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I’m 42 now and I’ve been gaming from about the age of 8. In all those years I’ve played so many game and genres. I’ve never found a game like eso. It by far the best game I’ve played. Just keeps me coming back. It really deserves a bigger following I think
Lol dude has a pop up for not disrespecting the game cuz if your a true eldersrolls fan you know eso is no where near one of the best games ..it can be quite cringe not to mention if this is the best game you've played maybe you mean mmo because there's other elderscrolls games that are amazing compared to eso
@@ASAILESE129 none of them provide the same thing though... A lot of the stories and side quests are also really interesting if you pay attention. Its not like comparing fallout 76 to the fallout games
I did start playing my first mmorpg Ultima Online 1999. After that many others: Asheron’s Call, Starwars Galaxy, Everquest 2, Anarchy Online, The Lord of the Rings Online, Rift, Ryzom, Guild Wars 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Warhammer Online and World of Warcraft. Today the Elderscrolls Online is my favorite and the only mmorpg I am playing for the moment. I feel that I don’t have to rush throw the content and I can do the things in my own pace. I listen to the quest givers and read the books. This makes me more immersed in the Elders scrolls world.
I played ESO when it had a terrible launch for a year and also when Tamerial Unlimited came out letting you go anywhere and content scaling. I had fun both times but havent played since they added so many zones and expansions. I loved this game and honestly loved how I could be a lower level and destroy higher levels in duels depending on how you alloted your points. However, I stopped playing and because of the investment it takes to really immerse yourself into game and gear up. I will never go back. Although, I do recommend this to people.
Hey Plaximos! 👋 I hear you. I didn't explore PvP very much although I'm glad you were successful. I tend to poke around once a year or so yet it isn't a main MMO of mine. I do appreciate your balanced position of not wishing to return yet recommending it to others. ♥️
@@MarleMMO I know this was a month ago but what MMOs do you recommend? I really like FF14 and ESO, but I tried BDO and hated the story and from what I heard the grinding is super bad, I really like MMOs with horizontal progression
Sorry, I just saw your comment! From a horizontal point of view, GW2 is hard to beat. With that said, any MMO that utilizes stat squishing is ultimately horizontal in the long term. ♥️
Over 1000hrs and I love this game but you have to go out of your way to find challenging content. Especially solo. Also, the combat a is a small step above tab target... Which is not so fun compared to current action standards But, the story telling, questing and skill/gear customization is S' tier. So play for that.
try the arenas, they are basically the solo versions of trials. Maelstrom is the easiest solo arena and vateshran is the harder one. Oh do it on veteran. Normal won't be challenging it's meant for casual play.
ESO is super fun. Been playing it since the Beta and have been having so much fun, and it's only become better and better as time passed, and now, it's my favorite game. If you havn't tried it, and have been considering checking it out. I highly recommend you do that.
mmo veteran here, started eso 2 days ago. It feels like an MMO! At this time only gw2 and eso feels like one, NW had potential but failed hard, lost ark is just bad and not an MMO (more like heavily instance based) and wow retail is just dumb. Good that I found ESO, will play it long term with maybe a pause to play wotlk for some time.
@@MarleMMO Thanks, yes very good that I found an MMO for me since gw2 lacked the progression and holy trinity that I love. Oh and ESO story is actually the first game lore I can get into.
I used to play World of Warcraft but with the recent decline of the game I wanted to try something different. I remember getting an awesome build and dominating battleground and I have to say - Elder Scrolls Online is the BEST MMORPG on the market. Single player content is awesome, the world is alive and every zone matter, there are so many dungeons, I haven't even touch the raids. PvP is the best there is, if not a bit laggy (they fixed NA servers still waiting for the EU ones). If you ever wonder if you should try it - take my word - you won't find better MMORPG !
Just hopping back in as my old level 13 warden. Your comment gave me some hope, I'm also a long time WoW player and really adore the world of Tamriel, so I'm happy there are similarities but the overall world feels much more grand. I'm stoked to get back into adventuring between DnD sessions. Lol 🤘🦎
Here's the truth. For a new player ESO is the best fantasy rpg mmo. For a high CP player with 18 lvl 50s ESO is now a new zone checklist to complete with ZERO challenge. They literally implemented a checklist of things to do in every zone recently, and everything dies in 2 hits. The new player and vet player experience is night and day. To all new players - enjoy it while it's still fresh and new. AND DON"T USE THE ZONE CHECKLIST, just play the game and explore naturally. The checklist will kill your immersion and fun. Oh and DON"T rush your CP progression because getting over the 500CP mark (maybe even less) will drain all the challenge and fun out of the game. Unless you raid, then disregard the previous statement. Really good game when you start but loses it's shine the more you progress. It's a bit difficult to explain but vet players will know what I'm talking about. Good video btw!
I first played ESO at release, but got turned off to the problems at the time. The biggest thing holding me back from returning is the loot boxes,and lack of ability to earn mounts in-game, even if you're a subscriber. Also, I'm disappointed they still haven't added more skins or skill variety to minion summons.
