The Elder Scrolls Online

I want to see the next PTS notes. I'm still having fun. 7ish days /played. Certainly has flaws, but fun factor is strong. I'm sure playing with my longtime guildies is a factor too.

Tuco_sl said:

They aren't releasing numbers yet though, right?

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Nope

Tuco_sl said:

Hey didn't I make an avatar bet with someone about ESO sales? They aren't releasing numbers yet though, right?

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What was the bet?

Blackwulf_sl said:

I'm still having fun.

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I'm pretty sure this statement is rhetorical.

I doubt "I'm no longer having fun in this game" or "I'm tired/bored of ESO" is something we'll see typed from either you or Rescorla. Ever.

Not a dig, just a reality.

Tuco_sl said:

Hey didn't I make an avatar bet with someone about ESO sales? They aren't releasing numbers yet though, right?

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Aren't they private like Trion?

They don't ever have to release sub numbers, correct?

edit: or even sales?

Jackdaddio_sl said:

I'm pretty sure this statement is rhetorical.

I doubt "I'm no longer having fun in this game" or "I'm tired/bored of ESO" is something we'll see typed from either you or Rescorla. Ever.

Not a dig, just a reality.

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Hate to burst your bubble, but I'm fairly certain by the 4-6 month mark I will be moving on to some other game. That's pretty much been my MMO history for the past 10 years or so even if it's a MMO I like.

Utnayan_sl said:

Wasn't that Blackwulf and myself? Something about hitting the 500k mark or something if I recall but that was a while ago.

It certainly has not hit 500k.

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No idea how accurate the info is, but a website called vgchartz.com is estimating 300k box sales after 2 weeks. Don't know if that number includes digital downloads directly from Zenimax.

Rescorla_sl said:

No idea how accurate the info is, but a website called vgchartz.com is estimating 300k box sales after 2 weeks. Don't know if that number includes digital downloads directly from Zenimax.

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Correct. And that's not digital.

Gonna need more than utnayans speculation for this wager!

Jackdaddio_sl said:

I'm pretty sure this statement is rhetorical.

I doubt "I'm no longer having fun in this game" or "I'm tired/bored of ESO" is something we'll see typed from either you or Rescorla. Ever.

Not a dig, just a reality.

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You don't know shit, brother!

So anyone able to get a refund if the bought through GMG?

I have something like 6 or 7 hours played, level 11 so far.

No desire at all to log in really, so might as well get a refund if I can.

Bondurant_sl said:

- VR1-10 content (which will get nerfed as soon as filthy casuals and stay at home dads will figure how "hardcore" it is right now) : here, we developed 3 factions with 3 leveling contents, there's no way you'll only grind one !
- Lack of social / guild / community / PvP features in PvP.
- Guild Store is an awful idea and it was developed by evil people who like to make other people suffer. You'd better spam that chat to sell that sword.

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Fuck, I'm with you on the vet nerf. I suspect it's going to come and it's going to come hard despite the content not being THAT much more difficult. I mean for fucks sake they nerfed the shit out of the Mannimarco fight already, and that one clannfear from the first mages guild quest because it was "too hard".

I agree, guilds need to be revamped. Guilds in ESO are some of the most unsocial things I've seen in a long, long time in an MMO and it's very head-scratching.

And yes, WTB a global AH. Please god.

Also - there should be a reason to go and claim a keep. Currently it provides your guild with nothing. They should change that, make it more interesting to defend your guilds keep at all costs.

The game is doing just fine based on my time tested game population estimation voodoo. I am having a lot of fun personally. I didn't have any pre-conceived ideas of what I wanted the game to be going into it though. It's the first game since EQ that I have enjoyed just grinding mobs to level in. It goes fast enough to feel rewarding, and the drops are good thanks to not having a global auction house (PoE has made me come around to the idea of auction houses being bad news). My only gripe is the very generic loot. It's the same crap that we have had in every MMO since WoW. I fucking hate the standard tiered crap with with preset groups of mods it can roll. I miss EQ's shit pile of completely unique drops. The screenshot below is from a black market account trading site. This is the first time I have seen a game's forum come close to WoW's level of viewers. The posts are a pretty even mix of WTB and WTS. For most games it's largely just WTS posts. The subreddit for it has been growing steadily as well.

Droigan_sl said:

So anyone able to get a refund if the bought through GMG?

I have something like 6 or 7 hours played, level 11 so far.

No desire at all to log in really, so might as well get a refund if I can.

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Don't think it's possible through GMG.

Utnayan_sl said:

Found it.

The Elder Scrolls Online Faction: Aldmeri Dominion. Campaign: Auriel's Bow - Page 225

I absolutely guarantee you this didn't sell 2 million. Not even 500k.

Let's fire up Blackwulf's new avatar.

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I'm going to guess this sold much more then 500k boxes.