5 Years and not much to show for.

Post » Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:17 am

Why after 5 years of development, we don't have a descent website for the game?
We don't have a forum for the game.
We don't have anything but a few screenshots.
"We have not yet announced the business model for The Elder Scrolls Online"
What?

Is this a 5 years in development project or something on Kickstarter?
Why aren't there real images from the races in the game on the website?
Is this a joke or something?

http://elderscrollsonline.com/en/game-guide/alliances/ebonheart-pact
Zoom-in on the "Dark Elf" image!
That's the worst crop I have ever seen! There's even white dots left under the helmet.

So after 5 years of development, you guys don't know how you will make money off this thing?
After 5 years you don't have a forum?
And you can't provide more than 3 lines of text for the races?

Then you invite a couple of goofs and let them play for 4 hours and the only thing they can bring back is virtually nothing?!
Can someone explain any of this?
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Paula Rose
 
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Post » Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:22 am

lol. i didn't even know that site exsisted. thanks for the link.

the game is in alpha or pre-alpha. they dont need a forum or anything yet.
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Siobhan Wallis-McRobert
 
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Post » Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:29 am

The website for this game, which will be separate from the Bethesda forums is coming soon. I think you will be quite happy with it.

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1419368-hands-on-with-elder-scrolls-online-podcast/
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Taylrea Teodor
 
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Post » Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:39 am

Why after 5 years of development, we don't have a descent website for the game?
We don't have a forum for the game.
We don't have anything but a few screenshots.
"We have not yet announced the business model for The Elder Scrolls Online"
What?

Is this a 5 years in development project or something on Kickstarter?
Why aren't there real images from the races in the game on the website?
Is this a joke or something?

http://elderscrollsonline.com/en/game-guide/alliances/ebonheart-pact
Zoom-in on the "Dark Elf" image!
That's the worst crop I have ever seen! There's even white dots left under the helmet.

So after 5 years of development, you guys don't know how you will make money off this thing?
After 5 years you don't have a forum?
And you can't provide more than 3 lines of text for the races?

Then you invite a couple of goofs and let them play for 4 hours and the only thing they can bring back is virtually nothing?!
Can someone explain any of this?
Believe it or not, but ZOS is actually busy DEVELOPING the game. Anything else is a second priority to that, which I'm fine with. I'd rather have a game that is extremely polished at launch rather than one where they put all their resources into a website, forum, and the game was incomplete and broken.
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Emma Parkinson
 
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Post » Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:36 am

it's not that they don't know these things, it's that they won't reveal them yet.

And how did the reveals bring back nothing, what about:

1) MEGA SERVER
2) CONTROL SCHEME
3) GAME MECHANICS

and so on
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Melanie Steinberg
 
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Post » Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:20 am

The website for this game, which will be separate from the Bethesda forums is coming soon. I think you will be quite happy with it.

Well, the site exists, it just doesn't have a forum yet. ;)

I'm looking forward to a dedicated ESO forum.
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asako
 
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Post » Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:56 am

The forums will go up closer to game launch. For now, the discussion will remain here. The forums for ESO will be integrated with the game so it needs to be developed in conjunction with the game.
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Big mike
 
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Post » Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:14 am

The forums will go up closer to game launch. For now, the discussion will remain here. The forums for ESO will be integrated with the game so it needs to be developed in conjunction with the game.
Integrated with the game? That sounds very interesting. Care to elaborate? :angel:
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Mr.Broom30
 
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Post » Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:28 am

Integrated with the game? That sounds very interesting. Care to elaborate? :angel:

Agreed. Would like more information very much.
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Roy Harris
 
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Post » Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:54 am

Integrated with the game? That sounds very interesting. Care to elaborate? :angel:

Maybe he meant incorporated with the game...

I doubt opening up a forum box while pwning a boss would make for good gameplay. They're going for the clean interface here, so i can't see this, however nice.
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