Two things that need to be said: 1. ESO’s servers are very hit and miss, mainly miss, lag and disconnects are very common in PVP and trials. 2. ESO’s housing suffers from cripplingly low furnishing limits, they sell these big houses but with very low furnishing maximum limits, so being creative is next to impossible.
I'm a long time ESO player and I appreciate an honest review such as this, really well explained! Personally though, depending on the content that a player wishes to play, I think that the game CAN be pay to win or rather pay to succeed. Most solo and small group content in the game can be overcome with the item sets that are available in the base game, but should a player decide to venture into more late game content such as trials, especially trials from many of the game's DLC, which are much more challenging than trials in the base game, then often equipment from other DLC will be necessary in order to be able to keep up with other players or even just achieve victory at all.
Hey Eric! Thanks for the comment. 💖 Interesting insight regarding gear in the DLC being a prerequisite for trial completion. Do you have a specific example in which a trial from DLC A needs a set from DLC B to be reasonably tuned in terms of difficulty?
I think it is difficult to classify in one specific example, but rather as a collective. Many, if not most, of the base game sets available are, since they are from the base game, slightly worse than some of the others that came after from DLC. Hard to say whether this is because the devs want people to spend money or because of the design team gaining experience and fine-tuning their balancing skills in later game versions, but generally true, with exceptions of course. This is, of course, not at the level world-shaking differences, but enough to notice a gap in performance. This more falls under the categorization of optimal vs. available, rather than must-have gear for a specific goal. If one of your two healers is decked in mediocre gear in a trial, due to only having access to base-game items, it can become slightly more challenging. If it is one healer and four out of eight damage players, it gets more challenging, and so on, depending on how advanced the group as a collective is. Then again, most DLC trials on veteran mode are so challenging that anything other than optimized builds would struggle heavily to the point of being impossible to clear. But this is all under the flag of late-game content, of course. A specific example could be the Hel Ra Citadel though, though this one depends on team cohesion. It's a relatively easy trial, actually, which is why it's often played in PUGs (pick-up-groups), meaning just cobble 12 random palyers of the right roles together and make due. The Final Boss, "The Warrior", has a phase where he lifts his weapon and starts bombarding the entire party with missiles. They deal AOE damage and he shoots out a bunch of them, attacking every party member simultaneously multiple times. Now, tanks and healers can usually survive this fairly easily, but DPS players who PUG have a tendency (not all of course, but I've noticed this as a majority) to not use skills, potions or spells to enable their own survival, and instead slotting more damage abilities in hopes of doing more damage, usually reasoning that survival is the job of the tank or the healers, which is why this phase often has a fairly high body count in a PUG veteran run. Now if the tank of this group were a team-player by nature, they could pick up a Set called "Brands of Imperium", which drops from the White Gold Tower (I know this is a bad example because the Imperial City DLC is free, but the principle remains) and grants the wearer and people around them a large damage shield on a long cooldown when the wearer takes damage, helping their teammates survive. The basic principle is that the more challenging some content becomes in the lategame, the closer your build needs to be to "optimal" to make enough of an impact on your own to contribute to the team effort. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and if one wishes to play really challenging content, or, divines forbid, join a prog group, then optimal gear is required, often in a collaborative sense so that everyone gives their best, to the point of reaching "best in slot builds", where every piece of gear is optimized to the point of picking up the best sets from every source possible and using only top-of-the-line equipment for the sake of collective success. However, this entire point is obviously void if only a solo/four-person dungeon playstyle is the goal, for which the effort and efficiency necessary is negligible.
Thank you for the thoughtful response. I think the 'optimal vs. available' comment summed up the difficulty fairly while addressing the difference between early sets being a vestige of the pre-set build direction (in terms of monster sets & the ad hoc abilitiy emphasis). I suppose I haven't looked at this myself: can you buy gear from a DLC you don't own? Wouldn't that be the simplest alternative? 💖
That is a smart thought, one many new players don't immediately think of. The answer is: Some of them. A dungeon's or trial's set items bind to your account on pickup and cannot be traded, only moved between characters on your account and therefore can only be acquired from the dungeon itself, however a zone's overland sets are land pickups and therefore tradable.
Footnote to my earlier comment though. As said before, this is all with the premise in mind that the player is interested in playing late game content. If that is the case, then the Summerset Chapter is a must-have because it unlocks Jewelry Crafting. Without Jewelry crafting, rings and necklaces cannot be upgraded, which means farming on possibly extremely high difficulty modes (and even then for a majority of desirable sets, it is only possible to get the second-best available quality), or buying the upgrade materials and reconstructing jewelry one already possesses at fairly high cost.
Actually with Lotro everything is now free to play up to level 95 and it is only the latest expansion that you purchase to unlock the remainder of the content.
@@MarleMMO free to 85 or 95 is the standard for everyone all the time now. If you simply logged in during the event you were granted an additional 3 expansions, collectors edition versions no less, and have all content up to the newest release Gundabad.
