Back in my day....

siddique

Back in my day we used to duel by a broken bridge in Cyrodiil.

I forget now but VR7 or 10 used to be the cap.

LeHarrt91

Back in my day, Veteran Maelstrom Weapons had an additional bonus.

SilencedPanda

Back in my day I actually had the beta monkey .-.

-lost my original email account. RIP

freespirit

Back in my day even quest bosses would likely cause several deaths, it was so much better imo!

GeorgeBlack

Back in my day stamina dks used fire.
Then DarkBro dlc came on and zos though it would be a good idea to slap poison unto everything. But before getting assassins (nightblades) to use dlc themed poison, they chose dragon-knights

GeorgeBlack

Back in my day the catsnecrodragon hype chapter didnt release and characters used to rez by getting up from the ground.
Now zos has made us all zombies with that horrible flying body weapons animation and the lame gasping sound

idk

wenchmore420b14_ESO wrote: »

Back in my day.....
Doshia was seemly impossible to kill and hitting VR15 was party time! Huzzah!!

Correction, that should be vr16. Vet ranks were originally v10. Less than 2 months after launch Zos had the brilliant idea of increasing the level cap to v12 forcing the few that had reached the game to grind/craft more gear. Before the year was out Zos continued with such ingenious plans and increased the level cap again to v14 because they made SO for that level. LOL. They held off a bit until IC to increase the level cap again because we basically explained how their designs for increasing the level cap lacked the sparkling ingenuity they thought it had.

I digress. But yes, reaching the level cap the first time is great.

idk

In the spirit of the thread.

Back in my day, NB Veil of Blades was a solid ultimate. We could generate enough ultimate with trash to put one down before the first one expired.

Back in my day, when dealing with multiple targets we could generate enough ult to have several Storm Atros down at one time. Granted, not an ideal AoE ult but it was fun.

While all that is fine and dandy, I am glad we got past the high crit/ult generating meta.

Pink_E_808

Back in my day, before recall stones, I had to book it up to the gate at Ni-Mohk from Faregyl to get my last Skyshard for the Tamriel Skyshard Hunter achievement. Luckily, my mount speed and stam was maxed and I had rapids, but I still didn't think I would make it before the gate closed.

Feizao

Back in my day, you could use the vampire shrine at Riften to parkour outside the game boundary

Spoiler

Sneaky-Snurr

Back in my day.. you would be hard-pressed to pump in one stat due to what's called overcharged softcap. Hence the need for a variation of hybrid builds. ;D

Katahdin

Back in my day

Mudcrabs were dangerous
Wasps in Craglorn were deadly and things to be avoided
Version 2 of dungeons was the "vet" version
Cadwell's silver and gold zones were faction locked and desolate
You couldnt cross faction dungeon runs
Nightblades were good for more than just crafting

Septimus_Magna

Back in my day the best DDs in trails were magblades with a resto staff.

wenchmore420b14_ESO

idk wrote: »

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wenchmore420b14_ESO wrote: »

Back in my day.....
Doshia was seemly impossible to kill and hitting VR15 was party time! Huzzah!!

Correction, that should be vr16. Vet ranks were originally v10. Less than 2 months after launch Zos had the brilliant idea of increasing the level cap to v12 forcing the few that had reached the game to grind/craft more gear. Before the year was out Zos continued with such ingenious plans and increased the level cap again to v14 because they made SO for that level. LOL. They held off a bit until IC to increase the level cap again because we basically explained how their designs for increasing the level cap lacked the sparkling ingenuity they thought it had.

I digress. But yes, reaching the level cap the first time is great.

Your right!My bad.
With IC release, I went to VR16 then it became CP160. SO long ago it seems!

Fingolfinn01

Back in my day they fed the hamsters.

Now its seems they have let them stave and die. Only to reanimate them to run the servers.

Answer to the server problem? Zombie hamsters.

