Why did you come back?

Morgul667 · August 2018

Nothing better out yet

Left because of bad performance and bugs
Came back for cyrodill and guildmates
Dont know why im still here with current state of pvp, probably cause of guildmates

vonScuzzman · August 2018

I have left and come back many times.

I come back when there is enough new content to merit it.

I leave because of the crafting bag; I won't play without it as I tend to hoard crafting materials and I won't pay for ESO+ just to log in and do writs. So as soon as see my play time go down I unsub.

Rackdaniels · August 2018

Davor wrote: »

You lucky sob.

Much obliged

Rare politeness in these days

Violynne · August 2018

This game has been out for 4 years, and I've played about 2.5, leaving twice. I'm only CP650 (having returned at CP400).

The first time I left was due to Fallout 4. Before I left, I had just leveled a magSorc who hit veteran (my previous main, a Khajiit NB, was deleted because I hated playing it - NBs sucked back then, people. They really sucked).

I returned to ESO when people told me it's a new game thanks to One Tamriel. I could go anywhere, and Veteran levels were replaced with Champion Points. When I logged in, my character was "converted" to a CP150 character.

Yet, I found myself woefully behind the curve. 90% of my research wasn't done. My mount was sitting at 25/25/25. I had work to do, so I got busy.

Then, burnout hit me. Trying to manage all the inventory, grab mats, and level up just felt too much like work, and not play. I left shortly before Morrowind was released. The craft bag was extremely helpful, but it didn't help prevent burnout. I even tried to start a new alt, a Bosmer NB (yeah, I wanted to see if NB was truly better - and it was!), but that didn't help either.

A few months ago, I came back again. This time, I swore to do my best to take advantage of what the game has to offer. I took my Bosmer NB from level 14 and she's now my main. She has nearly all traits researched, and tomorrow, she'll be 60/60/60 mount trained.

I pulled my original main out for Summerset and realized I still have much more to learn and do. My goodness, she sucks. I can't even handle overland mobs without dying.

With as much as I've invested, both time and money, it would be stupid to walk away now. With my new attitude, I feel the game is better.

I still suck at it, my goodness do I suck at it, but I am getting better. I can finally hit 10k dps in my sleep.

For someone like me who has no other MMO experience, "rotation" is what I do to my tires. That's gotta change if I expect to get more from the game. I also need to stop letting frustration get the better of me. I should expect to die quite often until I get my rotation down to perfect.

What will drive me from the game this time is the idiotic RNG from crafting. Refining 500 mats should yield me at least 1 legendary. Decon, at level 50, should provide at least 1 return. To "fail" getting a green is more than frustrating, it's an insult.

This is what I've been facing lately, and I'm not happy about it. RNG for dungeons is one thing.

Make our damn skills mean something. RNG should have zero to do with skill.

Ratzkifal · August 2018

I came back because ZOS finally dropped the subscribe to play model and the game improved a lot since the beta.

AhPook_Is_Here · August 2018

I've always liked text based games, so it has been hard to leave the forums.

RedRook · August 2018

Curiosity brings me back. One Tamriel, after vet levels made me bail out. Clockwork City and Summerset (Artaeum really) because I wanted to see them. I can take or leave the social aspects of an MMO, but the content updates draw me. And the art department has been on point on all of the new stuff, it's beautiful and satisfying.

Curiosity holds me for a while. The player base has changed a lot, and there are always long-term ripples from changes the devs make that are more interesting than the shorter-term chaos they create. PVP holds me for a little while, still really fun in streaks even in the mess we've accepted is the best they can do for performance and combat.

Frustration makes me leave again. Mostly with performance, but some of their apparent long-term goals for combat in this game will eventually make it a nope for me. I'm the last holdout of the group of friends I played with for so long. That curiosity! Fingers crossed for Crowfall and CU, I miss PVP when I go.

Chrysa1is · August 2018

I never left...

#edgy

Soris · August 2018

I just like the combat. All those manual blocks and light attacks weaving etc.. It feels like i'm playing Mount&Blade.
Once you get used to it it is hard to play other mmos.

ATomiX96 · August 2018

Got Burned at the end of Dragon Bones / first week of summerset

Off balance nerfs
make everything casual friendly / accessible
2 DK / 8 Nightblades / 2 Templars raid comps for highend PvE / Score runs
Cyrodiil Freezes, questionable introduction of oblivion damage proc sets
Zos encouraging Zerging and nerfing smallscale / solo play
1 Hour BG queues (thx mmr)
And ofc you burn out after only playing the same game for 3 years.

Decided to take a break for at least 3 more DLCs / Expansion, maybe the game will change substantially enough to be fun again.

Forums are still amazing though, always having a good laugh here.

Jamdarius · August 2018

left 2 times:
1. Was hard for me to switch to One Tamriel so I gave myself some time 2-4 weeks, made some new toon to get used to it after that.
2. Personal reasons, death in family and all the following up procedures with administration/funeral and stuff.
Came back 5 months later cause I made great friends and I missed them + took care of all the troubles.

DanteYoda · August 2018

Because i scored morrowind cheap and i was in a game slump, so i figured ESO must have gotten better in 4 years.. And to a point it had..

Shame about the triple dabbling in our wallets though since release.. Wish i'd realized when i bought Morrowind i'd have passed it by..

FelixTheCatt · August 2018

I took a break hoping sooner or later ZoS would change the trader system. I don't participate in it as in my opinion its a broken system all the way around. Doubt it will ever change so there's other games out there to enjoy.

I like EsO , don't get me wrong , but this is one aspect I feel is kind of a deal breaker for me. Yes there's other methods to buy and sell but it gets to be a pain and requires trust I just don't have in people.

burglar · August 2018

When they cancelled the rest of the justice system, I was pretty disappointed - I've been waiting for that since launch. I don't know if I would have invested as much time knowing they were going to scrap it. All of the nightblade nerfs, and proc sets didn't help either. I continued to play up until morrowind, but then decided to dedicate all my time toward school. But, I ran into some health issues and had some free time so I was playing gwent while I recovered, but decided to come back when Summerset hit, because gwent went down the crapper.

I'm still not content with the game; I had this idea that eventually the game would have some sort of community oriented pvp environment, that tied into other aspects of the game. Instead, the focus seems to be on making the game more appealing to broader audiences, and trying everything they can to sell crown crates. Like making money is more important than fleshing out the vision they had for the game, or maybe that's what it's been all along? Like they're thinking, "we've satisfied all of the statistically relevant variables, why hasn't everyone given us their money yet? Do we really need to do more than stick to releasing scheduled content and events?". I hate to be so negative.