Thanks for the info, I ponied up the $19 its at to get out of the steam hell. I looked before reading this and just ran the game without a launcher, then after rechecking this post and seeing your gu
If the game will not launch after clicking Play in the launcher, or if the launcher gets stuck loading, there are a few troubleshooting steps below that may help.
This change in being able to use the ESO launcher and not the Steam launcher took place shortly before the free ESO weekend in November of 2016. Players who purchased ESO through Steam prior to that
can anyone show me how to address this issue if using Steam? Once the Launcher folder is deleted, Steam will attempt to reinstall THE ENTIRE FLIPPING GAME from scratch. Which is NOT what I'm trying to