@Aliyavana 's bosmer pool party when we won the zos contest during summerset release.

Mid-2016. It seems like it was a long time ago. Since then, there have been only two month breaks

Played the Beta, but did not buy. Stayed with GW2, then stopped MMOs till I did EQ again because of their 20th anniversy event.

I started playing ESO in July 2020 when New World was delayed. I did not want to get into a MMO that has been around awhile, but there were not many other choices that I found appealing. There are enough annoyng things about this game (and the business model) that I don't expect it to be a long term game for me, but it currently occupies the time.

Started on xbox a day before the imperial city release. Played the game on and off between Morrowind and Greymoor until I switched to PC.

Most memorable experience I've had was being one shot by the OG viper sting and tremorscale a few years ago in cryodiil. I hated it then and I hate it now

DTStormfox wrote: »

In November 2012, we all got excited when the first announcement was made for The Elder Scrolls Online. Since then, the game has changed in many ways. Some people didn't like the changes, some did. Personally, I have been around since 2014 in one of the final beta invite waves. I am just curious to see for how long you have been around.

And while you are at it, what is your most memorable moment in the game and why?

Keep in mind that it's mostly well experienced people that go to the forum, generally speaking.
I can't remember exactly which beta testing I participated in, but I didn't start using the forum until October 2018.

DTStormfox wrote: »

In November 2012, we all got excited when the first announcement was made for The Elder Scrolls Online.

I wasn't. I HATED the idea of an Elder Scrolls MMO, I thought that there would be no way that anyone could ever do this idea justice. When everyone was getting excited about it, I was incredibly confused as to why people didn't share my sentiment, Elder Scrolls just doesn't work in an MMO format! Come 2014, turned out I was right, and I played the waiting game. Its an Elder Scrolls game, I was going to end up playing it eventually, even back when I was hating on the game I knew I was going to give it a go at some point. I started playing when the game was marketed as Tamriel Unlimited, around the time when thievery and the justice system was added to the game. I consider myself lucky that I waited that long to get the game, because while it didn't feel like the standard Elder Scrolls experience, it was still set in the world of Tamriel, and I could still (sort of) play the game the way I would have normally played a TES game. I even left a few zone quests for later, hoping that eventually the game would be updated so that I would go back there without being overlevelled for the content. This was before One Tamriel was even announced. My routine when playing this game is on and off, usually playing for around 3 months or so and then not touching the game for roughly half a year. Its good. I like it.

My wife usually doesn't post on the forums but she was an Alpha tester.

After they dropped the subscription

I started in early 2016. I had never played an MMORPG before nor heard much about the Elder Scrolls series and my partner suggested it after we got a PS4. I fell in love with the game from the start, though I had A LOT to learn, lol. It has it's issues and I have done my share of airing my frustrations, but I'm completely hooked anyway.

I've had so many memorable moments, but I think my top one is still the time several years ago when I knocked a much higher cp enemy clear off the top of Alessia bridgehouse with a well timed hit from my inferno staff. I think we were both shocked as they just lay there for a minute or two while I looked down on their dead body, lol.

This poll doesn't really tell anything about player retention. It says a lot about the active forum population, though.

Technically day 1 console release but only for a few hours - picked it back up shortly after summerset.

Moved to PC just over a year ago for better performance but haven't played for about 3 months tho because performance kept getting worse.

Best memories probably from my 1st vMOL prog, setting up guild houses with replicas of each boss room & parsing for hours in there