What do you not like about playing ESO?

Blackwidow · June 2014

If a friends asked you what you did not like about ESO, what are the bad points of the game, or what specifically about ESO upsets you, what would be your response?

What is it about ESO that might make you not want to log on and visit Tamriel?

What is it about ESO that may keep it from being a king among MMOs?

Dorgon · June 2014

For me the troubles with grouping and some phasing issues. That is about it though.

Sidney · June 2014

I would say other people triggering YOUR quests before you're done reading, or quests being finished for you because you were within x amount of yards when someone else triggered it and was on the same phase as you.

I want to read my quests. Each and every one and I want to decide for myself what pace to do it at. That's my biggest pet peeve so far. Everything else is minor and they will fix/adjust/evolve in time.

Shanna · June 2014

I would say that what I like the most is the ability to meander around an area at whim...and what I like least is the forever-questing (and/or grinding, most often a mix) required of vet levels. When they raised the cap to 12 before I had even reached V3, I was like "forget it."

Noswell · June 2014

It cuts into from my forum-trolling time.

Maotti · June 2014

That provisioning stuff doesn't stack properly!

ShedsHisTail · June 2014

I get really tense when I play, makes my shoulders hurt.
Devs should probably look into that.

Killruna · June 2014

I would like to see more possibilities to level from v1 to v12. I mean, questing is fun but dungeons are almost not to complete with random groups. So if they would put something in that direction into the game would be great.

Zaann · June 2014

Playing ESO is super ... stopping sucks though, or playing late and falling asleep at the keybbbbbbbbbb

Blackwidow · June 2014

Noswell wrote: »

It cuts into from my forum-trolling time.

You know, when I asked what was positive about ESO, nobody made troll posts. It would be nice if you could show the same maturity here.

Thank you.

fredarbonab14_ESO · June 2014

Is this the official daily - 'What is 'wrong' with ESO" thread of the day? It has all the requirements, including raw meat like in 'what stops you from logging in' and with the implied 'if only those morons in ZOS knew what they were doing', they could be 'king'.

I like 48 things about the game, but I am sure you don't want to hear any of those. Two things need work; 1 -the ability to click on a fellow player and send them a message - easily, smoothly, even in the heat of the action with RMB. 2- stackable items (automatically).

Why should you be so concern about ESO being 'king' of MMOs btw, are you considering investing in it?

Nazon_Katts · June 2014

Worst about ESO? It's not a sandbox (or themebox/sandpark). But I take it for what it is. The single player focus - as in single player game - is a tad bit annoying at times, as is the fact that those rare instances of grouping are sometimes not working, most of the time not rewarding or just fall short due to low pop in vet zones.

Other than that it's been the lack of direction and interaction from/with the devs. Seems that's changing a bit, though they're still dodgy about most problems the game's got.

Yet it's still not enough to make me not want to log in and I still get my enjoyment out of the game. But there's a whole lot of room for improvement and I keep watching closely and my expectations in check.

pecheckler · June 2014

The class balance is utter ***.
The light armor/staves to medium&heavy armor/stamina weapon balance is even worse.

Blackwidow · June 2014

fredarbonab14_ESO wrote: »

Is this the official daily - 'What is 'wrong' with ESO" thread of the day? It has all the requirements, including raw meat like in 'what stops you from logging in' and with the implied 'if only those morons in ZOS knew what they were doing', they could be 'king'.

I like 48 things about the game, but I am sure you don't want to hear any of those. Two things need work; 1 -the ability to click on a fellow player and send them a message - easily, smoothly, even in the heat of the action with RMB. 2- stackable items (automatically).

Why should you be so concern about ESO being 'king' of MMOs btw, are you considering investing in it?

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/108244/why-do-you-like-playing-eso#latest

xylus289_ESO · June 2014

That I couldn't get a refund.

Sturmwaffel · June 2014

I don't like the part where I can't login for 4 days because of Error 301.

Also, I think the part where I can't even login is really holding them back.

Hadria · June 2014

All the complaining

kaosodin · June 2014

I would never not recommend this game..... beside the few bugs, that will get fixed.

You cant improve a bad foundation....eso has a awsome foundation, graphics 4 star, pve 4 star, pvp 4 star out of 5....... best game out there.... add the dye colors, and guild cloaks, rock and roll

Blackwidow · June 2014

Hadria wrote: »

All the complaining

You see a lot of complaining in the game? And your problem is not that the game has issues, but that players bring up these issues?

ItsMeToo · June 2014

What I hate most are the jurks that only care about themselves and the QQing about the game.

Thevampirenight · June 2014

the loading and the three loading screens in towns need only one where it needs it the most and not seeing enemy players due to them not loaded on your screen and they kill you and the lack of rez in cyradil for pve that and the load screens popping up in the middle of a fight killing you

Sidney · June 2014

Blackwidow wrote: »

Hadria wrote: »

All the complaining

You see a lot of complaining in the game? And your problem is not that the game has issues, but that players bring up these issues?

@Blackwidow‌ Good question though I can't help but wonder if he means all the ones who complain without offering a single bit of proper feedback and just want to rant and rave without telling ZOS what they want to see. At least I hope it's that xD

Blackwidow · June 2014

ItsMeToo wrote: »

What I hate most are the jurks that only care about themselves and the QQing about the game.

