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> Impressions of ESO By New Players, The Good, the Awesome, the Bad - your opinions.
mALX
post Oct 31 2019, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(Renee @ Oct 31 2019, 08:40 AM) *

I am reading this thread, since I am proudly a noob now. smile.gif

For me, first impressions were months of frustration, followed by a couple of hours of INSTANT addiction. I had to force myself to go to bed last night; otherwise I could have easily played until 3 in the morning. blink.gif

But my first impression ever since May was frustration / ragequitting. Because I use Xbox controllers and they have to be set up a certain way, otherwise I'll never get used to playing any game. I've used the same buttons (attack / jump / sheathe / crouch, etc.) ever since the first Tomb Raider, which I played long ago in 2000. ESO gives the option for three standard templates which configure controllers to have some mouse/key functions, but me personally, I need everything customized.

So basically, if anybody else out there has trouble with controllers PM me. I've seen it all. santaclaus.gif

Last night my first impressions were exhilleration (however it's spelled) but also confusion. There's a LOT going on with all the menus and functions. panic.gif That'll take awhile to get used to.

My game runs on High settings at best. My memory card (GTX 760, which was state-of-the-art back in 2013 but now it's ancient) was cooking along at 75 degrees C with this setting, so that's as high as I want to go! By default the game put me on Low settings though. nono.gif

Lopov has told me he doesn't really roleplay (or at least in the same way as in SP games) but for me, I can't help but instantly start falling into old habits. My character runs a lot because of the opening quests, but also walks along here and there too. smile.gif She sits down. She ponders her new world.

For now, Halloween is tonight and so it's going to take some Willpower to NOT play this game tonight!



WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT !!!!!!!!!! Renee is in the game !!!!! WOO HOO !!!!!!!!!

Yes, because it is real time in game and the game goes on whether you are doing something in it or not; it does cut out the NEED to sleep; however I still have my characters lay down and "sleep" when I'm logging off the game sometimes using the "sleep" emote (type /sleep into the Chat Box while standing in the middle of a bed facing to the right = it takes just a few times to figure out exactly where to stand just like it did with that emote in Oblivion Pose mods)

Roleplay is really easy in this game if you play solo; it just takes a little while to get used to the differences of multiplayer. Acadian found the Chat Box intrusive; but you can turn it off and advise friends to just PM you = that helps if you need to eliminate that from your vision; or you can just shut off all chatter in it except Whispers and Chorrolite Guild chat = that cuts down A LOT of its distractions.

Also: I think you can still hot key your emotes; but you can also just remember the ones you want to use a lot = you don't have to see the Chat Box to use it; because the instant you type in that forward slash ( / ) the game automatically does whatever you say next whether your Chat Box is showing or not. (And the emotes are fantastic for roleplay! )






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post Oct 31 2019, 05:55 PM
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Ha yeah, you're right Acadian. Tomorrow is my birthday. cake.gif Oops. Either way I'll have to catch the next meeting.

Thing is I need to get used to this game anyway. If you saw my character walking around now it wouldn't make much sense because I keep having to pause and configure. Pause and read up. Pause and comprehend something which is new for me. I played Everquest long ago (like 12 or 13 years ago) but since then I haven't touched an MMO.

Hope your meeting goes well though. smile.gif

EDIT: yes mALX, FINALLY I am in the game! Well, Ana Khanda is in the game. I'm merely sitting in bed as I play.

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post Oct 31 2019, 06:01 PM
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QUOTE(Renee @ Oct 31 2019, 12:55 PM) *

Ha yeah, you're right Acadian. Tomorrow is my birthday. cake.gif Oops. Either way I'll have to catch the next meeting.

Thing is I need to get used to this game anyway. If you saw my character walking around now it wouldn't make much sense because I keep having to pause and configure. Pause and read up. Pause and comprehend something which is new for me. I played Everquest long ago (like 12 or 13 years ago) but since then I haven't touched an MMO.

