylong

You don't need to quit, just take a break and go play something else for a bit until there is an update or something.

Sometimes a break can help lots.

ParaNostram

Pennylong wrote: »

You don't need to quit, just take a break and go play something else for a bit until there is an update or something.

Sometimes a break can help lots.

Oh sorry I guess I forgot to mention I was coming back from a break today and logged in and just almost immediately regretted that decision. Honestly I take lots of breaks.

Acrolas

You can dress up in your favorite death costume and hand out Desecrated Grave Soil to new players.

sheacummings

The same thing happened to me with WoW. I played that for A LOT of years... basically since near the end of vanilla.

Now it doesn't matter how long of a break I take I immediately regret renewing my membership and play for like 5 minutes and waste the $15 haha.

So far I haven't gotten to that point with ESO, but I'm a much more casual gamer now with demanding career and family and such.

Anotherone773

Anti grind. I dont do anything in a grindy way. I might run a couple of quest, then skyshard hunt, do a little gathering or fishing, maybe some stealing. Then the next day i might do a dungeon/pledge, some pvp, do writs, and update my trader. The next day i might do random stuff on my lowbie.

Grinding, IMO, makes a game boring quick. So i dont worry about fencing 140 items a day, doing my dailies every day, gear grinding, grinding skill lines, and other such things. I just do whatever, whenever. That way no content ever feels old or job like.

sheacummings

Anotherone773 wrote: »

Anti grind. I dont do anything in a grindy way. I might run a couple of quest, then skyshard hunt, do a little gathering or fishing, maybe some stealing. Then the next day i might do a dungeon/pledge, some pvp, do writs, and update my trader. The next day i might do random stuff on my lowbie.

Grinding, IMO, makes a game boring quick. So i dont worry about fencing 140 items a day, doing my dailies every day, gear grinding, grinding skill lines, and other such things. I just do whatever, whenever. That way no content ever feels old or job like.

This is how I've come to actually enjoy this type of game and not see it as a job lol. That's how WoW was for me... I had to go to work.

Now I just enjoy my time. I still level fast, but I do whatever tickles my fancy that evening... dungeons, questing, achievements, etc.

TamrielSaviour215

When you find yourself logging on when you know you really don't want to, its time to get away. I have this problem with life in general. I binge everything I do until I say to myself 'Why am I going here?' or 'Why am I playing this?' People might yell but it is an addiction thing. If you aren't enjoying it, don't play. if you continue to play and don't enjoy it, you have a problem. All you need to do is get a way for a while. Then when you come back the experience will be nostalgic and rewarding. And a break is not 4 days lol. I was gone for over six months and just came back a few weeks ago. Too much of anything can be a bad thing and it sounds like you didnt have enough moderation in the past.

Drachenfier

Pennylong wrote: »

You don't need to quit, just take a break and go play something else for a bit until there is an update or something.

Sometimes a break can help lots.

Yep, I took a 3 month Total War Warhammer break Came back and am having a blast

Lestorn

Things I find fun in ESO.

1: Making new friends.
2: Engaging in intellectual conversations in zone chat (No not trolling you. Just the other day, I actually had a refined conversation about alcohol, and why people drink the drinks they do. Such as because of it's flavor, or the way it goes with this food or this drink/mix, in Vvanderfel.)
3: Exploring the gorgeous maps. Seriously. If the real world were this gorgeous, I'd never go inside again.
4: Solo PvE. I love to chalenge myself to see just what I can get away with, without breaking rules, or dying constantly.
5: Group PvE. I enjoy doing dungeons with my friends.
6: Role Play. There's an AMAZING Role play community in this game and it can be found literally everywhere from guilds, to cities/towns, and even out in the wilderness.
7: PvP. I love the siege mechanics and how fun some of the large scale zerg v zerg battles can work out. Except for on the covered bridges. *** THOSE CHOKE POINTS!
8: Public Dungeons. These can be fun to do, as you're not required to wait for a group finder, zone chat LFG spam, or friends to be on. I've never had to wait long at all for random people to come through to farm them for loot, to get the completion, or to also farm sets in them.
9: Thieve's Guild. What can I say. It's ALWAYS held a special place in my heart.
10: Dark Brotherhood. Why take on humanoids in a drawn out fight, when I can sneak up on it, and end it in one swift animation that's bloody and awesome. Sounds bloody awesome to me!
11: The horrible puns I can make because of the guilds, races and other lore related things.
12: The Lusty Argonian Maid!
13: Finding out she's not really a maid, but a mage
14: Questing. Do I really need to explain that I love the lore tied to main and side quests?
15: The community. Seriously. The community in this game is fantastic, and probably my most favorite thing about Elder Scrolls Online. I've played World of Warcraft, Aion, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Guild Wars 2, Everquest 2, Neverwinter, Wildstar, Lineage II, and a few random free to play MMOs I can't recall the names of, right off the top of my head, and the only other game off this list, with an equally wonderful, friendly, and helpful community, was Guild Wars 2. The rest were filled with toxic trolls, who I spent many an hour wishing for them to stub their toes, and get the clap.
16: And this is actually the most important reason. Razum-Dar!

