ESO worth a punt for a fiver?

URGH, pay to win it seems. Have to pay monthly to get good stuff.

Not even close to P2W. Content in the premium expansion areas can be traded to players without it and everything can be bought as a one off like the expansions instead of a monthly commitment. If you think cosmetics, mounts, xp boosts and expansion packs are P2W then MMOs aren't for you. :p
 
I actually picked this deal up the other day, I'm really enjoying it! I tried it in beta and hated it plus my PC at the time struggled to run it but I've been getting the MMO urge again recently and decided to give it a go, can't go wrong at that price.
 
I think it installs as it goes. 70% done now and 5.6gb left.

4mb/s ...... I am speed!

We're on 3mb/s and both downloading at the same time! Hope her machines not hogged most of the bandwidth :P

Going home now to play it if it's setup.
 
I just got it as well. I've been looking for a decent or at least half decent mmo to play. I tried AoC again but got bored after Tortage.

Not decided what to make yet, but I'll post here and see if anyone is willing to team up.
 
Enjoyable so far. Various players hurtling round and the environment is quite tame. At the moment.
Nice crafting set up from what I can tell.
 
Just sunk most of my evening into this! Not much in terms of a tutorial, but I don't mind that.

What I do mind is the huge, HUGE memory leak. After an hour, my fps can tank down to 30fps... Even less than 25 at times!!! On a 980ti at 1080p.

So need to work out if there is a fix as I feel like I'll be playing more of this.
 
Try using the 64-bit game client. It's not available via the launcher yet as it's still in beta, but it's working nicely now and worth using as it seems to fix the memory leaks that have plagued the 32-bit client recently.

You can find it in your ESO install folder:

\Elder Scrolls Online\The Elder Scrolls Online EU\game\client\eso64.exe

Just make a shortcut to this on your desktop and bypass the launcher. Note that you'll still need to use the launcher to patch the game whenever there's a patch.
 
Try using the 64-bit game client. It's not available via the launcher yet as it's still in beta, but it's working nicely now and worth using as it seems to fix the memory leaks that have plagued the 32-bit client recently.

You can find it in your ESO install folder:

\Elder Scrolls Online\The Elder Scrolls Online EU\game\client\eso64.exe

Just make a shortcut to this on your desktop and bypass the launcher. Note that you'll still need to use the launcher to patch the game whenever there's a patch.

This is what i've done, not had any issue since and i'm running a 980ti also!
 
Damn game meant a 4am bedtime.

But so far so good and have some decent items. Level 5 right now and trying to develop my crafting skills. Been over most of the starting location and completed about 6 quests.

Running the 32bit version on a 970 and not had any issues.
 
Try using the 64-bit game client. It's not available via the launcher yet as it's still in beta, but it's working nicely now and worth using as it seems to fix the memory leaks that have plagued the 32-bit client recently.

You can find it in your ESO install folder:

\Elder Scrolls Online\The Elder Scrolls Online EU\game\client\eso64.exe

Just make a shortcut to this on your desktop and bypass the launcher. Note that you'll still need to use the launcher to patch the game whenever there's a patch.

This is what i've done, not had any issue since and i'm running a 980ti also!

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Glad to see more people have jumped on ESO.

I got it on launch and it did have it's issues and I've recently come back and the game is so much better now!
 
Try using the 64-bit game client. It's not available via the launcher yet as it's still in beta, but it's working nicely now and worth using as it seems to fix the memory leaks that have plagued the 32-bit client recently.

You can find it in your ESO install folder:

\Elder Scrolls Online\The Elder Scrolls Online EU\game\client\eso64.exe

Just make a shortcut to this on your desktop and bypass the launcher. Note that you'll still need to use the launcher to patch the game whenever there's a patch.

Is it definitely not in the launcher yet? I ask because I start my ESO up via the launcher and if I then check taskmanager it shows the eso64.exe process as running?

( I have no performance issues, was just wondering )
 
Is it definitely not in the launcher yet? I ask because I start my ESO up via the launcher and if I then check taskmanager it shows the eso64.exe process as running?

( I have no performance issues, was just wondering )

Aha! They've just recently sneaked it into the launcher then. Couldn't see it mentioned in the patch notes.

So, in the launcher settings you can now tick an option to run the 64-bit client by default.
 
Nothing will help with the FPS tanks :( It's killing/killed the game for me. I can't play for more than 30 mins without having to close the game and open it back up again. Driving me insane!
 
Nothing will help with the FPS tanks :( It's killing/killed the game for me. I can't play for more than 30 mins without having to close the game and open it back up again. Driving me insane!

Played this on a single 970, never had any issue, now on 970 SLI and still no issues.
 
Damn game meant a 4am bedtime.

But so far so good and have some decent items. Level 5 right now and trying to develop my crafting skills. Been over most of the starting location and completed about 6 quests.

Running the 32bit version on a 970 and not had any issues.

The questing can get to be a BIT of a time sink. Decide on specialties and put points into opening stuff that speeds up crafting.

Getting each buff (I think there were around 8, 9 or 10, I forget) takes double the.... research time per item (and you need an item with the buff to sacrifice for researching, it's one of the few times interacting with people is needed - get someone to make you an item with the buff to research) so e.g


E.g: Heavy Axe -
1st buff - 15 minutes
2nd buff - 30 minutes
3rd buff - an hour
4th buff - 2 hours
5th buff - 4 hours
6th buff - 8 hours
7th buff - 16 hours
8th buff - 32 hours
9th buff.... etc.

Repeat for each weapon type, each armour piece (per armour type so light, medium and heavy), depending on crafting skills taken etc.

Only I think it starts longer (takes about 2 weeks for the last buff on a particular item, something like that). Just get into a habit of fixing it, keeping a rough idea of the time it'll be done and sorting it soon as you can when it completes :)

you don't need EVERY buff on EVERY item but some folks ARE completionists :p

Disclaimer: I've not played in forever so It might have changed :D Me and the missus took different classes and were working on completing our trade skills. In the end, got a bit bored with it and were just logging in to sort the damn buff types :p
 
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Nothing will help with the FPS tanks :( It's killing/killed the game for me. I can't play for more than 30 mins without having to close the game and open it back up again. Driving me insane!

What's your full system spec?
 
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Just sunk most of my evening into this! Not much in terms of a tutorial, but I don't mind that.

What I do mind is the huge, HUGE memory leak. After an hour, my fps can tank down to 30fps... Even less than 25 at times!!! On a 980ti at 1080p.

So need to work out if there is a fix as I feel like I'll be playing more of this.

Haven't had this at all and I'm on a 980ti also. I have just started using the 64bit client as others have suggested but hadn't had this issue before switching from the 32bit one.
 
In august you'll be able to play ESO like the normal ES games.
As in teh world will scale with your level. So you can go to any zone and do anything in any order.
 
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