ESO is mmorpg but it doesn't benefit from it and because it is mmo you may find better single player experience in other games like TES 3, 4, 5, Witcher series, Gothic and more. Thing which can make ESO great are player interactions like coop or pvp (but this is themepark not a sandbox game, so pvp wont be superb advanced).

I have seen this tried in other games with the results being that the top end players just adjust to it in a week and end up wanting another level on top. Takes the developers 3months to a year to then add another layer on top and same happens again.

And with most gaming environments, people either want to play at the top tiers or they want to just play in a relaxed manner. So you get the hardest level and the lowest (or near to lowest) being the only content available publicly with no middle ground for people to transition through.

Games that I have participated in that had effective grouping system usually just had a bonus for grouping up. Be it bonus exp events occurring, or a set bonus for being in a group, just something that made it fun to be with each other more then being helpful to completing the dungeon objective.

One other thing to keep in mind, is that no matter how great a game is at having group events. There are times people want to be alone, or need to be alone. Sometimes friends are not online, or schedules clash. So in any big game there is always many on the server that want to be questing alone and for it to be a fun environment, the rewards for all need to be somewhat balanced.

I find elder scrolls has a decent balance where most activities bring in similar rewards for time put in. Meaning that if you put an hour in to pvp (when competent) you can something useable in pvp that a similar hour in pve would bring you reward for pve.

Daemons_Bane wrote: »

Xender wrote: »

ESO is mmorpg but it doesn't benefit from it and because it is mmo you may find better single player experience in other games like TES 3, 4, 5, Witcher series, Gothic and more. Thing which can make ESO great are player interactions like coop or pvp (but this is themepark not a sandbox game, so pvp wont be superb advanced).

Eso does benefit from being a mmo, but it a subtle way, so you have to look for it.. I don't agree that making it harder, aka trying to force teamplay, will make it better

It wont be forcing, but will be difficulty scaling according to COOP. If you play in coop you should be able to make game worth of playing with friend.

Basically content still should be soloable however playing in coop should make it more difficult and add some benefits.

I wont alter already existing content but maybe in another expansion (next after Morrowind) it will be nice to have something designed for COOP gameplay in main story line? Some adjustable quests?

Naerri wrote: »

Turelus wrote: »

SWTOR got co-op multiplayer questing right, it's sad no one else realised that and followed their system.

I remember doing those alone anyway

I did the whole Imperial story with friends at launch, one of the best MMO memories I have. I only did the instances for my class solo most of the time, if not with my friend on his Warrior.

Xender wrote: »

It is clear that ESO will be expanded much more as PVE game rather than PVP, however it is still online game and creating opportunities for players to cooperate will be great addition. Right now there is no reason to play together during campaign, there are no true coop mechanics and game is not hard enough to force players to cooperate. I know that you wont force players to play in teams and I agree with that, however you may add option to rise difficulty and add option for cooperative story gameplay. Thanks to that players may receive bigger rewards (gold, etc.) and it may be worth to play story line with your friend. When I think about true Elder Scrolls experience with online features I think that cooperative story mode will be awesome. Just look at Divinity Origin Sin and how awesome it was to play with friend.

Absolutely agree with your idea, a new difficult level that could make people find a challenge in the content they have ran a thousand times.

And for new content, just implement mechanics that enforce teamplay. Look for example to mechanics like the bosses on mazzatun, you have to cooperate with your team in order to be able to finish it. There are certain moments that doesnt even care how much DPS you can put on a boss, cause you have to attend to some mechanics in order to notmake your whole group wipe.

The result is way more engaging and fun for everyone than simply nerfing to the ground sustain, making fights longer and boring, cause the mechanics are always the same, and when you run out of juice the boss is not gonna sit to wait until you are back...