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ESO Classic: Would you play?
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svendf✭✭✭✭Not sureNot sure. I could have a try at it if they, put all classic Mmo aspects into it.
Level cap dungeons
Locked roles ( level synce with dungeons and trials). No cap in overland.
PvP and duels moved to own space seperated from PvE.
Make it story progression through out, the whole world ( a main story line progression), with dungeons, worldbosses and trials in normal mode.
Make questlines (story) for all roles - and to that maybe add storylines for classes.
Mentors to help new player´s with requirements to keep mentorship and requirements to become one.
There are more, but enough for now. I don´t believe they will ever make a game like that. That said, I believe it would be a very large improvement over the Eso you play today. I have left this Eso as my main for another Mmo.
The Eso many of you play today is in my book a griefers paradise - just look at normal dungeons and some vet dungeons.Edited by svendf on December 20, 2023 12:46PM1 -
Lugaldu✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Not sureThere is actually something that makes me want to go back in time, although not to the first year of ESO because I only started with Summerset in 2018.
I really don't like this current development of the visuals, especially in the last two years, that everything is getting brighter, flashier and louder. Of course it's a question of my personal taste that I prefer a rather decent and more "realistic" fantasy world, but sometimes I'm afraid of where the development will go.2 -
Warhawke_80✭✭✭✭✭
✭NoI can't imagine the game without Pacrooti not to mention my daily TOT games...““Elric knew. The sword told him, without words of any sort. Stormbringer needed to fight, for that was its reason for existence...”― Michael Moorcock, Elric of Melniboné1 -
DMuehlhausen✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭NoVeteran Ranks were stupid.
I really didn't like having to play through each faction to "finish" the game. I actually got through my faction and quit playing cause if I wanted to play Aldmeri I would haven't made and Aldmeri character.1 -
ArchMikem✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Not suredisintegr8 wrote: »Pre One Tamriel for me and pre AWA.
Would you be okay with seeing 2/3rd less players in your everyday gameplay then? Before One Tamriel all the Alliances were segregated by instance.CP2,100 Master Explorer - AvA Two Star Warlord - Console Peasant - Khajiiti Aficionado - The Clan
Quest Objective: OMG Go Talk To That Kitty!3 -
Finedaible✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭NoESO was as much flawed back then as it is now, just with different flavors of mediocrity. It's always one step forward, three steps back and I don't feel they are going to change that design philosophy anytime soon.
The one and only thing I would like to see from back then is their stance on monetization, and a total abolishment of gambling crates in favor of increased gameplay rewards. Remember Pirharri? The very first assistant and was obtainable as a questline reward? Why did that not set the precedent for earnable Banker, Merchant, Armory, and Deconstruction assistants? They could have monetized reskins of assistants if they wanted too but nope, you only get them in the cash shop and have to pay full price again if you want them to look different. The moment in time they decided to include the clown crates is when they went full goblin mode in my opinion.0 -
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✭YesOMG yes yes yes. MDK stick and dress, impulse and infinite bat swarm spam. Yaaaaaaasssssss0 -
Mesite✭✭✭✭NoMaybe back to when necromancers were more powerful. I quite enjoy the current version.0
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merpins✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭NoBeen here since Beta. OG ESO was terrible.
I know why you're looking for OG ESO. It's because ESO's PVP was god tier when the game came out... Or rather, after one tamriel iirc. The constant updates really killed PVP, making it a buggy mess that went from supporting hundreds if not thousands of players on screen at a time, to chugging with more than 20. Other than PVP? There is no reason to have an OG eso experience. It's the same content you can play now, but less of it. They haven't done any giant game changing graphical and gameplay updates like in Runescape or WoW. It's always been ESO.1 -
finehair✭✭✭✭YesI'd prefer before one tamriel. Overland was fun back then when sabrecats could actually maul you to death0
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ArchangelIsraphel✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No"Classic" servers are nothing more than a gimmick. It's what companies do when they want to cash in on nostalgia, by giving you a server with less benefits than the real server- including anything you own on your original account such as mounts, outfits, ext.
