Should You Play ESO in 2024? | New & Returning Player Guide

[@HackTheMinotaur]

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[@christophermccormick5505]

ESO needs a big Wow factor update. Something huge like a complete combat update to improve the decade old sounds and visuals. A major overhaul to Cyrodiil. Or a new major activity to stand beside the tentpoles of questing, pvp, housing, dungeons/trials, etc...

[@isidroramos1073]

'Need' is a very demanding word, but I agree ESO could use some major changes. I would kill for my favorite, a 'Obliviony' add-on that added diving and other underwater activities, Ayleid ruins exploration in a grand scale, and opened Cyrodiil to PVE (yes, I know Cyrodiil is PVP, but a solution shouldn't be so difficult - we could travel in time to the days just before or after the Daedric invasion, for example) Also, while I'm no PVP player, I think PVP needs (and please notice I felt 'need' was the right word :) ) a major overhaul... and think Zenimax should accept trying to make gear usable in both PVP and PVE is a work worthy of Hercules. And they aren't Hercules.

[@TheBushWookiie]

I agree with what you say to a certain extent, its just seem to get said every year

[@alexbrowne9566]

Easy words to say things like we need a new major activity, but do you even have a rough concept of what that might be? They just released the archive. It's a bit much to ask for a completely new dimension like "PvE". ESO is fine

[@terrible1fi]

Overland difficulty revamp for sure is what it needs

[@samuraichicken2315]

There has been a lot of repetition in the chapter releases over the last few years. Then Tales of Tribune went down like a lead balloon and Endless Archive...

[@iranianali]

I have started ESO last week! it's bit hard to get into it but I am level 15 right now and having a blast. Very worth it to pay attention to the story and Dialogue.

[@zayndot7288]

5.99 on steam rn.

[@blitzbreaker072]

I might take a chance. I tried this a while back but didnt get into it well as much as I love the elder scrolls series.

[@andyo6977]

When I started I dropped every other game I was playing for well over a year. It'll suck you in!

[@blitzbreaker072]

Well im stuck on Warframe but wanna delve into other mmo type games make a bunch of friends and do a bunch of stuff along the way

[@omooers]

Get out while you still can. It can become crack.

[@vidmastermoa]

Just hopped back on this game after like 4 years of being off. Having tons of fun with the arcanist

[@esoterra]

Merry Christmas !!

[@HackTheMinotaur]

Thank you! Merry Christmas!

[@wurfinius1113]

I love ESO for what it is. more tamriel lore. I like to play with friends but most often than not I end up playing alone just listening to the story, reading all the lore books and feeling the immersion

[@Robert399]

I really like the feel of ESO combat compared to other MMOs and I don't mind limiting the number of abilities but I do think 5 (or 5x2) is too few. There are so many cool abilities I never used or stopped using because there's just no space for them. It feels like my character can only ever do a tiny subset of the stuff they should be able to do.

[@jeffreyjenks8000]

How would you add more abilities on controller? I think that's why they limited it to 5 per bar

[@Robert399]

@@jeffreyjenks8000 Ah I didn't think of that. Idk. That kinda sucks though. I hate when games are made worse on k&m so they can be played with a controller.

[@rektaesthetics194]

Controller aside. They have to draw the line somewhere

[@Robert399]

@@rektaesthetics194 I agree with that (although I'm sure players of WoW, SWTOR, etc. wouldn't) but I think 5 is too few because it makes your build feel static much too quickly. With only 4 regular slots, basically everyone's gonna have a spammable, a heal, an AoE and a buff/debuff (especially for overworld content), which made me completely stop caring about ability unlocks by level 10. I didn't even bother spending skill points (apart from passives) because, hey, maybe I'll want them one day for crafting or whatever

[@TheErazar]

To be fair, you apply some dots, maybe some buffs/debuffs, and spam your main attack ability. Having more slots would only add more similar things to the rotation. More slots would make sense if the abilities themselves were more interesting, situational, and had cooldowns

[@GhostlyCowboy]

Dlc purchase is not pay to win its how they keep the game going. Its how they afford to keep large updates and game progession coming as often as they do

[@jblauh01]

You say that, but the overlay is so easy it might as well be. You won’t receive an actual challenge until much later and by then most people will of dipped and quit.

[@hanknorris5642]

They need to update old sets in some way, but I suspect that those old sets are intended for materials harvesting at this point. Having 500+ sets or whatever is silly. It's artificial variety, even though most players still gravitate to the BIS sets.

[@Barlin-d2j]

not going to happen. they sell their dlcs/chapters by adding more and more powerful sets/classes/skills. If old sets would be updated mny players wouldn´t buy the new DLCs/chapters. it is basically p2w

[@GhostlyCowboy]

The best part of eso is being able to just wander around and the very high chance you will stumble across something you missed before

[@benkent1995]

You just described the vast majority of open world games....

