I played the beta a month or two ago and while the game really feels like Elder Scrolls, I found it quite boring and samey. I agree with your comments about the combat as well. I was invited to the next two beta events after that one but didn't bother playing because it was actually quite a boring game. I couldn't help but think I had more fun playing World of Warcraft.
Really disappointed in the Beta. It was completely unplayable. Broken, bugged and glitched. Countless crashes to login screen. Serious user interface bugs. They need to work harder to polish this game if they want to charge megabucks for it. This is just another simplified console game. With no depth. And no long-term enjoyment. It's not worth the money they are charging. Not even close.
I played also ESO beta and this game it is full of bugs.Beside that they ask for monthly fee and they have inside game shop.And also sites like www.gamersoffice.com have eso gold allready.
I didn't experience too many bugs except for a few latency issues, but it needs a tonne more work.
Beatrice, having gold for it already is a bad sign that someone has already discovered gold farming exploits, I just hope they are ready to hit RMTs hard when the game launches.