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... : 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
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    Now that I got that out of my system, what the fuck is Bethesda thinking? Choice one is to make this a pay to play mmo, which would fail out the gate in this day and age. If Star Wars can't keep numbers up after 2 months what makes them really think they can? The other choice is a free to play mmo, which while I'm sure would make them money, I can only see it hurting the Elder Scrolls name. The only reason I can see them doing this is a profit grab, which doesn't feel like the Bethesda I used to know. I guess this is the horse armor Bethesda.

    May 03, 2012 3:22pm PDT
    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