Originally posted by Zylaxx

Originally posted by Kuppa

"What I'm most excited about thus far is the promise that The Elder Scrolls Online isn't going to have the typical MMO combat system, nor is it going to lend itself to the typical click-and-wait combat system that's defined World of Warcraft and all the WoW clones that have flooded the market. Instead, it sounds as though they're going to basically be porting Skyrim's combat into a multiplayer setting, and it'll all be real time. "

 

Wow, wait...... what???

 

" The Elder Scrolls Online is entirely third-person. "

 

This article is a all over the place.....

TESO is using a hybrid action/tab target combat system in much the same fashion as GW2.

Thats very different to Skyrims combat.

Originally posted by Zylaxx

Originally posted by prpshrt
Damn. I'd like skrim styled combat in an MMO. Although I've heard Tera's the only MMO that does something similar. Emphasis on heard cause I know nothing about what TERA's combat is actually like. Or do it sort like Amalur did. Idk I haven't seen any footage of how the combat works but if it truly is anything like skyrim's combat, I'm down. I could care less about graphics because while graphics do a lot for immersion and stuff, its all for naught if the combat's typical WoW combat.

I am one of the few (apparently) that disliked Skyrim and Tera combat systems.  In the case of Tera I hate getting locked in place and I hate having to manually aim some crosshair.  In Skyrim I hate that I have no skills as a melee user except for left click, left click, left click repeat till mob is dead,  I can mix it up and hit sprint or W and D to do some other moves but it always had the same flavor.  In a hotbar system you have access to skilsl and abilities that make mlee feel more viscreal and fun.

As much as I love Skyrim, I have to agree with this. The ranged part is fine (Bow), but magic not so much, I'd rather swap spells through hotbar, the quick menu is just clumsy and breaks the action. What comes to melee, why the heck cant I kick my opponent on the nuts? Or do any kind of advanced special moves? Why not be able to enchant my melee attacks with magic? Hotbar with at least a few special moves would improve the combat a lot.

Even if I find the bow pretty much fine (aim and shoot), even it could use special moves like groin kick and/or quick dagger stab, empower arrow with fire/electric/ice magica combo attack. But no, it is very basic like all the combat in Skyrim, you pick one weapon (or set) or spell and then click click click.

Now if TESO would have the realtime base of skyrim combat, with hotbar to add more flavour and variety into attacks the system would be amazing, I would absolutely love it.

Originally posted by Xzen
All the current information available indicates that TESO has your typical hotbar combat just like WoW. Don't see how it's at all like any of the other Elder Scrolls games.

You mean just like any and all current generation MMORPG's.

Originally posted by Kuinn

Originally posted by Zylaxx

Originally posted by prpshrt
Damn. I'd like skrim styled combat in an MMO. Although I've heard Tera's the only MMO that does something similar. Emphasis on heard cause I know nothing about what TERA's combat is actually like. Or do it sort like Amalur did. Idk I haven't seen any footage of how the combat works but if it truly is anything like skyrim's combat, I'm down. I could care less about graphics because while graphics do a lot for immersion and stuff, its all for naught if the combat's typical WoW combat.

I am one of the few (apparently) that disliked Skyrim and Tera combat systems.  In the case of Tera I hate getting locked in place and I hate having to manually aim some crosshair.  In Skyrim I hate that I have no skills as a melee user except for left click, left click, left click repeat till mob is dead,  I can mix it up and hit sprint or W and D to do some other moves but it always had the same flavor.  In a hotbar system you have access to skilsl and abilities that make mlee feel more viscreal and fun.

 

As much as I love Skyrim, I have to agree with this. The ranged part is fine (Bow), but magic not so much, I'd rather swap spells through hotbar, the quick menu is just clumsy and breaks the action. What comes to melee, why the heck cant I kick my opponent on the nuts? Or do any kind of advanced special moves? Why not be able to enchant my melee attacks with magic? Hotbar with at least a few special moves would improve the combat a lot.

 

Even if I find the bow pretty much fine (aim and shoot), even it could use special moves like groin kick and/or quick dagger stab, empower arrow with fire/electric/ice magica combo attack. But no, it is very basic like all the combat in Skyrim, you pick one weapon (or set) or spell and then click click click.

 

Now if TESO would have the realtime base of skyrim combat, with hotbar to add more flavour and variety into attacks the system would be amazing, I would absolutely love it.

just for the record when people say 'skyrim' like combat they are not refering to the details they are basically saying they want generally...FPS style combat, like perhaps Darkfall for example.

Also, people tend to use the word WoW clone loosely. It doesnt mean exactly like WoW, it means like mainstream MMOs.

someone should create a users manual for new players who do not see these things on instict yet.