In a nutshell: It just feels like home.

After trying countless MMOs since the first time I left WoW many years ago, ESO is finally the one I've been searching for.

For me its because its Elderscrolls. I always wanted a multiplayer option for the game series. This seems more overkill for that desire though.

I am sad to report that since launch this game in the ES series has been under developed and severely lacking for the cost of its subscription. Not to mention the huge communication blackout we have had this month alone.

But with all its bad parts, it has been very interesting and fun in other parts that I enjoyed. Eitherway this game has a huge amount of effort to put in to make this game worth recommending to my friends over others.

Three Way Alliance War and no cartoon'ish looking characters.

1. It's Elder Scrolls. I've played every game in the series and this was no exception. I love the lore and the setting, it's deep and enjoyable.
2. It's immersive. The armor, the races, their dialogue. The way I can pick up items, the way I can loot containers, it's all really enjoyable and adds up to a great time.
3. The world feels fleshed out and authentic. Compared to Guild Wars 2, this game's writing is far superior. I don't feel like I'm playing fan fiction. The game doesn't feel dumbed down and the world is a pleasure to explore.
4. It has quests. After GW2, this is a mandatory feature.
5. It's focused on the journey as well as endgame. I feel no pressure to level up, if anything I feel like I should slow down and enjoy the scenery. And what gorgeous scenery it is!
6. It was on sale. Thanks Gabe!
7. Great customer support. I had a few issues with Mac drivers and support has been, well, supportive.
8. It doesn't try to be WoW. I play WoW and this, and I don't feel like they're competing for my desires.

1. I'm an Elder Scrolls fan for ages (literally thousands of hours of gameplay Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim, and thousands of hours of Morrowind modding)
2. I don't play other MMOs; why switching to something else when I'm happy with what I already have

It's fun.

The idiot game director destroyed Age of Conan or I'd still be playing that.
I refused to give Secret World a try because of what Funcon (not a typo there) did to Age of Conan. They get no more money from me.

SWTOR is fun but so scattered and I didn't find the depth of RP I was looking for there.

EVE is cool but I'm just not into essentially being a spaceship AND I'll never give CCP another dime after what they did to World of Darkness.

Wasn't crazy about LOTR's art style and the genre isn't "dark" enough for me.

WoW is cute and cartoony and was my gateway drug to MMO's. I could never go back though. It's a kid's game.

I play THIS game because I really liked Skyrim AND it has vampires. Incredibly POORLY DONE vampires...but vampires nonetheless. When a game comes out that finally does vampires better, and if this game has made no serious move to radically improve vampires, I'm gone.

I play THIS game because they've given me a beautiful world to explore with an art style I'm in love with.

I play THIS game because I am part of THE most awesome guild on the server and my guildies are wonderful people.

NOTHING about the way this game is run nor its mechanics especially impresses me. It is pretty much things that have nothing to do with ZOS that keeps me here at present. ZOS has made it pretty clear that they absolutely do NOT support my playstyle or the things that are important to me as a player. So I have zero loyalty to this game outside the great people in my guild. When something better finally comes along, I'll convince as many of them as I can to leave with me. So, basically, ZOS has that long (however long it may be) to get their act together for me. Yeah, I know they don't care.

newtinmpls wrote: »

mud crabs are way too small (and they don't look like that - ack - they should look like piles of mud - hence the name MUD crabs)

Wait, is that why they're called mud crabs? I thought it was because they typically lived in mud...

Side note: the very first time I played Skyrim everything was going fine until I got to Riverwood and noticed something moving beside the river. Went over to see what it was (spoiler: it was a mud crab) and got slaughtered by the mud crab before I knew what was happening... Boy was that embarrassing. Sure, I was brand new to the game, but I had killed fearsome bears and bandits on the way over there, and then a lowly mud crab ended me

Teso has some impressive Things to offer.

1. It is not F2P, this is very important. I support good Games with my Money and i like P2P. F2P is the Beginning of the End of a MMORPG. I hope they never change this Game to F2P.

2. Sounds & Voices: Teso has some of the best Sounds, that i have ever hear in a MMORPG. Weather, Combat or Animals, It is very Detailed and sounds realistic.

