This Is Why ESO Will Not Be A Success In The Long Run

winter

 The OP = Blah Blah my opinion is more important then your opinion, I know better then you thus this game will fail and you can't possibly be having fun because I said so.

 Once again thanks to the ominscent OP and others like him for saving us all from having fun maybe now we can be as happiy unhappy as the OP. Sure is nice to live in a world of black and white where everyones tastes are exactly the same so we can have people like the OP to tell us what's good and what's not. Where would we be without the unknown all knowing random internet poster

Jippiijoo

Thrash this forum? hmm, thrashing is the only thing these forums need to be great in my opinion.

thrash to the core!

Vapors

Originally posted by ohioastro

Originally posted by bcbully

Originally posted by ImperatorBellus

 

Just look at future additions, only adding pve content mostly and 2 measly little arenas. This game is not worth it at all, the pvp tries to be some merger of skill based/traditional mmorpg's but it is nothing of the sort AT ALL. It is just a button mashing no skill brawler, you see an enemy you spam your 1-5 skills at them then hit them, that is why the pvp is so bland in this, it also has auto aiming so its not really skill based. What would make an amazing fantasy MMO would be one that has gameplay like Chivalry Medieval Warfare. 

 

Here I would like to make the argument that ESO is more action combat than anything we've seen outside of maybe Tera.

 

You know that ESO has an entire system of attacks that use no action bar and have no soft target? Fast and slow attacks + Block button = True action combat. 

He's yet another in a long line of people who haven't played it but somehow just are certain that it's terrible.   It is pretty amusing to see him spouting nonsense about a combat system that he clearly hasn't used, however.

thats true combat system might not fit for everyone but atleast in pvp its not 12345, in 1vs1 its a real good combination of everything and you need awesome blocking dodging mechanics. In zerg or group fights team with teamspeak wins, why?? because you got to coordinate and not to spam.

Lyrian

Not sure what shrooms you're having, or if you were dropped as a child. I certainly suggest quitting whatever job you have and selling the shrooms if it's the former, because you'll make bank. But there hasn't been a MMO in the last 10 years with more than 7 months of content. In fact WoW and EQ2 are the only two games in the last ten years that have 'maybe' had 7 months worth of content.

ESO falls into the same pattern as the other MMOs recently released. 4-8 weeks of content, depending on your play time. Even though most of it is boring and repetitive as possible.

Allacore69

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Originally posted by Recon48
Can I have your stuff when you quit?  

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This ^^^^^

+1

I love the game. Nuff' said.

Dragoncline00

Clearly this is not your game, and nobody cares about your opinion.

I am sure you will have fun going back to WOW!

CrazKanuk

Originally posted by ImperatorBellus

This is the type of MMO you play for 7-8 months months, then you never touch it again! I don't think it is worth it at all. The main reason is the pvp may be really fun at first but it gets boring and ultra repetitive after 3 months. Lets say you play at least 3 hours a day, that is 360 hours in 4 months, assuming you played the game slowly and didn't enter Cryodiil until you complete all your veteran ranks. Then you spend the next 4 months pvping/doing dungeons/adventure zones. IT ALL GETS REALLY OLD QUICKLY! The PVP is nothing but a zerg fest, no one is unique,  your gear is scaled. Once you clear a dungeon or adventure zone, are you really gonna wanna keep repeating that? I don't think so, even if you started a new character, I for one don't like switching alliances and I especially hate repeating storylines in elder scrolls games, there is hardly any class variety anyway.

Face it, theres just not much to do in this game, even when they release more content, you will just complete and and not play anymore once again and as time passes they will end up releasing content at a slower and slower pace once subs drop quickly (and they will). This game is TOR all over again, the only difference is TOR sold a ton at launch and died quickly, this sold some at launch (no where near  TOR) and it will die slowly. 

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/05/01/the-elder-scrolls-online-devs-explain-future-updates-includes-questing-and-cosmetic-additions/

Just look at future additions, only adding pve content mostly and 2 measly little arenas. This game is not worth it at all, the pvp tries to be some merger of skill based/traditional mmorpg's but it is nothing of the sort AT ALL. It is just a button mashing no skill brawler, you see an enemy you spam your 1-5 skills at them then hit them, that is why the pvp is so bland in this, it also has auto aiming so its not really skill based. What would make an amazing fantasy MMO would be one that has gameplay like Chivalry Medieval Warfare. 

