I'm going to write and leave this here since far too many people either misconstrue the meaning of the video or see the title, show up, leave a hyper-original comment(usually involving something like "child" or "baby"), and then dip without ever even watching it or understanding its content. While these comments don't really bother me, it does sadden me to see people write off this piece do to a misconception or some other reason, as there's no real reason a community should split like this. Everyone should want the best for their game and for other players of the game's community. Even if you don't raid or care about raiding, which is completely fine, it still doesn't make much sense to rag on other players because they don't play the way you do. We are players too just like you, we just preferred to focus on different content than you, and there's nothing wrong with that. The point of this video isn't to "stick it to ZoS" or clap back at them in any way. I stated multiple times in the video that they do not care about their player base. Why would I ever make a video directed towards them with this in mind? "Announcing myself leaving for clout" is also not the point. I haven't uploaded to this channel in years, and have no serious plans to going forward. If I wanted clout that badly, I would've been chasing it long before I made this. The point of this video is to share my experiences with the game as a player, to share what I have learned about the game and its developers and community, to express my many issues with the game and how it has evolved over time, and to ultimately show the conclusion that I had reached after all the time I have spent playing. There is no point in making a video calling out ZoS, they do not care. I can however possibly influence players to have a different understanding of the game going forward and to provide caution to those who are thinking of playing this game. I possibly can also be an example to people who feel like they are obligated to keep playing the game to finally leave themselves, and to show them that you don't have to trap yourself through sunk cost fallacy. "Why deconstruct everything? You're only hurting yourself, this is pointless. Just take a break and come back in a couple years when you feel like playing again." I didn't just pointlessly deconstruct everything. You can see me trading everything, gold and materials, to a friend who does still play the game. Now granted, there is a good chance I still would've deleted everything on my account anyways if I didn't trade to a friend. One of the reasons is to ensure that I never get the urge to return and fool myself into thinking the game has changed only to be disappointed and frustrated all over again. During my time playing, there has been a constant cycle where the developers will improve the game a bit, and then a couple patches later start tanking the game all over again. I cannot trust a company that places all of their resources on complacency and monetization schemes instead of improving the game, and I will never return to it. "Of course you're gonna get bored, all you do is one thing!" I don't know how this came about. I focused on one thing, that doesn't mean its the only thing I do. I had stated that I would sometimes do dungeons whether it be veteran or hard mode runs, random normal farming, or gear farming; I would PvP, I would do specific quests to gain more skill points to make my toons more flexible, I would level new toons and complete sky shard and lore book runs on them, I even started doing some housing towards the end since I had accumulated a large sum of gold from running with carry services. I focused on raiding because it was the most enjoyable and the most rewarding to me, despite how little rewards were offered. Questing quickly became boring since it offered basically 0 reward outside of a handful of things including the Tamriel Hero title(plus I didn't find the story all that interesting or enjoyable), dungeons were ok when I didn't grow tired of them from constantly farming my random normals every day, and PvP was fun when it worked. Trials for me were the most interesting and engaging part of the game. I also never grew bored of them, I only grew more and more fed up with the constant negative game-altering changes that the development team kept pushing through. Trials were fun till the end. This wasn't made as a "that'll show them!" type of video, nor was it made to complain for the sake of complaining. It's here as a commentary piece on what the game has been to many players like myself and what the game has come to over time. Hopefully this clears things up a bit and helps people see the point I'm trying to make in a better, or at least different, light.
Literally a nerd going through a mental break over an outdated game. That mental shit is gonna hurt you. I'm willing to bet, deep down you hate yourself for over spending your time and wasting your life on this outdated crap, not the game or the devs, na, you are pissed because you realize how much you wasted, all for absolutely ZERO gain. That 3k hours you spent...guess what..you could have learned a whole new skill and practically mastered it, and then made good money and career. But na, spend half of a year total of your time, invested into crap. Good job, Jimmy. Proud of you.
I agree with your choice. If this protects physiological and physical well being, then there is no need for explanation. I’m a solo player, I don’t have any skills even though I’m over CP600. Recently I started soloing four man group dungeons but got discouraged when the first gate in banished cells (normal) would not open. It took me over 3 years to build up the courage to try this. I was ok with not being able to complete the dungeon, but to be stopped because of a glitch was off putting. I have respect for skilled players who go out of their way, to look out for players like me. I’m not in a guild, but most of my gear were bought from people like you who did the time grinding for them. Whereas, I spend most of the time trying to get in game coins to purchase them. After all these years I still don’t have a complete build. I somewhat, understand the frustration. I’m still working to complete at least one build. Keep your head up, take the time you need to mourn the lost, and know that you will be missed.
Its a good lesson to not take games seriously at all. At the end of the day they don't matter and getting frustrated is fruitless. That is my takeaway from the time I spent in MMOs.
I've been playing MMOs for many years, I think they live in a special place in our hearts and with all the effort everyone puts into creating and sustaining them, you should take it seriously and the time you spend in these games in time well spent. I mean what else are you gonna do, drink yourself stupid in a bar?
I am bed bound and games are one of the only things i can actually do in my daily life this defenitely doesn't apply to everyone but most of my social life is online for this reason
@@Kaltar_ Nothing applies to everyone and most people are not bed bound. I argue your life doesn’t necessarily revolve around games, you choose for it to. You could spend all your time on Omeagle or a chat room and still be social, without the gaming piece. Even without options, you have options and have made a choice to focus on games. His advice is good advice, don’t let your happiness revolve around some guys in suits deciding which game to fund next year.
What ever is worth doing in life ,Is worth overdoing. It's called passion and is what gives life a taste. Good or bad it's a taste rather than have 0 tastes in life and min maxing only meaningful activities.
This is such a weirdly sad video. You were a fantastic player and we're all gonna miss you. Infamous could really use you. I feel your frustration though. I was obsessed with this game- every aspect of it- for so many years, and these last few patches just broke me. The magic is gone and I don't feel that same pull anymore.
"A game isn't something you invest time in, a game's something you spend time in with the sole purpose of having fun, meeting interesting people and / or doing interesting things. If you achieved some of that, then it has indeed served it's purpose." - a smart person
Do you realize that you have contradicted yourself? I'll let you open a book to then try to understand what "investing" actually means. I don't have time to explain it to someone who should know basic vocabulary. When, and if you do, open that book, you may (hopefully) then understand how silly you sound.
@@vvcv__00 It's a quote and english is not my mother tongue so unfortunately my vocabulary is limited. I'm sorry if this quote doesn't make sense to you. For many others it does. Have a great day!
@@vvcv__00 Calling someone stupid when they speak in their 2nd or 3rd language because you understand a verb differently does not make you look good. How many languages do you speak?
@@doenermitallem Look, people all over the internet like to claim that one person phrased a statement, which was never actually said. If you go back and read my comment, i never called you 'STUPID'. So please, do not put words into my mouth. If anything, I was claiming a laziness to what you wrote. However, since you did not write it, we should forget my error of laziness in not realizing that you quoted another persons' laziness. You cool with that? I speak English, Spanish, Italian and basic Latin.
Dude my heart hurts watching this. I did this same thing on console, then came back and did it again on pc…but the devs just dont fckn care. It sucks so much. Thanks for being part of the great player community we had. Even though i dont know you, i feel the aggravation.
@Brad Andrews because in the hopes of a member or members of zenimax seeing this it shows that this means nothing, they've lost a great player that's played this game for a very long time and he's ensured he's not coming back via destroying/ giving away all he's earned, unfortunately I think a lot of people that have played this game since it came out are just sick of zenimax not caring about their playerbase and gearing their efforts towards the hopeless fools that spends copious amounts of money on this game
This game has so much potential but Crown Store Studios doesn't care about it at all and if they could just delete the entire game and only leave the crown crate gambling, they probably would.
This game is 8 years old. Just weird to me to talk about it's potential, when this games potential should've been crystal clear long before now. Long past time to be able to use potential as an excuse for poor upkeep, bad Dev decisions, and sweeping bugs and lag under the rug.
@@irishsage2459 I'm not using it as an excuse. Just stating the fact that the potential is there if only there was an actual respectable company behind the game to capitalize on it.
I've never seen a game anywhere near this good and with this much potential be abandoned by it's devs as much as ESO is. There are soo many lower quality and less profitable games having so much more work put into them... It's really crazy... I mean just look at GW2. Perfect example.
@@Bumbum_Inspector I'm not saying you're personally using it as an excuse, it's just one I always see when it comes to ESO. Players want to hand wave it's issues because of potential. It just doesn't work like that. If you had an employee working for you and you're still talking about his/her potential eight years later chances are he/she would have been fired long ago.
Feel ya man gw2 is in my opinion a lesser game than eso, but when you have a dev team that cares enough at least not to frustrate the players it makes gw2 better than eso or better eso had slipped below gw2 while gw2 stayed consistent most of time.
This is sad but very relatable, did that before and then started again on new accounts. The feels as the "Clockwork Reliquary" bows one last time as you delete it :´( (18:40)
"Find another game that won't backstab you." I felt it in your voice. I had witnessed first hand, chapter after chapter in game of this betrayal for myself. Greed, loot boxes, lack of care- they are letting one of the most promising games to ever exist, the most well received MMO for a time ... to die because of the awful devs not caring about their players. I'm sorry to see you go, but i'm happy you are. You deserve better, we all do.
