its completely different when they do a pre-charge, which can take up days to clear, meanwhile you are down 15 bucks or whatever your currency is, which you might need for something
I have never seen any game do this, and Ive played most mmos
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The Elder Scrolls Online |OT| of THE MOST HYPED GAME EVER
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its completely different when they do a pre-charge, which can take up days to clear, meanwhile you are down 15 bucks or whatever your currency is, which you might need for something
I have never seen any game do this, and Ive played most mmos
A fair number of online games, typically MMOs, do this to ensure that your bank is capable of deducting monthly payments. As others have said, usually its $1-2 but the full amount is definitely strange. I did read somewhere that the payment will be reversed after a few days, so you'll get your money back, but it of course the fact you can't use your free 30 days before doing that is even weirder.
im pretty sure I dont have15 in my card atm after buying ESO the other day you know lol. so im actually fucked until I charge my card. guess I wont be playing the game for a few days...lol, amazing.
konstantine7
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To add on I shouldn't be concerned with pop imbalances right now?
Choose Wabbajack or Auriel's Bow if you want fun, balanced PVP. Choose anything else if you want a one sided affair.
konstantine7
Member
Ok cool thanks.
WonkyPanda
Member
Yes
Spiritreaver
Member
I really don't think this game supports multi-GPU setups currently. I know for sure Crossfire isn't supported as I have 2x 7970s and only one is working when I play.
That being said I've read about people with worse rigs than ours getting better FPS in towns and I can't figure out if they're stretching the truth or if there's some kind underlying driver issue.
Anyway, the best suggestion I can give for getting 60 is lowering the view distance down, play with the slider. I know, it's not "max settings" if you do it, but I didn't see much of a difference from 40 and like 100. I tried looking for drastic changes, lol.
Hopefully in a few patches/driver updates it'll run in SLI/Crossfire and true fullscreen.
got mine from kinguin at £28, cheapest price around I believe
A lot of players in game are saying to put all your attribute points into Health because it's easier to max out Stamina and Magicka using equipment.
For skills I'm trying to concentrate into a only a few active skills because of the 5-skill limit on the bar, and everything else I'm using for passives.
CrazedProfessional
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Deciding between this or Wildstar is the most difficult decision this year...
Karak
Member
My god with even more people the fun level shot through the roof. Not sure which neogaffer it was last night but teaming up was freaking amazing. So surprised at how well everything ran. Also taking on the dungeon bosses with 19 people and the thing still gets 70fps+ is just amazing to me.
Can't believe it but this may eclipse my old choices for top MMO's and the morphing of the skills really feels different each time. Man. I have almost the exact same skills but used different morphs and everything plays different.
Can't believe it but this may eclipse my old choices for top MMO's and the morphing of the skills really feels different each time. Man. I have almost the exact same skills but used different morphs and everything plays different.
I haven't seen any guides, and don't think there will be any for awhile with everyone slogging through the content still. I've got a Redguard Templar specced for heal/dps (dps only for surviving quests) and I've just been a bit mix and match.
If you happen to make a wrong mistake, you can unspec in your faction's main city (not the beginning one) but it costs an arm and a leg to do it. I don't agree with what another user said in that you can simply max out health because stam/magicka can be maxed through items because that applies to any of the stats. Honestly, play however you want. Your first character is always going to be broken while you figure out what hurts and what doesn't.
From what I've seen and from my own personal opinion, the game has really outshone all the negativity it had pre-launch. I don't know if its just people actually getting their hands on it, or the past betas being bad judgement (they were quite horrendous) but everyone I've met and talked with after playing for a good few hours is hooked on the content. It seems like this game will easily have a steady lifespan, and I highly doubt we'll be hearing anything free-to-play wise for a good time to come.
I can't wait to see what they have in store for the future, so many possibilities. Though, I do hope they listen to player feedback as there are a few UI/minimalist changes I'd like to see such as increased bank space (far too small compared to guild bank), some zone tweaks (Stonefall's Strifeswarm world boss is super difficult for no reason) and maybe a more global AH. Not necessarily a typical AH like other MMO's, but maybe the ability to list your guild stores on a public AH so everyone can see it. You still function within guild stores, but its just more accessible.
helloresolven
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Thing I love about ESO most right now... I named my ESO character Fell and there's a town in Rivenspire named Fell's Run and a quest called Fell's Justice. I will henceforth be roleplaying my character as mayor of Fell's Run.
Teletraan1
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Still having fun but there are a lot of bugged quests. I have had to log out a lot just to fix them. And this often does not fix them so I am forced to move on. Now I am under leveled for the content. I have also had the game client eat up all my memory until it crashed but that was an 8 hour game session so maybe it was telling me something. What that is I don't know.
Something about that sounds wrong IMO. Could you list your specs?
Hmm... I'm going to watch some streams and be open minded about it. The starting area in the Beta really killed my desire to play the game. Tried three different characters but I just didn't enjoy the tutorial content whatsoever. I know that's not indicative of much beyond the tutorial but it was enough to make me steer clear from the beta. >_< But I'm glad everyone's enjoying the retail version! Definitely interested...
Dual core haswell i5 2.6 with iris 5100 integrated graphics. I do do have win 8 through boot camp too.
