Kirun
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Save yourself a FUCKLOAD of time and just watch the YouTube clips. Seriously.
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The Elder Scrolls Online
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The story in ESO spans all the zones and every quest is voice acted.
If you want to just want to get to max lvl as fast as possible, ESO would fit the bill as someone could just PL you up, or you could run dolmans non stop for a few days.
The story lines, zones, and quest lines in ESO could take you almost a year or more to complete depending on your playtime....but if its just blast to max lvl as fast as possible for no reason at all....eso is quicker.
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To add to this, ESO is outstanding on not outdating content with each expansion. So its not like most mmos where the release of an expansion means all other content is obsolete.
People still run all raids and zones today, especially with the sticker book addition. You can quit the game and come back 2 years later and still not be behind any significant power curve.
Play ESO for the journey, not the bypass 95% of the game. Also...even if you hit lvl cap, you will still need to farm up shards and skills to make your toon viable. So while it is possible for someone to drag you into a raid, your toon would be useless without skills / shards despite being at cap
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Rajaah
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Naw, I mean level to max while experiencing a good amount of relevant content.
Blasting to max grinding a mission over and over is pointless. I hated when EQ introduced Gribbles missions and all people did for leveling was those for like 3 years. They were dull as shit.
Sounds like ESO is a BIG time commitment. FF14 will probably take less time. Dunno if I even have room for either of them any time soon though. I could see myself blasting through FF14's story and then gradually chipping at ESO.
Rajaah
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Who the hell plays this shit for stories.
I don't, but everyone's been raving about how FF14's story arc just wrapped up and how it's a good time to play it start to finish etc etc.
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Plenty of good small stories in ESO ya fucking idiotWho the hell plays this shit for stories.
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Kirun
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Fucking facts. I don't understand playing an MMO for "the story", when even most average single player RPGs are going to offer a better story. You play MMOs for the griiiiiiiiind.Who the hell plays this shit for stories.
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Fucking A MEN. Finally that someone gets it. Every night you log on should be your little story. With an overarching main story when you set up goals for yourself. Now im not saying not to have quests and shit to do inside games, but the story shit in MMOs? Meh, save it for the single player games. At least thats my thought.
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I think this is 100% spot on. It's really what the roots of the genre was founded upon. It took that D&D fellowship and sense of adventure and brought it to life. Stories that were in the player's hands and evolved as players made decisions. The personalities of the NPCs were not the focus but it was by far the dynamic of the community that drove the game (for better or for worse).
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Got the Blackwood CE from the PS Store, nothing downloaded. I cleared the 80 GB it needed beforehand and everything.
Is it an unlock? I.e. nothing to download because the files were already there?
How can I check and make sure it actually installed? Cause there's no change in the ESO icon on the home screen, download queue is empty, it's just sitting there in purchases.
I'm guessing there's a new race or class or something I can try making to see if it's up to date. The title screen is all red and black now wheras before I think it was white, so maybe that's an indicator.
This game looks goooooooooood on PS5, wow.
Is it an unlock? I.e. nothing to download because the files were already there?
How can I check and make sure it actually installed? Cause there's no change in the ESO icon on the home screen, download queue is empty, it's just sitting there in purchases.
I'm guessing there's a new race or class or something I can try making to see if it's up to date. The title screen is all red and black now wheras before I think it was white, so maybe that's an indicator.
This game looks goooooooooood on PS5, wow.
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Daidraco
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I'm pretty sure the game is downloaded and installed in its entirety, so that when you purchase something out of the cash shop - its just automatically enabled without interruption. Try to walk/port to the areas if you want to test it.
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When I got black wood I was immediately able to teleport there didn't have to reload the game zone or anything
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FFXIV's story is actually interesting so I made an exception and I played it like an RPG MMO, not an MMORPG. I have no idea if ESO is anywhere in depth.Who the hell plays this shit for stories.
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Its not bad, each expansion had its own story as well. Played most of them except the last one that released. It was pretty well done for the most part. Plus of course side quests too.
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Lol while yes I agree for the most part with you guys about the sandbox stuff, I gotta say ESO for a mmo does have some great story and lore.
I just did the winter event. I drunk bought the snow globe house years ago and love that every Christmas the event is outside my house lol.
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The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle
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