Why I Love ESO - Responding to the hate of Elder Scrolls Online!  

I've always found it interesting how hostile MMO fans are towards anyone who likes a different one than they do.

I started ESO at the beginning and played for about 3 years - I had 1 goal, to become Emperor - It wasn't easy.

Love this video! Eso is one of my absolute favourite games. Nothing is perfect but the depth and breadth of what it offers is incredible, and you can earn so much of the best stuff without shelling out extra money. So nice to see just a positive video celebrating eveything it gets so right!

The real ESO is the friends we've made along the way Great video man!

I've been playing RPGs since Dragon Warrior on Nintendo... then Chrono Trigger... then Chrono Cross... WOW... LOTR... DDO... and now ESO. ESO is my favorite of all time.

Thanks for this video. I've been playing ESO since beta and I love it. I don't care about paying for the subscription because I hoard crafting mats. Without that crafting bag I wouldn't have became a grand master crafter. Also, doing master writs would be a pain without it as well. Ultimately, I love ESO because I can pace myself. I love that old chapters aren't locked after a new one comes out. I hate rushing through content and I'm happy happy I can take my time. It's like a Neverending RPG. The lore is so good.

Lovely video 🙂. I love seeing ESO getting some love for a change. It's such a fantastic game

Hiya, quick question, any tips on getting the Mazzatun style light armor pages? I've been trying to get into vet runs of Mazzatun for like two weeks now, and I just never get grouped for it.

first time i try eso is like few years ago and what hook me up is cyrodiil. you are right, find what you love to do and you'll fall in love with it. for me its the community of AD, EP, and DC in cyrodiil is what makes me love eso. i can run in cyrodiil without subscription after dilligently at least purpled up my gear and my horse speed. if i need to grind for new gear for new toon then i subs again. i didnt care too much about store, and i cant remember what stuff i bought and what stuff i get from bonus. but the "in game hate" towards one faction, the loyalty feelings toward my faction, the sadness when the fort is taken, and how we dance silly when finish repair gates or curse when bombed while repairing, the drama of cyrodiil, that is my core memory of eso.

Ive played so many mmos, and in my opinion, its easily the most accessible when it comes to content and gear.. you can literally play however you want on any class, doing any content.. it doesnt take a year to get to "end game".. bis gear isnt locked behind a raid you can only do once a week at a 2% drop rate.. how gear, levelling, and alts is handeled is phenomenal.. puts wow into the dirt..

Now this is content 💯 I am so sick of negativity and clickbait ty for making this I give u respect for now. I hate 🗑️🚮 content creators that complain

I agree 100%.

Love your Video! I find the joy in ESO through Cyrodiil. Ain’t no place I rather be, it’s and absolutely blast to work with War fighting guilds and fight for your alliance. Got EMP about a year ago now, loved every moment of it. Thank you for sharing this.

Great video. Most if not all of the ESO haters have never really played the game. I used to be one of those ESO is stupid even though I never played it types, tried the game in 2018 for a couple hours and was lost and confused and mad I couldn't access all those dyes, but gave it another shot in 2021. Three days later I subscribed to Plus for the craft bag, and I'm here now 8k-9k hours later lol. I never though I'd be join a guild, do vet hm dungeons and trials, pvp, make friends, etc. There's so many things that make it more appealing than other MMOs. Account wide transmogs, level shared across all champion point characters, housing, open world pvp, crafted gear that can still be very good, gear is not 5% drop rate from a once a week raid, you don't need to physically walk to a raid, gear isn't completeley obsolete every patch, etc. There's so many things to do in this game and I haven't even finished my alliance's final zone story. 2.5 years and still been playing every day. Might be another 5 years before I get Grand Overlord though lol.

Agree. There are times when I just login to do my daily crafting runs and after a time it adds up. The only thing I don't like is you have to be in a guild to sell things but everything else is premium quality. Also, I can start a new char and run through the content in any order with no item or level restrictions. In other words, the game is wide open with no gates to order your play. In this game, unlike the claims so many other games make, you really can play your own way.