Oh man this is really sad :( I'm a casual solo pve player but I completely understand the frustration and burnout of pvp/endgame veteran players. When I saw videos of how rude and hateful the dev's are to their player base I almost quit myself. ZOS is self destructing taking us all down with them.
I can relate, and this video had a pretty big impact on me. I know what it's like to lose a ton of time in an mmo and it's like losing a part of yourself, but your resolve to do this speaks volumes of you and I'm confident you'll use your new found time to do something you enjoy even more. Just remember that letting go of old parts of yourself (while it feels very empty at first) will make room for new parts of yourself to grow. Sorry the game did this like you man, unfortunate turn of updates, but overall this video radiates positivity because there's potential to learn that sometimes letting go of an attachment (especially one this big coming from fellow soul gamer) is what needs to happen before you start leveling up on the cosmic scale, not just the mmo scale. Respect to you and what you did for you community, true hope and confidence that your skin and spirit will thicken from this ❤
This hurts my soul… I know you’re serious when you destroy the empire you have worked so hard to get.. I am sure you will be missed. Rest in peace 😢. I understand and I am almost there myself…
Thank you for filling in the raids I've joined in Undaunted Insomniacs! While we did not raid much, it was still a pleasure playing with you :> -Quiest
Will certainly miss my healing duo! Hopefully you find fulfilling experiences on other games! Will never forget the times we had back in Calculated and many other teams.
It was constant gear grind that did me in. I would have roughly fifteen to twenty hours a week I could actually spend playing, and it felt like every time I finally got a full set of gear to replace the gear that just got reworked and my class skills got changed, and it would ruin my build. Then I'd have to go and grind a newer different set, to make a new build with the new gear, or old reworked gear that now worked for my build in the way the gear I was using no-longer did, and then they'd rework that gear in a hotfix or update, and I'd have to start all over again. No one wants to grind a dungeon several dozen times or more praying to RNG for the gear you need only to finally get it, waist your rare resources raising it's quality, and then have it changed and reworked the next day. I got to a point where my gear was becoming obsolete faster than I could farm it, and I had to take a long hard look at the time I spent playing the game, and realize I wasn't doing any of the new story content, or my daily's, or even spending time with player friends, because my only method of play, was login que for specific dungeon and pray for gear, on repeat, the same dungeon, to the point where I mentally checked out and felt like I wanted to go back to work so I could enjoy myself. When I started realizing I was having more fun at work, than I was playing a game, I knew it was time to quit playing ESO.
Miss raiding with you man. The recent updates have nearly killed the game, and it won't last that much longer. 7200 hours in and been playing since launch, and I am just as close to giving up. Zos is genuinely just bad at their job and it's crazy.
A lot of what you said here is what I feel about this game, too. I love ESO, but I don't like where Zos is steering this game into. I, too, am quitting ESO, but I have another reason why I want to quit. I actually have experienced way too much drama in this community that it lead me to leaving a lot of Guilds. Yes, there is no escaping drama in anything we are going through today, but after 4 years of going through ESO community drama nonstop, I feel that I had absorbed too much. I hail from Xbox NA, and best of luck finding something better for you than this once great game. Ashame to see such potential for ESO squander.
It is sad to see you go, but I understand. I find myself only logging on these days for the few nights that I do raid. It was a pleasure raiding with you and thank you for making me a better player.
An exceptionally sad and heart breaking video. I don't know you Lynxic but I think you are a very cool dude, hope I get to play an MMO with you one day out there.
I don't blame you for making this decision. I don't have it in me to erase all my progress but maybe one day. Good on you for deciding that your time is precious and ESO hasn't been respecting it anymore. Better to cut and run knowing it will guarantee happiness than to hope for improvements that may or may not come.
More power to ya. Many blessings. I uninstalled the game a year ago and I haven’t looked back. Ima do what you did. Ima sell off everything and help someone coming up in the game. Pass on all the gold and mats …
Good luck and I hope you find a game you really enjoy! I’ve felt the burnout from the gear and combat changes along with the lack of rewards in game but the steady flow of crown store stuff that’s really cool. After looking at how much I’ve spent over the past several years on crown crates, I’ve decided to not play ESO as much anymore. I might login for events but those have become stale. Same lame rewards each year with one new addition. I love the company and the employees, but the game has become overly monetized and that’s not good for my addictive behavior.
I understand your frustration about the changes but I have built a life inside here that is bigger than combat and gear changes. My friends and guild mates are here and having just experienced the death of one made me realize how much they have come to mean to me. So I am here for them and I still find things to love and enjoy the grind.
I totally agree, been here since beta and yes I have made many good friends and guildies that I support. We still play for each other.. I even have an old guildie that we loved that lost their life at an early age. Yes the game is frustrating, but for now I help out people as much as I can. I give away armor and wepons that I already have in my sticker book almost daily to anyone who wants in zone. Just trying to help anyone new to the game. I had people helping me just paying it forward.
I'm glad you still have people you can roll with. About 90% of the people I played with during the times I was practically addicted to this game have all left. I can't even remember the number of guilds I joined that just fell off. It was enough for me.
I quit this game over 2 years ago and I agree with everything you're saying! It's sad what this game has become. GW2 & FF14 is my new home and I'm loving it. Should give it a try 🤠
I never delete characters, although after 20 years of playing MMOs I found that they will do a "server migration" and delete it anyways. So it's always best to give everything away to everyone as it will really become worthless if one does not do so.
I'm sorry to see this, you're clearly beyond done with it all. I came back to the game 4 months ago and honestly, I still enjoy my time there. I play with a friend we grind a lot of gear and we're into it. But I went back into Craglorn and chat is far more dead than 2 years ago and got me worried. Save our wonderful game pls
Been playing since the open beta and loved the game, but i have never been one for MMO's like WoW etc, so I played this more like Skyrim, enjoying the Solo story lines, left the game for months even years while i started playing games like Valorant and so on, then came back to this after couple years and playing it from the start with a new build just to enjoy the dlc and i can see for dedicated vets that grinded for so long how this is so wrong and i understand why you would want to leave, but maybe give it time and hopefully they can bring this back, if Battlefield could have one of the worst launches but then bring back the community after months of hate maybe ESO can too
Its the only way you leave the game else you come back. Leaving this game over a year ago was the best thing i did and im glad i did because its gone downhill even more by the sounds of it.
Unfortunately I doubt it will :( it's fine though, that wasn't why I made the video. I made it to share my experiences, the issues that are present in the game, and the conclusion I reached after extensive playtime. ZoS doesn't care about my actions here, they only want my wallet. So the most I can do is give other players the information that one day even they can be stabbed in the back by this corrupt company. Still, Infamous and raiding with the boys were some of the best times of my life, and they'll stick with me forever. Maybe one day you'll hold my dick in another game 💪
Watching your video made me cry. I loved the game and had to stop playing myself a while ago. Seeing all your items and the time and effort you put into the game.... 😔... So sad
Same. I quit after 6 years on 2 platforms. Done it all from trifectas to pvp and im sick of the bugs, shitty dev choices, predatory crown store (especially for new players), the list goes on and on. I went back to WoW for the new expansion and its pretty fun so far. Good luck out there man.
Sorry to hear this. I have taken a break from ESO but I jump on every now and again can’t bring myself to delete everything though 8 years of my gaming life! I appreciate that you took your stand though. maybe another newer mmo will grab you like this one did.
You're brave enough to do what I couldn't. I had all intentions to quit when update 35 dropped but just canceled my eso plus. The game is getting worse and alot more boring. Damn....well what are going to be playing now?
I don't blame you. I been playing since early 2015 and loved this game to death, still do but nowhere near as much anymore, nor do I play it as often, and generally take breaks from it often. It's a shame to see something you love fall into a poor state, but what can you do... Cheers mate.
I laud your efforts to play as long as you did and support other players. I posit most things in life, like ESO, eventually become old, busted, or boring, whether a game, an automobile, or a job. I maintain that many, if not most players, will eventually max out their playing abilities and characters such that the game seems boring, as you note. This plateau may transpire over many years on its own or may be aggravated by "challenges" in devs managing game design and application, as we have seen this past year. Some players enjoy the game for years and progress relatively slowly while others peak in less than one year. I assert that a negative or positive view of game progression is a matter of perspective that differs widely amongst players. Hats off to you for graduating and elevating to new heights, wherever that may be. I suggest you start over and learn to play with one eye and/or one hand as a new challenge and see how that takes! I'd like to see that. Cheers mate.
I am in this same situation. ZoS has completely ruined this game. It's all thanks to Rich Lambert (a person i used to like) and their lack of care for the players who have played for years. They would rather loose veteran players to gain new players who dont know they are about to get fucked.
Sad to see you go but you’re always welcome to play Final Fantasy XIV we have great content, great community, and great story. From what I’ve heard even the people who quit comes back to the game due to how good it is. I’ve been playing since February this year and I must say my experience has been good also if you’re unsure there is a free trial to see if you like it or not.
Sorry to see you go brother wish you the best, in Life and gaming. This is what happens when ZOS doesn't listen to it's community. I have taken time off recently and only return because a large portion of my guild still plays the game. But I know many players like you who have left and will be missed.