Insanely well made video man, keep up the good work! I also have a suggestion to make, if I may of course. There is a server called Wynncraft in Minecraft, which is the biggest mmorpg server. And in my opinion it's really worth taking a look at. It has been inspired by games like Elder Scrolls, Legends of Zelda and more. And this summer they will be dropping a huge upgrade with skill trees, class archetypes etc. Again, thank you for this amazing content.
In short, if you buy the 'standard edition,' you'll receive the base game plus its first expansion (called 'chapters'). If you buy the collection, you will receive the base game plus all current expansions. 💖
I have just two problems with the game. 1. Open world content doesn't scale beyond cp160 and after you aquire all the good stuff everything you do feels like a piece of cake. You get bored after a while and stop doing open world at all the only things that can challenge you for a little are newer vet dungeons and trials maybe. 2. Pvp was really fun but zenimax screwed it if every patch the balance sucks and is changed constantly with no improvement. Yeah and there's still the lag situation. Overall the game is fantastic and worth every penny but gets boring after a couple 100 hours.
Zenimax should end light attack weaving. It looks bad, and it feels bad. Endless skill spam is also dumb. There should be a space for both, where skills feel meaningful when used, and not just something to spam because there’s no CD and your stamina/magicka is almost endless.
I''ve played in the past but tend to quit after a while seems like the game has changed a lot since I last played back in summerset isle might be worth returning for a bit.
ESO is one of the best solo friendly MMO's. You can complete most major quest lines alone and you pretty much only need to team up for dungeons and world bosses
Depends on what you consider playable. There is a first person view but I wouldn't consider it playable. The game is fantastic and you should try it either way.
so a video not telling the truth about how bad eso is in 2022 that drove away 30% of its player base with bad dev team decisions?.....dont play eso for its pvp its the worst out of any mmo,the dev team drove away 30% of their player base by lowering the ceiling for bad players to get in to trials then driving away the trail player base🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 however eso has 2 saving graces its b2p no matter how bad the game is you dont have to sub to it and the next saving grace it has the best casual pve content out of any mmo overland content and dungeons no one does better then eso. play eso for the casual pve content not for the pvp this is my 2022 review of eso.
I'm lying? 😅 As a casual player, this video reflects the perspective of someone who prioritizes that content most people would experience without getting caught in the weeds. Regardless, thank you for sharing your opinion. 🙂
If you want to see if your build is good at pve, don't test it on players. You really need two different builds. A good build for pve is a terrible build for pvp. In fact many times PVE'ers have multiple builds (for trash, for solo, for certain raids etc). Also pvpers might have a cyro setup vs battleground (small group) vs Imperial City setup. You can however get by with one pve and one pvp setup but don't go into pvp with a pve setup and expect a good time you'll die. PVP you build for resilience and survivability and pve you build for damage etc. Alcast is really bad at updating and borrows builds from other people these days. Skinny cheeks is better for dps builds these days. Tank club is good for tank videos and Nefas does overall ESO type stuff too.
Combat is meh which makes the PvP also not that good (lots of it's own problem), and the main plot is very very very mediocre, it has some moments but extremely forgettable characters and story. For me it's the (side) questing that is good, also voice acting helps, and immersion is top notch. Finally group content is also good most of the time, but tanking can get boring fast and not interactive, lastly healing needs to be revamped, I remember some group content not even needing a healer which is extremely SUS, as making make an entire role obsolete can't be healthy for any game.
Games trash drops you in with little to nothing help doesn’t tell you about crafting etc you’ve just got to figure it out even vids aren’t that good as it’s 6 year old game
Eso is dogshit imo. You cant earn anything remotely cool cosmetics wise but instead have to gamble with lootboxes which are completely rigged to give you shitty items that you get in game anyways. The servers are horrible and sit at a constant 80 - 140 ping no matter how good your internet is. The combat is floaty, ugly, and unresponsive. There's barely any class variety (half the necromancer and sorcerer abilities are the same). The overland content is extremely boring and unrewarding, despite what people say about the quests I beat almost all of the regions main questlines in the game and they were just as bad as every other mmo quests. Zenimax is extremely greedy and doesn't even use the money to add worthwhile content to the game, its just the same shitty quests in a new shitty region every single update. They also use noob bait to squeeze out cash out of noobs who don't know better (vamp cure in the cash shop is literally free in game) The only way to get actually good, difficult content is to cough up cash for the expansions or pay the sub. The base game is completely forgotten and the dlcs that come with the game now aren't good either. Want to do player housing, make sure you have hundreds of dollars to spend if you want a nice house because you cannot earn them in game! If ur looking for an mmo to actually play for a while I'd pass on ESO. Zenimax doesn't care about the awful state of the game and they never will, all they want is your cash.
Agreed the reward system and questing and obtainable collectables system is straight up bootycheeks, thought they were going the right direction with antiquities and they were gonna start dumping shit into there for collectables but boy did they just leave that one out to dry it's essentially a mythics treadmill. Only thing I have fun doing anymore is theorycrafting for pvp and that's only fun when the servers aren't having an aneurysm
8:11 Hacks who yell at comrades for not playing the "right" way or dealing damage the way the hack thinks damage should be dealt need to worry about themselves... If they have a problem with another player's damage dealing, that's a "them" problem, not a DPS problem... If they need a "Goldilocks" situation (not too this, or not too that...) to complete content, maybe THEY are the problem...
