Elder Scrolls Online beta weekend

[mdk]

I'm doin it. Anybody else get in?

[Drakel]

I believe I'll be doing it as well... xD

[Dervish]

I probably will. I want to actually explore the mainland and not be stuck on island #2.

[Awson]

It's still in Beta and the hype for this has been dying down.

Makes TOR look like American Idol season 3.

Am I doing these references right? I really have no idea what I'm talking about.

[mbl]

I'm in, not sure how much I will be playing, though.

I also got a invite key to give away, if someone who hasn't gotten one wants in.

[idlehands]

;-;

My computer that could handle that game is still waiting on a part. I'm on my older, slower computer so no go for me.

[Marik]

I've got an invite for this weekend, so I'll be getting on for sure.

[Hank]

Played it last time. Big disappointment.

[genghismike]

Hank said
Played it last time. Big disappointment.

And this is what I'm really worried about here.

I cringe to imagine a series which I've enjoyed turned into what I've heard about WoW.

[Dervish]

genghismike said
And this is what I'm really worried about here.I cringe to imagine a series which I've enjoyed turned into what I've heard about WoW.

It plays more like an MMO with ES influence than the reverse. It isn't nearly as free form or stream lined like an ES game. You still have hot keys, annoying crafting systems, and you can't freely explore until you've completed main quests.

[Hank]

It combines the very simplistic combat system of the Elder Scrolls (attack, blocking, heavy attack, eyyyy) with skills assigned to hotkeys. The result is a system that doesn't have the visceral quality of the normal Elder Scrolls combat, nor the flashy versatility of a proper MMO's buttonmashing. It just... sucks.

[Heisenberg]

I will not because EDO was -gay-

[Ruby]

That's like...Skyrim, right?

>>

[Turtlicious]

Heisenberg said
I will not because EDO was -gay-

..................................................^^^^
You're cool.

[mbl]

ESO wasn't really a disappointment for me. I had low expectations for it coming in, and it managed to meet them. The first-person camera works well enough; the combat can be a bit slow due to everything having annoyingly low damage outputs compared to the amount of health, but it still manages to be a better merge of standard MMO combat and TES combat than I was expecting. Graphics and world design are pretty, but the writing is really dull.

I was a bit annoyed to see how far they strayed from the standard TES character progression and abilities, don't even see why they felt the need to do it.

Also seemed like they were heavily under-utilizing NPCs, I know they can be pretty server-intensive but what I saw of them was just pathetic.

I'd rank it as on of the better MMO's out there, but I won't be willing to pay $100+Subscription fees to play it.

[Heisenberg]

Turtlicious said
..................................................^^^^You're cool.

Thank you.

[Turtlicious]

Heisenberg said
Thank you.

yw

[idlehands]

[Giygas]

mbl said
I'm in, not sure how much I will be playing, though.I also got a invite key to give away, if someone who hasn't gotten one wants in.

Can I have it? I signed up ages ago and never got a response which I guess means I wasn't accepted

[Dervish]

Giygas said
Can I have it? I signed up ages ago and never got a response which I guess means I wasn't accepted

I have an extra one, too, if that falls through.