The future of ESO looks...?

Ratzkifal

Extrapolating recent trends, considering promises kept and broken, balance improving or getting worse in both PvE and PvP, crownstore content quality and pricing, server performance, etc - what do you think the future of ESO looks like as a whole?

I'm sure we all want it to be bright but is what should be the same what you think will be?

Wolfpaw

Business as usual.

BomblePants

Unsure... I think the way the game is run is changing..... but to be honest my only sources of info are playing the game itself and the forums (which are hardly balanced but still have some valid experiences).....

Vietfox

Doesn't look good at all.
Personally, i'll quit ESO as soon as another game with the same pvp quality but without all the issues is released.
For the moment i'll stick to this game but without spending any single € on it.

El_Borracho

Better make sure my stamblade is wearing his helmet today. The sky is falling extra-hard in Tamriel

generalmyrick

the game is moving in a great direction and is more fun than ever!

Girl_Number8

Crown crates working great, the game not.

majulook

Lack of Z)S comments on reports of issues is IMHO the worst thing about the game.
This only makes lots of players to believe they cannot fix they issues, or do not care.

Turelus

I'll go with bright, it has it's issues which I'm salty about right now, but they've been doing more and more QoL updates which is a big gain.

zaria

El_Borracho wrote: »

Better make sure my stamblade is wearing his helmet today. The sky is falling extra-hard in Tamriel

However its the wrong material I assume cp160 medium or heavy.
Tinfoil is the new bis

Eraldus

You know what's funny? Every single person that says stuff like "game is dying" across all MMOs ever made, where all proven wrong in the end.

ESO has its issues, just like every single MMO out there (gasp!), but it will surely keep going for years, and naysayers will keep pestering or even insulting anyone that enjoys the game, again, like every naysayer present in every MMO community.

HappyTheCamper

Green

BlueRaven

I think “bleak” and “grim” will be splitting the votes here.

TequilaFire

Eraldus wrote: »

You know what's funny? Every single person that says stuff like "game is dying" across all MMOs ever made, where all proven wrong in the end.

ESO has its issues, just like every single MMO out there (gasp!), but it will surely keep going for years, and naysayers will keep pestering or even insulting anyone that enjoys the game, again, like every naysayer present in every MMO community.

The genre is littered with quite a few dead MMOs.

LukosCreyden

Personally, I think the future looks "other".

Van_Winkle

Teso now is like "Groundhog Day" - and i doubt that will change.

El_Borracho

zaria wrote: »

El_Borracho wrote: »

Better make sure my stamblade is wearing his helmet today. The sky is falling extra-hard in Tamriel

However its the wrong material I assume cp160 medium or heavy.
Tinfoil is the new bis

HAHAHA. Well done.

It never ceases to amaze me how many people play a game that they claim to absolutely hate. And seem to play it every day.

dennissomb16_ESO

pretty much the same as it has for the last 5 years

theyancey

They sold 2.5 million copies of the game last year. That is bright!

Ratzkifal

BlueRaven wrote: »

I think “bleak” and “grim” will be splitting the votes here.

I felt like there are some nuances getting lost if those two were lumped together. Grim sounds like a catastrophic end while bleak sounds more like it won't improve enough and die slowly or stay mediocre forever.
On the other end, people who are positive about the game's future probably don't feel like nuance is being lost if they call it "bright".
For good measure I added the obligatory "other" in case someone is torn as different aspects evolve in different directions and neither overshadows/makes up for the other completely.

vamp_emily

If I was to predict ESO future it would be.. a little stormy



A dangerous story

I was stuck in that storm in a tandem kayak. It was really hot outside and it started sprinkling. My friend said, "Do you think we should go back?" I said, "No, a few sprinkles feels good". A few minutes later, the sky turned black, the kayak flipped over and we were in a very bad situation. I was scared.

Now I have a great reason to play ESO. It is safer.

