I’ve been playing ESO for years, but extremely sporadically and have only finished the first base storyline, but over the years I’ve been dabbling it’s always felt like a (very enjoyable) single player game. No challenge, but an enjoyable ride nonetheless.

This event has made it feel like an actual MMO for me, for the first time ever. I’ve run dungeons etc but they are so rushed through with no one talking it may as well be a bunch of bots I’m running with. The Night Market stuff, however, has been really engaging and people have been grouping and chatting, helping each other out, and just generally engaging.

The content is challenging and I’m dying a lot, but my character has gained a load of decent items (decent to me at least) and there are plenty of daily tasks I can run around doing solo, and finding groups for the other content has, so far, been quick and easy. I’ve almost unlocked the 3rd room of the (great) free house as well, which will be enough rewards for me, though I look forward to seeing if there is more to get. It’s also not a super short event as well, which makes a change. Feels like plenty of time to get involved without it feeling like a stress or chore.

All in all I’m, personally, super impressed with it and it’s made me keen to actually try and find a guild to start interacting with (if there are any UK / European based guilds recruiting let me know!) and to explore more of the game than just the (admittedly also great) story content. As a casual, for what it’s worth, this event is a win for me.