The Elder Scrolls Online beta weekend

[kenmai9]

Did anyone get on the beta this weekend?

I just received an invite. I'm installing it now (Zenifax Online? wtf is that lol).

Beta starts on Friday.. who wants to play with me?

Also  I didn't read the NDA.. I should go read that lol

Edit: They say

In particular, You must not discuss the Beta Trial with anyone associated with a competing videogame, any videogame publisher or developer, any news or information service (whether television, magazine, online, newspaper or otherwise), or review, report, online blog, or in any online forum or chat room, other than the official Beta Trial forum or specifically designated private ZeniMax forum. 

lolll. oh well i guess we can't discuss it. we can use this therad to organize to play with each other

[127001]

Did anyone get on the beta this weekend?

I just received an invite. I'm installing it now (Zenifax Online? wtf is that lol).

Beta starts on Friday.. who wants to play with me?

Also  I didn't read the NDA.. I should go read that lol

Edit: They say

In particular, You must not discuss the Beta Trial with anyone associated with a competing videogame, any videogame publisher or developer, any news or information service (whether television, magazine, online, newspaper or otherwise), or review, report, online blog, or in any online forum or chat room, other than the official Beta Trial forum or specifically designated private ZeniMax forum. 

lolll. oh well i guess we can't discuss it. we can use this therad to organize to play with each other

I didn't get an invite and I won't be play all weekend starting Friday until 11:59 PM Sunday.
 

[tp4tissue]

This thread is the same as...

YO, I just got this free sample from dis' crack dealer... it's da bom..

You guys get ur free crack-samples??

[Psybin]

ha, GF (didn't) get an invite either.
Guess I'll have extra time to play my own stuff this weekend.

[kenmai9]

This thread is the same as...

YO, I just got this free sample from dis' crack dealer... it's da bom..

You guys get ur free crack-samples??

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What?

I'm looking for cool people to play with..

[PointyFox]

I got in.   

[127001]

I'm not cool but I'm down.

[PointyFox]

Already found the first problem
My download speed for the game is 3.64 mB/s. 
What is that? millibytes per second?

[Beca]

I wish my computer was able to run it :<

[tp4tissue]

Future addicts...

I salute thee...

[PointyFox]

Future addicts...

I salute thee...

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Probably not considering it will be $14.99/month and I don't have a job :P

[missalaire]

Maybe.

[tp4tissue]

Future addicts...

I salute thee...

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Probably not considering it will be $14.99/month and I don't have a job :P

[missalaire]

Future addicts...

I salute thee...

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I'm fine with this. MMORPGs are my drug of choice anyways.

[digi]

Bout time they open the Beta back up, last time it was only for a weekend, a couple months back and I was out of town...I should have time to check it out this weekend.

[kenmai9]

Bout time they open the Beta back up, last time it was only for a weekend, a couple months back and I was out of town...I should have time to check it out this weekend.

its still only a weekend

[noisyturtle]

If they ever send me an invite. Probably not, since I applied almost a year ago.

[dustinhxc]

Whattttt this sounds amazing! ;o

[nubbinator]

Also  I didn't read the NDA.. I should go read that lol

Screw NDAs, post Youtube videos.

[missalaire]

I just hope its decent/good enough to last until ArcheAge or Black Desert Online come out for NA.

[JerBear]

I have several friends (running beastly PCs) who got invited to the last beta weekend, as well as this one. I applied on my Macbook and my desktop PC, haven't been invited yet.

[missalaire]

I have several friends (running beastly PCs) who got invited to the last beta weekend, as well as this one. I applied on my Macbook and my desktop PC, haven't been invited yet.

That doesn't mean anything. They have to send out to a variety of specs to test things.

[digi]

Screw NDAs, post Youtube videos.

lol, this ^. Marketing tactic to make it cooler to spread video/info about the game.

[paicrai]

TES Online is such a tricky ****.


"Hey, look at this sweet universe we made"

"Oh, cool! What are you going to do with it?"

"We are going to create lots of awesome open world games set in different parts of it!"

"FANTASTIC!"

"Yeah, and now we're putting them all together in one epic online experience!"

