badmojo wrote: »

I wish there was an established place for grouping with other players in the game. Something like the undaunted enclave but with no actual quest or activity tied to it besides social interaction. Call it something like 'Meeting Hall' and put it on the map, maybe add some target dummies and crafting stations.

Sometimes I just feel like helping newer players learn the game or sometimes I feel like teaming up with random people to run around and do whatever we decide. But its not always easy to find the new players who want help from a vet, or find people that want to play co-op.

Sometimes I ask in Vvardenfell zone if anyone wants help or wants to team up, every so often it works out great and I meet new interesting people. But, most of the time it doesnt result in any meaningful interaction. Most people in zone who are looking for help or need another body just want you to help them quickly clear a world boss, which usually means I solo the boss while they constantly die and rez next to me, then after the fight they thank me and disband the group. If I offer them a few tips on surviving or improving they mostly ignore me, too busy chasing the next quest marker or exploring the map. Which is fine, but I wouldnt consider the interaction meaningful.

I have also tried just sideling up to players who look like they could use the help, but then I feel like they resent the difference between my performance and theirs, like I am stealing their kills for my own benefit. Some players have even said so in chat, or they will stop and wait for me to leave. Rarely they will thank me and spark up a friendship, but very rarely. It has gotten to the point where I only help people in the overworld by healing, or if its group content like dolmen and world bosses.

I feel like there are so many people who want to play this game solo, and the mechanics of the game reinforce that mindset so much that its difficult for teamplayers to find each other. If there was a place for them to hang out and meet up, it would help players like the OP to find a guild that actually wants the social interaction and not just another chat channel to write 'LF2M for pledges" in. I have been in many active guilds over the years, but the players I would call friends I have mostly met while just playing. I feel like most guilds in this game are just groups of solo players who only team up because the game requires it. Obviously not all guilds, but a lot of them.

Skraticus wrote: »

DMuehlhausen wrote: »

Welcome to the world of MMOs

Where the idea is to work and play together, yet nobody can bother to do that because Devs make everything so simple you don't have to work with anybody.

Isn't that the bloody truth. Final Fantasy XI was the first MMO I really got into, and you couldn't solo jack diddles in that game. It was kind of a bummer sometimes waiting around forever to get a party together, but man was it rewarding and fun when you got the team together and did things. It also made for a much tighter knit community (my opinion).

Tried a few MMOs here and there after that but never really found anything that kept me interested. When TESO was announced I was overjoyed. It blew my mind at how dumbed down of an experience it was, and I still to this day cannot understand how or why the main story quests of TESO are forced to be single player.

It's an MMO .... and they make you play solo.

That seems to be the thing though now. MMO just means there are other people in the world with you and that's it. No interaction required (almost). I'm just coming back after being gone for 3 years because some friends grabbed the game. A lot has changed, but I'm still seeing the same core issues. Though I don't think that will ever change. Today's players are much different than they were 10+ years ago.