They're just a way for a company to re-sell you everything you already bought again.PC l NA
Legends never die
They're written down in eternity
But you'll never see the price it costs
The scars collected all their lives
When everything's lost, they pick up their hearts and avenge defeat
Before it all starts, they suffer through harm just to touch a dream
Oh, pick yourself up, 'cause
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Galeriano✭✭✭✭✭
✭Difference between ESO and WoW is that WoW had pretty succesfull launch when ESO did not.6 -
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✭✭NoI'm a diehard Elder Scrolls fan and ESO pre One Tamriel was absolute rubbish!(AD) Artim X/Xirtām/Måtrix |PC/NA| Casual staff wielding vampire sorcerer/templar/arcanistElectric-Stunhttps://media.giphy.com/media/Av0zcKH3i2BkaY1GXW/giphy.gif/https://c.tenor.com/jQHdFftrgwMAAAAC/tenor.gifElectric-Pets- Roleplay Damage Dealing Build.
- Gear: 5 Infallible Aether (All apparel light and Divines with Max Mag Enchants), 1 Slimecraw Guise for max spell critical (Divines, light, Max Mag Enchants), Maelstrom's Perfected Lightning Staff (infused/shock enchant), and Kinras's jewelry (bloodthirsty with spell damage enchant)/lightning staff (infused/flame/weapon damage enchant). 1 Mora's Whispers.
- Ability-Bar 1: Critical Surge, Boundless Storm, Mages' Wrath, Lightning Flood, Shocking Soul (Shock damage, Class Mastery Signature Script, and Empower), and Power Overload.
- Ability-Bar 2: Storm Pulsar, Streak, Shock Reach, Unstable Wall of Storms, Shocking Burst (Shock Damage, remove 1 negative effect, and interrupt) and Thunderous Rage.
Solo: Use Kinras's chest, replace Mora with Ring of the Pale Order, and use a heavy Slimcraw piece for max critical.
https://i.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNHVjemwxZHI2ZmQ2bTg1ZG0xOTZ3b2QwajBzNGxmaHh6OXRpN3p6YSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/eBgWizk5dmZRS/giphy.gifElectric-Heal- Stress free one bar pet build .
- Gear: 5 Infallible Aether (All apparel light and Divines with Max Mag Enchants. No chest piece), 1 medium Slimecraw for max spell critical (Divines, medium, Max Mag Enchants), Lightning Staff of the Sergeant (precise/shock enchant), Sergeant's chest (Divines and max magicka enchant), and Sergeant ring and necklace (bloodthirsty with spell damage enchant), Oakensoul ring (bloodthirsty with spell damage enchant)
- Ability-Bar: Daedric Prey, Summon Volatile Familiar, Bound Armaments, Unstable Wall of Storms, Summon Twilight Matriarch, and Greater storm Atronach.
https://media.giphy.com/media/5ibGIHneWS6ek/giphy.gifElectric-Ward- My Healer Build.
- Gear: 5 Spell Power Cure (All apparel light and Divines with Max Mag Enchants), 1 Slimecraw Guise for max spell critical (Divines, light, Max Mag Enchants), Maelstrom's Perfected Lightning Staff (Charged/shock enchant), and Infallible Aether jewelry (arcane with spell damage enchant)/restoration staff (Powered with absorb magicka enchant). 1 Mora's Whispers.
- Ability-Bar 1: Power Surge, Boundless Storm, Blessing of Restoration, Energy Orb, Twilight Matriarch, and Replenishing Barrier.
- Ability-Bar 2: Dark Deal, Overflowing Altar, Elemental Drain, Blockade of Storms, Twilight Matriarch, and Aggressive Horn.
https://media.giphy.com/media/Wa0TGmtDvwW3e/giphy.gifElectric-Vamp- My Meme Tank Build that uses high resistance and variety of wards.
- Gear: 5 Brands of Imperium (All body pieces except Head and Shoulders, with Divine trait, and with Prismatic Defense Enchants), full Iceheart (1 light and 1 medium. Divines and Prismatic Enchant), and Combat Physician jewelry (bloodthirsty with Prismatic Recovery Enchants), Combat Physician restoration staff (Infused with hardening enchant), and combat physician ice staff (Infused with crusher enchant).
- Ability-Bar 1: Critical Surge, Bound Aegis, Deep Thoughts, Boundless Storm, Healing Ward, and Replenishing Barrier.
- Ability-Bar 2: Silver Leash (Elemental Drain if healer isn't running it), Bound Aegis, Frost Clench, Blockade of Frost, Empowered Ward, and Temporal Guard.
https://media.giphy.com/media/ukDQiYZzRAxMZKcK86/giphy.gifDawnfang- Tanky stage 4 vampire utility focused PvP healer that can take down very inexperienced players but is primarily focused on working alongside others in an organized group, PUGs, or zergs.