I agree that the issue is more player-centric than a "DPS" problem. If people find like-minded group mates, the problem dissolves, yet unfortunately this can be difficult via a LFG system that selects for role instead of playstyle (casual, speed run, et cetera). 💖
@@MarleMMO I disagree completely. How is this a player-centric problem? This is an issue in mechanics. Things are scaled after participation graphs and how they perform. They know exactly how much damage is being done by players and with what sets. If you aren't cancelling your animation you will not reach 40k DPS while people are doing double that. That's way too much a gap to go "o well, darn elitists dickheads". It's a necessary in difficult content and frustrating for people who want to run things other difficult content smoothly. And yes, your extremely low DPS is a "them" problem because I am now probably stuck in this dungeon. If we were talking 5k DPS - who cares? But that's not the case.
@@rasmuserlandsson2204, in the video I detail my view which is essentially that there is no 'problem' by itself; the game logic works in a way that two cool downs can operate independently of each other. The issue is how players expect others to interact with this system. Some people love it. Others hate it. I personally don't care either way yet it remains divisive within the ESO community. 💖
@@MarleMMO Again, I understand what you're trying to say, but that's not the reality. You also mistake my stance. I don't care for cancelling. It could be removed or stay, it doesn't bother me. I just want ZOS to acknowledge the absolute massive elephant in the room. "The issue is how players expect others to interact with this system" no, the problem is that ZOS now expects people to interact with this system... OR not and get called out. As I said, the game is designed around it now. But they won't acknowledge that it is. We're in a limbo which divides players and confuses beginners because the game doesn't tell you about this.
One of the worst MMOs i've ever played (and i've played a lot)...it's not looking like Elder Scrolls, it doesn't play like Elder Scrolls, it's just not Elder Scrolls. The UI still looks cheap and there's no content which wasn't at least in one other game before. Maybe i'm too old fashioned, but i prefer a way slower style in a fantasy game...this is for ppl with ADHD. Not my cup of tea.
I do discuss the oddity of ESO struggling to be an online ES game or a MMO with an ES skin. While ESO isn't my favorite MMO, I can see why others find joy playing it. 💖
Totally agree. However, you can tell the devs are huge Elder Scrolls nerds, so I love that, but I think Elder Scrolls shouldn’t be an MMO game. Maybe a small multiplayer/co-op but nothing massive. It’s not the worst MMO I’ve played
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Great video!
I’m 42 now and I’ve been gaming from about the age of 8. In all those years I’ve played so many game and genres. I’ve never found a game like eso. It by far the best game I’ve played. Just keeps me coming back. It really deserves a bigger following I think
I'm glad you're enjoying ESO! ♥️
Play new world
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Lol dude has a pop up for not disrespecting the game cuz if your a true eldersrolls fan you know eso is no where near one of the best games ..it can be quite cringe not to mention if this is the best game you've played maybe you mean mmo because there's other elderscrolls games that are amazing compared to eso
@@ASAILESE129 none of them provide the same thing though... A lot of the stories and side quests are also really interesting if you pay attention. Its not like comparing fallout 76 to the fallout games
I did start playing my first mmorpg Ultima Online 1999. After that many others: Asheron’s Call, Starwars Galaxy, Everquest 2, Anarchy Online, The Lord of the Rings Online, Rift, Ryzom, Guild Wars 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Warhammer Online and World of Warcraft.
Today the Elderscrolls Online is my favorite and the only mmorpg I am playing for the moment. I feel that I don’t have to rush throw the content and I can do the things in my own pace. I listen to the quest givers and read the books. This makes me more immersed in the Elders scrolls world.
I'm so happy that you're enjoying ESO! ♥️
I played ESO when it had a terrible launch for a year and also when Tamerial Unlimited came out letting you go anywhere and content scaling. I had fun both times but havent played since they added so many zones and expansions. I loved this game and honestly loved how I could be a lower level and destroy higher levels in duels depending on how you alloted your points. However, I stopped playing and because of the investment it takes to really immerse yourself into game and gear up. I will never go back. Although, I do recommend this to people.
Hey Plaximos! 👋
I hear you. I didn't explore PvP very much although I'm glad you were successful. I tend to poke around once a year or so yet it isn't a main MMO of mine. I do appreciate your balanced position of not wishing to return yet recommending it to others. ♥️
@@MarleMMO I know this was a month ago but what MMOs do you recommend? I really like FF14 and ESO, but I tried BDO and hated the story and from what I heard the grinding is super bad, I really like MMOs with horizontal progression
@@TheTacticalTuna try Guild wars 2
Sorry, I just saw your comment!
From a horizontal point of view, GW2 is hard to beat. With that said, any MMO that utilizes stat squishing is ultimately horizontal in the long term. ♥️
eso is that one mmo i always go back to after i finish playing my new games.
