First of all could you tell what are you expectations and what you are looking for in the game and we'll tell you if the game will provide that.

Also do you expect everything be bug free or are you ok knowing there are bugs/exploits and developers slowly tries to tackle them?

Thanks for the replies guys.
@ AssaultLemming True that, playing with someone would be more fun, but i'd be going into this solo.

@ Syntse - I know it has bugs, and i'm fine with that. Unless it's gamebreaking and it's not taken care of at a decent speed, then I'd be a bit annoyed. But besides that, it's fine.

@ sagitter I was a beta tester for ESO. (had a bad computer then, so I can say I easily didn't get the best experience with it)

Did you enjoy beta? I assume you played beta to have access to the forums and not have the game.

If you enjoyed beta then most of the changes that have been made have been positive and they have been trying to balance the builds although this is still a work in progress.

Personally I'm enjoying the game. You can certainly sink a lot of time into it if you like the story and environments that would justify the game and sub costs. If you check out the road ahead articles and the ask us anything threads on Reddit (transcripts on dulfy are good) you can see where they are planning on going with the game long term to see if that is what you are looking for.

I did enjoy the beta, but as I said I had a pretty crappy computer at the time, so it was ran in low graphics with lag aswell. Had a few issues with a couple of things, but besides that, it was an enjoyable quest. I'll have to check out the Reddit sometime to see what they're looking to do long-term with the game.

I'm usually the type of person to love story/lore, but also love getting to max level asap. I did read there isn't much end-game content, is that correct?

isilverdustub17_ESO wrote: »

I did enjoy the beta, but as I said I had a pretty crappy computer at the time, so it was ran in low graphics with lag aswell. Had a few issues with a couple of things, but besides that, it was an enjoyable quest. I'll have to check out the Reddit sometime to see what they're looking to do long-term with the game.

I'm usually the type of person to love story/lore, but also love getting to max level asap. I did read there isn't much end-game content, is that correct?

End game at the moment is playing through the other factions after finishing your own faction. You also have Veteran Group Dungeons and a new zone (Craglorn) with group content and trials. You also have the PvP Cyrodiil zone which is huge, I don't think anyone has hit max level in PvP alliance war yet (I think highest ranks are in 30s with max rank being 50).

They plan on adding another solo zone and another Veteran group area. They are also adding an arena to do set small scale PvP.

Personally I think there is a lot of end game but I'm not on every day like some people so I can understand why people who have more time to play may think it is limited.

As others have said the game is more fun with friends but a lot of it can be played solo as well.

After the immediate post-launch phase, I've yet to see any game-breaking bugs. PvP still has issues, as you can see in recently posted Open Letter from the Noore in the Alliance War section, but as a PvE player I have not been affected, so I can't speak about it. Oh, and werewolves still suck. Fishing works though, after months of being utterly broken, so that's something.

Anyway, I've had a lot of fun in ESO and don't regret buying it. I can confirm Squicker's opinion about the community (I'm also EU), it really has been very friendly. The game has only improved since beta, so if you liked the general idea back then, you should enjoy it now too. But it's hard to say if it will be a good value for money for you, as we don't really know you or your gaming preferences.

Curragraigue wrote: »

isilverdustub17_ESO wrote: »

I did enjoy the beta, but as I said I had a pretty crappy computer at the time, so it was ran in low graphics with lag aswell. Had a few issues with a couple of things, but besides that, it was an enjoyable quest. I'll have to check out the Reddit sometime to see what they're looking to do long-term with the game.

I'm usually the type of person to love story/lore, but also love getting to max level asap. I did read there isn't much end-game content, is that correct?

They plan on adding another solo zone and another Veteran group area. They are also adding an arena to do set small scale PvP.

An arena as in Dragonstar Arena or another one? Because Dragonstar is PvE.

Which reminds me, all the endgame content (which I understand as done at high veteran ranks, not on the way from VR1 to VR12) is group-only. Everything in Craglorn is designed for groups and Cyrodiil, well, you can quest on your own (which I'm doing right now), but organized PvP is normally done in groups. So if you're a soloer, you may want to take your time getting to VR12 (soon-to-be VR14). But a new solo zone is in the works, so hang tight.

Absolutely! The game is fantastic! I could go raving on about it, but I don't even know where to start. Of course there are some things that aren't awesome, but the game kicks ass, they did a great job on the content, on the fighting and on many other things. It's just a really good game all in all. If you have specific questions, let me know. I'll be happy to answer them.

Love the game. Been playing since Beta and I've never been bored. I've made a lot of friends through guilds and contacts, and I find the player base to be friendly and courteous.
The trick, imho, is to broaden your playing experience so you're involved with questing, crafts, dungeon delving, exploring, and character building. The world is beautiful and the quests are well-written and involving. The major complaint that is most prominent concerns the lack of balance between magicka based characters and stamina based characters. I believe this correction is a work in progress for Zos, and hopefully will be remedied in the coming months.