- Gear: 5 Torug's Pact (medium chest and body pieces light. All Impenetrable with Prismatic Enchants). Gaze of Sithis and 1 light Mighty Chudan/Pirate Skeleton (light shoulders, and impenetrable with Prismtaic Enchants). Knight Slayer (Swift with spell damage enchant)/lightning staff (infused with oblivion enchant)/restoration staff (infused with oblivion enchant).
- Ability-Bar 1: Structured Entropy, Boundless Storm, Soul Splitting Trap, Radiating Regeneration, Healing Ward, and Life Giver.
- Ability-Bar 2: Drain Vigor (Elemental Susceptibility), Race Against Time, Rune Cage, Radiant Magelight, Regenerative Ward, and Shatter Soul.
https://media.tenor.com/ogWfvDdsqBIAAAAd/anime-black-clover.gifDuskfang- My casual one bar heavy attack Templar build that primarily utilizes Aedric Spear abilities.
- Gear: 5 Noble Duelist (Head or Shoulder and body pieces except Chest. All body pieces Divines with Max Mag Enchants), 1 light Slimecraw for max spell critical (Divines, light, Max Mag Enchant), Lightning Staff of the Sergeant (precise/shock enchant), Sergeant's chest (Divines and max magicka enchant), and Sergeant's Mail jewelry (One Ring and one Neck. Both bloodthirsty with spell damage enchant). 1 Oakensoul Ring (bloodthirsty with spell damage enchant).
- Ability-Bar 1: Puncturing Sweep, Aurora Javelin, Toppling Charge, Blazing Spear, Radiant Ward/Breath of life, and Crescent Sweep.
https://media.tenor.com/Jo8aG_ouy_oAAAAd/ac-odyssey.gifEye of the Queen- Tanky stage 4 vampire utility focused PvP healer that can take down very inexperienced players but is primarily focused on working alongside others in an organized group, PUGs, or zergs.
- Gear: 5 Torug's Pact (Heavy Chest with light Head, Waist, Hands, and Feet. All body pieces Impenetrable. Health enchant on chest/head/legs and everything else Prismatic Enchants), 1 Medium Mighty Chudan/Pirate Skeleton Shoulder (Impenetrable, Prismatic Enchant), Knight Slayer Restoration Staff (Infused/Decrease Health enchant), and Knight Slayer jewelry (One Ring and one Neck. Both Swift with spell damage enchant). 1 Oakensoul Ring (Swift with Spell Damage Enchant).
- Ability-Bar 1: Radiant Oppression, Race Against Time, Aurora Javelin, Breath of Life, Resolving Vigor, and Life Giver.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fd/44/1c/fd441c8242af6ec35ada94496feb0901.gifEye of the King- My casual one bar heavy attack Arcanist build that primarily utilizes Herald of the Tome abilities.
- Gear: 5 Noble Duelist (Head or Shoulder and body pieces except Chest. All body pieces Divines with Max Mag Enchants), 1 light Slimecraw for max spell critical (Divines, light, Max Mag Enchant), Lightning Staff of the Sergeant (precise/shock enchant), Sergeant's chest (Divines and max magicka enchant), and Sergeant's Mail jewelry (One Ring and one Neck. Both bloodthirsty with spell damage enchant). 1 Oakensoul Ring (bloodthirsty with spell damage enchant).
- Ability-Bar 1: Escalating Runeblades, Pragmatic Fatecarver, Cephaliarch's Flail, Rune of Displacement, Inspired Scholarship/Evolving Runemend, and The Languid Eye.
https://i.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExOTAzdjV1eTgwbDFmM3lrZmxuMXRqdDR3Y3h1ZDRpajR0M3VjZzQ3NSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/zXmbOaTpbY6mA/giphy.gifPvE Starter Gear- Tanky stage 4 vampire utility focused PvP healer that can take down very inexperienced players but is primarily focused on working alongside others in an organized group, PUGs, or zergs.
