ESO VS WoW

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I’ve been getting burnt out of wow and was looking at playing ESO, but i don’t wanna re learn another MMO. Is ESO worth playing and whats the pros and cons

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I’ve been thinking the same. I have a stable of alts to level in WoW, but the “maintenance” requirements at max level (4X Islands, weekly mythic, weekly Weekly Event, Holidays, Brawls)

For some reason optional content feels like an obligation, and yes I know its a personal thing.

It would be nice to start fresh.

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Have you ever tried SWTOR? The story from level 1 to 50 is amazing but just a warning, it’s not so great after that. The good thing is there are several good stories. Many hours of fun.

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I loved SWTOR and often think about going back to play some stories I didnt. But they really try to milk the crap out of you without a sub which is why I haven’t.

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Cons:

  1. Cash shop pushed hard since the subscription is optional
  2. Bugs persist for a long time
  3. Relatively few mounts or pets are earned in game
  4. Focus on weapon skills means most magicka and stamina classes play mostly the same if you min-max
  5. Extreme lateral progression, less vertical progression. Some gear you get early-ish may be your BiS for a very long time.
  6. You have to explore and do a lot to max out your character

Pros

  1. You have to explore and do a lot to max out your character
  2. If you DO subscribe you will get currency to spend on the shop so you never have to spend more than your sub fee
  3. Tons of exploration and exploration is well rewarded
  4. If you don’t do the hardest content you can experiment more with your build and there is a lot possible if you don’t care about min-maxing.
  5. PvP is chaotic but fun
  6. Crafting is worth doing early and often.
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Another good point. The game play is better with a sub. IIRC you couldn’t even turn off your hat unless you paid for it.

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My problem with SWtOR is that it was a great game burdened by horrible MMO tropes. You go for the story and get stuck with hours of boring MMO fetch and kill quests that put a hard break on it.

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ESO has 2 forms of “endgame” content. 12 man trials that last about 25 minutes for a full clear on the hardest difficulty, and dungeons that are boring and worthless. I came to wow from eso DURING BFA and there is MUCH more content in retail and vanilla than eso has. Yes there is a crafting system but it’s worthless, best gear comes from easy content, no ilvl, nothing is remotely difficult. There are no reputations, the currency is meaningless because you can max every profession, and the game is incredibly empty feeling. You may switch over and have a great feeling about the game because it’s something new for you, but don’t expect to be playing for a long time.

Environments are vast and beautiful and there’s lots of quests to do if you’re a casual, but endgame players really don’t have much to strive for in eso.

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They have “events” that let you pretty much level with the main story line. That might be permanent or an option on their shop now. It’s been a few years since I logged on my characters.

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I’ve tried to play it in beta, a short while after, and again about a month ago. I lose interest and get annoyed with it after twenty minutes.

I just mess with Rift and Old Republic.

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I also have not played forever. I mourn what could have been the next big single player RPG by a publisher trying to cash in on the MMO craze.

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I do too :frowning: I played Beta and launch. I had so much hope for this game and I thought I was finally leaving WoW for the next great thing.

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ESO is a good game. Not as good as WoW, but still good in it’s own right.

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At least IMO:

ESO has a lovely world, it’s great exploring a bunch of places that all have very deep lore and history, and some of them look much nicer than last time you saw them, if you played any of the singleplayer ES games.

Unfortunately, the combat is a bit clunky, the classes are sort of uninspiring, and there’s a huge emphasis on cash shop content. You’re essentially required to pay for their subscription, which gives you 1500 of their currency for ‘free’ per month, as well as huge quality-of-life features like a resource bank, and XP boosts.

While it’s alright if you consider it an ‘alternative’ to WoW, and thus just see it as an alternative $15 a month, it’s still a bit of a hard sell. I’d only recommend it to absolute Elder Scrolls lore diehards.

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Forget ESO, I went back and dusted off Skyrim again.

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I was excited about ESO getting necromancers and thought perfect I can play that till classic comes out. Sadly ESO Elsweyr doesn’t come out till June :frowning:

I still enjoy going back to play ESO every now and then. I really enjoy leveling and exploring in that game.

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ESO is a lot of fun, highly recomend it. Especially if you like 3 realm pvp combat and castle sieges.

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eso is a real mmo and it has a big grind it will be a time sink if you take it seriously.eso has 50lvls then once you hit lvl 50 it has a champion point that goes up to 810 right now.

the top gear in the game requires cp 160 to use so you will have to grind abit to get 160 cp but you dont have to do the champion point system after 160 there are non cp bgs and cyrodill to do.

crafting matters in eso you can craft or buy crafted gear to use in end game events.if you just want something to do to pass time until you want to play wow again eso is a good choice.

i rotate eso and wow my self.

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This is very much my feeling about ESO at the moment.

Here is the thing. It costs about $30 I think to buy and download the actual game. Once you have done that you can play it with no sub if you want to try it out and see if you like it. If you decide you don’t want to pay a sub, you can just muck around in it a bit now and then for a change from other gaming.

ESO relies on its cash shop for the majority of its income, although it is now also charging for its expansions. However, its subscription does come with a lot of nice extras like an unlimited materials storage and a lot of extra goodies.

There is no flight. However there is player housing (against mostly at a cost). There is also an extensive portal system. And you can buy horses using ingame currency.

So I’d say check it out if you think you might like it, it certainly provides a change and it is a graphically beautiful game.

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As a matter of taste I’m not a fan of the ESO aesthetic. Plus when I do finally leave WoW if I were to pick up another mmorpg I’d want something that wasn’t based on a high fantasy setting.