[@TokyoJoe703]

@@benkent1995nothing rivals eso in terms of content

[@HighImPoe]

I agree the world is so full of stuff that I get lost in just collecting things

[@Korriban4034]

Cyrodiil needs a lot of work. 10 year anniversary soon & still on day one map bar the additions of the outpost. Endless archive is amazing. Would love update to Cryodiil and an endless trial so say trial one is sunspire, you dont loose a thread next you get AA then SO & so on untill your team looses all threads, each cycle trial gets harder like endless archive. But cyro needs a new map & nerfing of ball groups

[@venge2206]

Why would they nerf ball groups? That’s the whole point of the ball group is to optimize themselves to be the best group possible. If you don’t want to fight that go somewhere else or get a bigger Zerg. The group combat dynamics is what makes this game so good

[@Korriban4034]

@@venge2206 Why should I go somewhere else? It's PvP player versus player. Must be so much fun running in a ballgroup with 11 other players providing just about every major & minor buff the game has to offer zerging down the solo player in a 12 v 1, why didn't I think of that. If that is the kind of play you think is enjoyable then I despair. Ballgroup v ballgroup fine I get that let the poor players who need an ego boost to look good get it but when one BG wins solo players are always next & you know it. The current meta makes poor players look good as does hiding in a ballgroup. Tried it was so dam easy PvP was non existent so went 1v1 & will continue to do so. At least when I get my kills it's all on my own skill & ability not the aid of others via numbers or buffs & therein lies the difference between real PvP players & those pretending to pvp

[@lilp4000]

Sir if you not good say so then groups I had so much fun I'm coming back to play did I get solo kills no 🤣🤣 but we tracked that team down and kicked some ass

[@Korriban4034]

@@lilp4000 See when you exposed the solo players who got farmed two patches ago they get salty case in point "if you are not good say so" last I checked I was averaging 3.5k kills per month cyro. Fact is from what I have seen the solo players who got farmed have now when 45k hp plus very tanky run in big groups or zergs & 12v1 zerg solo players (I bet that is so much fun) most solo players are not playing as much or leaving as ZOS does not cater to solo players anymore. I laugh when my kill feed is stacked with 284dmg from a zerg who zerg me down where I run out of resources to be able to fight back. That sounds like great PvP. Suppose it's all subjective but when I ran in a zerg we had one rule no attacking solo players but then again I don't expect the same courtesy as I farmed most of these players two patches ago when we was all solo 🤣

[@Barn80]

We need big changes this year. The dlc drop with a zone and 2 dungeons is getting very stale. I hope new/different things come in 2024

[@_invinciScribe_24]

Same

[@TheBamaChad-W4CHD]

Yeah that's all I want ESO Plus for...crafting bag and outfit dye. Well the catching up on all dlc except the latest us a great bonus.

[@izzy-xoxx]

I used to play eso on Xbox and I have transferred to pc and play esp their now and I’ve noticed a lot not a lot of ppl want to help ppl gearing up I don’t see a lot of normal trial runs in group finder and the vet trials a lot of them require u to show achievement to join , joining guilds doesn’t seem to make a difference anymore not many ppl are social or wanna help , I don’t see a lot of progression guilds either

[@rachelmilligan95]

I feel this, let’s start a group to get people to help 😂 I’ve needed to run sunspire for like 3 years now and I’ve never found anyone to help hahaha

[@DylanJG1]

This is pretty much why I’ve dropped the game every time I try to come back. Seems like it’s gotten worse in this regard over the years

[@BlazeBuds]

Also as someone who started in 2016, played for 8 hours and went back to final fantasy 14, then this time last year was about 100 hours into the game, now I'm 700 hours through and still loving it, the game has improved alot over the last 12 months with just little changes with quality of life and such. Managed to play ff14 for maybe 50 hours this year, which is the least time in 9 years, for me Eso has overtaken 14 in many ways. As 14 gets stale, Eso is trying to mix it up

[@syncopatedglory]

as a person who is getting ready to take the plunge into ESO after not playing ffxiv for a year, this makes me happy.

[@xeclipseshadow]

I think something very important to note for the purchase point, by waiting between several expansions, you can actually purchase several chapters all at once for the cost of only one with the collection upgrades. After elsweyr, i fell off eso hard, and recently transitioned to steam. By purchasing the high isle (i think) collection during a sale, I was able to get not only the most recent expasion, but every deluxe expansion before it and the base game access for less than 50 bucks, iirc. Waiting for a sale and pouncing on those collection editions is seriously lucrative in the long run to save money. Also, when it comes to the membership, if you are going to be an active player, a way to justify the subscription is that the stipend of crowns is exactly equal to your membership price. To me, it was just a monthly commitment to buy crowns, and everything else (content, craft bag, bonus exp, etc) was just major perks on top of that. Definitely helped me cut back the usual habit of throwing 50+ bucks a month at the crown store for cosmetics when i knew i would already have crowns saved just from being a member

[@bovrar2nd861]

I started to play eso due a video like this. It has been some years, and I am quite positively satisfied, made a few good friends, and had experiences I wouldn't if i didn't give this game a try. Keep up the good work, friend. Hopefully, we can meet many new faces on the roads of Tamriel in 2024.

