Woohoo! Elder Scrolls online!!

I see what people are saying about the feel but i thought it wouldn't feel or look like skyrim or any other elder scroll purely on the basis todd howard and co aren't working on it, didnt the marketing guy for bethesda say in a interview he's stayed well
away from the online installment and worked on something else and bethesda daren't argue with him.

I say its more based on elder scrolls, themed with heavy lore etc but alot of the design is a bit more online friendly in its toned down, once i actually had a look properly at the area the npcs etc then it did start to feel elder scrollsy, i can see it
being good value and i can't base my content thoughts on the beta as it was a laggy time with so many people on stressing it, i am hoping theres a free trial or something on the pc so i can have a few weeks on it or days and see what they improved based on
this beta, i am just hesistent to pay so much at the mo but alas a beta is just a beta not a demo lol

I remember playing text based RPGs over BBS on 14kb dialup before the Internet was invented. And FidoNet was the newsgroup way of community communication. LOL

Anyway, having played just about every MMORPG out there, including all the subscription based ones. This is nothing new to me and I certainly am willing to give a little back to help maintain game content, updates and servers. I also play Guild Wars 2 on
my MAC, free yes. But that's just the way it is. Some are, some are not. I would rather pay and have the game a better chance of surviving long term.

I'm going to chime in on this one without reading the entire thread.. so all apologies if this came up already.

I'll gladly pay for a sub if this means the "CASH SHOP" is dead and gone !!

EOM

Ten years ago,it didn't bother me to pay a sub for playing MMOs....But now,sub isn't the only way to play MMOs....Also on consoles it's a bad idea,why they didn't choose a season pass instead of a sub.....For the consoles version, ESO will go straight into
the wall,if the game doesn't provide enough contents....Good luck.

I am only played the cat race, sorry I don't normally so thought I would mix it up, and I can remember what their called, funny enough in all the time I have played I didn't see another cat. Although I didn't see any orcs, or elfs that I can think of.

The graphics are no where near as good as Skyrim, infact they are not a patch of Morrorwind, one thing ES is famous for is how beautiful it is, and how the landscape interacts, so if you go in the water it pushes you, ESO is none of that. I don't have a
problem with dubbing it down for MMO, but I think its two dumbed down.

The story isn't important, you don't have to listern to anything, I did most of side missions up until I stopped playing it, and there wasn't anything except for from person to person and kill a few people along the way, IMO it was boring and you certainly
don't feel for anything or anyone. No sneaking, or following, no stealing, no ES style tutorials on the magic or on the smithing etc.

The quick functions are rubbish, the positions are pretty damb rubbish, ES has the ability to play the game as you like, I choice to use potions and hack with a bit of magic, however finding plants were hard work, the positions you buy don't do anything,
so as soon as you find two baddies which are one level above you, you need a lot of luck.

Bows and Arrows is very easy on ESO, you don't need arrows it has an infinate supply, and you don't need to aim, so how it that like normal ES.