Just a general poll to see how excited you guys are. I barely have any interest in this game so I was just kind of wondering where you guys stand.

No interest, lol

Unless I suddenly get a computer able to handle it.

I have absolute no interest in playing it myself, but I'm excited that it may do two things: attract attention to the franchise, and make them money they can spend on TES VI.

Voted the first part only.

I'm sorta excited. I usually don't enjoy MMO's though, but it's elder scrolls, involves molag bal, and gives me a chance to see all the provinces in fairly good graphics, so I'll probably try it out...

I'm not excited, but I'll still try it. I do hope it is successful, for the same reasons ghastly stated.

Voted last option.

I´m just not into online games and to be frank I´m happy with the games I have and don´t need a new one

I seem like the only one who wants to play.

God damn it,stop being such anti-social buggers!(imagine this in the most jokingly said way possible because it sounds like I'm being a jerk but as I like to always say,"That,that is a joke.",TLDR I was joking)

I´m just social here. When I play I´m the most anti-social being on Earth!

But we could make a Chorrol.com guild!

And we would only accept members who are already well-known members here!

Exactly!

Going by the poll I'd say it is going to be a very small clan.

I'm not following the news at all to avoid getting hyped. (and knowing me, that means I'll find out about its release a year after the fact.) As for trying it, it depends on how the payment model is. I'm not tossing down sixty+ bucks for a game I don't know if I'll even like. Did that once and well, never again. If they let you try a day or two for free though, I'll give it a shot.

Why are you all so pesimisstic!?!?!?

They loved Morrowind, followed every scrap of news about Oblivion while it was under development, had enthusiastic discussions on the official forums about how freaking awesome it will be, bought it, and were totally let down.

I can't play it, so why get excited about it? XD

Can't wait for it. Not going to even run it on a PC, because mine can barely even run Star Wars: The Old Republic. So I'll be buying a PS4 just for ES online and the Witcher.

Now, I'm not too big of an MMO fan but I'll still play them. I read most previews and hands-on, but what had me interested was of couse the controls. The game, as many of the previews say, plays like ES. None of that auto attack nonsense, or click the options to throw an attack. It plays like Skyrim and Oblivion. Hold to give power attack, press for regular attack.

That, and of course, Molag Bal's involvement has me interested. Playable creatures has me sold. Besides, we also get to visit other provinces. I'll leave the rest to judge but for right now I can't wait to try it out. I can just see myself getting hunted by other players from the Fighter's Guild

You won't take my pelt for a trophy, no siree!

I keep thinking this says "Rate your level of Excrement."

The title is a bit biased.

"That Online Thing."

As if the ES online is an accursed game.

I’m somewhat excited. That Online Thing should make Tamriel a more filled-in place. It will likely be awhile before I try it, though. Too many other things I’d rather do first.

TES gamers are used to play alone because that´s what our favorite games are; single players.

I voted "Not excited, but will try it out". WoW kind of burned me out on the "pay for play" MMO genre. Just a big money vacuum. But as others have said, I do want to try it because it is ES.

We aren't "all" pessimistic. The vote is split almost evenly.

I'm actually more excited about this game than I was a few days ago. I watched this video and was pretty impressed. I haven't paid much attention to the game up until now so I knew very little about it.

Before this, I was planning to buy it because I love the Elder Scrolls and I can't imagine not buying a new game in my beloved Elder Scrolls series. But now I am planning to buy it less out of a sense of loyalty and a bit more because I am genuinely excited.

Oh god,that was like me with Skyrim.

They could still be optimistic without being over-hyped.

That's a bit of a generalisation.

You can still play alone,you don't NEED to group up.

They've got a main questline you can do,and you can just quest,it's basicly normal TES with other people you don't need to communicate with at all.

You don't need to do raids or dungeons or PvP,you can level up through crafting and questing.

I just explained how people may think. Even though what you said is obvious, people may think "Oh, it´s a MMO, not for me" even though one can play like you said

I´m saying I´m not interested, but I´ll prolly buy the box eventually anyway. Just like I did with Skyrim

That is the title of the section, not the thread. I tried to keep the thread options unbiased as much as possible too.

My personal opinion is that online games are fun for lots of people. I just don't really enjoy them much personally.

I just wanted to kind of get an idea about where everyone else is about this game and get a few opinions.

Personally, I read "That Online Thing" as a form of affectionate teasing.

Didn't know they were coming out with an online thing, til I saw this thread.

The trailer looks badarsedness, but....um....*take a shot HIMYM fans*...not my cup of tea. For the ones, that it is, enjoy.

Though, I could totally see many of the frequenters of GD (GENERAL DISCUSSION!!) being on livechat yelling about not aggravating the mobs. Thing is, I'm pretty good with voice...'acting' I wanna say, but really imitation. I could totally pull off the Telemundo Announcer....I do at work too over the radio.

They love it. Maybe I should put something up....how does this record thingy work?

*Computer begins producing black smoke*

Well looks like we won't have a guild.