I've genuinely not been able to spend more than a few hours a week logged into eso since the update. The changes were one thing, some devs make bad calls but when we show them empirical evidence that the changes they're making will make the game worse and they tell us were wrong its utterly draining, we've played the game for near on a decade now, we know it inside and out, how it functions and whats possible based on that. Funny enough a little trust in us the community could have gone so far towards preventing this kind of situation from unfolding.
No, no, no. THEY shouldn't trust YOU little peon. YOU should trust THEM. Zenimax has proven itself to be a paragon of competence and ethical virtue over and over again... What you believe to be your "constructive criticism" of this game is really just insultingly blatant trolling and you are a toxic man baby for not agreeing with everything they say, and tbh, your opinion should probably just be censored altogether. Now for the love of Akatosh, please stop "crying" and go spend some more money on the Crown Store.
I feel your pain. SOE did this to us in Star Wars Galaxies. I played SWG from beta to the NGE and the wife and I had six accounts. Sucks when a game you love so much gets destroyed by upper management.
I’m a casual n pretty much solo player..I don’t do raids because I’m constantly getting dc’ed from game but man I feel bad for you raiders who spend so much time to grind gear n skill n learn the mechanics just to have ZOS spit in y’all face. I wish you the best of luck in what ever game you place next
Oh don't feel bad for these pve'ers. They're just learning what a stab in the back feels like. Us pvp'ers spent so many years getting stabbed that eventually they ran out of places on our backs to stab us, so they just started stabbing our faces... The PvP community has more holes in it than Swiss cheese and has been dead for a long time. As a matter of fact, the ESO PvP community has been dead for so long that there's hardly any pvp'ers left to point out all the atrocities committed against us. Dead men tell no tales. No one would even remember us if we didn't have bitter retirees like myself hanging around to remind everyone, like a stinking corpse beneath the floorboard. It would appear that the rest of the community has gotten used to the smell though, so we are just an afterthought now... an extinct race from a long lost golden age... before the dark times...
I'm the same way, just a solo player and PvE player..... I've went back to Skyrim to play it but I don't know, I might go back and play it again but......
@@johnburton1205 try giving Morrowind and Oblivion a whirl if you've never played those. They have all kinds of mods now to update the graphics and whatnot too if you're picky with your visuals.
@@lordbane5627 man is this comment so true. This game ruined me. When you put your heart and soul into something and you don’t get anything back it destroys you.
I understand how u feel my dude. Ur story is very similar to mine. People that don't game will never understand and ppl that didn't go after the hardest raid achievements will never understand. Marketing exclusively to new players and not caring about the veteran community. Everything u said is correct. It made me so mad to have to cancel eso plus and just say I'm not playing this game anymore and I refuse to give them another penny because they destroyed the only game I loved enough to play for 8 years and only game that I got that invested in. Feels like I was slowly robbed over 8 years. The money but also the time and effort to become the best possible player I could be.
I understand as a solo/small group PVP player. Quit years ago and was about to come back for PVE and just play that, but it seems they finally screwed over the PvE community too.
@GeoBeans the hybrid changes sounded like a good idea but in reality there's 0 class identity now between builds. Everybody using the exact same weapons and sets no matter if ur mag or Stam or whatever class. It's crazy. If they can turn a massive fan like me away then they are really doing something wrong.
Truly respectable in every regard. Hope you come back at some point if ZoS would ever realize what a gem of a game they possess and the potential therof. Regrind would suck but if you come back, I have a community that will help. God bless
I cancelled about three Month ago for quiet the same reason.... ESO is so down SO much and got just Bad and boring in a Lot of facetts. Absolutely agree with u. It's such a shame because i LOVED this Game so much for over 4 Years. After Summerset/Elsweyr it got downwards SO fast and bad.... And don't speak of fckn Performance. My last Trifectas was Godslayer but alone because of Performance that makes Progging so hard i really can't Imagine wasting my time anymore. But the real reason was the Update 35 Changes or WHAT they tried to Push through. As an Endgame/Progression Raider i feel still SO insulted. What they try to do was just a slap in the face. And from that Point i lost any Intension to put anything in this Game anymore. Quitting before Update 35 (or Order 69) was the best decision. And THAT Hurts ne because i actually love the pillars of this Game. All the best to you!
I love Elder Scrolls. Is the game worth getting for someone who would ignore all aspects of an mmo game and just focus on solo story and quests? I did the same thing with SWTOR, it is very possible to ignore an mmo aspect of that game and focus solely on the story. I don't know if it's possible with ESO
Some people like it, I found it impossibly boring and uninteractive, and it's not like I don't play story games either. I played the other TES games for the story and enjoyed it. There's a little story that I found interesting, but most of it I found bleh. It's definitely not a true Elder Scrolls game experience. It's the same as every other MMO fetch quest
dont listen to this dude. trial players in eso hate everything. ive enjoyed this game for its lore, its characters, its music, its environmental design, etc. its a beautiful game and one of my favorites of all time. thats how i first got into eso. i never played an mmo and wanted to play an elder scrolls world game. do not regret it one bit
Good. I'm glad you gave everything you broke down to your friend who still plays. It shows that you care about them. Also if you're going to quit the game the materials might as well go somewhere. :)
Classes were gutted and play was severely dumbed down so the average player could participate. If you take QA devs brain and put it into bird it will fly backwards.
To me Elder Scrolls Online is and always will be, the biggest, the nicest and most detailed mmorpg out there an plus the fact that the elder scrolls have a nostalgic effect on me, i think i will never stop playing this xD
I feel your pain. I've logged 2450 hours then at Update 35 I refused to pay for Plus due to how little Zos listens to their community. I still log in for Riding on my last 4 alts, Endeavors for a decent 16k mount & I'm on the last trait on Blacksmith weapons & medium armor to obtain master crafter. I figure I worked toward it for so long I need to accomplish that goal. Other than that, I'm looking for a new game to enjoy.
^ Yep. I mean, I understand the community's frustration with the devs, the state of game and how the devs treat veteran players in general. They have their right to be frustrated but personally I keep my expectations low and just find a way to make the most out of the game which is how I treat all the games I buy. I guess that's just me though - not too casual of a player that I'm not learning something like how to solo vet content but not too hardcore either that I'm too keen on DPS numbers down to the decimal. Haven't done raids yet so my opinion may change.
@@jujubear9909 honestly the raid community is exhausting. they all think they are gods gift to the game. and unless you have every hard mode/trifecta clear in the game you have to run with the people on the struggle bus who absolutely think rele/nirn is the best setup for someone doing portals in VCR and man they couldnt be more wrong and you cant tell them differently. getting in groups as an outsider is an absolute chore.
ESO got butchered so bad in 2022 it's unreal. I have never seen a game company so decidedly kill their own game and dismiss their long term customers maybe except for Guild Wars 2. Both games suck so bad 2022 onwards, it's so sad
@@gwynbleiddroach2589 no they haven't. 2022 is the worst year for GW2. No new content. Steam launch only attracted 3k players despite being a free game. Not sure how only launching new content every 18 months is "stepping up"
I was recently able to buy the game after 2.5 years of looking from the sidelines, and am genuinely enjoying the game at the moment. I play solely for the lore exploration and have made a self-promise to never go for premium crown store subscription. I aim to play it slowly and over a few years, with only buying the expansions and that too after I finish almost 60% of all that I own. But seeing this video makes me realise that there exists a quite jarring rabbit hole which might be easy to get sucked into, since all the crown store stuff is so shiny and eye-catching. I am thankful to the author for being warned in advanced, and will try to just patiently build up my characters. I do hope for him to find a greater comfort in exploring other aspects of life, and that the dejection he feels for all these 3600 hours spent there may turn into a faded but nostalgic memory.
I quit playstation years ago. Left all my gear, housing and achievements. Never figured I would come back to the broken game. Built a PC and started over little over year ago. Yep, game is still same. I enjoy jumping on and running things, learning what's new and meeting people. Just recently bought a ps5 so about to check out all my old gold gear and see if I know anyone anymore. It's tough but I still like the game.
A real shame. How many such videos will it take before ZoS decide to grow a heart? Or will it never happen and the game will become the new sunken atlantis of art forms?
this is even sadder, cuz zenimax losing players of your caliber its not enough for them to wake up and change their ways, the new block bug is an example of that wait 15 more days for a non certain fix....
Well,there is still many bunch of bugs zos didnt fix FOR YEARS. About Firesong DLC ,I saw many bugs after launch and half of them was fixed after not 2 weeks but whole entire month.And not everything is fixed to this day.... About block bug this "feature" isn't something new.We saw already block bug any times.