Agreed, I've played ESO since release and I still play to this day. One of my favorite things about the game is that you can play the entire game without joining Guilds. Having to be in a Guild to play end game contact is what caused me to quit World of Warcraft years ago.

HI! I'm shmity72. A guild master since launch and machinima fan director of ESO I found it hart warming when you mentioned guild wars 1 as that is how i met my wife 18 years ago. give me a buzz! ...good video!

I love ESO! I do housing, trials, or farming nodes, it's become my #1 favorite game as well. Like you, I started playing Morrowind on Xbox way back when, and later on found ESO. I'm an officer in a housing guild, and help run a few social guilds, and just got selling in the traders in the last year. I was so thrilled when my main toon earned GMC ( that really was work and I am glad I did it!) Like that night I finally got my Pillar of Nirn Dagger after running Falkreath Hold for a while. There's always a new goal to set, and I dig that. There really is nothing else like it out there. My guildmates are some of the nicest and helpful people I have ever met online. and I couln't agree with you more with the sentiment of this video, I play mostly on PS NA, but I do have accounts on PC NA and PS EU. Thank you for making this, It's really cool to hear aother positive voice for ESO on this platform! Best to you! GG!

I started my journey in ESO not really having high goals. Just got hooked with the character build options. I just started with overland content which was hard for me at first. Then to dungeons and finally trials. I've completed every vet trial now. I never had such high goals. Just enjoyed the journey and never expected it to take me where I am now. Still there is more for me to accomplish. My main reasons for playing ESO is I love the trials and that is pretty much all I focus on. I have a few hard modes and feel I can eventually complete them all.

Thanks m8, I got the same story as yours. Guild Wars and now ESO. Best exp ever.

Well said, I feel the same way about Runescape, which is my MMO of choice. It's my favorite game of all time too, even though there are plenty of other games and plenty of valid criticisms of it. I'll always come back to it though, so many great friends made and memories.

I played for about 10 years for 100s of hours across 2 platforms. Definitely recommend and really enjoyed the game. I finally hung it up as I simply wasn’t enjoying mmo style combat anymore and really missed single player games where my choices during questing matter to my characters.

I love it too! My fav and most played game of all times, not just MMO. As today I have played 4.410 h. Please keep making this videos.

Great video .... especially given the proclivity of people to just make negative content.

You are my favorite ESO account to follow! My fav apart about the game is the diversity. One day I’m feeling ToT and the next raiding dungeons or completing missions. It’s a fun way to be creative with outfits, crafting, housing deco etc. Thanks for providing content! It has helped me so much in the game. ❤😊 You said what makes this game so great? The people! Clearly some of the commenters need some ESO in their life…might make them nicer in comments 😂😅

After more than 3000 hours on skyrim and 4 platinum trophy I tryed eso last week and men. This is the best elder scrolls in term of lore and game mechanics we ever had. Of course you don't have the immersion or the physicalise combat and dynamic of the single player game. But it's a very good elder scrolls game. And for a mmo having a non mandatory shop is not a big deal and subscription is not an issue for me due to the massive amount of content you get from an mmo. And it's not p2w like ANY other mmo where you can buy gold for money easily, and buy fast dungeon with this money

Good advice lol currently working on gathering all the crafting stations to make my own crafting/guild style house

Something about it, it knows what it is and tries to do it the best it can

Man idk why this video hadn't popped up on my feed until now! The production quality is top notch and it is refreshing to hear a positive and level-headed message about the game. Good shit! 👌

I play ESO every day on 4 servers, you shouldn't feel ashamed for enjoying it. I just wish they'd fix the darn main quest in southern Elsweyr.

My MMO experience starting out was very similar to yours, just with EQ1 in 2000. :) My #1 favorite aspect of ESO is how the content difficulty is very much graded and separated for different types and skill levels of players. From the super casual core open world part, then in several easily categorized stages, all the way up to Elite Raiding. ESO makes it so anyone can jump in fresh and new without having to worry about not being able to do a significant amount of content or immediately needing Best-In-Slot gear just to play the game. Subscription is recommended (but not mandatory) and the Cash Shop is 100% optional. A 10/10 MMO and the best one available today, in my opinion.