Also guys don't worry,it won't be a sub fee game because sub MMOs are dying besides WoW.

Yeah, I'm quite excited for it...

As I said, I promised the kids we'd get a PS4 when there's an Elder Scrolls, an Assassin's Creed and a Fallout...

So, the first two are on their way and Fallout is slated for October 2014...

Ummmm....

Oh yes, definitely going to get it...Am pretty excited, but after the huge downer I had about Skyrim (I was hoping for Oblivion but bigger and newer, and what I got was...Less and newer and prettier...Of course you're going to forget Ease Burden spells in 200 years...Of course...SnassnFrassn...)...So I'm not going over the top with it this time...

Personally, I'm way more excited about the latest Madden NFL than ES Online... ...

Oh, and the Assassins...(They're making 3 more as we speak!!! *Does dance of joy!!*)...

Ooooh!!...Something else I read today in t'Playstation mag...The game (ESO) has - according to someone named from Bethesda, I forget who though - "150 hours of quests, right out of the box." Though given there's three factions and the MQ, I'm not sure how much that leaves to go around...Everything else is unlocked DLC stylee...ie, with money...Which some idiot is bound to fork out from the off...*Rollseyes*...Yes, I mean me... ...

No,no,NO!

NO!

NOT MICRO-TRANSACTIONS!

WTF BETH!!!!?!?!?!??!!?!?!?!?!?!?////////////////////////////////

Probaly not true though.

Probably is true. Bethsoft has gotten pretty money hungry lately. The last few DLC's were tiny and were priced at about 2x what they were with Oblivion.

That's quite diffrent from a micro-transtaction in an MMO.

I was just noting that they're not afraid to charge ever increasing prices for a relatively small amount of content, which is why it wouldn't surprise me if they did follow that business plan.

That wouldn't work in an MMO at all and is not relevent.

Wait, did you just say micro transactions wouldn't work in an MMO and is not relevant?

No,he's talking about small DLC with is diffrent from micro-transactions and small DLC wouldn't work in an MMO(He's talk about Oblivion esque DLC).

I am aware that DLC and micro transactions are not the same thing.

I was commenting on their business model and noting that going by their current strategy, I could easily see them having micro transactions in their MMO in order to maximize profit.

Where did you read this? Can you provide a source?

Provide as in - link to? No...

It's in the latest OPM (Official Playstation Mag - Probably the August edition.) which is where I read the stuff about ESO...

Well Fallout always comes out in Oct,so maybe that's true.

If it is coming out in October on the Playstation, then it will probably be out for X-Box at least 6-9 months sooner, and PC at least a month after the X-Box release.

Just caught up on watching videos for this. The game's geography looks awesome. The exploration alone would make this game pretty amazing for hardcore Elderscrolls fans. I still doubt I'll play it but I get why so much interest is buzzing around this thing.

It is nice to see Bethsoft listening to their giant fan base that has been requesting a multiplayer ES game ever since I can remember but it just isn't for me. My love for ES games is BECAUSE it is single player. The whole draw for me is the ability to become immersed in the world that the series takes place in. I can live the life of a character. There is no distraction from the outside world (real life) and I just melt into the game.

Once you add little kids yelling into the microphone, scammers, gold sellers, and the human element, the game is just less interesting.

I know that Cyrodiil is supposed to be the Player versus Player arena where anything goes, but what I'm wondering about is how are you going to be able to wander about the other areas without running into gangs of friends that are simply roaming about offing solo wanderers?...

I started Red Dead Redemtion a few days back and went on the Multiplayer for a while...There was this one session where these two persons* decided, firstly to shoot the horse out from under me, and then, when I simply decided to run to where I was trying to get to, they followed me...Because it was obviously amazingly hillarious, they decided to put their horse in front of me, so I ran around them...Aaaand they ran just me down...And then cornered me...They couldn't kill me, it wasn't on that mode, but they could make life hell if they wanted to...So I respawned it somewhere else...Oddly enough, I got bored after that and haven't been back on it...

It'll be interesting to see how they do moderate that in ESO...

^
Just one reason why I don´t do MMOs. Stupid little a******s

...snassin´....

I've been playing Read Dead Redemption all week long online. Do you have a PS3?

So, what you're saying is it might have been YOU?!!!?!! ...

Yes, I do have a PS3...

Don't ask me which day that happened though...

Wouldn't that be the mega irony?... ...

But I'm definitely not playing RDR for a bit again...If ever on the multiplayer, I was pretty bored of it before that incident...

One,welcome to any Rockstar game's MP Free Roam.

And B,that's not how this will work,you can't go into other factions areas so that won't work and if you mean in Cyrodiil too bad,it's a PVP area what happens,what happens.

Yes, I get the PVP area...That's not what I'm saying...

So just for the sake of it, there's three friends...They all wanna be Nords...You telling me they're not going to go at solo Dark Elf who's just collecting some flowers for leveling his Alchemy?...

Just 'cause they're the same faction does not stop them picking people off...