Does anyone else feel addicted to ESO?

Red_Feather

I think so. I find myself spending so much of my day either in the game or on the forums or reddit or twitch or youtube. It's not healthy I know.

DaveMoeDee

I wanted to try FO76, but what is the point for me right now. I barely have the time to do what I want to do in ESO atm.

Odovacar

Red_Feather wrote: »

I think so. I find myself spending so much of my day either in the game or on the forums or reddit or twitch or youtube. It's not healthy I know.

Yeah, it’s crazy 👀

Odovacar

lordrichter wrote: »

I can quit whenever I want, but first, I need to do these daily quests.

Of course, daily’s are a requirement, hahah!

Androconium

Keldheir wrote: »

I used to feel that way, the first three years. Played it day and night, dreamed about playing it, thought of jute whenever I saw yellow flowers outside... Am I glad I'm over that.

Years ago my dreams bounced around like I was in DOOM, from playing that too much.

But yes, hunting for mats outside IRL is something I've done also....also not a good sign.

FlyingSwan

Bobby_V_Rockit wrote: »

I did for a while, logged in every day for a few years but bored now and Monster Hunter World exists, so meh.

Thanks for the tip, just started MHW, what an amazing game! It couldn't come at a better time, the recent ESO changes have killed it for me and I am burned out on FFXIV, so wanted something new to get my teeth into and MHW has scratched the spot.

Salvas_Aren

Odovacar wrote: »

I take breaks here and there but the old Eee Es OoO keeps calling. Do you ever feel this way?

Edited title* physically for simply "addicted" …

I feel that with every patch ZOS does everything possible to cure my addiction.

Knootewoot

Not really. It's easy to log out again and i can let ESO rest for weeks/months. There is nothing addicting at it. I love PvP, but i can get the same fun doing battlefront, warband or watching butterflies fly.

Jayman1000

yes I do feel addicted. Addiction is when you experience something that gives you pleasurable feelings and your body/brain remembers this feeling and long to experience/feel it again

Lysette

Jayman1000 wrote: »

yes I do feel addicted. Addiction is when you experience something that gives you pleasurable feelings and your body/brain remembers this feeling and long to experience/feel it again

That is more kind of an urge - addiction on the other side is when you loose control over it and this urge starts to govern your life.

johnbonne

Not particularly, but I feel this way with any MMO - when my friends are away, I don't play. BeGambleAware's slogan also applies, "when the fun stops, stop". ^^

oXI_Viper_IXo

Like others, I used to be, but not so much these days. I've taken a few breaks to check out other games for a bit, but it always feels like I'm cheating on ESO when I do. I recognize that this game has some pretty massive issues, but I still get enjoyment from it.

People like to keep saying this or that game is going to kill off ESO, but it's going to take a pretty extraordinary title to get me to stop playing completely.

DawnWarrior

Really don't have time to answer the question.....have to finish these daily writs.

pkuronen

Odovacar wrote: »

I take breaks here and there but the old Eee Es OoO keeps calling. Do you ever feel this way?

Edited title* physically for simply "addicted" …

I did but after researched all and tried it all there was nothing new to explore. Pvp also running same ping pong show now. But will continue and hoping to get more depth upcoming new skills, classes etc.

generalmyrick

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

It's more of a FOMO for me. I'm having much more fun playing other games right now.

tired of the same ol' as well.

the kind of spice that would get me excited again is easy, but change hurts people's feelings.

Tornaad

Nope. This is just killing time until Elder Scrolls 6 comes out. probably put a thousand hours into Skyrim, and ran out of things to do, so I finally moved to ESO because Elder Scrolls 6 wasn't out yet.

Duvallkiin

Writs, trials, farm, repeat. Some might call it an addiction.

Zardayne

I'm in the same boat as many posting here. I've been playing MMOs since UO and normally that's about all I play. I played ESO full time for the first couple of years but lately I'm just not feeling it. These last changes/ignored issues with Magden I feel have finally pushed me away for a good while. There's a lot of good games out there I've been missing. Time to go have fun.

phbell

Not anymore. Nerfmire is better than a 12-step program.

JamieAubrey

If you asked me this around 2 years ago I would have said YES, I would play for 12 hours a day

Now I only manage an hour at most before I get bored and play another game for 12 hours lol

DisgracefulMind

DMuehlhausen wrote: »

I just can't handle the UI right now lol.

I have a frame I can't get moved. When I'm in a boss fight it jumps up and down. It never use to do this, but this alone might be enough for me to stop playing.



It's that stupid red bar at the top.

First, that's an addon issue, ZoS has no control over it. There's probably a setting to turn it off. I suggest, however, uninstalling aui, installing darkui + wykkyd's enchanced hud and having a nice, clean ui (:

Delgent

I discovered the world of multiplayer RPGs in 1995 when I started playing Neverwinter Nights on AOL. The game had a 500 person limit, and there were many nights my wife and I spent "banging on the gates" until we'd get in. The addiction started there, and lasted through The Realm, Asheron's Call, WoW, and into ESO.

