Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5894328-20140102184105/@comment-3524435-20140105233446

Considering the fact that I paid $15 a month for Star Wars Galaxies several years ago, it's not an unreasonable price. I don't like the upfront price or micro transactions either, but I can live with the upfront price, and micros can be ignored.

As for it not "feeling" like an Elder Scrolls game, you're right. It's an MMO, so it can't feel just like a single player game. However it's an interesting hybrid of styles, and you can still level up to be good at just about anything you want.

As for the lore, it's not as bad as I thought. There are a few contradictions as well as some recycled elements of other games. They even added their own lore. But most of it works for the game. As for it being non-canon...

http://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/96/~/will-the-elder-scrolls-online-be-canon%3F

If you don't like the game for whatever reason, that's totally fine. But ESO has to be different from TES 1-5 for practical reasons. And the canonicity shouldn't be an issue in future games. I wouldn't expect more than a few vague references to Online in TES:VI.