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What does ESO mean to you?
SASChris
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What I mean is, what exactly does the game represent to you? I ask because recently I have been thinking about what the game means to me; With it approaching 8 years of age I have been thinking about just how much of my life that I have know about, thought about and invested into ESO.
I look at 1290 hours in game on Steam that have accumulated since I bought the game the day after Tamriel Unlimited launched. I think about how long ago the Beta was and how exciting of a time it was when the game was first announced. I think about how despite it being my #1 played game in terms of documented hours, I still feel excited at the prospect of jumping back in and playing some more. I think about how big of an influence the Elder Scrolls franchise as a whole has had on me and my view on games and what they can be. I think about how fortunate I am to have a game like ESO in my life that makes me feel the way that it does, whilst also occasionally feeling cursed due to how this feeling causes me to spend less time that I would like in other games
. And I also think about the future - my future, the game's future and my future with this game.
What will ESO look like when TES IV finally launches? How will that game's launch impact this game, if at all (though I wager that it most likely will impact it in some fashion)? What will it be like when ZOS finally prioritizes their new game over ESO? What will the final days of the game be like, and when might they occur? I've never been around for the "end" of such a long running game as ESO, so I cannot say how it will feel when the game closes it's doors (in an official capacity at least) one day, as all game, as all games inevitably must.
I think about these things because I feel that ESO means a great deal to me - as silly as that may sound to some. I try to tell myself that worrying about the future isn't worth it if it keeps you from living in the present, and that I must try my hardest to continue to appreciate what I have while I still have it, as you never know when it may disappear.
While ZOS may not hold the title form my favorite development team of all time (that would have to go to Bethesda Game Studios, sorry ZOS), they have managed to create a game - their first game as as team no less - that has held my attention longer than any other game I've played up to this point in time, and I believe that the team with all of it's members both current and previous have done a phenomenal job with the game, despite it's flaws - but hey, nothing and nobody is perfect, right? And I would very much thank to thank the team for creating such a wonderful experience that has given me so many hours of enjoyment over the years and captured my imagination so effectively. Here's hoping to many, many more years of such things!
Anyways, sorry for the rambling, but to get back on track - what does the game mean to you? Has it ever been a very special game in your eyes? If so, is it still? Do you believe the game has made a significant impact of your life in any way? How so? And do you ever ponder about what the game may mean to you if the future? I am very much interested in reading other's opinions regarding this topic!
I look at 1290 hours in game on Steam that have accumulated since I bought the game the day after Tamriel Unlimited launched. I think about how long ago the Beta was and how exciting of a time it was when the game was first announced. I think about how despite it being my #1 played game in terms of documented hours, I still feel excited at the prospect of jumping back in and playing some more. I think about how big of an influence the Elder Scrolls franchise as a whole has had on me and my view on games and what they can be. I think about how fortunate I am to have a game like ESO in my life that makes me feel the way that it does, whilst also occasionally feeling cursed due to how this feeling causes me to spend less time that I would like in other games
. And I also think about the future - my future, the game's future and my future with this game.What will ESO look like when TES IV finally launches? How will that game's launch impact this game, if at all (though I wager that it most likely will impact it in some fashion)? What will it be like when ZOS finally prioritizes their new game over ESO? What will the final days of the game be like, and when might they occur? I've never been around for the "end" of such a long running game as ESO, so I cannot say how it will feel when the game closes it's doors (in an official capacity at least) one day, as all game, as all games inevitably must.
I think about these things because I feel that ESO means a great deal to me - as silly as that may sound to some. I try to tell myself that worrying about the future isn't worth it if it keeps you from living in the present, and that I must try my hardest to continue to appreciate what I have while I still have it, as you never know when it may disappear.
While ZOS may not hold the title form my favorite development team of all time (that would have to go to Bethesda Game Studios, sorry ZOS), they have managed to create a game - their first game as as team no less - that has held my attention longer than any other game I've played up to this point in time, and I believe that the team with all of it's members both current and previous have done a phenomenal job with the game, despite it's flaws - but hey, nothing and nobody is perfect, right? And I would very much thank to thank the team for creating such a wonderful experience that has given me so many hours of enjoyment over the years and captured my imagination so effectively. Here's hoping to many, many more years of such things!
Anyways, sorry for the rambling, but to get back on track - what does the game mean to you? Has it ever been a very special game in your eyes? If so, is it still? Do you believe the game has made a significant impact of your life in any way? How so? And do you ever ponder about what the game may mean to you if the future? I am very much interested in reading other's opinions regarding this topic!