Even WoW has more longevity than this, in wow, everyone is unique, you are not scaled, you can world pvp anywhere in the world (if you are on a good world pvp server like emerald dream or bleeding hollow), there is a huge variety of pvp battlegrounds, then there is arenas that makes it really competitive. What does ESO have? A big giant war where what you do doesn't really matter, theres no points for killing people, no score board for your pvp progress, just one big giant zerg fest, really, 2 little arenas are not gonna save an already repetitive pvp game. 

This game is going to die faster than WoW has been slowly dying, WoW actually gained subs recently and is still sitting at about 7.5 million, I doubt this game will ever make gains once it drops, it will slowly die down, maybe it will gain some after some expansion but it will quickly die down again. The game engine simply isn't good enough, it makes pvp very boring after 3 months.

You just described like every MMO on the market today. Replace ESO with any other name and it's still applicable. I think I'll save this post for my hate train, whenever I have a game I want to troll. 

Timzilla

Any game that can keep me at the keys for 7 months is extremely sucessful. I'd be content to be entertained for a 7 weeks before starting the next mmo search.

ChicagoCub

Originally posted by rojo6934

Originally posted by ImperatorBellus

This is the type of MMO you play for 7-8 months months, then you never touch it again

7-8 months? am i missing something? Last time i checked mmos were not launching with enough content to play that long.

Exactly what I was was thinking.  If ESO could realize an average subscriber time of 7-8 months per account I think they, and the market in general, would consider the game a resounding success.

Rhime

Originally posted by ImperatorBellus

I played pvp in the beta and someone I know who didn't like the game let me use his account, I hated it. Even though the PVE is great, it is just like a regular elder scrolls game, who the hell wants to pay money every month for an anti-social elder scrolls MMO? I have the money, I just don't wanna waste it on a MMO that I will end up not playing anymore 8 months from now anyway. Simply put, once you complete all the content, there is just no incentive for me to start another character, I am not gonna go through repetitive non sense with the same damn quests. The pvp is also not enough to keep me hooked, sure there is a system of different attacks without using the skill bar but its damn easy, all you ever do in pvp is mash your skill bar then spam your attacks, the auto aiming ensures that there is really no skill involved at all, it basically comes down to who attacks first and who is a faster spammer of their attacks, everyone has the same scaled gear, it is bland and BORING. 

 

I want a fantasy MMO that has gameplay like chivalry Medieval Warfare, even though there are 2 medieval sandbox mmo's being made, they look very boring with no lore at all, no magic, no fantasy setting, more boring garbage. 

Seems I will have to rest my hope in Everquest Next and Project Titan in terms of fantasy MMO's (assuming titan will be a fantasy/sci-fi mmo). Possibly Black Desert Online also (which will have superior graphics and gameplay compared to this crap) Those MMO's are the only ones doing something truly different and innovative unlike this smoldering piece of trash that no one will care about 1 year from now. 

 

I play MMO's that capture my attention for 2+ years, not some half mmo like this that has a little multiplayer component in 1 zone and in dungeons, screw that. There is not even any incentive to group in this mmo questing anyway, once you complete dungeons and adventure zones, most people are not gonna wanna keep repeating them, especially since it doesn't matter what damn gear you have  , it all gets scaled in Cryodiil anyway. 2  little added pvp arenas is not gonna change things, have fun wasting your time and money with this game, 1 year from now most of you will regret playing it.

Dude...you sound like someone with Gamer's Add. Nothing will make you happy about the longevity of MMO's. I suggest you quit playing them to save your stress and angst and play something from real life because i think MMO gaming for you is a lost cause.

 

Amana

You posted this thread and it covers your dislike of the game's PvP. You posted in that thread yesterday, so please continue there: http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/411322/This-MMO-Doesnt-Have-Much-Replayability-Not-The-Type-Of-MMO-You-Play-for-25-Years.html