[@TheCrystalEssence]

I discovered you back when Elsweyr first came out and I use to watch all your builds one after the other binge watching. I then took the jump and literally made 18 characters all between lvl.16 to lvl.40 solo leveling specifically story mode adventuring before quitting each character from burnout, trying different classes but I became to overwhelmed by complex guides on where to go, which quests to pick in specific order and where to run before progressing the main story. I always wanted to play the game as a single player game so I could experience all the story and lore content as a die hard lore fan of the the franchise before doing any multiplayer stuff and my biggest issue was it was so hard trying to keep up and not confuse myself amongst it all so I could have a chronological experience of the content and chapters. I saw the trailer for the new chapter and immediately ignited a fire in me again, so I'm returning and buying this chapter and your video just helped me solidify that decision but I know I'll be chasing years of content so I don't expect to play the new chapter until a few years from how convoluted and inefficient my questing becomes. I'm hopeful my first experience for an MMO actually becomes an experience this time and I can come to enjoy the genre.

[@zurvivalgaming1578]

i get sucked into loot crates sometimes😯 I like watching the cat pass out the cards. lol its addicting

[@OG_HakunaMatata]

I was addicted to this game, playing 15hrs a day on my days off of work and this was back in 2016. I have a gaming PC now and want to dive back in and with the new gold road dlc

[@Dj-ox6lq]

Same brother downloaded today how’s it been?

[@OG_HakunaMatata]

@Dj-ox6lq I just got the necrom edition for $17 on steam and it's a lot haha. I'm part of a ESO group of fb and they helped a lot out. Just out loot it builds and eso tank builds

[@samuraichicken2315]

Ah Hack, always love your upbeat nature.

[@KevinoftheCosmos]

I've tried basically all the MMOs and the winner for 'best/easiest to solo' is clearly ESO. Maayyyybe I'll jump back in. I had a blast playing for a year up until High Isle dropped. Necrom looks lit.

[@brennansmith9795]

i played the game for years on console.switched to pc 2 weeks ago and im loving the game again

[@darlenehoover6577]

I slowed down alot of my play due to constant set changes. I cant keep up with it all. Tired of getting my character where its effective only to have it turn to complete trash with the latest update. I absolutely love this game. I just do not have all the resources to change gear every month or two. 🥵

[@nickp4084]

This was very informative, thanks. I played several years ago and just reinstalled, and have forgotten so much. I think I'm going to need to sub though, as I've got a bunch of alts I had made for storage, all with inventories full, and a bank with 198/100 slots filled lol. And I honestly can't remember if any of the crap I hoarded is valuable or if there was any reason to hoard it in the first place. I don't think I was ever in a guild with a trader so I never had access to auction houses. Honestly the way the auction houses work in this game is kind of odd. I mean, there's a separate auction house for all these different guilds right? Are they actually at all useful?

[@mathieuroberge7160]

I hate the lvl 20 companion limit and the fact that they can't wear regular item.... i wish i could form full 4 people group with companion.

[@isidroramos1073]

At the very least they should allow us to improve their gear. Being a Master Crafter and not being able to improve Companion gear hurts!

[@rielochoa4786]

Very detailed video mate, very helful for begginers 👍

[@strat3gland]

The Best part of Eso is that its fully voiced... bruh even side quest dialogues are voiced. Thats whole different lvl compared to nowdays lazy mmorpg.

[@guillermoolivaiii9550]

A few things i think needs to be added into the game for full character's class to be in-depth and some other things. First, when you pick your Class it has three specialization with a choice to alter it, but what about adding a furthering skill depth by what your weapon is? I mean, it would add further gameplay elements to your performance as to what you focus your skills on and yes, the weapon has a skill tree of its own despite that why not give the Class a unique altered gameplay focus on the weapon alone? To give more actual in-depth. Second, a Combat overhaul is indeed needed for the entirety of how slow and sluggish the combat is at times along with the sound effects needing a revamp to be exciting as you immerse into combat and at the same time, enjoy your character's play style as you perform your abilities and such. Third, difficulty should be raised up to give players a edge to enjoy the game in a much thrilling sense? You barely lose much when you die and why not make Open Public Dungeons a little extra difficult as in you got to keep your guard up against the enemies being organized in their pattern to cooperate against you, since you are intruding their base. Finally, a lot of games are updating and revamping in some way to improve the experience in a much upgraded design and I believe it will not hurt to see ESO being given this treatment on its 10 year establishment of still going with upcoming content.

[@rubendiaz247]

I played it for the first time when elsewyr was released. Played until like level 10 with two characters then got bored. Just now redownloaded and started a dragon knight and got him to cp 40 but noticed I was not completely happy with it so I just restarted with a Templar and I love it. I bought the necrom collection and I’m debating on trying out eso plus but I dont want to be dependent on it and I want to familiarize myself with a game a little more. I’m surprised how populated the game is aswell.

[@Yosi_M]

Sure, its a great game! But it sure does needs a combat revamp or something

[@EPKKC]

Thanks for the well explained, very informative video format. I sub and i just pre-ordered Gold Road!

[@Lupinemancer87]

I know it's probably way too late now, but I actually think ESO would have been a better game if they had not inclued any classes, but instead allowed us to choose from a variety of spells and magics to essentially create our own playstyles.

[@zedorian6547]

That wouldnt solve the problem. If anything that would make the gatekeeping problem much worse.