"HOLY **** I'M SO EXCITED!"

"yeah but you'll need to pay 15 dollars every month forever if you want it"

"**** you you're not getting ****"

"but it'll be gr8 tho"

"nghghgnghhhhghghhh ;-;"

[missalaire]

TES Online is such a tricky ****.


"Hey, look at this sweet universe we made"

"Oh, cool! What are you going to do with it?"

"We are going to create lots of awesome open world games set in different parts of it!"

"FANTASTIC!"

"Yeah, and now we're putting them all together in one epic online experience!"

"HOLY **** I'M SO EXCITED!"

"yeah but you'll need to pay 15 dollars every month forever if you want it"

"**** you you're not getting ****"

"but it'll be gr8 tho"

"nghghgnghhhhghghhh ;-;"

Better a monthly subscription than a F2P because we all know how well F2P ends up working out...

[tp4tissue]

TES Online is such a tricky ****.


"Hey, look at this sweet universe we made"

"Oh, cool! What are you going to do with it?"

"We are going to create lots of awesome open world games set in different parts of it!"

"FANTASTIC!"

"Yeah, and now we're putting them all together in one epic online experience!"

"HOLY **** I'M SO EXCITED!"

"yeah but you'll need to pay 15 dollars every month forever if you want it"

"**** you you're not getting ****"

"but it'll be gr8 tho"

"nghghgnghhhhghghhh ;-;"

Better a monthly subscription than a F2P because we all know how well F2P ends up working out...

I think the main difference between F2P and monthly is the user base it attracts..

F2p means way more younger kids.. and they're nuts..

[missalaire]

TES Online is such a tricky ****.


"Hey, look at this sweet universe we made"

"Oh, cool! What are you going to do with it?"

"We are going to create lots of awesome open world games set in different parts of it!"

"FANTASTIC!"

"Yeah, and now we're putting them all together in one epic online experience!"

"HOLY **** I'M SO EXCITED!"

"yeah but you'll need to pay 15 dollars every month forever if you want it"

"**** you you're not getting ****"

"but it'll be gr8 tho"

"nghghgnghhhhghghhh ;-;"

Better a monthly subscription than a F2P because we all know how well F2P ends up working out...

I think the main difference between F2P and monthly is the user base it attracts..

F2p means way more younger kids.. and they're nuts..

Not to mention more often than not, F2P inevitably becomes P2W.

[vun]

TES Online is such a tricky ****.


"Hey, look at this sweet universe we made"

"Oh, cool! What are you going to do with it?"

"We are going to create lots of awesome open world games set in different parts of it!"

"FANTASTIC!"

"Yeah, and now we're putting them all together in one epic online experience!"

"HOLY **** I'M SO EXCITED!"

"yeah but you'll need to pay 15 dollars every month forever if you want it"

"**** you you're not getting ****"

"but it'll be gr8 tho"

"nghghgnghhhhghghhh ;-;"

Better a monthly subscription than a F2P because we all know how well F2P ends up working out...

I think the main difference between F2P and monthly is the user base it attracts..

F2p means way more younger kids.. and they're nuts..

Not to mention more often than not, F2P inevitably becomes P2W.

Eh, original GW didn't have a monthly fee, and that was neat. GW2 is also doing well despite more monetization than the first game, but the reason I quit has little to do with that.

Although I still refuse to play games that require monthly subscriptions, because I want to be able to play whenever I feel like playing. I don't want to get caught in the "I paid for a month of playtime so I'd better get the most out of it" and eventually "I can't quit now because I've invested so much cash into this" mentalities.

Still, I can see the appeal, since the fee keeps a lot of the kiddies out, resulting in chat/community that's at least somewhat mature. The upfront fee of GW and GW2 also alleviates it somewhat, but not as much as a monthly fee.

[digi]

TES Online is such a tricky ****.


"Hey, look at this sweet universe we made"

"Oh, cool! What are you going to do with it?"

"We are going to create lots of awesome open world games set in different parts of it!"

"FANTASTIC!"

"Yeah, and now we're putting them all together in one epic online experience!"

"HOLY **** I'M SO EXCITED!"

