Where will ESO be in 3 years?

Miswar · September 2018

ESO will be rip before 3 year mark. ZOS Keeps neglegting bugs, performance issues etc.

List goes on so I guess ESO will be in history books in 3 years time.

Sun7dance · September 2018

Defintely op weapons in crown crates.
Yes, i think ESO will change to pay to win.

mikemacon · September 2018

I will still be stuck in the unusually long loading screen I got caught in a few weeks ago in Cyrodill.

neverwalk · September 2018

I would love to see ESO go single-player with a creation kit for mod makers. Do something for someone in game and they become a follower you can train their skills, pick up another 2 followers to finish off your group of 4 for group dungeons.

SantieClaws · September 2018

Elsweyr will be the golden jewel of Tamriel. Warm sands as far as the eye can see.

Even outside of our homeland everywhere Khajiit rules over all elves.

Dreloth tomb has become a playpit full of balls of yarn.

Summerset is one large moon sugar plantation.

There are no more guards in the bank in Vulkhel Guard.

The Rosy Lion is named a national centre of brewing excellence.

Fishing is a compulsory for all - daily.

Werewolves are confined to a big pen in Wrothgar where the orcs think they make adorable pets.

Wayrest castle is now a Khajiit cultural centre and museum. King Emeric has a job as a gallery attendant and sits in the corner complaining about the comfort of his chair.

The great tree in Grahtwood is basically a giant scratching post.

Fishmas is a national holiday lasting a month.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Rowjoh · September 2018

ESO will be fine for the next few years but it's essential that more build-centric content is delivered.

Even now the game is crying out for a new class, couple of new skill lines and a wider vartiety of utility components to play around with, so hopefully this will be the case in the not too distant future

Panomania · September 2018

I'm someone who misses pre theme park MMO's, I miss games that challenge you at every turn, and push you so hard even on trash mobs that a solid group is needed to clear a lot of content. I'm someone who sees thousands of 1 or 2 hit kill mobs as a problem, not a welcome feature.

I know that I am sadly in the minority.

Because of that I will be spending more time in some other games on the horizon who promise the type content I miss. Not saying ESO is bad, because its not....just that I prefer something different. I liken it to music: some people completely enjoy the likes of Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, Katie Perry, Drake, etc...people I see as complete and utter no talent fluff with garbage music, even though it sells better than anything else atm.

Its all a matter of what you prefer. I think ESO will do fine. It caters specifically to the anti social self absorbed set with micro second attention spans, and right now thats what sells, which means they are doing something right.

ayu_fever · September 2018

ESO has been my main focus of entertainment for about 18 months.
i play the game LOTS, i subscribe, i buy more crowns when i see something i like in the store, and i HAVE FUN.

thank you ZOS for making this world for us!!!

red_emu · September 2018

In 3 years we will still see notes about:

'We are working hard to improve performance in PvP'
'Sorcerers now deal 1 damage and all their skills can be sidestepped'
'Templar will cause game to crash if attempted to be used'
'Dragonknights will now be immortal'
'Logging onto a Nightblade character will cause 163k damage to all players in Cyrodiil'

also...

'We are still gathering feedback and considering a slight buff to MagWarden'

Haenk · September 2018

Panomania wrote: »

games that challenge you

ESO has *very* few challenging moments of questing, agreed. I'd prefer quests that require at least a bit of brain. The more the better

Maybe introduce veteran quests.

Wifeaggro13 · September 2018

JackDaniell wrote: »

With allot of new MMO's with similar combat and gameplay to ESO coming out, possibly a new TES game and just seeing ESO up against its current competition today,

Where do you guys think ESO will be in 3 years? What hopes do you for the game? What do you want to see/hope not to see? What content do you want added or improved?

its gonna be in the same place it is right now , they cant unwind their game design now. it will just be a massive Tam 1 with dungeons ,trials. in essence a single player RPG with multiplayer options

WildRaptorX · September 2018

I’m guessing it’ll be a lot better and stronger than it is now. Zos aren’t dumb, they’ll do a Skyrim expansion that’ll bring in many players and I’m guessing es6 and eso will work hand in hand. (Preorder es6 and get eso for free).

If es6 is in Hammerfell and is titled Elder Scrolls 6: Hammerfell then Zos will probably do a Hammerfell expansion to trick people. (I would)

But they need to make major changes before this so people actually stay like - lower crown prices, update the base game over worlds etc

Zos must have a huge to do list as players always suggest new ideas and updates.

