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[Flamewraith]

Originally Posted by Sirken [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

both. Cyrodil is open world pvp. there is no pvp out side of Cyrodil.
not a lot of info on emperor. but they said everything counts. however i imagine contributions of all kinds in Cyrodil (ie: help the forts, questing, pvp, killing, healing, etc) will count towards the emperor score. yes a healer gets points for healing. targeting is the same as past TES games (skyrim, oblivion, etc), its the soft targeting. there is no target box, and there is no way to lock on a target. most healing appears to be PBAoE based spells, so between those two bits Healers will have to be in the thick of combat to be effective.

Long Live the Queen!
Long Live the Aldmeri Dominion!

Hmmm I like that I will still get noticed for being a healer, which adds incentive to be a healer. I don't like that you become emperor though, I think the title of champion would be more fitting, an emperor is a ruler, a champion is one who has made many noticeable contributions. Not that big of a deal. Fuck Yeah! I'm rolling dominion too!!!!! See you in Elsweyr/summerset/valenwood!!!!

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Originally Posted by Alarti0001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I dont think this will be a true mmo. I think it will be a great multiplayer game. Did no one else play skyrim and think "this would be perfect if i could get on with a few friends"

I agree with this, but that in itself sounds pretty sweet. I have been dreaming of this since the first day I put oblivion into my 360 many years ago.

[Alarti0001]

Originally Posted by Flamewraith [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I agree with this, but that in itself sounds pretty sweet. I have been dreaming of this since the first day I put oblivion into my 360 many years ago.

Since daggerfall for me. I still love that game.

[stormlord]

These kinds of games, even though I don't like them a whole lot, are still worth a month or two of play just to see them. Reminds me of DDO. While I don't foresee myself ever going back to it, I did like some things about it. It's just not my cup of tea. Still, these're at least more relaxed; like a friendly bar, not a biker bar.

MMO's need a pause button, though. I mean, I'm a hardcore type of player. I want my game to be super hard and punishing. However, I think that a pause button is a must have. The problem is, how? How do you allow players to "pause" without making their choices less consequential? If they're in a group, for instance, how can they just go afk (pause) without causing problems with the group? What about timed tasks?

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Originally Posted by Alarti0001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Since daggerfall for me. I still love that game.

I liked daggerfall too, but I only got into a couple of years ago, and my comp had so many problems playing it, I could only play a char for a day or two before the save file corrupted.

[xCry0x]

I have a feeling it is going to be very age of conan esque ... the description of healer classes only added to that. In age of conan the healing was all screwy... hell all the mechanics were screwy and the description of healers being in combat using aoe heals vs targeted heals just brings me back to that on my bear shaman whatever.

I had/have hopes for this game and am trying to stay away from looking until open beta starts. The platform they are working off of as far as lore goes & fan base should allow them to have a popular game but they also have historically done single player games so the implementation could be blah. I looked at it as similar to WoW where you have a great platform to run with.. but blizzard at least had experience with diablo and warcraft multiplayer-ness.

Maybe they should have taken a baby step and made elder scrolls an aarpg like diablo with 4-5 player 'worlds' and a few bigger areas to sit and brag about your cool shit=P I think that would serve the need of most people.

[Flamewraith]

Originally Posted by xCry0x [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have a feeling it is going to be very age of conan esque ... the description of healer classes only added to that. In age of conan the healing was all screwy... hell all the mechanics were screwy and the description of healers being in combat using aoe heals vs targeted heals just brings me back to that on my bear shaman whatever.

I had/have hopes for this game and am trying to stay away from looking until open beta starts. The platform they are working off of as far as lore goes & fan base should allow them to have a popular game but they also have historically done single player games so the implementation could be blah. I looked at it as similar to WoW where you have a great platform to run with.. but blizzard at least had experience with diablo and warcraft multiplayer-ness.

Maybe they should have taken a baby step and made elder scrolls an aarpg like diablo with 4-5 player 'worlds' and a few bigger areas to sit and brag about your cool shit=P I think that would serve the need of most people.

I kind of agree with your aarpg idea, all in all I just want to experience elder scrolls with a friend, instead of talking about all the epic shit we did and saw separately. I'm really hoping this wont fail, mostly because it has a very strong universe and lore, but that didn't stop swtor from plummeting. The only thing that I really don't like about this game is that it is set so far into the past, I already know who wins the war, and that tamriel isn't drawn into coldharbour. Kind of depressing knowing that no matter how hard I fight, the aldmeri dominion won't win. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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Originally Posted by Sirken [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the emperor is the ruler of the alliance that controls Cyrodiil. Whoever controls Cyrodiil controls the White-Gold Tower, and as such, rules over Tamriel as Emperor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

at a bare minimum, id be happy with just that in ESO. but i really feel it will be so much more that that. if they fuck up a TES game i will be sad. but i still have really high hopes for ESO.

It just feels like the title of champion would be more fitting, and that the ruler of your alliance (queen ftw) should hold the title of ruler. I'm not mad about it, I like the idea of owning a title based on being the mvp of a win, but I feel that it's the wrong title [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I totally agree, I just really hope they don't mess up an ES game, I have a deep dread that it's just going to go ftp and die slowly, but I can always hope.

[Sirken]

Originally Posted by Flamewraith [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It just feels like the title of champion would be more fitting, and that the ruler of your alliance (queen ftw) should hold the title of ruler. I'm not mad about it, I like the idea of owning a title based on being the mvp of a win, but I feel that it's the wrong title [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I totally agree, I just really hope they don't mess up an ES game, I have a deep dread that it's just going to go ftp and die slowly, but I can always hope.

i will be in the corner hoarding my hope right next to you [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Sirken]

also, heard on friday that the main reason for the push back was not for consoles, but was due to the amount of work still needed based on beta feedback. if thats true, thats A+ because it means they arent rushing the game to meet a target date.

Cyrodiil is supposed 9x larger than each starting area. which is much larger than i originally heard. so we'll see.

no loading screens

interactive map (pvp/cyrodiil infos)

i really hope (think) the instancing wont be as bad as some people think. i like having the same enemies. it builds rivals and hate, etc

guilds can form actual alliances.

leaderboards

no item loot, no coin loot- u get alliance points

Archery sounds like TES games, ie can shoot through a steel grate / slots (can also pour burning oil on people through these)

resources > keeps