The Elder Scrolls Online announced

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  So basically you can see this wonderful world gone to shit by a couple lolling Khajiits and Dunmer runnin... : StriderNL
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    exactly, I wanted to play with my 3 buddies. not 3million assholes. : metalremains
    • ^this ! : fw_rams
    • I would have been happy with just being able to show off my character to other players using in game tool... : MH Knights
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      THIS is why MMOs don't interest me at all, so bummed about this. : Finchypoo
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        Yep. Playing in a world with thousands of other real people sounds great at first but then when you think about it you should realize that most of them will be fuckheads.

        May 03, 2012 11:01am PDT
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        Yep. Playing in a world with thousands of other real people sounds great at first but then when you think... : SockMonkeh
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          somebody should create a badass MMO game and then display every player's driver's license photo and home ... : biskits
          • did... no. : Zolneirz
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          I dunno... I think Elder Scrolls will attract mainly players that are not fuckheads... I played LOTRO, an... : FesterBlatz
          • LOTRO has the best community out of any mmo. : AgentPothead
        • Yeah, it was great for me when it was UO and Everquest... a little bit with WoW. Now I'm done with it. ... : Gwyndion
    • Pretty much :( : spazzium
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    On the positive side, I don't believe the developers that make the single-player games are being pulled a... : Psydswipe
    • That is correct. This is not from the Skyrim development team. : LoioshDwaggie
  • 100% this. : ashkie
  • ^^^ I will check this out only because I love the Elder Scrolls, I am not hopeful about this news thoug... : braaains
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  This will be the BEST MMO ever made.... nuff said... : Dark Drakonis
  • I beg to differ : Lickuright
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    The same was said about SWTOR. And RIFT. And TERA, and... : MH Knights
    • RIFT was the best MMO. At least, I enjoyed it the most since EQ1. They got a lot right. : Ebu
• Don't forget the requisite 50 comparisons to WoW in chat every 10 minutes. : txfeinbergs
• >:I : ETPC1
• eeeeehhhhhhhh : asianwaste
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  Does this mean that we won't get a Skyrim coop update? : aasyranth
  • I don't believe the engine skyrim is built with is really made for multiplayer coop. As i understand it ... : deadearth
• Cue lots of whining from MMO haters. I'm excited to see what they bring to the table. : node
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  A Bethesda MMO? So we can expect a buggy, incomplete MMO that feels unbalanced and unfinished until the m... : AhmNee
  • It's unlikely they'd allow mods for this for huge a number of reasons. : ManiacalMoose
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  Why yes, I will buy that. : Barleywine
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    Wow, just read the comments above me. MEEEEOOOOWWW : Barleywine
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      meow? what? : biskits
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        as in bitchy cat swipe with claws : cptstern
        • 1994'd : HL3dsx
      • mjm : zehh
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        It's the sound of a cat in heat. Barleywine is the cat, TES:Online is the Q-Tip. : dumb.
        • Hahahaha : thetangent
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  I hope it is Morrowind style hard and not Skyrim style easy. I want crazy skill depth and point allocati... : grandmasterlee
  • Having large numbers of skills is not the same as having depth. : Arcanum
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    So you want it to be frustrating and unintuitive as fuck? : Firefly1985
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      Sadly it's true. Morrowind at least had some difficulty whereas Oblivion and Skyrim were piss easy. Absol... : Mr. Goodwrench
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        There was nothing in Oblivion or Skyrim that gave me any challenge. Any tough fight could just be won by... : grandmasterlee
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          I do actually prefer Morrowind to Oblivion and Skyrim by far. It was rough around the edges but it was a ... : Mr. Goodwrench
          • I loved Morrowind and I love hard games but swinging my axe point blank at a cliffracer and missing becau... : the_burd
    • Intuitive is fine. But plenty of MMOs have tried to be 'accessible' and turned out to be 'pathetic easym... : Lucien Irenicus
• After SWTOR, it will either be really basic and cheap or lose money. : lpearl
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  No thank you I'm burnt out of mmos star wars was my last one and I only lasted two months. I play skyrim ... : Lickuright
  • MMOs don't have to be that way, but one that doesn't has to prove to be successful before people will bel... : ovrlrd
