Back in my day....
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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.
Certainly not - without One Tamriel I wouldn't have stayed - I wanted to see Tamriel without being forced to do all the quests and regions one by one. Now I can pick what I want to do and avoid everything I dislike or have no urge in trying out. It is by far better than before.
And it is just mind-numbing easy if you overpower yourself - otherwise it is enjoyable, given that it isn't challenging nor should it be. It is an RPG not an FPS:Edited by Lysette on April 27, 2020 12:16PM2 -
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Certainly not - without One Tamriel I wouldn't have stayed - I wanted to see Tamriel without being forced to do all the quests and regions one by one. Now I can pick what I want to do and avoid everything I dislike or have no urge in trying out. It is by far better than before.
It is *for you*. That is what I meant. Different strokes for different folks. I understand why you may like it, but I disagree with you.0 -
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✭Back in my day we didn’t have amazing streamers like Bislobo, Tianlein, or community ambassadors like Benevolent Bowd.
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IAmBones✭✭✭Back in My Day....
While surfing my local BBS, my wife would pickup the phone and kill my 300 baud modem. Look it up kids.. it will SHOCK you.5 -
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✭Back in my days, Nightblade's assassination skill line actually was used for assassination, and Bosmers were stealthy.2 -
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✭✭✭Back in my day, you could only use a (free) quest disguise, to cover your mismatched armour, as there were no costumes.
There were no Wardens, even though they had been promised for launch, so you had to play a Pet Sorc, with a bow, to try to get some kind of Hunterish experience.
Back in my day, zones were arranged by level and the game wouldn't work properly on a laptop, so you had to leave after a couple of months, even though you had already paid for 6 months of ESO+.
Back in my day, there was only the "exclusive" Mudcrab pet (unless you had also played the beta, when there was a monkey).
Then you came back three years later to find that same "exclusive" Nibenay Mudcrab was now in the Crown store, but you still couldn't get a tiger mount, of any kind, because that "exclusive" mount was somehow sacred (despite having been sold with used accounts, on eBay) and meant no other tiger mounts could ever be offered, without causing some kind of riot.
Back in my day, people didn't feel the need to lie about having been there at launch, when they weren't (and proving it by leaving incorrect info, perhaps in threads like this?), because it was launch and they were provably there!
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✭Back in my day, you could use the vampire shrine at Riften to parkour outside the game boundarySpoiler
God I miss that. It was cool seeing the placeholders for potential future content. Now they added collision and extra rock facings to keep us off the shrine and within bounds. Sadness.0 -
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✭Back in my day you could glitch out and dance or use emotes on your horse or by running around by using the goblin polymorph.0 -
Myyth✭✭✭✭✭Back in my day to become a low level vampire I had to kill 10 level 42 worm assassins as a level 3 NB with no level scaling, a bow and one skill. Slowly but surely kiting the assassins one at a time up and down a staircase over and over hitting them for a couple points of damage. then repeat 10 times. I used this video to learn how to do it -
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✭✭✭Ohhh, I remember doing this! It was like soloing 10 bosses and took me ages! Managed to do it though and felt really proud of myself! That character is still a vampire, now one of the oldest player vampires still in the game.RIP Atherton, my beautiful little gentle friend. I will miss you forever. Without you I am a hollow shell.0 -
MEBengalsFan2001✭✭✭✭✭Back in my day, before Everquest, MMO were MUD. Text based games. Those were fun. Than Everquest, Runescape, WoW, etc...
As for ESO back in my day I remember how easy overland bosses were when you out leveled them.1 -
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✭✭✭✭Back in my day to become a low level vampire I had to kill 10 level 42 worm assassins as a level 3 NB with no level scaling, a bow and one skill. Slowly but surely kiting the assassins one at a time up and down a staircase over and over hitting them for a couple points of damage. then repeat 10 times. I used this video to learn how to do it -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs9u1jKdsOcOhhh, I remember doing this! It was like soloing 10 bosses and took me ages! Managed to do it though and felt really proud of myself! That character is still a vampire, now one of the oldest player vampires still in the game.
I still have my vampire from those days, too. I think of her as my 'ancient' vampire. The rest of my vamps are her 'children'.
Somebody told me the quest was easy even at a low level so, man, was I surprised! I made it through and, like you, was proud of myself.PC/NA/EP ✌️0 -
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✭Dragon leaps into keeps!
Ground oil.
Troll repping keeps.
During the animation for porting to a way shrine, if anyone walked through that animation, it would stop and you would have to start again.
Edited by Lumsdenml on April 27, 2020 5:41PMIn game ID: @KnightOfTacoma
Main: Black Knight of Tacoma - EP Lvl 50/CP 2160 Nightblade NA PC - Grand Master Crafter, adventurer and part time ganker. Rank 35 - Palatine Grade 1
PVP Main:Knight of Tacoma - EP Lvl 50 Templar NA PC - Rank 29 - Brigadier Grade 1 - Ravenwatch veteran. Blood for the Pact!