This breaks my heart a lot won’t realise this but we out here literally sinking our lives in to this fucking game man watching this all the way through seeing you decon everything and giving it all a way to a friend was really rough to watch brother I hope where ever you land you enjoy it I’m too far gone now 6000+ hours in I just can’t stop I wish I could but I can’t may Talos always guide you 💜 & FUCK ZOS
As someone that has played this game on and off since the very beginning it really sucks to see this because it is such a beautiful game and I've always enjoyed everything about it. I never got into raiding because I mainly did all my raiding in world of Warcraft and I didn't have time to do that in two separate games which takes a lot of time and effort. I have backed off from raiding for the last 4 years. I bounced around different games I don't spend too much time in one game anymore. I have been seeing more and more people quit elder scrolls online recently and even though I've always been casual in the game I know that the raiding community is probably one of the main communities that makes a game great along with PVP which that's another topic. The best thing to take away from all of this is it's about the memories about the times that you had with friends in the game the people that you got to know that you would have never met otherwise and I think that's probably the thing that people remember most
Same fam. Same. ZOS doesn't deserve the players it had and still has, they will have a reckoning for what they've done. Hope to see you on the next adventure. ♥
i have been in a raiding guild it was very fun but then the update that ended it all came and the guild i was in died out and i was left amongs others who still endure and play the game with a strong flame, we feel the rain down our fire but it never will turn to ash. i feel for you its sad and specialy watching you destroying your lifes work, what if it becomes better? then you stand there with the wisdom but empty handed until you reach out and friends return with a smile that you are back and kicking. i engjoy the game in my own right i am a GM of a pretty chilled Guild ive been leading about 3k hours so i know the pain you are in, all i hope is ESO will be going into a new light, and it looks like 2023 might be the one its to early to say it but hope never dies. cheers all hope you will find your forever mmo Peace out.
I feel you man. I've been in this situation with many mmos over the years so now I have zero trust in them. SWG, LOTRO etc, all eventually pull some revamp shit that completely ruins everything. I got burned out on eso after 500 dungeon runs without getting the drop I needed, now I just play GW2 (which has plenty of its own problems) but has even better gear longevity than eso and the pvp is in marginally better state. Raiding is a bit on the easy side but I'm getting older and slower so that suits me.
I left DCUO and eventually found ESO. I'll leave ESO one day and hopefully I find another MMO like it. I'm not a fan of tab target mmos with 400 ability icons on screen. I like the real time action combat of ESO
@@poopikins that right there is the problem. Every other MMO is at least partially some tab target trash. If it wasn't for ESO's combat I would never have stuck with it
@@Shaxigaming It's got that Genshin Impact anime style, but everything about it just looks awesome. They've had some closed betas already so gameplay exists.
Game has been monetised by many many goods from crown store ,DLCs and chapters.Reality begins when you ll see on your own eyes for how much the game has been changed.
This is a sad truth that I understand completely. The performance issues, constant combat changes, frequent game breaking bugs, and lack of communication to the direction of the game has worn me out from ESO. If not for all of this I would probably still be enjoying ESO now. I stopped the endless grind to farm better gear, do dps parses, and every other endgame activity. Since the terrible performance in a vka hard mode run I had back in March or May of 2022, I decided to retire from ESO. I only come back to ESO these days to when some of my long-time ESO buddies want to hang out and do some dungeons every now and then or someone specifically requests my help with completing a piece of content. A lot of other people in the guilds I am a part of have quit ESO. I see the member numbers get smaller and smaller every occasional time I log into the game.
Very Sad to hear. I've been playing this game since it dropped. Originally on PS4 now currently over the last few years on Xbox One. I've had some amazing times and have met some amazing people... But, I truly understand this video. It's sad how such an amazing game can be killed simply by its producers wanting to continue to give us SHIT... There's never nothing new as you said, just things we already have being reworked and recolored. They need to learn to Respect their players as we've respected them throughout the years. I have also left twice, but I continue to come back to see if anythings changed for the better,... Sadly it hasn't.
This must have been really hard to do, especially for someone who put so many hours and effort into the game, but you absolutely hit the nail on the head of the all things currently wrong with ESO: the roller-coaster combat changes, the horrible performance, the lack of rewards (and like you said 'the insultingly low-effort in-game rewards'), the aggressive monetization, and most of all, the tone-deaf developers. I'd only recommend ESO to someone who would be interested solely in questing and could find it on sale, but getting to endgame pve or pvp would only lead to frustration. It's such a pity because this game has so much potential, having one of the best combat systems out there, but the developers seem like they want to destroy everything good about it (and I do think it's because of lack of resources, especially in the last couple of years because the studio is working on another project). We've had a gamebreaking block bug for a month now, and it's still not fixed, ruining trial progs, and making pvp really frustrating, block not working in another MMO would be prioritized asap, but in ESO it will maybe get fixed two months later, if we are lucky. Anyway, thank you for sharing this the video, though it was probably really upsetting to make, but you talked about this very constructively and without bias or drama, and I only hope ZOS sees what they are doing is driving long-time loyal players away, and will lead to the demise of the raiding community eventually.
At this point, they've destroyed pretty much everything that makes this game a "MMO" (things that involve multiple players). The PvP community died years ago, and now they're killing the end game PvE community off too. Pretty soon all it's going to have left is questing, which you might as well be playing Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim at that rate... Oh and Roleplay, but Roleplay communities tend to thrive in games that are successful and have other big communities for RP'ers to recruit from, so it wouldn't surprise me if that's on the decline too.
I'm a day one player on console. I'm pretty much a solo player and I feel your pain. It's a shame that a veteran player such as yourself has left the game.
This is exactly how I feel about the game so sick of spending time and money and getting nothing back no actual reward and the changes in the game are not for the better. Good luck
Wow broke my raiding spirit in panda land and I had about 5 years off games all together. I came back and just have fun and don't take games seriously anymore and it's so much more fun just messing about.
Yeah, I'm going to be jumping ship if/when my GS prog finishes, we came too close to give up on it now, still haven't spent a penny on ESO since the U35 combat preview however.
Yeah I stop playing awhile ago, I don't recommend ESO anymore, it is not an enjoyable ride as people say it is. It is fun as long you don't know how they scuff you as a consumer and everything you want is just in the crown store.
Clown store which takes our hearts to let zos made rich. Everything in this store has been fixed in less than a day and every other bug is remaining not fixed a whole month... This store is letting zos to get the game monetized. About the game development workers,they are hiring new people who would not know anything about this game... Unistall is the best choice of your life even if you didnt want to.
I'm going to write and leave this here since far too many people either misconstrue the meaning of the video or see the title, show up, leave a hyper-original comment(usually involving something like "child" or "baby"), and then dip without ever even watching it or understanding its content. While these comments don't really bother me, it does sadden me to see people write off this piece do to a misconception or some other reason, as there's no real reason a community should split like this. Everyone should want the best for their game and for other players of the game's community. Even if you don't raid or care about raiding, which is completely fine, it still doesn't make much sense to rag on other players because they don't play the way you do. We are players too just like you, we just preferred to focus on different content than you, and there's nothing wrong with that.
The point of this video isn't to "stick it to ZoS" or clap back at them in any way. I stated multiple times in the video that they do not care about their player base. Why would I ever make a video directed towards them with this in mind? "Announcing myself leaving for clout" is also not the point. I haven't uploaded to this channel in years, and have no serious plans to going forward. If I wanted clout that badly, I would've been chasing it long before I made this. The point of this video is to share my experiences with the game as a player, to share what I have learned about the game and its developers and community, to express my many issues with the game and how it has evolved over time, and to ultimately show the conclusion that I had reached after all the time I have spent playing. There is no point in making a video calling out ZoS, they do not care. I can however possibly influence players to have a different understanding of the game going forward and to provide caution to those who are thinking of playing this game. I possibly can also be an example to people who feel like they are obligated to keep playing the game to finally leave themselves, and to show them that you don't have to trap yourself through sunk cost fallacy.
"Why deconstruct everything? You're only hurting yourself, this is pointless. Just take a break and come back in a couple years when you feel like playing again." I didn't just pointlessly deconstruct everything. You can see me trading everything, gold and materials, to a friend who does still play the game. Now granted, there is a good chance I still would've deleted everything on my account anyways if I didn't trade to a friend. One of the reasons is to ensure that I never get the urge to return and fool myself into thinking the game has changed only to be disappointed and frustrated all over again. During my time playing, there has been a constant cycle where the developers will improve the game a bit, and then a couple patches later start tanking the game all over again. I cannot trust a company that places all of their resources on complacency and monetization schemes instead of improving the game, and I will never return to it.
"Of course you're gonna get bored, all you do is one thing!" I don't know how this came about. I focused on one thing, that doesn't mean its the only thing I do. I had stated that I would sometimes do dungeons whether it be veteran or hard mode runs, random normal farming, or gear farming; I would PvP, I would do specific quests to gain more skill points to make my toons more flexible, I would level new toons and complete sky shard and lore book runs on them, I even started doing some housing towards the end since I had accumulated a large sum of gold from running with carry services. I focused on raiding because it was the most enjoyable and the most rewarding to me, despite how little rewards were offered. Questing quickly became boring since it offered basically 0 reward outside of a handful of things including the Tamriel Hero title(plus I didn't find the story all that interesting or enjoyable), dungeons were ok when I didn't grow tired of them from constantly farming my random normals every day, and PvP was fun when it worked. Trials for me were the most interesting and engaging part of the game. I also never grew bored of them, I only grew more and more fed up with the constant negative game-altering changes that the development team kept pushing through. Trials were fun till the end.
This wasn't made as a "that'll show them!" type of video, nor was it made to complain for the sake of complaining. It's here as a commentary piece on what the game has been to many players like myself and what the game has come to over time. Hopefully this clears things up a bit and helps people see the point I'm trying to make in a better, or at least different, light.
