just feels like once you'v got your set and happy with it you just sort of... have nothing to do with it

I haven't logged in all week. After the PvP event which was awesome, PvP was in decline again. Only small skirmishes and one faction dominating the map. I found that boring so I play Mount and Blade Warband for my daily dosis castle sieges.
That, and I am pretty busy with work. Vacation starts tomorrow luckily.

Only been playing since end of april. And loving this game. I see many moons I will be enjoying this game...

6 months ago I wasn't playing ESO, but I'm not a new ESO player. I played at launch for a year then returned ~3 months ago.

I'm not invested in the game, but I am very interested in it because it's fun. There's so much to do, so I'm never bored. I think it helps that I rarely play alone, and I'm interested in a broad range of things from PvP to PvE and lots of stuff in between.

I'm much more interested and invested in the game now than I have been in a long time.

I took a break last year as I stopped enjoying the game and was just letting everything get to me and complain about it all rather than enjoying the game. Came back around Jan/Feb and have been hooked since, I have a great group of friends I play with on a regular basis, lots of new content to do, and a positive and fun view on life.

My advice to anyone who feels negatively is take a break, go play some other games which are no MMO games to recharge batteries and come back and enjoy the game for what it is, don't take it seriously and you'll love it all the more.

All that said I think my play time will go down a bit soon because the Stellaris 1.8 update is getting close and it look A W E S O M E ! ! ! Going to be playing the heck out of that.

I get bored of eso but it does not mean in not interested in it, I still invest into this game like crazy and it is the one that is constantly in my ps4, but I take breaks from the game and play other things before getting back into it again. Mostly what puts me off is the constant "we have found a problem" and Cyrodiils loading screens, if I get put into one of those I come off the game anyway, I cba to restart. !

MarzAttakz wrote: »

Riptide wrote: »

I don't understand how ephemeral a lot of people are. I beta tested UO, played for years. Beta tested Everquest, played for years. Played Eve for years.

From chess to (consistently winning) poker, to MMOs, there is a lot to be said for mastery and the long, deliberate road.

I was a very early tester here, years later I still love the game and have loads left to do. FAR from perfect, lots of annoyances - but in one man's opinion who has been around since the MUD days and before - it is the best game in town.

I see where you're coming from and agree to a point. I'm similar to you, usually invest a few years into a game I enjoy. 3 years Eve, 2 years Lotro, a number of years bouncing between NWN, TSW, FFXIV and another 3 years in GW2.

I've been playing ESO for six or so months now and leveled 7 characters. I'm really glad I didn't gear grind but XP ground instead as in the time I've played I've experienced major class changes (prior to Morrowind or the Death of a Templar Patch), major game systems change (sustain nerf + CP jump points) and major item changes (proc set nerf and the upcoming gear changes in HotR).

I'm of the opinion that those are far too many far reaching changes in less than a year and feel that as soon as I get to grips with something or feel like I'm progressing, the development team goes ahead and changes it.

For older players (hours played) you already have farmed gear, ample mats on hand and more than enough gold to fill in any gear gaps but it is extremely disheartening for newer players and indicative of an immature and/or inexperienced development team that feels such changes are needed. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and hope they have a master plan in place and are working towards an overall improvement to the experience and stability of the game.

Actually this is the thing that bothers me too at moment - and believe me - I am a MMO dinosaur too (EQ1, EQ2, WoW, LotRO, SWTOR, LotRO again, EVE, ESO) and used to changes in MMOs - some of the older players in the meaning of ESO playtime (here since beta) find the inflatious and huge Impact changes pretty annoying and hazardious too.

My first reaction was to vote Yes.
I chose to vote Other.

I bought the game around two years ago or so (estimated) and gave it a go.
It is strange...
Very much an Elder Scrolls world but created as an MMO (obviously).
The thing is, I have little to zero experience in MMO's period.
Needless to say my love of previous ES games brought me here. There were just so many fundamental differences between this and what I was used to. Even stranger, I've had the strongest of urges to enter into the MMO genre and get involved in that experience.

I didn't pick up on certain things right away as many things, combat, skills, were all different even though they may have had similar names, descriptions, etc. I've only ever struggled with one other game the way I started struggling with ESO. Vagrant Story. It took me a couple years to sit down, take my time and learn it's intricacies and finally complete the game, multiple times even and conquering the Maiden for end game gear. It appears the same happened with my ESO experience. I started a couple years ago, didn't fully understand the system entirely and took a lengthy break.
Now even though I thought it was interesting, cool, and beautiful in it's own way my lack of certain MMO game mechanics led me into a pit. So I didn't play for awhile.
Now here I am, another year+ later getting more involved, taking my time, learning. It's strange how similar and yet different it is entirely to Morrowind, Oblivion, or Skyrim.

