I don't mind paying to play a MMO. In fact, I think it can be a good thing, I am really enjoying FF14 right now. But nothing in ESO says to me that it is worth paying for at all.

joab, you don't seem to understand. Or rather, you are on the brink of understanding.

You said this...

"The problem isnt the $15/month...its the issues pointed out in the article."

In that one sentence you showed both your ignorance, and at the same your understanding.

People do not want to pay $15 a month for a game they paid $60 for already and it has all of these problems. Problems, I might add, that have nothing to do with typical MMO issues but are instead design flaws.

Typically a subscription is paid for when the user is consistently satisfied with the product being offered, in this case no one is and the subscription fee is unjustified.

Contrary to what you believe, TESO doesn't have more content than 80% of the games we pay way too much to play today. It has the same amount of MMO content that is standard for the genre, and other games we pay for begin and end at either free with optional microtransactions, or $60 without a subscription fee. Therefore, there is no way in which you can look at a game like TESO and justify a subscription.

@Dragonknight

Not sure where you're getting no one is satisfied. I have over a hundred hours in it already and I am quite satisfied paying $15 a month for this game.

@cartman: Since you honestly want to fixate on splitting hairs, fine, rephrasing.

"Most people aren't satisfied"

Happy now?

You are in the extreme minority as it can be seen everywhere that TESO is getting hammered by critics and gamers alike.

I was foolish enough to get this because my friends did and I already hate it. Very boring glitched 4 times I've only had it for two days and it forcede to pay the $15 before I played. No 30 day trail or nothing. Im sticking with FFXIV which is easily far better than this trash. Please heed my warnings and stay far away. I can't even play on my PS4 when that version releases because you got to pay two separate subscriptions.

YEEAH! ill stick with FF14 thank you very much.

I'm alright with paying for subscription IF the game gives me more fun than headaches.

Sorry but i can't think of any single redeeming quality about a mmo forcing you to go solo for a good chunk of its experience . At least not one strong enough for a franchise that was already SP and could have just kept going that way , or simply add a co-op mode of sort .

The game , beyond the graphic engine , is exactly every post Wow mmo clones with even less qualities and more glaring tech issues , but with still a subscription . Makes no sense

i'm not a fan of f2p mmos , they can't provide the good stuff sub based mmos do , even if they did improve drastically . And lumping Guild Wars 1-2 wich isnt f2p at all , but a different (better) system of its own , in the mix wont help

ESO as is it , is outrageous and doesnt warrant a sub , except in the eye of its diehard ES fans clients

@dragonknight people in the actual game seem to be having a great time. I'm in a few large guilds and see mostly praise in the chat.

@Cartman313: It's fine that you like this game for some reason but I find it strange that you're in denial that so many other people see the game for what it is: an overpriced, buggy piece of trash. I hope you enjoy it with your "huge guild" that sings the games praises. Yes... enjoy that...

so many haters

I won't deny that there are bugs in the game. Maybe if I was in my early 20s I would be less patient towards them and call the game trash. Like the kiddies that troll the forums. I have yet to see any massive multiplayer game not have any bugs in the launch window though.

I paid for MMOs before, i'm gonna pay for WildStar too. Just i hate MMOs that have no real content and charge money like mad lol