This game falls between two stools and will end up pleasing neither.
So you have the ES fans who have played the previous single player games and in ESO get to play with the MMO crowd and vice versa.
Problem is immersion is destroyed for the ES fans as they watch every mob in the land mown down by the mmo'ers steam rollering the content, swamping the quest givers and generally getting in the way.
On the other hand you have the mmo'ers who just cant understand why half the server want to be on their own and don't like it when they "help" kill their mobs.
It has all pretty much been seen before and in no way justifies a monthly sub.....
The graphics on max are pretty meh I suspect.
Obviously as the wannabee forum police seem to be out in force in this thread - my above comments are a total guess and in no way based on the current beta......
Problem is immersion is destroyed for the ES fans as they watch every mob in the land mown down by the mmo'ers steam rollering the content, swamping the quest givers and generally getting in the way.
The servers are "smart". I forgot the term they are using, but each area is capped at a certain number so that zones don't see over crowded but are still "full". So in theory, we shouldn't have any probably with people swamping quest givers.
This game falls between two stools and will end up pleasing neither.
So you have the ES fans who have played the previous single player games and in ESO get to play with the MMO crowd and vice versa.
Problem is immersion is destroyed for the ES fans as they watch every mob in the land mown down by the mmo'ers steam rollering the content, swamping the quest givers and generally getting in the way.
On the other hand you have the mmo'ers who just cant understand why half the server want to be on their own and don't like it when they "help" kill their mobs.
It has all pretty much been seen before and in no way justifies a monthly sub.....
The graphics on max are pretty meh I suspect.
Obviously as the wannabee forum police seem to be out in force in this thread - my above comments are a total guess and in no way based on the current beta......
Ouch. If I'd have played it I would agree with the bib but I haven't so I can't; I have heard that the graphics are friggin' awesome however
I played it a ton over the weekend, and I didn't come across a mob of people attacking the same thing. Three of four people at the most. I'm a big ES fan, but I'm also a massive MMO player. I think they've done pretty well with putting the two together.
ES series has a massive fan base, so you're not going to please them all. But I'm really looking forward to the release of this game.
Obviously as the wannabee forum police seem to be out in force in this thread - my above comments are a total guess and in no way based on the current beta......
Nothing to do with being wannabe forum police, more a case of pointing out that Digital Spy had nothing to do with anyone getting into trouble if they posted information from an NDA beta.
I played it a ton over the weekend, and I didn't come across a mob of people attacking the same thing. Three of four people at the most. I'm a big ES fan, but I'm also a massive MMO player. I think they've done pretty well with putting the two together.
ES series has a massive fan base, so you're not going to please them all. But I'm really looking forward to the release of this game.
My experiences would mirror yours SilverCrown besides which most MMOs have evolved to the stage that any mob which generates a quest item can be "tagged" by multiple people who all receive the same xp and quest related drops.
In that beta weekend it certainly looked playable. It looked to me as if they were trying to bring Skyrim players into ESO rather than convert MMO players. I think there is a risk that it fails to satisfy both the single players who want storyline depth and the MMO players who want complex repeatable multiplayer content. I suppose it all depends upon the end game and other things we didn't see in the beta.
Nothing to do with being wannabe forum police, more a case of pointing out that Digital Spy had nothing to do with anyone getting into trouble if they posted information from an NDA beta.
and I never said they were. However, if I decided to post stuff protected by NDA here, then DS would be forced to act ;-) It was a misunderstanding. There was no forum police !
still a bit OTT but isn't it a £20 difference between the standard edition and the imperial ?
quite common for games that release a standard and a "deluxe" edition I think
It's £20 difference yes which is pretty standard for a Collector's Edition upgrade if not a little cheaper than they can be. I think there was about £30 difference between the vanilla WoW and Collector's Edition box sets and the boxed SWtOR Collector's Edition was £120. Boxed Collector's Editions are always more expensive than their digital versions because they include actual items as well as in game ones.