I agree with deleting and trading things, gets that urge away like you said. You hit the nail on the head with ZOS
Literally a nerd going through a mental break over an outdated game. That mental shit is gonna hurt you. I'm willing to bet, deep down you hate yourself for over spending your time and wasting your life on this outdated crap, not the game or the devs, na, you are pissed because you realize how much you wasted, all for absolutely ZERO gain. That 3k hours you spent...guess what..you could have learned a whole new skill and practically mastered it, and then made good money and career. But na, spend half of a year total of your time, invested into crap. Good job, Jimmy. Proud of you.
Good for you some games are hard to quit but at the same time don’t deserve any more of your time or money
then dont use CLICK BAIT titles and get to the point
I agree with your choice. If this protects physiological and physical well being, then there is no need for explanation. I’m a solo player, I don’t have any skills even though I’m over CP600. Recently I started soloing four man group dungeons but got discouraged when the first gate in banished cells (normal) would not open. It took me over 3 years to build up the courage to try this. I was ok with not being able to complete the dungeon, but to be stopped because of a glitch was off putting. I have respect for skilled players who go out of their way, to look out for players like me. I’m not in a guild, but most of my gear were bought from people like you who did the time grinding for them. Whereas, I spend most of the time trying to get in game coins to purchase them. After all these years I still don’t have a complete build. I somewhat, understand the frustration. I’m still working to complete at least one build.
Keep your head up, take the time you need to mourn the lost, and know that you will be missed.
Its a good lesson to not take games seriously at all. At the end of the day they don't matter and getting frustrated is fruitless. That is my takeaway from the time I spent in MMOs.
I've been playing MMOs for many years, I think they live in a special place in our hearts and with all the effort everyone puts into creating and sustaining them, you should take it seriously and the time you spend in these games in time well spent. I mean what else are you gonna do, drink yourself stupid in a bar?
I am bed bound and games are one of the only things i can actually do in my daily life this defenitely doesn't apply to everyone but most of my social life is online for this reason
@@Kaltar_ Nothing applies to everyone and most people are not bed bound. I argue your life doesn’t necessarily revolve around games, you choose for it to. You could spend all your time on Omeagle or a chat room and still be social, without the gaming piece. Even without options, you have options and have made a choice to focus on games. His advice is good advice, don’t let your happiness revolve around some guys in suits deciding which game to fund next year.
Thank you Jesus
What ever is worth doing in life ,Is worth overdoing. It's called passion and is what gives life a taste. Good or bad it's a taste rather than have 0 tastes in life and min maxing only meaningful activities.
This is such a weirdly sad video. You were a fantastic player and we're all gonna miss you. Infamous could really use you.
I feel your frustration though. I was obsessed with this game- every aspect of it- for so many years, and these last few patches just broke me. The magic is gone and I don't feel that same pull anymore.
Raiding with Calculated and Infamous was some of the best fun I've ever had. It'll stick with me forever.
You pinpointed exactly what I feel but couldn't find the words. The magic is gone :(
Agreed
The magic isn’t gone from my perspective.
Yup
"A game isn't something you invest time in, a game's something you spend time in with the sole purpose of having fun, meeting interesting people and / or doing interesting things. If you achieved some of that, then it has indeed served it's purpose."
- a smart person
Do you realize that you have contradicted yourself? I'll let you open a book to then try to understand what "investing" actually means. I don't have time to explain it to someone who should know basic vocabulary. When, and if you do, open that book, you may (hopefully) then understand how silly you sound.
@@vvcv__00 It's a quote and english is not my mother tongue so unfortunately my vocabulary is limited. I'm sorry if this quote doesn't make sense to you. For many others it does. Have a great day!
@@vvcv__00 Calling someone stupid when they speak in their 2nd or 3rd language because you understand a verb differently does not make you look good. How many languages do you speak?
@@doenermitallem Look, people all over the internet like to claim that one person phrased a statement, which was never actually said. If you go back and read my comment, i never called you 'STUPID'. So please, do not put words into my mouth. If anything, I was claiming a laziness to what you wrote. However, since you did not write it, we should forget my error of laziness in not realizing that you quoted another persons' laziness. You cool with that?
I speak English, Spanish, Italian and basic Latin.
@@vvcv__00 Yes i'm cool with that. Sounds good to me. Greetings!
Dude my heart hurts watching this. I did this same thing on console, then came back and did it again on pc…but the devs just dont fckn care. It sucks so much. Thanks for being part of the great player community we had. Even though i dont know you, i feel the aggravation.
I agree the devs are not showing any caring (more likely their management at the core of it) but why destroy everything?
@@bradandrews777 cause fk it. That's why.
@Brad Andrews because in the hopes of a member or members of zenimax seeing this it shows that this means nothing, they've lost a great player that's played this game for a very long time and he's ensured he's not coming back via destroying/ giving away all he's earned, unfortunately I think a lot of people that have played this game since it came out are just sick of zenimax not caring about their playerbase and gearing their efforts towards the hopeless fools that spends copious amounts of money on this game
@@bradandrews777 so there’s no turning back
@@bradandrews777 burning the bridge,no way back
"They don't see Players, they see Wallets"
That is so true.
This game has so much potential but Crown Store Studios doesn't care about it at all and if they could just delete the entire game and only leave the crown crate gambling, they probably would.
This game is 8 years old. Just weird to me to talk about it's potential, when this games potential should've been crystal clear long before now.
Long past time to be able to use potential as an excuse for poor upkeep, bad Dev decisions, and sweeping bugs and lag under the rug.
@@irishsage2459 I'm not using it as an excuse. Just stating the fact that the potential is there if only there was an actual respectable company behind the game to capitalize on it.
I've never seen a game anywhere near this good and with this much potential be abandoned by it's devs as much as ESO is. There are soo many lower quality and less profitable games having so much more work put into them... It's really crazy... I mean just look at GW2. Perfect example.
@@Bumbum_Inspector
I'm not saying you're personally using it as an excuse, it's just one I always see when it comes to ESO. Players want to hand wave it's issues because of potential.
It just doesn't work like that.
If you had an employee working for you and you're still talking about his/her potential eight years later chances are he/she would have been fired long ago.
Feel ya man gw2 is in my opinion a lesser game than eso, but when you have a dev team that cares enough at least not to frustrate the players it makes gw2 better than eso or better eso had slipped below gw2 while gw2 stayed consistent most of time.
This is sad but very relatable, did that before and then started again on new accounts. The feels as the "Clockwork Reliquary" bows one last time as you delete it :´( (18:40)
"Find another game that won't backstab you."
I felt it in your voice. I had witnessed first hand, chapter after chapter in game of this betrayal for myself. Greed, loot boxes, lack of care- they are letting one of the most promising games to ever exist, the most well received MMO for a time ... to die because of the awful devs not caring about their players. I'm sorry to see you go, but i'm happy you are. You deserve better, we all do.
Oh man this is really sad :(
I'm a casual solo pve player but I completely understand the frustration and burnout of pvp/endgame veteran players.
When I saw videos of how rude and hateful the dev's are to their player base I almost quit myself. ZOS is self destructing taking us all down with them.
Where's the video to that?
@@bboyg1 sawmanUK had inserted clips in some of his videos here on youtube.
@@jessicaf7236 thank you for the reply without a specific title I guess I have to dig through his catalog.
I can relate, and this video had a pretty big impact on me. I know what it's like to lose a ton of time in an mmo and it's like losing a part of yourself, but your resolve to do this speaks volumes of you and I'm confident you'll use your new found time to do something you enjoy even more. Just remember that letting go of old parts of yourself (while it feels very empty at first) will make room for new parts of yourself to grow. Sorry the game did this like you man, unfortunate turn of updates, but overall this video radiates positivity because there's potential to learn that sometimes letting go of an attachment (especially one this big coming from fellow soul gamer) is what needs to happen before you start leveling up on the cosmic scale, not just the mmo scale. Respect to you and what you did for you community, true hope and confidence that your skin and spirit will thicken from this ❤
merry christmas. i’m wishing you the best
This hurts my soul… I know you’re serious when you destroy the empire you have worked so hard to get.. I am sure you will be missed. Rest in peace 😢. I understand and I am almost there myself…
Thank you for filling in the raids I've joined in Undaunted Insomniacs! While we did not raid much, it was still a pleasure playing with you :> -Quiest
I loved raiding with Undaunted Insomniacs, everyone there was so chill and open.
Will certainly miss my healing duo! Hopefully you find fulfilling experiences on other games! Will never forget the times we had back in Calculated and many other teams.
RIP #1 healing duo even though I didn't really heal the final 6 months of the game 😂
It was constant gear grind that did me in. I would have roughly fifteen to twenty hours a week I could actually spend playing, and it felt like every time I finally got a full set of gear to replace the gear that just got reworked and my class skills got changed, and it would ruin my build. Then I'd have to go and grind a newer different set, to make a new build with the new gear, or old reworked gear that now worked for my build in the way the gear I was using no-longer did, and then they'd rework that gear in a hotfix or update, and I'd have to start all over again. No one wants to grind a dungeon several dozen times or more praying to RNG for the gear you need only to finally get it, waist your rare resources raising it's quality, and then have it changed and reworked the next day. I got to a point where my gear was becoming obsolete faster than I could farm it, and I had to take a long hard look at the time I spent playing the game, and realize I wasn't doing any of the new story content, or my daily's, or even spending time with player friends, because my only method of play, was login que for specific dungeon and pray for gear, on repeat, the same dungeon, to the point where I mentally checked out and felt like I wanted to go back to work so I could enjoy myself. When I started realizing I was having more fun at work, than I was playing a game, I knew it was time to quit playing ESO.
