I've been asking myself the same question a lot lately............

I love to collect little virtual trinkets that have no intrinsic value. I am really hoping for a Crazy Sheo home grilling system from the crown store soon so i can grill my own social pets into healthy burgers.

3 way AvA warfare that I missed since DAoC

The combat system that feels responsive and active.

Because I have a serious problem with video game addiction apparently.

Because it's an Elder Scrolls game.

To have fun.

More horizontal gear options than most MMOs I've played lend itself to at least exploring the option.

The standard quests of this game are the quality of other MMO's better quests.

All roles on one character capable of *clearing* content. Options may not be quite where I'd like, but possible.

World aesthetics, especially public and group dungeons. Uncertain how many just stop and soak in those sights.

Motifs. Being able to have different styles for the same tier of gear. Instead of say... The best level X gear you get for a while is a subligar.

For one thing, it's beautiful. ZOS did a fantastic job with the world terrain. And the water. I love how you can swim around and see the rocks under the water, and see your shadow on the floor of the body of water. If they could only make it to where you could swim under water that would be awesome too. The quests are decent, some get tedious, and some get a bit repetitive, but on the whole a good job. Interesting story line, fairly fleshed out NPC main characters. I think they did a great job of making it a fun game for fans of fantasy type fiction. And it really is beautiful, even if the graphics aren't quite cutting edge, they still look fantastic.

It's fun.

Because there simply isn't a better game out there I've looked at them all and this one is the best and i' ve played every major game since pong. Not that this game is perfect and definitely has lots of room for improvement. There isn't anything out there with the vision this one has.

I only really play the game now because of the friends that I have in it and the guild that I lead. I have already beaten everything the PvE side of the game has to offer many months ago and you can only really repeat it so much before it becomes dull. Hopefully Update 7 will not be too far away so I can get more into the game again.

I'm still around, but I really don't know why. Old habit, I guess. Addiction, perhaps. Or vain hope for some new content some time in the distant future. I have also spent months researching 8 traits for all items, and it feels like a waste not to craft stuff for others now that I am finally done.

Besides, logging in for an hour or two a few times per week doesn't cost me anything. If playing had still required a subscription, I would have quit by now. I have had a lot of fun with the game over the past year, but now I have run out of things to do. I find little staying power and replayability in this game. It was good for hundreds of hours, but then I was done. Been everywhere, done every quest several times, and no new content in sight.

(Positive-ish? This is the best I can do, sorry.)

Because I'm Sheggorath and its my home. Anyone want some skooma? *Coughs* I mean moon sugar spice?

Though seriously its because it has/presumably will have the entire of Tamriel in one game instead of having it spread out across a bunch of games. I can jump between Morrowind giant mushroom spotted volcanoes, and Skyrims frozen wastlands, thats something I cant do anywhere else... It has all the different cultures and landscapes in their own way instead of just a weak representation in a foreign land. And it has all the previous music which I loved. Also I can share my skooma love of the game with people in the game. I always wanted to invite people into my Skyrim game to annoy the heck out of them, now I can just run around annoying random strangers, I love it. Thats apart from the breathtaking graphics, the tactile and almost tangible feedback from sounds and movement, (love the shiver that still goes down my spine when the anchors drop) and of course the pretty, shiny light effects. When I have people watching over my shoulder they always say something about how beautiful it looks. Heck I had someone in awe and yelling, 'look at all the lichen on the rocks! Its all been drawn on individually!' (yes I hang out with some odd people, but thats not my point...) I'm also always amazed by the varied backgrounds players have. I see players from all sorts of backgrounds playing ESO 'just for fun', which is what a games for in my opinion. I mean in WoW you have just 'WoW players', in LoL you just have 'LoL players', I know they have much older and established communities, but I still havent seen as much cross over from other games in them...

1. I love TES
2. PvP- The pvp is extremely satisfying
3. Character Development is a challenge- for PvE not so much ( I haven't really done end game pve so not judging there) but for me the development of my PvP characters for stats n gear, build and style of play is very challenging and gratifying.
4. The community. Honestly I really like the community overall. That may change with F2P but we'll see. in general the experience has been very positive for me.

Im intrinsically motivated.

I came for the pve, found the PvP and havent left cyrodiil.

Ive stayed because of the friends ive made along the way.