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Account banned. I expect court action would only happen if it were a bad breach... like writing an article and putting it in a games magazine, or something like that. There are pictures and screenshots all over the internet of it already, and I'm yet to hear of anyone being prosecuted. The odd little word here or there chatting about your experience with people in a place like this would likely only result in an account ban, should they ever find out about it, of course.
 
I presume you didn't sign up as "Vintage Paw" either.

I do know one guy who completely spilled everything about that awful ultima game and he got banned from future stuff but I don't know how they knew it was him.
 
Massive beta test this weekend.
Anyone who hasn't already been invited to beta (or been in beta previously - if you already have a key or an account you don't need another, just update the client) and would like to, Zenimax have given 500k beta keys to www.curse.com to distribute, so you can apply there - all totally above board and legit.

This info all on the official public forum and website so not breaking NDA to alert people here.
 
An extra half a million players, on top of the existing beta testers? That's going to be ... interesting. Stress test this time, perhaps?
 
Buddy Bradley said:
An extra half a million players, on top of the existing beta testers? That's going to be ... interesting. Stress test this time, perhaps?
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Yep, there are going to be over a million players (at rough estimate) in this beta. Give the servers a good old workout!
 
ffsear said:
Any ideas on system requirements?
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That's something I can help with as the spec is now up on the official store page. As we're now not that far off release, I don't imagine it will change much, if at all (although if it does, I am not to be held responsible - this is the situation as understood for launch and may change).

PC Recommended System Requirements

Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit or Windows 8 64-bit
Processor: Quad Core 2.3GHz or equivalent processor
Memory: 4GB System RAM
Hard Disk Space: 60GB free HDD space
Video Card: Direct X 11 compliant video card with 2GB of RAM (NVIDIA® GeForce® 560 Ti / ATI Radeon™ 6950 or better)
Sound: DirectX compatible sound card

PC Minimum System Requirements

Operating System: Windows XP 32-bit
Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor
Memory: 2GB System RAM
Hard Disk Space: 60GB free HDD space
Video Card: DirectX 9.0 compliant video card with 512MB of RAM (NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 / ATI Radeon™ 2600 or better)
Sound: DirectX compatible sound card

MAC Recommended System Requirements

Operating System: Mac® OS X 10.7.0 or later
Processor: Intel® i5
Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 5770 or better
Memory: 4GB Ram
Storage: 60GB
Media: DVD-ROM

MAC Minimum System Requirements

Operating System: Mac® OS X 10.7.0 or later
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo
Video Card: Intel™ HD Graphics 4000, NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 6490M or better
Memory: 4GB Ram
Storage: 60GB
Media: DVD-ROM
Resolution: 1024X768 minimum display resolution
 
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Oh I completely forgot to say. It is also known that last weekend there was a press event for previews, there will be a press presence in this coming session too. The press embargo lifts on Friday, so even if you don't get in to the beta (or don't wish to test it), there are guaranteed to be preview articles in the gaming press on Friday and over the weekend.

I don't trust much of the gaming press further than I could throw them, but some may want to have a look around for articles over the weekend.

http://www.gamezone.com/news/2014/02/03/where-is-the-elder-scrolls-online-preview-it-s-coming
 
There's an advert up on kinguin. Pre-order + 30 days for €34.98. Is that about right?
 
tommers said:
There's an advert up on kinguin. Pre-order + 30 days for €34.98. Is that about right?
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Sounds very low price compared to others so I'd check to see what the catch is (or it might just be some really good deal but it seems too good to be true iykwim). Lowest price I've found for the standard edition (disk or digital) is £39.99 - Amazon and GAME! are offering boxed standard edition at discounted pre-order price of £39.99, and over the weekend GMG had a 20% off deal on digital versions which took it down to around the same price (standard edition) for a few days. These are all "discounted special offers", but are a perfectly average price for a big budget PC new release, so no argument from me on that score.