Totally; I find myself playing ESO about once a year after I've ping-ponged through my other MMOs. 💖
Went back playing this game a few days ago. I played about 500 hours back in 2020
Welcome back. 💖
Well done guide! I haven't played in 4 years and this helped me get up to speed.
My pleasure! Thank you for the kind words and enjoy ESO! 💖
Over 1000hrs and I love this game but you have to go out of your way to find challenging content. Especially solo. Also, the combat a is a small step above tab target... Which is not so fun compared to current action standards
But, the story telling, questing and skill/gear customization is S' tier. So play for that.
A reasonable critique and I play ESO periodically for similar reasons! 💖
try the arenas, they are basically the solo versions of trials. Maelstrom is the easiest solo arena and vateshran is the harder one. Oh do it on veteran. Normal won't be challenging it's meant for casual play.
@@wynngwynn, great idea! 💖
ESO is super fun. Been playing it since the Beta and have been having so much fun, and it's only become better and better as time passed, and now, it's my favorite game.
If you havn't tried it, and have been considering checking it out. I highly recommend you do that.
I presume you're writing to others? ♥️
@@MarleMMO I am
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I bet you’re a god in pvp
Me? Oh no. ♥️
Damn, what a video. I don’t feel confused at all thank you!
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mmo veteran here, started eso 2 days ago. It feels like an MMO! At this time only gw2 and eso feels like one, NW had potential but failed hard, lost ark is just bad and not an MMO (more like heavily instance based) and wow retail is just dumb. Good that I found ESO, will play it long term with maybe a pause to play wotlk for some time.
Glad you're enjoying ESO! ♥️
@@MarleMMO Thanks, yes very good that I found an MMO for me since gw2 lacked the progression and holy trinity that I love. Oh and ESO story is actually the first game lore I can get into.
@@rogerioalves8863, glad to hear it! 💖
Wait until you try PvP
What do you mean?
I used to play World of Warcraft but with the recent decline of the game I wanted to try something different. I remember getting an awesome build and dominating battleground and I have to say - Elder Scrolls Online is the BEST MMORPG on the market. Single player content is awesome, the world is alive and every zone matter, there are so many dungeons, I haven't even touch the raids. PvP is the best there is, if not a bit laggy (they fixed NA servers still waiting for the EU ones). If you ever wonder if you should try it - take my word - you won't find better MMORPG !
I'm glad you're enjoying ESO! 💖
Just hopping back in as my old level 13 warden. Your comment gave me some hope, I'm also a long time WoW player and really adore the world of Tamriel, so I'm happy there are similarities but the overall world feels much more grand. I'm stoked to get back into adventuring between DnD sessions. Lol 🤘🦎
I hope you enjoy ESO! ♥️
Here's the truth. For a new player ESO is the best fantasy rpg mmo. For a high CP player with 18 lvl 50s ESO is now a new zone checklist to complete with ZERO challenge. They literally implemented a checklist of things to do in every zone recently, and everything dies in 2 hits. The new player and vet player experience is night and day. To all new players - enjoy it while it's still fresh and new. AND DON"T USE THE ZONE CHECKLIST, just play the game and explore naturally. The checklist will kill your immersion and fun. Oh and DON"T rush your CP progression because getting over the 500CP mark (maybe even less) will drain all the challenge and fun out of the game. Unless you raid, then disregard the previous statement. Really good game when you start but loses it's shine the more you progress. It's a bit difficult to explain but vet players will know what I'm talking about. Good video btw!
Thank you for the kind words and I appreciate your nuanced explanation of the power curve in ESO. 💖
its so sad as a cp 500+ player. wanna come back and do the story but its so boring with no challenge. hope for a difficulty rebalance
ESO unfortunately can be a bit easy regarding over world content. 😕
I enjoyed eso but have since left for GW2 and don't plan on looking back.
GW2 is excellent. 💖
Best Review Guide I’ve ever watched🙏🏽👏🏽
Thank you so much for the kind words! ♥️
I first played ESO at release, but got turned off to the problems at the time. The biggest thing holding me back from returning is the loot boxes,and lack of ability to earn mounts in-game, even if you're a subscriber.
Also, I'm disappointed they still haven't added more skins or skill variety to minion summons.
I hear you - I find their cash shop egregious although from time to time I enjoy checking out new content. ♥️
Two things that need to be said:
1. ESO’s servers are very hit and miss, mainly miss, lag and disconnects are very common in PVP and trials.
2. ESO’s housing suffers from cripplingly low furnishing limits, they sell these big houses but with very low furnishing maximum limits, so being creative is next to impossible.
Can you buy a larger limit visa the cash shop or is everyone governed by the same threshold? ♥️
@@MarleMMO The limits are doubled if you buy an ESO plus membership, but even then the limits are suffocatingly restrictive.
They charge an arm and a leg for housing too, some of those are as/if not more expensive than chapter releases
@@ChaddeusThaddeus Are certain items restricted to only cash shop purchases?