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lonnml✭✭✭I joined briefly on release, didn’t like it that much as there were a ton of issues. I’ve always loved Tamriel lore and my first game was Oblivion when it was released at 8 years old. I moved onto Morrowind and, of course, Skyrim. During the single player TES games I would always try to go off map and search for the numerous places in Tamriel. I had the map of Tamriel with each 7-9 major cities per province hung up in my room for as long as i can remember. I’ve always loved the world building, the lovecraftian lore, the geography, etc.
I have been playing ESO since January and fell in love with the fact that i could visit all of these major cities. It is truly immersive, the lore is incredible and some of the best in the series. The graphics are great (imo). I can play it on my mac (i’m not really a gamer) and the community is generally very nice.
I just wish issues were fixed and I wish the developers and support would communicate with us more. Id be hard pressed to believe that player’s money is going toward game improvement.3 -
moleculardrugs✭✭✭✭someone commented “divorce” in another post. I thought it was hilarious because I too am divorced but not because of ESO.
ESO helped me get through my depressive phase when I got kicked out of graduate school and was going through a divorce. I got to work on myself while working on my character. This was also during the pandemic so it was nice to not be around bad news and fear mongering all the time.
But yeah, I can’t believe how fast my reflexes have gotten because of ESO. I mean, I’m not saying my punch or kick reflexes are faster but my hand reflexes are phenomenal, plus combining my rotation with all the moves and buffs and debuffs, I feel like I’m working out a complicated puzzle whenever I try to hit higher or harder.
ESO also helped me read the fine print more. The skills pretty much explain how the game works if you read them enough times. Like heavy armor decreases martial damage by 1% whereas light armor will increase martial damage by 1%, and medium decreases block cost by 3%.
ESO has done a lot for me! I wish there was a way for me to add to the lore though, it’s so cool learning new things about TES universe or seeing them depicted through ESO4 -
SASChris✭✭I joined briefly on release, didn’t like it that much as there were a ton of issues. I’ve always loved Tamriel lore and my first game was Oblivion when it was released at 8 years old. I moved onto Morrowind and, of course, Skyrim. During the single player TES games I would always try to go off map and search for the numerous places in Tamriel. I had the map of Tamriel with each 7-9 major cities per province hung up in my room for as long as i can remember. I’ve always loved the world building, the lovecraftian lore, the geography, etc.
I have been playing ESO since January and fell in love with the fact that i could visit all of these major cities. It is truly immersive, the lore is incredible and some of the best in the series. The graphics are great (imo). I can play it on my mac (i’m not really a gamer) and the community is generally very nice.
I just wish issues were fixed and I wish the developers and support would communicate with us more. Id be hard pressed to believe that player’s money is going toward game improvement.
Oblivion was my first TES game as well, I remember that I got it in the Oblivion/Bioshock double pack thing that was available around 2009 or so? I didn't really know what I was doing at the time as I has never really played an RPG before, but it was still great fun nonetheless, and I had certainly never played anything like it before that point.
I do agree that some of the issues can be a bit frustrating at times. But I suppose that we need to take the good with the bad in life, right? Just need to work out for yourself when dealing with the issues regarding a certain thing becomes a bigger deal than any benefit you extract from sticking around. I play Fallout 76 and quite enjoy the game so I figure many would say that I must either be crazy, a masochist or in possession of the patience of a saint, but hey, the game is still great in my eyes even after all these years and all the issues it has had, and I hope will continue to be great to me far into the future 0 -
SASChris✭✭moleculardrugs wrote: »someone commented “divorce” in another post. I thought it was hilarious because I too am divorced but not because of ESO.
ESO helped me get through my depressive phase when I got kicked out of graduate school and was going through a divorce. I got to work on myself while working on my character. This was also during the pandemic so it was nice to not be around bad news and fear mongering all the time.
But yeah, I can’t believe how fast my reflexes have gotten because of ESO. I mean, I’m not saying my punch or kick reflexes are faster but my hand reflexes are phenomenal, plus combining my rotation with all the moves and buffs and debuffs, I feel like I’m working out a complicated puzzle whenever I try to hit higher or harder.
ESO also helped me read the fine print more. The skills pretty much explain how the game works if you read them enough times. Like heavy armor decreases martial damage by 1% whereas light armor will increase martial damage by 1%, and medium decreases block cost by 3%.