[@joshelliott919]

That’d be ass

[@missgrimreaper2000]

Haven't been playing in a while, but I miss all the peace and fun I've experienced when I was still a deeply troubled teen. This game helped me greatly to keep on fighting through tough times. But after 1300h of playing, I was drained, which was my fault for doing things in the game that I didn't enjoy, like daily writs, dungeons, pvp... Everybody was drilling on me for not having decent gear, master crafting, best rotation, and you need milions and milions of gold to try buying crowns with gold, and even then it was disgustingly hard to do when you were bad at combat. These days this method went from barely doable to impossible, inflation killed that market. But, it's still "my" game. I have went through around five or six other MMORPSs and the only one I managed to stick to for a while is Guild Wars 2. Even if GW2 is very fun, well made game, it's also very predatory on my wallet. So yeah, will only take like 2 days and nights to download.

[@TheGamingZone-]

for returning players to have fun respec your skills and try a new class and or weapon now i have to find a way to make alot of coin to do so

[@scott5375]

Great video and I couldn’t agree more with all your points. ESO has been my main since 2017. Most newbies start out with overland content for the first several months while they build their character and learn the game. However while the storyline is excellent, many leave because the overland combat is as you said, essentially story mode difficulty. It doesn’t have to be hardcore but it definitely needs to be more challenging to keep players coming back for more.

[@venge2206]

Hard to deal with power creep in a 10yo game, they would could do a lot to adjustments but I don’t think they will spend the time or resources to do so just make new content

[@andreassk]

Once in a year I log in at least once in a year just to purchase new chapter 😅 I joined in 2018 and I never knew about any possibility to win anything by simply logging in but at some point in 2019 I joined after several months break only to be rewarded by Psijic Vila (something about loging in between specific dates) There must be so much content by now. Most of those chapters since 2018-2019 I never even played properly. Cant wait for some looong solo PVE story ride.

[@GenXchaos]

I just started eso on Saturday morning, I got the necron deluxe for £12 so i said lets do it... now im level 19 and completely lost at what im doing haha

[@millirabbit4331]

Former ESO player here. I honestly don't plan to come back until there has been a bigger amount of content released. I stopped with Blackwood. I haven't explored the High Isles or Necrom. My main problem is there is no hard mode to the campaign. I love all the content since I left but I don't want to play it if its a breeze. Great stories but boring gameplay gets in the way. I did love veteran dungeons and trials, though, except they were missing story.

[@GameplayOssboss]

Would love to see a non scaling server. I like it to progress through the lands and countries. 😊

[@anncrosby6664]

I love playing ESO. I play it on the ps4, i love the lore, exploring.

[@MrPinballWizzard]

i mean... if you have not played the story and etc - sure why not its never late to explore the world i would say...

[@andrewgrimes5523]

My biggest complaint on the game is actually the community. It’s the quietest community I’ve come across in gaming. Rarely anyone talks even in bigger guilds. You see a lot of people but game feels lonely because not a lot of social chatting. Seems to be an issue with a lot of games nowadays. People talked a lot more in the early 2000’s when online gaming was hitting a rise. I miss those days.

[@Bobobobobob741]

From my experience, a lot of guild communication is third party these days. Discord, Guilded, etc. I haven’t usually had trouble finding good guilds!

[@BlazeBuds]

Well in game doesn't have the best typing chat options tbh. Ff14 does really well with that like wow, I would imagine like the other comment mentions people use discord

[@QCS02]

whats crazy is this game used to not be like that. at least on xbox on release and for like 6-7 years after. there used to be people everywhere in any town. riften was so packed it was lagging. same with deshaan and the other big cities. im talking like 200+ people in every big town. there used to be so many people talking in chat it gave me a headache lmao. the zone chats were always active. after like 7 years or so the game just felt like the social side to it died.

[@christographerx64]

Great video as always Hack. I swear if ZOS made challenging overland content ESO would be an almost perfect MMO.

[@Queenfisher444]

Returning player here (1500hrs in game) - just spent the last year trying out other games, most recently playing WOW’s new Season of Discovery (complete WoW virgin). Honestly it’s crazy that ESO isn’t more successful. It outshines WoW in EVERY CATEGORY, except for levelling. Overland + and some actual dev participation on reddit/forums and ESO would have millions of players. Zenimax are absolutely throwing away a golden goose here.

[@Jinny-Wa]

Combat and gameplay, there you go.

[@Blubking1]

I mean tbf you tried WoW Season of Discovery (a 20 year old game) instead of Retail WoW which is completely different. Because when you look it from that perspective its the complete opposite: WoW is better in every category but worldbuilding/levelling and that comes from someone that loves both and have been playing both for at least/almost 10 years. Honestly, you should try it out. Season of Discovery is very bad for new players and mainly a fan-driven game for nostalgia (which you obviously don't have when you're a wow virigin)

[@Queenfisher444]

@@Blubking1 played retail, can’t stand it. ESO is infinitely better

[@angello2890]

That combat is a game breaker for me... just to clunky other than that pretty solid.

[@512playa]

All i want is a Vampire buff its really tough rn 😂😢

[@Dagraenion]

As long as you keep updating and making builds, I will always play ESO, HTM! :D

[@HackTheMinotaur]

That's the plan!

[@henry-manalo]

Thank you for this video! It was very helpful!

[@dougdragon7043]

Although ESO Could be fun to play and I have played it off and on since it’s release one of the truly annoying things over the last year to two years is the in game lag in both PVE & PVP which is not being addressed or rectified which brings the game down in my opinion

[@AnonymousQwerty]

I have no lag at all regardless of the content I play. (PvP, vet trials, dungeons, overland, etc)

[@vitokhait9696]

Haven't played since Skyrim update. Gonna be coming back soon. I bet the meya has changed multiple times.