@@MarleMMO yeah most houses, cosmetics, mounts, non combat pets, emotes etc
I'm a long time ESO player and I appreciate an honest review such as this, really well explained! Personally though, depending on the content that a player wishes to play, I think that the game CAN be pay to win or rather pay to succeed.
Most solo and small group content in the game can be overcome with the item sets that are available in the base game, but should a player decide to venture into more late game content such as trials, especially trials from many of the game's DLC, which are much more challenging than trials in the base game, then often equipment from other DLC will be necessary in order to be able to keep up with other players or even just achieve victory at all.
Hey Eric! Thanks for the comment. 💖
Interesting insight regarding gear in the DLC being a prerequisite for trial completion. Do you have a specific example in which a trial from DLC A needs a set from DLC B to be reasonably tuned in terms of difficulty?
I think it is difficult to classify in one specific example, but rather as a collective. Many, if not most, of the base game sets available are, since they are from the base game, slightly worse than some of the others that came after from DLC. Hard to say whether this is because the devs want people to spend money or because of the design team gaining experience and fine-tuning their balancing skills in later game versions, but generally true, with exceptions of course. This is, of course, not at the level world-shaking differences, but enough to notice a gap in performance. This more falls under the categorization of optimal vs. available, rather than must-have gear for a specific goal.
If one of your two healers is decked in mediocre gear in a trial, due to only having access to base-game items, it can become slightly more challenging. If it is one healer and four out of eight damage players, it gets more challenging, and so on, depending on how advanced the group as a collective is.
Then again, most DLC trials on veteran mode are so challenging that anything other than optimized builds would struggle heavily to the point of being impossible to clear. But this is all under the flag of late-game content, of course.
A specific example could be the Hel Ra Citadel though, though this one depends on team cohesion. It's a relatively easy trial, actually, which is why it's often played in PUGs (pick-up-groups), meaning just cobble 12 random palyers of the right roles together and make due. The Final Boss, "The Warrior", has a phase where he lifts his weapon and starts bombarding the entire party with missiles. They deal AOE damage and he shoots out a bunch of them, attacking every party member simultaneously multiple times. Now, tanks and healers can usually survive this fairly easily, but DPS players who PUG have a tendency (not all of course, but I've noticed this as a majority) to not use skills, potions or spells to enable their own survival, and instead slotting more damage abilities in hopes of doing more damage, usually reasoning that survival is the job of the tank or the healers, which is why this phase often has a fairly high body count in a PUG veteran run.
Now if the tank of this group were a team-player by nature, they could pick up a Set called "Brands of Imperium", which drops from the White Gold Tower (I know this is a bad example because the Imperial City DLC is free, but the principle remains) and grants the wearer and people around them a large damage shield on a long cooldown when the wearer takes damage, helping their teammates survive.
The basic principle is that the more challenging some content becomes in the lategame, the closer your build needs to be to "optimal" to make enough of an impact on your own to contribute to the team effort. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and if one wishes to play really challenging content, or, divines forbid, join a prog group, then optimal gear is required, often in a collaborative sense so that everyone gives their best, to the point of reaching "best in slot builds", where every piece of gear is optimized to the point of picking up the best sets from every source possible and using only top-of-the-line equipment for the sake of collective success.
However, this entire point is obviously void if only a solo/four-person dungeon playstyle is the goal, for which the effort and efficiency necessary is negligible.
Thank you for the thoughtful response. I think the 'optimal vs. available' comment summed up the difficulty fairly while addressing the difference between early sets being a vestige of the pre-set build direction (in terms of monster sets & the ad hoc abilitiy emphasis).
I suppose I haven't looked at this myself: can you buy gear from a DLC you don't own? Wouldn't that be the simplest alternative? 💖
That is a smart thought, one many new players don't immediately think of. The answer is: Some of them. A dungeon's or trial's set items bind to your account on pickup and cannot be traded, only moved between characters on your account and therefore can only be acquired from the dungeon itself, however a zone's overland sets are land pickups and therefore tradable.
Footnote to my earlier comment though. As said before, this is all with the premise in mind that the player is interested in playing late game content. If that is the case, then the Summerset Chapter is a must-have because it unlocks Jewelry Crafting. Without Jewelry crafting, rings and necklaces cannot be upgraded, which means farming on possibly extremely high difficulty modes (and even then for a majority of desirable sets, it is only possible to get the second-best available quality), or buying the upgrade materials and reconstructing jewelry one already possesses at fairly high cost.
Actually with Lotro everything is now free to play up to level 95 and it is only the latest expansion that you purchase to unlock the remainder of the content.
Hm, wasn't that only for the celebration duration? 💖
@@MarleMMO free to 85 or 95 is the standard for everyone all the time now. If you simply logged in during the event you were granted an additional 3 expansions, collectors edition versions no less, and have all content up to the newest release Gundabad.
Though the current free content to 85ish will take you well over a year to full experience in any case.
@@CAiNiAC Thank you for the clarification! 💖
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1:05 me, a staff-wielding wood elf wearing heavy armor…
An example nonetheless, yeah? 💖
@@MarleMMO you described my character perfectly !
@@aceflorian5941 💖!