ESO has done a lot for me! I wish there was a way for me to add to the lore though, it’s so cool learning new things about TES universe or seeing them depicted through ESO
It's good to hear that you are doing better now after going through that - I'll admit that I've been going through quite the rough patch myself for the past year or so. Things have seemed awfully bleak at times, but I'm still here and still have the power to make positive changes, just as we all do (no matter how difficult it may be at times). having something to look forward to can always be a big help, even if it may not seem like much at first, the smallest things can make the biggest difference.
I always do find it be interesting to think about just how much we learn through doing seemingly mundane things, such as playing a video game. From improved reflexes, to improved focus and higher levels of patience, it's cool how many things we can improve about ourselves without even really trying!0 -
Vevvev✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭An Elder Scrolls game I can play with friends that features 3 faction open world PvP. Also it's the only MMO where I can become a vampire or werewolf so it's got that going for it, although vampire since the rework has no reason to really drink blood in heavy quantities like it used to.PC NA - Ceyanna Ashton - Breton Vampire MagDK2 -
chllorcab16_ESO✭✭✭For me, ESO is just another game in the Elder Scrolls universe. I've been playing those since I was 18, i'm 46 now. Played each and every one of those games (yeah, i even have redguard and played like... 10 minutes...), and they are my go to each time I feel down or need escape from real life. Yesterday at work I listen to the music of ES III, aka Morrowind. My coffee mug has a Skyrim logo on it. My key chain is an Ebonheart Pact Dragon.That's how much of an addict I am.
When I die, I wanna go to Tamriel.Edited by chllorcab16_ESO on April 2, 2022 6:32AM5 -
SASChris✭✭An Elder Scrolls game I can play with friends that features 3 faction open world PvP. Also it's the only MMO where I can become a vampire or werewolf so it's got that going for it, although vampire since the rework has no reason to really drink blood in heavy quantities like it used to.
I don't have any friends that play ESO myself, but that works out just fine given how I'm more of a solo-focused player. The few times I've gotten friends to try the game out it was enjoyable to play with them though!0 -
SASChris✭✭chllorcab16_ESO wrote: »For me, ESO is just another game in the Elder Scrolls universe. I've been playing those since I was 18, i'm 46 now. Played each and every one of those games (yeah, i even have redguard and played like... 10 minutes...), and they are my go to each time I feel down or need escape from real life. Yesterday at work I listen to the music of ES III, aka Morrowind. My coffee mug has a Skyrim logo on it. My key chain is an Ebonheart Pact Dragon.That's how much of an addict I am.
When I die, I wanna go to Tamriel.
Goodness! I'm assuming that your first TES game was Arena then? I've yet to play it myself yet but look forward to trying it out one day. The older games must have been quite something back in the day, heck even now they still seem pretty ambitious with all they do!
As for wanting to go to Tamriel after you pass on, well... I can't honestly say that I would be to opposed to experiencing such a thing myself.0 -
chllorcab16_ESO✭✭✭
Goodness! I'm assuming that your first TES game was Arena then? I've yet to play it myself yet but look forward to trying it out one day. The older games must have been quite something back in the day, heck even now they still seem pretty ambitious with all they do!
As for wanting to go to Tamriel after you pass on, well... I can't honestly say that I would be to opposed to experiencing such a thing myself.
Indeed, first game was Arena. And that's the game I had to really work my english for, caus' there was no french translation then. I played it so much I still know the quickest way into most of those dungeons and the answers to most of the riddles. I almsot didn't play it though... my first time, I was so confused by it, I just didn't understand much, I just played a few minutes before going back to some simcity.
But yeah, I tried it again and here I am now. I played ESO in the open beta, and loved it instantly. Yes, there were issues, yes it was quite hard too, before Tamriel one. But I'm a ES girl through and through and afdter all this time you sorta get used to Bugthesda...1 -
SASChris✭✭chllorcab16_ESO wrote: »
Goodness! I'm assuming that your first TES game was Arena then? I've yet to play it myself yet but look forward to trying it out one day. The older games must have been quite something back in the day, heck even now they still seem pretty ambitious with all they do!
As for wanting to go to Tamriel after you pass on, well... I can't honestly say that I would be to opposed to experiencing such a thing myself.