I've got boxed Collector's Editions for vanilla WoW, City of Villains, Warhammer and Rift and they all come with things which, imo, make it worthwhile buying it - ie music CDs, artwork books, statues, maps etc. With SWtOR, they also offered a digital upgrade to the Collector's Edition, same with Rift (from memory) and I expect tESO will do the same with a digital upgrade to purchase the Imperials.
There are already cheaper versions available online. My OH has bought me the boxed normal pre-order from Amazon for £39.99 and he's paid £54.99 for his digital Collector's Edition of ESO from GreenManGaming.com as it had a special discount running last weekend and he got 25% discount as he's bought from there before.
I didn't get an invite for BETA
but hope this is going to fill the void WOW has left.
Vanilla player I just hate the direction the Game has taken so finally Quit.
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It's not DS that has anything to do with it, it's the NDA you agreed to when you signed up for the beta testing
lol, I know. However, posting stuff on DS which is protected by NDA will get me banned, or at the very least a warning
This game falls between two stools and will end up pleasing neither.
So you have the ES fans who have played the previous single player games and in ESO get to play with the MMO crowd and vice versa.
Problem is immersion is destroyed for the ES fans as they watch every mob in the land mown down by the mmo'ers steam rollering the content, swamping the quest givers and generally getting in the way.
On the other hand you have the mmo'ers who just cant understand why half the server want to be on their own and don't like it when they "help" kill their mobs.
It has all pretty much been seen before and in no way justifies a monthly sub.....
The graphics on max are pretty meh I suspect.
Obviously as the wannabee forum police seem to be out in force in this thread - my above comments are a total guess and in no way based on the current beta......
The servers are "smart". I forgot the term they are using, but each area is capped at a certain number so that zones don't see over crowded but are still "full". So in theory, we shouldn't have any probably with people swamping quest givers.
Ouch. If I'd have played it I would agree with the bib but I haven't so I can't; I have heard that the graphics are friggin' awesome however
ES series has a massive fan base, so you're not going to please them all. But I'm really looking forward to the release of this game.
Nothing to do with being wannabe forum police, more a case of pointing out that Digital Spy had nothing to do with anyone getting into trouble if they posted information from an NDA beta.
My experiences would mirror yours SilverCrown besides which most MMOs have evolved to the stage that any mob which generates a quest item can be "tagged" by multiple people who all receive the same xp and quest related drops.
Including the long thread suggesting there should be an offline mode........
and I never said they were. However, if I decided to post stuff protected by NDA here, then DS would be forced to act ;-) It was a misunderstanding. There was no forum police
Well that saved me money on this game, will stick with Skyrim
still a bit OTT but isn't it a £20 difference between the standard edition and the imperial ?
quite common for games that release a standard and a "deluxe" edition I think
It's £20 difference yes which is pretty standard for a Collector's Edition upgrade if not a little cheaper than they can be. I think there was about £30 difference between the vanilla WoW and Collector's Edition box sets and the boxed SWtOR Collector's Edition was £120. Boxed Collector's Editions are always more expensive than their digital versions because they include actual items as well as in game ones.
I've got boxed Collector's Editions for vanilla WoW, City of Villains, Warhammer and Rift and they all come with things which, imo, make it worthwhile buying it - ie music CDs, artwork books, statues, maps etc. With SWtOR, they also offered a digital upgrade to the Collector's Edition, same with Rift (from memory) and I expect tESO will do the same with a digital upgrade to purchase the Imperials.
There are already cheaper versions available online. My OH has bought me the boxed normal pre-order from Amazon for £39.99 and he's paid £54.99 for his digital Collector's Edition of ESO from GreenManGaming.com as it had a special discount running last weekend and he got 25% discount as he's bought from there before.
but hope this is going to fill the void WOW has left.
Vanilla player I just hate the direction the Game has taken so finally Quit.
Same
I hope people who took part in the last beta can also play again.
I didn't get much of a chance to play it last time and I want to give it a decent play.
Edit; Just checked my E-mail and I have an invite to this weekend.
http://www.curse.com/news/the-elder-scrolls-online/49348-grab-your-exclusive-beta-key-for-the-elder-scrolls
Oh yes
Went live a couple of hours early last time.