Anotherone773

sheacummings wrote: »

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Anotherone773 wrote: »

Anti grind. I dont do anything in a grindy way. I might run a couple of quest, then skyshard hunt, do a little gathering or fishing, maybe some stealing. Then the next day i might do a dungeon/pledge, some pvp, do writs, and update my trader. The next day i might do random stuff on my lowbie.

Grinding, IMO, makes a game boring quick. So i dont worry about fencing 140 items a day, doing my dailies every day, gear grinding, grinding skill lines, and other such things. I just do whatever, whenever. That way no content ever feels old or job like.

This is how I've come to actually enjoy this type of game and not see it as a job lol. That's how WoW was for me... I had to go to work.

Now I just enjoy my time. I still level fast, but I do whatever tickles my fancy that evening... dungeons, questing, achievements, etc.

Its a hard habit to break,especially when MMOs encourage that type of behavior with things like daily limits and rewards you only get once a day. It burned me out on games i would of enjoyed a lot longer. So i learned to ignore that " things you should do every day" list. Its almost like i have to work before im allowed to have fun.

In ESO, ive been really good about it. I havent even finished the main quest yet and i have over 200 cp. and keep 15 -20 quests in my log at all times. I dont know if iv even ran all the normal dungeons or not. Normally i would keep track of that. I was stealing every day for gold but that got boring, so now i do it every couple of days. I spent all my free time one evening rearranging furniture in my ESO house lol. Made 0 gold and killed 0 mobs. Another day i logged in and decided to finish alchemy and enchanting, so i spent all of my free time doing that and then logged out. I always do stuff like that now. Before it was a must complete list and only then if i had time could i play the rest of the game.

The only thing grind ever got me was boredom.

duendology

What I find to be great fun in this game? Riding a wolf as a badass dual-wield vampire battle mage... I can't have that in real life...

geonsocal

Lestorn wrote: »

Things I find fun in ESO.

1: Making new friends.
2: Engaging in intellectual conversations in zone chat (No not trolling you. Just the other day, I actually had a refined conversation about alcohol, and why people drink the drinks they do. Such as because of it's flavor, or the way it goes with this food or this drink/mix, in Vvanderfel.)
3: Exploring the gorgeous maps. Seriously. If the real world were this gorgeous, I'd never go inside again.
4: Solo PvE. I love to chalenge myself to see just what I can get away with, without breaking rules, or dying constantly.
5: Group PvE. I enjoy doing dungeons with my friends.
6: Role Play. There's an AMAZING Role play community in this game and it can be found literally everywhere from guilds, to cities/towns, and even out in the wilderness.
7: PvP. I love the siege mechanics and how fun some of the large scale zerg v zerg battles can work out. Except for on the covered bridges. *** THOSE CHOKE POINTS!
8: Public Dungeons. These can be fun to do, as you're not required to wait for a group finder, zone chat LFG spam, or friends to be on. I've never had to wait long at all for random people to come through to farm them for loot, to get the completion, or to also farm sets in them.
9: Thieve's Guild. What can I say. It's ALWAYS held a special place in my heart.
10: Dark Brotherhood. Why take on humanoids in a drawn out fight, when I can sneak up on it, and end it in one swift animation that's bloody and awesome. Sounds bloody awesome to me!
11: The horrible puns I can make because of the guilds, races and other lore related things.
12: The Lusty Argonian Maid!
13: Finding out she's not really a maid, but a mage
14: Questing. Do I really need to explain that I love the lore tied to main and side quests?
15: The community. Seriously. The community in this game is fantastic, and probably my most favorite thing about Elder Scrolls Online. I've played World of Warcraft, Aion, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Guild Wars 2, Everquest 2, Neverwinter, Wildstar, Lineage II, and a few random free to play MMOs I can't recall the names of, right off the top of my head, and the only other game off this list, with an equally wonderful, friendly, and helpful community, was Guild Wars 2. The rest were filled with toxic trolls, who I spent many an hour wishing for them to stub their toes, and get the clap.
16: And this is actually the most important reason. Razum-Dar!

well done

Pennylong

I really enjoy pick-pocketing and breaking into houses to buy shiny trinkets for my house. I could probably make gold much more easily in other ways but it's kinda fun to set little goals and semi-rp it as a notorious cat burglar posing as a Breton noble woman in my in my head.

