The game's tedious nature and Zenimax's lack of disclosure are annoying fans

Jun 3, 2014 16:21 GMT  ·  By

Quite a lot of The Elder Scrolls Online owners who bought the title at launch back in April and have continued subscribing have begun complaining about the current state of the game and have even started proclaiming it as "dead."

The Elder Scrolls Online was one of the most anticipated MMORPGs of the year, with Bethesda and its Zenimax Online Studios team finally delivering on the promise of a multiplayer game set in the sprawling universe of the Elder Scrolls franchise.

While many PC and Mac owners flocked to the game even after some tumultuous beta periods, not a lot stayed after their 30-day subscription expired at the beginning of May, especially since the early weeks were plagued by constant outages, maintenance periods, and serious issues with hackers and cheaters.

Now, those who continued re-subscribing to the game have started venting their frustration about its current state on Reddit, proclaiming that The Elder Scrolls Online is already dead for regular players who spend a few hours with it each day.

"I logged on tonight, and there isn't much activity at all in my five guilds," one user said. "Having just hit VR2, I was hoping to get some help with the Dungeons. The lack of players in my once-filled guilds is not helping my motivation to trudge through the remaining 10 Veteran Ranks. I think enough has been said already about the VR grind, so I wont add much more than that I completely agree with the general consensus - it sucks."

"I'm finding myself just clicking through the text on the quests now, as I really don't care about whatever it is I'm supposed to be doing. And the fact that the next patch is a fair way off, let alone content update, I think I wont be re-subbing. I'm only VR2, so I'm not a power-levelling 10 hours / day player - The game feels like it is already dead."

Other players quickly chimed in with their thoughts about the game overall and the veteran ranks in particular, which offer no incentive to keep going.

"I'm not sure that the game is 'dead,' but it's not enjoyable for me personally anymore. I enjoyed the main quest and playing around in PVP. I hit VR1 and stopped caring, then I begrudgingly made my way to VR3 and just resented the game by that point. [Unsubscribed] and uninstalled," one user added.

Besides the game, other users are complaining about the attitude Zenimax Online Studios has towards the community, as it fails to listen to important issue while focusing on less than crucial aspects of the game.

As of yet, Zenimax hasn't commented on this growing concern among users, so it's going to be interesting to see what changes it can make to get players back into The Elder Scrolls Online.