• http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=28028090#item_28028090 : AMikaboshi
• I just don't like MMO gameplay. Even playing Firefall for a few hours today it felt unnecessarily slow an... : Chipwarrior
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  Housing and pking or go home! : Shodai80
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    ^^ This. And when I kill you, I get all your stuff. UO lives! : TheMongbat
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      I miss UO so much. No game since has made my heart race or my palms sweat as much as when you're alone du... : BooSpacehamster
      • There were so many awesome moments, both on the winning and losing side of that game. I don't think it w... : TheMongbat
• I swear to fuck, the first asshole that yells, "FUS ROH DAH!" in voice chat is getting his shit kicked in... : Clasifyd
• Do not want. : Zero Hoki
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  Ugh. Everytime I hear about this my heart crushes. Iv'e said it before and I'll say it again, I fear Beth... : BackSinner
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    They already have. Skyrim was a crappy casual cash in job. : pizzaput
    • Lolwut? : saunders45
    • your opinion is wrong : godm0de
• I'd love to be thrilled, really, but a MMO where people spend days of their lives has to have a solid cor... : Boxelder
• TAAAAMRIELLLLL : hoov1185
• At last! http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/freds4sale/multiplayer.jpg : Jenings
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  They can't release a single player game without many game breaking bugs and poor coding, and they're stil... : Epsilon Sector
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    On a side note, what has made the Elder Scrolls game so popular (at least in my case) are all the mods. Y... : Epsilon Sector
    • tru tru : loke662
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      I think mods only started showing up around Morrowind. The series was already greatly popular prior to t... : oneandone11
      • Funny you say that, I found out about the Elder Scrolls games, with my first one being Morrowind...frigge... : Epsilon Sector
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    age of conan had the combat you're describing and it died fast : cptstern
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      I played AoC and I thought the combat (and the quest sytem. and the progression system. and the loot syst... : DeBurgo
      • It was mmo like, but at least it was engaging and fun to string together combos : SigENeaT
    • AOC died because their content after level 20 was non-existant. : biskits
• I just don't feel any real need to play this. Unless there's some fantastic new gameplay mechanic or grou... : Dr_Cube
• I'm a huge Elder Scrolls fan, but an MMO? No fanks. : Mr. Goodwrench
• Matt Firor, please make it Dark Age of Skyrimlot, kkthx. : Lukiopimp
• Haters gonna hate. If they announce it as F2P, the tears will blot out the sun. : Poor Yurik
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  Yuck. Guess we aren't getting Fallout 4 anytime soon. : herradura99
  • Different development studio. : Arcanum
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  Elder Scrolls and Fallout are the last great single player RPGs. I don't like seeing them go the way of t... : Wolfslice
  • Tamriel is huge and I think lends itself well to being an MMO. I just hope they still continue the Elder... : oneandone11
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    Total BS. ES and Beth's FO are pisspoor SP RPGs, and there are better ones recently released and in the p... : pizzaput
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      Actually, Skyrim hardly even qualifies as an RPG at all. : pizzaput
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        LOL : Downforce
        • http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/28983187/cats-are-not-ducks-and-skyrim-isnt-a-goddamn-rpg-no-56k?pag... : pizzaput
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        Hahahahahahahaha : OutlawSundown
        • Lol, guess you're a pretty young gamer. Skyrim is an Action game, with some rpg elements. It would be pr... : pizzaput
    • ^^^^^Oh look, one of those. : baron calamity
    • LOL : thetangent
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      Waiting on those better RPGs to be posted. : DrWaffles
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        Mass Effect 3. : Dschinghis Khan
        • they made a third one? : DrWaffles
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        Witcher 2 : mechanicalgrape
        • ^^^^ the correct answer. : Mr. Goodwrench
      • Witcher 2, Risen 2 are contemporary rpgs that are actually rpgs, and not ultra casual action hack-slash b... : pizzaput
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      What better RPGs? : judge
      • Witcher 2 and Risen 2 are contemporary examples. If I were to included non-contemporary games, the list w... : pizzaput
    • ohshi ptizzaphut showing who's the boss : Nitrium
    • Terrible post. : saunders45
    • pizza pits? MMMMMMMmmmMMMmmmm! : Wolfanoz
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      ^^ Prefers DNF over Deus Ex: HR : freakynipples69
      • Skyrim is the DNF of RPGs. : pizzaput
    • That's right, ES suck balls through a garden hose. Zero immersion, restricted as fuck, shoddy production ... : utgaardsloke