So...two games put me into a timeout for over a year, year+. I loved VS to death, the story, everything about it...turned out to be my unicorn game. I'm still very, very new to MMO's as this is really my first go with one, and even though it's very different it's becoming very, very fun.
I'm really getting into both the MMO and traditional ES story aspects of the title.
My highest level character is 225CP Wood Elf NB and I've got some others I want to work on as well.

I guess I chose other because even though I wanted to say yes, I was turned away in the beginning (by my own confusion) and then returned. Upon returning I am finding myself very happy and having a ton of fun with ESO. I feel genuinely more invested now than in the past 6 months. Heck I only went ESO+ roughly five or six months ago. The craft bag, and bonuses are pretty sexy to say the least and I like that it's not entirely a PTW scenario.

I mostly just do PvE stuff (look, I know some abbreviations finally). I messed around in PvP during the event and died ALOT, but it was fun once I understood a couple things that I didn't.
I'm loving it, I bought the Black Lion Senche & Imperial upgrade with my crowns from the sub and I'm not looking back so far.
I'm still pretty new when it comes to doing dungeons...I've even been able to *** at least one person off cause I didn't know wtf I was doing....I see how others are passionate about their ESO....If you ever come across my dude Kremlok just remember that I'm new, and I'm learning. So please don't be too harsh :P
ESO is the game that has brought me into the MMO universe and I'm really liking what's been going on. At least learning more the more I play.
It's a heck of an experience and an entirely new one for me.

It's a grind to CPmax I see and I also really want to get my Khajiit Temp healer to 50 asap. So....much....to....do...

I'm loving it.
Thanks!

I split my funds and interest between five MMOs, ESO being the Top 1. Sometimes due an update I end up playing one more than the other. Right now only my gaming partner and my guild are keeping me invested in ESO, the gameplay doesn't feel so hot, also other games are more interesting. I'm a bit disappointed HotR will be two dungeons only, that's not enough content even for PVErs. A little spark of hope is that the balance and QoL changes help improve the PVP experience which I'd totally jump on the wagon again.

I've only been playing ESO for 8 months and I feel like I've only experienced a small portion of the content. Highly interested/invested in this game.

I just wish they'd offer better stuff (or discounts on existing items) in the crown store. I am willing to spend money on crowns but the offerings just aren't there.

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Less, I am still waiting for major changes in the game engine. Like, more interactions, events, mini games. I mean more social stuff. And, new hairstyles and costumes. What I am looking for is if they have a kind of a master plan for guys who play ESO like 2+ years. Because the only thing I do is daily stuff, grinding mats, dungeons. It is now more vertical for me. I mean, you could do hella stuff but still, I am CP 565ish and have no idea what to do sometimes.

More social stuff? This gives me a thought...

You know how each state has it's state flower, bird, rock, etc., etc....
And how each of the states individual cities have themed festivals, right?
Like this city has the Apple Festival, and that one...the Strawberry Festival. So how's the Corn Flower festival? Or the Kuta Fest? Does the Regulus Festival have a concession this year!?
They're not like the major holiday's throughout the year, it's not the 4th of July, Halloween, Easter, or Christmas after all, but it's a smaller and more intimate little festival localized to each of the maps specific zones. Perhaps a little mini-game or two? (difficult?)
This could be great! Something to draw people in to traveling outside their comfort zones in the game, perhaps rewarding players to travel from one locale to the next, promoting exploration in a game of exploration. Much like Midyear Mayhem brought PvE'ers in to get a taste of the PvP portion(s) of the game, province festivals could do the same.
It doesn't even have to include fantastic prizes so much...just toss in a couple unique food/drink recipes, an achievement, maybe a lizard race or troll fight to bet against with your guild mates.

Or what about an A'likr farmers market, a fair in Deshaan, or the Stonefalls Kagouti run?
Anyway...just coffee thoughts..

Log in 1 time a week to pay guild dues. Been doing that since Marrowwind launch. Just kinda happened , got on here to see if there's a lixury vendor item I mite grab while on. Ultimately who cares one way or another