This is a mmorpg not an rpg

You bought the wrong kind of game.

If you don't like other players why would you buy an mmo?

Rackle wrote: »

There are no benefits for my style of play (solo):

• Enter a dungeon or quest area and there are no mobs to kill.
• Start killing a monster/boss and another player "helps" me kill it.
• Go to a locked chests and it's not there: someone else got there first.
• Go to the locked chest, it's there, start killing nearby monsters while another player goes straight to the chest.
• Break into a house and sneak to a chest: another thief is already there.

I just completed the "Retrieve the ledger from the warehouse" quest and it was crazy. I was supposed to sneak in for a discrete theft. Instead, I was one of five thieves, throwing apple smoke bombs and sneaking around, getting chased by guards. Game immersion was non-existant.

Mega Server means there are a lot more players attempting to get to the resources (dungeons, mobs, chests, materials (ore, wood, etc)), making them more difficult/frustrating to obtain. From my point of view, the Mega Server makes it more difficult to accomplish tasks in the game and erodes my enjoyment of the game.

Apparently (from account information) I started playing in December 29, 2015 but quit a few months after that, for the reasons mentioned above. I'm back in May 2017, bought the Thieves Guild DLC and already I'm getting "tired" of the game.

I don't wanna sound rude man, but welcome to MMOs (Massively multiplayer online game). This stuff you mentionned at 95% of them, happenned to all MMO i'Ve played. (World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, Star Wars Galaxies, City of Villain, Ages of Conan, DC Univers, Star Wars The Old Republic and maybe some i forgot...) Take it a few good side from it on here.

[*] Enter a dungeon or quest area and there are no mobs to kill. (Yeah it happens, mostly in places called, « Public Dugeons », they key word being Public here )
[*] Start killing a monster/boss and another player "helps" me kill it. (At least you get XP even if you die doing it in this game, and you get XP for helping people or you still gt XP if you don't kill the mob, i remember in other MMOs, the person killing the mob was the one getting the XP, or woste, getting killed by another player as getting ressources or killing mobs)
[*] Go to a locked chests and it's not there: someone else got there first.)[/b]
[*] Go to the locked chest, it's there, start killing nearby monsters while another player goes straight to the chest. (happens in all MMOS, exept in here, you aren't getting Player Killed while doing it)
[*] Break into a house and sneak to a chest: another thief is already there. (Happens if you go to the places most peole go to, hope this place you refer to is not found using Gogle using the search « Best places to grind thieve chests»)
[*] Mega Server means there are a lot more players attempting to get to the resources (Yep, but the good thing here is, if you start picking it, it's yours, i remember in some of them other games, there was multi picking on nodes, so as you were picking it, someone could came along and steal your multi-picking ressources, here, you get your 3-4 ore if you click on it first)

Take the positive side of it
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It's not the megaserver(which, by the way, you are NOT seeing every single player there is. The zone is still being split into "shards" to avoid extreme lag so there're only as many people in a zone as a shard can hold, next people getting there go into the next shard etc), it's the other players. But you can't really avoid them because this is an MMO. I know it's a very old and obvious advice but while you can play a MMO(some aspects of it) totally solo you shouldn't be expecting same level of immersion and stuff as from a single player game, it's simply not possible.

Well actually it is kinda possible to "improve" your single player experience by creating more instances - separate instances for everyone for quests, separate instances people on specific stages of a quest even in open world...which is just what we had at launch and it was godmode awful, people complain all over. You couldn't play with friends whatsoever, quest instances would always split you and gods forbid you did a quest while your friend didn't - bam, different instances now. Was less of an open world-ish zone and more like...a series of quest-locked rooms with people in each of them unable to see people in the next room or even know they're there. They removed it(tho imo they overdid it a bit, some quests still could use instancing; main quest still has it mostly, a few others could use it too) and now you're all in a big room, finally able to see each other and communicate properly. The downside is if you want to be in the room alone, it's nigh impossible. But it was never supposed to be a single person room, to be fair.

