TLDR - Good Game Solo or With Friends Only need to spend the first $20 everything can be attained. Not grindy and LOTS to do.


Pros
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-Grind and Ease of play
You can play as casual or intense? as you want. If you don't want to grind you don't have to almost everything is level scaled so your level 37 casual friend can attack world bosses with a level 492 and have just as much fun. But for the more serious players you can grind and min max to get the extra edge but it is never too difficult.

-Things to do
I have played around 1,500 hours and have only scratched the surface of some of the content of this game. If you want to do group dungeons do that if you want to pvp do that if you want to enjoy the story and play solo do that and if you don't want to do something don't. I have not beaten the main story line which I plan to do and only tried my first arena with some cool people I met in a daily dungeon. So much content.

-Community
Very friendly and helpful community never ran into a toxic player and I'm mostly in cyrodil (pvp area). Met and made so many friends playing this game. If you ever need something or help open up zone chat and be overwhelmed with support. Also noticed a high amount of female players more so than any other game I've played.

Cost
You only need to buy base game everything is attainable for free in game. (I still spent way too much housing is the real end game XD and Pacrooti the Final Boss)

Cons with Suggestions
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-PVP
PVP is fun but they do not care about the PVP community. An example is battle grounds where you used to be able to choose a game mode like team death match etc. now you are no longer allowed to choose it is random. Most players liked team death match and not so much the other game modes so now half of the players in the other modes still treat it as team death match. This was probably an attempt to make the other game modes played more but that is how the devs want people to play instead of what the community wants to play. Also cyrodil has been neglected massive pvp area. It would be awesome to add some excitement to the region and make these areas more like new world so these keeps mean something allowing guilds to get actual production from the mines in the form of materials. (Again Still Fun)

Advice for new players
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Choose the race and class you want to play you can do almost anything with every race and class yes some builds are more efficient than others but if you are a meta player you already know your build before you download. Also all your perks and things can be upgraded later.

Upgrade Horse Every Day!!!! and max out speed first.

equipment does not really matter until level 160 either use a full training set (ask someone in zone chat). Or experiment.

Find a Guild! or 2 or 5. There are guilds for everything from social to trading find a few that match your interests and you will definitely make some friends.

Don't grind just do what you want and you will gain XP fast. But... Daily dungeons and battlegrounds are good for XP at the start.

You don't like your starting area go somewhere else.

$$$ stuff, Subscription is nice but not necessary play some before you make the decision to subscribe. If you get crates sell the consumables for gems. Again you can get everything for free even those dlc zones have free access at certain parts of the year and in my 1500 hours I have only fully completed three zones.

TLDR - Good Game Solo or With Friends Only need to spend the first $20 everything can be attained. Not grindy and LOTS to do. Pros ---------------------- -Grind and Ease of play You can play as casual or intense? as you want. If you don't want to grind you don't have to almost everything is level scaled so your level 37 casual friend can attack world bosses with a level 492 and have just as much fun. But for the more serious players you can grind and min max to get the extra edge but it is never too difficult. -Things to do I have played around 1,500 hours and have only scratched the surface of some of the content of this game. If you want to do group dungeons do that if you want to pvp do that if you want to enjoy the story and play solo do that and if you don't want to do something don't. I have not beaten the main story line which I plan to do and only tried my first arena with some cool people I met in a daily dungeon. So much content. -Community Very friendly and helpful community never ran into a toxic player and I'm mostly in cyrodil (pvp area). Met and made so many friends playing this game. If you ever need something or help open up zone chat and be overwhelmed with support. Also noticed a high amount of female players more so than any other game I've played. Cost You only need to buy base game everything is attainable for free in game. (I still spent way too much housing is the real end game XD and Pacrooti the Final Boss) Cons with Suggestions ------------------------- -PVP PVP is fun but they do not care about the PVP community. An example is battle grounds where you used to be able to choose a game mode like team death match etc. now you are no longer allowed to choose it is random. Most players liked team death match and not so much the other game modes so now half of the players in the other modes still treat it as team death match. This was probably an attempt to make the other game modes played more but that is how the devs want people to play instead of what the community wants to play. Also cyrodil has been neglected massive pvp area. It would be awesome to add some excitement to the region and make these areas more like new world so these keeps mean something allowing guilds to get actual production from the mines in the form of materials. (Again Still Fun) Advice for new players ------------------------ Choose the race and class you want to play you can do almost anything with every race and class yes some builds are more efficient than others but if you are a meta player you already know your build before you download. Also all your perks and things can be upgraded later. Upgrade Horse Every Day!!!! and max out speed first. equipment does not really matter until level 160 either use a full training set (ask someone in zone chat). Or experiment. Find a Guild! or 2 or 5. There are guilds for everything from social to trading find a few that match your interests and you will definitely make some friends. Don't grind just do what you want and you will gain XP fast. But... Daily dungeons and battlegrounds are good for XP at the start. You don't like your starting area go somewhere else. $$$ stuff, Subscription is nice but not necessary play some before you make the decision to subscribe. If you get crates sell the consumables for gems. Again you can get everything for free even those dlc zones have free access at certain parts of the year and in my 1500 hours I have only fully completed three zones.