Insanely well made video man, keep up the good work!
I also have a suggestion to make, if I may of course. There is a server called Wynncraft in Minecraft, which is the biggest mmorpg server. And in my opinion it's really worth taking a look at. It has been inspired by games like Elder Scrolls, Legends of Zelda and more. And this summer they will be dropping a huge upgrade with skill trees, class archetypes etc.
Again, thank you for this amazing content.
My pleasure! Thank you for the kind words and for the recommendation. I'll add Wynncraft to my list to cover. ♥️
This helps a lot, thank you!
My pleasure! 💖
ESO has a new expansion coming next month too!
Yes! High Isle. ♥️
This game is amazing and I’ll stand by that
There's much to love about ESO! 💖
I have never played ESO. There's a sale on steam, but I'm confused what to purchase.
In short, if you buy the 'standard edition,' you'll receive the base game plus its first expansion (called 'chapters'). If you buy the collection, you will receive the base game plus all current expansions. 💖
I have just two problems with the game. 1. Open world content doesn't scale beyond cp160 and after you aquire all the good stuff everything you do feels like a piece of cake. You get bored after a while and stop doing open world at all the only things that can challenge you for a little are newer vet dungeons and trials maybe. 2. Pvp was really fun but zenimax screwed it if every patch the balance sucks and is changed constantly with no improvement. Yeah and there's still the lag situation.
Overall the game is fantastic and worth every penny but gets boring after a couple 100 hours.
Thank you for sharing your perspective Juba! 💖
what's the game at 7:57? cant quite hear in the video
Knight Online! ♥️
I beat Skyrim 100% on my xbox and i have to try eso
I hope you enjoy ESO! ♥️
Informative video! Can you do a guide for Warframe?
Thank you for the kind words! Warframe is a game I want to cover! ♥️
Best MMORPG, in my opinion.
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Zenimax should end light attack weaving. It looks bad, and it feels bad. Endless skill spam is also dumb. There should be a space for both, where skills feel meaningful when used, and not just something to spam because there’s no CD and your stamina/magicka is almost endless.
cry more
What are your thoughts on their current experimentations regarding weaving? 💖
If Elder Scrolls is online, why am I having to Download 99.70 GB. Just a question?
Good question; you still need the files to play the game. ♥️
it's 100% and MMO wearing a elder scrolls mask but its ok and enjoyable - I still prefer skyrim 10 to 1
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I''ve played in the past but tend to quit after a while seems like the game has changed a lot since I last played back in summerset isle might be worth returning for a bit.
It only costs your time, right? ♥️
Thanks!
Thank YOU! 💖
Is it worth playing alone?
Depends - do you enjoy playing MMOs as a lone ranger? 🙂
ESO is one of the best solo friendly MMO's. You can complete most major quest lines alone and you pretty much only need to team up for dungeons and world bosses
This is true! ♥️
Is it playable in first person?
Yup. 💖
@@MarleMMO Great, thank you
My pleasure. 💖
Depends on what you consider playable. There is a first person view but I wouldn't consider it playable. The game is fantastic and you should try it either way.
@@gnoclaude7945, I dabble in both based on the situation. 💖
You know what would make this game 10x's better!? An in-game card game 😐
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so a video not telling the truth about how bad eso is in 2022 that drove away 30% of its player base with bad dev team decisions?.....dont play eso for its pvp its the worst out of any mmo,the dev team drove away 30% of their player base by lowering the ceiling for bad players to get in to trials then driving away the trail player base🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
however eso has 2 saving graces its b2p no matter how bad the game is you dont have to sub to it and the next saving grace it has the best casual pve content out of any mmo overland content and dungeons no one does better then eso.
play eso for the casual pve content not for the pvp this is my 2022 review of eso.
I'm lying? 😅
As a casual player, this video reflects the perspective of someone who prioritizes that content most people would experience without getting caught in the weeds.
Regardless, thank you for sharing your opinion. 🙂
If you want to see if your build is good at pve, don't test it on players. You really need two different builds. A good build for pve is a terrible build for pvp. In fact many times PVE'ers have multiple builds (for trash, for solo, for certain raids etc). Also pvpers might have a cyro setup vs battleground (small group) vs Imperial City setup. You can however get by with one pve and one pvp setup but don't go into pvp with a pve setup and expect a good time you'll die. PVP you build for resilience and survivability and pve you build for damage etc. Alcast is really bad at updating and borrows builds from other people these days. Skinny cheeks is better for dps builds these days. Tank club is good for tank videos and Nefas does overall ESO type stuff too.
I agree -- PvE/P are sufficiently different to have different builds & equipment sets for each; great recommendation! 💖
Combat is meh which makes the PvP also not that good (lots of it's own problem), and the main plot is very very very mediocre, it has some moments but extremely forgettable characters and story.
For me it's the (side) questing that is good, also voice acting helps, and immersion is top notch.
Finally group content is also good most of the time, but tanking can get boring fast and not interactive, lastly healing needs to be revamped, I remember some group content not even needing a healer which is extremely SUS, as making make an entire role obsolete can't be healthy for any game.
