So I just started the game 3 days ago, well only played 4 hours total.

So far my thoughts is that,
the starting area, I really hate that place, I just want to get into the game and it feels like it takes a very long time to get through. Also, the lore in that place I just don't get it, not that its just I didn't feel connected the NPC's. I felt like it was another go through it once and then never see any of those NPCs again type of deal, so I wanted to go through it quickly but it just felt like it was taking forever.

Then when I finally finished that starting area and got dumped into town, I have no clue in what to do. I've played elder scrolls game before, and first thing I did was trespass and oddly enough I wasn't seen (was sneaking) and when I finally picked lock I was seen and enter into house and 2 NPCs saw me. I just got 5 bounty and no guard rushed at me.

I read somewhere that newbies enter game and do something dumb and don't have enough gold, well pretty much almost happened to me.
I have to say, that the small text warning, it shows but when you played enough elder scrolls games you just tend to already know it and disregard it. I really didn't pay any attention to it at all too, if anything it was annoying.

Brings me to my next thing, the text in this game, I really dislike the text, its the style I dislike, the chat window, there's so much going on in chat that it scrolls faster than I can read, it should be a lot wider. Also back to the text, its just a blurry type feeling I get from the text, I just don't like that style, I tried making it bigger but all that does is make the chat window even more scrolling where you cant read anything because people offering something or there's some random conversation going on. So yes, again I hate the text, that's a reason why I didn't bother paying attention to the warning messages the game gives me.

But yes, basically I didn't know what to do, someone gave me some really nice gear, very nice, but still have no clue what to do in this game, I don't feel connected to any NPCs I have no idea what's going on with the game because the people in the city obviously don't have any connection to what the starting zone was about.

Another thing, theres no server selection, it makes me feel like this game hardly has any players due to there being only 3 different servers NA (I assume, 3 for each faction), and I think you cant visit the other factions??
I'm a PvP type of player and I like open world PvP, why is there no server like that? Why can I not fight the other factions via open world (or can I?) as in my city belmurda like if a rival faction is there and starts ***, why can I not see or even fight them? I did some watching of youtube videos and it seems like each faction gets there own instance of each zone like AD gets there own belmurda, while the other 2 gets there own instance of the other 2? As in you cannot see the AD players in belmurda when playing another faction??

I came from GW2, I'm not use to the default UI, where your locked in with turning via mouse, and not able to use the cursor. I'm use to right clicking or moving cursor around and turning that way, this UI I dislike. Other MMO's play it like the way I mentioned too. I'm not use to forced cursor in middle of screen and you don't have any control over it.

Another thing, peoples names, I'm having difficultly figuring out whose a NPC and whose a real player. There's no identification.

One thing I liked about Oblivion was the arena, how come there is no arena in this game? The PvP scene feels like there is nothing. I haven't tried WvW yet, but I'm not really a big fan of WvW, when I played GW2 I was a fan of the tPvP. I feel like there is no tPvP or even open world PvP (wvw isn't open world pvp) in this game. They could make an arena and create tPvP system.

Next point, I remember this game being all about, it doesn't matter what class you pick everyone is the same, or something like that. Well I don't get that feeling due to having to pick 3 different classes at start, and I got all this random stuff to look at, I picked dragonknight or whatever, and if that's a dps, how do I know or not? What happens if I make him healer? I had no idea he was dps or not, game doesn't even tell me. When you play Everquest, that game gives you a synopsis of what the class does, like a cleric this class is made to heal. Obviously I know dragonknight or whatever its called is suppose to dps, but if I didn't watch any youtube videos prior, how would I know? I don't even know what skills are good to get.

To be honest I wish there was no pick one of the 3 and just enter the game and everyone is equal. I'd rather have real classes to chose from when given 3 different options. And 3 doesn't feel like a lot, because of that I feel like I'm going to be just like every other dragonknight now. And because theres just 3 choices I get feeling theres not much diversity.

I really don't get any Elder Scrolls feeling from this game, obviously I started locked up like all the other ones, but it lead to a story, and I didn't get dumped in some random zone not knowing what to do. I feel like the first zone was bunch of garbage and I have no idea what to do now.
I wish this game had a morrowind type of starting of the game. Nice slow pace that builds up. Its my belief that Morrowind is the game that made Elder Scrolls big.
I wish this game had OPEN city like morrowind where the city can get attacked and not just a typical mmorpg game city where nothing bad ever happens to it.