Indeed, first game was Arena. And that's the game I had to really work my english for, caus' there was no french translation then. I played it so much I still know the quickest way into most of those dungeons and the answers to most of the riddles. I almsot didn't play it though... my first time, I was so confused by it, I just didn't understand much, I just played a few minutes before going back to some simcity.
But yeah, I tried it again and here I am now. I played ESO in the open beta, and loved it instantly. Yes, there were issues, yes it was quite hard too, before Tamriel one. But I'm a ES girl through and through and afdter all this time you sorta get used to Bugthesda...
What better motivation to learn another language than your favorite video game right? I know very little French and what little I know it likely very poor... perhaps one day I'll attempt to learn it again and next time pay better attention than I did in my high school French class!
And I can certainly relate on the whole "not knowing what I was doing thing", coming from mostly FPS', racing and adventure games as a kid it was difficult wrapping my head around all the mechanics and possibilities when I first dove into Oblivion, but was it oh so enjoyable despite my troubles! Oblivion is what got me into Bethesda, the Elder Scrolls and RPGs in general, and Fallout 3 is what got me absolutely hooked. Both game and both franchises hold a special place in my heart, and I expect Starfield to soon enough occupy a similar spot when it comes out later this year.0 -
chllorcab16_ESO✭✭✭What better motivation to learn another language than your favorite video game right? I know very little French and what little I know it likely very poor... perhaps one day I'll attempt to learn it again and next time pay better attention than I did in my high school French class!
And I can certainly relate on the whole "not knowing what I was doing thing", coming from mostly FPS', racing and adventure games as a kid it was difficult wrapping my head around all the mechanics and possibilities when I first dove into Oblivion, but was it oh so enjoyable despite my troubles! Oblivion is what got me into Bethesda, the Elder Scrolls and RPGs in general, and Fallout 3 is what got me absolutely hooked. Both game and both franchises hold a special place in my heart, and I expect Starfield to soon enough occupy a similar spot when it comes out later this year.
Can you believe I waited until 2014 to actually play Fallout? gosh i'm so stupid ^^ I loved it, of course.
Oblivion holds a lot of nice memories for me too : i was preggers then, and Oblivion was my "don't puke" weapon. Everything made me go nauseous, playing games and focusing on a screen stabilised it.
ES also happens to be a major source of inspiration for me : i'm a pretty creative person I think (not that i'm good at it, but I need the process) and each time I play a creative game, be it planet coaster, minecraft terraria, starbound or stonehearth, or when I'm drawing or writing, Tamriel makes an appearance.
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SASChris✭✭chllorcab16_ESO wrote: »What better motivation to learn another language than your favorite video game right? I know very little French and what little I know it likely very poor... perhaps one day I'll attempt to learn it again and next time pay better attention than I did in my high school French class!
And I can certainly relate on the whole "not knowing what I was doing thing", coming from mostly FPS', racing and adventure games as a kid it was difficult wrapping my head around all the mechanics and possibilities when I first dove into Oblivion, but was it oh so enjoyable despite my troubles! Oblivion is what got me into Bethesda, the Elder Scrolls and RPGs in general, and Fallout 3 is what got me absolutely hooked. Both game and both franchises hold a special place in my heart, and I expect Starfield to soon enough occupy a similar spot when it comes out later this year.
Can you believe I waited until 2014 to actually play Fallout? gosh i'm so stupid ^^ I loved it, of course.
Oblivion holds a lot of nice memories for me too : i was preggers then, and Oblivion was my "don't puke" weapon. Everything made me go nauseous, playing games and focusing on a screen stabilised it.
ES also happens to be a major source of inspiration for me : i'm a pretty creative person I think (not that i'm good at it, but I need the process) and each time I play a creative game, be it planet coaster, minecraft terraria, starbound or stonehearth, or when I'm drawing or writing, Tamriel makes an appearance.
Hey better late than never right? We all get along at our own pace. It is always quite wonderful to find something new and special though.
Haha, well it good that you were able to find something like that. I have a buddy who's wife was pregnant for the majority of last year and from what it sounds like it seems tough, the nauseousness, the cravings, all of it.
Having such a huge source of inspiration can be quite a wonderful thing, can't it? I don't do much creative work myself these days but I know that thinking of some of my favorite things often inspires me to make better and healthier decisions of myself and those around me. Like my favorite band for instance - I just think about how such beautiful pieces of music were created by a few folks out there who one day must've just had an idea pop into their head and eventually worked hard enough to allow that idea to turn into something tangible. For one reason or another it really motivates me and gets me all excited inside. Life has it's low points but there is much wonder to be found as well.0 -
Sinlar✭✭✭Contemplating the Cosmic while becoming one with the blade in a multi-dimensional sand painting of swirling destruction.
