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Everyone's heard about. But are you gonna get it? anyone beta testers?

So far no one is happy with the proposed business structure:

$60 outright purchase + $15 a month subscription + restricted access to classes, alliance/teams and armour (requires Collector's Edition or pre-order only)

Personally, I think subscription is easiest/best. then you can apply discounts for extended membership etc. Or make it outright price, will purchasable extras (mainly cosmetic) to keep money coming in.

This is almost tempting me to break my MMO virginity and try it out when its released. Looks pretty good, could be fun. I think Bethesda have some tricks up their sleeve for the release copy.

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Haven't been in the beta, but everything I have read so far from people who are in the beta says its a fairly generic mmo, not really worth the money. And having an entire race behind a paywall (Imperial race is only for people who buy the collectors edition) is bullshit for a game with a purchase price + monthly sub.

I've been following it since it was announced, every new announcement I want it less and less.

this thinking (as it is very common amongst everyone) makes me think Bethesda will do something drastic to boost hype and try to gather people to the game for at least 12 months.

Surely the cocaine bucket is big enough for them to stall release while they try to make the game better in general.

  • 2 weeks later...

I played a few hours of it on Saturday during the beta weekend, was going to play it some more on Sunday but just cbf. I don't really know why but I just couldn't get into it at all. Maybe if it had come out before Skyrim I would have thought it was amazing and all that, but as things are i just found the whole experience a bit meh.

Edited by 180fan

Not interested one bit. If i was interested in playing an MMO (and paying for it at that) i would play wow. So many companies have tried to compete with blizzard and they have all fallen short.

And unfortunately Bethesda will be the next in line to do the same thing.

  • 5 weeks later...

Takes a hell of a game for me to pay full retail these days

that because unless you become obsessed, you dont get much game anymore.

Currently replaying Hidden & Dangerous 2 because its good. will get into Death To Spies soon.

but yes, keen for opinion on Elders Online.

I've played all the betas and early access. Currently level 15 Sorc.

Dungeons

You can start Dungeons at level 12(?) but they're not your typical WoW dungeon. You have to search for your own group and enter the dungeon together (It's fairly easy, but as always finding a healer is a nightmare). Dungeons are not as adds intensive but a bit hard as each add has it's own opinion about you, in other words if you start attacking an add, he won't like it and start attacking you back.

WoW Vs ESO

You can't really enter ESO with a WoW mindset as it is quite a different game. A sorc can spec to heavy armour and a tank can spec to heals. What you decide to do with your character is what you get. Out of most MMO's I've played, WoW, AION, RO, SWTOR, LOTR..ESO out does all of them... the only competitor would be WoW.

PVP

PVP is like battlegrounds in WoW and it's HUGE! ! ! ! ! You get around 300+ players to one realm and there are about 12 to choose from. The more castles you get the more ingame buffs you get. PVP is 24/7.

Population

ESO is not lacking players AT ALL, it is extremely popular and going to the most remote place, you'll find others close by. This helps with questing and such.

Quests:

The game is heavily based on questing for leveling but if you prefer to grind through monsters than it's not too bad (AION would be a harder game to grind in if you've played it).

My opinion?

ESO is the closest game to take down WoW imo; this means taking the player base from WoW where WoW eventually dies off and ESO takes over. I didn't really play WoW all to much, I wasn't a fan of the game. But from the comments coming from Elitist WoW players, they're ready to make the switch.

Out of most MMO's I've played, WoW, AION, RO, SWTOR, LOTR..ESO out does all of them... the only competitor would be WoW

Edited by RosieR34

still a lot of negativity surrounding the price.

can get basic PC copy for $60AUD which is supposed to last 60 days, then its $15USD a month from then on. 90 day subscription works out to be $14 a month, 180 day; $13. So even cheapest option for a 12 month subscription (after game purchase) is not going to be under $150. not including any possible DLC or micro transactions you may want.

pretty f**king steep. but they wont do a special for a few months since its so popular at the moment. theyll make all their development money back quickly, and once they figure out how much maintenance expenditure is and how much profit is leftover... they might start giving things back to the community.

Played about 3 hours last night.

Its good but lacks immersion. So far feels rather generic and procedural.

If im honest the combat system is fair f**ked. Why can I be melee attacked from 30 yards by a guy with a knife? I can see it being addictive later on but at this stage I have 5-6 quests that I cannot complete without being gangked 2minutes in.

To make it fun another player or two is needed on quests.

Player base is good if I'm being mobbed most people in the area will come help but the ai guards are retarded

Initial impression is that yhey skipped all the opening stuff that hooked you into skyrim and dropped you into a blaze' story line that is too quick to develop.

More play time needed to see if it is worth 90 bucks

Rosie - whats your user name? I'll add you

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