User blog comment:The Milkman/ElderScrollsOnline.com has Launched!/@comment-5469467-20121026052930/@comment-2040576-20121026090457

I agree, but I think of it a little differently. You are not immediately special, so you must strive to become known and great. You work hard to top the leaderboards, max your skills, become a known-fighter, get recognition for your contribution to your faction's accomplishments in the war, and if you are lucky, take the Ruby Throne!

It feels like you are working hard to earn being special, and it will be recognized. In the single-player, everyone is awesome and kills Alduin, but on this game there will be so many different aspects that not everyone can say "I did so and so!", such as becoming the emperor.

You will also be playing the game with friends, which is probably the most important aspect of the game. The idea is to create and Elder Scrolls game, for people to enjoy together. So they have tried to keep as many aspects of the single-players as possible, with the added element of an MMO. They are not even creating the game the mainstream way with set classes, rotation-based combat and so on. It is really an Elder Scrolls game to be played online!