Do you care about lore?

bertenburnyb16_ESO · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

more lore, MOAR

KhajitFurTrader · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

Don't get me started on lusty Argonian maids.

elias.stormneb18_ESO · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

I love the lore! It's what makes the Elder Scrolls series so great.

Enkil · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

I think the Elder Scrolls series had the best lore of any game series out there.

Morvul · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

while I'm probably more of an MMO gamer then a TES fan - I always loved the TES lore and I'm sure one can create a great MMO experience while staying true to that lore.

So far, ZoS mostly succeeded, IMHO

Dekkameron · July 2014

The poll is dubious. There should be another option.

"Yes, i love lore but dislike the discrepancies in Elder Scrolls lore and ESO lore."

Kafolarbear · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

Enkil wrote: »

Kafolarbear wrote: »

Edit: I cant tell you how much I hate doing quests for our slavers in the Ebonheart pact.

Not all Dumer are slavers... Mostly House Dres which a lot of Dunmer detest as well and House Telvanni which is not part of the Pact...

Well I do have to agree with you there, but before the pact formed (correct me if I am wrong) most houses kept slaves. But you can also find slaves on plantations, farms and inns that have nothing to do with the house of dress/telavanni.

Anastasia · July 2014

smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »

Anastasia wrote: »

Dcaliber wrote: »

So after reading the comments from the lastest poll, Which race would you like to see?
(http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/121283/which-race-would-you-like-to-see-on-teso-and-why/p1), I saw that a lot of people care about the lore. This may not be a new thing to TES players, but in all MMOs the lore fans are very low. Not many even care about lore. I'm very glad to see a lot of ESO players do care about lore. It does make ZoS's job harder with new content though.
P.S Dragon Break!

**"but in all MMOs the lore fans are very low. Not many even care about lore."
Huge trite assumption I disagree with. Lore and storyline have always been fairly important and of interest to myself and the PvE folks I've guilded with. Please don't try to further crimp open the supposed divide between players who have mainly a background of pc MMO's and those who have primarily played single player games.

I have plenty of friends who played the ES games and while they may read some of the lore, they were most interested in their armor, stats, the huge map/exploring and/or combat.

Really, MMO'rs can read too and may even, *gasp, enjoy and actually be able to immerse themselves in the lore AT THE SAME TIME THEY ENJOY BEING COMPETITIVE!!

having played MMOs before TES, I agree that most MMO'rs don't care about lore.

You might, but most don't.

WoW is even doing away with the pesky fluff for their newer quests.

Well, I pretty much draw the line at WoW, aside from vanilla which was good.

I speak of indepth MMO's including oldschool and recent releases. Many PvE folks enjoy lore and actively seek it out/follow questlines purposely even when not necessary. I'd believe its important to note that players who are serious PvE raiders and even some PvP'rs also have time to explore/enjoy other parts of an MMO and/or its mini-games - when there are any. I might concur with you that a larger percentage of MMO PvP'rs are not motivated to involve themselves in lore, but PvE'rs actively do.

Enkil · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

Kafolarbear wrote: »

Enkil wrote: »

Kafolarbear wrote: »

Edit: I cant tell you how much I hate doing quests for our slavers in the Ebonheart pact.

Not all Dumer are slavers... Mostly House Dres which a lot of Dunmer detest as well and House Telvanni which is not part of the Pact...

Well I do have to agree with you there, but before the pact formed (correct me if I am wrong) most houses kept slaves. But you can also find slaves on plantations, farms and inns that have nothing to do with the house of dress/telavanni.

Before and after the pact, many of the plantation owners had slaves. But there have been Dunmer that fought against slavery... often times the younger female Dunmer family members of some of the worst offenders...

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Last_Scabbard_of_Akrash
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Twin_Lamps

KitLightning · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

DaedricCheese wrote: »

WE DON'T HAVE PANDAS!

KungFu Panda pet FTW.

ebondeath · July 2014

Yes, Not a lore stickler though.

I love the lore, but I will admit to tuning out a bit when it comes to the more "historical" bits. For example, I love the DC storyline, but I have no idea who the Direnni or the Alessians are.

