Thank you ZOS for this awesome game!!!! ♥♥ Let`s give ZOS some Love!!!!

BomblePants · September 2016

Loving the positive thread!

Still loving the game after all this time! I can't get enough!

KimberlyannKitsuragi · September 2016

This game feels really homey to me. I feel like everyone is so nice. I'm proud to call my guild my circle of friends

Armitas · September 2016

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

MyNameIsElias wrote: »

Comon, you can't just tease us like that and not post the picture!

This is from winter last year...

I notice the shovel is Mario Batali orange. ...I double dog dare you to go Mario Batali this halloween for eso live.

Leogon · September 2016

Thank you ZOS!

lucky_Sage · September 2016

despite how much I love this game it sucks that all the balancing in the are becoming cheap easy Band-Aid fixes ( trying fix with armor fix cp plz) that should stop and them saying that our players only play a couple of weeks at a time so we are going to make small dlc like DB and TG or maybe there not adding content that makes them want to play longer even though I love them game those bad things are happening more and more and it sucks there are lots of good things but i have to be honest.
I say this will care cause I love this game and put lots of time effort and money in it don't want it to fall

I know balance is hard

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Elsonso · September 2016

ZOS_DaryaK wrote: »

lordrichter wrote: »

He's wearing a hat. He gets points for the shorts, what looks like a light coat, and blowing snow, but the hat seriously distracts from his winter cred. Seriously, what was he thinking going out dressed like that!

He's also wearing sneakers; and they aren't leather. I am certain snow melted into them.

I can give additional points for that, I guess.

Ahem, along with the lack of calf high white socks.

Necrelios · September 2016

I guess we know who wears the shorts in this family.

QuebraRegra · September 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Mashille wrote: »

To add to the list of things we love about ESO:

Rich Lambert's Shorts.

(Being honest here, I don't think I've ever seen that man in a pair of Trousers XD )

@ZOS_RichLambert wears shorts 24/7. Even in winter (we have a picture of him shoveling snow wearing shorts)

I thought I was the only one who shoveled snow in shorts!?!? Never wear trousers?!?!? HES LIVING THE DREAM!

Hmm, please add another +3 respect points to Mr. Lambert's account.

UltimaJoe777 · September 2016

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

MyNameIsElias wrote: »

Comon, you can't just tease us like that and not post the picture!

This is from winter last year...

Rich is a Nord confirmed.

jeremiah911 · September 2016

I love this game and coming from DCUO I can tell you the devs love this game too. I love the interaction between the devs and the community so keep up the good work ZOS!

babedenny · September 2016

It's best game I've ever played, and for some time now, the only game I play.

altemriel · September 2016

babedenny wrote: »

It's best game I've ever played, and for some time now, the only game I play.

for me the same

!!

FearlessOne_2014 · September 2016

yodased wrote: »

Even those that 'hate' the game still hang around the forums. EsO is lucky that there isnt anything better is quite often thrown around, but, lol that means its the best, lol.

I wish it were not vroken in many ways, vut for all its flaws there is something special about it.

ESO was something special before ZOS intentionally broke the balance, to capitalize on race change. Now ESO is nothing special just another broken grind fest. That PvP is completely unplayable due to all of the cheat engine and exploits and ZOS allowing perma banned players accounts back. Balance has never been so far from realized between stamina and magicka as it is now. Playing anything other then a Easy Godmode Stamina build, or a super tanked Maglpar. Is just gimping yourself if you are not using cheat engine or macros.

But... I have to give ZOS credit on the graphics tho. Purely epic graphic and eye candy for those with good machines. The combat system in ESO is the best I've personally ever seen in any MMO. The storyline is decent would be a million times better if the player character had full voice over in them. Also the most Epic trailers I've seen of all time. I don't think any movie or game's trailers can compete with ZOSes. ZOS must've spent many many many Millions of $$$ on the trailers alone. To get them looking so good and epic. Dungeons are pretty nice as well. But get boring real fast after completing them 5 or more times.

From a PvE perspective this game is very good I'll give it a 8 out of 10. Even tho I hate PvE in MMOs these days.

From a PvP perspective, atm. With cheat engine and macros fully unofficially allowed. Balance so bad that whole old play styles that was once entertaining. Just make you want to cry if your could. Because they are now beyond gimp. And now the devs are going to make sure they are completely gimped in One Tamriel. So if you only like playing those play styles that the devs have unofficially deleted from PvP. You might as well go else where. Unless you are a glutton for punishment.

So from my personal rating on this game's current PvP is a 2 out of 10, and that's being generous. Since I has and always will be a PvPer when it comes to MMOs. I personally can no longer financially support ZOS in any regards. At least till things change which looks more and more like never.

Great game for PvEers. Horrible game for PvPers. Amazing game for Role Players. Decent game for those who want to play part time marketeer.

exeeter702 · September 2016

Obvious fishing for awesome badges is obvious.