Awesome video! I cycle through ESO, WoW, and Runescape on a regular basis. I love each one for different reasons, but I always look at ESO as the most polished MMO out there. Narratively, I think the established TES lore has allowed ESO to be deployed in a really soothing and organic way - it's a world we already (mostly) know the rules of and we're exploring it bit-by-bit. It feels like coming home in a way. Mechanically, it might be my favorite MMO too. I only started ESO a couple years ago, but the systems have been evergreen for me and stay engaging. You touched on the combat builds which are virtually limitless, the guild system, and player housing which are all fantastic and complex in ways I haven't seen in other MMOs. My favorite is probably just the crafting system in general. I love hunting down pages for crafting motifs through exploration or questing lol. Oh, and everyone's character is hot.

I love ESO but I didn't like it so much at first. I found fun in the vast variety of character customizations, enjoying the beautiful locations, trying to figure out combos, and hunting for resources. One day, I hope to break out of my comfort zone and try to join a guild.

Just copped eso for p5 homie, cant wait to hit this game when im off work, funna grind till my redbulls run out

Couldn’t have said it better myself friend. Thanks for illuminating the positives! I too hang out in Vivec, May our paths cross!

The characters and stories are also fun. 😂

Great post mate. I am an old man who has been playing computer games since 'PONG'. This is also my favorite. This is not just a game, it is a pile of games. The breadth of this game surprises me all the time. There are many things for everyone, not just something for everyone. A phrase i heard once went something like this: Only boring people get bored. So... in that spirit this game is effectively endless in scope. And like you pointed out, the people are the magic sauce. Happy hunting.

I just started ESO recently after trying to give it a few shots over the years, and this time it has completely sucked me in, I've grinded from lvl 18 to Champion Level 412 in the last couple days, im actually here right now watching your video and commenting because of the god forsaken maintenance lmao

I've played off and on since the beginning. I have my criticisms of the game for sure but it's also the game I have returned to over and over for a decade now. If I had to pick an overall favorite game of my lifetime, I think ESO is probably it.

This is such an amazing video idk why it hasn’t blown up yet!! You da Man ESO is gonna be THE GAME one day

Agreed, friend. I'm happy you made this, it speaks for a lot of people.

Video made me tear up a bit dude. I agree with you %100 (although I'm still trying to get into Tribute lol). Thanks for putting into words and sharing why so many of us love this game❤

I’ve subbed. I love ESO too. For all the reasons you listed ☺️

I have been playing eso for a 8 months and I can’t stop playing. I started playing because of Skyrim. I play by my self and little by little I am trying to branch out to be more social.❤😊

Your journey sounds like mine, First played GW1 when it first came out, buddy got a beta key and a key to spend to a friend, never played a mmo ever in my life. Coming from a top 1 clan in quake2 ctf on OGL thought I would change things up. boy was that the start of a journey I never looked back on. Played GW1 for years then stepped into WoW Tons of memories and raids. Bought ESO in 2017 maybe, anyways on steam during a winter sale, played it for maybe 2 hours no idea where to go no help no friends playing it so gave it up and back to WoW i went. Years later my buddies are like lets go play ESO, so here i am, just started playing 3 weeks ago and must say why didnt I stick this game out before. So much fun and the dungs are amazing. Haven't done and trials yet but looking forward to the day I get a chance too. anyways long ass comment but want to say great vid and couldnt agree more with you! cheers

Great video. You're right, it's not perfect but there is lots to enjoy within the game of ESO.

We need more of these. The level of negativity people pull against this game, and yet they come back everytime - it has become almost hillarious at this point. It is a growing world, things change. People can't handle change well, and prefer to live blinded in the past of "the good days". Great points indeed, and happy someone spoke them out.

Great vid man. I’ve been thinking about returning to ESO, this was enough to convince me. Updating now.

2:04 I prefer to solo, and explore or read things, and listen to dialogue... However, I join guilds for an often overlooked reason: free fast travel to any guild member by pulling up the roster, right-clicking on a member, and selecting "travel to member..."

Great video. Great channel. Great game. The ending is so true. Peace and love brother.

One thing that this video did not touch on was how amazing PvP was in ESO. As someone who has mostly played PvE, I can say that nothing compares to the immersion and how interactive Cyrodiil PvP was back then. I liked how epic the battles were. I liked how people had loyalty to their alliances then (especially before when even when grouping for dungeons and trials were alliance locked). I liked that there were spies from alliances back then. And I like the randomness of the situation and circumstances were back then. I just miss that, you know. I recently logged in ESO and tried to do that PvP event thing, and it's just sad to see and know how different this game has become (PvP and PvE). But my goodness, I will always remember Azura's Star. :)

Thank you for your honesty opinion and your journey in eso.

Woooo! Templars for the win! Great vid! Its nice to see a vid of someone enjoying ESO also. Cheers Mate! Now to journey for that bucket!! =)

Great video and valid points. The gameplay, achievements, collections and especially the community have kept me invested in ESO for many, many years and I hope it will continue for many more 🙂

I’m hurt PvP wasn’t mentioned 🥲 PvP Theorycrafting is what keeps me coming back!

Definitely one of my favorite games. I'm still fairly new a few years though really only started getting it this past year. I enjoy the freedom of this game you can pretty much do anything or even nothing if you want the choice is yours

Not everyday you see a video like this! It was refreshing to hear some of your takes on this. Been playing this game sinctit released on console years ago and haven't stopped since. Even renewed my love of the game ince me and my wife started little passion video giides on how to get some of the mythic items. Though i will say they are not for everyone as we do them in a very unique way, me and her create so many memories in and out of game doing this. I love collecting the emotes and personalities thr most as they aid in our projects. Definitely earned my sub and look forward to future videos 😄🍻

ESO is definitely one of my favorite games ever all for the same reasons you listed and more. I’ve played since release and have watched the game fluctuate from peak then go down hill then watch it build itself slowly back up over the last couple years to where it’s at today. At this games peak it was hands down best game I’ve ever played. I’m not gonna BS anybody though this games potential is held back by the developers, a lot of the content gets repetitive and questing is just ass. The PvE portion of this game is most enjoyable when you are doing trials with other players, the PvP of ESO is where the game really shines it is also where you experience the “Skill Gap” of the game especially with its unique MMO combat system that the Developers flagships the game on. The problem is that they neglected the PvP for more then half of the games life cycle and for a very long time Cyrodil was a laggy zergy mess, almost unplayable. Today the PvP of the game is enjoyable and most of the time pretty smooth, as you say the games not perfect and again I still enjoy the game today but I’m cautiously optimistic about the game’s future due to its past.

ESO is my favourite MMO game too, and I have played many other before

Kinda wish those of us who got Grand Master Crafter the old way could get a unique identifier.

Thank you for this! I love ESO too, and it can be soul crushing to constantly hear content creators bash the game. While I get that there are issues, I also know that it's the only game I know where I can log in and just run around picking flowers for 4 hours and feel refreshed when I log off. For such an old game the graphics are amazing, and the questing is still among the best. Maybe it's no Baldur's Gate 3, but it's *so* much more!

I love ESO too

I feel like the Ebony warrior from skyrim since my goal was to get flawless conqueror & spirit slayer. I farmed the shit out of infinite archives too.

I'm gonna hop back into ESO and give it a 2nd try! Only made it to about 35 but I'm looking forward to having fun with healing ! Thank you for the video and motivation

i played ESO the day it came out on xbox put about 1000 hours in and it was great but after about 1 year after it was released they changed everything with the leveling and skills and it reset my points and i didn't remember how i set up all my characters before. then i fixed them after about a week then realized nothing was working the way it was before because they changed damage and a lot of other things. so my builds wouldn't work anymore so i had to scrap the characters and restart after that i haven't been back. skipping to now i have been thinking about giving it a go again but being so far behind after 10 years is a big turn off.

