Is now a good time to take a break?

RighteousBacon · June 2018

I love this game. I pre ordered it on Xbox one. I played it for a few months with my closest friends...at that time we were just zerglings enjoying cyrodil, watching sypherpk videos, wishing we could “get gud.” We eventually took a break from the game for a couple months until.

If I remember correctly, came back when the game removed vet levels. I started getting more competitive in the game, my friends joined me again. But then...then vanished...when I needed them most. Proc sets came out. Everyone was running velidreth and selene (May they Rest In Peace). My friends couldn’t handle the stress of the toxic pvp environment, so they left. I took another long break with them but I would play alone here and there. This was around the time of 690cp cap. I am now almost max cp, I think I have 701. Even though I bought the game at launch I’m still not max cp XD.

Anyways, the point is that again we have reached a point where the game is in an obvious point of distress, at least in a pvp sense. Should I take a break and try to salvage what Love and patience I have left for this game?

ak_pvp · June 2018

Absolutely IMO. This patch might be the worst patch in terms of PvP, even when class balance was out of whack for a long time, the meta would allow decent solo/small PvP where you could make an impact. Now its zerg or be zerged.

Lets hope the class reps get something done, I have confidence in them, just not the devs who will actually implement the changes.

melloni_aleb16_ESO · June 2018

the worst patch for pvp

if you do not like zerging or lag ... it's a good time to stop play eso .
I after seeing the senseless use of sload/zaan/calurion etc etc and -rune cage spammer - , took a break .

Brutusmax1mus · June 2018

Best time in a while. Devs are going to kill for game for pvp. Pve is doingwell though, maybe just switch.

Mojmir · June 2018

Sure thing,apparently psijic ultimate "undo" is part of the base game with all the rollbacks and resets ive had

usmguy1234 · June 2018

If the game ever gets to a point to where it doesnt engage you in some way I would say yes.

LegendaryMage · June 2018

It is bud, I've done it as well (not more than 3-4 hours per week in the game) and I can tell you it doesn't bother me anymore at all. If they fix it, cool, if not - whatever.

CatchMeTrolling · June 2018

In the debate for the worst patch to date, so I wouldn’t be surprised if someone took a break. This isn’t the game to put several hours into right now, you’ll only get frustrated. Have to play a few hours just for your sanity.

Cyrodiil is a slide show at the moment, freezes randomly for whatever reason and bgs is littered with sorcs, nbs and procs.

Starlight_Knight · June 2018

If all you like the game for is PVP then now is the worst time to be playing ESO.
You have to be pretty thick skinned as the toxicity of the PVP community is pretty serious.
With the gap between the floor and the ceiling smaller than ever, really bad lag, hate focusing zergs and silly proc sets.
Class balancing is all over the shop.

it is fun though. i still play pvp daily and am always in the top 50- EU Vicec. But its not a game for competitive pvp that will reward skill and long term practice.
Its just Proc vs Proc and then a bunch of hate whispers.

But earning AP and playing with the friends i have made is very satisfying

Vaoh · June 2018

ak_pvp wrote: »

Absolutely IMO. This patch might be the worst patch in terms of PvP, even when class balance was out of whack for a long time, the meta would allow decent solo/small PvP where you could make an impact. Now its zerg or be zerged.

Lets hope the class reps get something done, I have confidence in them, just not the devs who will actually implement the changes.

^^^^^

Building off of this, things are even worse on console. There’s the brand new Summerset freezing issues and PvE is getting closer and closer to a state where one class dominates DPS.... instead of Sorc, this time it’s NB. Especially in Asylum and Cloudrest, Mag NB > everything else. This shouldn’t even be remotely possible with Devs who understand their own game. For it to happen once is already bad, but here we are again. Not even gonna start on the homogenization of classes overtime. Bringing something like a Mag Templar DPS is so bad that if you aren’t good friends with your group you have a chance to actually get replaced.

If you’re looking to take a break from ESO this is a fantastic time to do it. There’s never been a better time.

TheMystid · June 2018

(As a stamdk main) I decided to take a break while waiting for the "balance patch" announced by ZOS, thinking I could have had more chance to have fun in pvp after.

That patch was Summerset.

Now I only log on weekends to see what the Golden has to sell.

So I'd say yes, take a break.