My problem is and always will be ... ESO bores me to tears. I mean, to sleep, literally. In my chair with my controller... zonked out. That being said.. I've tried a couple of times to come back and just can't find my groove in that game no matter how much I want.
I had a similar problem with GW2.. I just couldn't get into a groove. BOTH in-game stores bug me.
And not that it helps but I find myself in a VERY similar circumstance. I'm looking to "come back" to a MMORPG but just can't find one that snags me. I tend to just turn them off and go dink around in Minecraft or Skyrim.
And as much as I have loved WoW. I think the fork is in that and it's done. It's not that it didn't do it, and it most certainly did some of the things MMORPGs need to be, the best. But I'm detracted as my available play time really isn't what it used to be. After 60+ hrs at work, when I come home it's zonk out. Not schedule the raid, run the team, find time in between to mat/gear up. Just can't do it so I miss out on some of the really EPIC things that can occur there.
I would say GW2 for sure. Look, I love me some ESO, I really do. But ESO is so built for single player that it really fells like it is just a single player game.
GW2 has done the one thing I never thought an MMO could do. I get excited and happy when i see other players. They can pitch in and help, and we all get credit. No competition for ore or anything of the sort. Several ways to do quests, and no running back and forth. And oh, the UI conveniences. Sending things to your back from afar, salvaging, etc.
And look at games that have a holy trinity. It causes nothing but problems. Tank and healer shortages are in WoW right now. No one wants to do those jobs because they arent fun. In GW2 you can heal yourself and you are responsible for keeping yourself alive for the most part. yes there are healers, but it is a very light holy trinity, and I love that.
Watch the Angry Joe GW2 review if you are on the bubble.
@Avanah are you trolling ?;) Or you didn't read what I wrote?
@Goromhir I tried Rift twice, I like the way how the instances / pvp system worked - I'm talking about the group finder, I loved the rift Idea, but when I reached lvl 50, world was empty. I couldn't find anyone which would be doing quests, with who I can do a party and destroy the rifts.
@YashaX what I like? I like when mmo has an instances since low levels, I love when mmo has a group finder (which is useful on lower levels). I enjoy pvp in group, something a la Rift had, 10 vs 10, or 5v5, but I hate pvp servers, when idiots with higher levels can easly come and kill you. Now I think that Rift battlegrounds were working almost a la MOBA. Get the party with proper setup (healer etc), join the arena and fight. I don't enjoy grinding. I like where quests are in the middle, from one side, I like when I need to go and find someone, and I also like when I need to kill some mobs. ESO maybe would be nice, but they are talking too much. I enjoyed few first talks, but later on when I had to listen every guy with which I has to talk, it wasn't experience which I like. Story is important in each game, but if I would like to read / listen to a book, I would take a book. When I'm playing I want to focus on playing, especially when I'm playing MMO which is specific type of game in my opinion.
You asked about crafting - I like crafting when it's not useless. I collected some stuff in ESO already and refined one material, but of course it's not enough to say if crafting is good or not good in ESO. It seems nice, I'm just wondering if items crafted at the highest levels are comparable to the top gear which can be looted from bosses.
@Iaxie I tried SWTOR but games in Star Wars universe is not my thing (I loved all movies though).
Make sure you get a big guild to trade crafted materials to deconstruct or else leveling crafting will be painful. I'm glad you chose ESO. It's a great game. If you don't enjoy the talking/stories or PVP you may get frustrated fast however. I haven't played for over a year but as awesome as the quests are you need frequent breaks from the massive quest content. Join a few PVP guilds also as you need to group up often to enjoy the experience and one may not be active enough to cover when you are online.
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I had a similar problem with GW2.. I just couldn't get into a groove. BOTH in-game stores bug me.
And not that it helps but I find myself in a VERY similar circumstance. I'm looking to "come back" to a MMORPG but just can't find one that snags me. I tend to just turn them off and go dink around in Minecraft or Skyrim.
And as much as I have loved WoW. I think the fork is in that and it's done. It's not that it didn't do it, and it most certainly did some of the things MMORPGs need to be, the best. But I'm detracted as my available play time really isn't what it used to be. After 60+ hrs at work, when I come home it's zonk out. Not schedule the raid, run the team, find time in between to mat/gear up. Just can't do it so I miss out on some of the really EPIC things that can occur there.
GW2 has done the one thing I never thought an MMO could do. I get excited and happy when i see other players. They can pitch in and help, and we all get credit. No competition for ore or anything of the sort. Several ways to do quests, and no running back and forth. And oh, the UI conveniences. Sending things to your back from afar, salvaging, etc.
And look at games that have a holy trinity. It causes nothing but problems. Tank and healer shortages are in WoW right now. No one wants to do those jobs because they arent fun. In GW2 you can heal yourself and you are responsible for keeping yourself alive for the most part. yes there are healers, but it is a very light holy trinity, and I love that.
Watch the Angry Joe GW2 review if you are on the bubble.
good quality content for "free" and lots of ppl to play with!