Proves to be both meditative and therapeutic.
ESO allows this one to partake of such things.1 -
SASChris✭✭Contemplating the Cosmic while becoming one with the blade in a multi-dimensional sand painting of swirling destruction.
Proves to be both meditative and therapeutic.
ESO allows this one to partake of such things.
How nicely put. I too find the game to be very relaxing at times. It's great to be able to step away from the more chaotic activities and just go fish or pick flowers when I'm in the mood for something a bit slower paced.1 -
Blinx✭✭✭✭✭
✭ESO is my first venture into Tamriel, I was playing FF14, and was getting a bit bored in Eorzea, so decided to try this game out.
It wasn't exactly smooth sailing at first, I purchased Elsweyr on PS4, and was literally lost, and confused most of the time, so I uninstalled it.
Wasn't until Xbox GamePass, that I saw it listed for free play, that I gave it another chance, and so glad I did, because this time the game started me off in Coldharbour, I met Lyris, and the Prophet. Suddenly the game clicked, and I became hooked.
I practically lived on Tamriel when Covid hit, and we were all on lockdown!
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DreamyLu✭✭✭✭✭
✭To me, ESO is a side game, to take a breath aside of my main. Thanks to ESO, I discovered something I had never experienced in any games before: full freedom.
I explain a bit more: I use ESO to chill solo. I have short term objectives only, based on what I feel for when I log in. I don't care about achievements. I don't feel the need to complete anything. I do some of the daily endeavors, by luck, when it happens that it does match what I'm currently doing (ex: if I cut off a wood log and see in chat that it's for dailies, I go cut next ones).
Generally, I wander through out the game, doing stuff here and there depending on my mood, free of any obligations. It's so great to be free this way!!!!
In the end, it's a true paradox: the fact that I'm not a fan of the game (by far too many things I don't like), makes that I'm detached emotionally, what supports my feeling of freedom and I enjoy that so much that it makes me love ESO!
I'm out of my mind, feel free to leave a message... PC/NA2 -
Lysette✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭.To me, ESO is a side game, to take a breath aside of my main. Thanks to ESO, I discovered something I had never experienced in any games before: full freedom.
I explain a bit more: I use ESO to chill solo. I have short term objectives only, based on what I feel for when I log in. I don't care about achievements. I don't feel the need to complete anything. I do some of the daily endeavors, by luck, when it happens that it does match what I'm currently doing (ex: if I cut off a wood log and see in chat that it's for dailies, I go cut next ones).
Generally, I wander through out the game, doing stuff here and there depending on my mood, free of any obligations. It's so great to be free this way!!!!
In the end, it's a true paradox: the fact that I'm not a fan of the game (by far too many things I don't like), makes that I'm detached emotionally, what supports my feeling of freedom and I enjoy that so much that it makes me love ESO!
This makes a lot of sense - I just realized, that I played all the TES games this way - detached from the storyline pretty much every time - yes, I have played through the main story line in Oblivion and Skyrim once, but I never really touched it in Morrowind, I simply forgot about the Blades. Like you I don't feel compelled to follow any given role of the game, I just do as I please enjoying my time on Nirn.
I started out in Morrowind, which felt to me like an alien world full of wonders - it was fascinating how quickly I adapted to that everyone is using some kind of magic in this world. I really forgot about the main story quest while playing and other things got into focus - like what about this dwarven race, has there been another forgotten civilization before them. I basically did a lot of things, which were not intended by the game designers, I guess - but I had fun, better than follow a given task.
And you just made me realize, that I never really played TES like intended - but in my very own way. The game has been always more about discovery and exploration than about story line to me - I could well live without any storyline in it. I do as well not that many quests - it is often more by accident that I complete one, or it is a special organization like the psijic order.
I basically use TES and ESO as a backdrop for my own way to play my characters - they have own character sheets, abilities and disabilities which are outside the game, and I role play them like this and let them have their own minds and I'm curious how they turn out based on their experiences. This is much different from the intended game play - but so what, I love it. So yes, ESO is about freedom to play as I want and be it by playing it in a totally different way than intended by the devs.
