A nice game with potential 1

shortly beforehand,
I played at the time over 7 years EverQuest. After the daily game time but still continued to grow, I have pulled the emergency brake for personal / familieren reasons and actually imposed myself a MMO-lock. What do you do instead? Right ... to play Elder Scrolls, beginning with Morrowind, Oblivion and then after that fantastic Skyrim, everything with mods.

Long story short, in "The Elder Scrolls Online" I'm just become weak ... and have registered directly with the beta, so I've seen a bit of the "TESO" world.

The graphic style is strongly reminiscent of the respective Elder Scrolls title. There are areas that are reminiscent of Morrowind, such as the volcano, or even the style of the building, then bonds from Oblivion and Skyrim course exist.

For the modders among you: the graphic is located high well above Skyrim "Vanilla". Here you can probably inspired by "ENB". Much "sun glare", depth of field and so guarantee a MMORPG ratios really excellent graphics.

With music, it behaves similarly, and has really become very consistent. It turns definitely once the Elder Scrolls feeling and to forget first that you play an MMO title.

Thus, the player character can also first solo comfortably explore the world and smaller and larger tasks that the partly even affect the game world. Behind every quest is a story. So the mob operates more than those who saved the king or thwarted the siege of the city. I am also not yet come across a repeatable quest. Quests as "Bring me 15 skins of Puma XY" can be done only once, after that is Feierabend!

The German dubbing is excellent and actually every NPC has something to talk ... so and not otherwise must be!

All this helps to establish a realistic and dynamic world, where the hero can immerse quasi.

Experience collects the hero rather than completed quests rather than the usual monster-grind, at least the beginning is so. As mentioned before you should possibly not leveling too fast and read the quests also come to an end, and do not click through, because then arises overall a great Elder Scrolls feeling a.

Pronounced well I like the "crafting" system. As in other MMO titles you have to gather resources such as iron ore it, from which one can then produce iron ingots. But as a stand at the beginning of the so-called "recipes" only rudimentary available, some things remain the hero also denied and is of another race reserved. Other recipes to be found yet. Other "Trade Skills" are the tailors, the carpenters, the enchantment, alchemy and cooking. In addition, can also still fished.

Overall, I like "TESO" until now really very good, especially the atmosphere is really great!

Other facts that may be mentioned:

-There Are two "mega-server", a US server and one for Europe, where you can create each 8 characters.

-The Stability of the server is very well so far.

-Some Bugs still exist, many of which already have been adjusted as well.

-On Computers of middle class (HD 7870 GHZ aka R9 270X) runs TESO already at the highest possible settings.

-The Monthly cost is about 13 euros and can be paid with the Game Time Card.

-After Entering Game codes giving another subscription model for the 30 days is required.

-Who Has no credit card, orders the "Game Time Card" at best with it.

-In The fight can be actively blocked and dodged a "pike-role".

For physical Imperial Edition: The artbook is outstandingly good, great illustrated, is processed fairly valuable and has more than 200 pages. In sharp contrast to Molag Bal statue. If you have the first namely exempt from the very comprehensive package and assembled (3 parts) makes use of the disillusionment. As great as is often described, I personally find the fact does not and this is not the design but the material. Cheapest plastic with no weight ... so the Hobbit figure from the Extended Blu-ray, or the dragon of the Skyrim Limited Edition is as worlds better and massive, processed simply valent.

Nevertheless, overall, it has become a great edition, the digital content is also ok.

Who can do without figure and book, is perhaps best looked after by the digital Imperial Edition.

In conclusion, I find it a little negative. Four character classes are very little. Furthermore, can, for example items that are in banking, are revalued at the anvil. This is not realistic and me "comfortable" to. Some quests may also be better "instantiated". So very often cavort more players in the same room, just for example, to get a note from a hut. There is also no trading house or the like. To provide players in good old Barker manner their wares ... has indeed something for themselves.

I'm curious how a Flitzebogen how the game will evolve over time. A huge potential exists in any case. Until then it is worth it to me good 5 star!

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Addendum 14:04:14

About the quality and long-term success of an online game decides to a large extent, and especially the community itself. What is the general tone among themselves? No, the really matters in the long term to the game, can be like this permanently ruin by others.

A short statement about this:

Yet I have never personally seen so many verbal gaffes of the worst kind, as in TESO. Especially "German" Comments happened to me in the zone chat on partially übelst. What I have since had to read in part is hair-raising. Either the general level subsided tremendously compared to 10 years ago, or I've played just about no longer an MMO. A certain minimum level of "playing nice" is simply taken for granted by me.