It sounds like you're really looking for one of those 1 person only rooms they rent in the inn across the road

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

Ive always like games where you could manually switch channels you were in. Most people would always stay in the default the server put you in, so changing usually meant less people.

I suppose it is harder on the server to have those extras open with just a couple people, then only open them when needed.

Yeah we all would wish this, imagine how easy farming and grinding would be... as i did im SWTOR, killing a boss that gave up some cool stuff to sell at auction house, change instance, rekill it, and so on non-stop... Yeah was some kind of exploit, but was fun and easy money making at the launch of the game Imagine all the BoTs in here camping bosses in dngeons with the option to change instance, they would lvoe it a lot (wink)

For some reason ZOS felt they absolutely need to merge the three alliances outside of Cyro. One of the worst decisions they have made in recent times, which took away much of the allure this game once had. I guess to make the game appear more populated. Not only do you have unwashed EP hanging out in places where they have no business of being. Now all those mysterious dark forgotten ruins feel like grab and run supermarkets. Awful game design.

The problem here (something that most posters don't seem to see) is that a lot of the TG quests are not Solo instances which absolutely makes no sense. Especially the warehouse quest screams for a Solo instance. I never understood why we have to have shared instances here.

ESO is a mmorpg. Here is the definition in case you don't know what a mmorpg is..

MMORPG

noun

an online role-playing video game in which a very large number of people participate simultaneously.

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

FuriousFridge wrote: »

subtlezeroub17_ESO wrote: »

leepalmer95 wrote: »

This is a mmorpg not an rpg

You bought the wrong kind of game.

If you don't like other players why would you buy an mmo?

Because some people are under the impression this is skryim 2.

For real lol 3 years later and people still think that

Well if it makes you all feel any better shortly there will be an increase of players who think it is Morrowind 2.

I disagree, it was a different time back then, people hadn't had their hands held so much in video games, there was more exploration and working things out for yourself involved in playing games. People now who go back and try to play Morrowind if they didn't try it at the time are completely confused about the mechanics of it, whereas to lots of us gamers at the time "roll to hit" mechanics were second nature and as natural as breathing. And finding your way around a huge map was fun, not some awful tedium that could only be relieved by insta-click fast travel.

Even if there were to be an influx of Morrowind fans, I wouldn't be too concerned about it - you're looking at an influx of 40-somethings with a good experience of a wide range of games (both tabletop and video games) that didn't hold your hand. I doubt that many of us would mistake ESO: Morrowind for a single player sequel to the TES game of the same name.

As already so many players said before me, you describe nothing more than the characteristics of a typical MMO title.

Do not forget that all those you despise, others love to have. All the quest mobs/chests/items spawn in a short time. So, if other players took them before you, just wait a while, take a short walk into the area, admire the beauty of nature, and the item it will spawn right up.

If on the other hand you do not like this situation, then maybe you choose the wrong game to play my friend. What you propose though, the "more servers" idea, I believe the majority of the player base will not agree with you for obvious reasons.

ParaNostram wrote: »

I'm sorry but if your play style is only enjoyable in a single player game then this game isn't for you and there's nothing wrong with that. Call of Duty is a very popular game and enjoyed by many but that isn't my cup of tea. RTS games aren't for everyone. MMO's are for everyone. Honestly just pop in a single player TES game, there's a number to choose form. Go download an RPG you haven't played before, maybe give a cult classic like Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines a try? (I'm low key obsessed with VtMB)

Point is, I'm sorry you're not having fun in this game, but the multiplayer aspect is a source of fun for many others.

VtMB is a FANTASTIC game

(and I wouldn't want to put anyone off playing ESO because I love it, and I think OP all that you are missing is being part of a good guild, I'd suggest a casual social guild would suit well, but if having other people in your game is not your thing, there are so many great single player RPGs to choose from - TES single player, VtMB as already mentioned, KOTOR 1 & 2, Gothic 1 & 2, Witcher series, Divine Divinity, Arcanum, NWN, BG 1+2, PS:T - so many games. So many).

Sounds like mmo's arent for you.

I love the fact you see people all around doing the same wuests and what not.

Mod Skyrim n enjoy nuff said.