The NPCs speaks loud and clearly about everything that is important for the Quests and more. I mean, you stand at a Market and can hear NPCs telling Stories about Tamriel, long Stories. Or you can talk to NPCs that have nothing to do with the Questline, and they told you Stories about their Life. It is fantastic.

3. Graphics & Animations: The Animations are really cool, look at the Fingers of your Character, the Mimic and all the little Details in Effects. The Shadow & Lightning-System is one of the best i have ever seen, in a MMORPG.

The Graphic is detailed and has it own Style, and it runs smooth. The new Face Animation-System is fantastic, i like to see the NPCs talking.

4. Combat System: It is fast, feels smooth and you need it to survive the harder Situations. Blocking & Dodging makes fun, the CC Break works fine and the Synergie Idea looks good.

A Fight in Teso isnt boring, you always need Movement and Reactions.

5. Tamriel: The World looks beautiful, you see NPCs talking or running around. You see Dogs chasing Cats, Pets moving around the Area. Insects, Lizards and so on and on. It is very detailed, i like it.

6. PvP: I love DaoC, the PvP was fantastic there. Teso isnt DaoC but it has a fantastic PvP too. The Castle Sieges are really cool and if you fight in smaller Groups, the Battles are very funny.

PvP runs smooth, except the gigantic Zergs. The only Thing that nerves are the Crashes, but i think they will handle this in the Future.

The PvP has a very good Base in Teso and if they work on it, it will be very good.

7. Crafting System: I love Crafting in Teso. Here you can reach the Masterlevel in Crafting without Raids. All and Everyone can learn Crafting.

It helps from the Start, because the Equip is really better then the normal Loot. The crafted Loot is mostly better then the Raid Loot, you dont need to do Trials, to be good equiped. A very good Base for the Future.

8. Devs & Community: The Devs hear what the Community says. They hear what we want and try to build this Ingame. Sure, they CANT do all what we want, but i have never seen such a good Dev-Team, like in Teso. Eso & Live is really cool, i think we all could say *Thank you, Zenimax & Teams*.

9. The Future: Teso isnt perfect but it has a damn good Base. The Future Ideas from Zenimax are very cool. Like the Champion or Justice-System or Spellcrafting.

They work hard on their Updates, normaly they push them out like a Clockwork (Every 6 Weeks) or near that, if the Update is bigger (1.6).I am hot for the Ideas and Updates that the Devs in the Future offers.

10. The Elder Scrolls Online: It is an Elder Scrolls Online Game .

The untrustworthy narrator!
how the quest objective will say one thing, and as you go off to do just that... things interfere or pop up that change the quest, I really love the storytelling!

It has a bit of a sick sense of humor!
weird things and funny things and sarcastic things and ironic things

Six skill buttons, including Ultimate!
coming from SWG, LOTRO, & STO; this blew my mind & its so much more fun

& Beautiful World!
it is so pretty to look at & yeah...
I take too many screenshots, just sayin

newtinmpls wrote: »

What is F2P?

Free to Play. Typically that means that there will be a cash shop, and you can't be competitive without spending money on gear and other things in the cash shop. People also often call it Pay to Win.

TESO produced more enjoyment for me than the other MMOs I've played the past 5 years or so alone (exception of SWG).

Cause its an Elderscrolls game. Play WoW for like 6+ years and realized they didn't give a rats ass about loyalty from their customers only focusing on attracting new players with gifts and such.

SWTOR was actually fun and exciting and love the roleplaying aspect of the dialogue choices and varying game play elements. Going F2P while rewarding loyal subscribers was also a bonus for me.

ESO on the other hand started out with a terrible buggy launch, can't tell you the number of broken quests I encountered and had to wait till patch releases to finish or outright ignore and forget about them. LFG tool is absolute garbage and it lacks the RP replay value of dialogue choices SWTOR while still maintaining the greedy nature of "Give me more money!" of WoW. They also focus much of their attention on pimping out their other merchandise. It took almost half a year to finally fix the glitch with enchanting.

Their communication and respect for their customers is also awful as proven with this whole 6 month sub removal and F2P rumor nonsense and a lot of friends and family have left the game to go back to well established MMO's like WoW or other F2P ones.

But the main reason I am still here is because its an Elderscrolls game. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone except die hard elderscroll fan players with money to burn.