Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-92.19.77.180-20130604200439/@comment-71.204.113.253-20131215064846

Erik Torvaldson wrote: I think in terms of it being an MMO, sure its like WoW, but from what i've heard so far about it its nothing like WoW. Sure the Daggerfall Covenant and Ebonheart Pact ressemble the Alliance and Horde, but in all honesty its because neither game's factions are very original. A civilized faction vs a savage faction, it was done long before Warcraft, it will be done long after Warcraft. Now not being original doesn't mean its bad, clealry both series' lore is extreamly well done, just means there is alot of the same.

Also i believe I heard they're quite lienient with how you play your class. For instance you can play as a mage in heavy armour and a long sword, or a rougeish type that sneaks around healing people. That differs greatly from WoW's extreamly strict class abilities.

The idea of the megaserver also makes it a completely differant game. From whats been said, you can make it so you only share the world with your guild or friends. Of course thats faction set, so everyone in the other factions are playing with you aswell. For example, one of the problems in WoW is on RP servers you have PvPers running around trolling RPers constantly, not saying the system ESO has will eliminate trolls, unfortuantly nothing will, but if you know some trolls are part of a certain group, you can make it so you dont share the world with them.

As the Argonian wizard said though,  it may tank or it may give WoW a run for its money. Personally, I hope it excells, Blizz has been sitting on the MMO throne for far to long. it is exactly like wow. from guild function to quests to zoned in walls with level apropriate mobs. exploration is cookie cutter public zones are empty with big groups at the bottom hitting the bosses for 2 seconds due to so many people.. it was absolutely crap in the last beta and the forums were aflame telling the developers how bad it was.. absolutely no response from the devs.. except to announce a release date.. this game will sell on its name and crash faster than starwars the old republic