never been on pts

alainjbrennanb16_ESO · July 2015

how do i get a v14 on pts, as i have never been there before can someone tell me please

ZOS_GinaBruno · July 2015

If you go to the Character Creation screen, at the top left you'll see a small drop-down menu. This is where you can choose a template and create a VR16 character.

JasonSilverSpring · July 2015

@ZOS_GinaBruno, when I went to create a new character there were only options for VR14 or level 35 templates. I chose the VR14 Ald and it put me in Ghratwood with the attribute and skill points and containers, etc. But, the only locations known to this character where the first city when entering Ghratwood (cannot remember the name), Elden Root and the 2 new dungeons in IC. That is fine for testing IC I guess but makes it pretty hard to test much else with a template character. I thought in prior PTS tests the templates at least had some key locations known to allow one to travel to various parts of the map.

ZOS_GinaBruno · July 2015

JasonSilverSpring wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno, when I went to create a new character there were only options for VR14 or level 35 templates. I chose the VR14 Ald and it put me in Ghratwood with the attribute and skill points and containers, etc. But, the only locations known to this character where the first city when entering Ghratwood (cannot remember the name), Elden Root and the 2 new dungeons in IC. That is fine for testing IC I guess but makes it pretty hard to test much else with a template character. I thought in prior PTS tests the templates at least had some key locations known to allow one to travel to various parts of the map.

Oh, that's my mistake. The high-level template is VR14, not VR16. We can double check about the available locations tomorrow, though I'm not confident it's something that can be hotfixed.

alainjbrennanb16_ESO · July 2015

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

If you go to the Character Creation screen, at the top left you'll see a small drop-down menu. This is where you can choose a template and create a VR16 character.

ta yep found it

SLy_Kyti · July 2015

Yeah no known locations for template characters. Sux.
Thanks @ZOS_GinaBruno for checking if it's possible to hotfix.

Enodoc · July 2015

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

JasonSilverSpring wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno, when I went to create a new character there were only options for VR14 or level 35 templates. I chose the VR14 Ald and it put me in Ghratwood with the attribute and skill points and containers, etc. But, the only locations known to this character where the first city when entering Ghratwood (cannot remember the name), Elden Root and the 2 new dungeons in IC. That is fine for testing IC I guess but makes it pretty hard to test much else with a template character. I thought in prior PTS tests the templates at least had some key locations known to allow one to travel to various parts of the map.

Oh, that's my mistake. The high-level template is VR14, not VR16. We can double check about the available locations tomorrow, though I'm not confident it's something that can be hotfixed.

@ZOS_GinaBruno If it can't be hotfixed, maybe it's something you could add for PTS 2.1.1? It would be good if templates could at least access the main city of each zone.

Epona222 · July 2015

Yes, please just make the main city wayshrine in each zone discovered for template characters - I spent an absolute age earlier just because I wanted to pick up the warrior stone in Eastmarch. Having followed the EP faction story each of my previous times through the zones, I only remembered arriving in that zone via a ship that I woke up on, took me an age to find the NPC to take me there. Can't even go on foot to Eastmarch from Stonefalls via The Rift because Fort Virak in Stonefalls (which guards the gate to the Rift) is closed off unless you have done the quest there, the door activator is greyed out.

Other problems with template characters:

Provisioning skill is set to 1 instead of 50
Riding skills are at 0 - this is not a problem for testing PvE content, but it is an issue when testing stuff in Cyro. Suggest to include the crown riding upgrades in the 'consumables' container that template characters are given.