I would say yes, but I am having major issues with the Mac client.

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I'm confused about why you need an "other" option when "YES: I am satisfied with where ESO is heading" seems pretty consistent with what you just said.

You missed the "Waiting for Cyberpunk 2077 release" option

No, i gonna delete this game.

Stopped playing some months ago, stopped entirely logging a month ago. The game has been going downhill for a while now with broken content, no fixes, the old content is completely neglected, things are becoming a cash grab and more and more content is getting punishment mechanics for not logging and playing everyday.


Stumbled upon this poll while changing account passwords before anyone wonders why I am bothering with the forums while not playing. And wanted to leave my two pennies.

Scrollup wrote: »

1. Are you happy with the direction ESO is heading?

Yes, I feel like the devs want to create new and fun content to keep the players engaged, and want to figure out how to solve performance issues to keep the players happy.

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2. What makes you have the urge to login ESO and play?

Honestly? The thing that gives me the urge to log in and play ESO on a daily basis are the free daily login rewards and the gold I make through daily crafting writs, both of which stimulate my desire to "not miss out on something." I would still log in daily without the free rewards, to do my daily crafting writs, but the free daily rewards are an added incentive. I do wish they could be converted into Crown Gems, but I can also understand why that might be a bad idea; can you imagine the outcry if players missed their free daily rewards due to downed servers? Beyond the outcry that already occurs, that is; it wouldn't be "You've made me miss out on the final X days of rewards," but "You've made me miss out on the final X days of rewards and the free Crown Gems I could have gotten from them!" But since the question didn't specify logging in daily, I'll broaden my reply to include the general desire to develop my characters and just run around and enjoy the virtual world they inhabit.

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3. What turns you off and not wanting to login ESO?

Again, honestly? The need to get some sleep and do other things in the real world. If I'm unable to log in due to the servers being down-- whether due to regular scheduled maintenance, maintenance that goes well over schedule, unplanned outages for whatever reasons-- or due to internet problems on my end, I am happy to play something else (currently TES:Arena) or do other things, but I'm happy when I can log in again.

1) Greymoor, despite the niggles, is a really nice expansion. It's been wonderful exploring Western Skyrim, and they've done a pretty awesome job with Blackreach (I spent a few hours just wandering around appreciating the views both above and below when the expansion first released). The new dungeons seem interesting and I'm looking forward to trying them out on the live server. The devs are trying to crack open the META and close what has remained a significant performance gap between sets for a long time, which is not a bad thing. They're also trying to smooth out the PvP experience, provide compensatory gear options to reduce the barrier to successful entry, etc - a valiant attempt to do something constructive to encourage more people to get casually involved in PVP gameplay, particularly when faced with a hyper-sensitive niche community that honestly hasn't changed in the 23 yrs that I've been an online PKer (The names and faces may be different but the arguments, etc, remain more or less the same). The Vampire rework has honestly been a disappointment thus far, but can be tweaked to find a sweet spot as they've managed with Werewolf, which is now a pretty viable stam option without being a mandatory one.

2) Lots of reasons, from the guild community that I'm part of (gaming with a group of fun, friendly people has been a real boon during this pandemic), to building and improving my gameplay with different characters in various scenarios (solo, Trials, PvP, etc), exploring content I've not gotten 'round to before, engaging in bespoke house builds (ESO's TRUE endgame )... There are so many different facets of gameplay to engage in to suit pretty much any mood.

3) "Extended maintenance" and instance-related glitchiness are slight turn-offs, and sometimes I feel a bit burned out - but that's an inevitable consequence of spending so darned much time playing one game.

A lot of why I log in is to hang out with my friends. I like working on whatever someone needs to get done. I like knocking out more and more of the PvE content that at one time I didn't think I was ever going to do. And for as much as Cyro can be a laggy frustrating mess, it still gets me all hyped up sometimes lol. And the feel of Cyro just isn't something I have found anywhere else. Oh, and I like being a dragon about things and hoarding all the golds.

What I dont like is the constant changes, oh look time to farm new gear, again. I also dont like the laggy frustrating mess that Cyro can be. I dont like some of the tactics that are used in Cyro, but that one isn't technically on the ZOS people so much. And I super dont like leveling characters or doing basic level PvE like clearing zones and all that comes with that one anymore. I would rather watch AD hit BRK front door on repeat like a bunch of lemmings than level up any more characters ever lol

Basically the only thing that keeps me in ESO is housing.

The world is beautiful, especially when ZOS has had to come up something new like Elsweyr that hasn't been done fully in a TES game so they have to think outside of the box.

Combat and class design is awful - every class plays virtually the same, just change the skill name and effect. Lay your ground aoe, light attack cancel and your spammable. After 5 years I'm so bored of their generic design.

Scrollup wrote: »

1. Are you happy with the direction ESO is heading?

Year of Skyrim and vampires kind of pulls me off. I've played more than enough Skyrim/Dawnguard.
The antiquities skill-lines don't really add gameplay, IMO it's just kind of minesweeper minigame that does not belong here.
I expect more fantasy in a fantasy world (think Morrowind, giant mushrooms, weird creatures, etc.).

Scrollup wrote: »

2. What makes you have the urge to login ESO and play?

I like TES universe and lore. I enjoy exploring that weird fantasy world.
ATM I mainly log for few BG and daily rewards, not much to do ingame.

Scrollup wrote: »

3. What turns you off and not wanting to login ESO?

Lag kept me off for a while, game was nearly unplayable for a few weeks.
Group finder thing not allowing team-up before BG was a letdown, one of the reasons a guild I liked disbanded.

1. Are you happy with the direction ESO is heading?

No.

1) I spent lot of time and mental health grinding vMA for weapons. vDSA also took some time and some health, but it was faster cause we could trade weapons with group members. In Greymoor, every newbie can earn same weapons without any effort on normal arenas, and I suddenly have lot of "normal" weapons (while I earned them all on vet long time ago). There just can't be any more disrespect to old players than this

2) The fact that developers even think about possibility to implement AoE cooldowns/cost increase, is very sad. I hate cooldowns. For example, I play GW2 mostly to fly on Griffons, because their combat (with cooldowns on almost everything) is simply not fun. If we'll get cooldowns in ESO, they would have to add cool flying mounts to compensate for the loss of fast combat.

3) My characters didn't become stronger since Murkmire (when developers stopped increasing CP cap every 3 months). There is no feeling of progress

2. What makes you have the urge to login ESO and play?

Crafting writs; collecting skyshards on alts; mounts and cosmetics; some PvP/battlegrounds; I still haven't finished Greymoor's quests (it's actually hilarious, cause I pre-ordered Greymoor simply to do the quests ASAP...)

I'm mostly happy with ESO and the amount of content that is being provided. My only two complaints are:

1) Game Performance Issues, which they appear to be trying to solve; and

2) The combat system which is basically button-mashing and which is balanced solely around those players who can button-mash the fastest and execute block/bash/animation cancelling, which puts a lot of content out of the hands of the average player.