Veloth the Prophet said:
Patriarch said:
ESO Morrowind (least popular among single player gamers - even I have issues with it),
Wait, what's wrong with it?
Not so much the quality of the content itself. That's really good. However, I do have a few gripes:
1. ZOS is refusing to admit that they've changed their business model...again. Previously, the game was subscription-based. Then it went to B2P with a Crown Store. However, to encourage subscriptions, they said that ALL dlcs would be included with a ESO+ subscription. Now, ZOS has the brilliant idea to have "Chapters" - which is like an expansion. However, these Chapters would not be included in ESO+, nor would they be available in the Crown Store. This is a clear business model change. But, like I'll discuss below, Morrowind is not nearly large enough to be considered an expansion. It's a dlc, period. You can call it anything you want, but if it looks like a duck--you know the rest. But ZOS won't call it a dlc so they can charge more for it. Come on, ZOS, at least be honest about it.
2. Morrowind is not big enough to be considered an expansion. Among other things, it lacks group dungeons, a decent amount of resource nodes, and (as you know) Red Mountain takes up a huge portion of the map, which limits the amount of explorable space. If you removed Red Mountain, the "chapter" would be not much bigger than Orsinium (it might even be a bit smaller, land-wise). How many locked/inaccessible Dwemer ruins, other ruins, buildings, and rooms did you encounter? A lot, right? Exactly. Far too much for an supposed expansion. Many people in my guild have already finished the Morrowind MQ on Xbox. Already?! PC folks finished it before it even dropped on console. Sure, it has a trial - but that means nothing since the Thieves Guild DLC had the Maw of Lorkhaj trial. There is far too little content to call this anything but a DLC, and a certainly overpriced one at that. IC, Thieves Guild, DB, Orsinium (dlcs) were all included in ESO+ ($15/month for unlimited access to everything - or payable with Crowns) and contained a ton of content. Morrowind has less content than Orsinium (a debatable point, I admit), but we'll call it a chapter and charge $40ish in addition to ESO+ (for those who subscribed). Not only that, but subscribers who have been saving up their monthly allotment of 1500 Crowns via ESO+ (a supposed perk to subscribe) can't buy Morrowind with those Crowns. I would expect an expansion/chapter--whatever they want to call it--to contain far more than what was delivered.
3. I do not like the game mechanics changes, but that discussion would take much longer to explain here.
[blockquote][b][url=/profile/VelothTheProphet]Veloth the Prophet[/url] said:[/b]
[blockquote][b][url=/profile/Patriarch]Patriarch[/url] said:[/b]
ESO Morrowind (least popular among single player gamers - even I have issues with it),
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Wait, what's wrong with it?
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Not so much the quality of the content itself. That's really good. However, I do have a few gripes:
1. ZOS is refusing to admit that they've changed their business model...again. Previously, the game was subscription-based. Then it went to B2P with a Crown Store. However, to encourage subscriptions, they said that ALL dlcs would be included with a ESO+ subscription. Now, ZOS has the brilliant idea to have "Chapters" - which is like an expansion. However, these Chapters would not be included in ESO+, nor would they be available in the Crown Store. This is a clear business model change. But, like I'll discuss below, Morrowind is not nearly large enough to be considered an expansion. It's a dlc, period. You can call it anything you want, but if it looks like a duck--you know the rest. But ZOS won't call it a dlc so they can charge more for it. Come on, ZOS, at least be honest about it.
2. Morrowind is not big enough to be considered an expansion. Among other things, it lacks group dungeons, a decent amount of resource nodes, and (as you know) Red Mountain takes up a huge portion of the map, which limits the amount of explorable space. If you removed Red Mountain, the "chapter" would be not much bigger than Orsinium (it might even be a bit smaller, land-wise). How many locked/inaccessible Dwemer ruins, other ruins, buildings, and rooms did you encounter? A lot, right? Exactly. Far too much for an supposed expansion. Many people in my guild have already finished the Morrowind MQ on Xbox. Already?! PC folks finished it before it even dropped on console. Sure, it has a trial - but that means nothing since the Thieves Guild DLC had the Maw of Lorkhaj trial. There is far too little content to call this anything but a DLC, and a certainly overpriced one at that. IC, Thieves Guild, DB, Orsinium (dlcs) were all included in ESO+ ($15/month for unlimited access to everything - or payable with Crowns) and contained a ton of content. Morrowind has less content than Orsinium (a debatable point, I admit), but we'll call it a chapter and charge $40ish in addition to ESO+ (for those who subscribed). Not only that, but subscribers who have been saving up their monthly allotment of 1500 Crowns via ESO+ (a supposed perk to subscribe) can't buy Morrowind with those Crowns. I would expect an expansion/chapter--whatever they want to call it--to contain far more than what was delivered.
3. I do not like the game mechanics changes, but that discussion would take much longer to explain here.