"yeah but you'll need to pay 15 dollars every month forever if you want it"

"**** you you're not getting ****"

"but it'll be gr8 tho"

"nghghgnghhhhghghhh ;-;"

Better a monthly subscription than a F2P because we all know how well F2P ends up working out...

Historically speaking, regarding MMO's, the subless games lacked heavily in content and updates following their initial game sale. Monthly subs are fine if it will encourage cool updates to the game.

The trend now is to hype the **** out of a game pre-release, beta, speculation, "I can't wait for this game to come out it will be so cool". Then the game comes out, everyone buys it and 3 weeks later it's donkey crap.

[tp4tissue]

TES Online is such a tricky ****.


"Hey, look at this sweet universe we made"

"Oh, cool! What are you going to do with it?"

"We are going to create lots of awesome open world games set in different parts of it!"

"FANTASTIC!"

"Yeah, and now we're putting them all together in one epic online experience!"

"HOLY **** I'M SO EXCITED!"

"yeah but you'll need to pay 15 dollars every month forever if you want it"

"**** you you're not getting ****"

"but it'll be gr8 tho"

"nghghgnghhhhghghhh ;-;"

Better a monthly subscription than a F2P because we all know how well F2P ends up working out...

I think the main difference between F2P and monthly is the user base it attracts..

F2p means way more younger kids.. and they're nuts..

Not to mention more often than not, F2P inevitably becomes P2W.

p2w is the same as monthly no?

unless our time has 0 value..

I mean.. I've stopped playing mmo hardcore since my RO addiction really took a toll on my health.. I got fat..

Ultimately what I got out of the gaming-drug was a sense of progress and accomplishment...

Now.. If one could make money faster in real life, and just pay for the accomplishments rather than sinking the extra-hours into it...  it seems more efficient..

And at the end of the day.. the final-experience is about equally satisfying..   NOT completely the same, but close.. enough such that I feel i get a better payoff given the TIME i put in.

[paicrai]

TES Online is such a tricky ****.


"Hey, look at this sweet universe we made"

"Oh, cool! What are you going to do with it?"

"We are going to create lots of awesome open world games set in different parts of it!"

"FANTASTIC!"

"Yeah, and now we're putting them all together in one epic online experience!"

"HOLY **** I'M SO EXCITED!"

"yeah but you'll need to pay 15 dollars every month forever if you want it"

"**** you you're not getting ****"

"but it'll be gr8 tho"

"nghghgnghhhhghghhh ;-;"

Better a monthly subscription than a F2P because we all know how well F2P ends up working out...

I think the main difference between F2P and monthly is the user base it attracts..

F2p means way more younger kids.. and they're nuts..

Not to mention more often than not, F2P inevitably becomes P2W.

Warframe is F2P.

[dustinhxc]

Are they having open invitations? or is it closed?

[vun]

TES Online is such a tricky ****.


"Hey, look at this sweet universe we made"

"Oh, cool! What are you going to do with it?"

"We are going to create lots of awesome open world games set in different parts of it!"

"FANTASTIC!"

"Yeah, and now we're putting them all together in one epic online experience!"

"HOLY **** I'M SO EXCITED!"

"yeah but you'll need to pay 15 dollars every month forever if you want it"

"**** you you're not getting ****"

"but it'll be gr8 tho"

"nghghgnghhhhghghhh ;-;"

Better a monthly subscription than a F2P because we all know how well F2P ends up working out...

I think the main difference between F2P and monthly is the user base it attracts..

F2p means way more younger kids.. and they're nuts..

Not to mention more often than not, F2P inevitably becomes P2W.

Warframe is F2P.

And also still in Open Beta, so too early to see if power creep turns it into a mostly P2W game down the line. The other downside of the F2P is already showing though; the General Chat is pretty awful.

[Neal]

No invite

Not that I would play it... wasn't impressed from the 30mins or so I played at Eurogamer.

[missalaire]

TES Online is such a tricky ****.


"Hey, look at this sweet universe we made"

"Oh, cool! What are you going to do with it?"

"We are going to create lots of awesome open world games set in different parts of it!"

"FANTASTIC!"