Loralai_907

Right now my favorite thing to do is PvP. I didn't touch it for years, just started over this last summer. So its still new to me. I don't find it boring unless there is absolutely nothing happening. Then I'm still bored. But ever since I started playing in Cyro, doing other things has lost some of its appeal. Once upon a time I could farm mats etc for hours and be fine. Now, 30 minutes of that and I'm dying inside.

Prior to my discovery that PvP is the most fun, I would do all sorts of things if something became boring. There really is so much to you can do. Farm mats or gear, level a character, go on a stealing spree, remember to feed all your mounts, dailies all over the place, work on achievements, make costumes, design a house, craft gear etc for new people, get really into the trade game and sell ALL the things, fishing, dueling, have a dance party, level a crafter, become a vamp or ww and level that up, quests for days, dolmen runs, WB runs, and I'm sure tons more things I haven't even thought of.

Ley

Everything I ever do in ESO ends up turning into me picking flowers (harvesting resources). Sometimes I take a break from picking flowers to do a dungeon or pvp for a while but it always comes back to me picking flowers.

Goshua

enjoy large open world fights and spamming anything at Dracarys from a 'safe' distance

ill add that also I enjoy taking keeps, unless its a farm, and defending keeps, unless I'm the only one on the flags

CapnPhoton

Years ago I was heavily into one mmo, then switched to another. I would log 4-6 hours per day. I would get burned out and have to take a break. Then I quit mmo games for about 5 years not thinking I would ever get back into them. When I got the ESO beta I liked it and decided that if I do play this I would be sensible and limit my time. I have a lot of real life responsibilities and I limit my ESO time to no more than 8 hours per week. This, combined with enjoying the content (stopping to smell the roses) and not burning through it, makes it so its never gotten stale.

I realize that limiting time and slowing down a bit might seem wrong to some people, but it is just a thought.

josiahva

I enjoy making and playing oddball builds. Its sickening to me how most people will play some variation of the same dozen builds going around. I will spend weeks creating some niche build that is only really good for a very specific thing...and then re-speccing and doing it all over again. I have found without trying different builds constantly the gameplay gets fairly stale.

Guarlet

josiahva wrote: »

I enjoy making and playing oddball builds. Its sickening to me how most people will play some variation of the same dozen builds going around. I will spend weeks creating some niche build that is only really good for a very specific thing...and then re-speccing and doing it all over again. I have found without trying different builds constantly the gameplay gets fairly stale.

Really? Why is it sickening to you? People are just doing what is enjoyable to them, the same as you.

Back to the topic, I find that what I prefer to do for fun on the game depends on the day. Sometimes I run dungeons, sometimes I spend the evening breaking into houses and stealing stuff, sometimes I just run around and level/farm/do quests. The nice thing about ESO is that there is just so much different stuff to do, depending on your mood.

Minyassa

I have an inordinate amount of fun decorating houses. That never gets old for me.

Shadow_Akula

Minyassa wrote: »

I have an inordinate amount of fun decorating houses. That never gets old for me.

^ For me it’s pretty much the same as this, but also hunting down achievements to unlock achievement furnishings I really want.

Muttsmutt

thieving
i guess
if only it wasn't atrociously punishing on CP-level chars lul
kinjda silly that it's most efficient to do it on a low-lvl

srfrogg23

ParaNostram wrote: »

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Pennylong wrote: »

You don't need to quit, just take a break and go play something else for a bit until there is an update or something.

Sometimes a break can help lots.

Oh sorry I guess I forgot to mention I was coming back from a break today and logged in and just almost immediately regretted that decision. Honestly I take lots of breaks.

Try doing something you haven’t done yet? PvP, Trials, Dolmens, fishing? Other than that, just chat with people. Yeah, you can do that in any online venue, but chatting in game can lead to finding people to do those things with that you normally wouldn’t do.

