I'm not going to hop on the bandwagon of "I'm cancelling my sub." I'm going to wait until it actually goes Live and see what's changing. Despite expecting more to change in Week 3, which ultimately seems very underwhelming, stuff can still happen between now and then. But I'm not naïve either. If it goes Live in it's current state, according to the changes from 8.1.0 to 8.1.2, I'll be playing a lot more of another game. Right now, I only justify paying a subscription for one long-term MMO, and that's ESO. So you get the idea. I will reserve judgement until that point.

As of today, assuming this were to go live as is, I'd be spending less time on ESO. There are still two weeks left to sway me one way or the other, but I generally only play one game at a time so any time not playing ESO would probably be spent trying out new things and if one of them were to grab my attention, my ESO playtime would drop to near zero, at least for a while.

Combat isn't my primary interest in ESO - I'll just adapt, as I always have with changes.

Destai wrote: »

As a console player, I can't say yet because I don't have access to the PTS.

My overall thinking is "wait and see", but I don't see this being something that ruins the game for me. I'm not supportive of the patch, but will reserve final judgement until I experience the final changes.

My warden main is a generalist who mostly heals and does overland. I'm not a progression player, so I don't think the impact will be as deep for me as it would be for others. The latest patch notes don't scare me as much as the original proposition, so I'll most likely just adjust as needed. I have at least one of each class, so I'll be able to play whatever is BIS. My two backup mains are a Dark Elf Nightblade and High Elf Templar, so I think I'll be covered.

My friend is a warden and is a bit of a hybrid who likes to do things his own way. No meta, no BIS. He has however experienced multiple nerfs (bow/vampire/now warden) and has stated he will leave the game if this goes ahead. He's a casual player who doesn't do dungeons much, doesn't do trials, doesn't pvp - could care less. Loves overland questing and RPing and has done the quests for the bulk of the zones. He's been playing since the game launched and I think this will be the final straw for him.

Just giving another perspective.

I myself am hardly pushing what can be achieved in endgame, but I've reached a certainly level of DPS that's a far cry from what I was at. I enjoy this part of the game - gear and skill combos and weaving in an attempt to get high numbers - but I also love questing overland, RPing with my friend, farming, trading, furnishing houses. I spend a lot of money on this game, but if this update goes live as it is, where my dps takes a substantial hit and healing gets more frustrating (another thing I enjoy), I think I'll just go play Skyrim Together Reborn with the dude %)

I cannot vote until the actual change drops --- but if it's not fun, I see no reason to stay.

Auldwulfe

whitecrow wrote: »

No update has ever affected the time I spend in the game. I'm baffled that people get in such a tizzy over them.

For me, this is Strike 2, if anyone is keeping track.

Update 33 changed Account Wide Achievements, and basically removed an entire way of playing the game that dated back to launch. Happened to intersect with how I liked to play. Bottom line for me is that I have less reason to play, and therefore play less.

Update 35, so far, has introduced significant combat changes that make the game less fun. This Update stands out compared to updates that mainly tweak the skills and sets that get used too much. These are usually just annoying changes, more like a mosquito when compared to the Update 35 hornet. I am sure that I can adapt, but they have given me no reason why I would want to do that. "Trust us," says Lambert, a little out of context. Update 35 adds nothing to bring me back to the table aside from two dungeons. Those dungeons should have been all that was in Update 35, aside from bug fixes.

Nothing on the Tamrielic horizon for me until later this year, so when I am done with High Isle, I should become scarce around here.

I am already spending significantly less time in ESO than I used to. This is the first weekend I can remember (not including things like vacations) where I've just not logged into the game, not even to do daily writs. And if I didn't have my core prog group today, I probably wouldn't be loggging in today either. Right now, the only thing keeping me from quitting for good is that I have a good 6+ months left on my sub.

i was already logging on solely to collect the daily login stuff most days, and with them killing petsorc (my main build since beta) i find that i dont have any inclination to stick around anymore

Pretty much all I do is vet/hard mode trials and have started progging trifectas. Hard modes and trifectas might be out of the question now, so my progs need to finish before the update. Whether I keep playing depends on how my guild and friends react to the update. If my best dps leave the game, it's pretty much over for me.

People will adapt and so will I. I'll end up playing the same as I do now...

Tbh it depends, if it goes to live server as it is on pts week 3 (or similar) there might be no point in playing since a lot of pve content won't be doable and doing dungeons and trials on normal is not fun. I might give it a try for a few days, maybe a week and then decide but if the question is based on a current pts state - I'll play less.

Already installing New World. Spider-Man getting a PC release soon too! Time to check out some different games until the next mega patch overhaul makes my StamSorc LA build fun again. So... 3 months? I give them 6 tops before they have a radical redesign again. They can't resist.