UK price direct from Zenimax is £49.99 for the digital standard edition which is IMO a stupid fuckup of price conversions that will lose them direct sales (just sell it internationally in $ so that it's a level playing field FFS), but even so I would be a bit suspect about anything less than £39.99 from any distributor or retailer for pre-orders.

All editions include 30 days sub.
 
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Oh I think it's legit. They resell steam keys, I bought a game off them no problems. Technically steam might stop the transaction as you're buying a gift copy but nobody I have heard has ever had problems.

Is it pay for the original copy and then a monthly subscription?
 
tommers said:
Oh I think it's legit. They resell steam keys, I bought a game off them no problems. Technically steam might stop the transaction as you're buying a gift copy but nobody I have heard has ever had problems.

Is it pay for the original copy and then a monthly subscription?
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ESO is not on Steam.


As you say, it is pay to play - buy a copy of the game and get 30 days free, then monthly sub.

As a gamer who does not have loads of spare cash, I find sub far easier to budget for than freemium/microtransaction/pay to win bullshit.
 
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Oh OK. I don't know how they get their copies then. What's the usual subscription?

Edit, I saw £8.99 a month. I don't know how that goes against other MMOs but doesn't sound too bad I guess.
 
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tommers said:
Oh OK. I don't know how they get their copies then. What's the usual subscription?

Edit, I saw £8.99 a month. I don't know how that goes against other MMOs but doesn't sound too bad I guess.
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Yep £8.99. I suspect there will be discount deals for longer sub periods as that is usual (but then going F2P at some point is also not unusual), but there is no info about that right now so just assume the base price of £8.99.
 
Oh and yeah I know I always say I don't want and wouldn't get another gaming client besides Steam? Well I've always included the proviso that I would do if there was a game I really wanted to play. EA/Origin, the ball is in your court ;)

I think it's not beyond the realm of possibility that future Zenimax and/or Bethesda games will require the same client, I hope not (I like Steam), but it's not a thought that is so far out there as to be impossible. I have no way of knowing and am just guessing, but my gut feeling is don't be too surprised if that happens.
 
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Sorry to make yet another consecutive post:

Apparently the 20% off code (for both standard and Imperial digital versions of the game) at Green Man Gaming was still working a couple of hours ago - I thought it was only valid for a couple of days but is apparently still going.

I have been told use code PH4V4F-33PTVI-5HXNWG for 20% discount. This is info passed on from elsewhere, don't hold me responsible if the code doesn't work!
 
8.99 is exact same price as WoW and theyve been going for ages, f2p ends up costing you more if you play serious so sub isnt too bad of an option imo
 
It depends if they get enough people to stick to it. Comparing it to WoW is pointless because it's a special case that stands on its own due to its age and status as the only one to be so successful in that way. Just how many will play it seriously enough to justify a £9 sub every month? If it's not enough they'll look at other methods of bankrolling it. What we expect of games has changed since WoW came out and started gathering its dedicated and loyal base, and that includes what we expect of how to pay for them.
 
ffsear said:
I'm gonna give it a go on the stress test this weekend. How big is the download?
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Absolutely fucking massive - over 20Gb. If you're only just starting, I hope you have fast internet. :eek:
 
Vintage Paw said:
It depends if they get enough people to stick to it. Comparing it to WoW is pointless because it's a special case that stands on its own due to its age and status as the only one to be so successful in that way. Just how many will play it seriously enough to justify a £9 sub every month? If it's not enough they'll look at other methods of bankrolling it. What we expect of games has changed since WoW came out and started gathering its dedicated and loyal base, and that includes what we expect of how to pay for them.
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EVE does have a similar (indeed from the view of the player much better) payment system, I think the issue is that the subscription model only works when the game is good enough and is managed well enough to give it a chance of long-term financial viability. None of the MMOs over the past decade or so in the West have been able to do this, either because they were fundamentally flawed (as ESO looks to be), arent that good, or because they were crippled by being badly run (as WAR was).
 
Fucking Windows Update - left it downloading overnight, but the stupid PC decided it needed to restart itself sometime during the night so I'm still only at 78%. :mad:
 
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