WonkyPanda
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I play Low/Med settings, Mac side, on my 2013 MBA.
Wow ok thanks. Didn't even search because I thought it was out of the question.
WonkyPanda
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I mean, don't go in expecting greatness. But, the game works, is totally playable, and it looks decent at those settings. Plus, it's great to have native mac support.
Chance Hale
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How large is the world compared to Skyrim? Imagine it must be considerably bigger given it's an mmo but by how much?
Karak
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Many many times the size.
WonkyPanda
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Imperial mount? Go to any stable and pay the paltry 1g fee.
a secret-boss
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dont u judge an MMO two-three months from now, because right now its hype train plus its new.
2-3 months from some of the players will go back to their old MMO or game
2-3 months from some of the players will go back to their old MMO or game
BattleMonkey
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First 2 months or so are the love fests for MMOs, till all the underlying problems with the game surface.
WonkyPanda
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Ironically, after people have put more hours into the game than 90% of their backlog. Although it's true most MMOs have problems with end-game content, getting there can, arguably, be justified by the asking price of admission.
Also, it's obviously better than a hate-fest from the beginning. It's not like every MMO gets a love fest. Furthermore, it's rather telling that a game with so much unbridled bashing has now done a 180 among many MMO fans and journalist; that, in and of itself, is the most impressive thing to me about ESO. Not that it's just another "honeymoon" MMO.
ambientmystic
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Just had a look at the OT and some of the posts/impressions in the thread and I'm surprised to see so much positivity after the hate-fest that was so prevalent in the beta/pre/post NDA threads.
Did they recruit folk from Bethesda/Skyrim folk to touch up the game graphically at the last minute or something after all those poor initial impressions? The game as it was in beta (judging from that leaked alpha(?)/beta(?) youtube video with the crappy character animations/textures etc. and the starting area that was inside a boat which had the PC killing rats or something) looks so much different when compared to the end product.
The characters look less shittier and while not up to Skyrim standards is still decent. The world looks better and so does the architecture.
They're like 2 completely different games. That leaked video really diminished the hype folk had for the game earlier on and drove the game down in the GAF most wanted lists.
Did they recruit folk from Bethesda/Skyrim folk to touch up the game graphically at the last minute or something after all those poor initial impressions? The game as it was in beta (judging from that leaked alpha(?)/beta(?) youtube video with the crappy character animations/textures etc. and the starting area that was inside a boat which had the PC killing rats or something) looks so much different when compared to the end product.
The characters look less shittier and while not up to Skyrim standards is still decent. The world looks better and so does the architecture.
They're like 2 completely different games. That leaked video really diminished the hype folk had for the game earlier on and drove the game down in the GAF most wanted lists.
Hawk269
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The game is really blowing me away. Visually, it is really nice. Since I have the horse, I decided just to keep riding down roads and I uncovered 3 more areas that you visit much later in the game and there are truly some impressive places out in the world. The game is basically Skyrim but in a MMO. The quests so far have been very good, some are short and fetch like quests, but the majority (non-main-story) are pretty involved and have multiple links in the quest chain.
I only played one of the first beta's and I was iffy on the game, but I am glad I decided to get it when the early access started. Right now, I am just taking it real slow, I am wandering around, been finding treasure chests throughout the world and trying to use my lock-picks to open them.
For those just starting and part of the NeoGaf guild, I will be depositing some lower level gear (I think most are level 4-8) into the guild bank for anyone to use. I know some of the items in the Bank are for more higher levels, but it sounds like we will have a few newer players and having some decent gear to help out is a big plus.
I only played one of the first beta's and I was iffy on the game, but I am glad I decided to get it when the early access started. Right now, I am just taking it real slow, I am wandering around, been finding treasure chests throughout the world and trying to use my lock-picks to open them.
For those just starting and part of the NeoGaf guild, I will be depositing some lower level gear (I think most are level 4-8) into the guild bank for anyone to use. I know some of the items in the Bank are for more higher levels, but it sounds like we will have a few newer players and having some decent gear to help out is a big plus.
Karak
Member
A 540m MIGHT be able to. I admit this thing runs way better than I expected but that is pushing it right there.
Yeah I was hating the game hard after playing the Beta but my roommate roped me into buying the Imperial Edition and I haven't looked back since. I think if you're an Elder Scrolls fan or an MMO-fan at all it's worth buying for the single-player exploration portions and the questing alone. I've started doing Cyrodil with some friends and I think once people get strategies and there are some basic quality of life fixes it will be really fun as well, although I have joined a few servers where the balance was out of whack.
I don't know if the end-game is going to be worth subscribing for or what their commitment to delivering content will be either but I'd say it's worth checking out if you have any interest at all, the world itself really draws you in, and the questing feels a lot more organic and fresh than some of the more recent MMOs I've played.
I don't know if the end-game is going to be worth subscribing for or what their commitment to delivering content will be either but I'd say it's worth checking out if you have any interest at all, the world itself really draws you in, and the questing feels a lot more organic and fresh than some of the more recent MMOs I've played.
I'm kinda pissed I didn't buy the imperial edition. I should've read into it more. Didn't realize getting a mount would be so painful. I have a frys gc and I'm tempted to still go buy it.
It's a very scalable game. As others said earlier, you can run it on ultra books. 540m will be good.