I'm not sure what the pulse is on Elder Scrolls Online, but I just happen to come across this and found it pretty interesting. It's the first article I've read were someone actually has played the game in its early stages. Looks to have some good points....
Here's another first look ESO
Not sure if this is new, but the official Elder Scrolls Online website
I found this quote under the header "Dragon Knight" intriguing (emphasis mine):
...and wield fearsome mason that pounds, shatters and physically alters the world around them.
Get 'em Mason. But seriously, that is one detailed review - it is starting to look interesting, although they haven't a final word on guilds - I think this blog will make an awesome guild. I didn't finish reading it all (bookmarked), because it got me in the mood to play Skyrim, cyas (for now).
I also see several new pics.
Megaservers seem to be limited to a continent. Wich might mean players from the US won't be able to play with European players. I suggest everyone on the blog who is going to play do so at the same megaserver. From my experience European servers seem to fit our blog better.
And it seems many of us would have to connect through social media aswell, facebook it is, I only ever use it for games and 9gag anyway. :P
They seem to take great care with lore, thats a big +.
Combat and working with other players, friends or not, seems to work very well.
Along with forming guild Facebook groups before launch and importing your entire member list instantly at launch.
So if we all add Paul on facebook we should all get an invite once he sets up the Skyrim blog guild in ESO. Handy.
I'm really, really excited. Damn, if only I had patience..
Out of my experience the European players are a bit more mature, friendly and there's less shouting 12 year olds who don't know what a team is. I played plenty of games *Not just mmo's* on both European servers and American servers and from what I've seen, a European server would suit this blog way better.
There may be a slight problem. I'm not sure we can have guild with members from differen alliances and work together. We might have to check up on this and see if it's true.
If it is we should all go to the same alliance, perhaps make a poll to see where the majority wants to go.
BTW. If you want more info on the alliances. Take a look here.
Paul, most likely, will be making a Poll and discussing this further - especially as the time grows closer.
There's a good chance that we can have more than one character. I will have at least one for the blog guild, but I also will have other characters from different alliances; if possible they will be less involved with the alliance story line following more 'personal' matters.
I don't think this will have much success. I really think it will end up like Star Wars: TOR where kotor1 and 2 were both epic games. Another ES game with some co-op options would be much better instead of an mmo.
I know wow started the same with all those rts Warcraft games before, but that game was a revolution in it's time.