ESO is fun to play because...

Skoomah

fast paced action packed combat system

Vildebill

Skoomah

incredibly deep theorycrafting for experienced players.

balanced with super easy content for new players.

Skoomah

The more content you’re good at in the game, the more you’re rewarded. The best builds requires skills, gear, crafting, and questing from all areas of pve and pvp.

SassiestAssassin

It’s also very pretty

Skoomah

All questing is fully voiced over making for incredible immersion.

liningtonsweldingb16_ESO

Build crafting... then implementing your builds and ideas against other players

Jeezye

liningtonsweldingb16_ESO wrote: »

Build crafting... then implementing your builds and ideas against other players

exactly that. Altough by now I feel ESO has become much less "fun" because viable build crafting itself is getting more limited with every patch I feel. Also new item sets are very generic (new ones not so much).

AlboMalefica

Crown store

VaranisArano

Because when it works properly, both PVP amd PVE make for a great night playing with friends.

When ESO doesnt work properly, its a frustrating night of trying to play with my friends.

kylewwefan

Beautiful loadscreen artwork

valeriiya

The artwork is beautiful and the music is amazing

jadarock

The forum is better than the game at this point😬

wenchmore420b14_ESO

Because it's Tamriel! Huzzah!

kaithuzar

Because ZOS doesn’t have a clue about the cheese they enable

SantieClaws

Fish, guildies, street dance flash mobs and beach parties.

Wait .. that was a summary of last weekend.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Ye_Olde_Crowe

a) Because it's Elder Scrolls
b) Because everything - most NPCs included - is looking good to great
c) Because of the music
d) Because of a constant influx of new content.

As for d) ... when I told a RL friend of mine (who seems to be something of a local MMORPG VIP) that I had finally caved in and bought ESO back in early 2015, he just shook his head.
"Oh dear. Nice-looking game and all, but no content!! I was done with everything after 7 weeks, now I'm back to playing [WoW, GW2, FFXIV, SWtOR, WoT and many more]."
Well, it's mid-2019 and I'm still at 600something CP, and waaaay not done with everything.
But to be fair, he's a competitive PvP/PvE endgame guy while I'm an explorer and builder, so ... different goals I guess.

master_vanargand

I did not play if ESO was not The Elder Scrolls.
ESO is 30% good and 70% trash.
I don't expect anymore.

Xvorg

Skoomah wrote: »

incredibly deep theorycrafting for experienced players.

balanced with super easy content for new players.

Have you ever stumbled upon Path of Exile?

this is just the passive tree

https://goldkk.com/upload/20190115/6368316624122360769234575.png

MartiniDaniels

Skoomah wrote: »

incredibly deep theorycrafting for experienced players.

balanced with super easy content for new players.

You mean fact that everybody in PVE runs the same 2-3 classes with similar generic builds and gear?

Tbh, ESO will be amazing game, if:
1st priority: fix performance in PVP / trials
2nd priority: fix balance
3rd priority: made overland optional instances with proper action RPG instead of snoozefest

As for now all types of content are flawed with different problems, and only way to have fun is to run with friends. But given that you can have fun with friends in any game, that kind of fun can't be used to promote ESO as a "fun game".

Araneae6537

Because the world changes as I complete quests! I have been so thrilled to see this as I progress through the Elsweyr quest line, overhear dialogue between NPCs, etc. There are some repeatable quests, but they are optional and unobtrusive and repeated gathering quests for instance makes sense. In contrast, in some MMOs the same NPCs are always calling to be rescued or help with the same mission, ughhhh, which is neither fun nor immersive.

Shantu

Hmm...have to think about that one. Since ZOS began unrelentingly slamming the nerf hammer with Murkmire, I guess the main source of fun for me is the friendships I've made. The game itself? Not so much. Now with this "combat vision" gut punch of a patch...well...it makes me wonder why I'm staring at a forum screen instead of playing the game.

TheNightflame

the healer changes haven't gone live yet

Veinblood1965

ErinM31 wrote: »

Because the world changes as I complete quests! I have been so thrilled to see this as I progress through the Elsweyr quest line, overhear dialogue between NPCs, etc. There are some repeatable quests, but they are optional and unobtrusive and repeated gathering quests for instance makes sense. In contrast, in some MMOs the same NPCs are always calling to be rescued or help with the same mission, ughhhh, which is neither fun nor immersive.

That is the same reason I liked ESO. I finally got tired of the combat changes and unsubscribed, didn't care about nerfs really just the constant combat changes to magsorcs and stamina dk which were my only two characters. I've been trying to find a reason to start playing again. Didn't want to invest time in any characters anymore never knowing from one patch to the next if all my work in learning how to play it the best I can would be for nought.

It is the best game I've ever played however but fear it's going downhill fast.

Araneae6537

Veinblood1965 wrote: »

ErinM31 wrote: »

Because the world changes as I complete quests! I have been so thrilled to see this as I progress through the Elsweyr quest line, overhear dialogue between NPCs, etc. There are some repeatable quests, but they are optional and unobtrusive and repeated gathering quests for instance makes sense. In contrast, in some MMOs the same NPCs are always calling to be rescued or help with the same mission, ughhhh, which is neither fun nor immersive.