[@MrTehru]

Great video I was actually just thinking about this. Question, did I read somewhere that if you get the subscription for a month and you get all of the DLC that comes with the subscription you keep the DLC that you get even if you cancel your subscription after a month? Because if so, that with game pass is a sweet deal.

[@wadewilson5712]

no after the sub expires the dlc stuff is locked stuff like gear you got from those zones are not effected but if your good at making gold in game you can buy crowns from players and they gifted you the dlc zones you want. most of the time players are legit on the sales but every once in a while you can meet a scammer but they can get black listed easily by other players for scamming. also the daily log can give mounts and a zone dlc for free or there mite be a deal where you can pop up the store and there will be freebie but that is not often. the story in game is good and base game is 300 hours of content.

[@BlazeBuds]

I subbed maybe 3 months this year. I make sure when I sub its for an event in a dlc zone and then smash through those zones while I'm subbed, then use the crown credits to buy other dlcs. Just as mentioned the most recent dlc won't be unlocked by subbing. But I do enjoy not having to pay all year round like other games

[@BlazeBuds]

Me personally would like normal combat to be a little harder, delves are way too easy and can run through most of them without a hassle

[@Barn80]

What would be the point if the rewards are just the same? It would be harder for no reason

[@axelarnaud7547]

Vet mode delves ?

[@Kallebe6487]

If is too easy. Did you finished all of them naked with only class skills or world skills and vet hm solo? If not, stop writing non sense. Is not that easy.

[@Irovetti]

@@Kallebe6487what you on about? The game is stupid easy lol

[@BlazeBuds]

@@Irovetti yeah I'm not even that good, but I can even do some group dungeons by myself, my level is good at C886 but I haven't bothered to learn a proper rotation yet as I haven't needed to, im still doing the story so not worried about finding hard content, but general combat is way too easy

[@TES_Bloodline]

ESO needs to finish the storyline with humeaous mora 7 quests was more questions than answers, but endless archive is my favorite tool to lvl up new toons

[@Alex-cj7nc]

Probably not "needs" to. Most who play mmorpgs don't care about the story. It's about content of pvp and pve and just getting stronger. Although yes completing storylines would be enjoyable for people, I don't think is a priority.

[@zedorian6547]

I never understood why mmo players wouldnt care about the story in a role playing game. I mean its really the single most important factor beyond the gameplay loop/systems. If pvp is so important then why not just play a fighting game and if raiding is so important then why not go play a much more difficult type of game? Its a combination of the factors that make a good rpg especially when it comes to an mmo.

[@Alex-cj7nc]

@@zedorian6547 I get what you're saying hence the name "role playing". But I myself enjoy the gradual growth and improvements your player makes that allows you to be stronger in both PVP and pve. Story has never really been an incentive but it certainly is nice if the lore is there. It's more about progression of gear and the loop as you say.

[@rerere1569]

So many salty comments here lmao I started playing back in 2016 and stopped playing after morrowind (no particular reason, but I was focused on other games and the game didn't feel much fun). I was playing casually, didn't spend a lot of time in the game really, just hit around 200cp (with the old cp system) and cleared a few vet dungeons I came back recently and have a blast for the last 3 weeks! The game feels fun, really like the new dungeons, tons of new sets, endless archive is fun as well, atmosphere is amazing (much better than most mmo's I played), storytelling is ok at worst (some side quests are quite boring) and sometimes even amazing (which is a compliment to an MMO). Combat is... ok, I guess, hasn't changed much from 2017, but build variety is quite cool. I guess a lot of negativity is coming from the people who have like 2-3k hours in the game, which is understandable, but I've never reached that point with any MMO, I think for majority of gamers ESO could offer so much in terms of exploration, questing, dungeons, raids, achievements etc. tldr: sure, give it a try, especially if you got it on sale

[@gurdianzee3415]

I just started today I’m excited but we will see

[@lordgains3317]

I was obsessed with ESO 2 years ago got to level 1000CP on all my characters and then just didnt know what else to do. I miss the fun and chase in the game but don't know if I have anything to come back for.

[@skullkrusher-dx4kg]

I want an unarmed skill line in ESO.

[@individual116]

I can think of dozens of changes or updates that should be in the game.

[@skullkrusher-dx4kg]

@@individual116 everyone can thats just the top of my wishlist. That and a monk class.

[@BlazeBuds]

Monk is probably the closest to unarmed you will get, never seen unarmed in any other mmos i have played

[@skullkrusher-dx4kg]

@@BlazeBuds thats not how ESOs system works though weapons arent bound by class. If there gonna let you fight with fists its going to be its own skilltre and a monk class would probably be about speed and unarmoured combat.

[@PLASMABOY090]

Werewolf is the closest thing to unarmed combat

[@josm8063]

I guess I'll have to keep waiting for a reason to play it again.

[@Juckel0815]

Nice Video ! I started last monday its so fun i sure will play this a long time ;D .