Thank you for sharing your experience! ♥️
Games trash drops you in with little to nothing help doesn’t tell you about crafting etc you’ve just got to figure it out even vids aren’t that good as it’s 6 year old game
Its quite simple and there are quests that explain both how to craft and where to get materials.
Sorry it's been unclear to you. There are other MMOs to try although I've found ESO to have a fairly approachable crafting system. ♥️
Im just here to get here cause i’m bored. Interesting game. Yet im currently in poverty
The base game is on sale for less than $6, so hopefully you can afford that! 💖
Eso is dogshit imo. You cant earn anything remotely cool cosmetics wise but instead have to gamble with lootboxes which are completely rigged to give you shitty items that you get in game anyways. The servers are horrible and sit at a constant 80 - 140 ping no matter how good your internet is. The combat is floaty, ugly, and unresponsive. There's barely any class variety (half the necromancer and sorcerer abilities are the same). The overland content is extremely boring and unrewarding, despite what people say about the quests I beat almost all of the regions main questlines in the game and they were just as bad as every other mmo quests.
Zenimax is extremely greedy and doesn't even use the money to add worthwhile content to the game, its just the same shitty quests in a new shitty region every single update. They also use noob bait to squeeze out cash out of noobs who don't know better (vamp cure in the cash shop is literally free in game) The only way to get actually good, difficult content is to cough up cash for the expansions or pay the sub. The base game is completely forgotten and the dlcs that come with the game now aren't good either. Want to do player housing, make sure you have hundreds of dollars to spend if you want a nice house because you cannot earn them in game!
If ur looking for an mmo to actually play for a while I'd pass on ESO. Zenimax doesn't care about the awful state of the game and they never will, all they want is your cash.
You're free to hold that opinion. 💖
Agreed the reward system and questing and obtainable collectables system is straight up bootycheeks, thought they were going the right direction with antiquities and they were gonna start dumping shit into there for collectables but boy did they just leave that one out to dry it's essentially a mythics treadmill.
Only thing I have fun doing anymore is theorycrafting for pvp and that's only fun when the servers aren't having an aneurysm
@@ChaddeusThaddeus, is ESO your main MMO? 💖
@@MarleMMO sadly yes, I'm still consuming the cope that the game will get better
@@ChaddeusThaddeus, do you expect that it will? 💖
8:11 Hacks who yell at comrades for not playing the "right" way or dealing damage the way the hack thinks damage should be dealt need to worry about themselves... If they have a problem with another player's damage dealing, that's a "them" problem, not a DPS problem... If they need a "Goldilocks" situation (not too this, or not too that...) to complete content, maybe THEY are the problem...
I agree that the issue is more player-centric than a "DPS" problem. If people find like-minded group mates, the problem dissolves, yet unfortunately this can be difficult via a LFG system that selects for role instead of playstyle (casual, speed run, et cetera). 💖
@@MarleMMO I disagree completely. How is this a player-centric problem? This is an issue in mechanics. Things are scaled after participation graphs and how they perform. They know exactly how much damage is being done by players and with what sets. If you aren't cancelling your animation you will not reach 40k DPS while people are doing double that. That's way too much a gap to go "o well, darn elitists dickheads". It's a necessary in difficult content and frustrating for people who want to run things other difficult content smoothly.
And yes, your extremely low DPS is a "them" problem because I am now probably stuck in this dungeon. If we were talking 5k DPS - who cares? But that's not the case.
@@rasmuserlandsson2204, in the video I detail my view which is essentially that there is no 'problem' by itself; the game logic works in a way that two cool downs can operate independently of each other. The issue is how players expect others to interact with this system.
Some people love it. Others hate it. I personally don't care either way yet it remains divisive within the ESO community. 💖
@@MarleMMO Again, I understand what you're trying to say, but that's not the reality. You also mistake my stance. I don't care for cancelling. It could be removed or stay, it doesn't bother me. I just want ZOS to acknowledge the absolute massive elephant in the room.
"The issue is how players expect others to interact with this system" no, the problem is that ZOS now expects people to interact with this system... OR not and get called out. As I said, the game is designed around it now. But they won't acknowledge that it is. We're in a limbo which divides players and confuses beginners because the game doesn't tell you about this.
Stop saying, "moreover", lol.
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One of the worst MMOs i've ever played (and i've played a lot)...it's not looking like Elder Scrolls, it doesn't play like Elder Scrolls, it's just not Elder Scrolls. The UI still looks cheap and there's no content which wasn't at least in one other game before. Maybe i'm too old fashioned, but i prefer a way slower style in a fantasy game...this is for ppl with ADHD. Not my cup of tea.
I do discuss the oddity of ESO struggling to be an online ES game or a MMO with an ES skin. While ESO isn't my favorite MMO, I can see why others find joy playing it. 💖
Totally agree. However, you can tell the devs are huge Elder Scrolls nerds, so I love that, but I think Elder Scrolls shouldn’t be an MMO game. Maybe a small multiplayer/co-op but nothing massive. It’s not the worst MMO I’ve played