Drachenfier

Minyassa wrote: »

I have an inordinate amount of fun decorating houses. That never gets old for me.

Do you decorate other people's houses? Some of us are just terrible at that kinda thing

TheCyberDruid

Lestorn wrote: »

2: Engaging in intellectual conversations in zone chat (No not trolling you. Just the other day, I actually had a refined conversation about alcohol, and why people drink the drinks they do. Such as because of it's flavor, or the way it goes with this food or this drink/mix, in Vvanderfel.)

You mean Falafel, right? Or are you talking about Van der Felt? You can't be talking about Vvardenfell though. I had five beers and can still write it correctly, so what's your excuse?

Vermintide

I like how the game keeps trying to thrust adventure upon me wherever I go; wether it be an NPC running up to me calling out for help, or a nice juicy quest marker above a mysterious note...

Which I totally ignore and walk directly past, because all I care about is pwning n00bs.

Bladerunner1

3 years ago I felt the same way, I was close to quitting since things felt grindy and I was terrible at dungeon gameplay. Then I tried roleplay for the first time and got hooked. Like a lot of others have said the social aspect keeps me around. For me it's more about just enjoying the hobby with others while levelling and getting gud takes place on the side.

Datthaw

geonsocal wrote: »

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Lestorn wrote: »

Things I find fun in ESO.

1: Making new friends.
2: Engaging in intellectual conversations in zone chat (No not trolling you. Just the other day, I actually had a refined conversation about alcohol, and why people drink the drinks they do. Such as because of it's flavor, or the way it goes with this food or this drink/mix, in Vvanderfel.)
3: Exploring the gorgeous maps. Seriously. If the real world were this gorgeous, I'd never go inside again.
4: Solo PvE. I love to chalenge myself to see just what I can get away with, without breaking rules, or dying constantly.
5: Group PvE. I enjoy doing dungeons with my friends.
6: Role Play. There's an AMAZING Role play community in this game and it can be found literally everywhere from guilds, to cities/towns, and even out in the wilderness.
7: PvP. I love the siege mechanics and how fun some of the large scale zerg v zerg battles can work out. Except for on the covered bridges. *** THOSE CHOKE POINTS!
8: Public Dungeons. These can be fun to do, as you're not required to wait for a group finder, zone chat LFG spam, or friends to be on. I've never had to wait long at all for random people to come through to farm them for loot, to get the completion, or to also farm sets in them.
9: Thieve's Guild. What can I say. It's ALWAYS held a special place in my heart.
10: Dark Brotherhood. Why take on humanoids in a drawn out fight, when I can sneak up on it, and end it in one swift animation that's bloody and awesome. Sounds bloody awesome to me!
11: The horrible puns I can make because of the guilds, races and other lore related things.
12: The Lusty Argonian Maid!
13: Finding out she's not really a maid, but a mage
14: Questing. Do I really need to explain that I love the lore tied to main and side quests?
15: The community. Seriously. The community in this game is fantastic, and probably my most favorite thing about Elder Scrolls Online. I've played World of Warcraft, Aion, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Guild Wars 2, Everquest 2, Neverwinter, Wildstar, Lineage II, and a few random free to play MMOs I can't recall the names of, right off the top of my head, and the only other game off this list, with an equally wonderful, friendly, and helpful community, was Guild Wars 2. The rest were filled with toxic trolls, who I spent many an hour wishing for them to stub their toes, and get the clap.
16: And this is actually the most important reason. Razum-Dar!

well done

Lol #15 is classic

FloppyTouch

Me and my friends have a blast playing the game wrong. We don't do dungeons or pvp or anything at all just have fun. I think people forget what makes MMOs so much fun is the people and a world to play in anyway you want.

It's not about the best dps or most gold or high pvp rank or needing to finish every quest its about enjoying time with the people you meet and do stupid stuff with.

I spend more hours in game bsing and getting nothing done at all and still have a great time. I suggest you make friends, find people that play same hours about same age and have a lot of things in common.

Anotherone773

josiahva wrote: »

I enjoy making and playing oddball builds. Its sickening to me how most people will play some variation of the same dozen builds going around. I will spend weeks creating some niche build that is only really good for a very specific thing...and then re-speccing and doing it all over again. I have found without trying different builds constantly the gameplay gets fairly stale.

Yeah games become attack of the clones. I also do my own builds. I might use someone elses build for some direction if it provides the function i am wanting but i heavily modify builds to my preference and play style. Or i will just randomly do things from the ground up and see where it takes me.