(July 19th 2014, 05:52 AM)HAple2769 Wrote: Yes, I was amongst the people who were hyped for this games release. However, around the release date I got a new computer which allowed me to play a modded Skyrim, and I was busy with real life stuff as well. Just had a look on Steam today, and found ESO had arrived and it was on special. Wondering if its worth trying after it's been weeks since release? I know a lot of YouTubers who were stoked for it but quit there sub like a week or two after haha. I can afford a sub, but can't really be a dedicated player.
You can't be a dedicated player? That's cool! You'll actually be able to accomplish things and have a fulfilling experience nonetheless, providing you enjoy the game respectively.
I've been playing since early access, joined a guild before the game launched, had a blast, met some great people and game content has been fun also. I have all eight character slots full, one VR12, one VR1 and my current level 24 "main" which is the illustrious Dunmer Jhael'vyll Do'vir, loyalist of Boethiah, enthusiast of Mephala, advocate of Hermaeus Mora. Excited to introduce her into the story of two of my other characters more than anything else in-game currently, but I'm bizarre so yeah.
TESO introduced me to role-play, so I no longer make alts, I make creative writing projects, It's great.
Now, let me keep this on-topic, pertinent and relevant.
Through my experience I've found The Elder Scrolls Online to be an enjoyable game, one which is potentially enjoyable to many, many that don't have much time to play where they can have fun, accomplish stuff in a group like dungeons, fun-times in Cyrodiil where they can go level 10 or VR12 and
still be effective. There's a method to the madness in Cyrodiil, you can either go against the tide or flow with it, thus becoming
effective and helpful but of course, if you're not a Veteran, don't expect to carve through swaths of enemies in melee range.
Crafting is fun and continues to get better with time, I have all crafting fully levelled except for Enchanting which is on its way. With regards to crafting in the near, far future depending on your disposition comes
Spellcrafting so, you'll find components out in the world, then you'll craft spells. Summon Fire Atronach, single target, area-of-effect based, "normal" ability for your action bar or even an ultimate. That said, crafting as a whole doesn't really take that much time, not a stressful amount of time but still, you won't have everything levelled in a day, a month? If you concentrate and don't mean to level fast, sure. Gold and guilds can help out hugely in shaving of hours and even days to.
Hopefully we'll be able to summon animals, like snakes, for glorious role-play, but I digress.
The Elder Scrolls Online is worth it, whether you enjoy it or not comes down to you. I dislike Marmite, but I acknowledge it to be
worth it as many people enjoy it, I'll never partake but whatever, besides the point.
Cyrodiil is great fun, more-so if you don't mind rounding up people and directing them as a group. Dungeons are cool to, I'll never forget when I was going through City of Ash, through the group finder, downing the first boss, I was a vampire and he was more-or-less all fire damage so it stung, repeatedly, anyway he died. Get to the ledge, inspect the drop, this guy looks to my character and
"Aim for the bushes" he says, It was a long day so this caught of me guard. Ran through another dungeon with the same group after, was so fun, died so many times but yeah, was great. You will get groups with people that don't feel comfortable to type, nor motivated to, not forgetting their combat abilities are not to incredible, you notice it heavily as a tank but yeah, that's what communicating is for.
That said, I'll end this post here. You get out what you put in, there are various platforms for you to
put in through entertaining quests, stimulating and sometimes disheartening group content in dungeons, Cyrodiil happy-fun-siege-times, crafting that's not mandatory to have but helps out an extreme amount and is necessary say if you want 10 minute Trial completion times or be able to solo-pvp reliably and consistently, or anything for that matter, potions and food are law.
I bought Skyrim and all of its downloadable content, on Xbox and PC, hardly ever played them both. I've been waiting for The Elder Scrolls Online since 2002 and I'm enjoying the direction it is progressing in. You should check it out, you may enjoy it, the potential is there.