Miss raiding with you man. The recent updates have nearly killed the game, and it won't last that much longer. 7200 hours in and been playing since launch, and I am just as close to giving up. Zos is genuinely just bad at their job and it's crazy.
How you have that many hours in a shit game lol?
@@Anomalyy666 I've been playing since launch. The game is almost 8 years old.
What happen with the update
lol "it won't last that much longer" get off your high horse.
@@allreli6943 I'd give the game a handful more years before they start backing off. The numbers don't support the game anymore.
A lot of what you said here is what I feel about this game, too. I love ESO, but I don't like where Zos is steering this game into. I, too, am quitting ESO, but I have another reason why I want to quit. I actually have experienced way too much drama in this community that it lead me to leaving a lot of Guilds. Yes, there is no escaping drama in anything we are going through today, but after 4 years of going through ESO community drama nonstop, I feel that I had absorbed too much. I hail from Xbox NA, and best of luck finding something better for you than this once great game. Ashame to see such potential for ESO squander.
It is sad to see you go, but I understand. I find myself only logging on these days for the few nights that I do raid. It was a pleasure raiding with you and thank you for making me a better player.
Did this about 7 months ago too. It’s such a sad thing about ESO. Now on to my journey of finding the next best MMO…
An exceptionally sad and heart breaking video. I don't know you Lynxic but I think you are a very cool dude, hope I get to play an MMO with you one day out there.
Congratulations for the courage. Well done!
I don't blame you for making this decision. I don't have it in me to erase all my progress but maybe one day. Good on you for deciding that your time is precious and ESO hasn't been respecting it anymore. Better to cut and run knowing it will guarantee happiness than to hope for improvements that may or may not come.
I am PC EU server player - and agree with what you have said. I wish you and yours happiness and the best of luck in the future. Good hunting.
thank you for your time in eso. Thanks for teaching more novice players how to play the game. Thank you.
More power to ya. Many blessings.
I uninstalled the game a year ago and I haven’t looked back. Ima do what you did. Ima sell off everything and help someone coming up in the game. Pass on all the gold and mats …
Good luck and I hope you find a game you really enjoy! I’ve felt the burnout from the gear and combat changes along with the lack of rewards in game but the steady flow of crown store stuff that’s really cool. After looking at how much I’ve spent over the past several years on crown crates, I’ve decided to not play ESO as much anymore. I might login for events but those have become stale. Same lame rewards each year with one new addition. I love the company and the employees, but the game has become overly monetized and that’s not good for my addictive behavior.
I understand your frustration about the changes but I have built a life inside here that is bigger than combat and gear changes. My friends and guild mates are here and having just experienced the death of one made me realize how much they have come to mean to me. So I am here for them and I still find things to love and enjoy the grind.
My online friends who game and friends I have made in the ESO community & guilds I belong to are really the only reason I haven't quit playing
I totally agree, been here since beta and yes I have made many good friends and guildies that I support. We still play for each other.. I even have an old guildie that we loved that lost their life at an early age. Yes the game is frustrating, but for now I help out people as much as I can. I give away armor and wepons that I already have in my sticker book almost daily to anyone who wants in zone. Just trying to help anyone new to the game. I had people helping me just paying it forward.
I'm glad you still have people you can roll with. About 90% of the people I played with during the times I was practically addicted to this game have all left. I can't even remember the number of guilds I joined that just fell off. It was enough for me.
Its sad, but this happens to every MMO. At least you got 3500 hours of fun and memories.
I've raided in other mmos but I play eso solo and casual. Thank you for confirming that I'm not missing out on anything.
I quit this game over 2 years ago and I agree with everything you're saying! It's sad what this game has become. GW2 & FF14 is my new home and I'm loving it. Should give it a try 🤠
I never delete characters, although after 20 years of playing MMOs I found that they will do a "server migration" and delete it anyways. So it's always best to give everything away to everyone as it will really become worthless if one does not do so.
I'm sorry to see this, you're clearly beyond done with it all. I came back to the game 4 months ago and honestly, I still enjoy my time there. I play with a friend we grind a lot of gear and we're into it. But I went back into Craglorn and chat is far more dead than 2 years ago and got me worried. Save our wonderful game pls
Been playing since the open beta and loved the game, but i have never been one for MMO's like WoW etc, so I played this more like Skyrim, enjoying the Solo story lines, left the game for months even years while i started playing games like Valorant and so on, then came back to this after couple years and playing it from the start with a new build just to enjoy the dlc and i can see for dedicated vets that grinded for so long how this is so wrong and i understand why you would want to leave, but maybe give it time and hopefully they can bring this back, if Battlefield could have one of the worst launches but then bring back the community after months of hate maybe ESO can too
nah, don’t waste your time being lead on by the game anymore. it’s like u missed videos dialogue or smth :p merry christmas tho!
Breaks my heart to see it but I completely understand. Never thought I would see the end of ESO but I think we are witnessing it.
Thank you for giving me the push I needed to do the same. I've played since beta and was GM of 2 guilds with 480+ members each. I'm happier now
You messed up big time
Sad video and it sums up the state of the game. Fitting music as well farewell and good luck
Its the only way you leave the game else you come back. Leaving this game over a year ago was the best thing i did and im glad i did because its gone downhill even more by the sounds of it.
I’ll miss you man. I hope this inspires change.
Unfortunately I doubt it will :( it's fine though, that wasn't why I made the video. I made it to share my experiences, the issues that are present in the game, and the conclusion I reached after extensive playtime. ZoS doesn't care about my actions here, they only want my wallet. So the most I can do is give other players the information that one day even they can be stabbed in the back by this corrupt company.
Still, Infamous and raiding with the boys were some of the best times of my life, and they'll stick with me forever. Maybe one day you'll hold my dick in another game 💪
@@Lynxic AMONG US
@@eigh1puppies Based. Let's do it
@@Lynxic if I was a developer of this game, reading this comment would really upset me. Many in Zos on the other hand will probably think "Wahhhhh."
Watching your video made me cry. I loved the game and had to stop playing myself a while ago. Seeing all your items and the time and effort you put into the game.... 😔... So sad
Totally feel you man. I quit several months ago. Craglorn was basically a dead zone. The game is killed by its own maker
Same. I quit after 6 years on 2 platforms. Done it all from trifectas to pvp and im sick of the bugs, shitty dev choices, predatory crown store (especially for new players), the list goes on and on. I went back to WoW for the new expansion and its pretty fun so far. Good luck out there man.
I'll never understand why people delete all their stuff. What if you change your mind in a year or 2? It hurts nothing to just leave it there.
I think the point is so they *won't* be tempted to come back, and have to re-acquire all that stuff.
I feel for you. I went through the same thing with Ultima Online and Asheron's Call. Ended up staying away from MMORPGs completely.
Sorry to hear this. I have taken a break from ESO but I jump on every now and again can’t bring myself to delete everything though 8 years of my gaming life! I appreciate that you took your stand though. maybe another newer mmo will grab you like this one did.
I svear i cry Bcs of this Music and its Hurt to See u Delete all. 😞
Rest in peace 😞
I play casually, but this hurts to watch, your frustration is so real it comes through the screen. Best of luck in future MMO ventures!
Dude, if he plays another mmo his weak emotional state will break. He'll go insane
I played from day 1 till last month. Good luck on your journey
It's funny how life is. You're reaching your end, and I'm just now picking up the game and loving it. Can't wait to put a lot of time into this world.
You're brave enough to do what I couldn't. I had all intentions to quit when update 35 dropped but just canceled my eso plus.
The game is getting worse and alot more boring. Damn....well what are going to be playing now?
Destiny became a mess,and now this…
Seems like game industry is kinda disappointed 😢
awesome video, hope to see more from you from games you still enjoy, been in your position before with eso
I don't blame you. I been playing since early 2015 and loved this game to death, still do but nowhere near as much anymore, nor do I play it as often, and generally take breaks from it often. It's a shame to see something you love fall into a poor state, but what can you do...
Cheers mate.
I laud your efforts to play as long as you did and support other players. I posit most things in life, like ESO, eventually become old, busted, or boring, whether a game, an automobile, or a job. I maintain that many, if not most players, will eventually max out their playing abilities and characters such that the game seems boring, as you note. This plateau may transpire over many years on its own or may be aggravated by "challenges" in devs managing game design and application, as we have seen this past year. Some players enjoy the game for years and progress relatively slowly while others peak in less than one year. I assert that a negative or positive view of game progression is a matter of perspective that differs widely amongst players. Hats off to you for graduating and elevating to new heights, wherever that may be. I suggest you start over and learn to play with one eye and/or one hand as a new challenge and see how that takes! I'd like to see that. Cheers mate.