I love it too! Been playing since release and still do 😊👍

I love this story I feel the same way. My goal is to finish everything in the game except Godslyayer I don't want to spend the money or go through the headache. Lol But I'm nine years eso and I am in love with this game and I will be with it when they shut it down. ❤

Nice to see a positive video about ESO for once. I played ESO for 4 years, but had quit the game numerous times because I could not fit in with the Guilds that I joined, as well as the predatory monetization. I've left a lot of Guilds due to drama, was an Officer in a couple of them, and it has affected my enjoyment for ESO, after leaving a lot of once good folks to be around. Kudos to you for enjoying ESO the way you do!

The things you mentioned are all in other MMOs as well though. I would have mentioned stuff like lore and getting to explore all of Tamriel.

What are friends? 😅 Seriously though, it's fun to hear about your journey.

Dude I started playing eso a month ago and I cant put it down its such a fun game with alot to offer btw I play on pc

I started elder scrolls since the second one came out and played every one my most favorite out of them all is eso I been playing it nonstop spice 2017 everyday

I love this video. The best, most wholesome and real video about ESO

Great vid, I love ESO for the stories, lore.....and one day I'll be able to survive PvP😂🎉

I just love this game as it’s currently the only way to explore most of Tamriel. I’d love it if one day Bethesda was able to make a single player Elder Scrolls game that let you explore all of Tamriel. This game doesn’t do all of Tamriel, but it’s the best we got so far.

Neverwinter was fun.

My dirty eso habit is collecting named set items just so I can link them in chat

I agree ESO is a great game... Everytime I play it's like Im actually in the game. I would probably play it a lot more if I had friends to play it with.

Started playing eso on my rog ally with geforce now on ultra settings 120 fps

Excellent video. I also started in 2016 and have been hooked since. Best mmo out there.

Well said…definitely correlates with my experiences with this game

You said this absolutely perfect. 100% agree. ESO is the best MMO I’ve played. Sometimes it’s sad to see the negative comments but luckily I have so many friends in ESO that I know there are more positives than negative. Thank you for this video. Sharing with my guild.

It make me so sad and upset when i see crappy negative crap videos about dumb complains about this game. I always give no craps about any toxic or negative people what always wanna spit negative crap on this game. Im happy i found this video man. It made my day and actually give me motivation to make a video similar about this. Besids as you said "Zos Shields" Im a zos shield as well. ALways wanna keep positivity with this game. So we need more videos like this. Spread much more light on this game. very VERY GREAT VIDEO! like, commented, and subscribing!

Great vid.. we need more content creators to concentrate on all the good instead of trying really hard to find the pit falls! 100% agree with everything in this vid other than the RP’ers sending feet pics!! 😆😂

You should have tried EverQuest. It’s the original single class game. Hard to solo and fun to group.

Id love to get into MMOs if i didnt need to spend so much money. Ive played a lot of ESO before but i hated having to spend money every month for the plus membership so it really turned me off from playing it. Its definitely my favorite MMO though, just really annoying to play

I Love your point of view please do more content on the game I love so much --- Thank you

Very good video, mate. You really nailed the spot. Were it not for the friends I've made, I wouldn't even play it.

I have a lot of complaints about eso - and it's still one of my favorite games. I think it's our nature to want to see the people and things we love thrive, and we experience frustration when they do not realize their potential. As a pvp player there is a lot of disappointments from decisions made by ZoS... but at the end of the day the game is still fun.

Iv been getting back into it iv always enjoyed it

Awesome reminder! Thank you!

More ESO players need to hear this video

Been playing ESO since 2015, uniterruptedly. I play it every day, I love this game so much. I started as a casual because I am a huge Elder Scrolls fan, especially Oblivion, but then I slowly got into competitive PvE/PvP and took the game a bit more seriously 😂

Same here! I love my ESO ❤

Great video - Well said and needed to be said.

Liked and subbed. I like your style, bud

That was really well put together.

What a great video, whole-heartedly agree

💯 we should play sometime awesome video respect