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6 months @ a time
Channce
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Wife and my sub coming up, going to let another 6 months hit our credit card. Best game since DAoC, fairly good community, updates a coming. Having fun, does this make me a fanboy?
When I said i had "time", i meant virtual time, i got no RL "time" for you.
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Not sure how endgame is in ESO but personally I gave up on all mmorpg with raid endgame that includes daily/weekly resets and give you gear that is good till next patch and then back to daily/weekly raiding. I was talking about my last mmo FFXIV ARR and all other mmos before that(wow, rift) have same system.
If ESOs endgame is better and keeps you happy sure why not sub another 6 months.
No, enjoying a game does not make one a fanboi, white knighting it by dismissing legitimate issues people raise regarding it might.
Zenimax has done a good job so far addressing the early issues, and I like their long term plans, who knows, one day I might give it another go once they complete some of their upcoming changes to the PVE/PVP mechanics.
All my friends who started back at launch are still staying with it, like the OP, they feel it's the closest they've found to DAOC and likely will continue in the future.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
No, it doesn't.
Your other thread where you said that there is something wrong with us because we don't share your opinion does though.
DAoC - Excalibur & Camlann
I played the beta weekends and liked it a lot. However, I'm not one to buy at launch as generally it tends to be a mess and unstable. So..I was waiting for all that to settle, and watching how the game and community were progressing. I'm really impressed by how far along it's come, especially with the updates which seem to be quite well thought out and very substantial. I'm liking their Dev team a lot.
So anyway, I made the plunge 3 weeks ago. I said months ago that I would join when they made certain additions, like implementing their version of Darkness Falls, and it seems in the next major update that will be the case with opening the Imperial City.
So far, I'm loving it. I'm a huge explorer and crafter, and ESO really satisfies both those needs. I'm also building a character to take out into the Imperial City when it opens up, as I used to love roaming and haunting Darkness Falls.
There is such a massive difference in quality between a subscription game where the Dev resources are put into beefing up and expanding the world's content, and FTP/B2P where that is instead siphoned off into Cash Shop/Gem Store crap. So refreshing. I'm glad ESO went this route, and will continue to support them as they seem to be continually moving in a positive direction.
Also. This isn't the best forum for the ESO community. By any stretch. There are much more positive sites where people can discuss the game without being plagued by negative comments. I'd suggest that if you are a fan of the game to participate in those. Check the reddit forums to start, then go from there.
Glad you are liking the game but .... .
You do realise that WoW - with its sub - went 14 months without an update; and its WoD update will be b2p. What were those devs with those subs.
That a sub in EQ1 never bought any updates; all expansions were b2p. That WAR - with its sub - had almost no content updates in 5 years and some of those were b2p. That WS has canned its updates. Even TESO has cut its planned update cycle by 50%. Bottomline: having a sub is no guarantee of any new content. Some games manage it; others ...pfft.
And when it comes to b2p your comment just doesn't stand up. Lets start with Elder Scrolls titles - to really drive the point home. Remember those. Daggerfall - managed to spawn Morrowind ... managed to spawn Oblivion - managed to spawn Skyrim managed to spawn TESO. A good job the b2p titles were a success since they allowed those devs you so laud to develop TESO - because you didn't pay a sub to TESO for the last 7 years.
Is there any need to go on: The Sims 3 had 29 expansions with 50 planned for The Sims 4 (boggle) - by your logic EA shouldn't be able to afford devs as those games have no sub. Ditto BF3, BF4, CoD, Halo, GTA, Assassin's Creed .... fancy that game that manage major updates without a sub. Including Elder Scrolls titles.
f2p is a little more complex because so many updates are "minor" however there have been major upgrades to games like LoL and WoT. And then there are other games which have been and gone.
What dictates whether a game gets an update is how successful it is - which is a combination of lots of stuff; quality; engagement; business model; timing.
So - like I said - glad you are enjoying TESO but your comment about subs / f2p / b2p is uninformed lets put it that way. Subs didn't fund TESO devs for 7 years; b2p sales did.
Wow, you need to breathe and go outside more often, or do yoga, or..something. Loosen up, Francis.
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But, back on topic, and to continue the thread given the ^^ inspiration above:
The game has benefited from months of Dev love since launch. I'm absolutely floored by the substantial depth of each update. I haven't seen this degree of quality in over 8 years.
Equally as awesome is the community. It's very mature and helpful, and it reminds me a lot of what Vanguard, LoTRO, and maybe the older ones like EQ and DAoC had. It's just a nice place to be, and, for whatever reason, the toxic people just seem to be repelled by it and have gone away.
To underline something I mentioned in my earlier post, if you are new to the game, or are curious about it, go to community forums where the actual ESO community hangs out. Reddit is a good place to start.
It's a fair comparison that will be even more so once the Imperial City Darkness-Falls-like dungeon is implemented. No it's not DAoC but it's the closest anyone has come to recapturing the feel. WAR didn't do it... GW2 didn't either and TSW thought about trying but didn't even come close.
And Wintergrasp? Really? You compare this 24/7 zone easily the size of all DAoC zones combined to a largish scenario PVP in WOW that was over in about 10 minutes? You're a funny guy.
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Please stop telling people what to do. It's his opinion, let him compare it to Runescape if he wants... It really doesn't change the fact that he's having fun and sharing with us his opinion about the game.