[@Mk_Otaid]

For me the game's biggest drawback right now is locomotion quality and interactivity with the environment. I want smoother and "weightier" transitions between different animations, a sprint that doesn't look as if I'm constipated and flora/grass that responds accordingly when I'm running through it. Combat that sounds and feels weightier (specifically for melee) and not as if I'm cutting through paper. The fact that the game's visuals aren't fully committed to either realistic or stylized makes the game look kinda awkward and dated in 2024. The environments also need a bit more clutter and vegetation in general, to make them feel more tactile and lived-in. I'm sure they have the budget to improve on at least character animation. Would go a long way towards making the core experience feel more premium and less like your typical pre-2020/2010 MMO. That's the main reason I put the game down when Morrowind expansion was announced. The game was getting such massive new content but since I was playing it as a SP game anyways and the core feel of the game was already dated - I'd rather just play a premium SP game instead for that extra immersion I wanted.

[@jacksonfrazier3635]

I spent like $30 for this game on Black Friday and when it downloaded I couldn’t play it bc I needed ps+. I cried that day. Heavy manly tears.

[@HeadgyHog]

Tyvm for the insight.

[@deathsorphan5513]

I want a new magic weapon, preferably sword and rune. Magic is my favorite spec but im tired of staffs and the occasional dw staff setup

[@venge2206]

Yea a 1 hand staff and book or shield (you could choose between the two), would be awesome.

[@leewallace6180]

You mentioned trading in unwanted pets. How do i do that please?

[@Bellthorian]

The problem with the "Solo" content is that it is so easy, it is nearly impossible to die. Where is the fun in walking around and simply clicking buttons. Again I bring up Age Of Conan, you can be maxed out on T-6 raid gear and if you are questing by yourself and do something stupid you will get killed. Age Of Conan ALWAYS had that level of intensity when you were playing and it was always challenging which made the game so much fun. ESO is a lot like SWTOR in that aspect, SWTOR is so easy it is more point and click adventure than an MMO. Catering to solo players and low IQ players is exactly what they shouldn't be doing.

[@darlenehoover6577]

I havent played the game in two months. Honestly I love this game and enjoy so many (or too many!) things about it. But why I stopped playing was the constant nerfing of gear sets. This constant having to change sets is exhausting and too time consuming and too costly. If and when I hop back on it'll only be to run around and farm.

[@RogueSpartan56]

I recently tried WOW retail and classic.. then FF14… ESO is my favorite mmo the other 2 are so boring idk how people get into them!

[@zedorian6547]

Personally what I want to see above everything is for them to merge all of the servers and let all platforms play together. FFXIV does that and its partially why the game is so damn popular. There is no excuse that anyone can bring here that is acceptable for the contrary. Id be okay with going 2-3 years with no expansion if they would just merge the servers. The second thing would be to get the ps+/xblive requirements removed from the console versions of the game. Massive quit moment for a lot of players to find that they have to double subscribe just to play the game properly.

[@spankyjeffro5320]

#1- Nobody is going to play on a 300 ping megaserver when they can get 15 ping from their optimal server. #2- Sub requirements are not related to ZOS, not relevant. #3- The economy is fucked as it is, let alone with extra people to fuck it up even more. Console can't even use trading mods. #4- Console can't use discord to trade crowns or group up. #5- Console can't use mods. #6- Console has inferior graphics capabilities. So ZOS has no incentive to make anything decent for them nor PC. #7- Console would get wrecked in PVP. Controller is inferior to KBM. #8- No. I resent that ESO is on console in general. I certainly don't want them anywhere near me.

[@Me_Myself_and_Eye]

I have sooo many hours played in this game, and I just cant get back into it..I try but I just cant

[@SY-bm1qk]

I will say this after playing for over 5K hours on PS and Xbox. This game REQUIRES ESO+, yes you can kind of play it on a gamepass or for 5 bucks but the game is so stripped down you miss out on key sets of gear and content that is required to do any true endgame content. If you really want to play this game and get a full experience, you got to have ESO+ just because of the resource bags and allowing for everything besides the most newest DLC. One could play long enough to get gold and have someone buy the DLC but sadly this game has been around for such a long time in order to get into a decent guild, you have good amount of Champion point levels in order to just be able to sell in an auction store or be able to do active questing with people besides randoms. Still this game can be a lot of fun but there gets to be a point where you are just facerolling 90% of the stuff out there and that 10% is so hard to gap that if you are not running the most meta sets of gear, most trial guilds and PVP guilds will kick you for not being able to pull your weight. Still the game does a bad job at gapping difficulty, you would be playing the base game and you can use your level 3 weapons and kick the shit out of everything including World Bosses in area, then when you do overland content or some DLC content you are getting beat up a bit more. Also there are tons of quality of life that are in the game. Hack explains mythics which are now pretty much a requirement to do any "tough" endgame situations, but aside from that you need the craft bag otherwise your inventory gets filled with shit. Also you might need mobile shops, banks, armory, and breakdown. It's a key difference and can be quite annoying. I will say Hack covers it but he paints it massively positive, when in reality this game REQUIRES ESO+ to get to any form of endgame. If you are willing to spend 15 dollars a month, then this game is worth it to a degree just got to put in the hours but if you think you're going to do a base game run and get a good experience, then you are going to be annoyed by the gatekept end game content but if you just want little small senseless meaningless lore, then the base game is okay, you might enjoy that.