Guild: The Disenfranchised - ZZ!SpoilerOther alts:
Blood Scion of Tacoma - EP Lvl 50 Nightblade NA PC
Duke of Tacoma - EP Lvl 50 Dragonknight NA PC
Yama Of Tacoma - EP Lvl 50 Necromancer NA PC
Count Of Tacoma - EP Lvl 50 Necromancer NA PC
Seigneur of Tacoma - EP Lvl 28 Arcanist NA PC
Grand Vizier of Tacoma - EP Lvl 19 Arcanist NA PC - Icereach
Baron of Tacoma- EP Lvl 50 Warden NA PC -
Ali'i nui of Tacoma- EP Lvl 17 Sorcerer NA PC -
Angus of Tacoma- EP Lvl 47 Sorcerer NA PC - Former EmperorSpoilerObituary:
RIP Priest of Tacoma - EP Lvl 22 Dragon Knight NA PC Kyne - Lost in the Garden of Shadows.
RIP.Viscount of Tacoma - EP Lvl 18 Dragon Knight NA PC Kyne - Lost in the war.
RIP. Squire of Tacoma - EP Lvl 50 Templar NA PC - Died of Knahaten Flu.
RIP Reaper of Tacoma - EP Lvl 50 Templar NA PC - Died of Consumption.
RIP Sovereign of Tacoma - EP Lvl 32 NightBlade NA PC Kyne - Lost at The Battle of Brindle, December 13, 2018.
RIP Dauphin of Tacoma - EP Lvl 50 Templar NA PC Kyne - Overdosed on Skooma.
RIP Wraith of Tacoma - EP Lvl 10 Dragon Knight NA PC - Eaten by a dragon.
RIP Red Knight of Tacoma - EP Lvl 50 Templar NA PC - Died at the Battle of Chalmen, March 18th, 2021.
RIP Maharajah of Tacoma - EP Lvl 50 Templar NA PC - Lost in a sandstorm.
RIP Vampire Of Tacoma - EP Lvl 50 Sorcerer NA PC - Fell asleep in the sun. RIP2 -
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✭The vampire quest was more difficult at low levels since a lot of your attacks missed because of the "dice roll" involved. But spamming the feed ability made it a bit easier. Strong heal and I believe stunned every time you used it at that point in time.0 -
Pink_E_808✭✭✭✭I also seem to remember a time when dk's dragon fire scale ability was able to rebound meteor once upon a time? Or am I remembering wrong?? 🤔0 -
Valor✭✭✭Back in my day siphoning strikes on nightblade was a toggle and I-- HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE BAELBORNE CHILD???!!!Edited by Valor on April 27, 2020 8:32PMMiniskirt Enthusiast
Jacob Black|DC|Nightblade|Emped on 9/8/17
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worrallj✭✭✭✭✭Backing my day they wanted to make questing dynamic, so you could roleplay quest choices that would effect the outcomes of events.0 -
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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.
i sooo remember her. died and died and died. finally beat her with like 1 life left. i had no idea what to do for quite some time. was still all confused about playing, period. new to mmos. did i say i died?
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Iarao✭✭✭✭MEBengalsFan2001 wrote: »Back in my day, before Everquest, MMO were MUD. Text based games. Those were fun. Than Everquest, Runescape, WoW, etc...
As for ESO back in my day I remember how easy overland bosses were when you out leveled them.
hunt the wumpus. had to make your own maps.0 -
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i sooo remember her. died and died and died. finally beat her with like 1 life left. i had no idea what to do for quite some time. was still all confused about playing, period. new to mmos. did i say i died?
she was especially hard in glenumbra as there was really no room to kite her.0 -
Iarao✭✭✭✭back in my day, skyshard hunting could be deadly if you needed to go to higher zones, as i did cuz i am a crafter and was starving for points. lots of slow sneaking.0
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she was especially hard in glenumbra as there was really no room to kite her.
I think it was Stonefalls. Most of my characters are DC and Doshia is fought in a decent sized room, but I think I remember EP players complaining about how much harder it was for them.0 -
ArcVelarian✭✭✭✭✭Back in my day Cyrodiil Campaigns consisted of over 600 players.
Murphy's Law of PvP : If it can be abused and or exploited, it will be abused and or exploited.1 -
Araxleon✭✭✭✭✭Back in my day, Cyrodill was smooth with lag spikes, nows its all just one big lag spike.1 -
Dirtybyrd✭✭✭✭Back in the day, I remember not being able to dye my gear and use to day dream of it so look at me now and than!
I sure needed some color in my gear styles!!
Than
Now
Even Better Now!
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