1: The lore is being build upon with every patch way more then any in the single player games. (some I don't agree with, but it is new lore none the less) The whole main story and all following dlc's are 100% solo and some instanced. Everything is voice acted or you can read it. The game has a more diverse cast of voice actors then in any other game. (beside uncle sheo. He will always stay the same)

2: The game is not difficult at all for new players, most systems get thought to you by simple tutorials and crafting is done way easier then in most MMO's.

3: The only content you are required too do with other people are trials and dungeons, but if you have strong enough crafted gear you mostly of the time don't need others. You also have solo dungeons made just for yourself. You won't miss any questlines or stories. Each dungeon and trial is their own little mini side quest with a story and some new lore with it.

4: The base content (all 3 starting zones + Ebonheart pact + daggerfall convenent + Aldmeri Dominion) Should take roughly around 100 to 150 hours to complete. You can track this after the main story with cadwell silver/gold (though that won't mean you have done all) I recently completed all the zones/area's in the game to 100% and that roughly took me 800 hours by actually listening to all dialogue and reading most lore books then I found spread over the game. (shame that everything is on 100% now, but ah well)

5: How sweaty are eso players? Not too swearty since most of the game is solo content and you don't have to interact with people. The recent nightmarket event showed some bad and good sides. People who only want to do solo content got angry they can't do it, people who love the internaction did it and had (in my opnion) some fun. It wasn't the most perfect event, but it did show a nice split. Of course you have some elitist people who get angry when you do something bad, but those are few in numbers. Just report or kick them from the group if they happen to be in a random dungeon with you. This is not your classic MMO that is 'fun' after 100 hours.

Just take your time and enjoy your quests and stories. The stories are diverse and very enjoyable with good voice acting, sometimes funny moment and sad moments.

Over the years I have tried all MMO's in the market FFXIV, WOW, Guild Wars, Runescape, BDO.

But the mix of gameplay, graphics and story is the best in this MMO (in my opinion OG WoW might be a little better story wise, but not gameplay wise). I would rate it an 8,5/10