Furthermore, the chat window is so spammed by "gold sellers" that about every 5 to 10 minutes maximum, a new "candidate" is set to "Ignore" list. It cavort as more than 100 names. For anyone who lands on 5 new daft coming but felt it.

Something else I noticed ... so I run towards iron ore, would, after all, good times forging can. Shortly before reaching the lump suddenly "pops" a character on, grabs the iron ore, but a second later gone?
Ok, I thought, had perhaps was, back there is also still a "Jute" and a Rune. Plops back a for a second and reap everything. Can be anything random, no problem. Only have these imaginary characters names such as "ljfdhabg" or "dwgtkjthd" and have it ... spawning, harvesting and disappear in less than two seconds and no equipment or equipment, all without "pickaxes animation". Funny it is really only when both rooted standing around (or even a dozen of the China-bots) on a large green meadow to a single, very quick Jute "bickering" and in the middle of nowhere. Without appropriate screenshots hard to believe.

Lately loot speed hacker even from the air or "glitches" through the floor. So the necessary resources for collecting the honest players is extremely difficult and is not exactly conducive to unhindered fun.

Also worth mentioning are whole groups of such bots that race as if drawn by mob on the pearl necklace to Mob. Here it will be probably not be long before the newly crowned Emperor will be computer-controlled nature.

"Hail my Emperor iyfxhxtghxpwhxsfdfgjh"

Remains to be seen how Zenimax against bots, cheaters, gold spammers, hackers and the likes speed going. According to the manufacturer hundreds of players have already been banned.

At least against the spam of total pesky gold seller can achieve anything. Meanwhile, there are mods or so-called "add-ons" that can be installed in the directory and provide a remedy.

Until then, "Happy Hunting" you gamers.

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Supplement 08.19.2014

Short to positive, the bot problem has significantly defused here Zenimax has acted well and the whole well-fed the latch.

After moving the EU-server from America to Germany and endless updates / patches, I would like once again to respond to the countless shortcomings of the game, which led me to ESO but significantly devalue (two stars). Because there are simply far too many frustrating little things that go into my simple sum on the cookie.

Since Serverumzug ESO has massively to fight with lag. So it takes sometimes before 10 seconds to open a box. That would not be so bad. But if the character in battle the same time is in the midst seemingly motionless, or why is kicked out of the instances, seemingly no longer drains all in real time, the gameplay is significantly devalued for me. This "lag" appear often in peak where seems then to be affected almost the entire zone. Apparently the Mega Server is then overloaded, often this happens then the weekend. If you will be thrown out of the game, and then try to log in again, not as a small apology seems ... No, you get then before the message that you have sent too many messages and is yet to refrain from spamming have. If you can write in a so-called MMO No 3 sets more, or is already declared as a spammer, it makes me first loss. These are, incidentally, not an isolated case, as I have confirmed guild members.

Furthermore, the lack of space incredible annoys me in the inventory, although that has been a little better with larger batch sizes of, for example runes. In this regard, remain me still too many questions open and force them to permanent umloggen between the respective characters and a thought-out inventory management, verusacht by a not well thought out trading system. For this purpose, a small example: You go to the dealer (NPC) and "sold" a stack consisting of 100 pieces Rotweizen, 100 molybdenum, 100 manganese, 100 worms (important for fishing), 100 crayfish, 100 garlic, 100 bulbs, 100 snow berries. .. and get 0 gold pieces (NULL gold pieces!?!), what's the point?

An auction house does not exist, can instead be then yes to enter up to five guilds and then sell up to 30 items long 30 days. Genuine Guild Feeling comes with me here but honestly not.

An additional difficulty is the fact that the interaction is prevented by the three alliances. If you want to complete a dungeon, not only the players level must reasonably match, but all must also belong to the same alliance. Not even guild Internally get players together the three alliances. Frustration and potential for future large raids is inevitable.

Furthermore, a review of the UI and the "Quick Access bar" for healing potions is necessary. Also annoying that items are often not supported on existing stack, but a new batch "undone" is that you have to then merge later, to not waste unnecessary space.

Every major update is accompanied by additional problems. What went before, is suddenly no longer (eg new bugs with quests), successes / achievements missing suddenly, completed and completed Dungeons and Dungeons are suddenly not unexplored territory.

I could now perform more points, such as the / stuck command that frees one from the lack of collision detection, will be, however, be paid for in many gold pieces, not appearing achievements in Archievementsystem etc.

Devaluation of five to three star remains for me as a conclusion.