I see ESO is on sale on steam for under 10 bucks. I was thinking about picking it up to try it out. Is not having the Morrowind expansion going to impact what I can do as a new player?
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I paid full price about a year after it launched, and while it's not my main game, I don't regret a penny. At 10 bucks, it's a steal.
Your biggest possibility for disappointment would probably be getting halfway through some DLC quests or content as a subscriber, then unsubbing, and no longer be able to access those areas or advance(in those areas I mean; you can still return to the main areas, do stuff, and level up). But you won't end up with locked characters or any kind of garbage like that.
Hope that answers your question...
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They are also having a sale that includes all the expansions I believe, so for a little more you can get that or just play the base game and wait later for another sale if you decide you like the game or sub and get all the expansions for as long as your subed.
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The basic game probably represents 85% of the total content. There is months of content! You also have PvP campaigns as well - if interested of course. Most people probably get "bored" long before they have played through everything - same goes for any game. In ESO there is months and months of content though so more to do initially and different stuff to do if you opt to take a break..
And no you don't need to sub.
You will be missing 5 DLC which add some additional storylines and a few skills - you won't be "gimped" in any way by not having them. You can also add the DLCs later if you decide to - the 4 major ones are available at a discounted price as a 4 pack .........
..... although if you buy through Steam you will be locked into offers that Steam run. So maybe a quick check on Zenimax's ESO site may be worthwhile but hard to go wrong at the price. The "main" story is particularly well done imo.
Edit: there is currently a trial.
This. Get the stand-alone client, it's on sale on the ESO website too. Way less hassle.
Seconded on DLC. They add to the experience but nothing is locked behind them that you can't wait to get later.
HOWEVER, with the expansion coming out there will be the Warden which is part of it. Nothing else is locked behind a DLC paywall that matters.
I know people get excited about new classes because other MMOs have conditioned them to think that way, but ESO has never been about classes but much more about grabbing useful skills form a variety of skill lines that are not class locked and using those to build around.
Yes, if you don't have the expansion come June you won't be able to be one of the million new Wardens that will be stumbling about but will that really "matter"?
Anyway... there is no need for a new player to have it all. The base game works 100% fine and all by itself has several months worth of content. Plenty of time to figure out if and when you want to add DLC to the mix.
And BTW OP, there is no 30-day sub included with the purchase of any version. What you get is 500 crowns for the cash shop. It's been that way since it went B2P 2 years ago.
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I will be one of the millions but only because it looks like I might finally be able to build an archer build I like!
Not looking forward to fighting people for mobs, etc though hahaha.
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Also for $10 on steam go ahead and get it $10 is nothing for the full original game.
And by the time the expansion comes out you know if you like it or not.
I would like to take an opportunity to piggyback off of this. You will have plenty of stuff to do with no DLC, which means you will know by then whether or not they are worth it for you.
I know seeing DLC makes people think that there must be a very short/shallow base game like Destiny or something but there is literally hundreds of hours of stuff in just the base game.
Dont sub in the beginning if you want to sub wait unitl you have all (or most) of your bank spaces open and can hoard all the craft mats, then sub for a month and all that crap gets shoved into the craft bag. Which after your sub runs out is still accessible to withdraw you just cant add to it. Thats why its better to wait until you have a bunch of stuff saved that way you wont need to collect anymore of the less useful stuff.
So I would go for that sale after trying a bit of free trial to see if OP enjoy the game, a few hours is usually good to see that OP doesn't hate it at least and if not then it is certainly worth the extra money. Some games just doesn't work for you from the first second.
There is of course no guarantee OP will play it long term but generally if you like it for a few hours you will like it at least a month and then it is worth the money.
People always say that you don't need the expansions but it is a trap. After about 3 weeks to a month I either own all expansions or don't play the game anymore no matter what MMO we are talking about so at least I need the expansions. Maybe some people don't...
ESO is a beautiful game and I enjoy playing it. I've been playing since launch and I feel like I still haven't done everything. The game is huge. My recommendation would be to try it out if you like. As others have said, there is a free trial going on this week too.
Best of luck.
Personally, the wife and I got the gold edition (comes with all but the Hist DLC), and are currently subbed to hoard crafting materials in our crafting bags. If the $15 per month isn't any type of a burden the crowns you get every month basically pay for the sub, if you're one to spend money on cash shop items.
Right now you can get 5500 crowns for 24 dollars. so 4X 5500 is 22K (plus 500 for purchase, at least thats what Gold edition gave not sure if base does) So if youre really interested in crowns its much better to buy them right now rather than subbing.
I bought the gold even though I had the regular edition because I wasnt too far along on my 'main' account anyway so getting the gold edition gave me all the DLCs. then I just bought 22K crowns and am basically where I was which took about 18 months to get to in around 10 weeks. I didnt play an awful lot on the other account.
Basically if you sub to the game for a year and use the 6 month option a year is going to cost you around 156 dollars, and would get 18K crowns, if you spend 156 dollars on crowns right now you could get six 5500 packs (33K crowns) and one 1500 crown pack (11.25) of course it would be much better to spend 168 and buy seven 5500 packs, but was showing the more equal price based on math with the other example. But for 168 bucks (12 more than a yearly sub) you would get 38500 crowns which is 20K more crowns than the sub would get you.
Subbing gives you less crowns but you do get one QOL improvement with the bottomless crafting bag and in June, a second one with double bank space.
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― CD PROJEKT RED
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Basically the 10 bucks is a free trial because no way would i ever buy the game piece by piece,i would want an entire package deal.I am however and why i am not playing the game,VERY skeptical of Zeni and their DLC's/expansions,i have been duped into sub par over priced dlc/expansions before and has made me very leery on doing it again.
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i made a big mistake never finishing ESO we were all pissed cause it did not feel like skyrim but it is like skyrim the mmo;)
don't buy the expansion if you are afraid you wont like it. honestly, judging by most of your posts, i would suggest you never buy any game/expansion unless you have tried it and know for sure you like it.
But, yes, you can play the game just fine without the upcoming expansion. Absolutely no problem.
302 hrs.. that's how many hours it took me to complete the main storyline and all the content for '1' alliance on my first character. No dungeons, no DLC, no PvP. That's less than 1/3 of the game's content. Normal gameplay, not really rushing or anything. For your 10 bucks you'll have over 1000 hours worth of content. Then, if you want more.. you can get the DLC and morrowind.