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On the fence... should I buy?
Reion1
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I'm sitting here strongly considering adding to cart, but a few things are keeping me back. One of them would have to be how medicore the Beta was. Granted, I will admit I barely explored the game but the initial first four levels did nothing to force my hand to pre order. My question is this, I assume there's more to this game than the intital four levels, so, what can I look forward to? I was reading an article were the CEO practically stated that the game "begins" at lvl50. He did give a nice little speech, but from his words It seems like Zenimax is focusing mostly on PVP. He did say that the story will pick up where it was left off at lower levels once you cap... but is that really end game? Also, my main concern is that you have to use a mouse to attack In the beta, once again, only level four... I had about 3 attacks not counting the skills themselves. Basically. all I'm asking isl, should or I shouldn't I invest my time. As far as the money goes, whatever, it is 60 dollars but if the game gives back and keeps me occupied for a few hours at t time during the day I don't mind the fee. What I would mind is if I purchased a game that is banking on a title name that was released years ago. So, is it worth it? Does the game reach a depth far beyond what I have seen in the beta. Is it worth my the time that I am going to sink either in ESO or else where. What is there to look forward to that has already been implemented in the launch that I have not seen in my first four levels. May be a stupid question... but... I was told once that there are no stupid questions.
Thanks in advance.
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Do you like themepark quest based progression MMOS? if yes and you have no qualms about spending 60 bucks and monthly sub then go ahead.
Just remember it brings nothing new to the table so if you go looking for innovations you will be disappointed. As far as endgame is concerned its decent for a new release. About future i can't say because i don't buy into promises made by devs. i will believe it when i see it. But they do have a solid plan as far as end game goes.
Yeah it is a Theme park mmo for sure but it does it well for what it is. I was not a big fan of elder scrolls but decided to go ahead and give it a go and am enjoying it. I am a big eye candy type person and I can say the effects and the lore as well imo are done well.
Have had a few buggy quests already but I came back to them a hour or so later and they were working for me again. But def lots of questing to be done I am only lvl 9 so far so cannot say much then what I have seen those first few lvls but i am enjoying myself.
all I can say is I stopped now,the longest time I ever played continuously a game.+ -13 hours played.
the combat and everything is nice but the crafting is so mush fun,not too difficult and you craft for very cheap mush stronger weapons and armour.
great game every sent worth,i am happy.
Don't buy it. If the game hasn't sold itself to you or you can't think of why to purchase it, then that's it. I don't like people coming here and asking for us to be the salesmen for some game company.
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2/3 of the solo content starts at 50. Will take you a long time to get to 50, so enjoy it and try not to rush, unless your a crazy maniac who doesn't sleep and drinks coffee for the whole first week straight to get there.
They announced adventure zones now, which in a way is a four man dungeon the size of an entire regular zone, its HUGE. 1 boss guaranteed, and 1 skyshard, with tons of side quests and things to do in that adventure zone.
I think your going to hate yourself if buy it later and find out how great the content is and how much there really is to it.
Maybe he was here asking opinions of people who have played it? Did you think of that? He said he only played a little of beta. Having played beta's, and most the day today. I would suggest it. The game had a great first day. Most of the things that were wrong in beta have been fixed, It's not perfect, but it's a lot better than any other game I've played on the early release first day. A guild mate of mine even said he ran it today better than current WoW.
It's not a stupid question, but it is rhetorical.
You know as well as I do that, if you haven't already, you soon will purchase the game. For some people purchasing these games is like an addiction.
I've played most of the beta's and I would suggest "no". I like Skyrim & I like the MMO, but it's certainly not worth an initial game purchase plus subscription ........ actually, it's not good enough to warrant sub's at all.
I am wondering why you are so strongly against the game? You mentioned beta, but did you play the release game version at all today? The bugs that everyone over whined about in beta were mostly gone. What are your reasons though to be so against it. Please leave out the bugs as I have said they're mostly fixed.
I personally believe that if you aren't already sold it is unlikely that you will be. I've played in several of the betas and had several characters 20+. While I know this isn't end game either, the content is very repetitive and you will only get much out of it if you are truly enjoying the story and enteracting with the details and the conversations provided by the NPC's.
There are also a few other issues with the pre-order as your bonuses only apply to your first created character. That does not work as well for me as I really take a while to nail down just what will be my "main".
The good to this game is the art and the detail put into the effects and world around you but the PVP they are offering for end game is also very mediocre for me. As this was my main reason to play ESO I will likely not stick around long although I did pre-order myself.
The bonus items can be given to your other chars though your personal bank in game very easily. Just incase you didn't know that.
This here. Of course some people buy up new releases because they like new and shiny things. Most of us have done that at least a few times in our lives when it comes to MMOs. Like I told someone else who asked this same exact question yesterday, I think you would be better served by asking in the PUB or LFGame section so the answers won't be so biased. By asking here in the game's sub forum you are bound to get more "yes" answers or someone whiteknighting the game and responding to everyone who doesn't say , "yes buy it". Of course, maybe that's what you want to read anyways to tip you off the fence. Who knows?
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Tera for life!! ,,,,,Eso has stepped it up a notch since beta for sure ....Tera for life !!
If you can afford it, go ahead in buy it... I fell in love with this game already in beta, even with bugs and problems caused by stress tests, and had to stop playing it there because I didnt want spoil too much.
Combat is so different to other MMO's... you dont have to worry falling to sleep during combat