Raammzzaa · September 2018

I think ESO will still be alive, growing, and I plan to be here too. The rumors of ESO’s death have been greatly exaggerated...

Smitch_59 · September 2018

GreenhaloX wrote: »

Elder Scrolls 6 by then.. I hope..

God, I hope so. Then I can drop ESO and its toxic players and its endless RNG grind.

Palidon · September 2018

If ESO continues to turn a blind eye to is numerous game performance issues especially in Cyrodiil I think it will really hurt them in three years or sooner. There are other games on the horizon that will pull many players away from ESO. Players will only put up with issues especially those continually reported for so long. Lets face it, lag, constant load screens, crashes to desk top etc etc etc. That gets old especially for a game that is four years old.

montiferus · September 2018

The game will be completely dead in 3years at least on Xbox NA. From what i can see its already happening now. Id be surprised if it is still around in even 2 years.

when it is finally gone i will say good riddance as Zos has done everything in its power to *** the bed. well deserved.

Wifeaggro13 · September 2018

montiferus wrote: »

The game will be completely dead in 3years at least on Xbox NA. From what i can see its already happening now. Id be surprised if it is still around in even 2 years.

when it is finally gone i will say good riddance as Zos has done everything in its power to *** the bed. well deserved.

nah they will continue to use churn as their profit margin. im not sure the Consoles use their crown store like the lemmings on PC though so it might not be profitable to fix the performance issue you guys experience

swirve · September 2018

F2P, Crown store focused, possibly P2W / gain advantage in PvP....

HDR might be fixed by then...

Ackwalan · September 2018

Currently, ESO has no competition. As long as there is no competition in the mmo market, ESO doesn't really have to try hard.

Bam_Bam · September 2018

Tandor wrote: »

Bam_Bam wrote: »

JackDaniell wrote: »

I personaly think it will be interesting to see how eso holds up against games like ashes of creation and camelot unchained (to name two). In the past i felt thier was no game that was on par with eso but these new games could give it some serious competition. If the lag isnt fixed by the time these other games go live i think that could be a serious problem for eso.

I would love to see Zenimax continue to add new skill lines and classes so the best part of eso (buildcraft) continues to be built on. I would also love to see huge performance fixes accross the board, especialy pvp. And maybe to see zenimax focus less on constant crown store advestisment and promotion.

Sorry for double post...

Pretty much agree with everything.

However,

Because of the server performance issues, in particular, I'd like to see 2 new games: ESO2 and ESO: Cyrodiil.

The current state of the game, to me, feels very disjointed. By that I mean the graphical differences between the original starter zones and places like Vvardenfell and Summerset are staggering - there have been ZERO attempts to update the graphics/textures of the old zones and they feel horribly dated. But of course, there are far worse issues...

Server performance is the biggest. Sure, a few issues were kinda fixed with the multi-core functionality update, but there was absolutely nothing of note that resolved the issues that were created with the ham-handed attempt at fixing the botting issues years ago. If that had of been addressed correctly, we'd have had a server that ran as smoothly as it did when the game started and Cyrodiil was completely rammed. Instead, a swathe of performance bugs and issues were introduced and instead gave the population (the PvP crowd in particular) an absolute kidney punch from which it has never recovered.

How the hell did that happen? Did they (ZOS) not have staff capable of rectifying the issues they had created? Maybe they hadn't researched the issues (bots etc) that had plagued other games - if they had done so, they could have invested time/money into preventing the issue. And if people say it's not that simple, well I'm sorry but if a company worth millions can't afford to hire people capable of fixing problems they create (to the point where they are left unaddressed for years, with excuse after excuse being rolled out (or not)), then they shouldn't have taken on the project in the first place.

The Elder Scrolls series is an institution. To make the online version should have been a jewel of reverence. Instead, it has been a money vehicle for the marketing people with us customers being cash cows and leaving the creative team seemingly with their hands tied. There should have been much more interaction with the community and I don't mean picking a few community members to act as "yes" men - people given roles that have no impact.

It is very sad and that is why, if they can learn from the mistakes of the current game, I'd like them to remake the game with 2 separate entities: one for PvE and one for PvP.

To give credit where it's due, I'm positive the team HAS learned TONS from making this game. That's obvious when you compare the newer zones to the original. Summerset, for example - the detail that has gone into it is breathtaking. It's a joy to explore and to quest (*cough* maybe not the Psijic questline, though, hehe). And you can see on ESO live that most of the team love the game and what they do. And they've gotten better.

