Just came back, and now remember major reason I left

Kosef · March 2018

Just came back after almost 2 years of being gone. When i loaded up, I remember how much I loved the design and the graphics and the whole elder scrolls feel. At the time of this game's release and leading up to it, I was literally on the edge of my seat waiting. One of the main reasons I left after a short while however, was just how ridiculous it felt that the story didn't necessarily follow your character. I'm one of those guys that like story and like for it to make sense in my questing. I don't get a lot a time so pvp, end-game pve and all that is not really something I can enjoy fully. So when I decided to play a vampire and realized that most of the npc's that I interacted with didn't even notice I was a vampire, it really annoyed me. There were interactions where I'm sent to kill vampires and the people in the village who clearly hate vampires, don't even notice that the one helping them is a vampire stage 4 a that. Not to mention, as a vampire shouldn't I have some sort of input as to the straight up slaughter of my own kind. I'm trying to stick it out and enjoy other aspects like crafting and exploring, but this is a major issue for me and seems like it was just lazy development. Sorry for the early morning rant. I really do like other aspects of this game and want to try and stick it out, just very hard to ignore this unless I ignore quest.

KiraTsukasa · March 2018

Or how about a Dunmer who hates Argonians asking for help from an Argonian because he's "an outsider"?

Literally the only time I've ever seen your chosen race come into play in dialog is when the Wrothgar Ambassador says "thank goodness another Orc" when you're on an Orc character.

Bbsample197 · March 2018

i would agree with you if this is just a typical TES game but it is not, its an mmo by design, the moment you realise it that youre nothing special in the world of tamriel, youre just a pebble being thrown in the ocean. youre not the only vestige here,

i havent seen an mmo that caters to one player actions alone, i dont think its lazy design it just that implementing that kind of scenarios on every NPC's is probably impossible and way past a developers abilities.

Tasear · March 2018

AI Dialog never been that diverse in the game. It's one first things I noticed in first couple of months when I started playing 2 or 3 years ago ( or dear losing count). Though it's nice it sometimes updates after quests now. This new or I never do quests (probably the latter).

I do think at least priest or mage guild and fighter guild could have update dialog in regards to vampirsm and fluffiness. Or just have one npc tell us why nobody cares. Also ... walking around as a werewolf in form should be killed on sight. Maybe this could all be update to justice system we all dream about.

P.S there's always coldharbor if there's harsher rules.

Highlor3 · March 2018

The Elder Scrolls series have different vampire clans, so you might be killing vampires from a different clan than yours.
I agree with you that ESO fails to address the player when (s)he's a vampire, specially a stage 4 one (and transformed werewolves).
That's also why I'm against they adding a necromancer class, or a class that has other name but with the same dead rising abilities. All factions have necromancers as enemies, the guy that killed you character is the most famous and powerful necromancer, necromancy is abominated in all provinces. Don't make any sense the big hero being a necromancer. It's like having a demon as playable character in the Diablo series.
A "good necromancer" would be a class that raises dead animals and creatures instead of sentient beings' bodies.

IV_Deity · March 2018

@kosefgaming123ub17_ESO You were expecting a normal TES game aka "Skyrim with Friends" but this game is not that. I don't believe it being marketed as such (?)

This is an MMORPG and all of them pretty much don't have a sense of immersion. End game PvE style dungeons and trials, and PvP are usually the strong suits of MMOs.

Everstorm · March 2018

I like story and immersion but if you want to enjoy ESO you will have to accept the shortcomings that come with it being a MMO. Also one of the big drawbacks from voice acting pretty much everything: it's very rigid, set in stone, you can't go around redoing half the lines when you add something like vampires or werewolves at a later stage.

VaranisArano · March 2018

KiraTsukasa wrote: »

Or how about a Dunmer who hates Argonians asking for help from an Argonian because he's "an outsider"?

Literally the only time I've ever seen your chosen race come into play in dialog is when the Wrothgar Ambassador says "thank goodness another Orc" when you're on an Orc character.

The Shatul questline in Wrothgar actually has an option for the quest ending that's only available if you are an orc.