I dont know what to think but i agree with OP.
Also will skyrim be the last singe player TES Game? And if every province is in TES Online will that mean we wontget to explore other provinces in skyrim?
Hope This will be lore friendly.. and something unique

I'm pretty excited to see what they'll come up with. I love the ES series because of the gameplay, and the world that Bethesda has created for us. I also like MMOs. Of course I'm not going to say that I'll definitely buy it or not until I see/read more about it, but if ZeniMax can make a fun MMO that stays true to the lore of ES and the world of Tamriel, then I'll definitely give it a chance.

MMO = Time consuming,money making machines with boring,repetitive quests,leveling and item grinding.
I dont think this game will be any different

I feel like now would be a good time to be back in highschool.

You just described Skyrim.

They will need it. Next-gen is supposed to be even more expensive.

I don't know how I feel. I'm not very big on MMOs (or any multiplayer for that matter) but as long as BGS continues to make great single-player experiences and people can get their "TES multiplayer" fix from the TES MMO then I guess it's okay. I just hope that if the game doesn't turn out too well that it won't affect BGS too much.

Yes except the money part and there are no items worth grinding for.

My only reaction:
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Nervous
I'd like it to be a success because since I don't play much PnP anymore online gaming is the only way I'd get to interact with characters RPed by real people (which is far more interesting and unpredictable than an AI) but I can't say (in my admittedly limited experience) I've been impressed by MMOs or the RPing I've seen on them

Yeah it usually a big disappointment even on the so called "roleplaying" servers.

Personally I'm excited. I'm really looking forward to an mmo set in the Elder Scrolls universe. I'm looking forward to this as an mmo, which is different that single player design. To me it's like a spin off, that I am really looking forward to. I'm a big mmo player along with single player games. So if they can capture a good world, with great open world pvp, I will be there day on to explore one of my favorite universes, while getting some mmo gameplay that I enjoy..

I have been waiting for this for ages!

not so much the multi-player, but having all provinces in one!

being able to explore red mountain one minute and then travelling to the halls of the colossus in elsweyr or the adamentium tower the next!

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Great.. Now I'm having doubts. I am now remembering why I don't play MMOs. People svck.

I wonder if they'll bother making Cyrodiil a jungle this time around..

So... let me get this straight here. You expect to pay the one-time "fee" of purchasing the original game - as in the 1.0 set - and then receive years of patches, updates, and mini-expansions for free, on a game that'll require several servers and employees to maintain, that will have to run 24/7/365, and that will require a great deal of resources beyond the original release date?

You are living under a rock, friend. You don't understand the economics of maintain a proper MMO. Skyrim will - at most - receive patches and updates for up to two years simply to fix flaws and prepare for future DLC/expansion sets that will cost you an additional $10-$30 each. Yet you expect ESO to have that one fee of $60 that'll last you years beyond the scope of new content?

Let's look at two other major MMOs for comparison: World of Warcraft and EVE Online, each paid subscription games. WoW supports millions of players, constantly updates with new patches to support these players, must maintain hundreds of servers and employees, and still have a workforce to build new content - which STILL costs additional money - over the course of a decade. There is no remotely possible way that Blizzard could maintain the quality of this game (subjective opinions aside, here) with that first $60 purchase - there would be no profits to maintain. The same goes for EVE Online - and they have less people to satisfy by far, and they don't make you pay for expansions, they just happen.

But a dude's gotta eat, bro.

Further, Xbox Gold requires a fee to maintain the downloading speed and support systems that it has as a whole - for all of your content. So while it is more expensive that I'd personally like, and I don't play that frequently, it's still feasible to have.

All in all, you're not aware of the necessities of online gameplay. You're still thinking in the mentality of your narrow, single player experience. You've got to think big, friend. Think big - and then BIGGER.

Criticisms aside, I'm still cautious about my hopes for this game. I pray that the lore will be respected. That said, this has been a game I've wanted ever since I first played Elder Scrolls III, so I cannot deny my utter excitement. So I'll wait and see. If I don't like it, I don't have to pay for it, and I'll stick to my pew pew space ship in EVE.

I'm glad that the franchise has grown a new branch to reach other people.

I won't play the MMO though because
1) I don't like MMOs in general, to me they're just a "show-your-internet-muscles" to other nerds by showing off your so awesome items in other peoples' faces. It's pathetic and a waste of life in my opinion. This goes to all MMOs, not just this one, and the story is always the same, no matter what kind of MMO it is.
2) I'm getting older and got more important things to do than games. Skyrim is my last game.

Pretty mixed opinions. I've never personally played an MMNO, and I look forwards to journeying across Tamriel and exploring the other provinces, but thats pretty much it. I think TES should stay single player tbh, and the developers should stick to what makes their games great; ie the ultimate single player experience and the freedom to make the game your own. With an MMO, I think the immersion, the wonder of exploration, interesting cultures and overall 'epicness' will diminish VERY quickly when you get your ass kicked every ten minutes by annoying noobs and anime characters.

Not sure how to feel about it myself. I'm definitely not excited because I typically don't like MMOs, but I think I'll at least give it a chance one day if the price isn't too high.

I'm excited.

Like I said in my thread, I'm skeptical at the moment, with all the trash that's came out lately. I hope that they pull this off and still deliver the unique TES experience while not copying too much of games like WoW with its stale combat and I hope that we get as little of "collect x" quests. When the trailer and screenies come out tomorrow I'll make my first basis on the visuals and if they fit the TES style, I hope they do.

Also, I'm totally naming my first character Rolf the Uber or Im-leet.

You have it straight. I refuse to pay more than once in order to use what I've already bought. I don't play multiplayer on xbox because it's not worth it. paying extra for a basic, or in the case of a montly sub MMO the core, function of gameplay is not right and I refuse to be party to it.

Oh, and I fully understand that the money for subs is used for patches and such. That's why I always plug microtransactions. It gives you the illusion of choice* to net the company money without, essentially, forcing you to pay more than once for the same thing. So please, don't be a [censored] and assume because I find charging to use what you buy after you bought it unethical I don't "understand" something that you do.

*The illusion of choice because it's not a choice when there's a definitive right answer, and when you can pay a dollar to get a magic sword or have to play a game with multiple people to get the same weapon then there's really only the alternative of shelling out.

That's very much my opinion too. If they really wanted to add a multiplayer component, then online co-op in Skyrim would have worked perfectly - allowing your friends to adventure with you. Just companions with better AI

An MMO means immersion gets thrown out the window for starters. The vast majority of players won't role play. Their grasp of Tamriel's lore will be so poor that if you mention Alessia or Lorkhan, they'll probably assume you're talking about characters from a Game of Thrones book that has yet to make it to television. I'm not even going to start on how difficult it would be to get a decent first person PVP combat system working when you've got latency to consider. I'm very worried, but eager to be proven wrong.