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Hell of a RPGMMO
laserit
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There is no end to the arguments about what is an MMO and what not. Sandbox versus Themepark blah blah blah. The more I play the more I'm falling for this awesome world of Tamriel.
ESO is one hell of an RPG
One that you can play with and against your friends and thousands of other's (doesn't matter if you think it's an MMO or not).
If your a fan of a traditional Lore Fueled RPG, you will more than likely fall for ESO.
P2P? What do DLC's give you these days?
I was going to write a long spiel but fuck it... got to get back in game 
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
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...And I'm jealous. I'm stuck at the office.
When did they add housing or different outfits? Everyone looks exactly the same and you cant tell players form NPCs. Also no player based music system like Lotro has either. Not that it is a must but Lotro has it and thus it becomes part of what an RP should have.
There really isnt anything RP about ESO that I saw. Unless you sit around with a bunch of people and make shit up, and you can do that in literally every game out there (except maybe EVE). There isnt a lot of developed in game content that screams RP.
Difference being that DLC is optional after buying the game, while sub is forced upon me if i want to play.
In Lotro I couldnt RP a Heavy/Light wearing armored character that wields a Great Sword and shoot magic and switch to staff or whatever other weapon I choose anytime time I please. Who specializes in killing supernatural enemies that can also use a crossbow and at the same time has the choice to become a werewolf or vampire, kind of like a Van Helsing type of character. On top of that Im not restrained to just a few crafts. In lotro I could not wonder off and discover an optional ruin or cave that i can go into and just explore and find stuff and kill bosses. I cant sprint in lotro, my horse couldnt sprint in lotro. I cant develop my horse in lotro either by feeding it and such to improve its speed, stamina, carrying capacity. But have fun playing your hotbar game.
Oh my.... forgive me.....
How foolish of me to think that a game could be a good RPG without housing and flute playing. You know come to think of it, after all the 10's or 100's of RPG's I've played over 30-40 years, I really cant think of too many that had housing and/or music playing.
You have my deepest and humblest apologies.
Point being.... I don't mind paying a sub if I feel I'm getting value for my money
One man trash is another mans treasure and that's OK
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
Glad to hear we finally have a quality RPG/MMO. Was so tired of the "I need to get to ________ first" type games. I wont be able to play ESO until June but I look forward to taking my time and immersing myself in this game.
By the way things are going if you hold out until august or july you may get it dirty cheap (or even free).
This is one of the most bizarre replies I've ever read!.
You dont seem to understand the RPG genre at all. No actual roleplaying is required.
Give me a good story, good characters and collectable loot and I'm happy.
Good story, good characters, and collectable loot...
Isn't that called "Adventure Game"?
Now add: Character creation, back story options, multiple story arcs, full set of emotes (including lutes btw), broad/open character skill customization.
I could keep going but I'm lazy and that still gets my point across. Pretty sure thats an RPG, and Adventure game would the
Tomb Raider
No need to be jealous... Maintenance time. US just went down and EU is still starting up...
Oh yeah, btw, people RP in EVE regularly.
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That is something I absolutly love, From a distance, in PvP, you dont know if NPCs, or Players of your faction are across the vally, or heading towards your castle, and I love it.
Hard to find "the old ones" players. Reading some not allot about how OMG AWESOME ESO is. Yeah combat is sluggish I mean how can any kid miss that huge red INCOMING hit. Yeah really challenging there.
I find I play on EU side they seem for the most part very nice. Yeah you still have and everyone so far that RACE to the node or chest that RESPAWN all the time hmmm
Yes its fun I think because its one of the easiest mmos yet. Please quests are all HOLD YOUR HAND. You cant get lost. The only HARD kind of is searching for that X marks the spot chest. Yet everyone is happy to tell yo what site they went to, to find all the answers to all your questions.
My friend was just playing before kick off for maint.. was level 22 vamp fighting 3 no lie 27's. Last night I was killing lvl 11's I was level 5. I was going around the 2nd Island looking for stuff. Was wondering why two lvl 5's killed me. Then found out I was killing not lvl 5's but 11's.
Played in beta so dont say this still does not happen or anything new. We told them over and over last year yet to this day nothing has changed.
This is why some love this game....ITS EASY.....simple... I mean take away that RED HUGE mark in combat, speed it up a tad make it so just 2 just 2 can kill you easy and you have to THINK to kill them..little things like that. But people did speak up and what you play now is what YOU wanted. A kiddy like combat that even WILDSTAR has.
No really WHO wanted to be told when an income hard hit was about to happen? Who? Man can it get any easier? yet I do play and love the game. I just don't move most the time. If I could turn it off I would.
I look at it as very much a positive myself. Where is it written that you have to be able to tell a PC from a NPC from a mile away? I love having players mistakenly attacking me because they're so immersed in the game play.
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
Did you seriously feel the need to throw your half cent worth of input in here...?
Great. How did you figure that out? No MMO that I know of dropped the box fee 2-3 months after release
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