Absolut nothing, just Play the game and enjoy.

but one advise if you like to craft later, start early with Research, they take a Long time

pbrslammer wrote: »

Hi All,

So I picked the game up Tuesday, but haven't had a chance to play it yet. Sounds like a lot people had to wait anyway with the network errors. Anyways I'm going to put my life on pause soon and start playing. Is there any general advise, information, or things to look out for before playing?

My first question would be how many mmorpgs have you played in the past? That would change my advice a bit.

But what the above said, take your time and enjoy looking around and discovering the world. Get into the story a bit and don't feel rushed. If you go that route and enjoy it, the game will be there for you to enjoy for a long time and you probably wont get bored with it.

Classes all have the ability to be good at things. There aren't really any OP classes right now but there are OP builds. Matching a good race to your class/build is a great idea, but not necessary. I made an ORC sorceror ffs. Cuz it's fun.

Oh, and welcome and HAVE FUN!!!!!<----most important part.

Take some time to check out the options; there's a lot of stuff in there that might be of use. For instance there's an option that'll prevent you from attacking friendly NPCs which is something you probably don't want to do starting out.

On your first character you start in a prison (because Elder Scrolls!); you can pick up a lot of stuff in there. Take your time and open chests, urns, wheelbarrows and things. I've seen people complain that they're level 4 or 5 and still using the armor they were 'born' with, but by the time I leave the tutorial I generally have replaced at least half my armor.

If this is your first MMO remember, this is a marathon, not a sprint. IMO you'll get the most out of the game if you take your time and drink in the world and spend some time on the lore (there're a ton of books to read though so don't try to read every single one or you'll never get to playing!)

Go to the starter island of your faction. do ALL the quests, crafting dailies etc... use class skills... etc... and whatch @Elloawendy 's tutorials (or @Deltia 's too but I prefer Elloa's voice, sorry mate)!

Make plans to make one or two of your characters mules to hold your things. Your going to be running out of space fast if you loot all the things so plan for who's going to hold what. I personally have one that just holds all things for cooking because there so many ingredients to that alone.

Also never waste your gold repairing at shops. You can find or craft something just as good for less.

Don't buy the horses in the stables. They cost way to much and are just skins.

Spend all you horse upgrade points into inventory +1's every day. Try to log in at least once a day to train that skill on all your characters even if you do nothing else in game.

And finally don't go all o.c.d. just have fun and enjoy the world and story and exploring.

Hlaadriel wrote: »

Go to the starter island of your faction.

I can't emphasize this enough. I actually feel like a broken record the last few days, because I keep telling this to new players who simply don't know that they're supposed to go to the starter islands first. I don't blame them for not realizing this: back at PC launch I didn't realize it either because it's totally non-intuitive that you don't start in the location where you're intended to start questing. Unfortunately ZOS made a massive mistake in listening to some loud-mouthed idiots pre-launch who complained about having to actually start in the starter zones.

Anyway, here's some more info on the starter islands, and why you should go there first, copied from what i posted in another thread.

The starter islands are where you should go first after the intro/tutorial in order to learn the game as a whole (as well as leveling up, gaining skill points, getting gear to use, and getting the beginning of your alliance's storyline).

The exact quest and location of the quest giver to send you there depends on what alliance you are, but for all three alliances there should be a quest giver just a little outside where you first woke up after Coldharbour. This quest giver will tell you to go to a boat or ship at the docks of the city where you are, and take passage to the (first) starter island.

For Daggerfall Covenant this will send you to Stros M'kai and start off the main questline for that zone. Finishing the main questline for that zone will send you to the second starter island (Betnikh), and finishing the main questline for Betnikh will send you back to Daggerfall in Glenumbra.

For Ebonheart Pact this will send you to Bleakrock Isle and start off the main questline for that zone. Finishing the main questline for that zone will send you to the second starter zone (Bal Foyen), and finishing the main questline for Bal Foyen will send you back to Davon's Watch in Stonefalls.

For Aldmeri Dominion this will send you to Khenarthii's Roost and start off the main questline for that zone. There's only one starter island for Aldmeri Dominion (but it's bigger so it has about the same content as the other alliances get), so finishing the main questline for that zone will send you back to Vulkhel Guard in Auridon.

In all cases, I strongly suggest you fully explore the islands before completing the main questlines there and moving on. You'll discover multiple side-quests this way, as well as areas of interest and sky shards.

If you do this, by the time you're done with the starter zones and you come back to the city in your alliance's first full zone, you should be about level 8, and you should be well prepared to start questing there.

So UrQuan...

Are you saying (I'm Ebonheart) that rather than do quests in Stonefall where I "woke up", I should be heading to the "starter island" of Bleackrock?

I thought I was doing starter quests in Stonefall where I woke up.

lsneakl wrote: »

Tip - don't start playing right now

The game is great and will get you hooked but you are going to have network issues. I would avoid until you start to see these issues lessen if you are able to hold out.

So I tried playing for the first time last night. I waited for about 15 minutes before getting to the player creator screen. I was booted in the midst of that process. That same process happened to me two more times, but the third time I wasn't booted and played for a few hours.

lsneakl wrote: »

Tip - don't start playing right now

The game is great and will get you hooked but you are going to have network issues. I would avoid until you start to see these issues lessen if you are able to hold out.

I've only had a few issues. Not enough to where I wished I held out longer.

Azrael008uk wrote: »

So UrQuan...

Are you saying (I'm Ebonheart) that rather than do quests in Stonefall where I "woke up", I should be heading to the "starter island" of Bleackrock?

I thought I was doing starter quests in Stonefall where I woke up.

Sorry, I missed this post until now. But the answer is yes: if you're Ebonheart you should be going to Bleakrock Isle first, do all of the quests there, then move on to Bal Foyen next (the last quest on Bleakrock will take you there) and complete all of the quests there next. The final quest in Bal Foyen will take you back to Davon's Watch in Stonefalls, and it will lead into the main questline there. That's when you should start questing in Stonefalls.

Vigarr wrote: »

Are you playing in the Aldmeri Dominion? If so then a little beyond the NW part of the starting town is a dark anchor site called Iluvamir dolmen and imo is the easiest way to get decent loot early as well as a good spot to level up. There's almost always 10 or more players that show up at the spot when it spawns and it happens every 5 minutes or so. With so many players hungry for daedric blood, you just have to stand within the lit area to level up skills then loot the chest after the mini boss is defeated.

Actually yeah, that's really good advice. You have to contribute in some way in order to get the chest when the anchor is closed, so use a bow or a staff, or put some ranged skills on your bar, and make sure you tag at least a few of the enemies (probably get as many as possible). There are always plenty of people at this dolmen, though, so it'll be very easy to do, and it is a good source of quality low-level gear.

Vigarr wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

Actually yeah, that's really good advice. You have to contribute in some way in order to get the chest when the anchor is closed, so use a bow or a staff, or put some ranged skills on your bar, and make sure you tag at least a few of the enemies (probably get as many as possible). There are always plenty of people at this dolmen, though, so it'll be very easy to do, and it is a good source of quality low-level gear.

You have to participate to get the chest? I could've sworn that I stood around before and still got it...then again my familiar was likely still alive and probably counted as me contributing.

Yeah, if your familiar is fighting that would count as contributing and you'd get the chest.

if you see a butterfly they become fish bait if you catch them, kill small things like rats also bait