I am in this same situation. ZoS has completely ruined this game. It's all thanks to Rich Lambert (a person i used to like) and their lack of care for the players who have played for years. They would rather loose veteran players to gain new players who dont know they are about to get fucked.
Wrobel's removal was foreshadowing it :/
Sad to see you go but you’re always welcome to play Final Fantasy XIV we have great content, great community, and great story. From what I’ve heard even the people who quit comes back to the game due to how good it is. I’ve been playing since February this year and I must say my experience has been good also if you’re unsure there is a free trial to see if you like it or not.
Sorry to see you go brother wish you the best, in Life and gaming. This is what happens when ZOS doesn't listen to it's community. I have taken time off recently and only return because a large portion of my guild still plays the game. But I know many players like you who have left and will be missed.
I've genuinely not been able to spend more than a few hours a week logged into eso since the update.
The changes were one thing, some devs make bad calls but when we show them empirical evidence that the changes they're making will make the game worse and they tell us were wrong its utterly draining, we've played the game for near on a decade now, we know it inside and out, how it functions and whats possible based on that.
Funny enough a little trust in us the community could have gone so far towards preventing this kind of situation from unfolding.
No, no, no. THEY shouldn't trust YOU little peon. YOU should trust THEM. Zenimax has proven itself to be a paragon of competence and ethical virtue over and over again... What you believe to be your "constructive criticism" of this game is really just insultingly blatant trolling and you are a toxic man baby for not agreeing with everything they say, and tbh, your opinion should probably just be censored altogether. Now for the love of Akatosh, please stop "crying" and go spend some more money on the Crown Store.
It’s sad to see another good community player go. Completely agree with all your comments, and like you have stopped playing ESO.
I feel your pain. SOE did this to us in Star Wars Galaxies. I played SWG from beta to the NGE and the wife and I had six accounts. Sucks when a game you love so much gets destroyed by upper management.
PvP been singing this song about 2 years now maybe even 4. Respect to your actions..it is motivation I too can do this.
I’m a casual n pretty much solo player..I don’t do raids because I’m constantly getting dc’ed from game but man I feel bad for you raiders who spend so much time to grind gear n skill n learn the mechanics just to have ZOS spit in y’all face. I wish you the best of luck in what ever game you place next
Oh don't feel bad for these pve'ers. They're just learning what a stab in the back feels like. Us pvp'ers spent so many years getting stabbed that eventually they ran out of places on our backs to stab us, so they just started stabbing our faces... The PvP community has more holes in it than Swiss cheese and has been dead for a long time. As a matter of fact, the ESO PvP community has been dead for so long that there's hardly any pvp'ers left to point out all the atrocities committed against us. Dead men tell no tales. No one would even remember us if we didn't have bitter retirees like myself hanging around to remind everyone, like a stinking corpse beneath the floorboard. It would appear that the rest of the community has gotten used to the smell though, so we are just an afterthought now... an extinct race from a long lost golden age... before the dark times...
I'm the same way, just a solo player and PvE player..... I've went back to Skyrim to play it but I don't know, I might go back and play it again but......
@@johnburton1205 try giving Morrowind and Oblivion a whirl if you've never played those. They have all kinds of mods now to update the graphics and whatnot too if you're picky with your visuals.
@@lordbane5627 man is this comment so true. This game ruined me. When you put your heart and soul into something and you don’t get anything back it destroys you.
You will be missed brother only got to raid with you a few times hmu to play anything else
I understand how u feel my dude. Ur story is very similar to mine. People that don't game will never understand and ppl that didn't go after the hardest raid achievements will never understand. Marketing exclusively to new players and not caring about the veteran community. Everything u said is correct. It made me so mad to have to cancel eso plus and just say I'm not playing this game anymore and I refuse to give them another penny because they destroyed the only game I loved enough to play for 8 years and only game that I got that invested in. Feels like I was slowly robbed over 8 years. The money but also the time and effort to become the best possible player I could be.
I understand as a solo/small group PVP player. Quit years ago and was about to come back for PVE and just play that, but it seems they finally screwed over the PvE community too.
@GeoBeans the hybrid changes sounded like a good idea but in reality there's 0 class identity now between builds. Everybody using the exact same weapons and sets no matter if ur mag or Stam or whatever class. It's crazy. If they can turn a massive fan like me away then they are really doing something wrong.
Truly respectable in every regard. Hope you come back at some point if ZoS would ever realize what a gem of a game they possess and the potential therof. Regrind would suck but if you come back, I have a community that will help. God bless
Nope the game is trash because of toxic creators like you.
I cancelled about three Month ago for quiet the same reason.... ESO is so down SO much and got just Bad and boring in a Lot of facetts. Absolutely agree with u. It's such a shame because i LOVED this Game so much for over 4 Years. After Summerset/Elsweyr it got downwards SO fast and bad.... And don't speak of fckn Performance. My last Trifectas was Godslayer but alone because of Performance that makes Progging so hard i really can't Imagine wasting my time anymore. But the real reason was the Update 35 Changes or WHAT they tried to Push through. As an Endgame/Progression Raider i feel still SO insulted. What they try to do was just a slap in the face. And from that Point i lost any Intension to put anything in this Game anymore. Quitting before Update 35 (or Order 69) was the best decision. And THAT Hurts ne because i actually love the pillars of this Game. All the best to you!
Same feeling man.Wish you best of luck!
I love Elder Scrolls.
Is the game worth getting for someone who would ignore all aspects of an mmo game and just focus on solo story and quests?
I did the same thing with SWTOR, it is very possible to ignore an mmo aspect of that game and focus solely on the story.
I don't know if it's possible with ESO
Some people like it, I found it impossibly boring and uninteractive, and it's not like I don't play story games either. I played the other TES games for the story and enjoyed it. There's a little story that I found interesting, but most of it I found bleh. It's definitely not a true Elder Scrolls game experience. It's the same as every other MMO fetch quest
@@Lynxic bummer, I guess I'll skip it then.
Thanks.
dont listen to this dude. trial players in eso hate everything. ive enjoyed this game for its lore, its characters, its music, its environmental design, etc. its a beautiful game and one of my favorites of all time. thats how i first got into eso. i never played an mmo and wanted to play an elder scrolls world game. do not regret it one bit
Whew, so glad I saw this video. Sorry to hear this but glad I did. Just downloaded the game and now I will keep looking for a new game to get into.
Good. I'm glad you gave everything you broke down to your friend who still plays.
It shows that you care about them. Also if you're going to quit the game the materials might as well go somewhere. :)
Classes were gutted and play was severely dumbed down so the average player could participate. If you take QA devs brain and put it into bird it will fly backwards.
casuals dont even do trials and whatnot..they buy $100 houses xD... so u35 was really pointless
To me Elder Scrolls Online is and always will be, the biggest, the nicest and most detailed mmorpg out there an plus the fact that the elder scrolls have a nostalgic effect on me, i think i will never stop playing this xD
Too bad you missed the previous era of MMORPGs, cause they are much larger and far more depth. :(
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I feel your pain. I've logged 2450 hours then at Update 35 I refused to pay for Plus due to how little Zos listens to their community. I still log in for Riding on my last 4 alts, Endeavors for a decent 16k mount & I'm on the last trait on Blacksmith weapons & medium armor to obtain master crafter. I figure I worked toward it for so long I need to accomplish that goal. Other than that, I'm looking for a new game to enjoy.
I feel your pain. The game was so much fun but now it's just not the same game I spent 1200 hours in
idk man, ive got over 7000 hours just on my main. Either you are having fun or you aren't.
^ Yep. I mean, I understand the community's frustration with the devs, the state of game and how the devs treat veteran players in general. They have their right to be frustrated but personally I keep my expectations low and just find a way to make the most out of the game which is how I treat all the games I buy.
I guess that's just me though - not too casual of a player that I'm not learning something like how to solo vet content but not too hardcore either that I'm too keen on DPS numbers down to the decimal. Haven't done raids yet so my opinion may change.
@@jujubear9909 honestly the raid community is exhausting. they all think they are gods gift to the game. and unless you have every hard mode/trifecta clear in the game you have to run with the people on the struggle bus who absolutely think rele/nirn is the best setup for someone doing portals in VCR and man they couldnt be more wrong and you cant tell them differently. getting in groups as an outsider is an absolute chore.
ESO got butchered so bad in 2022 it's unreal. I have never seen a game company so decidedly kill their own game and dismiss their long term customers maybe except for Guild Wars 2. Both games suck so bad 2022 onwards, it's so sad
You could say that about guild wars 2 in the past, but the have definitely stepped it up this year
@@gwynbleiddroach2589 no they haven't. 2022 is the worst year for GW2. No new content. Steam launch only attracted 3k players despite being a free game. Not sure how only launching new content every 18 months is "stepping up"
I was recently able to buy the game after 2.5 years of looking from the sidelines, and am genuinely enjoying the game at the moment. I play solely for the lore exploration and have made a self-promise to never go for premium crown store subscription. I aim to play it slowly and over a few years, with only buying the expansions and that too after I finish almost 60% of all that I own. But seeing this video makes me realise that there exists a quite jarring rabbit hole which might be easy to get sucked into, since all the crown store stuff is so shiny and eye-catching. I am thankful to the author for being warned in advanced, and will try to just patiently build up my characters.
