Thus far, yes.(LOL at the guy who felt compelled to say no even though not playing it at all. just wow.)
I couldn't help it, I read the thread and thought "ok, who is going to pony up to being suckered into buying something they don't like on day 3?"
The truth is I could probably play it, but I would want to play it like an elder scrolls game rather than an mmorpg, with the way the pc games have gone, I will probably get the chance to do that for free. When it does, I can see myself playing, probably standing around a fire bsing with random people just like I do in Neverwinter.
I'm not a sub hater, but I'm also not into buying games and then they go free to play. SwTOR burnt me that way, bad taste. If I could play and just relax knowing I'm not throwing my money away that would be different. That would mean these publishers and developers grow a pair and announced on day 1 the game will not be under consideration for f2p for a minimum of 3 to 5 years. We never get any promises like that though because the publishers andx devs want to be able to change the rules on the fly.
F2p could take a chapter from establishing a road map too, like promising never to add the watchamacallit gadget that is a must have one day randomly out of the blue - consumer and producer relationship doesn't have to be so secretive.
Yes I'm enjoying it. I've encountered two bugs. The one with the horse dismounting at awkward times. Then the quest in Daggerfall where you have to investigate for assasins on the docks, the boxes wouldn't respawn (it was fixed when the server reset briefly). I know I've heard people talk about other quests being bugged (Cheesemonger portal not spawning etc...) but I've only experienced one quest bug. Oh yah and I've seen a dark anchor not spawn properly (i think? The chains came down but nothing happened).
Performance is great. The game looks great, and runs great. So far there has been near zero lag. I've only seen the servers go down twice, and both times it wasn't really down as much as it reset (I could log in immediately after I logged off).
The sheer number of quests is intense. I'm still doing level 8 quests and I'm level 12, just because I'm a completionist and there are so many to do. I love how many quests are NOT found in a quest hub, but are instead found by just walking off into one direction. The first main zone of DC (Glenumbra) is quite large and I'm slowly working my way up.
I've gone into Cyrodill once. Not the great experience to be honest. It's lots of zergs, and as a melee character I got ripped up near instantly from the number of people. Planning on going back in when I am 50 instead. I think as a low level ranged character you have a shot at being useful, but when I'm sword and board I really can't relay on the "auto-level" boosts...it's just not enough.
My experience is also greatly helped by an incredibly cooperative guild. We all share the guild bank as a resource hub, and are all free to use the resources found inside...and most of us put all our resources into it. It's a good experience.
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I couldn't help it, I read the thread and thought "ok, who is going to pony up to being suckered into buying something they don't like on day 3?"The truth is I could probably play it, but I would want to play it like an elder scrolls game rather than an mmorpg, with the way the pc games have gone, I will probably get the chance to do that for free. When it does, I can see myself playing, probably standing around a fire bsing with random people just like I do in Neverwinter.
I'm not a sub hater, but I'm also not into buying games and then they go free to play. SwTOR burnt me that way, bad taste. If I could play and just relax knowing I'm not throwing my money away that would be different. That would mean these publishers and developers grow a pair and announced on day 1 the game will not be under consideration for f2p for a minimum of 3 to 5 years. We never get any promises like that though because the publishers andx devs want to be able to change the rules on the fly.
F2p could take a chapter from establishing a road map too, like promising never to add the watchamacallit gadget that is a must have one day randomly out of the blue - consumer and producer relationship doesn't have to be so secretive.
Better to be crazy, provided you know what sane is...
Level 12 so far, started on Sunday.
Yes I'm enjoying it. I've encountered two bugs. The one with the horse dismounting at awkward times. Then the quest in Daggerfall where you have to investigate for assasins on the docks, the boxes wouldn't respawn (it was fixed when the server reset briefly). I know I've heard people talk about other quests being bugged (Cheesemonger portal not spawning etc...) but I've only experienced one quest bug. Oh yah and I've seen a dark anchor not spawn properly (i think? The chains came down but nothing happened).
Performance is great. The game looks great, and runs great. So far there has been near zero lag. I've only seen the servers go down twice, and both times it wasn't really down as much as it reset (I could log in immediately after I logged off).
The sheer number of quests is intense. I'm still doing level 8 quests and I'm level 12, just because I'm a completionist and there are so many to do. I love how many quests are NOT found in a quest hub, but are instead found by just walking off into one direction. The first main zone of DC (Glenumbra) is quite large and I'm slowly working my way up.
I've gone into Cyrodill once. Not the great experience to be honest. It's lots of zergs, and as a melee character I got ripped up near instantly from the number of people. Planning on going back in when I am 50 instead. I think as a low level ranged character you have a shot at being useful, but when I'm sword and board I really can't relay on the "auto-level" boosts...it's just not enough.
My experience is also greatly helped by an incredibly cooperative guild. We all share the guild bank as a resource hub, and are all free to use the resources found inside...and most of us put all our resources into it. It's a good experience.
Yes, I have been enjoying the game ever since I was invited to be a PTS tester.
Cheers!
MMO Vet since AOL Neverwinter Nights circa 1992. My MMO beat up your MMO. =S