- Gear: 5 Torug's Pact (Heavy Chest with light Head, Waist, Hands, and Feet. All body pieces Impenetrable. Health enchant on chest/head/legs and everything else Prismatic Enchants), 1 Medium Mighty Chudan/Pirate Skeleton Shoulder (Impenetrable, Prismatic Enchant), Knight Slayer Restoration Staff (Infused/Decrease Health enchant), and Knight Slayer jewelry (One Ring and one Neck. Both Swift with spell damage enchant). 1 Oakensoul Ring (Swift with Spell Damage Enchant).
- Ability-Bar 1: Escalating Runeblades, Race Against Time, Rune of Uncanny Adoration, Evolving Runemend, Resolving Vigor, and Life Giver.
https://media.giphy.com/media/6CovzgyTig7M4/giphy.gifRace- Gear: 5 Law of Julianos (heavy chest, gloves/belt light, and the rest can be light or 1 medium piece if you're not wearing medium anywhere else on your body. All in training if grinding for XP or divines), Armor of the Seducer or Magnus' Gift head, shoulder, and staves (light with 1 medium piece if you are not already wearing 1 medium Julianos piece. All in training or divines. The staves should be training or infused), and 3 purple Willpower Jewelry with Arcane trait (can be bought from trading guilds for relatively cheap.
- Check tamrieltradecentre.com for the best deals if you're not using a price checking addon).
https://media.giphy.com/media/sdEkeWpiaGz0A/giphy.gifMundus Stones- High elf, since you will not have issues with sustain, but other mag based races are also fine so this is more of a personal choice.
https://media.giphy.com/media/cT3wMhLGQWdKU/giphy.gifCurrent Champion Points- PvP: The Steed for speed. Gotta go fast!
- PvE Healing/Damage: The Thief for decent crit rate.
- PvE Tanking: The Lady to get close to resistance cap.
https://media.giphy.com/media/l4FGDAx6u3hthMhgI/giphy.gifFavorite Foods and Potions- DPS: Shadowstrike/ Master Gatherer, Meticulous Disassembly/Plentiful Harvest, Steed's Blessing, Sustaining Shadows, Exploiter, Weapons Expert, Fighting Finesse, Master-at-Arms, Celerity, Rejuvenation, Fortified, Boundless Vitality.
- Healer Sorc: Shadowstrike/ Master Gatherer, Meticulous Disassembly/Plentiful Harvest, Steed's Blessing, Sustaining Shadows, Enlivening Overflow, Hope Infusion, Weapon's Expert, Arcane Supremacy, Celerity, Rejuvenation, Fortified, Boundless Vitality.
- Tanky Sorc: Shadowstrike/ Master Gatherer, Meticulous Disassembly/Plentiful Harvest, Steed's Blessing, Sustaining Shadows, Ironclad, Enduring Resolve, Reinforced, Duelist's Rebuff, Bastion, Ward Master, Rejuvenation, Fortified.
- PvP Sorc: Shadowstrike/ Master Gatherer, Meticulous Disassembly/Plentiful Harvest, Steed's Blessing, Sustaining Shadows, Enlivening Overflow, Weapon's Expert, Occult Overload, Arcane Supremacy, Bastion, Rejuvenation, Fortified, Boundless Vitality.
- PvP Temp/Arcanist: Shadowstrike/ Master Gatherer, Meticulous Disassembly/Plentiful Harvest, Steed's Blessing, Sustaining Shadows, Enlivening Overflow, Weapon's Expert, From the Brink, Arcane Supremacy, Celerity, Rejuvenation, Fortified, Boundless Vitality.
https://media.giphy.com/media/3otPoTggaYFNd1FdAI/giphy.gif- Parse Food for PvE:(DPS) Ghastly Eye Bowl (increases Max Magicka by 4592 and Magicka Recovery by 459 for 2 hours).
- Gold/Purple Food for Sorc PvP and Meme Tanking:(PvP) Clockwork Citrus Filet (increases Max Health by 3326, Health Recovery by 406 [useful if stage 1 vampire], Max Magicka by 3080, and Magicka Recovery by 338 for 2 hours). Witchmother's Potent Brew (Increase Max Magicka by 2856, Max Health by 3094, and Magicka Recovery by 315 for 2 hours.
- Trash Potions when feeling cheap: Regular CP150 Essence of Magicka pots that I obtain frequently from playing the game or Crown Tri-Restoration Potion obtained from dailies.