But those performance issues are killing the game for many people and I've seen a lot of friends leave for that reason alone.

Fix the performance issues (not even completely, but just so the game is at least stable for most people) and you'll have addressed about 75% of the game I'm sure it can be done, if not - start over.

//Apologies for the wall of text.

Aren't you confusing the changes that were introduced to counter botting and gold-selling in PvE zones (and which have had no impact on performance in those zones) with the anti-cheat measures that were introduced in Cyrodiil (and which would appear to have impacted on performance in that zone)?

Given that most people don't go to Cyrodiil, and given the number of people playing the game versus the number complaining here about the servers, I'd say the game is already stable for most people. It wouldn't be as popular as it is today if everyone was struggling to log in and stay connected for more than a few minutes at a time with constant lag inbetween disconnections. That's the picture some like to paint, but it isn't remotely a typical one.

I disagree. The forums are a tiny minority of the community so many many complaints go unheard. Log in to any PvP campaign and you'll see people that are very unhappy with the state of the performance. We're not imagining it. It happens. Even if you prefer to dismiss it.

xxthir13enxx · September 2018

Servers will be taken down as the MegaServers are the equivalent of a now standard home PC...game is released as a F2P Hostable Client based game with hundreds of Servers to choose from online....

FlyingSwan · September 2018

I suspect the poor performance and lack of challenging content will deplete player numbers over time, provided there is a decent competitor out there for people to move to. Also, when a new single player TES game is released, there will be a big loss of players. Many people only play ESO to get an Elder Scrolls fix, we'd prefer a well polished single player Elder Scrolls game however.

GabiAlex · September 2018

Vanilla maps will have some retexture and some smoothness added to the models. I hope.

Zardayne · September 2018

My guess is I'll be on Ashes of Creation or possibly Crowfall. I doubt I'll try CU due to how they butchered the druid even though I love Daoc and was there for a few years.

I honestly don't think ZOS will do much differently than they are doing now and that is Cash Store, Dungeons, and easy mode storytime pve. My guess eventually they'll give in to the Pve crowd and Cyrodiil will have a PVE instance once they tire of trying to increase performance and balancing classes for pvp. I wish them the best and I'll be here till the "next best thing" but I don't think they are going to do anything innovating at this point when they are making money hand over fist re-skinning camels and releasing pet pigs and goats.

Zardayne · September 2018

FlyingSwan wrote: »

I suspect the poor performance and lack of challenging content will deplete player numbers over time, provided there is a decent competitor out there for people to move to. Also, when a new single player TES game is released, there will be a big loss of players. Many people only play ESO to get an Elder Scrolls fix, we'd prefer a well polished single player Elder Scrolls game however.

I think you have it. When the new Elder Scrolls single player game comes out I have a feeling there will be some turbulence in paradise. Most players play ESO solo like it's Skyrim 2. Give them more stories, better graphics, and that new car smell and you can bet a lot will jump ship. I have a feeling that's when ZOS will wish they spent more time catering to the veteran players and not the new crowd.

Nova Sky · September 2018

In three years' time, ESO will be playing on next-gen consoles — PS5 and XBox Next. It'll be doing just fine, and looking even better than it does now (particularly once ZOS restores some form of HDR color to the game).

DanteYoda · September 2018

I'd like to say it will be doing great but at the current state i'm not sure..

Merlin13KAGL · September 2018

SantieClaws wrote: »

Wayrest castle is now a Khajiit cultural centre and museum. King Emeric has a job as a gallery attendant and sits in the corner complaining about the comfort of his chair.

@SantieClaws It's not that you RP.

It's that you RP with such precision that it is impossible to not imagine your descriptions in ones' head. The little ones must linger by your door waiting to hear you speak.

May your 9 lives be long. May your furballs be few and far between.

Well done, as always.

IWinWithPewPew · September 2018

probably at fallout76 or ESO 6

Dottzgaming · September 2018

Nifty2g wrote: »

Compared to ESO 3 years ago and current ESO and then looking at ESO in 3 years.

Pretty sure it'll be fine, a lot more balanced, a lot of issues will be fixed and probably a lot more content. Any new players that come to the game has an astonishing amount of content to do, a bunch of lore will probably be expanded on and who knows what other Chapters there will be. The better question is where will ESO be in 6-10 years

+1
Pretty much took the words right out of my mouth