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byonic  ·  3214 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 8 February 2016: What are you playing this week?

Started Elder Scrolls Online this weekend. I'm playing with a bunch of my friends that I used to play League and other games with. We're planning on starting a guild together, so there should be even more fun to come!

It's a ton of fun and totally exceeded my expectations so far. I haven't played an MMO since WoW, so the questing / leveling up process is giving me huge nostalgia.

Another thing I appreciate so far is that there seems to be less of a focus on min-maxing your character and more of a focus on developing your own character with your own playstyle. It's fun picking up new abilities as I level up and trying different combinations of skills to see what I can make work together. The game does a really good job at making you feel clever for using different abilities together without being blatantly obvious about the 'best' way to combine them. My character really feels like my own, a really good feeling that's seems strange coming from an MMO where the standard is to have a 'best' build that everyone follows to maximize their stats for their chosen role.

It's been a while since I've been this stoked about a game, and I can't wait to see what's in store!