ESO: Action Packed MMO... or... The SIMS

Skoomah

Arjuna1696

The SIMS

...but I enjoy the housing stuff in ESO far more than I ever enjoyed anything in the Sims!

Skoomah

The SIMS

BG queues don’t work right
Cyrodiil don’t work right
Skills I paid extra for don’t work
Race passives I paid extra for don’t work

Crown store cosmetics work perfectly
Housing works perfectly
Outfit system works perfectly
RP at The Rift works perfectly

GrimTheReaper45

The SIMS

fashion scrolls is the true end game.

ShadowHvo

Action Packed MMO

The people who've voted Sims properly never played it.

sul sul.

TiaFrye

The SIMS

Question is... why I still can't marry Darien Gautier then.

amapola76

You really need options for "both" and "neither."

Sinolai

The SIMS

SIMS, but in a good way.

Araneae6537

Action Packed MMO

I tried The Sims and HATED it. I don’t think I went through more than a few day cycles. Sooo much tedium. And there’s really nothing interesting for me to do there. No offense to those who like it, but it is not at all for me.

I do very much like customizing my characters, how the look, and I got the Custom Idle Animation add-on to further express who they are. And I love housing in ESO, both to furnish homes that reflect my characters and to make things totally new, make my own story and scene if you will.

But all of that wouldn’t be nearly as fun without ESO also being an action-packed MMO! Who my characters are develops through their adventures. Plus, I really enjoy that aspect of the game — the fighting in ESO feels very dynamic to me and I especially like many of the dungeons.

I would like the game less than half as much as I do without both elements (and more)!

amir412

The SIMS

ShadowHvo wrote: »

The people who've voted Sims properly never played it.

sul sul.

Says the guy that promotes roleplaying in his signature.
Yikes.

TheImperfect

Action Packed MMO

Action packed mmo but heavy elements of the sims. Love it.

CaffeinatedMayhem

How about both, depending on how you play the game?

Turelus

Action Packed MMO

thatlaurachick wrote: »

How about both, depending on how you play the game?

Damn it, I voted then read this and agreed with you. Now my vote can't be undone.

Aurie

Action Packed MMO

mrsrobot wrote: »

Action packed mmo but heavy elements of the sims. Love it.

This.

It's only The Sims if you do nothing but housing etc. And this is speaking as someone who loves housing. As with everything you need to maintain a balance....certainly to enjoy all that ESO has to offer.

Kiralyn2000

<whynotboth.gif>

idk

For those who actually play the game it is an action pack MMORPG. For those who focus on housing and enjoy playing in $100+ virtual doll houses as their focus it is a sims. However, even for them they cannot grow their houses, cities, and such.

Dojohoda

The SIMS

It USED to be more action packed than it is currently.
(Speaking from a PvP perspective.)

Ye_Olde_Crowe

Both, which is grand.

Minyassa

The SIMS

Would much rather play with houses and outfits than try to keep up with a meta. There are few things more boring than grinding for gear and skills just so I can do a trial. Once I've done it, I have immediate regret over how much work it took to prepare to get it done. But my houses are always rewarding and I can go to them repeatedly and admire the views, tweak things for comfort or as new furnishings come available, and enjoy my friends' houses too. So to heck with the action-packed stuff.

TequilaFire

Where is the SimCity option? lol

srfrogg23

I don't think any of you have ever played The Sims.

Wolfpaw

The SIMS

Housing interior decorator sim to a pvp/combat focused rated M mmorpg 4years+ after release?...it's only going to go down from there.

ArchMikem

Skoomah wrote: »

BG queues don’t work right
Cyrodiil don’t work right
Skills I paid extra for don’t work
Race passives I paid extra for don’t work

Crown store cosmetics work perfectly
Housing works perfectly
Outfit system works perfectly
RP at The Rift works perfectly

Outfit system isnt perfect. You dont see all those clipping issues and floating bits?

Goregrinder

Action Packed MMO

srfrogg23 wrote: »

I don't think any of you have ever played The Sims.

I played it...no PVP. Uninstalled it.

max_only

amir412 wrote: »

ShadowHvo wrote: »

The people who've voted Sims properly never played it.

sul sul.

Says the guy that promotes roleplaying in his signature.
Yikes.

Says the guy who is playing an mmorpg and doesn’t know what the letters stand for.

Yikes

cyclonus11

Action Packed MMO

I misread the question. Oops

p_tsakirisb16_ESO

Skoomah wrote: »

Define MMO you imply for ESO. MMORPG or MMOFPS or MMOGrindfest?

As RPG is one of the just handful that actually were/are good ones (UO, Shadowbane, SWG, Darkfall, ESO) since 1997.
Is not grindfest like SWTOR/DAOC/WoW etc and is not MMOFPS like Planetside, WOT etc.

Araneae6537

Action Packed MMO

Skoomah wrote: »

BG queues don’t work right
Cyrodiil don’t work right
Skills I paid extra for don’t work
Race passives I paid extra for don’t work

Crown store cosmetics work perfectly
Housing works perfectly
Outfit system works perfectly
RP at The Rift works perfectly

Obviously you have know interest in outfits and housing; you have no idea how they work and probably couldn’t care less. I love multiple aspects of ESO, including questing, exploration, combat, customizing my character and housing. Do any of them work perfectly? That cannot be a reasonable expectation, especially since there will be differing opinions on what “working perfectly” would be, perhaps especially in combat where someone’s favorite ability is what someone else wants nerfed and some people may find aspects too difficult while others say it’s too easy.

Now housing, you may be surprised to learn, does have some consensus on aspects that are very much not adequate, much less perfect, and have hardly even been acknowledged, if that. If housing were working perfectly, many of you with no interest in furnishing would be using housing at least to sort and store gear sets. That’s just one example. Feel free to stop by the Housing thread if you want to know more about what is not working so perfectly. I say this as someone who loves ESO and ESO housing and hope to see all aspects improve.

Araneae6537

Action Packed MMO

p_tsakirisb16_ESO wrote: »

Skoomah wrote: »

Define MMO you imply for ESO. MMORPG or MMOFPS or MMOGrindfest?

As RPG is one of the just handful that actually were/are good ones (UO, Shadowbane, SWG, Darkfall, ESO) since 1997.
Is not grindfest like SWTOR/DAOC/WoW etc and is not MMOFPS like Planetside, WOT etc.

Yeah, that’s one of the reasons I ultimately left SWTOR. AMAZING individual character stories and there was other fun content as well, but endgame was too much RNG grindfest.

And it occurs to me that I’ve yet to play an MMORPG where people are happy with the PvP. 🤔 What all that reflects I couldn’t say.

zyk

The SIMS

The Sims is actually a lot more challenging. At least the original is. I can recall dying to a cooking fire.

FierceSam

It’s not either or

I love both.

All these pathetic attempts to suggest that players who are interested in making their characters look good or having a cool environment for them to be based in are somehow less ‘into’ ESO than those who like dungeons, trials and/or PvP. Just so much baby-child whining from players who should know better.

Play the game you love the way you want and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise