The Elder Scrolls Online Preview - Mud Crabs & Joe DiMaggio

[KeyMaster45]

As unlikely as it is in the current environment where WoW is the only surviving subscription MMO, I really hope that Bethesda goes with and sticks with a subscription model. Otherwise TES: Online is going to be a miserable experience that I don't really want to spend my money on.

The irony, of course, being that if the game is Free-To-Play, you wouldn't have to spend any money on it anyways.

Actually I would as I highly doubt that Bethesda won't require you buy a game key to play initially; be it with install discs or digitally. There may be no subscription afterwards, but there is still an initial investment that I won't want to make.

 

[KeyMaster45]

As unlikely as it is in the current environment where WoW is the only surviving subscription MMO, I really hope that Bethesda goes with and sticks with a subscription model. Otherwise TES: Online is going to be a miserable experience that I don't really want to spend my money on.

The irony, of course, being that if the game is Free-To-Play, you wouldn't have to spend any money on it anyways.

Actually I would as I highly doubt that Bethesda won't require you buy a game key to play initially; be it with install discs or digitally. There may be no subscription afterwards, but there is still an initial investment that I won't want to make.

Which would make it a Buy-To-Play game, not a Free-To-Play game.

Really? I've never heard Guild Wars or GW2 referred to as such. Matter of fact I've never heard any games referred to as that. You're either the F2P business model or the subscription model. Regardless, the model of GW2 still has the company relentlessly trying to sell you shit after you've given them money to play; which is exactly the model TES: Online is most likely going to have.

I still won't be giving Bethesda any money for it if that's the business model they plan to use.

 

[SajuukKhar]

Really? I've never heard Guild Wars or GW2 referred to as such. Matter of fact I've never heard any games referred to as that. You're either the F2P business model or the subscription model. Regardless, the model of GW2 still has the company relentlessly trying to sell you shit after you've given them money to play; which is exactly the model TES: Online is most likely going to have.

I still won't be giving Bethesda any money for it if that's the business model they plan to use.

Having been a long-time player of the guild wars series, I cannot think of anyone who has ever said that the game is free-to-play, without having someone who actually plays the game correct them by saying it is buy-to-play.

Hell, it became a running joke of sorts in guild wars to correct people who called the game free-to-play, when it was in-fact, buy-to-play.

And having played Guild Wars 2 since it came out, i really cant say I ever felt like the company was trying to pressure me into buying shit, ever.

 

[Colt47]

The only thing I'm thinking looking at this article is "Hey look, it's the next SWTOR." Why do people keep wasting their careers on making MMOs? And more specifically, who thought that having hundreds of other people running around doing random stuff is going to make the Elder Scrolls so much better?

The only MMOs I've seen that actually understand how to make the multiplayer aspect a key part of the gameplay include the old Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima Online, and Eve Online. Every other MMO release has been this happy go lucky theme park ride that just has group activities thrown in.

 

[Gather]

In response to whether or not there were plans to release any kind of modding for The Elder Scrolls Online, Pete Hines quipped "We kinda did. It's called Skyrim It works great, use that." (Note, this wasn't addressing UI modding.)

Wait, they are releasing a multiplayer DLC for Skyrim?

 

[waj9876]

From what I can gather, the newest Elder Scrolls game MMO has elements like that of an Elder Scrolls game...that's all I'm getting from that article.

Was always interested in this MMO though. Definitely gonna check it out when it comes out.

 

[Ickorus]

In response to whether or not there were plans to release any kind of modding for The Elder Scrolls Online, Pete Hines quipped "We kinda did. It's called Skyrim It works great, use that." (Note, this wasn't addressing UI modding.)

Wait, they are releasing a multiplayer DLC for Skyrim?

No, it's a joke that you can mod in Skyrim.

 

[ViciousTide]

Rather play Skyrim indefinitely for free now, then pay $15/month to have NPC's tell me what to do.

 

[Navvan]

Glad to hear the initial reports are promising. I just hope they don't go subscription based as that is a deal breaker for me.

 

[SajuukKhar]

This game sounds better than I thought. Are monthly fees planned for this game?

there has been nothing said about possible payment models for the game.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Rather play Skyrim indefinitely for free now, then pay $15/month to have NPC's tell me what to do.

than* and remove the comma.
Saying "then" and having the comma completely changes your argument. Unless you actually do want to pay $15/month to have NPC's tell you what to do.

OT: I've never really liked MMO's but I've always loved the Elder Scrolls so I'm kind of torn here.

 

[ViciousTide]

I'll take an arrow to the knee, before i pay a monthly fee.