That is the same reason I liked ESO. I finally got tired of the combat changes and unsubscribed, didn't care about nerfs really just the constant combat changes to magsorcs and stamina dk which were my only two characters. I've been trying to find a reason to start playing again. Didn't want to invest time in any characters anymore never knowing from one patch to the next if all my work in learning how to play it the best I can would be for nought.

It is the best game I've ever played however but fear it's going downhill fast.

Ugh, I hope not! Continual nerfs and invalidation of builds is part of why I took a break from GW2 to try ESO. If the power of something is adjusted to bring things in line or whatever, fine, I don’t care about or even pursue being most powerful. But after evolving my play style and build over time, making it just not work at all or any fun any more is crap and I really wish developers wouldn’t do this.

On a positive note, another thing I’m really enjoying about ESO is how I can pursue any mission anywhere regardless of level! That makes me feel much less pressure to level as I can do what a I want now (I’m sure there are group things I’d need to have high level and gear for but I’m not ready for that yet much less my characters so that’s okay).

Xvorg

ErinM31 wrote: »

Veinblood1965 wrote: »

ErinM31 wrote: »

Because the world changes as I complete quests! I have been so thrilled to see this as I progress through the Elsweyr quest line, overhear dialogue between NPCs, etc. There are some repeatable quests, but they are optional and unobtrusive and repeated gathering quests for instance makes sense. In contrast, in some MMOs the same NPCs are always calling to be rescued or help with the same mission, ughhhh, which is neither fun nor immersive.

That is the same reason I liked ESO. I finally got tired of the combat changes and unsubscribed, didn't care about nerfs really just the constant combat changes to magsorcs and stamina dk which were my only two characters. I've been trying to find a reason to start playing again. Didn't want to invest time in any characters anymore never knowing from one patch to the next if all my work in learning how to play it the best I can would be for nought.

It is the best game I've ever played however but fear it's going downhill fast.

Ugh, I hope not! Continual nerfs and invalidation of builds is part of why I took a break from GW2 to try ESO. If the power of something is adjusted to bring things in line or whatever, fine, I don’t care about or even pursue being most powerful. But after evolving my play style and build over time, making it just not work at all or any fun any more is crap and I really wish developers wouldn’t do this.

On a positive note, another thing I’m really enjoying about ESO is how I can pursue any mission anywhere regardless of level! That makes me feel much less pressure to level as I can do what a I want now (I’m sure there are group things I’d need to have high level and gear for but I’m not ready for that yet much less my characters so that’s okay).

Welcome to Nerfland, home to the "Nerf sorcs" and "nerf NBs" squads

Aedrion

Stop complaining! This is a happy thread!

I like to play ESO because

- of the many options to build your character
- of the amazing range of visual options to create and dress your character
- of the excellent visuals in the many areas, where I can take a screenshot and use it for a desktop backgroud
- of the social element and how it brings people together
- of the passion the ZoS team - despite everything - still seems to have, which makes me believe ESO has a good future.

Nordic__Knights

I play simply to set in chat and talk to my guild who are my friends I haven't really touched content since I don't know but I know I've been elsewhere nice joke huh but no seriously the fun of the game has been tooken away with all the changing to every bit of the game that we know of in the last 5 Years I mean it. Seriously you would think that now you're playing a whole new game my main character it's a full time crafter I don't even use it unless I need to craft something that's sad I mean it has everything in the base game done but yet i can't find the same enjoyment that I had on it from day one today by no means and I think that 85% of those changes has happened because players Just Wanna Cry all the time about this being too strong are there class feeling to weak and ESO development team just sucks it right on up change the game for everybody else what was the last count for their player base and how many people actually talk in these threads 2%.
Lets see
Base game 100%
IC 100%
Orc 84% cant seem to not fly into air to my death in msa and see no need to do if not done 100% so i stopped going into it
TG 92% always get seen by the millions of hiding adds with night vision and lights
DB 100%
SotH 100%
MW 100%
HotR 15%
CwC 100%
Drag bone 30%
SS 100%
WH 15%
Murk 100%
WS 25%
Els 30% CANT SEEM TO LOAD IN 85% OF TIME SO ITS AN NO GO AREA
You see the decline in Dungeon running due to performance issues within the dungeons their self and the trials within new areas I have all craghorn vet hard mode trials 100%pre tam 1 because they WAS FUN

LukosCreyden

...you're not forced to do any particular content in any order. You can reach endgame on your own terms.

You are not forced to play through all the old content to try out the new stuff.

You can be a DPS, tank or healer. However, if you like soloing, you can make a build that can do all the above and then tackle vet content solo.

The outfit system is awesome.

tsaescishoeshiner

ESO is great because:

1) Ezabi
2-10) Ezabi

JusticeSouldier

its not because, its despite of