Been playing since beta and never thought I would still be here over 2 years later. I almost left when I ran out of solo content after about 6 months, but thankfully found a few awesome guilds to get me involved in end-game. I have been gaming since I got a NES in '85 and have spent more hours in this game than any other by a long shot. It is the most beautiful game I have ever played and the community is like no other. When working correctly, the PVP environment is the most fun I have ever had against other people, and trials back in the day were so much fun.

All that being said, I am starting to feel like my days in ESO are numbered. I have always been more of a PVE player, but definitely enjoy cyrodiil. Problem is that I just can't deal with the lag in PVP. Its that simple. I leave after the first major lag issue, and that doesnt take long these days. The balance issues are something that I dont think will every be 100% sorted out, and that's okay, but the lag is game breaking in my humble opinion.

As for PVE, you can only run the same content so many times. The RNG is the most frustrating thing I have ever dealt with in a video game. There are so many layers of RNG to deal with. I am to the point where I need to grind a handful of places for a few very specific pieces that might never come. All of this would be to likely get gear that is maybe 1-2% better than a crafted set I already have, so the motivation is not there. There is no incentive to run a vast majority of the content right now. I need 2 very specific pieces out of ICP, a very specific weapon from VMA, a very specific helm from COA, and a very specific set of shoulders from dailys.

Ultimately I am not sure that I like the big picture plan for this game, or at least what I am guessing it is based on the actions of the devs. In the last 2 DLCs, they have done nothing to make cyro better in any meaningful way. It is been almost a year since we got new four man content. The new trial is admittedly really nice, but in typical ZOS fashion, it has 2 difficulty modes: laughably easy and NIGHTMARE. The other trials are not scaled, so they fall into the laughably easy category, with very little incentive other than a random weekly reward.

90% of the new content is focused towards single player PVE. I get that this sells copies of the game to TES fanboys (I am one afterall), but it does nothing to keep the main player base around. I feel like they are simply trying to round out a second version of skyrim, only they plan to release a small piece of it every 3 months. The new solo content does nothing to progress your character other than some XP and a few skill points, save for VMA, which is its own infuriating gear grind that I wont go into. I believe there are a few steps that need to be taken ASAP or this game will begin to collapse.

1. Abandon any and all balancing issues, new content, pretty much everything, until you fix cyro lag. I am a PVE player mostly, and still believe this is the most important issue facing this game. Ultimately, I think the problem is that new content should be released on a schedule (quarterly or whatever), but balance and bugs should be dealt with on their own independent time frame. These patches keep bombing on launch because they are trying to do too many things at once.

2. Replace the RNG system with something better. So many options that I wont go into, but it would be great if they could spread the good loot (or tokens) around to a few more places. In other words, give us a reason to run a dungeon other than ICP or WGT.

3. Scale old trials and DSA, and make the loot worth something. This would breath life into so many PVE guilds that are barely hanging on.

4. Add more 4-man content with EVERY patch. This is the bread and butter of the PVE side of an MMO. There are so many regular dungeons that could be scaled, so half of the legwork is already done. If they did one a quarter, that is like 2 more years of content.

Asherons_Call wrote: »

Silly question. Who would continue to play if they were not having fun?

People who only get enjoyment out of complaining and wallowing in their own misery. Yes, they exist.