Hello,

First of all, i'd like to apologize if there are any grammatical mistakes, because English is not my first language.


i was really hesitant to start this thread, i wanted to post it since they announced IC but decided not to, but now i really have the urge to speak up after IC update.

About me, i bought this game in August 2014, and i've been playing non stop ever since. i have been ESO+ since that time and i think i only missed 1 month sub before it went B2P and continued as ESO+ until this moment i write this post (might not been ESO+ for couple of weeks i dont remember). Currently steam says i have spent 2314 hours into the game, So yeah i really like this game. I also have a youtube channel in my native language to introduce and explain the game mechanics for them, and the channel has been growing since i created it in early July of this year, even though it doesnt have a lot subs at the moment but it keeps growing .

before IC update, i had 3 v14s character, and 4 vet characters, their levels differ from character to another, i was planning to grind with to reach v14. after they announced that they will increase the level to v16, i was one of the people who were really angry about this news as they were announcing it and laughing about it on twitch! because they were promising us constantly they will remove it and then out of nowhere with their laughs said their going to increase it!

i was really considering leaving the game when they announced it, or just stop being ESO+ as i dont support them anymore and i've been really tired of defending them, but decided not to eventually, and waited to see what will happen next.

now IC, it is really great but grinding in this game increased!!!!

first let me explain the good stuff and mechanics currently in the game:

1- PLEDGES, which when you finish it u get rewarded with keys that might drop monster sets.
2- TRIALS, really good mechanics and fun to play and drop really good sets


now let me explain all the grinding needed right now in the game so that people who dont have IC yet can understand the situation:

1- XP GRIND- which is a lot of XP to last level. now with the new update, they have actually DECREASED the amount of xp gained from killing mobs except in dsa as it's the best place to grind at the moment, which they might even nerf it after reading this post. so yeah good luck getting to max level now.

2- CHAMPION SYSTEM- which you need to grind to get points to be good in pvp.

3- IC SHARDS- these were introduced in IC, which you need to grind mobs in IC. they will drop those shards and you need to collect 60 or 150, (depends on the type), to get a trophy which you might acquire a set from, and YES IT HAS RANDOM TRAITS TOO.



Now, i dont really mind pledges and trials and their mechanics for getting those sets, because you get them as reward for completing those. in fact i really like this mechanic!

but why the heck do we need to grind mobs to get sets???????????????????? why keep increasing the damn level so that we need to grind more????? why turning this game into a grind fest??? is it the only way of keeping players in the game??? trust me it's making us hate this damn game!!!!

Does this what creative team have come up with? grinding all the time as long as they keep playing? where the heck the fun in that? Do you really think that the game sucks so much that you must keep us busy grinding to play this game? havent you seen how many people still play this game? if it's bad we would have all stopped playing a long time ago! so why the heck are you ruining the game?


in the past, i really hated those people who use bots to grind xp, but now i really dont blame them. in fact i have been considering using one! i dont really care anymore of getting ban or getting my account suspended anymore if this is the direction their going for!

at this moment, let's say i wanted to do trials, or dungeons with the guild. i cant do that because i'm tired of grinding mobs!! and there are no other way of getting those new sets. YES, they have decreased the damage of our v14 sets so yea those sets are not as effective as before, and we are required to either buy those new sets for 500k gold (in guild stores) or by grinding mobs!! they actually ruined really good sets by increasing the vet levels and now i really dont know if i should use healer set on my healer, or footman on my tank, king slayer, vicious ophidian....etc!


i apologize if you disagree with me, it just my thoughts, because i dont really see myself playing this game in the future if they keep going in this direction.