- Crafted Potions: Essence of Spell Critical (Bugloss, Lady's Smock, and Water Hyacinth). Without magelight this is my primary means of obtaining Major Prophecy on my Sorc, which increases my Spell Critical Rating. This also heals and restores magicka. Essence of Immovability (Columbine, Corn Flower, and Wormwood). I use this in PvP, since this gives me stealth detection, knockback immunity, and restores magicka (better to use it when competent allies are nearby, since it might reveal that you are surrounded by multiple players in stealth and you will not have an emergency pot available after use). Essence of Invisibility with only 2 ingredients (Blue Entoloma, Namira's Rot, Nirnroot, or Spider Egg). I use this in PvE content that requires stealth and if I need more speed I'll use Rapid Maneuver before using the potion. Essence of Invisibility with 3 ingredients (Blessed Thistle, Blue Entoloma, and Namira's Rot). Very useful in PvP alongside the vampire Dark Stalker passive, since you'll be invisible, ignore movement speed penalty while in Crouch, and you'll have a 30% movement speed boost from Major Expedition (I always have this slotted when riding from point A to B in PvP land, since gankers are always lurking). My templar/arcanist will mostly use Essence of Health (Tri-Stat Potion) Ingredients: (Mountain Flower, Columbine, and Bugloss).
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driosketch✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭NoHaving played this game continuously since Beta, I know two things: the launch state of the game was not well regarded and Cyrodiil has always had lag.
As for the latter, the community as a whole started getting vocal about it around 1.2, the lighting update. I've heard it explained that this is when a lot of stuff was moved from client-side to the server, something not likely to change for a classic server.
I seen a few videos about classic servers. It seems the nostalgia isn't just for old outdated content, which thanks the One Tamriel, we don't really have here. It's for the early community and that sense of wonder when the game was new. But you can't really "go back home again", Your past community is at best partially gone for good. (Hell, I know 2 guild mates who passed away in the last 10 years.) And if you yearned for past difficulty, you are a much better player now. Everyone completes the raids on the WoW classic servers that 2/3s couldn't do when it was new.
That said, I'm sure someone out there would love to player an older build of the game. I am not one of them.Main: Drio Azul ~ DC, Redguard, Healer/Magicka Templar ~ NA-PC
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✭✭✭✭✭Nodriosketch wrote: »Having played this game continuously since Beta, I know two things: the launch state of the game was not well regarded and Cyrodiil has always had lag.
As for the latter, the community as a whole started getting vocal about it around 1.2, the lighting update. I've heard it explained that this is when a lot of stuff was moved from client-side to the server, something not likely to change for a classic server.
I seen a few videos about classic servers. It seems the nostalgia isn't just for old outdated content, which thanks the One Tamriel, we don't really have here. It's for the early community and that sense of wonder when the game was new. But you can't really "go back home again", Your past community is at best partially gone for good. (Hell, I know 2 guild mates who passed away in the last 10 years.) And if you yearned for past difficulty, you are a much better player now. Everyone completes the raids on the WoW classic servers that 2/3s couldn't do when it was new.
That said, I'm sure someone out there would love to player an older build of the game. I am not one of them.
I cannot speak to exactly how the game was during the early years outside of some things I have heard which have been noted in this thread. However, I think you hit on a solid point and that is the nostalgia of the early game. With time we tend to forget issues and recall the wonder of those early days.
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✭✭✭✭✭Nodriosketch wrote: »Having played this game continuously since Beta, I know two things: the launch state of the game was not well regarded and Cyrodiil has always had lag.
As for the latter, the community as a whole started getting vocal about it around 1.2, the lighting update. I've heard it explained that this is when a lot of stuff was moved from client-side to the server, something not likely to change for a classic server.
I seen a few videos about classic servers. It seems the nostalgia isn't just for old outdated content, which thanks the One Tamriel, we don't really have here. It's for the early community and that sense of wonder when the game was new. But you can't really "go back home again", Your past community is at best partially gone for good. (Hell, I know 2 guild mates who passed away in the last 10 years.) And if you yearned for past difficulty, you are a much better player now. Everyone completes the raids on the WoW classic servers that 2/3s couldn't do when it was new.
That said, I'm sure someone out there would love to player an older build of the game. I am not one of them.
Gogent, and just very well stated. I have no nostalgia for WoW, so that couldn't tempt me back (though my daughter and her husband went back, and played a while, but done with it now).
And I'm fully involved in today's ESO - so yeah, nostalgia doesn't work here for me either - I started playing mid-2017....______________________________________________________
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