Love the game! Well worth the money. Yes there are way too many sooks on here, I've noticed that most of the sooks are pvp players and I don't play PvP so I've had no issues with the game. People are starting to quit the game over the most insignificant stuff.

Difficult to say without knowing you. I think the game has some nice features. The visuals and the story are nice, the crafting system is interesting and leveling up to 50 is a great experience. Dungeons and raids are alright.

On the other hand, the quality of life of this game is somewhat lacking, bad commerce system, bad bank/inventory system and some other small things. Leveling veteran levels are boring as hell. And depending of your play style you might suffer from the armor imbalances.

I would recommend to wait 4 or 6 months, that if ZOS delivers what they are promising. If so, the game may be ready for launch by then.

Unless you are already a really big fan of the Elder Scrolls universe, I cannot recommend this game to anyone.

While the art style and graphics are great, the combination of bugs, class/stat imbalances, phasing issues making grouping difficult, and poor server performance in pvp make them game pretty poor overall.

The leveling experience was the best part of this game to me, and due to the CONSTANT phasing, you can't even really enjoy it with others, or at least it will be a chore most of the time. And if you just want to play it solo and enjoy the story, well, it is a good story, but the single player Elder Scrolls games are so much better...

I am pretty harsh on this game because it had the potential to be so much more.

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Tricky question. I bought the 100 dollar version of the game and was pleased at first. The core of the game is amazing but there is just so much bad that it eventually out weighs the good. PvP runs about as well as a cold dog turd and in order to be the best at the role you choose you are forced into stupid builds. ie: As a tank you need light armor and a staff to be on top ... STUPID! There are no raids only trials and I couldn't even level up running dungeons .. you only got the reward once. I was forced to do hundreds of quests ... it was terrible.
I finally got to vet rank and could start doing vet dungeons ... was so so happy. Then I did the handful that were there and realized I was sooo bored. I would be happy doing PvP all the time waiting for more content but it is so broken I can't .. I just gave up and eventually unsubbed.

Here is the thing though ... I am not upset I bought the game. Maybe in a year this game will be amazing and I'll be all set to roll out in the new improved ESO. Based on there decisions so far I am guessing that it will fail though. So if you like to gamble def buy it! I am holding on to the tiniest hope that they pull their head out their butt and fix this game.

Guessing by this questing is a thing you dislike? Please do not take this a bad way but why did you buy this MMO if you dislike questing? I actually found questing in ESO refreshing, compared to other titles I have played. What has gotten to me so far is many of the quality of life issues you mentioned. Including as example the thing you said about tank builds. Another issue, for me is this darn virus infected website ZOS uses. I have to go full security to not be plagued by add pop ups and having my virus app yelling at me every second, which detriments the site, makes it so I cant use the options at the top of a comment creation. [the stuff under "Leave a comment"] and is generally a nuisance. Why does ZOS or whoever is running this site, not sort that out?

Well, I'm really satisfied with ESO, it's really the best MMO I've played. The quests, the story is must more better than in any other MMO, they just make actual sense, you see why you're doing that or that, not like some other games. It doesn't have better graphics than e.g. Skyrim for but compared to other MMOs it's much much much better, like this game is 10 years more advanced than others. The PVP is great, it requires tactics, quick, coordinated actions and it's very very thrilling, the whole idea is just awesome (with guildmates especially)... until it comes to 1v1... There simply are things missed by devs that can be used as legal cheats... So far you have two choices, learn those "cheats" yourself or wait till they're fixed. Crafting system is also very nicely made. The map is HUGE and the best is that you get to explore it all no matter which alliance you pick. I love PVE, its not the crappy power button mashing like in WoW, here combat is live, you have to dodge, chop, bash and roll your way to victory ! And I love the community, all the guilds are very nice and in 5+ months of gameplay, I've never [and hopefully never will] met an actually rude person (nor a 6 yo) and people always help each other in tough situations. And you get 150+ emotes . The only real problem that I see now is bugs (though I've never experienced a game breaking one ). But i guess we all here played Skyrim, so now please go open your Skyrim and check the version. It's 1.9.32.
that means it took NINE huge patched and much more small ones + a year to make Skyrim playable (playing since 1.0, believe me, it was terrible). I'm not saying that its ok to have these bugs but I mean that we shouldn't Idolize 1 game and condemn 2nd for same flaws.

Yes ESO costs quite alot, I agree with that BUT there's a good side:
1.no advertising, i don't think you'd like a game where there's a huge Intel poster in the middle of town (yes I've actually saw that), so, there're no adverts in ESO.
2.Constant big updates
3.It's not P2W, here you dont have any super cool "diamonds" that allows you buy op armor for more real money. every singe piece of armor, weap etc is acquirable.
4. No 6 yo kidos or random people who came here just to mess around and ruin it for other players, subscription prevents them from even coming here.

Now you shouldn't buy the game if you are either WoW fan or expect Skyrim 2 Online (since the game feels much more like Morrowind), in that case, it's not the game you're looking for.

And overall ESO is better if played with friends or a good guild.

Hope to see you in Tamriel soon !

And forgot to mention that it has great soundtrack !