Elder Scrolls online to be revealed in June

[Satangel]

May even be the first actual MMORPG I'll play, just for my love of TES series. Always been very sceptical of the MMORPG genre, thinking it would completely succumb me, but TES just sounds too strong and too much fun.

 

[Deleted-236924]

Whenever people are against an Elder Scrolls MMO, their usual reason is "It wouldn't feel right/Wouldn't feel like it'd work well"
Why is that? Why wouldn't it feel right? Why wouldn't it work well?

 

[Skelletonike]

Whenever people are against an Elder Scrolls MMO, their usual reason is "It wouldn't feel right/Wouldn't feel like it'd work well"
Why is that? Why wouldn't it feel right? Why wouldn't it work well?

If they change the mechanics that make the game what it is now, then it won't really be an Elder of Scrolls, that's what people fear, that they change it so much to make it a MMO that it won't feel like one of the other games.

 

[shakirmoledina]

i think its a great idea as elder scrolls is really suited for it. Assassin's creed 1 was a great game but repetitive bcz it dint have multiplayer. ac2 and beyond became even more famous due to its multiplayer capabilties

sooner or later elder scrolls is gonna run out of offline dlc. multiplayer always keeps a game moving and i think having dual gameplay modes is a great idea.

 

[Deleted-236924]

Whenever people are against an Elder Scrolls MMO, their usual reason is "It wouldn't feel right/Wouldn't feel like it'd work well"
Why is that? Why wouldn't it feel right? Why wouldn't it work well?

If they change the mechanics that make the game what it is now, then it won't really be an Elder of Scrolls, that's what people fear, that they change it so much to make it a MMO that it won't feel like one of the other games.

Also known as this or this

 

[Gahars]

So, the rumors have finally been proven true. If only I actually wanted an MMO from the franchise...

I mean, I'm sure it will be fine, but I'd much rather have another addition to the Elder Scrolls or Fallout franchises (or, better yet, a new IP) any day.

 

[Ryupower]

the game could work
if you think about it

you have a real people controlling party member and no AI followers

just have massive areas and dungeons caves and ruins and more

giant groups of monster

 

[Skelletonike]

Whenever people are against an Elder Scrolls MMO, their usual reason is "It wouldn't feel right/Wouldn't feel like it'd work well"
Why is that? Why wouldn't it feel right? Why wouldn't it work well?

If they change the mechanics that make the game what it is now, then it won't really be an Elder of Scrolls, that's what people fear, that they change it so much to make it a MMO that it won't feel like one of the other games.

Also known as this or this

Changes are always welcome, just as long as it doesn't ruin the game or make it an entirely different thing, also, in most cases changes to games don't always work nicely, they might work once in a while, but that's the minority. Elder of Scrolls has a large fanbase, I'm pretty tame about it, I like the games but that's it, some fans are way more into it and I'm pretty sure they're the majority of the players.

 

[Foxi4]

Ladies, gentlemen...

Here cometh the World of Warcraft ][.

If you loved Elder Scrolls, this game will likely ruin this love by flooding your screen with 5-year olds typing "Arrow to the Knee LOLOLOL!" repeatedly until you realize that you're actually paying to "play" this.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

And yeah, IMHO, the game would be awesome if they kept the mechanics of Skyrim for example, for weapons, classes, etc etc... Specialisations are ok, as long as you're not forced to use only one class, but then they'd have to program it real well so that characters wouldn't bug each other and some similar stuff... But meh.. I guess it'll be impossible so I'd better not expect too much from it.

The issue is translating these mechanics for a MMO game, especially when it comes to PvP. PvE would be pretty simple, just have the same mechanics but swap out having a companion in place of a few buddies. One guy plays melee, one guy does archery, one guy does offensive magic, one guy does defensive magic, stuff like that. Balance isn't terribly necessary for PvE provided there's no game-breaking combo that makes a class or facet entirely pointless.

PvP just worries me though. The current mechanics of TES would not really translate over to PvP. I mean combat isn't exactly exceptional in TES and there'd be a lot of issues. Ideally I'd see the PvP working like you can enter a semi-open world and go to enemy camps and raid them and capture them, like how you go to random bandit camps in Skyrim to get loot/experience/etc. Combat is just a huge worry and taking gameplay like Skyrim and just making it versus isn't really a good idea.

I'm still eager to see how they'll handle it.

 

[holoflame]

I'm wondering how this will work out.

Definitely no dragonborns, because they are pretty rare, if I got the folklore right.
Would be kinda awkward to have 2.5 million people shouting at each other =P

And poor guards, even more arrows in their knees...

