Are you going to renew your subscription OR buy Tome?

Orbital78 · July 9

I had cut back greatly after some questionable design changes and never fixing bugs that impact my gameplay. The cosmetic stuff I don't care that much about. The direction had improved recently, but all the lay offs are worrying.

If there is a Tome that is packed with things I really like, or if they make huge improvements I may get one. I just hope more qualified people fill the gaps to improve the game, but such widespread cuts it is hard to say. This latest update has some pretty big bugs and design issues.

Necrotech_Master · July 9

i pay for stuff i see as worth paying for lol

eso+: will probably continue paying for until the game goes

premium tomes: so far most of the premium tome tracks have had no items of interest for me, so no interest in paying for them

other related stuff like just crown store in general:
-for stuff like mundus stones from houses, i absolutely want to buy them but at 4000 crowns per stone, that is horrendously overpriced, so i wont buy them
-i dont like crown crates, and unless theres some really interesting cosmetic bundled with them, i wont buy them
-other items are also on as "if i want them and think its reasonably priced" basis

so overall: my habits arent changing because of the news

SkillzMFG · July 10

I will continue to pay

I will keep my ESO plus sub for the foreseeable future, as I like the current path the game is on. Most of the recent updates have been spot on for me, something I've been looking for since the beginning of the game back in 2014 basically.

I don't need more content for now, I'd just be happy if the current stuff got polished and updated. A focus on improving combat would be a 10/10 move right now I think, as it would give all the current content we have entirely new dimensions - but that's a topic for another thread.

As for the layoffs, well, I don't want to get burned at the stake over here so I'll just say ZOS team needed a good shake-up anyway.

Ingel_Riday · July 10

I wont be continuing to pay

Personally... I canceled my subscription over two months ago and haven't played since May 1st.

Enough was enough. I was burned out and spent. I used to play Elder Scrolls Online as a fun form of escapism. A chance to wander a world that I enjoyed and see some absurdity along the way.

It stopped feeling like I was escaping a LONG time ago. The writing got worse and worse with each content drop (OH YES, work more modern United States politics into my medieval fantasy game. That's what I came to Tamriel for... lectures about fascism from a they/them purple-haired elf before listening to a Summerset Elf laud the benefits of open borders). The patches and updates grew increasingly frustrating. Almost all my friends ditched after Update 35, and they never come back. Then every other update felt like a disaster. I'd find myself worrying at random intervals about what nightmare awaited me down the pipeline. What new nerf or misery was going to befall me. Just awful.

I could go on. Thanks for forcing subclassing down our throats, even though we all warned you that it would be impossible to balance. Oh, and then deciding to rework decade old classes into things barely resembling their former selves. My pyromancer magicka dragonknight became a generic cliche with World of Warcraft: Cataclysm themed weapon skins whenever he used his spellpower buff spell. Joys. I gave up on playing him before the end. Switched to a warden, which ironically was next in line for butchery. Great. Can't wait for my cryomancer with a few nature spells to "get to live his ultimate class fantasy of being a miscellaneous D&D ranger."

What is the point of all these changes and the associated class mastery system? You're going to power-creep everyone up to the same levels as the power-creeped subclasses? Just make everyone busted? "Yeah, and then we'll add Diablo-esque world difficulty tiers to suck up the power-creep. We're geniuses. You'll literally wind up exactly where you started, but with blander homogenized classes and more spongey enemies. A bunch of pointless suffering and complications for effectively nothing. You're welcome."

But hey, why be annoyed by all the above when I could be annoyed by the constant greed at display. As more and more people left, the remaining players had to be fleeced harder and harder to keep up margins. Paying $150 per annum for the subscription to get the unlimited crafting bag? Great. Want to buy some loot crates every three to four months? Only $149.99 or so to get everything you want. And hey, want to buy some of the over-priced cosmsetics we add every month? FOMO. If you don't buy it now, you might have to wait YEARS to see it again. FOMO FOMO FOMO. Everything timed and expiring. DON'T MISS OUT!!!

Ooo, and how about paid battlepasses on top of loot crates on top of overpriced cosmetics on top of a paid subscription? Nothing says "meaningful content" better than a battlepass that gives you tedious chorelists to do every week... except adding even MORE chorelists via Golden Pursuits and EVEN MORE CHORES with seasonal events and EVEN MORE FOMO with limited time public dungeon trials.

This game made me LOATHE live services. I want to see the whole genre burn to the ground. There's no merit in the concept.

If this game ever gets a single player, Crimson Desert-esque re-release in the future... I'll come back then, when it's on sale. Until then, I'm out and happy to be out. So incredibly happy. Only came back to peruse the forums after finding out that half the remaining staff at ZOS were fired in the first round of layoffs (Asha Sharma is cleaning house. About darned time someone did, too. This was just the first part, babies. More layoffs are coming. She's not done here). And I'll be real... I'm sorry you lost your jobs, but I'm 100% not surprised. It's been a comedy of errors for years upon years. This was always going to be the end result. Was a matter of when, not if.

TLDR: not a penny more, babies. I'm giving my love to Marvel Gooners.

Ingel_Riday · July 10

I wont be continuing to pay

Incidentally, Marvel Rivals is a live service game and I did say that I don't see any merit in the concept anymore. So what gives?

They're based lunatics giving me some escapism and bizarre costumes. I'm a land shark in a lewd French Maid outfit shooting healing spittle at people. When I get MVP, they have to watch a video of my land shark playing with baby ducklings at a pond. Demented kawaii stuff. I see merit in NetEase, even though I dislike their game's genre and strongly prefer single player games. I see merit in them.