"Yeah, and now we're putting them all together in one epic online experience!"

"HOLY **** I'M SO EXCITED!"

"yeah but you'll need to pay 15 dollars every month forever if you want it"

"**** you you're not getting ****"

"but it'll be gr8 tho"

"nghghgnghhhhghghhh ;-;"

Better a monthly subscription than a F2P because we all know how well F2P ends up working out...

I think the main difference between F2P and monthly is the user base it attracts..

F2p means way more younger kids.. and they're nuts..

Not to mention more often than not, F2P inevitably becomes P2W.

p2w is the same as monthly no?

unless our time has 0 value..

I mean.. I've stopped playing mmo hardcore since my RO addiction really took a toll on my health.. I got fat..

Ultimately what I got out of the gaming-drug was a sense of progress and accomplishment...

Now.. If one could make money faster in real life, and just pay for the accomplishments rather than sinking the extra-hours into it...  it seems more efficient..

And at the end of the day.. the final-experience is about equally satisfying..   NOT completely the same, but close.. enough such that I feel i get a better payoff given the TIME i put in.

No.

[paicrai]

TES Online is such a tricky ****.


"Hey, look at this sweet universe we made"

"Oh, cool! What are you going to do with it?"

"We are going to create lots of awesome open world games set in different parts of it!"

"FANTASTIC!"

"Yeah, and now we're putting them all together in one epic online experience!"

"HOLY **** I'M SO EXCITED!"

"yeah but you'll need to pay 15 dollars every month forever if you want it"

"**** you you're not getting ****"

"but it'll be gr8 tho"

"nghghgnghhhhghghhh ;-;"

Better a monthly subscription than a F2P because we all know how well F2P ends up working out...

I think the main difference between F2P and monthly is the user base it attracts..

F2p means way more younger kids.. and they're nuts..

Not to mention more often than not, F2P inevitably becomes P2W.

Warframe is F2P.

And also still in Open Beta, so too early to see if power creep turns it into a mostly P2W game down the line. The other downside of the F2P is already showing though; the General Chat is pretty awful.

wtf are you doing in the general chat

You don't make friends there, you get info. If you want to talk to your friends, use Skype or /w.

[Moosecraft]

Has anyone played this yet?, I'm a big fan of the elder scrolls series

[missalaire]

wtf are you doing in the general chat

You don't make friends there, you get info. If you want to talk to your friends, use Skype or /w.

The sad thing is you barely even get info in general chats in games nowadays. The people who frequent most MMOs these days have devolved into trolls and whiny children.

[paicrai]

wtf are you doing in the general chat

You don't make friends there, you get info. If you want to talk to your friends, use Skype or /w.

The sad thing is you barely even get info in general chats in games nowadays. The people who frequent most MMOs these days have devolved into trolls and whiny children.

Some people even evolved (without the d) into someone with a trolls and whiny dip****s, an actual personality. But I just checked the general chat for some info about the new warframes and stuff, and got called a ***got and a noob.

That's the worst I've seen in there for a long time in general chat, worse than adnauseum's super off-topic derailing troll bull****.

[jinxedx84]

I am so disapointed i didnt recieve an invite email 

[kenmai9]

i wanna play so bad but i can't even update lol **** this launcher it sucks balls

[eyesmiles]

I haven't checked my other email account in awhile and just saw my key. If anyone is interested in it, PM me and it's all yours. I know it's pretty late in the weekend, but hopefully it'll get some use

[digi]

I played for a bit Friday night and then the servers went down, lol..

[dustinhxc]

I played for a bit Friday night and then the servers went down, lol..

lol oh man.. Is there a way to sign up tonight!?

[Oobly]

TES Online is such a tricky ****.


"Hey, look at this sweet universe we made"

"Oh, cool! What are you going to do with it?"

"We are going to create lots of awesome open world games set in different parts of it!"

"FANTASTIC!"

"Yeah, and now we're putting them all together in one epic online experience!"

"HOLY **** I'M SO EXCITED!"

"yeah but you'll need to pay 15 dollars every month forever if you want it"

"**** you you're not getting ****"

"but it'll be gr8 tho"

"nghghgnghhhhghghhh ;-;"

Better a monthly subscription than a F2P because we all know how well F2P ends up working out...