BBSooner · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

Enkil wrote: »

Kafolarbear wrote: »

Enkil wrote: »

Kafolarbear wrote: »

Edit: I cant tell you how much I hate doing quests for our slavers in the Ebonheart pact.

Not all Dumer are slavers... Mostly House Dres which a lot of Dunmer detest as well and House Telvanni which is not part of the Pact...

Well I do have to agree with you there, but before the pact formed (correct me if I am wrong) most houses kept slaves. But you can also find slaves on plantations, farms and inns that have nothing to do with the house of dress/telavanni.

Before and after the pact, many of the plantation owners had slaves. But there have been Dunmer that fought against slavery... often times the younger female Dunmer family members of some of the worst offenders...

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Last_Scabbard_of_Akrash
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Twin_Lamps

Hey, its not my Dunmer's fault that argonians make perfect Kwama miners, and he makes a perfect overseer. Do what you're good at!

Hoamaii · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

Were it not for the lore, I'm not sure I would have stuck around that long. Without the lore, quests would appear too repetitive in my opinion, and the zone leveling would way too obviously show what it is: linear.

Kafolarbear · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

Enkil wrote: »

Kafolarbear wrote: »

Enkil wrote: »

Kafolarbear wrote: »

Edit: I cant tell you how much I hate doing quests for our slavers in the Ebonheart pact.

Not all Dumer are slavers... Mostly House Dres which a lot of Dunmer detest as well and House Telvanni which is not part of the Pact...

Well I do have to agree with you there, but before the pact formed (correct me if I am wrong) most houses kept slaves. But you can also find slaves on plantations, farms and inns that have nothing to do with the house of dress/telavanni.

Before and after the pact, many of the plantation owners had slaves. But there have been Dunmer that fought against slavery... often times the younger female Dunmer family members of some of the worst offenders...

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Last_Scabbard_of_Akrash
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Twin_Lamps

Yes, but the fact still is that many Dunmer do keep slaves despite some what you can call activists.

BBSooner wrote: »

Enkil wrote: »

Kafolarbear wrote: »

Enkil wrote: »

Kafolarbear wrote: »

Edit: I cant tell you how much I hate doing quests for our slavers in the Ebonheart pact.

Not all Dumer are slavers... Mostly House Dres which a lot of Dunmer detest as well and House Telvanni which is not part of the Pact...

Well I do have to agree with you there, but before the pact formed (correct me if I am wrong) most houses kept slaves. But you can also find slaves on plantations, farms and inns that have nothing to do with the house of dress/telavanni.

Before and after the pact, many of the plantation owners had slaves. But there have been Dunmer that fought against slavery... often times the younger female Dunmer family members of some of the worst offenders...

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Last_Scabbard_of_Akrash
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Twin_Lamps

Hey, its not my Dunmer's fault that argonians make perfect Kwama miners, and he makes a perfect overseer. Do what you're good at!

Ignorance of most Dunmer in a nutshell.

BBSooner · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

ebondeath wrote: »

I love the lore, but I will admit to tuning out a bit when it comes to the more "historical" bits. For example, I love the DC storyline, but I have no idea who the Direnni or the Alessians are.

Without St. Alessia most humans in central Tamriel would probably still be slaves & ritually sacraficed to daedra by the ayleids. The Ayleid civil war would likely have been lost by the Aedric followers had her rebellion not gained momentum during that time.

Xeres14 · July 2014

Yes, Not a lore stickler though.

Yeah, I like the basic lore (which I'm still learning). I don't need to know everything about it but I do like knowing a bit.

Iluvrien · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

I adore the lore, and although I tried to read every book and listen to every source since, and during, Morrowind I still consider myself a "serious student" rather than particularly knowledgeable.

It is funny, but I didn't even really notice that the progression within areas was particularly linear, as @Hoamaii‌ describes it, as I was too drawn into following the storylines.

Lore is the basis upon which the stories are built, and much as I would have little interest in a tale that ran "The man looked at the building, it was a house" (as opposed to something with more descriptive/historical detail), I would have little interest in ESO if it did not reflect the lore.