BXR_Lonestar · July 10

I will continue to pay

So long as I'm continuing to engage with this game on a daily basis, I will maintain my subscription. If there comes a time where I no longer feel the desire to log in daily, then I will cancel. That simple. I'm not going to have a knee-jerk reaction unless they tell me something that is just objectively bad for the game, like they're going to remove all PVP servers except for Vengence, or something like that.

Morvan · July 10

I will continue to pay

I bought the new tome right away, already renewed my sub, if the game's finished, I'll for sure have some fun while it lasts.

If our game is in danger then not buying things is definitely one way to guarantee it will end, so I'll keep buying while I can.

Gabriel_H · July 10

I will continue to pay

Are the servers still up?
Am I still able to play?
Are there things I have yet to complete?
Why wouldn't I then?!

JustLovely · July 10

I wont be continuing to pay

Pay or don't, it won't make any difference. We've been paying into this game for over a decade. It didn't make any difference then and it won't make any difference now.

AzuraFan · July 12

I will continue to pay

I did buy the premium tome, more to support the studio than anything.

The bonus tome is way too expensive - in my currency, it's double the price of the premium, and all you get is one cosmetic (the corgi is cute for sure, but I don't need any more non-combat pets), and tome point caches, which are useless if you subscribe to ESO+. I already have 12+ of them, and I don't see why I'll ever need to use them.

KrazyKaren874 · July 12

I wont be continuing to pay

I can't give money to a company that treats it's customers like this.

SilverIce58 · July 12

I will continue to pay

Yeah I bought the tome. Not the premium with the Corgi, but I wanted the Hyena mount tbh. For me, $15 is pretty negligible right now, so its not a problem.

Warhawke_80 · July 12

I wont be continuing to pay

Not until they make an announcement about the future of the game

carly · July 12

Yes and yes because I've been playing for almost a decade now and I love this game. I do play two other games but ESO is my main and I still enjoy it. I'm also retired so you know, lot of time on my hands. I'm going down with the ship as they say.

kafedristoran · July 12

I wont be continuing to pay

I wanted to buy a subscription and a tome before the news of the layoffs came out. Now I definitely don't.
Not because I don't want to support the ZOS employees, but on the contrary because I want to support them I won't buy anything.
As an employee of one of the large corporations with operations similar to microslop, I know how it works and why the layoffs happened at the end of June. The 3rd quarter of 2026 will be an indicator of how the layoffs affected the game and every cent earned this quarter will be used by the "effective" managers of microslop to prove that the layoffs were a good decision and the game began to earn more.

playsforfun · July 12

I will continue to pay

Just renewed for a year before all the news, tomes will be dependent on if I like what is in them, got it this time for the assistant with the free premium that came with the 12 month sub, I like the game even though I do like to complain sometimes so while the game is operational I will likely still spend my money on it, I'd spend even more money if they hadn't removed my gifting because I have multiple accounts I play but after the removal I guess the good thing is am spending way way way way less than I did before haha but yes in general I will continue to load my main account as I have always done, though I don't agree with Microsoft I want the game to last as long as possible because I do enjoy playing the game.

LalMirchi · July 12

I wont be continuing to pay

My new take whirls around in the throes of grief.

"They will pry this game from my cold dead hands... or theirs" whichever come first.

For me the eso+ cost is minimal even reduced to a few minutes a day, as this is a daily ritual.

I use the game as as pastime but it is essential to me. While playing the game I'm editing my compositions in my mind while having a nice time.

I like the primitive graphics, the vast landscapes and lots of trivial thing to do, most of which I skip.

Cerbolt · July 12

I wont be continuing to pay

I won't be spending any money on this game until we get a concrete plan for the future. If the games being left to die it feels like a waste of money.

fizzylu · July 12

I will continue to pay

I'm letting my sub renew and I bought the premium tome. I'm not going to stop supporting the game just because it's going through something a lot of games and studios have been experiencing.

tspecherb14_ESO · July 12

I wont be continuing to pay

I will wait to see what the roadmap is. Sub runs through December so have time.

spartaxoxo · July 12

I will continue to pay

I will say that I had previously subscribed for a year and so had enough Tome thingies to get this season's tome. I'm glad I did because the new fence assistant is worth the 15 bucks. Very convenient and funny too.

Also reminds me of old school Elder Scrolls in that it's more subtle than they have been and what you'd think when you hear he's a transformed rooster.

Ardriel · July 12

I will continue to pay

I love this game. I wouldn't want to be without it. Even if my contribution doesn't help much, it's at least something.

Synthwavius · July 12

I wont be continuing to pay

I bought Tome Zero and I can't see myself buying another one. Those tomes are unlike any battlepass I've completed in any other game. I can finish the weekly challenges in an hour, and then I can't progress just by playing, nor can I get the next one for free (like in other games). It's just not worth my time or money

Amottica · July 12

Just thinking of returning to the game. Do not know what a Tome is.

Tommy_The_Gun · July 12

The problem with upgrading tome is kinda artificially created by ZOS as for whatever reason, even if this is just one time upgrade that you do once per season - upgrading requires adding credit card information to your account. Seriously, what is the reason behind this ? I mean I don't need help when it comes to spending my own money, I can regularly do it myself.... It is especially weird when it come to non-US market like EU.

katanagirl1 · July 13

I will continue to pay

My subscription renews this month and I will let it auto renew. I still enjoy GH campaign now that it’s busy and housing activities. The free tome is good enough for me, I didn’t think the premium tome was appealing last time and I haven’t even looked this time.