I agree with you, tab target games aren’t for me and I enjoy the eso world but it’s just unplayable for me at this point. I actually stopped playing mmo’s altogether because none of them strike my interest anymore. I just wish “hardcore” players got a little more love as well as performance (it’s been in an awful state for years now). I loved the game pre-Elsweyr, but it’s gotten worse ever since then in my opinion.Well i see your points, and they arent wrong. But i will say this: eso is the best mmo out there for me. Trust me, I've tried a lot of them and by far this one is better.
I came from an mmo where gear IS your level, gear/level only provides better stats and no gear effects, you have a rng chance of actually getting better gear/leveling, roles were limited by your class (no stealthy assassin tanks), AND limited leveling. You can only roll the rng to level on a dungeon once per day, trials once a week.
Mythics are REQUIRED, you have to level them, and it's also gated. If you don't want to be kicked, be prepared to pay a lot of real money for them just to be relevant. Grind can take years the free way.
You also only leveled/get better gear by playing only the most recent dlc, no other content. I consider myself lucky to end up here instead. This game may disappoint me at times, but I'm never looking back. I hate that game with a passion now.
Also Khajiit, checkmate.
I agree with you, tab target games aren’t for me and I enjoy the eso world but it’s just unplayable for me at this point. I actually stopped playing mmo’s altogether because none of them strike my interest anymore. I just wish “hardcore” players got a little more love as well as performance (it’s been in an awful state for years now). I loved the game pre-Elsweyr, but it’s gotten worse ever since then in my opinion.Well i see your points, and they arent wrong. But i will say this: eso is the best mmo out there for me. Trust me, I've tried a lot of them and by far this one is better.
I came from an mmo where gear IS your level, gear/level only provides better stats and no gear effects, you have a rng chance of actually getting better gear/leveling, roles were limited by your class (no stealthy assassin tanks), AND limited leveling. You can only roll the rng to level on a dungeon once per day, trials once a week.
Mythics are REQUIRED, you have to level them, and it's also gated. If you don't want to be kicked, be prepared to pay a lot of real money for them just to be relevant. Grind can take years the free way.
You also only leveled/get better gear by playing only the most recent dlc, no other content. I consider myself lucky to end up here instead. This game may disappoint me at times, but I'm never looking back. I hate that game with a passion now.
Also Khajiit, checkmate.
They make statements about eso not being a grind like other mmo’s (just the fun parts)? I find this to be beyond laughable. Just to name a few horrible grinds in this game, let’s start with the new CP system. It is actually much more punishing to people who don’t want to grind in Skyreach for 15 hours a day compared to the old system. Then there’s lore books, undaunted, psijic, skyshards, antiquities on top of the gear grind. Eso has all of the typical mmo grinds, but it’s wrapped up in voice acted quests and flashy trailers.
let’s start with the new CP system. It is actually much more punishing to people who don’t want to grind in Skyreach for 15 hours a day compared to the old system. Then there’s lore books, undaunted, psijic, skyshards, antiquities on top of the gear grind."
RupzSkooma wrote: »ESO is a solo friendly MMORPG IMO and expecting it to be something else might be disappointing.Calling it not a part of a dying/stagnant genre is doing a good service for the game tho.
There was a new article I read today (I’ll link it down below) that stated eso isn’t actually an mmo, but an online rpg? I can’t even say I’m surprised by this given the direction the game has been going over the years. If you’re looking for an experience that’s more hardcore than light attacking the main villain of a year long story to death, you should probably look elsewhere.
So why isn’t eso an mmo? Because it’s all fun, no grinding, and none of that lame hardcore stuff...hilarious.
They make statements about eso not being a grind like other mmo’s (just the fun parts)? I find this to be beyond laughable. Just to name a few horrible grinds in this game, let’s start with the new CP system. It is actually much more punishing to people who don’t want to grind in Skyreach for 15 hours a day compared to the old system. Then there’s lore books, undaunted, psijic, skyshards, antiquities on top of the gear grind. Eso has all of the typical mmo grinds, but it’s wrapped up in voice acted quests and flashy trailers. It is misleading to state otherwise. I want to clarify that I myself have no issue with grinds and I think they’re a healthy part of games to a reasonable extent. However, this is just straight up lying to our faces.
When you break everything down and look at what game you’re paying $15 a month for to play, what actually is it, if not an mmo? Unimaginative stories, repetitive yearly content (how many different versions of dark anchors does this game need)? Raiding and pvp are extremely lackluster if you want to play them on any serious level. You get one raid a year, and there’s all of your content completed on the first day it comes out. The lack of pvp love really speaks for itself though. Pvp players are neglected on such a scale that so many of them have left the game at this point. It’s plagued with horrible performance issues, their ideas and concerns seem to fall on deaf ears, and the last actual pvp content was released 4 years ago.
I actually used to love eso, the combat was unique and had a lot of potential. The elder scrolls world and lore is amazing. But to see it turn into this made me stop playing a long time ago. Reading this article today reinforced how I already felt. That if you want anything more out of the game other than RP and questing, then go play something else; you’re not welcome here.
Here is the link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/05/13/elder-scrolls-blackwood-zenimax/
One special thing about eso is that an it has an decent customer base who see it as an single player game. They buy the new chapters and play them, perhaps also the story dlc but not much other stuff.
They are not MMO players as we see them not interested in collecting gear or cosmetic nor achievements.
Then done with the content they log off and come back on next update.