[@bratannis7913]

I think I can say about Necrom-year: not bad even good but not enough

[@IINareik]

Id lvoe new weapons, spears or crossbows would be amazing

[@Grizzlyman1029]

Just returning to game, how to get that on screen combat text and the buffs to display where they are? Also great video thanks!

[@zigrakudo4092]

it's an addon, i think.

[@Bellthorian]

Have they revamped tanking at all? I am a 20+ year MMO player and ESO held my attention the LEAST of any MMO I have ever played. Tanking was so SIMPLE in ESO, hit your taunts when the timer expires and you will have aggro 100% of the time. That is so simple a talking monkey could tank in this game. Tanking in Age Of Conan for example, you had to do a certain amount of DPS to stay on the threat table so that your taunts COULD pull the boss. If your DPS just went full out and nuked the boss they would pull aggro and potentially wipe the raid. So having your rotation down perfect was a must to tank right in AOC. If there is no challenge in tanking in ESO there is no point in playing.

[@zedorian6547]

Having a perfect rotation as a mandatory part of any job sounds like the worst possible system ever that would turn off any player who had any semblance of respect for their own time.

[@Bellthorian]

@@zedorian6547 Yep tanking is so easy in ESO it is quite boring. The only challenge is learning the bosses big attacks that you need to block and positioning which after running a raid a couple of times it is pathetically simple.

[@kurufeemo8076]

I certainly should, yet I don't know what to do. I don't really do any questing nor hard pve or pvp content - I don't want to get involved in any constant group. May be I should just continue doing crafting and housing?? A little tired of it tbh. Already reached stage 5 in the endless archive (almost stage 6) solo. May be I should get into tales of tribute hmm ... Overall idk. Happy to hear your suggestions guys

[@robertwalter156]

Pvp yep

[@isidroramos1073]

For whatever is worth, here is my take on Tales of Tribute: it's a good game with two very serious flaws. First, it's incredibly time consuming, to the point that I found staying competitive in ToT didn't leave me time to play ESO. And second, when two seasoned, skilled players meet victory is all too often decided by sheer luck - the one that gets a good card first and acquires an initial advantage almost always wins.

[@kurufeemo8076]

I would agree, but I've played a lot from my wife's account and I would say that even though there is quite a bit of luck involved into it, there is still a 60/40 chance of winning if you are a really good player.@@isidroramos1073

[@isidroramos1073]

And regarding what to do, I find starting with a new toon and roleplaying him/her is refreshing. And by 'roleplaying' I mean not choosing this or that because it's more powerful or makes progression faster but because it fits with who you are - a tall, bulky Nord that always has a Markarth Mead active, refuses to use any 'magicky' gear, and in combat simply stands and delivers warhammer blows? Let's see how far he can go...

[@donovanromero5570]

Hey is your immortal necro still good?

[@MrDrowranger87]

just picked up the game, man this is complex and the grind is real for solo player

[@adrianf2065]

Cyrodil and PvP feel abandoned, Expansions are too predictable, No new class abilities or weapon types, Constant Gear nerfs have left 70-80% of gear sets useless, and the “Meta” hasn’t changed since launch, Sorcerer and Templar have remained the best classes in the game for as long as I can remember. I love this game and I don’t want it to die, just wished zenimax would address these issues.

[@xiulul1892]

Bought it a week ago and already done a noob mistake. Used the allowance you get from the membership to buy a dlc 😅

[@XPISTOS-ANESTH]

I quit eso a year ago because as a pvp player i got burned from the same bgs and only cyrodil, is anything change pvp wise or same all?

[@saucelessgiuseppe]

The biggest way this game is being held back for me is how easy the overworld has been.

[@andrecampbell9509]

We need to be able to improve damage output and health and healing, after 1000 cp/ 1200cp the points are pretty useless, which is a shame ad it doesn't give players incentive to carry on earning cp points

[@Sumatranpitviper]

Can someone help me here, my 3 brothers and I used to play this but the game 2 years ago and it was SO EASY AND BRAIN DEAD. We literally would play for hours and our life bars didn't drop below 80%. How can this game be more difficult? Like, actually a challenge. Is there any settings to change? 95% of all enemies from the very START of ESO was just brain dead spamming the same buttons with chance of dying. I love the graphics, gameplay and lore and want it to be a challenge so we can all play again.

[@salinaember9527]

idk i lost my motivation after the gold price for crowns has skyrocketed. i dont have the energy to be grinding for millions of gold. also, tired of paying for a subscription to remove ads and annoyances, aka craft bag.

[@Remy2947]

doesn't gold road deluxe give you previous chapters and dlc too?

[@wolfzoner8253]

Getting into this game is so hard lol, i just started yesterday already lvl 20 and i still dont even get the storyline 😂. I just spawned it was greeted by some random dude and now im doing random missions.

[@Fefnefef]

I wonder if they could implement an option to remove level scaling when solo or when grouping with other players over cp 200 or 300. would there be any bad results from that

[@Alexandru1996_]

I would likke to go back into the game, but i don't want to spend so much money on eso plus. Without that, the game seems more like aa chalange, having to manage your inventory all tje time,, keeping only what you need to progress and cant take all the products and items that i see around. I am so used to that from some other rog games i've been playing that i cant resist picking every flower i see and any runes.

