just started out, anything i should know

Hatedriven

After a painful download time, i'm starting the game soonish. Is there anything i should know?
What class should i go for, what race etc.
I played beta but didn't follow up, and i'm just giving it a try now!

Aett_Thorn

It really depends on what you want to do. Any race can be any class and perform any role, so it really comes down to what you'd like to do.

AlexDougherty

It depends on which faction you want to play, since races are faction bound (unless you have the explorer's pack (pre-order)).

If you are doing Ebonheart Pact, then Dunmer (Dark elves) have good passives for Dragonknights. Argonians have good passives for Nightblades (and some say Templars) and which leaves Nords for Templars. Dunmer also have some magicka passives for Sorcs.

If you are playing Aldmeri Dominion, Altmer (high elves) have good magicka passives, so are good for Sorcs and Templars. Khajiit have good Passives for Nightblades (although mine is a Templar) and in my opinion so do Bosmer (wood elves). Dragonknights could come from any of those races, and I'm sure plenty of people have preferences.

If you are playing Daggerfall Covenent, Bretons have good Magicka so make good Sorcs (and templars due to Templar magicka issues). I'm not sure what people prefer to play Redguards or Orcs as. But I have an Orc Nightblade and I'm loving it.

AlnilamE

Yeah, it really depends on your playstyle.

What did you enjoy doing during the beta?

Are you a stealthy hit-them-before-they-know-it type? Nightblade would be a good class.

Are you a run-to-group-and-bash-them? Dragonknight or Templar, or even Sorc.

Are you more of a strategic player? Any class has good points and you have access to several skill lines regardles of your class/race.


Apart from that: Do you enjoy crafting? There are now crafting writs that you can do to help level your crafting (though leapfrogging with another player is still the best way).

What server are you going to be on? Do you have a preference of faction?

Welcome back and enjoy the game!

boggie

As the above commenter said, it depends. I would ammend the "any class can perform any role" bit with saying that as the game stands now, templar dps is hurting, and dk's aren't really respected as healers (not saying that it can't be done, but you will probably have a tough time finding groups).

However, if you are looking at creating a main for the long haul, I wouldn't worry too much about how things are right now. Balance in any MMO is an unending process, and this month's OP could be next month's nerf target. And with the upcoming champion system, creating a new "main" will be very quick if you end up deciding you want to try something different. All of your post-50 characters are going to share a single XP pool, so all you will have to do (besides gearing of course, but crafting makes that almost a non-issue) is level the new character to 50 and xp wise it will be caught up to your main. The 3-50 leveling is a breeze (to give you an idea, on my first character, taking the time to enjoy the quests and zones, it took me 3 weeks while working a 60+ hour a week job).

I'd suggest creating 1 of each class and just play around with them a bit. Find which one you have the most fun with, and there you go. You've got your main.

Loneshard

Welcome to the great Elder Scrolls universe!
Check here some good guides out..
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/categories/EN-player-guides
Here the great cinematics for a nice warm up..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFNc33OUIAM&list=FL39BYgjQmy4jrqF34aS-UDg&index=1
Have a nice time in Tamriel..
and don't hang too much in the forms out..
Just play and enjoy the game
Cheers

Epona222

Welcome!

Just beware of toxic people here on the forum, unfortunately they are in abundance.

If there is anything I can help you with, just ask

Rosveen

inb4 "roll DK lol"

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Altmer (high elves) have good magicka passives, so are good for Sorcs and Templars.

You know very well it doesn't really work this way in a game where all class skills cost magicka and everyone can be a mage.

Anyway, it's true that each race has passives suited for a particular build, but they are not significant enough to make unusual combinations ineffective. I'm doing just fine as a non-stealthy Bosmer dragonknight despite not having any really useful passives except minor stamina bonus.

AlexDougherty

Rosveen wrote: »

inb4 "roll DK lol"

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Altmer (high elves) have good magicka passives, so are good for Sorcs and Templars.

You know very well it doesn't really work this way in a game where all class skills cost magicka and everyone can be a mage.

Anyway, it's true that each race has passives suited for a particular build, but they are not significant enough to make unusual combinations ineffective. I'm doing just fine as a non-stealthy Bosmer dragonknight despite not having any really useful passives except minor stamina bonus.

Yeah, I wasn't suggesting you can't do any race for any combination, I was just suggest some good combinations for the OP to start with.

