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Title: Elder Scrolls Online - Can Anyone Recommend It?
Post by: Martinus on April 11, 2015, 01:16:24 AM
I didn't try this out the first time it came out but I recently read a review a year in and allegedly the game has greatly improved.

I am getting slightly bored with WoW and would like to try something different for a while - and this seems like a good fit (I want to wait with going back to GW2 until the expansion comes out; and I didn't like SWOTOR).

So anyone playing it?
Title: Re: Elder Scrolls Online - Can Anyone Recommend It?
Post by: The Brain on April 11, 2015, 02:45:38 AM
No. The complete disaster it was around launch makes me not want to touch it again. Even greatly improved it could still suck ass.
Title: Re: Elder Scrolls Online - Can Anyone Recommend It?
Post by: garbon on April 11, 2015, 03:19:03 AM
Complete disaster? I just recall it being dull.
Title: Re: Elder Scrolls Online - Can Anyone Recommend It?
Post by: Solmyr on April 11, 2015, 04:41:28 AM
It's apparently an average MMO that has nothing to do with Elder Scrolls.
Title: Re: Elder Scrolls Online - Can Anyone Recommend It?
Post by: Caliga on April 11, 2015, 09:19:50 AM
Princesca played it for about a month and got bored and quit.  She said it was "okay" but not really compelling in the way that the other Elder Scrolls games are.
Title: Re: Elder Scrolls Online - Can Anyone Recommend It?
Post by: chipwich on April 13, 2015, 02:56:01 AM
It has some terrible quality of life issues particularly with grouping and mail but I prefer the limited hotbar.

They also dont have separate servers which is a huge boon for keeping the world alive.
Title: Re: Elder Scrolls Online - Can Anyone Recommend It?
Post by: chipwich on May 24, 2015, 02:35:48 AM
What I should say is: What are you looking for from ESo?
Title: Re: Elder Scrolls Online - Can Anyone Recommend It?
Post by: DontSayBanana on May 24, 2015, 09:42:34 PM
Quote from: chipwich on April 13, 2015, 02:56:01 AM
It has some terrible quality of life issues particularly with grouping and mail but I prefer the limited hotbar.

They also dont have separate servers which is a huge boon for keeping the world alive.

Is it instanced or is their player count just that low?
Title: Re: Elder Scrolls Online - Can Anyone Recommend It?
Post by: chipwich on May 25, 2015, 09:51:23 AM
Its a bit murky, look up the "megaserver" its not like GW1. They even clear enemies form some areas where you've completed a quest.

Populaions were low this winter but it has gotten much better since buy-to-play.
Title: Re: Elder Scrolls Online - Can Anyone Recommend It?
Post by: crazy canuck on May 25, 2015, 11:33:24 AM
Is it like what WoW has become where player skill has become much less important than gear?  I ask this because you mentioned the limited hotbar.  That seems to imply that everyone in a given class is hitting the same buttons and the main thing that dictates a good result is gear.
Title: Re: Elder Scrolls Online - Can Anyone Recommend It?
Post by: chipwich on May 25, 2015, 01:18:03 PM
No, you build your hotbar from several dozen choices, like DCUO or Guild Wars.
Title: Re: Elder Scrolls Online - Can Anyone Recommend It?
Post by: crazy canuck on May 25, 2015, 05:06:53 PM
Quote from: chipwich on May 25, 2015, 01:18:03 PM
No, you build your hotbar from several dozen choices, like DCUO or Guild Wars.

ok, that does sound better.
Title: Re: Elder Scrolls Online - Can Anyone Recommend It?
Post by: Norgy on June 01, 2015, 12:20:10 PM
It just isn't that fun. Looks kind of good, though. I tired quickly, it's a typical MMO.
And sort of breaks with previous lore of the TES universe (which was thin at best before).