[@jacobodom8401]

Veteran mode for story questing Please!!

[@zedorian6547]

Or they could just make the overworld naturally more challenging instead

[@KCrogers87-]

This game is great and even better with friends. But completely unplayable without the unlimited craft bag which is locked behind ESO plus. Main reason I quit going back to this game.

[@JoeyKnight-v8o]

Same here the game seriously turns into a organization simulator without eso plus

[@HarvestrX]

Cosmetics don't "make the player more powerful directly..." So, they make is more powerful indirectly?

[@mattcyr2109]

In my opinion the predatory cash shop behavior, and PERSONALLY, the light attack animation cancelling gameplay, are the only two things that are stopping this game from being as perfect as you can ask about an MMO. Love the immersion, and class choices.

[@stepanbalakirev8422]

Just script the weaving with a 3rd party program, got to do 85% of the benchmark dps without the idiotic Light attack click with every skill. Dungeons were fun, raids on the other hand not, so many effects that you couldn't turn off didn't allow me to see the fights.

[@recon939]

Pay to play is it's only down fall, without the craft bag its hard to do anything. Anyone who has been playing for a while knows this. Yes some can work around it but its still a pain but without it eso makes less money.

[@samuraichicken2315]

You can manage once you've build up your resources (Bank space, House Storage chests, Storage Characters) but this does take time and cannot be done by a new player.built

[@georgesimmons5959]

Vet of 2014 who plays daily (or as often as I can), also Retired twice [military for 34 years and teaching for 20 years (high school plus 12 years Jr. College in the field of social sciences)]. I've played several other MMOs starting with WoW and ending with War Hammer of which none measured up to this MMO. Yes, the game does get buggy and yes PvP did not measure up but as a single player and one who shy's away from cliques, it is a pleasure, My one complaint outside of those already stated in your video is I want equality in deconstruction of equipment for I do not like being treated as one of the game maker's minions to gather crafting material they need to craft with: if one plays the game all should be on an equal playing field to experience what it is for those of us who pay to play.

[@wadewilson5712]

im a crafter and the last patch for making rings / necklaces was a nice improvement and im making stuff for my lowbie alts now since i im also a crafting mats horder.

[@georgesimmons5959]

@@wadewilson5712 Agree, whole heartedly; the move is a great step in the right direction. Thank you for the reminder.

[@wrbk19]

I don't understand why people say ESO's PvP is not good when it's probably the best PvP MMORPG other than BDO.

[@juandamiennebraska338]

Just paid 5.99 on ps5 and am having a blast at level 12

[@merpins]

I've been playing ESO since launch. Since before launch, my wife and I played in the beta together (more than one beta test, too), back when we were dating. There's no other MMO I've played more. I haven't played regularly in a while. They removed my favorite skill from Templar, and though I really, REALLY like Arcanist, it's more of the same stale content for me and my wife. We've done basically everything this game has to offer 10 times over, and though the two-man dungeon was a nice addition, it didn't really hold our attention for that long. It just feels... The same. Reusing assets, models, I've killed the same bone colossus and flesh atronach more times than I can count in multiple different zones at multiple different levels of difficulty. The meta is constantly changing yes, but it's dominated by the same 10 sets year in and year out, so if you wanna be in the meta, you're gonna be playing similarly to everyone else. My wife and I still play. But it's like once a month at best, usually less than that, when we just wanna go in and duo a dungeon or something. What someone said in the comments is right. The game needs some a wow factor update to bring in a breath of life for me. Hard mode overland plus an overhaul to the combat system (enemy AI mostly), and overland reworks: add more quests to the main zones, or even a second questline through the OG zones and even old DLC zones that pops up when you complete the main questline of the alliance you're doing, or the zone in the case of DLC zones.. Rework and buff all the sets no one uses so there really is more build diversity at end game, add more incentives to play the game like in WoW with cosmetics throughout the world that you can actually earn unlike how it is now, and most importantly, balance PVE and PVP separately so we can finally buff classes that are underperforming i PVE, and nerf the classes that are overperforming in PVP. I'd love to see Spell Crafting. But I don't think it'll breathe the life into the game that I'm looking for. Maybe it will for a while. But the game needs more than that for me to feel like I'm actually doing something new and not a rehash like it tends to be lately with this game.

[@McKannon]

I can’t believe all these years later and there’s no DPS meter. It’s one of the biggest “fun” factor for me when playing DPS

[@Slong7]

I’m an old eso vet I played from the release week til about 2020 having completed every dungeon and vet trial until the shadow one in summer set i think. My gf wants to start playing and knew I loved this game (and that I was pretty good at it) I need a true vet (if any) to be completely honest because I know the state of the game when I left in 2020 was very average at best. I honestly can’t think of another mmo to get into that’s casual enough and that I have mastered enough to play and get her liking it and carry her thru pretty much. So Will a eso vet or someone with some decent hours and experience be honest. What’s the game really like as of April 2024 and is it flourishing enough to add a new player to the mix of LFG Dungeons and battlegrounds. I don’t think she will reach trial and guild level at all but looking forward to that if I decide to play. Any help is very appreciated

[@edinpandzic5838]

im still thinking....being 3000 cp levels behind is VERY scary....