Hope your meeting goes well though. smile.gif

EDIT: yes mALX, FINALLY I am in the game! Well, Ana Khanda is in the game. I'm merely sitting in bed as I play.


I had to do that at first too; had to learn how everything worked and get used to what did what; etc. It just takes some getting used to at first.





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post Oct 31 2019, 06:03 PM
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QUOTE(mALX @ Oct 31 2019, 12:52 PM) *

however I still have my characters lay down and "sleep" when I'm logging off the game sometimes using the "sleep" emote (type /sleep into the Chat Box while standing in the middle of a bed facing to the right = it takes just a few times to figure out exactly where to stand just like it did with that emote in Oblivion Pose mods)


Ha Lopov does this too. laugh.gif In fact I figured a lot of RPers do this!

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Acadian found the Chat Box intrusive; but you can turn it off and advise friends to just PM you


Yes I already got this configured. Basically if I hold down my right joystick it turns off the entire HUD. smile.gif Which I LOVE. I Love being able to just turn it on and off, and without mods.

A lot of the stuff with the Chat box makes no sense to me, but it'll just take time.



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post Oct 31 2019, 06:14 PM
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QUOTE(Renee @ Oct 31 2019, 01:03 PM) *

QUOTE(mALX @ Oct 31 2019, 12:52 PM) *

however I still have my characters lay down and "sleep" when I'm logging off the game sometimes using the "sleep" emote (type /sleep into the Chat Box while standing in the middle of a bed facing to the right = it takes just a few times to figure out exactly where to stand just like it did with that emote in Oblivion Pose mods)


Ha Lopov does this too. laugh.gif In fact I figured a lot of RPers do this!

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Acadian found the Chat Box intrusive; but you can turn it off and advise friends to just PM you


Yes I already got this configured. Basically if I hold down my right joystick it turns off the entire HUD. smile.gif Which I LOVE. I Love being able to just turn it on and off, and without mods.

A lot of the stuff with the Chat box makes no sense to me, but it'll just take time.


The Chat Box is a combination of social (talking to friends; asking for help from those around you, etc) = and also it is exactly like using "Console Commands" in the single player games by hitting the "Tilde" key. (except instead of hitting the "Tilde" key to access the Console Commands; you type in the "Forward Slash," = /

So just a different key stroke to do the exact same thing.

You can perform emotes using it by typing the Forward Slash and then the emote you want (like /sleep ; /eat
etc).

Other commands you might use would be like:

/camp - (logs this character out and brings you to your character screen)

/whisper = if you want to talk in the Chat Box to just one person and don't want anyone else to see what you are saying; or:

/g - to talk in the Chat Box to everyone in the group you are in (we use this one during Guild Meets so everyone can see what the other group members are saying) etc.






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post Oct 31 2019, 06:48 PM
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Awesome, thanks, Miss Alienware. smile.gif

Now just gotta wait for the weekend to get here...



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post Oct 31 2019, 06:56 PM
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QUOTE(Renee @ Oct 31 2019, 01:48 PM) *

Awesome, thanks, Miss Alienware. smile.gif

Now just gotta wait for the weekend to get here...



I'm so excited that you and Lopov are playing now!






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post Oct 31 2019, 07:11 PM
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QUOTE(Renee @ Oct 31 2019, 01:03 PM) *

Yes I already got this configured. Basically if I hold down my right joystick it turns off the entire HUD. smile.gif Which I LOVE. I Love being able to just turn it on and off, and without mods.

Need that for decent screenshots. I have no idea why it isn't bound o a key by default.


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post Nov 1 2019, 10:58 AM
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Welcome, Renee! goodjob.gif

Maybe it helped that, in the last month, you constantly had to listen to my adventures from Tamriel. wink.gif

I did a lot of pausing and opening menus at the beginning too, it's normal, if I only remember how much time I spent getting used to Baldur's Gate menus 20 years ago.

I had some issues regarding roleplaying in the beginning, but I overcame them as I became more familiar with the game, so my Argonian often sits, dances, claps at bards or at other players if they do something funny, "sleeps", eats etc.


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