ESO is too easy?

soulferin

Is it just me or in general eso as a game is so easy? The only content that needs some kind of focus are vet trials (some) and DLC dungeons hard mode/no death achievements. I really miss some kind of challenges and I’m afraid we are going to face new updates making this game even easier...

phileunderx2

Stap!!!!

Chilly-McFreeze

Normal content is too easy

Would be nice if ordinary quest content gets an optional difficulty mode. But we are beating a dead horse by now.

Jarndyce

It’s just as it should be

There are ways to make it more challenging the way it is. Think about it.

StormeReigns

It’s just as it should be

phileunderx2 wrote: »

Stap!!!!

soulferin

Normal content is too easy

Jarndyce wrote: »

There are ways to make it more challenging the way it is. Think about it.

I know I’m doing solo dungeons and stuff but it turns my mmo into some weird single player game...


Edit: now I realized what big mistake I made. The only solution ZOS knows is to nerf something and not create some kind of new type of content, so sorry guys probably case closed...

Neoealth

Normal content is too easy

ESO sort of swings to both extremes of the difficulty scale in my opinion. World mobs and quests are very easy, too easy really. And then dlc vet dungeons and hardmode trials are very challenging and probably in some cases have mechanics which are over the top.

There doesn't seem to be a balanced in between. Either you're falling asleep in combat or you're really having to focus and work together as a team to have a chance.

It would be nice if there was more of a medium difficulty where you still need to have skill but not have to follow brutal vague mechanics which are designed to wipe you if someone messes up once.

Ozium

want (some) challenge go naked just your weapons ;p

karekiz

It’s just as it should be

Judging by VSS and the latest Harrowstorm dungeons, I doubt the game is relatively per total game population deemed too easy.

Cirantille

It’s just as it should be

It is in right spot.

New players are to be welcomed not be put in a hellish nightmare.

I am playing with my sister and her friends during the free week and I can see their sustain, armour etc struggles, even though I am helping them actively

redgreensunset

It’s just as it should be

Yes overland/normal content/whatever you want to call it, is easy. And that is just as it should be. I don't play overland for a challenge, if I want that I'll dive into vet something or pvp.

Lixiviant

It’s just as it should be

It is perfect for me. PVE is challenging enough for my taste. If I want to go crazy, I just visit Cyrodiil.

Starlock

It’s just as it should be

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but Elder Scrolls Online is a game. Again, perhaps I am mistaken, but games are for entertainment. That is, they are something we do for fun.

Hard isn't fun.

If I wanted to do something hard, I would not be playing games.

kylewwefan

I struggle in pve zones

I’m leveling up some characters and they struggle.

These mad god dailies are brutal. I have to wait around and hope someone else shows up so I can beat this giant snake thing.

Try and hunt some dragons, you gotta wait til about 50 people show up to have some kind of chance beating them.

There’s this quest in craglorn, around some old broken dolmen this guy and his pet stone atro...he’s near impossible to solo.

Every freaking one of the world bosses in Vvardenfell near impossible to beat alone. Same with Summerset.

Icy_Waffles

It shouldn’t change. There’s various level of content for all players.

RottingAlien

It’s just as it should be

Tbh, not a good poll as it is inclined to agree that all content is easy. wich is not true.
At some levels you can struggle even on normal. even on higher levels you definitely sruggle on a lot of trials and dungeons. There is easy content and hard content

January1171

We've got "Is the skill gap too great?" and "Is the game too easy" polls as the most recent two posts. ZOS can't make this what every single person wants

r3turn2s3nd3r

Starlock wrote: »

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but Elder Scrolls Online is a game. Again, perhaps I am mistaken, but games are for entertainment. That is, they are something we do for fun.

Hard isn't fun.

If I wanted to do something hard, I would not be playing games.

To each their own, I find the hard content (DLC HMs trials and dungeons) extremely entertaining. It's the challenge to overcome that I find the enjoyment in. So, yes hard is fun.

preevious

It’s just as it should be

"As I stand atop my learning curve, with all my accumulated wisdom, I find the game too easy"

I mean, of course the base game is too easy when you know your stuff. However, it took a while to learn, and the base game is not too easy for new player, wich is .. what should be.

colossalvoids

It’s just as it should be

Starlock wrote: »

Hard isn't fun.

Just for some.

Noxavian

Normal content is too easy

soulferin wrote: »

Is it just me or in general eso as a game is so easy? The only content that needs some kind of focus are vet trials (some) and DLC dungeons hard mode/no death achievements. I really miss some kind of challenges and I’m afraid we are going to face new updates making this game even easier...

I miss the overland actually being somewhat threatening.

Noxavian

Normal content is too easy

preevious wrote: »

"As I stand atop my learning curve, with all my accumulated wisdom, I find the game too easy"

I mean, of course the base game is too easy when you know your stuff. However, it took a while to learn, and the base game is not too easy for new player, wich is .. what should be.

