It's only a game

SP39EMC2

The whole point of a video game is to be entertained and have fun. Don't let anyone ruin that for you

rpa

Point of big budget games like ESO is to make money.

Gedalya

It's more than a game; it is a way of life.

Nairinhe

Hard to have fun when game turns into steaming pile of buggy crap or has some severe design flaws that let other players making it unfun (looking at Voidmother that couldn't see a sliver of cooperation between players or at all the places swarmed by lead farmers)

colossalvoids

And everyone have their own definition of fun, surely.

Olupajmibanan

It's not even a game if you can't play it. Crashes, errors, falling under texture. Don't let anyone ruin the expression for you, that game from technical standpoint is in a very bad state.

eKsDee

It's also a product that people paid money, and in some cases a lot of money, to use, with various expectations about what the game is, how it works, how well it works, etc. People have a right to voice their displeasure when the product fails to meet expectations, especially when it used to meet those expectations and has since recently stopped meeting them.

Sephyr

Nairinhe wrote: »

Hard to have fun when game turns into steaming pile of buggy crap or has some severe design flaws that let other players making it unfun (looking at Voidmother that couldn't see a sliver of cooperation between players or at all the places swarmed by lead farmers)

And then when you're trying to have a second go at those leads and they're so utterly broken that they just don't appear or in some cases, disappear. While yes, we can reconstruct them, some of us are working on completing those codex entries/get the lore behind the ring and well... Progress is completely blocked. So not only are you competing with other players and sometimes getting toxic whispers when it's obvious you've found the lead or 'killed their mob' or 'stole their chest' when they weren't even close to it, we've also got those things happening to us as well. #TamrielTogether isn't working with this system.

preevious

Ok ..good advice, I guess ..but why, though?

Grandchamp1989

Calling it a game post patch is a bit of a stretch.

I would classify it as "a work in progress" Maybe "early access" or "Beta version"

Because that's what this 5 year old game feels like ever patch.

DTStormfox

Grandchamp1989 wrote: »

Calling it a game post patch is a bit of a stretch.

I would classify it as "a work in progress" Maybe "early access" or "Beta version"

Because that's what this 5 year old game feels like ever patch.

Neither one of those. This game is a "service". Patches are simply changes/improvements to the service.

And OP is correct. Games are for fun.

omnidoh

Nairinhe wrote: »

Hard to have fun when game turns into steaming pile of buggy crap or has some severe design flaws that let other players making it unfun (looking at Voidmother that couldn't see a sliver of cooperation between players or at all the places swarmed by lead farmers)

Just Taunt 3x, run away.
She'll reset, then you can kill as normal.
/solved

Nairinhe

omnidoh wrote: »

Nairinhe wrote: »

Hard to have fun when game turns into steaming pile of buggy crap or has some severe design flaws that let other players making it unfun (looking at Voidmother that couldn't see a sliver of cooperation between players or at all the places swarmed by lead farmers)

Just Taunt 3x, run away.
She'll reset, then you can kill as normal.
/solved

I've seen her getting nuked before she could go far enough. And you do realize that it's a workaround that we shouldn't need in the first place, right?

pink_panther

SP39EMC2 wrote: »

The whole point of a video game is to be entertained and have fun. Don't let anyone ruin that for you

You aren't by chance a casual player? Imagine you spent 1k hours in this game and they manage to break what you worked for to have fun with.

Wouldn't you be angry as well? Oh and Imagine this happens every 2-3rd maintenance plus every content release. Also Imagine you spent money on this game because you thought that you support the devs to make this game even greater.

At the point were you paid the full price for sth and you get it delivered broken or can't use it anymore the fun ends.

Starlock

I try, @SP39EMC2 . It's why I play the game the way I want to play and ignore anyone who says I'm "supposed to" play it some other way. The excessive monetization ZoS crams into this game kills quite a bit of my enjoyment of it compared to games that lack such things, unfortunately. It's really the only major criticism I have of this game.

pink_panther wrote: »

You aren't by chance a casual player? Imagine you spent 1k hours in this game and they manage to break what you worked for to have fun with.

I mean, you adapt. Doesn't have much to do with being "casual" unless you mean attitude. When patches break things you found fun, shrug and move on - that kind of casual. That's how I roll and I've played this game for an embarrassing number of hours, quite honestly. That's not to say some changes haven't really frustrated me, but it's not like I can do anything about it so... shrug, move on, it's just a game.

UppGRAYxDD

Broken patch, after broken patch, after broken release, after broken servers, after broken promises, after broken customer service...

It’s getting harder and harder to “adapt and overcome”...

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results...

pink_panther

Starlock wrote: »

I try, @SP39EMC2 . It's why I play the game the way I want to play and ignore anyone who says I'm "supposed to" play it some other way. The excessive monetization ZoS crams into this game kills quite a bit of my enjoyment of it compared to games that lack such things, unfortunately. It's really the only major criticism I have of this game.

pink_panther wrote: »

You aren't by chance a casual player? Imagine you spent 1k hours in this game and they manage to break what you worked for to have fun with.

I mean, you adapt. Doesn't have much to do with being "casual" unless you mean attitude. When patches break things you found fun, shrug and move on - that kind of casual. That's how I roll and I've played this game for an embarrassing number of hours, quite honestly. That's not to say some changes haven't really frustrated me, but it's not like I can do anything about it so... shrug, move on, it's just a game.

It does cause casuals play normal content and are not in vet trial Progression groups.

Combat is broken and Combat is the one Main reason I Play this game.

You don't need working abilities to Pick flowers or do rnds so you are lucky that it doesn't affect you. Its Not changes but gamebreaking bugs that *** off Most people.

It was my hobby and I loved it but I do move on. I am already playing a different Game.

Tandor

For the many who don't have the problems reported on this forum, it's a hugely satisfying entertainment.

For the fair number who have occasional problems especially after patch days, it's a frustratingly inconsistent entertainment.

For the few who constantly complain about every single aspect of the game being broken, rendering it more often than not unplayable, it's a wasted life to be playing the game or posting here.

Klad

So I shouldn't have changed my Birth name to my Characters name, and I should stop wearing the Nord Armor I made?

karthrag_inak

Is only a game that is currently broken in many places, yes? Not so much fun to play at the moment, when nearly all of this one's 18 personalities have something broken about them that will not get fixed for at least another week.

Suna_Ye_Sunnabe

And the point of the forums is to give feed back and hold discussions, not all of which is going to be something you like. If the game is experiencing severe issues, which it is, expect negative feedback. If that's what you meant by the game "being ruined for you", then I suggest not frequenting the forums right now.