FearlessOne_2014 · September 2016

exeeter702 wrote: »

Obvious fishing for awesome badges is obvious.

Obvious fishing for agree badges is obvious.

JKith · September 2016

+1!!

I absolutely LOVE this game!!!

Thanks for keeping Nirn Root (and letting it make that sound)
Thanks for the Music!! I love the Oblivion melody and the Morrowind melody with a new twist... warms my heart!
Thanks for making the AD areas SO AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL!!!

altemriel · September 2016

exeeter702 wrote: »

Obvious fishing for awesome badges is obvious.

nope, I was totaly serious with the tread, no other intention than than the OP.

JKith · September 2016

I'm on my 4th time doing the AD main quest line and am loving every minute of it... couldn't get into EP or DC...but AD is soooo beautiful and just makes my heart sing!

kevlarto_ESO · September 2016

The things I like about this game still outweigh the things I don't, but the gap is closing.

Thanks for the good stuff and fun, and answering messages.

olsborg · September 2016

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Good thing he remembered his snowcap, otherwise that would be ridiculous.

altemriel · September 2016

Pinja wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Mashille wrote: »

To add to the list of things we love about ESO:

Rich Lambert's Shorts.

(Being honest here, I don't think I've ever seen that man in a pair of Trousers XD )

@ZOS_RichLambert wears shorts 24/7. Even in winter (we have a picture of him shoveling snow wearing shorts)

So regarding this hard data, does it discriminate between inactive & active characters?

ZOS_RichLambert wrote: »

I probably shouldn't respond to such a post, but gotta jump in. We do use data and compare that to player feedback and our own experiences on live. Players always assume that what they see is what everyone is doing... that is a very dangerous assumption. Let's take a more detailed look at question #7... (even though its trolly)

"What hard data did you use when buffing heavy armor? If your data is reliable and / or your ability to interpret this data is satisfactory, why are HA sets like Black Rose so popular among damage dealers?"

Note: I'm only using NA PC data for a quick example... I don't have the time to wait for the report to parse all 180+ GB of data for all platforms.

Current armor bias of ALL players on NA PC:

Current armor bias of ONLY PVP players on NA PC

.. and now just for fun, here's the bias of all PVP players on NA PC with 501+ CP.

So in general, heavy isn't as popular as everyone thinks in PVP, especially at the higher end CP. The changes to heavy armor have swung things much closer to what I would call overall parity than ever before. There is still room for improvement however, especially when we start digging into things like class armor bias breakdowns. (i.e. - DK generally prefer heavy over all other armor types...etc)

@Pinja could you please send me the source of this graphs (where is the original forum where ZOS posted that)?

altemriel · September 2016

Tyrion87 wrote: »

Now it's high time to put winter shorts to the Crown Store:

special feature of this motif - frost resistance +200

AzraelKrieg · September 2016

altemriel wrote: »

Tyrion87 wrote: »

Now it's high time to put winter shorts to the Crown Store:

special feature of this motif - frost resistance +200

If it's providing buffs, it should be a set instead

Savos_Saren · September 2016

See? And this is why I love ZoS. You guys try so hard to make the PVE (care bears) and PVP (cry babies) have a nice, balanced game. You put up with these forums and you put up with our rage posts (been there, done that)- but you maintain a good rapport with your fans.

Not only is this a mature, enjoyable game with in-depth, heart-felt storyline (check out "A Khajiit's Tale" from the Orsinium DLC)... but the graphics are beautiful and the characters have excellent voice acting. This is why I keep subscribing.

Lolssi · September 2016

Game is awesome!
Is it my favorite ES game? Yes.
Is it my favorite MMO? Yes.
Is it my favorite game? Not by a long shot.
As good RPG experience as ESO is, it still has so many MMO "issues" that it can't compete with good single-player RPGs.
But definately step in the right direction for MMOs.

wildbear247 · September 2016

ESO is currently my favorite game to play so I gotta give ZOS some love. Been playing for a little over a year now, and this is my first MMO.

Things that initially drew me to the game and made me stick around:
1) Excellent music.
2) Beautiful virtual world to explore. I'm constantly amazed by the artwork and detail in this game and give a one-sided fist bump to the artists behind it.
3) Dynamic combat system that involved blocking, dodging, weaving together attacks, animation cancelling, etc.
4) 4 interesting classes to play, which could be played in at least 3 different ways (healers, damage dealers, tanks), resulting in 12 play styles with a lot of room to explore in between.
5) Being able to PvP and PvE.
6) The thought of playing a game that included all the elements above, but which would also continue to grow and evolve into something even better.