I do hope for him to find a greater comfort in exploring other aspects of life, and that the dejection he feels for all these 3600 hours spent there may turn into a faded but nostalgic memory.
I quit playstation years ago. Left all my gear, housing and achievements. Never figured I would come back to the broken game. Built a PC and started over little over year ago. Yep, game is still same. I enjoy jumping on and running things, learning what's new and meeting people. Just recently bought a ps5 so about to check out all my old gold gear and see if I know anyone anymore. It's tough but I still like the game.
How was ur gear ect?
@@LindyKnight I was HM trials runner and lived in Cyrodill. Lots of golded out gear.
A real shame. How many such videos will it take before ZoS decide to grow a heart? Or will it never happen and the game will become the new sunken atlantis of art forms?
this is even sadder, cuz zenimax losing players of your caliber its not enough for them to wake up and change their ways, the new block bug is an example of that wait 15 more days for a non certain fix....
Well,there is still many bunch of bugs zos didnt fix FOR YEARS.
About Firesong DLC ,I saw many bugs after launch and half of them was fixed after not 2 weeks but whole entire month.And not everything is fixed to this day....
About block bug this "feature" isn't something new.We saw already block bug any times.
Single player games are becoming more and more appealing to me. Thank you Elden Ring.
I did the same thing with my characters and gear in DESTINY 2. Just wanted to make sure I never returned. Felt a huge relief afterwards. Refreshing 💯
This breaks my heart a lot won’t realise this but we out here literally sinking our lives in to this fucking game man watching this all the way through seeing you decon everything and giving it all a way to a friend was really rough to watch brother I hope where ever you land you enjoy it I’m too far gone now 6000+ hours in I just can’t stop I wish I could but I can’t may Talos always guide you 💜 & FUCK ZOS
You can definitely stop.
Quit letting your addiction control your life. Quit letting Sunken Cost Falacy control your life. If you're not having fun, quit, it's that simple.
You have control my friend.
You totally can stop. If you have fun, that's one thing. If you don't? Take back control.
I’m happy for you. I’m seeing this mindset and frustration with the developers everywhere in the community.
As someone that has played this game on and off since the very beginning it really sucks to see this because it is such a beautiful game and I've always enjoyed everything about it. I never got into raiding because I mainly did all my raiding in world of Warcraft and I didn't have time to do that in two separate games which takes a lot of time and effort. I have backed off from raiding for the last 4 years. I bounced around different games I don't spend too much time in one game anymore. I have been seeing more and more people quit elder scrolls online recently and even though I've always been casual in the game I know that the raiding community is probably one of the main communities that makes a game great along with PVP which that's another topic.
The best thing to take away from all of this is it's about the memories about the times that you had with friends in the game the people that you got to know that you would have never met otherwise and I think that's probably the thing that people remember most
Good luck not coming back next year. I've seen many people do this exact thing for the same reasons and they still come back in the end.
but the games not dying they say... just all the old heads be tippin their caps be dark days ahead of us.
Same fam. Same. ZOS doesn't deserve the players it had and still has, they will have a reckoning for what they've done. Hope to see you on the next adventure. ♥
i have been in a raiding guild it was very fun but then the update that ended it all came and the guild i was in died out and i was left amongs others who still endure and play the game with a strong flame, we feel the rain down our fire but it never will turn to ash. i feel for you its sad and specialy watching you destroying your lifes work, what if it becomes better? then you stand there with the wisdom but empty handed until you reach out and friends return with a smile that you are back and kicking. i engjoy the game in my own right i am a GM of a pretty chilled Guild ive been leading about 3k hours so i know the pain you are in, all i hope is ESO will be going into a new light, and it looks like 2023 might be the one its to early to say it but hope never dies. cheers all hope you will find your forever mmo Peace out.
I feel you man. I've been in this situation with many mmos over the years so now I have zero trust in them. SWG, LOTRO etc, all eventually pull some revamp shit that completely ruins everything. I got burned out on eso after 500 dungeon runs without getting the drop I needed, now I just play GW2 (which has plenty of its own problems) but has even better gear longevity than eso and the pvp is in marginally better state. Raiding is a bit on the easy side but I'm getting older and slower so that suits me.
It never feels good to have to leave a beloved mmo. I hope warm winds and green grasses guide your way to the next.
I left DCUO and eventually found ESO. I'll leave ESO one day and hopefully I find another MMO like it. I'm not a fan of tab target mmos with 400 ability icons on screen. I like the real time action combat of ESO
@@poopikins that right there is the problem. Every other MMO is at least partially some tab target trash. If it wasn't for ESO's combat I would never have stuck with it
@@Shaxigaming Blue Protocol could be my next big MMO. I'll play ESO for the story and dungeons and that's it.
@@poopikins never heard of that one. Will take a look 😁
@@Shaxigaming It's got that Genshin Impact anime style, but everything about it just looks awesome. They've had some closed betas already so gameplay exists.
Monetizing games always ends badly
Game has been monetised by many many goods from crown store ,DLCs and chapters.Reality begins when you ll see on your own eyes for how much the game has been changed.
This is a sad truth that I understand completely. The performance issues, constant combat changes, frequent game breaking bugs, and lack of communication to the direction of the game has worn me out from ESO. If not for all of this I would probably still be enjoying ESO now. I stopped the endless grind to farm better gear, do dps parses, and every other endgame activity. Since the terrible performance in a vka hard mode run I had back in March or May of 2022, I decided to retire from ESO. I only come back to ESO these days to when some of my long-time ESO buddies want to hang out and do some dungeons every now and then or someone specifically requests my help with completing a piece of content. A lot of other people in the guilds I am a part of have quit ESO. I see the member numbers get smaller and smaller every occasional time I log into the game.
Very Sad to hear. I've been playing this game since it dropped. Originally on PS4 now currently over the last few years on Xbox One.
I've had some amazing times and have met some amazing people... But, I truly understand this video.
It's sad how such an amazing game can be killed simply by its producers wanting to continue to give us SHIT... There's never nothing new as you said, just things we already have being reworked and recolored.
They need to learn to Respect their players as we've respected them throughout the years.
I have also left twice, but I continue to come back to see if anythings changed for the better,... Sadly it hasn't.
This must have been really hard to do, especially for someone who put so many hours and effort into the game, but you absolutely hit the nail on the head of the all things currently wrong with ESO: the roller-coaster combat changes, the horrible performance, the lack of rewards (and like you said 'the insultingly low-effort in-game rewards'), the aggressive monetization, and most of all, the tone-deaf developers. I'd only recommend ESO to someone who would be interested solely in questing and could find it on sale, but getting to endgame pve or pvp would only lead to frustration. It's such a pity because this game has so much potential, having one of the best combat systems out there, but the developers seem like they want to destroy everything good about it (and I do think it's because of lack of resources, especially in the last couple of years because the studio is working on another project). We've had a gamebreaking block bug for a month now, and it's still not fixed, ruining trial progs, and making pvp really frustrating, block not working in another MMO would be prioritized asap, but in ESO it will maybe get fixed two months later, if we are lucky. Anyway, thank you for sharing this the video, though it was probably really upsetting to make, but you talked about this very constructively and without bias or drama, and I only hope ZOS sees what they are doing is driving long-time loyal players away, and will lead to the demise of the raiding community eventually.
At this point, they've destroyed pretty much everything that makes this game a "MMO" (things that involve multiple players). The PvP community died years ago, and now they're killing the end game PvE community off too. Pretty soon all it's going to have left is questing, which you might as well be playing Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim at that rate... Oh and Roleplay, but Roleplay communities tend to thrive in games that are successful and have other big communities for RP'ers to recruit from, so it wouldn't surprise me if that's on the decline too.
I'm a day one player on console. I'm pretty much a solo player and I feel your pain. It's a shame that a veteran player such as yourself has left the game.
How’s Console?
I played years back but I couldn’t be stuffed grinding so much
@@LindyKnight
It's pretty good
@@LindyKnightI have it on both ox and console. It’s still te same exact game on console and is worth playing on console if that’s all you have.
my best friend did the same thing for me 2 years ago.... he gave me his stuff and i'm still at it... almost 15,000 hours played... on NA ;)
This is exactly how I feel about the game so sick of spending time and money and getting nothing back no actual reward and the changes in the game are not for the better. Good luck
Wow broke my raiding spirit in panda land and I had about 5 years off games all together. I came back and just have fun and don't take games seriously anymore and it's so much more fun just messing about.
Bye! See you in a few months 😂
Yeah, I'm going to be jumping ship if/when my GS prog finishes, we came too close to give up on it now, still haven't spent a penny on ESO since the U35 combat preview however.
I watched til the end my friend. I hope you keep making videos of games you still enjoy. 18:52
Yeah I stop playing awhile ago, I don't recommend ESO anymore, it is not an enjoyable ride as people say it is. It is fun as long you don't know how they scuff you as a consumer and everything you want is just in the crown store.
Clown store which takes our hearts to let zos made rich.
Everything in this store has been fixed in less than a day and every other bug is remaining not fixed a whole month...
This store is letting zos to get the game monetized.
About the game development workers,they are hiring new people who would not know anything about this game...
Unistall is the best choice of your life even if you didnt want to.