I think the main difference between F2P and monthly is the user base it attracts..

F2p means way more younger kids.. and they're nuts..

Not to mention more often than not, F2P inevitably becomes P2W.

p2w is the same as monthly no?

unless our time has 0 value..

I mean.. I've stopped playing mmo hardcore since my RO addiction really took a toll on my health.. I got fat..

Ultimately what I got out of the gaming-drug was a sense of progress and accomplishment...

Now.. If one could make money faster in real life, and just pay for the accomplishments rather than sinking the extra-hours into it...  it seems more efficient..

And at the end of the day.. the final-experience is about equally satisfying..   NOT completely the same, but close.. enough such that I feel i get a better payoff given the TIME i put in.

Well, if you get a decent job, you can get the sense of progress and accomplishment from the JOB and GET PAID FOR IT. How epic is that!?

Decent jobs are bloody hard to find, though. Particularly one which has a decent manager.

I'm interested in the Elder Scrolls MMO, but currently SWtOR is my drug of choice, can't afford two and I'm quite invested in SWtOR (and I don't want to switch to F2P in SWtOR).

[terran5992]

All you lucky bastards

[missalaire]

@ whoever didn't get in, you guys didn't really miss much tbh.

Probably the worst beta I've played and its supposed to be like a mid beta too.

[trentva]

anyone get an invite to the ps4 beta?

[ferociousfingerings]

@ whoever didn't get in, you guys didn't really miss much tbh.

Probably the worst beta I've played and its supposed to be like a mid beta too.

Gah, that is upsetting to hear(read!). ESO has been one of my go-to last-hopes for gaming. (morrowind was one of my first real pc games, aside from stuff like doom and quake many years prior... i never played oblivion or skyrim, due to lacking multiplayer, but they seem to have done very well, so ESO had me excited... and i have signed up for beta, but either no invite or lost in spam)

I jumped on the bf4-for-$20 bandwagon yesterday, and so far i'm just not impressed. I think the graphics are good, but... the entire thing feels so flashy and contrived. I might even have a moral objection to glorification of combat, after having played Spec Ops: The Line. I think that game might have given me PTSD.

Maybe Archeage will be good (i can't help but heavily scrutinize and remain skeptical when viewing their website; it looks like it SHOULD BE awesome... but we've been down these roads before.).

I'm getting really fed up with all the game companies employing "smash'n'grab" tactics to get our money in exchange for ill-conceived and/or half-assed games.

I wish i could go back to the feelings i got from Anarchy Online and Age of Conan... back when gaming felt like it "meant something," and was still fun.

[PointyFox]

@ whoever didn't get in, you guys didn't really miss much tbh.

Probably the worst beta I've played and its supposed to be like a mid beta too.

Gah, that is upsetting to hear(read!). ESO has been one of my go-to last-hopes for gaming. (morrowind was one of my first real pc games, aside from stuff like doom and quake many years prior... i never played oblivion or skyrim, due to lacking multiplayer, but they seem to have done very well, so ESO had me excited... and i have signed up for beta, but either no invite or lost in spam)

I jumped on the bf4-for-$20 bandwagon yesterday, and so far i'm just not impressed. I think the graphics are good, but... the entire thing feels so flashy and contrived. I might even have a moral objection to glorification of combat, after having played Spec Ops: The Line. I think that game might have given me PTSD.

Maybe Archeage will be good (i can't help but heavily scrutinize and remain skeptical when viewing their website; it looks like it SHOULD BE awesome... but we've been down these roads before.).

I'm getting really fed up with all the game companies employing "smash'n'grab" tactics to get our money in exchange for ill-conceived and/or half-assed games.

I wish i could go back to the feelings i got from Anarchy Online and Age of Conan... back when gaming felt like it "meant something," and was still fun.

Haha, AO was such crap.  Every aspect of it was broken.  I do have fond memories of it though.  Mostly the weird things in the game like "The Curator" or finding a gun that shoots green toxic something or other, or finding out that the "agent" class just plain sucks compared to the others.