Wolfpaw

Eraldus wrote: »

You know what's funny? Every single person that says stuff like "game is dying" across all MMOs ever made, where all proven wrong in the end.

ESO has its issues, just like every single MMO out there (gasp!), but it will surely keep going for years, and naysayers will keep pestering or even insulting anyone that enjoys the game, again, like every naysayer present in every MMO community.

Wildstar, CoH, SWG...

oXI_Viper_IXo

-Plethora of unaddressed performance issues

-Lackluster updates and chapters

-Sweeping nerfs/balance changes and bizarre decisions like Incap silence

-Necro bash

-Continued focus on increasing monetization while neglecting major issues

-Severe lack of communication

I voted bleak. I don't think the game will be closed down anytime soon as they continue to rake in the dough, but the future looks bleak from the players' perspective.

Eraldus

Wolfpaw wrote: »

Eraldus wrote: »

You know what's funny? Every single person that says stuff like "game is dying" across all MMOs ever made, where all proven wrong in the end.

ESO has its issues, just like every single MMO out there (gasp!), but it will surely keep going for years, and naysayers will keep pestering or even insulting anyone that enjoys the game, again, like every naysayer present in every MMO community.

Wildstar, CoH, SWG...

How about this... I'll bookmark this topic and bring it up once each year. Let's see how "dead" ESO will be, each year from now on and how accurate this poll will be.

BigBragg

The future of Elder Scrolls online still looks like a better cash grab than Commander Keen.

KerinKor

Eraldus wrote: »

You know what's funny? Every single person that says stuff like "game is dying" across all MMOs ever made, where all proven wrong in the end..

LOL .. I'm sure the players of classics such as DAOC, as well as games still clinging on in life support such as Rift wish that were true.

Tandor

TequilaFire wrote: »

Eraldus wrote: »

You know what's funny? Every single person that says stuff like "game is dying" across all MMOs ever made, where all proven wrong in the end.

ESO has its issues, just like every single MMO out there (gasp!), but it will surely keep going for years, and naysayers will keep pestering or even insulting anyone that enjoys the game, again, like every naysayer present in every MMO community.

The genre is littered with quite a few dead MMOs.

It's also littered with even more alive MMOs about which all the same doomsaying and predictions of an early demise were made - as long as 20 years ago in some cases, yet they're still around. The distinguishing feature of the dead MMOs is that not many people played them, unlike with ESO where there are a lot of players and a comparative few disgruntled forum complainers, quite a few of whom by their own admission don't even play the game anyway.

Dojohoda

My prediction for the game is:
Cloudy Sunny with a chance of cheeseballs.


Prediction for forum is:
Cloudy with a chance of hardballs.



--Wishing section--

What some of us might hope for:
Stormy and lightning with a chance of Molag Bal

as well as
Calm with a 100% chance of No lag bal



That is my analysis
and my serious face

Master_Kas

After playing some other lagfree games, trying eso in primetime is horrible lol.

The faction roleplayers and crownbuyers keep spending money on a broken product. It's all ZOS needs it seems to keep going.

MartiniDaniels

Looking at baandari crown crates... they just seem lazy. There are several good pieces, but majority is just ctrl-C, ctrl-V from previous content or between each other. Previous crates, even murkmire ones were much better and inspired. This like nothing else proves that ZOS doesn't put all their efforts in ESO and they work on something else. That's why ESO future looks bleak.
ESO won't be closed, but it be 2nd priority project existing just to milk existing whales and trying to engage new whales with aggressive marketing (and Elsweyr marketing was aggressive one for sure, just compare it to Summerset for example).

Ratzkifal

Dojohoda wrote: »

My prediction for the game is:
Cloudy Sunny with a chance of cheeseballs.


Prediction for forum is:
Cloudy with a chance of hardballs.



--Wishing section--

What some of us might hope for:
Stormy and lightning with a chance of Molag Bal

as well as
Calm with a 100% chance of No lag bal



That is my analysis
and my serious face

You deserve an awesome for "No-lag Bal" alone.