 

[Skelletonike]

The issue is translating these mechanics for a MMO game, especially when it comes to PvP. PvE would be pretty simple, just have the same mechanics but swap out having a companion in place of a few buddies. One guy plays melee, one guy does archery, one guy does offensive magic, one guy does defensive magic, stuff like that. Balance isn't terribly necessary for PvE provided there's no game-breaking combo that makes a class or facet entirely pointless.

PvP just worries me though. The current mechanics of TES would not really translate over to PvP. I mean combat isn't exactly exceptional in TES and there'd be a lot of issues. Ideally I'd see the PvP working like you can enter a semi-open world and go to enemy camps and raid them and capture them, like how you go to random bandit camps in Skyrim to get loot/experience/etc. Combat is just a huge worry and taking gameplay like Skyrim and just making it versus isn't really a good idea.

I'm still eager to see how they'll handle it.

The PVP does seem hard to do properly with this system, my guess is that it would be something similar to what happens during the invasion of the enemy army in Skyrim (when there's like dozens of guys attacking the city and you have to go and protect it), but since they'd be other players, they'd prolly have to be in a somewhat similar level to yours or the difficulty would be all messed up. As long as they don't add the Dragon Born powers, the basic mechanics seems to work just barely, but small stuff like mining, dungeons, harvesting and etc would be fun to do with other players. I hope they don't remove those things.

 

[matt382]

I think this could work. The mechanics of Skyrim are pretty MMO-esque to begin with, so would transition nicely into multiplayer.

 

[spiritofcat]

BREAKING NEWS: The MMO will be set in Skyrim, not the entire Tamriel.
Source

Uh, no.
That source says "set in the world of Skyrim", not "set in Skyrim".
Tamriel is "the world of Skyrim", the world that Skyrim is a part of.

 

[ferofax]

BREAKING NEWS: The MMO will be set in Skyrim, not the entire Tamriel.
Source

Uh, no.
That source says "set in the world of Skyrim", not "set in Skyrim".
Tamriel is "the world of Skyrim", the world that Skyrim is a part of.

Are they using Skyrim as an anchor/reference point, or do they really mean Skyrim? Because i think they'd say Tamriel if they meant Tamriel.

anyways, i can't see this working with the current game mechanics. i expect it will show up, or at least a vague shadow of it, and it will be heavily nerfed to accomodate new MMO mechanics.

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

This is going to be kick ass.

Skyrim was awesome in Single Player. Taking on quests in small groups would be pretty fun

 

[spiritofcat]

BREAKING NEWS: The MMO will be set in Skyrim, not the entire Tamriel.
Source

Uh, no.
That source says "set in the world of Skyrim", not "set in Skyrim".
Tamriel is "the world of Skyrim", the world that Skyrim is a part of.

Are they using Skyrim as an anchor/reference point, or do they really mean Skyrim? Because i think they'd say Tamriel if they meant Tamriel.

anyways, i can't see this working with the current game mechanics. i expect it will show up, or at least a vague shadow of it, and it will be heavily nerfed to accomodate new MMO mechanics.

I imagine that the article used Skyrim in the title because being the latest game in the series, and a huge success in sales, it is likely to be recognised by a wider audience than if they had said Tamriel.

 

[ferofax]

BREAKING NEWS: The MMO will be set in Skyrim, not the entire Tamriel.
Source

Uh, no.
That source says "set in the world of Skyrim", not "set in Skyrim".
Tamriel is "the world of Skyrim", the world that Skyrim is a part of.

Are they using Skyrim as an anchor/reference point, or do they really mean Skyrim? Because i think they'd say Tamriel if they meant Tamriel.

anyways, i can't see this working with the current game mechanics. i expect it will show up, or at least a vague shadow of it, and it will be heavily nerfed to accomodate new MMO mechanics.

I imagine that the article used Skyrim in the title because being the latest game in the series, and a huge success in sales, it is likely to be recognised by a wider audience than if they had said Tamriel.

EDIT: sorry, sucky internet.

anyways, it ain't so hard to mention Tamriel and then say it's the world where Skyrim is just a country or something along those lines. make people recognize Skyrim and then make them see how Skyrim is just a fraction of Tamriel...

 

[EnigmaBlade]

I'm wondering how this will work out.

Definitely no dragonborns, because they are pretty rare, if I got the folklore right.
Would be kinda awkward to have 2.5 million people shouting at each other =P

And poor guards, even more arrows in their knees...

I can only imagine the lag lol

 

[Zerosuit connor]

Oh My Gawd! My life is complete. Bethesda