The release of The Elder Scrolls Online, short TESO, is approaching. On April 4th, it will be here. Many players will take advantage of the Early Start option, which is offered, for example, by the Imperial Edition, and will dive into the world of Tamriel five days earlier.
That’s why we have been where the true TESO fans hang out in their free time: In the gaming and guild forums. We have kept our ears open and can therefore let the real players have their say in a kind of pub survey.
After all, you will be wandering through Tamriel together with them in just a few weeks. And perhaps we even overheard you chatting.
An MMORPG in the guild comes with obligations
In the forum of worldofplayers.de a large thread dominates the discussion, which has almost 300 posts. It addresses the question of how players actually find TESO. In the discussion, numerous forum participants share where they stand in their current MMORPG careers and discuss their enthusiasm for The Elder Scrolls Online. The thread has already been ongoing for almost 10 months. At the beginning, the discussion is still about “Online game: Yes or No?”
Too old for this?
Krysos1962, for example, is an Elder Scrolls fan but will not become a player of The Elder Scrolls Online after many years with WoW. He feels he has become too old to completely immerse himself in an online world. The numerous obligations that active raiding and guild life entail are too much for him. He doesn’t want a computer with a second life waiting for him; Krysos1962 wants to manage his time freely.
Dense atmosphere instead of mindless slaughter
The closer the launch of the game approaches, the more concrete the discussion about The Elder Scrolls Online becomes. Bluntschi has already participated in some beta sessions and shares his impressions. At first, the experience was quite disillusioning. He could not dive into the game as much as he had hoped. The difficulty level is surprisingly challenging, and time and again, he finds himself surrounded and defeated by skeletons.
Elder Scrolls Online impresses with a realistic graphic splendor that conveys a great atmosphere.
But right from the start, he noticed the beautiful graphics and game world. Unlike World of Warcraft, Bluntschi especially appreciates the seriousness of the presentation. No large damage numbers pop up here, nothing blinks or distracts. In The Elder Scrolls Online, it’s not about mindless hacking, but about atmosphere and story.
Watch a suitable video that demonstrates the atmosphere in TESO:
In the forum of http://www.elder-scrolls-online.de/, experienced MMORPG players mainly reside, discussing game mechanics and beta impressions in individual threads. In one of the largest threads, players provide first-hand impressions from the beta weekend of February 28th.
User Gannicus has a long MMO career. He started with Dark Age of Camelot, then moved on to World of Warcraft and Guild Wars 2 to Star Wars: The Old Republic. He sees noticeable references to Skyrim in the graphics, perhaps even a bit too obvious. It gives the impression that not much has been post-processed.
Generally, the world feels a bit too static to him. In market squares and quest hubs, this impression is less pronounced, but especially in the open world, it seems somehow dead to him. Monsters wait to be defeated; NPCs await their rescue. Gannicus would have liked more wandering mobs and quest givers.
Overall, he sees potential in the game but is also skeptical.
A great and atmospheric quest system
User Apokh, on the other hand, has already become an enthusiastic fan of The Elder Scrolls Online during the beta. He cannot agree with others’ criticism of the graphics at all. TESO has the best graphics for an MMO overall. Comparing it to Age of Conan or Morrowind is absurd to him.
Especially the quest system has captured him. Unlike other MMOs, often it is not enough to just look at the log here, but you need to think a bit. Especially a treasure quest on the Daggerfall side has particularly impressed Apokh.
In The Elder Scrolls, you sometimes have to look within yourself to solve a task.
The only problems Apokh had during the beta weekend were, besides forgivable lags, the level of the community on the American test server. He hopes it will be different at release.
Cheering among role-players: Finally the shared padded cell
A phase refers to an instance of the game world that is shared by certain players. Two players in the same location who are in different phases cannot interact with each other… just like (spoiler alert) the ghosts in “The Others”.
Some had previously predicted that on the massive mega-server, space for role-players could become tight. They would have to deal constantly with non-role-players, ruining their immersion. This is called complete immersion in a game world.
The world invites you to engage in role-playing.
The post immediately garnered applause and relief. A planned role-play guild will be put on hold for the time being. The idea that in The Elder Scrolls Online, as a role-player, you only encounter other role-players even earned the comment “Hooray, a padded cell for all”.
English as a fantasy language
In general, however, the topic is dicey and doubts will arise in the coming weeks. Will there really be a pure role-play phase, or will “role-play” just be counted as one of many indicators by which players are placed into shared phases? And what will happen if an English-speaking role-player appears next to a German player? That would ruin the illusion for him.
User Angier has a clever solution: You could simply pretend that English is some fantasy language that you just don’t understand.
Overall, the role-players of the forum are very much looking forward to the release of The Elder Scrolls Online. They have come together in this forum to form guilds and to embark on the journey in Tamriel together.
User Anti Snow has been excited about the idea of a trading system without an auction house from the beginning. Networking, interacting with other players, and talking in general – he finds that really great in an MMORPG. In the few days of the beta, he experienced more epic moments than in years of other games.
Now that he is informed about the trading guild system, it makes sense for him to be in multiple guilds. He plans to become a member of the main guild, the Shadow Wolves, and perhaps join four other trading guilds that would give him access to exquisite materials and items.
He can already imagine that when one of the Shadow Wolves gains access to an elite trading guild, that will lead to benefits for all other guild members.
His excitement has definitely increased again (“Excitement +1,” writes Anti Snow). He wants to settle down for the time being before diving into the topic further.
Great anticipation: Many can hardly wait any longer
If you, like mein-mmo.de, ask around in the forums about The Elder Scrolls Online, you get the impression: Many are ready and can hardly wait any longer.
YES, it’s starting soon! The anticipation is huge in the TESO forums.
But of course: In the TESO forums themselves, mainly fans of the title and past Elder Scrolls games will be around. That’s why we will also let the other side have its say in one of the next articles. But that’s a song that can be sung next time.
During our strolls through the taverns of Tamriel, we met interesting people and listened to their stories. Every player out there has their own past and looks forward to The Elder Scrolls Online and the adventures that await them for different reasons. Discussions in the forums are heated, and expectations are huge.
We will surely see each other in Tamriel
– and until then, we will keep you updated on the most important aspects regarding The Elder Scrolls Online.
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