RedFireDisco

I remember right back when the game was new, lining up outside Fungal grotto and making groups outside dungeons before spamming chat was even a thing. Way before group finder.

I remember mercenary contracts (I still have a couple) - You could use them in Cyrodill and have your own mini-army.

Doshia was a nightmare. All harvesters were my absolute worst fear. So hard to kill.

30 second shields so sorcs could pop ward, dampen, & resto shield pre-fight and be at full magicka and unbeatable one on one and once you'd wasted all your resources burning them down, they would pop shields back up and nuke you. Or streak away if you got them below 50% health, lol

NB's had high damage.

Dunmer Mag DK was the most dangerous opponent to a good player.

You couldn't duel

Molag Bal fight was seriously tough.

World bosses could be solo'd relatively easy compared to now, though.

daemonios

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preevious wrote: »

wenchmore420b14_ESO wrote: »

Back in my day.....
Doshia was seemly impossible to kill and hitting VR15 was party time! Huzzah!!

*** gods, Doshia .. *shivers* .. I forgot many things, but I still remember her .. the nightmares.. the nightmares

I feel like I’m the only person who enjoyed pre-nerfed Doshia lol

I'm with you, buddy. The thrill when you finally got that you could interrupt her and use AoE skills to kill the healing orbs (back when you didn't know what an AoE skill was).

Also, in my day you paid a monthly sub to play the game, so ZOS had to keep you interested in playing. Now they just need a few suckers who'll pony up for pixels and fluff, even if they just come and go to be replaced by new suckers.

Lolinda

I miss Inner Light, where the light was circling around you all the time, when slotted:)

Lotus781

Back in my day it was yesterday which is the one before today but not tomorrow.CCCCCCCCCCCCCChhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Pedrong

Back in myday you had to run COA2 more then 10 times to get one drop(only for one person randomly )of the mosnter set the valkyn skoria or any other delve that dropeed monster set but Valkyn was very very hard.....no transmutes so run delves to farm gear on divines or whatever you wanted.....and i still remember nerineths figth in COH2...and doing any delve on hm was a pain in the butt...

agegarton

Back in my day, I couldn't see my mate who had a character in a different faction because....... he was in a different faction.

One Tamriel was so exciting for us.

Before 1T you could also go back to the starter areas and feel invincible, one-shotting low level mobs. You usually did this to regain some semblance of pride after getting your butt handed to you in the main quest line, when you entered the Halls of Torment before you were at the right level.

zacvanm

Back in my day, Caldwell’s Gold zones had enemies that could actually kill me. I remember having to wait for a friend to progress the story just to help me with things like delves and dolmens. One Tamriel made the game a cake walk

zacvanm

zacvanm wrote: »

Back in my day, Caldwell’s Gold zones had enemies that could actually kill me. I remember having to wait for a friend to progress the story just to help me with things like delves and dolmens. One Tamriel made the game a cake walk

A cake walk, but with people around lol

redgreensunset

Back in my day we could actually log into the game.

Lysette

Back in my day regions were level gated and one could outlevel a region pretty easily before even having completed it - it was terrible and is nowadays by far better.

FakeZavos

Back in my day, you would run around in cyrodiil with a goblin disguise. AWWAWAWAWAR

daemonios

Lysette wrote: »

Back in my day regions were level gated and one could outlevel a region pretty easily before even having completed it - it was terrible and is nowadays by far better.

It had its merits, as nowadays all overland is mind-numbingly easy and boring. I would argue that for all its downsides, pre-1T was better.

evisneffo

Back in my day Finvir's Trinket looked like a skyshard, and I had a total blast using it while hidden behind a rock to lure people in and then chucking water on them.

Neophyte

oXI_Viper_IXo wrote: »

Back in my day, when you pressed a button, a skill would go off.

Those were the days...

This guy is the winner, quote of the day.

silky_soft

Back in my day Intel made all the top server hardware.

Upgrade your servers to Rome.