This is the first and only MMO that I play and while when I started it felt so weird to have all those people around, I've grown to like it, so now I'm happy the way it is.

No! Just because of farming nodes alone, and all the other things mentioned in this thread. Not to mention this game is an MMO!

Lysette wrote: »

Sarannah wrote: »

No! Just because of farming nodes alone, and all the other things mentioned in this thread. Not to mention this game is an MMO!

I pick up something here and there - I need nothing of that, my crafting bag has thousands of most what can be farmed. I just do it out of a habit. I rarely sell anything, because I don't need the money either. All I want is doing a quest solo or with Mirri. Loot in there is none of my interests, I don't use auto-loot, so if I do not pick it up it won't clutter my inventory. I basically do it just for the quest experience and what I get is nothing like that - it is just not fun.

This is a request to make a major change to the current game, so all these questions would need to be answered. It's not just how you personally would play the game, it's how would anybody play the game, how would people exploit it, how does it impact the system, technically, economically, socially, etc. I'm sorry you do not enjoy the game anymore, but asking for things to be fundamentally changed because one is unhappy affects many people in many ways, and questions would need to be resolved.

Enjoy your upcoming break from ESO, I hope you find happiness in whatever else you choose to try.

kaushad wrote: »

An offline mode would solve a lot of performance issues.

JoStoic wrote: »

I might be an anomaly, but I get super duper lonely in regular elder scrolls games. I don't get lonely in any other games, (like borderlands, or even Rime. I haven't played a lot of first person story based games because of this issue.) there's some weird uncanny valley in Elder scrolls games that makes me lonely.

So, for me, having a bunch of randos around while I play eso solo, is the perfect blend of what I need.

I think for me the best thing would be if they 'just fixed" the story so every one wasn't actually the chosen one. Too late to fix I think. But it would be nice if they could.

I remember think about that in Arena, in which the only characters with which the PC talks on a regular basis are a dead sorcerer friend and Jagar Tharn. After being left under the Imperial City to die, they had no living friends and given the way my stats were deteriorating (I never found out why), they probably never would.

Whereas in MorrowindI, there are at least recurring quest givers. However, when my PC visited Athyn Sarethi, the guy they defend from the Morag Tong and who sponsored them as a Redoran and Redoran horatator, he introduced himslef as if it were the first time they met. That must be how characters like Raz feel in DLC when you ask "Sorry, who are you again?".

I can almost hear Raz roll his eyes when asked!!

In my head I now imagine all NPC in the game to be like character actors in Disneyland coming in for their shift in Arx Corinium or wherever, preparing themselves to say their lines again knowing they are about to get obliterated for the 1,000,000th time

Lysette wrote: »

Sarannah wrote: »

No! Just because of farming nodes alone, and all the other things mentioned in this thread. Not to mention this game is an MMO!

I pick up something here and there - I need nothing of that, my crafting bag has thousands of most what can be farmed. I just do it out of a habit. I rarely sell anything, because I don't need the money either. All I want is doing a quest solo or with Mirri. Loot in there is none of my interests, I don't use auto-loot, so if I do not pick it up it won't clutter my inventory. I basically do it just for the quest experience and what I get is nothing like that - it is just not fun.

Sorry, but that's nonsense. You can quest and play, just because you have problems encountering other players, does not mean you can't play. That problem is on your end. You are in one of the most solo friendly MMOS out there. Try WoW or FF14 for a change, and you will see how solo friendly this game is.

We have TES III, TES IV and TES V for that.

As is - no point in such thing, but if that's different difficulties instance sign me up.

chessalavakia_ESO wrote: »

I don't think it would be economically viable.

I suspect running tons of separate instances would drive up the costs of running the game and would likely reduce revenue as people would be less likely to spend on cosmetic items that less other players are seeing.

I suspect many of the towns would rapidly depopulate as more and more people went solo.

Realistically, the only times I'd choosing to be in a public setting is if I was helping someone or fighting world bosses that are tedious to solo.

The people that like the MMO aspect would find the game turning into a ghost town.

GTA Online wants a word with you. The game offers lobby choices; solo, invite only and public. Due to content design, solo and invite only lobbies do have a few restrictions; group sell missions and, except for 1, heists.
The game has no items store. Only currency can be bought, but is easy enough to grind within the game, so no purchase is needed at all. They do have a very optional Plus sub since a few weeks ago, at half price of an ESO+ sub. Updates are free, no one has to pay a cent to play the game after purchase.

Yet, GTA Online still has one of the highest, if not the highest, revenue and public lobbies are always full of players (unless you trick the game into a solo public lobby). No ghost towns ever since 2013.

So, with far less monetizing, GTA Online does offer the options and makes heaps of money and show it can be done.

I don’t care either way, but before One Tamriel, the game was essentially like this whenever a player went to other alliance zones and most of the time in Craglorn. I could play in a zone for hours and never run into another player. If there was anything like this implemented, I could see it as a function that simply suppressed the visuals, audio, and chat of fellow players in the zone, like a Do Not Disturb mode.

I wouldn't want to play this as a single player RPG no, because then it wouldn't be the same game.

The game involves everything, so no I wouldn't want it changed to be a different game.

No. You knew this was a multiplayer game when you pushed the coins. Deal.

Nah. I would prefer a strictly PvE-version of Cyrodiil instead. This would mean that those that just want to do PvE-dailies could do so without getting harassed by PvP-ers who want weaker targets, and it would mean fewer non-PvP-ers logged in on the PvP maps, creating less frustration when you have three staples of people, but only five people defending the keeps.

No. ESO is an MMO. If I want a single player experience, I'll play Skyrim.