Loneshard

PS:
If you need Addons, go here..
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Hatedriven

thanks guys, i will toy around a bit. Think i will find my way around

Rosveen

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Rosveen wrote: »

inb4 "roll DK lol"

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Altmer (high elves) have good magicka passives, so are good for Sorcs and Templars.

You know very well it doesn't really work this way in a game where all class skills cost magicka and everyone can be a mage.

Anyway, it's true that each race has passives suited for a particular build, but they are not significant enough to make unusual combinations ineffective. I'm doing just fine as a non-stealthy Bosmer dragonknight despite not having any really useful passives except minor stamina bonus.

Yeah, I wasn't suggesting you can't do any race for any combination, I was just suggest some good combinations for the OP to start with.

I know. It's just that races with magicka passives are great for any class unless you specifically want to make a stamina build (that's where Redguards shine, btw. Mine's a melee nightblade.)

Oh, there's something important though. Dunmer have innate fire resistance, which helps vampires and Bosmer and Argonians have poison resistance, good for werewolves.

Preyfar

Just know M'aiq will never try to steer you wrong.

Loneshard

Hatedriven wrote: »

Is there anything i should know?

Do not fight for Daggerfall in Cyrodiil...
Or you feel as I..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUTY5aFdN-4


Kidding Daggerfall best alliance ever ^^

Lionxoft

Loneshard wrote: »

Hatedriven wrote: »

Is there anything i should know?

Do not fight for Daggerfall in Cyrodiil...
Or you feel as I..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUTY5aFdN-4


Kidding Daggerfall best alliance ever ^^

I just died a little from laughing so hard. xD

Loneshard

Lionxoft wrote: »

Loneshard wrote: »

Hatedriven wrote: »

Is there anything i should know?

Do not fight for Daggerfall in Cyrodiil...
Or you feel as I..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUTY5aFdN-4


Kidding Daggerfall best alliance ever ^^

I just died a little from laughing so hard. xD

You are welcome
Same here as I was see that the first time!

That is real.. but from WoW!
From that WoW community comes much fun.. not much brain there inside ;D

RinaldoGandolphi

I say, experiment and have fun! this game has a lot of possibilities for builds and such that are viable, find a style you like and roll with it

Hope you have fun in Tamriel.

TequilaFire

Since it hasn't been said, don't stand in the red!

AlnilamE

Which server are you on? And which alliance?

Zorrashi

The four classes are sort of supposed to act as a base template for your play style:

Dragonknight: Knight
Templar: Healer
Sorcerer: Mage
Nightblade: Rouge

But that is only a gross simplification, with the amount of weapon/armor types available to you regardless of your class choice, one could theoretically play as any position they want, and can be as pure or hybrid in role as they see fit. We have dragonknight healers, nightblade tanks and sorcerer battlemages.

Racial passives were intended to be made in such a way that they are almost 'inconsequential' if you choose to ignore them, but can give you a few always-present passive effects if you so desire, so there is a medium-to-low concern over race due to passives. But still, some races are more 'attuned' to certain play styles than others. For example, nords are almost always ideal for some sort of two-handed tank--thus making nords a high candidate for a dragonknight by association. But it would be totally acceptable for one to have an altmer dragonknight.

Rosveen

Zorrashi wrote: »

Nightblade: Rouge

Used as a gloss and then you apply poison of your choice as a top layer? It's... brilliant, actually. Just remember not to lick your lips afterwards.

Zorrashi

Rosveen wrote: »

Zorrashi wrote: »

Nightblade: Rouge

Used as a gloss and then you apply poison of your choice as a top layer? It's... brilliant, actually. Just remember not to lick your lips afterwards.

Lol! I didn't even notice that until you spotted it! Don't worry, I'll go ahead and change it......actually no, let's keep it.

Woolenthreads

Go Here read up. There should be lots of advice on how to play. Frankly, if we answer your question with detail the thread will likely be moved there

Edit# That's what happened the last two times there was any detailed responses. Looking at that forum area though, getting reasonable detail is like looking for a needle in a haystack. So, when you start look at all of your character skill-lines and hover the cursor over the experience bar underneath the skill-lines title to get a tooltip telling you how to level up the skills. Go to a help site "TESO wiki" or UESP for information on the morphs, some of them are awesome for certain classes. Join the Fighters Guild get "Silver Bolts" asap. There are a number of things new players expect which have not been introduced into the game yet. Look at your controls and consider how to make them more useful to you. Learn to "interrupt" whenever opponents look to be doing something "special".

Gidorick

I think you would benefit greatly from watching this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAV1F7DAlnU