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      You must have been dropped on your head as a child. : Victor Psycho
      • Cry little fanboy, cry. : pizzaput
• Maybe it's the anti-SW. Fanboys boo the announcement, love the final product. : lpearl
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  Worst fucking idea they've come up with. This will bomb hard. : thetangent
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    It's actually a pretty great idea if they were trying to waste shitloads of resources/time and lower the ... : bill crystals
    • You are correct good sir, I should have taken that possibility into account. :( : thetangent
  • Very true, but only after they tarnish the Elder Scrolls name. Sadly with the current state of things ... : Victor Psycho
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  Because everything needs to be an MMO. Everything? EVERYTHING! : skinlab133
  • I'm waiting for the Sneak King MMO : Borzoi
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  Can someone try to explain all the hate to me please. Im the first one to scream and bitch about games bu... : Cashh
  • Well, I am looking forward to seeing what they create and think this is a great announcement. : oneandone11
  • http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=28128797 : Ebu
  • ES games are about the player becoming the singular, virtually godlike hero. The world and story are far... : timmie
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    I'm just worried that Bethesda is going to sink a bunch of money into this MMO only to have WoW rip it ap... : the_burd
    • that's... extremely unlikely. no-fucking-one is not going to make a sequel to Skyrim. even if Bethesda an... : eskimo spy
  • I read the article. It is an actionbar MMO (just like WoW, everquest etc.) which you play in the third pe... : thewindcriesmary
  • The ES games is the opposite of MMOs. One single player shaping the world. The worst part of this announc... : utgaardsloke
  • Dude here’s the problem. They can sell a lump of poop and because of their reputation they’re gu... : Victor Psycho
• If they do it correctly, it'll be a throwback to Asheron's Call. If they don't, it'll be yet another fai... : Ebu
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  Ahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahaha... : AgentPothead
  • Now that I got that out of my system, what the fuck is Bethesda thinking? Choice one is to make this a pa... : AgentPothead
• Hmm not going to toss this idea out the window just yet. If anyone can make a fantasy game, it's definite... : uebersoldat
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  guys calm down, this game is like Elder Scrolls 6,7,8,9 all rolled into one! : devpaul
  • NOOO! Don't take my ES away, please! : utgaardsloke
• I look forward to ignoring this completely, then impulse buying it on release day and quitting 30-60 days... : lefthighkick
• I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt until I read a few bits of scan floating around (afte... : ghostdad
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  You people hate fun. At least wait and see how it turns out before shitting all over it :( : zombie man
  • I'm not too excited because MMO's don't do it for me anymore. Still interested in seeing what it's all ab... : pyide
  • but MMO's aren't fun. Ever. : Mr. Goodwrench
  • MMO's are boring poop. : thetangent
  • Show me an MMO that can provide what the ES games can, and I'll get behind this. : utgaardsloke
  • MMOs, by their very persistence and shared-experience, exclude the kind of thing that makes TES games awe... : Ebu
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  I have heard of your Elder Scrolls, well enough; We were given single player, and some demanded multipl... : Grumbeld
  • I enjoyed reading this post : PrkChpXprss
• ugh... MMO... multiplayer please, but don't I don't want to play with thousands of losers : shakybonez31
• The MOST we needed was some co-op, MAYBE some PvP (if Arkane would help them with their combat). This ... : MOB712
• Oh goody, yet another MMO. : DragonSire
• I dunno what to think... time will tell i guess. : InfernoAblaze
• Like an RPG... but ONLINE? : systatic
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  Meh. Multiplayer with private worlds for friends, not this crap. : Visceral Monkey
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    ^^^^^^^^^ thats what I want : happynoodle
    • It's what everyone but the bean-counters wanted. This is garbage. :( : Ebu
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  Technology has come so far in 1,000 years. Will we be inventing fire and the wheel? : tw3kr
  • Only if we combine the two into some abhorrent death machine, THE FIREWHEEL. : Mr. Goodwrench
• I think they heard all these people asking for Elder Scrolls multiplayer and took that as we wanted an MM... : Gwyndion
• I still doubt that everything that makes TES games great can be captured in an mmo. Reading that gameinf... : Nihil ME
• The real Quake killer! : excessus
• If they offer no new gameplay to differentiate themselves over the past decade of MMOs, then this will fa... : PrkChpXprss
• If as a grown man, I got upon my knees and pleaded please do not do this to my favorite game series, do y... : Victor Psycho
• It's a muhmorpagah! : Ebu
• What disappoints me about this announcement is that the care and forethought , and perhaps even inspirati... : Kelevor