I am attached to the world of Nirn and want to see and experience all of Tamriel - but I am detached from the story lines in it, I basically give a damn about the story and the 3 faction war. I ignore it the best I can and just enjoy Tamriel in my own way. And yeah, that is freedom and I love it that way and am quite happy that I'm not forced to play it in a certain way.
Now thinking a bit longer about it - pretty much all the games I love are like this - where I can do as I please and don't have to follow a given task or which have no goal at all but to enjoy yourself. And those games, which are not really of that kind, offered a lot of different ways to approach the goal - like the fantastic Dishonored games - as well an IP of the Zenimax group. They are in a way linear, but one can play them nevertheless in a variety of ways, which differ from each other that much, that these games can be replayed many many times.Edited by Lysette on April 2, 2022 9:27AM2 -
chllorcab16_ESO✭✭✭That's basically any ES game really : you're not bound to a linear story. Don't wanna do it? Wanna do something else? No problem.2
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Danikat✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭It's an Elder Scrolls game which lets me explore more of Tamriel (and Oblivion) than any single previous game, and which I hope will eventually include all of Tamriel and some other parts of Nirn.
Morrowind was the first TES game I really played (technically I played a bit of Daggerfall before that, but not enough to really count) and while the map was massive for it's time and very detailed I was disappointed when I learned you were restricted to an island and all these other places I kept hearing about weren't in the game at all. Getting to explore the whole continent in one game is fantastic, and I always look forward to going to new places, particularly ones that haven't featured in a game before at all.PC EU player | She/her/hers | PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!
"Remember in this game we call life that no one said it's fair"1 -
Lugaldu✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭I've been in Tamriel almost every day for 17 years. The world has accompanied me through very different phases of my life, beautiful ones and very difficult ones. I started ESO as a solo player and I never imagined that would ever change. But I met someone very special and important to me here, and now I'm no longer alone in Tamriel.6 -
Kesstryl✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭EOS was a way to experience Elder Scrolls with other people for me. I am a long time TES fan, and played ever since I bought the game Arena. That's a long time to play a series. I deeply love Elder Scrolls lore, world building, NPC characters, freedom to play any type of character through skills and customization in looks, and freedom to explore. I wanted to experience those things with other fans of the series. ESO might not have gotten everything right, but it got a lot of the important things right, and built new lore and new places you could only read about in the single player games.
No matter how bad things got IRL, I could come home and lose myself in my characters' stories, quests, NPC interactions, player friends I made through my guilds, doing dungeons and trials, and even PvP if one of my guilds organized a group. I loved it.
Recent changes have made the game a little less Elder Scrolls, and I hope that gets addressed and fixed because losing the Elder Scrolls feeling in an Elder Scrolls game simply hurts.HEARTHLIGHT - A guild for housing enthusiasts! Contact @Kesstryl in-game to join.2 -
vibeborn✭✭✭✭✭ESO was the first Elder Scrolls game and the first MMO I played. I had never been interested in MMOs before, and I knew nothing about the Elder Scrolls series.
I was gifted the game by my brother, but I was reluctant to try the game, but for personal reasons, boy am I glad I did
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Lysette✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I've been in Tamriel almost every day for 17 years. The world has accompanied me through very different phases of my life, beautiful ones and very difficult ones. I started ESO as a solo player and I never imagined that would ever change. But I met someone very special and important to me here, and now I'm no longer alone in Tamriel.
Mara may bless you both - well done.5 -
Syldras✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I've been in Tamriel almost every day for 17 years. The world has accompanied me through very different phases of my life, beautiful ones and very difficult ones. I started ESO as a solo player and I never imagined that would ever change. But I met someone very special and important to me here, and now I'm no longer alone in Tamriel.
Mara may bless you both - well done.
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@Syldras | PC | EU
The forceful expression of will gives true honor to the Ancestors.
Sarayn Andrethi, Telvanni mage (Main)
Darvasa Andrethi, his "I'm NOT a Necromancer!" sister
Malacar Sunavarlas, Altmer Ayleid vampire
Soris Rethandus, a Sleeper not yet awake3 -
BloodyStigmata✭✭✭✭✭
✭It's another chapter in an ongoing story that I've been keeping since TES III: Morrowind. TES to me very much is a living story, and so I have my own living story within it as well.