WoW drove me away after 10 years because of constant class change and knee jerk nerf and buff cycles...BUT, the ESO beta had sucked me in, so it was all good, my addiction was still fed.

I was one of those that loved the game at launch, happily paid my required monthly sub, and logged in day after day to play. Then ZOS started with the monetization aspect, and my addiction started to fade. The initial fading was because I've always been a collector/completionist (SHINY! MUST HAVE!), and there was no way I was spending the kind of money that ZOS expected me to in order to collect every item I could. That left me less vested in the game.

Then, just like what drove me from WoW, the constant class change, nerf and buff cycles that suck the joy and fun out of logging in with my favorite characters for an adventure. With this latest cycle being the one that I can see allowing me to let go of ESO for good.

At launch, ESO was a place that my wife and adult kids would play together, no matter where they lived. The direction that the game has taken has driven my daughters off, my wife is often indifferent to ESO, and I'm just here so I don't get fined (a few minutes a day to get my login bonus...love when I'm done with the month and don't have to login for a while). These days our family game sessions take place on a Minecraft server, and soon on RDR2 Online when that opens. We all had money put aside for an expected summer crown sale, but when that didn't happen, we used the money to each preorder RDR2, which has put more distance between me and ESO.

tl;dr - ZOS cured me of a 23 year MMORPG addiction.

Travel Well,
Del

Panomania

I will freely admit I was addicted to Everquest early on. After coming to that realization around Velious Era (early 2001) I eased up a bit and renewed older hobbies.

There simply hasnt been any MMO since then (including EQ, sadly) that was worth being addicted to. Sorry ESO....but this is a passtime for me,it doesnt even rank at hobby. Way too themepark to be anything more.

Panomania

Oh, that being said....I can see Pantheon being a game I will become addicted to if not careful. I guess I prefer non themepark games that provide more of a challenge and require more cooperation with others to succeed. That or I miss 30 minute long boss fights and 5 minute long trash mob fights.

The_Brosteen

DMuehlhausen wrote: »

I just can't handle the UI right now lol.

I have a frame I can't get moved. When I'm in a boss fight it jumps up and down. It never use to do this, but this alone might be enough for me to stop playing.



It's that stupid red bar at the top.

At first glance I feel like this is an addon problem

BlackLabel

This patch has broken my addiction quite effectively

GreenhaloX

As I don't have an addicting personality, nahh, not really. However, ESO is one of the pleasure in life that is helping me get through the rest of my day or evening a bit better. Kudos for Bethesda and Zen for developing the game. Can't wait for ES 6! . Oh.. fix the lags, crashes, bugs and glitches already. Ha ha

Drummerx04

Delgent wrote: »

I discovered the world of multiplayer RPGs in 1995 when I started playing Neverwinter Nights on AOL. The game had a 500 person limit, and there were many nights my wife and I spent "banging on the gates" until we'd get in. The addiction started there, and lasted through The Realm, Asheron's Call, WoW, and into ESO.

WoW drove me away after 10 years because of constant class change and knee jerk nerf and buff cycles...BUT, the ESO beta had sucked me in, so it was all good, my addiction was still fed.

I was one of those that loved the game at launch, happily paid my required monthly sub, and logged in day after day to play. Then ZOS started with the monetization aspect, and my addiction started to fade. The initial fading was because I've always been a collector/completionist (SHINY! MUST HAVE!), and there was no way I was spending the kind of money that ZOS expected me to in order to collect every item I could. That left me less vested in the game.

Then, just like what drove me from WoW, the constant class change, nerf and buff cycles that suck the joy and fun out of logging in with my favorite characters for an adventure. With this latest cycle being the one that I can see allowing me to let go of ESO for good.

At launch, ESO was a place that my wife and adult kids would play together, no matter where they lived. The direction that the game has taken has driven my daughters off, my wife is often indifferent to ESO, and I'm just here so I don't get fined (a few minutes a day to get my login bonus...love when I'm done with the month and don't have to login for a while). These days our family game sessions take place on a Minecraft server, and soon on RDR2 Online when that opens. We all had money put aside for an expected summer crown sale, but when that didn't happen, we used the money to each preorder RDR2, which has put more distance between me and ESO.

tl;dr - ZOS cured me of a 23 year MMORPG addiction.

Travel Well,
Del

This was a pretty interesting read. I very strongly relate to the feeling of not really caring about my own characters any more. The buff/nerf cycles finally just hit me too hard this time.

jhall03

Just play more PVP. You’ll still enjoy the game enough to want to play, but you’ll get frustrated enough to not consider it addicting. And I’m referring to imbalance, bugs, and performance.

JumpmanLane

Addicted? Are you kidding. Don’t get me wrong. The game is great when it works. Hasn’t been working so hot lately. Addictive? I have to find reasons to want to play and then hope I can login lmao. Addicted? You’re joking.