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Anyone else just get a key? I know Purplefood and Avatar720 did.

I didn't even realize it was that far along yet

Nor did I until I got an email from them, I don't really remember when I signed up for the beta but I do vaguely remember doing so with Purps and Avatar...

It's been going on for awhile, I remember a month or two ago (probably just before Thanksgiving) that there was a beta weekend.

Downloading it on the laptop as I type. I'm interested to see how it feels compared to other MMO's and of course Skyrim/Oblivion.

What I've heard and seen so far it's essentialy a combination of a worse skyrim game with a worse WoW clone. Not to mention that they actually will be going down the subscription route.

I do not expect anything good to come of this.

I dunno which is worse, a subscription or the typical terrible F2P method.

Yeah, I played in the last Beta Weekend. It was okay. I think the game will get better as people spread out more, the starting zone was obviously just jammed with folks.

Will I pay a sub for it? Probably not. I can just go play some Skyrim. Which I think will hurt them, because it hasn't been long enough since the last ES game for people to build up the hunger for a new game in the series, especially one that is such a radical departure.

I got an invite for this weekend. If they are doing stress tests it can't be far from release.

From what I have read about it I don't expect this to do very well at all.

 KingCracker wrote:
I dunno which is worse, a subscription or the typical terrible F2P method.

Terrible F2P method, because Private Servers

Anyways, interested in seeing how TES Online will be. Hopefully subscription-free on Xbox

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 KingCracker wrote:
I dunno which is worse, a subscription or the typical terrible F2P method.

Terrible F2P method, because Private Servers

Anyways, interested in seeing how TES Online will be. Hopefully subscription-free on Xbox

They will not be subscription free on xbox, but subscription cards can be bought at stores independent of your account.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 KingCracker wrote:
I dunno which is worse, a subscription or the typical terrible F2P method.

Terrible F2P method, because Private Servers

Anyways, interested in seeing how TES Online will be. Hopefully subscription-free on Xbox

They will not be subscription free on xbox, but subscription cards can be bought at stores independent of your account.

Dangit. Last I read was that Bethesda and MS were talking 'bout that.

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 KingCracker wrote:
I dunno which is worse, a subscription or the typical terrible F2P method.

Terrible F2P method, because Private Servers

Anyways, interested in seeing how TES Online will be. Hopefully subscription-free on Xbox

They will not be subscription free on xbox, but subscription cards can be bought at stores independent of your account.

Dangit. Last I read was that Bethesda and MS were talking 'bout that.

Without really slipping any huge amount of details, the subscription fee was never really going to be "no subscription fee on X platform v Y". There was talk about something to the effect of Xbox Live members being able to 'add' the subscription fee to their Live membership at a discounted price but I think that went out the window.

That said there is a lot of content in the game even at launch, and Bethesda is only publishing this game.

Well, no TES Online for me then. Any subscriptions besides my Xbox Live equals a "I'm out" for me.

As of right now the working price for a subscription is $8/month, with the first two months of play time free.

I got one, surprisingly. Probably wont pay a huge sub fee but if it's only a few quid a month and it's good then I might think about it.

Subscription?

This MMO is dead to me.

Got the email with the key. Immediately saw that it was a stress test so I'm expecting very long queue times/multiple crashes and server downtime.

Saying that it will be a nice "trial" before I consider subscribing and as to whether to invest time in it. If its mostly the same as every other MMO I'v played then it won't be for me. Why play a Wow clone when I can go back to GW at anytime for free?

Shall see how things go.

 Avatar 720 wrote:
Subscription?

This MMO is dead to me.

Personally, I prefer subs to pay-to-win freemium.

I'm a sad, no key for me, yet.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 Avatar 720 wrote:
Subscription?

This MMO is dead to me.

Personally, I prefer subs to pay-to-win freemium.

I'm a sad, no key for me, yet.

and down right paying for a game like it should be is out the window in relation to MMO's? sorry new to them never got the whole mindset needed and found them stupid. not that excited for TESO online, but its TES. luckily I got the anthology so I'm set for a year or 2

 Platuan4th wrote:

 Avatar 720 wrote:
Subscription?

This MMO is dead to me.

Personally, I prefer subs to pay-to-win freemium.

I'm a sad, no key for me, yet.

I'm about as PvE as PvE gets, so I couldn't care less about P2W; AFAIK there aren't any micro-transactions required in order to get mobs below 1hp (yet).

 Avatar 720 wrote:

 Platuan4th wrote:

 Avatar 720 wrote:
Subscription?

This MMO is dead to me.

Personally, I prefer subs to pay-to-win freemium.

I'm a sad, no key for me, yet.

I'm about as PvE as PvE gets, so I couldn't care less about P2W; AFAIK there aren't any micro-transactions required in order to get mobs below 1hp (yet).

You should see some of the Star Trek Online premium ships and gear in comparison to their level appropriate free equivalents.

Not bothered really, I accept that free stuff is worse than paid-for stuff by choosing the free option anyway; so long as most of the PvE is doable by free accounts then I'm fine - it's only really PvP where the inherent advantages premium stuff has start to show and are able to be exploited.

I'm not looking to breeze through PvE, or even to have an easier time of it.

 Platuan4th wrote:

You should see some of the Star Trek Online premium ships and gear in comparison to their level appropriate free equivalents.

STO is a bad example of a F2P MMO. Something like Lord of the Rings is a lot better.

Tbh with the download speed I am getting on this thing I'll be lucky if I get a chance to play. 7% after nearly a whole day of downloading is terrible even for here in rural Suffolk.

 Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Tbh with the download speed I am getting on this thing I'll be lucky if I get a chance to play. 7% after nearly a whole day of downloading is terrible even for here in rural Suffolk.

The same thing happened to you with Guild Wars 2 didn't it? That sucks man.

I'm in the middle of nowhere in mid-wales and my average download speed is 1.5MB/s.

Yeah, considering the size of the village here its bad. I'm getting 86KB download at the moment, and tbh that's a good day, seen it as low as 30KB last year.

On a positive, the whole of Suffolk is getting a broadband upgrade at the mo, but our village is due early to mid 2015 so doh.
It will bounce us up to about what you have mind, which to be blatantly honest would be an absolute dream.


It might make it, but will have to wait and see. Sadly its not sounding too great mind based on what folks are suggesting but I'll have a look. Oddly I might be more interesting in nabbing it on the Xbox One depending on how it is converted to a controller.


On a side note didn't spot you where in Aber, going to the Uni?

In my second year of a physics degree there.

I could do without the MMO. A simple multiplayer co-op option on the next elder scrolls though....pleasepleaseplease

 Maelstrom808 wrote:
I could do without the MMO. A simple multiplayer co-op option on the next elder scrolls though....pleasepleaseplease

Yeah. That would be awesome.