Ways that ESO has evolved and become a better game since I started playing:
--- PvE ---
1) Questing. Starting with Wrothgar I think the solo questing has improved, especially compared to the quests found in the original game.
2) Better chance of getting your hands on some good loot (e.g. monster sets from the dungeons and Undaunted chests drop more often now).
3) Improved group finder and they've added rewards for using it, thereby motivating players to use it more often.
--- PvP ---
1) Lag has gotten much better in Cyrodiil. I stepped away from ESO in March of this year, partially because I was so annoyed with the Cyrodiil lag and the resulting "slide show battles" that would ensue when there were like more than 20 people fighting. Since returning to ESO in June the Cyrodiil lag has much improved for me. It's not completely eliminated, but 95% of the time I'm in awesome battles and get no lag (I run the game on Medium video settings in Cyrodiil, and High everywhere else).
2) Imperial City has been a nice addition and often allows for more small scale PvP compared to Cyrodiil. Don't have to deal with riding long distances to find some good PvP action either. The addition of the district control points provides even more focus points for conflict to occur and has been nice.
--- GENERAL ---
1) Craft Bags really helps free up inventory space. I wish they had a way for non-subscribers to get in on the joys of a larger inventory, but that's another topic.
2) Assistants. I really like the Bank assistant myself and use it all the time.
--- Update 12 ---
1) Dueling
2) Letting players explore all of Tamriel from the very start.
3) Removing alliance restrictions from all PvE content.
4) Cool new sets and more consistent methods of obtaining them.
5) Even better chances of getting the monster sets.

So two big thumbs-up to ZOS for creating a really fun and visually/audibly beautiful game like ESO.

If I could have just one area of improvement it would be an overhauled way in which ZOS gathers, assesses, responds to, and incorporates player feedback on the current and future state of the game.

altemriel · September 2016

wildbear247 wrote: »

ESO is currently my favorite game to play so I gotta give ZOS some love. Been playing for a little over a year now, and this is my first MMO.

Things that initially drew me to the game and made me stick around:
1) Excellent music.
2) Beautiful virtual world to explore. I'm constantly amazed by the artwork and detail in this game and give a one-sided fist bump to the artists behind it.
3) Dynamic combat system that involved blocking, dodging, weaving together attacks, animation cancelling, etc.
4) 4 interesting classes to play, which could be played in different ways (healers, damage dealers, tanks, etc.)
5) Being able to PvP and PvE.
6) The thought of playing a game that included all the elements above, but which would also continue to grow and evolve into something even better.

Ways that ESO has evolved and become a better game since I started playing:
--- PvE ---
1) Questing. Starting with Wrothgar I think the solo questing has improved, especially compared to the quests found in the original game.
2) Better chance of getting your hands on some good loot (e.g. monster sets from the dungeons and Undaunted chests drop more often now).
3) Improved group finder and they've added rewards for using it, thereby motivating players to use it more often.
--- PvP ---
1) Lag has gotten much better in Cyrodiil. I stepped away from ESO in March of this year, partially because I was so annoyed with the Cyrodiil lag and the resulting "slide show battles" that would ensue when there were like more than 20 people fighting. Since returning to ESO in June the Cyrodiil lag has much improved for me. It's not completely eliminated, but 95% of the time I'm in awesome battles and get no lag (I run the game on Medium video settings in Cyrodiil, and High everywhere else).
2) Imperial City has been a nice addition and often allows for more small scale PvP compared to Cyrodiil. Don't have to deal with riding long distances to find some good PvP action either. The addition of the district control points provides even more focus points for conflict to occur and has been nice.
--- GENERAL ---
1) Craft Bags really helps free up inventory space. I wish they had a way for non-subscribers to get in on the joys of a larger inventory, but that's another topic.
2) Assistants. I really like the Bank assistant myself and use it all the time.
--- Update 12 ---
1) Dueling
2) Letting players explore Tamriel from the very start.
3) Removing alliance restrictions for all PvE content.
4) Cool new sets and more consistent methods of obtaining them.
5) Even better chances of getting the monster sets.

So two big thumbs-up to ZOS for creating a really fun and visually/audibly beautiful game like ESO.

If I could have just one area of improvement it would be an overhauled way in which ZOS gathers, assesses, responds to, and incorporates player feedback on the current and future state of the game.

you are already thes second person in this tread that is writting that "weaving attacks" and "animation cancelling" are two different things (I thought that was just "animation cancelling") - could you please explain the exact difference to me please? I don`t know, so that is why I am asking.

Ihatenightblades · September 2016

Ya i honestly think life would suck a little bit more if eso didnt exist lol . Hopefully they keep the servers up for a long time or atleast until the next mmo bethesda puts out

Sigma957 · September 2016

If the severs ever shut down then they should convert eso into single player game so we who love it can continue playing

edit-- Thank you ZOS for a wonderful game no matter the flaws I have been enjoying the game non stop since release

the_man_of_steal · September 2016

Also want to show my support of ZOS and my love for this game! Play it everyday! A little over a year into this game and I have 5 V 16 chars! The lag in PVP can be overwhelming, but for the most part I do enjoy this game a LOT!