I made a post to ask about the good side of the game and you did not see anyone over there attacking anyone or calling names.

I make a post about the negative side of the game and all the trolls pop out of the woodwork.

I wonder which side is causing all the forums to look like a battlefield?

Noswell · June 2014

Blackwidow wrote: »

You know, when I asked what was positive about ESO, nobody made troll posts. It would be nice if you could show the same maturity here.

Thank you.

I didn't realize another "What's bad about ESO" thread was a call for maturity, but I'll respect your wishes and butt out of your thread. Have a great day

Blackwidow · June 2014

Noswell wrote: »

Blackwidow wrote: »

You know, when I asked what was positive about ESO, nobody made troll posts. It would be nice if you could show the same maturity here.

Thank you.

I didn't realize another "What's bad about ESO" thread was a call for maturity, but I'll respect your wishes and butt out of your thread. Have a great day

Sarcasm noted, but thank you anyway.

Mablung · June 2014

Broke abilities and passives
class imbalances
veteran content
guild store ui
lack of proactive customer service
lack of proactive dev posts
phased questing
Too many skill points
Bugged quests
Content priority over game fixes
Overall direction of game - my assumption is that the game is meant for console and we are guinea pigs for that purpose.

Honestly I could go on and on.

david271749 · June 2014

Rant:
It's more of a single player game that allows you to play with people that annoy you. I hate 90% of people in zone chat. There are a few cool people though. I couldn't quest with my friends unless we were all on the same quest, on the same step, the moon was full, and we had each made a blood sacrafice at exactly 2am the night before. PVP is a big meh. It's only fun for about an hour a week.

Likes:
I like the story. I like my guild. I like crafting.

ItsMeToo · June 2014

Blackwidow wrote: »

ItsMeToo wrote: »

What I hate most are the jurks that only care about themselves and the QQing about the game.

I made a post to ask about the good side of the game and you did not see anyone over there attacking anyone or calling names.

I make a post about the negative side of the game and all the trolls pop out of the woodwork.

I wonder which side is causing all the forums to look like a battlefield?

First, you assume that I saw the other post and that is incorrect.

Second, you assume that I'm calling people names and that is incorrect.

Third, you infer that I'm trolling and that is incorrect. I'm stating what I don't like the most about the game and the people playing the game are part of the experience. I don't like these types of people.

Blackwidow · June 2014

ItsMeToo wrote: »

First, you assume that I saw the other post and that is incorrect.

No, I didn't.

Second, you assume that I'm calling people names and that is incorrect.

Just QQers.

Third, you infer that I'm trolling and that is incorrect. I'm stating what I don't like the most about the game and the people playing the game are part of the experience. I don't like these types of people.

I ask about what aspects of the game you don't like and your only response is the QQers.

Yes, clearly you were not trolling. My bad.

Crisscross · June 2014

1. The fact that I have to quest to progress. It's the focus of the game but I need to be able to break up the monotony with dungeons and PVP, and not feel like I'm sacrificing progress for fun.
2. The fact that I can't play a weapon focused warrior or rogue because the balance is so out of whack.
3. The lag in Cyrodiil.
4. The bugs in Cyrodiil
5. The power gap between levels in Cyrodiil.

That's pretty much my main issues with the game; the balance and the problems present in my preferred playstyle. While I realize that questing is certainly where the 'meat' of the game lies, I just don't feel like spending a monthly fee on something that provides -only- that. I expect a good dungeon and PVP experience as well.

Acylas · June 2014

- The fact that it's almost impossible to find any roleplay because of the way the phasing system works. Sure, you can travel to your friends, but that's not enough because you still can't find much random roleplay which is, in my experience, what most roleplayers want. Being able to select that you want to be put in an RP phase with other roleplayers would help tremendously and make this among the best platforms for roleplay out there.
- Lack of chat bubbles. Also an RP issue.
- The incredibly slow levelling. Part RP issue, part not. As someone who enjoys multiple toons, it gets frustrating to have to level tenaciously and diligently for 1-2 weeks before I get to a level when I can access the zones in which people usually roleplay.
- Other people in solo dungeons and solo quest instances. For all of Zenimax's talk of immersion, there's awful little of it in that which makes up most of the game; questing and levelling.
- German and French people everywhere. I have nothing against Germans or the French, it just takes you out of the experience when half the people you meet speak in a language you don't understand. Not sure how this could be solved.

- The way this megaserver/phasing/sharding system seems to basically be a way to force people to cooperate against their will. It keeps feeling like I'm being more and more pushed to awkwardly interact with strangers, and torn further and further from my friends. I hate it. It feels more lonely and frustrating than questing alone while -knowing- that there is a server community around me ever felt in other MMOs. I realise that it's unrealistic to hope for, and I realise that there are probably a couple of pros to megaservers as well, but I just want the old type of MMO servers back (which other MMOs seem to be in the process of abandoning anyway). Server communities are undoubtedly the best part about past MMOs, in my opinion, and ESO has nothing of the sort. It just feels like I'm drowning in an ocean of strangers and while I can certainly -talk- to my friends, I'm unable to ever get out of the chaos.

If not for megaservers/phasing, I would recommend this game to everyone I know. As it stands right now, I have instead discouraged people from getting it.