Thanks to ESO, I've gone back further in that timeline than I ever had, and where this ongoing story goes from here with TES 6 is forever affected by it.Owner and proprietor of the Northern Elsweyr Guar Reserve and The Hunting Grounds Guar Reserve, Tamriel's home to all things guar.See the embedded brochures for all information regarding our reserves, as well as our collection status!2 -
Ashryn✭✭✭✭✭I've played the Elder Scroll series since Morrowind and was so impressed with the concept of a 'world' & freedom. Unlike other games you could play it the way you wished. Since I am not a competitive or violence-loving person, my main goal is always exploration.
The whole Elder Scrolls series became a way for me to share time and relate to my bi-polar daughter...while she was a difficult teen and now that she is an adult with kids of her own. It helps both of us weather the hard times of real life, depression, and
more... simply with its beauty & variety. Its beautiful music often can bring instant peacefulness or excitement. Even now, since she is often bed-ridden with 12 herniated disks in her spine and a rare form of Diabetes, she and I have something to talk about with each other besides pain.
No the game isn't perfect. Yes, its frustrating when gaming companies destroy some of the things we enjoy and seem bent on self-destruction with their less-then-perfect customer consideration... but this game still means a lot to those of us who live in Tamriel!2 -
Leftover_Pizza✭✭✭Nothing more than just another game for me, which I either play or not play when I have time left to do some gaming.
I started playing ESO in hopes to find a substitute for WoW to play on console, due to the lack of a gaming PC for years. ESO didn't deliver in that area, but it's an okay game, lacks a ton (except MTX sales), has potential it'll never get, but it could entertain me from time to time.
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AzuraFan✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Just another game in the Elder Scrolls universe for me.
After playing and quitting a few times, I returned to ESO in 2021 and played it A LOT. I didn't like how many hours of my life it was consuming. I felt somewhat addicted. So I've pulled back this year. Mainly just doing endeavors until High Isle comes out. I went back to what I truly love: single player games, which eventually end lol. Also doing a lot more reading and other things.2 -
Zyva✭✭✭✭✭ESO was my very first online game, and first time taking a game seriously. steam says I've put in almost 14 thousand hours now since I bought it when Homestead came out. early 2017 maybe? I dont even remember anymore.
Ironically, I bought it because it was on sale and it advertised housing. No other reason, never played any other elder scrolls game or knew anything about the lore. The story hooked me in Auridon after playing casually for about two months and putting it down a couple times. I was that typically low level player dying to quest bosses for a while. Then I finished the Aldmeri questline, got into my first, then second, then third guild which led me to trials.... and thats where I found what kept me truly hooked.
The community. Working together with a team to finish first one goal, then another. I made it my mission for YEARS to get every achievement in the game. I'd roleplay the story content as it came out, but my main focus was always different groups of friends and people that I met, getting trial completions and eventually trifectas. I love to go back and watch youtube videos and twitch clips of some of those first clears, how excited everyone was.
After pve was pretty much thoroughly explored, I spent a year delving into pvp. Worked for nearly an entire campaign my first month in to get emperor on the most populated place I could find because I wanted the experience, which at that time was called Kaalgrontiidd. It took two weeks of grinding AP to get into first place, playing nearly 16 hours a day to try and keep up with the people in first and second. I didnt yet have a pvp guild, but started to network right away. I ran pug groups taking resources, called them zig-zag-zergs and met a ton of people, learned how to use siege then taught other people how to use siege, it was like having one giant extended work group of random people jumping in all getting more and more excited. On the day I finally emped, It was prime time and we had groups of random people I had met running around to all the emp keeps trying to stave off attackers, and a nearly 45 minute fight for the last fort I needed WHILE the hammer was being fought back and forth by two opposing groups. People were shouting in zone chat, cheering, when we finally took Chalman, everyone who had run with me that campaign or been in my groups or a part of the effort excited, people I'd only just met and random friends from pve who had jumped into Cyrodil just to run help.
So for me, ESO had always been about the people. As performance has suffered a lot the last year, and content to me has not been as good, I've stayed for the people. I've attended funerals in ESO for people I've known for years, seen others get married and yes still others get divorced. I get sad as more of my old friends leave for other games. Lately I think I might be the next one of those people, the AwA tore apart a lot of my independent reasons for ongoing play, but I hope things turn around.Zyvä (Nightblade) ~ Purricâne (Sorcerer) ~ Boñfürr (Dragonknight) ~ Cätnïp (Warden) ~ Boñespùrr (Necromancer)~ Catsänova (Templar)4
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