Another thing I seemed to notice was the armor designs, feels like its the same armor from the previous elder scrolls games, I don't really see any unique designs that stand out when looking at a blob of people. Now coming from GW2, one thing I really really liked was how many armor combinations there were.

One thing I disliked about Everquest was the limited armor combinations there were and how they only focused on making new weapons. Better armor designs is more important than more weapons. The thing about GW2 is that they made armor designs people would actually want, and liked. They didn't focus on for example, Elder Scrolls Online, time period way back in the days. Can only make ragged ugly armor due to keeping the lore in line with the armor designs.

Granted that I think GW2 was back in ancient time period too, due to no cars or any new technology type of feeling, they didn't just focus on making ugly ragged ancient time armor, they made armor that was appealing. And it wasn't too cartoony either like you see in WoW.

Like the female armor was appealing, it made them feel feminine, like nice looking boots, dress, outfits are feminine, and the Male armor made them feel masculine, like jester armor, to tribal, to spiked, to heavy plated, etc. This game Elder Scrolls Online, I look at everyone and it looks ragged like a poor man armor.

Back to the point about difference in classes, I get feeling like I have to super watch what skills I raise because I have no idea if there is a skill cap, I don't like playing a game where I gotta be super cautious about raising skills, cautious due to not wanting to be some newb who raised all the wrong skills.

And just thinking about PvP, I have no idea if its balanced, but I know GW2 its like super balanced and they keep balancing it, its overly balanced, which is why PvP is a lot of fun in that game. But just thinking about skills and armor and gear, I have no idea what to expect for PvP, I get feeling like its not balanced, not due to gear, but I don't know. Havent done PvP yet.

Lastly, I joined because I heard its going F2P, wanted to get game before it actually goes F2P just in case those people that played prior get something nice, I'll get it too. But I hear this talk about DLC, and crown store. Well in GW2 the crown store sounds like the gem store in GW2. But how everyone is talking about if they release like a new zone or something, you gotta buy it via DLC via crown store. Now that's just stupid, you will lose your customer base that way. The way GW2 does it, is that you get all the new zones free, Dry TOp??? FREEE zone. Silverwastes?? Free zone. The only way they made there income was gem store and lemme tell ya, there is way too much to buy in GW2 gem store by just playing the game itself, if anything if TESO is smart, they'd do the same method GW2 is doing.

Lemme tell ya something, Everquest is pretty much F2P or B2P, that game isn't doing good because it limits players. GW2 is doing good in B2P because it has no limits, it just brings out nice stuff in the Gem Store/ crownstore, and people pay real $$$ to trade to gems/crowns to get that nice looking outfit or finisher. That's how TESO needs to do it. Everything should be free after I bought the game, content wise as in if they make Morrowind zones, it should be free OR should be an expansion. I don't like the Xbox way of a game is released and bunch of DLC with it and you gotta pay more $$$ to get those extra DLC. I'm referring to it as new zones, new arenas, etc. I have NO problem paying for new outfits and rides, and money boosts exp boosts, exchanging crowns for gold, but when it comes to having to pay for crucial in game stuff like access to a new zone, access to skill set, access to bunch of quests, access to a raid, access to new pvp zones and whatever, I aint paying for that crap, going to find me a new game.

I left GW2 because burnt out, but I went back to it before, that game is set up where people go back whenever, its a very nice customer retention, as in get burnt out quit for a bit and come back. I really like elder scrolls, so that's why I'm typing all this stuff, trying to give this game some help, because from playing GW2, that game the zones every sticken one, felt like it was super active or at least players playing in it. This game, I'm having hard time figuring out whose an NPC from the players, and even in the city, it doesn't feel that cluttered as it does in GW2.

I'm kind of shocked how everyone is talking about WoW, EVE, tera, but they don't even mention GW2. To me, playing GW2 and leaving it, it felt like its doing really really good. Theres tons of 500 man active guilds. I read some thread about bunch of inactive guilds in this game and just seeing how many people where standing around, GW2 feels like it has double, triple, quadruple or more the population and kind of funny how nobody even mentions them in the forums. I get feeling like this game was made how Everquest was made in some kind of way. Everquest is pretty old game, this game needs to get with the current times, and current trends.