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ESO or W* - More forgiving PvE for an old timer?
MightyUnclean
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Hey guys,
I'm not much of an action MMO player, historically. I'm old and slow and uncoordinated. That being said, I'm interested in ESO because I like the ES games, and I'm interested in WildStar because it seems like a quirky Western in space.
Anyway, I'm mostly a solo PvE player these days. No PvP. I sometimes do dungeons and almost never raid. That being said, for my playstyle, which of these two games has more forgiving PvE? Less moving and dodging and attacking while moving? Easier rotations? Easier in general?
Thanks for any info!
I'm not much of an action MMO player, historically. I'm old and slow and uncoordinated. That being said, I'm interested in ESO because I like the ES games, and I'm interested in WildStar because it seems like a quirky Western in space.
Anyway, I'm mostly a solo PvE player these days. No PvP. I sometimes do dungeons and almost never raid. That being said, for my playstyle, which of these two games has more forgiving PvE? Less moving and dodging and attacking while moving? Easier rotations? Easier in general?
Thanks for any info!
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ESO is quite alright. In most areas I had an easy time progressing - it is more about the story and questing, rather than difficult combat. There were a few times where I started a quest I could not finish for the life or me, no matter what I did with my skills. I suppose I ventured into an area ahead of time. They changed the difficulty completely from what I've heard, making any area accessible now. Sounds like a good match for you - one can simply explore at their own leisure.
As mentioned you can try WS and that may work but the combat is - as mentioned above "heavy". Population not as good either.
ESO you can pick up on e.g. Amazon at sub $20 - currency of your choice. No need to buy the DLC or sub - it will be weeks and weeks before you need to think about that by which time you may want a change; it is a "big" game.
One of the complaints of mmos is that they have moved to cater to "solo" players. The heritage of ESO is the single player ES games.
As such it works as a single player game (opinions vary as to how well but the heritage is there.
It works as a co-op as a result of the megaservers used (one per platform per US / EU) - there are usually other players around wherever you are.
And as an mmo it has dungeons that require groups (as well as public dungeons that can be played solo, co-op).
What may also apply is that at anyone time you use a limited number of skills in ESO - you change them as and when you like e.g. to best suit an encounter, play a different way etc. (having first "unlocked" them which is a big part of the game - a lot of horizontal progression).
I will second that. I found ESO horrid with mouse and keyboard and found it much more engaging with a joypad. As a older gamer past being able to compete or care in PVP I find both ESO and Wildstar to be good PVE games. I didn't enjoy any of the classes in Wildstar, but I think its a solid game and you can play it for free.
ESO gives more opportunity to just screw about and hit things. Along with a very rich class system if you don't care for FOTM.
On the other hand you cant go wrong with FF14. It is just excellent. The polish alone stuns me.
but if you didn't care about progression and wanted a game for story and screwing about... would you play FF14? serious question, no troll.
They are both super fun games for different reasons, i love wildstar for it's attitude and difficulty / group content and how in your face it is with everything... it's really upbeat and fun and i enjoy super fast paced combat with dodging and targeted abilities etc...
ESO feels a lot more gritty and realistic and it's such a huge world with so much to see and do and the graphics still look pretty amazing now. The combat is a tab target / action combat hybrid.. but it's a lot more forgiving as i said earlier too, with things like block being bound to a mouse button and dodging not being as important not that it isnt completely but you can mitigate a lot easier in ESO than in wildstar
I think giving them both a try would honestly be your best bet also... ESO is cheap and Wildstar has a free trial and i think like myself you'll find merit in both games.
I played FF14 for a while. What got to me was the running of the same dungeons over and over and over, just at higher levels.
I remember there being a handful of dungeons that you had to do repeatedly, with the only thing really changing being the level of the mobs.
i recently got back to ESO, i was a VR 14 on PC, and i quit for almost 1.5 years,
so far, i have been soloing the whole campaign and side quest, and i am just enjoying myself,
yes, sometimes i feel like it does not feel like an MMO as there is no chat box on the console for ESO, and i barely group up or chat with anyne, it truly feels like ES single game, but then like you said,
i ocassionaly bumped into other players while doing public dungeon and in the open world, and i liked it.
but seriously, ESO is just a wonderful game and the story is just insane!
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If you are looking for basically a solo experience then ESOs your game most definitely.
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ESO is a very more easily paced game with lots of story and lore and a more interesting world. Wildstar is manic 100mph/kph whereas ESO will be a game to savour.
Wildstar is a lightshow of flashing telegraphs, it's a far more "gamey" game than ESO. It reminded me of some manic platformer instead of an MMORPG, lol.