Nestor · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

TES is Lore. That is what sets it apart from other games is the rich back story.

I kind of wish the Lore Books were not always near a creature spawn, while I have read the most of the titles already in the earlier games, I would like to spend more time reading them in this game. Fortunately the Mages Guild provides a mechanism to read them later at leisure.

There is of course The Imperial Library

http://www.imperial-library.info/

WhitePawPrints · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

Elder Scrolls has unique lore, and that is one of the things that have made it so interesting. Why is it more valuable than the gameplay?

Well, Bethesda's titles had revolutionary gameplay that was a great interest for me to play and it really sparked my interest in the lore.

Zenimax's title has very basic MMORPG structure, where their best gameplay is very light on lore, being the Cyrodil PVP.

Playing with friends I can do in any MMORPG, but the lore is why I was in the Elder Scrolls MMORPG.

The gameplay (level-design and combat) was too flawed for me to stay though, because they were not focused enough on lore, and more on grinding. They removed the challenge features of the Veteran Zones as well, which made me lose all sense of progression and accomplishment with the Bow Templar character I had.

Lore is my favorite aspect of a game, but it needs to be complimented by the gameplay.

Eatitapple · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

KhajitFurTrader wrote: »

Don't get me started on lusty Argonian maids.

You mean how the books were writen in the 3rd era by a guy in vivic

Azzuria · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

Lore is, quite literally, the foundation of Tamriel. The why's and how's and when's and who's of history make up the basis for today's struggles. Without lore there's no reason for anyone to do anything aside from 'it's in the script'. Lore makes the world living, it gives the the people purpose and the villians reason to act and a compelling evil is always interesting. TES has always had fantastic lore and that history is one of the main reasons I loved the games and was so excited about ESO.

So, in short... yes. Yes, I do love me some lore.

BBSooner · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

Eatitapple wrote: »

KhajitFurTrader wrote: »

Don't get me started on lusty Argonian maids.

You mean how the books were writen in the 3rd era by a guy in vivic

Thought it was described by a book in eso that "uncle crassius" simply rewrote the story (or something to that effect). Simple ret-con no doubt to just have the novelty that the book can appear in eso.

KleanZlate · July 2014

Yes, Not a lore stickler though.

No I'm not a lore stickler, yet.
Not learning lore is something I truly regret.
For, to roleplay there are things you simply most know.
So no roleplay for me since my learning goes slow.

(Anybody want a peanut?)

kitsinni · July 2014

Yes, Not a lore stickler though.

Lore is great and gives you the world to play in but at the end of the day the game has to be fun. I can read a book if all I care about is lore there has to be a good game with the lore.

pantaro30 · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

was really scared to click and see the results but as always my elder scrolls brothers and sisters made me proud!

Muletide · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

Once you step (too far) outside the ES lore... it ceases to be an ES game.

amm7sb14_ESO · July 2014

Yes, Not a lore stickler though.

yiasemi wrote: »

Yes it makes the backdrop real, and gives meaning to the motivations of each character we play. I expect cosmetic and game-play changes, they happen every time a new version comes out. The feel is more than elder scrolls enough for me. Take time to explore and chat to NPCs rather than rushing to the next waypoint, and it feels like an elder scrolls world. It can be Morrowind or WoW depending on how you play.

Meh, outside of the lore, this game doesn't have any of the things that made Morrowind great. Or Oblivion. Or Skyrim.

It doesn't really feel like Elder Scrolls to me, outside of the setting.

It's not without positives. But yea, none of the things that made me an Elder Scrolls fan in the first place are to be found in this game.

Eirikur · July 2014

Yes, it is one of my favorite things in ESO

Yes, without the lore I wouldn't be here. It's a primary reason for why I'm drawn to Elder Scrolls games.

DontBeAfraid · July 2014

No, I'm a fan of the gameplay, not the lore

not even a bit interested.
havent read any quest or anything.

i want good gameplay and bugfree games.

Fi'yra · July 2014

I don't care either way.

I feel it's important towards the game, and I'm glad it's there, but it's not something I really focus on.