Pc vs console?

Lumenn

Yesterday I was given a gaming pc as a gift(as a father of 5 i never could see spending a few k on a game system for myself. Family(wife) decided I deserved one) while it's not top of the line it has no problems running eso on max settings (i think my fps dropped from 100 to 70 standing in front of Breda today.

My question is would it be worth giving up 5 years, 900cp, several maxed characters, motifs etc to restart? Is pc that much better? Add ons seem helpful but used to looking up locations.(honestly leaning towards yes here. Just feeling the pain of starting over 😂

If so, is it worth relearning keyboard and mouse? I played EQ for years so I'm sure it'll come back while I raise a character(i do have a gaming mouse with 12 buttons on the side to remap)

How many have left console for pc or vice versa?(i like the idea of Xbox live not messing me up. How bad is steam?

Glurin

I'll just leave this here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mjz6j_CUzA&list=PLSMETuURtTXCzW7Q_ZIy4QzEnyUG8totf&index=126

zvavi

Even if you leave console for pc, you can play with a controller. In my opinion the important part is the friends you made along the way. I also wouldn't say that you are ditching your Xbox account, it is not like you will never log in to it, you can keep playing both.

Also, I would recommend buying it not from steam, for few reasons.
1. Sometimes steam does problems with the game.
2. It seems like you don't mind supporting the game, and when you buy it from steam, steam gets a cut, buying it from their store would be better to support the game.
3. Ok I don't have a 3.

kargen27

Several people say stay away from Steam because they sometimes have issues that others do not have. Base game really isn't expensive. You can try it for a while and see if all the bells and whistles are worth the effort of starting over.

Lumenn

Glurin wrote: »

I'll just leave this here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mjz6j_CUzA&list=PLSMETuURtTXCzW7Q_ZIy4QzEnyUG8totf&index=126

That was amusing! As a father of 5 and having played EQ for YEARS high end raids I honestly just played ESO casual, no guild events, mostly solo(i love video games, but after EQ I had NO interest in another online game unless it was casual friendly. ) what friends I had moved on a bit ago(mostly due to performance issues 😂

Steam....already set that up unfortunately and bought the game.

Thanks for the replies people!

ShawnLaRock

I could never re-start on PC after soooo many years & achievements on XBOX... even with add-ons.

Those’ll just get you what you (we) already have.

Godslayer and similar milestones are much more satisfying when you ACTUALLY have to figure it out yourself - without APM-to-APM prompts, IMHO.

S.

Lumenn

ShawnLaRock wrote: »

I could never re-start on PC after soooo many years & achievements on XBOX... even with add-ons.

Those’ll just get you what you (we) already have.

Godslayer and similar milestones are much more satisfying when you ACTUALLY have to figure it out yourself - without APM-to-APM prompts, IMHO.

S.

To be fair, so far the performance and image are much better. Fps through the roof(image isn't MUCH better but it's noticeable, even over my 4k tv) but I think you're right about the add ons. I'm nowhere near trials at level 10, but not looking at a phone map every 3 minutes seems to be it until I'm established.

Sylvermynx

I think it depends on what you find most valuable in the game. If achievements are something you value, then leaving console for PC is not an option most likely. If QOL/ease of use/addons are something you are thinking about, well that's a definite consideration.

I've never had to move to a different game platform. PC is how I've played since 1985. *Disclaimer* I have never had any use for consoles.

ShawnLaRock

I think there was a short window between incremental patches (which we normally NEVER get on console) - like, 5 weeks ago, IIRC or so? - where console was outperforming PC in ESO performance for the first time, umm... ever, quite possibly. Plebs unite for our one glorious moment! Lol.

S.

Nightowl_74

I've never switched with ESO but my experience going back and forth from console and pc with FFXIV and FFXI does make me skeptical how much stock to put in the idea that pc is a lot better, at least for a casual player. Personally, I would do it only if I really, really wanted to use add-ons.

I avoid Steam if possible because I've had problems with it in the past. Unrelated to ESO.

Toast_STS

I originally transferred to xbox but I just started playing my PC account again. Compared to my original xbox one the performance is soo much better. It still lags in cyrodil but at least its not on my end anymore.

The worst part is having to start researching gear again on my crafter. That will take a couple months to do.

Lumenn

Toast_STS wrote: »

I originally transferred to xbox but I just started playing my PC account again. Compared to my original xbox one the performance is soo much better. It still lags in cyrodil but at least its not on my end anymore.

The worst part is having to start researching gear again on my crafter. That will take a couple months to do.

This. I've always been big into crafting in any game(couldn't believe eso was timelocked when I started) but like you said, we'll get there.