I invited 3 of my friends to play ESO during the f2p event. Within hours all of them agreed it was painstakingly easy, as they were able to kill practically anything without feeling threatened. Even big quest bosses were a yawn fest.

Like, maybe it'd be hard if you've never played a game before, but saying the game is hard for new players.... Lol. That's completely false.

MattVH

Normal content is too easy

I mostly feel like quest bosses just shouldn't topple over in a few seconds MAX. This happens if you are higher CP and have whatever item sets already. I guess it's fair to become really powerful at some point, but i'd like more enemies to still be a challenge INSIDE the quest content.

It's not like i have to use any rotation, thought out positioning, weaving or whatever to end them too fast like that.
Ideally we get to replay quests on some sort of veteran mode for achievements, but that's me thinking too much about Guild Wars 2 and i'm sure it would be a lot to ask for

preevious

It’s just as it should be

Noxavian wrote: »

preevious wrote: »

"As I stand atop my learning curve, with all my accumulated wisdom, I find the game too easy"

I mean, of course the base game is too easy when you know your stuff. However, it took a while to learn, and the base game is not too easy for new player, wich is .. what should be.

I invited 3 of my friends to play ESO during the f2p event. Within hours all of them agreed it was painstakingly easy, as they were able to kill practically anything without feeling threatened. Even big quest bosses were a yawn fest.

Like, maybe it'd be hard if you've never played a game before, but saying the game is hard for new players.... Lol. That's completely false.

Yes, I was actually pretty certain someone would whip up a story of some new players acing the game blindfolded while ramming their forehead on the keyboard, when I wrote this.

Conglaturation, a winner is you! You are ... *applauses* that guy ! *applauses*

Xarc

It’s just as it should be

Chilly-McFreeze wrote: »

Would be nice if ordinary quest content gets an optional difficulty mode. But we are beating a dead horse by now.

no, because you can do quest with other people (no in your group), so how could you manage the difficulty for random players ? it's not possible
it's fine how it is.

Story quests have normal difficulty, and if you want mode challenge you have trials, dlc dungeons, achievements and pvp

MattVH

Normal content is too easy

r3turn2s3nd3r wrote: »

Starlock wrote: »

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but Elder Scrolls Online is a game. Again, perhaps I am mistaken, but games are for entertainment. That is, they are something we do for fun.

Hard isn't fun.

If I wanted to do something hard, I would not be playing games.

To each their own, I find the hard content (DLC HMs trials and dungeons) extremely entertaining. It's the challenge to overcome that I find the enjoyment in. So, yes hard is fun.

Overcoming a tough challenge feels like entertainment to me as well. It's a core mechanic for a lot of games.

MattVH

Normal content is too easy

Icy_Waffles wrote: »

It shouldn’t change. There’s various level of content for all players.

Which is fair for an MMO indeed. It's just a shame that ESO is mostly about that quest content, and that's where it gets a bit too easy (in my opinion) for it to be immersive at all anymore and feel like a game/challenge.

Starlock

It’s just as it should be

r3turn2s3nd3r wrote: »

Starlock wrote: »

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but Elder Scrolls Online is a game. Again, perhaps I am mistaken, but games are for entertainment. That is, they are something we do for fun.

Hard isn't fun.

If I wanted to do something hard, I would not be playing games.

To each their own, I find the hard content (DLC HMs trials and dungeons) extremely entertaining. It's the challenge to overcome that I find the enjoyment in. So, yes hard is fun.

I suppose it depends on how we are looking at "hard." What I look at is whether or not something is frustrating, which in most respects is actually independent from someone labeling something "hard" or "easy." I don't take video games seriously enough to care about "hard" and "easy" or "challenge." They're games.

But I do care about whether or not a video game adds stress to my life in the form of frustration. I don't play games to add stress to my life. If it is frustrating, I don't do it. If ESO became frustrating to play, I would stop playing it, pure and simple.

Starlock

It’s just as it should be

Noxavian wrote: »

soulferin wrote: »

Is it just me or in general eso as a game is so easy? The only content that needs some kind of focus are vet trials (some) and DLC dungeons hard mode/no death achievements. I really miss some kind of challenges and I’m afraid we are going to face new updates making this game even easier...

I miss the overland actually being somewhat threatening.

I do to an extent too. That said, when I'm spinning up a new story on a new character, it still *is* somewhat threatening to them depending on the zone I'm in.

I don't anticipate we'll see any changes to this until they rework the CP system. The CP system is to no small extent responsible for the problems. When I don't allocate CP on a new character, the difference in the feel is pretty significant.

Suligost

Normal content is too easy

If people think the difficulty lvl is enough then... o boy, we have Sims 4 players here xD

I feel like the only way to die in normal content is to stand and dont move.

idk

It’s just as it should be

Like other major MMORPG titles of today's time, Zos has the tiered difficulty model where the open-world questing is the easiest, and the difficulty increases up to HM Veteran operations. This model has proven to be a successful design.