Yet another returning player: Couple questions (NA/PC)

rsiloliveiraub17_ESO

Hey guys, I stopped playing ESO just after it went F2P and before consoles release and now I hope I'm back. I just have a few questions if you don't mind helping.

1) Are classes more balanced these days?
I remember I loved playing Sorc but they were kinda underachieving compared to the others and Temps had just became OP as hell.

2) Champion Points - I think I have around 400 champ points (from 3600, right?).
Are people already full champ? Will I have a big disadvantage because of that? In PvP, group finding, etc.

3) Speaking of PvP, how is Cyrodiil? Back in the day I stopped going to Cyrodiil because it was just unplayable.
Also I didn't like the fact that each faction had its own campaign, just to get points, and like only one or two campaigns were really competitive.

4) I don't have money right now to buy the DLCs, I think I have enough crowns to get one. Is it playable without them? I wanna start fresh, do the campaign again, take my time. But I don't want to miss any content because I don't have all the DLCs.

I think that is it for now, I might have more questions as someone answers.

Thanks for the help.

Nestor

1. It is an ever moving target. Sorcerers right now are quite powerful
2. The cap on points you can use is 501 or 551 (not sure if they raised the cap this DLC, I am still at 458 on CPs right now so it's academic to me)
3. PvP is a work in progress
4. The only DLC I would say is a must have is Wrothgar simply because you can easily level a character from VR12 to VR16 doing the zone quests and the dailies up there. I took 2 of my characters from VR12 to VR16 just doing that in a short period of time. Wrothgar also gives you a zone to farm VR15/16 mats (if your equipment crafting material levels are maxed). Thieves and IC are fun though so you may want those also.

rsiloliveiraub17_ESO

Oh... level cap is V16 now? Damn

Are there still spots to grind xp?
Questing was terrible for leveling up when I played.

Nestor

rsiloliveiraub17_ESO wrote: »

Oh... level cap is V16 now? Damn

Are there still spots to grind xp?
Questing was terrible for leveling up when I played.

Questing is much better as the exp requirements to level are much lower. It is really a toss up now to grind or quest. There are also ways to boost your Exp (ESO Plus, grouping with another, rings of Mara, Experience Potions for example)

The old grind spots are still there. The only ones that were nerfed were the exploitative ones.

rsiloliveiraub17_ESO

Hey, thanks for the answers already =D

But I have some more follow up questions if you don't mind...

1) So I found out I have 3200 crowns stored.
I want to start fresh, make a new character, play the story, go really easy because I have no reason to rush. That said, should I still buy the Orsinium DLC?
I can only buy one atm unfortunately . But still I don't want to miss anything. I rather wait and buy all DLCs before playing if I have to.

2) I wanna play as a healer. Is Temp the best option still?
I remember it was good because Temps had the only really good burst heal.

Vonovosi

The orsinium DLC is definitely the biggest of the 3 DLC. Imperial City is a ghost town, the 2 group dungeons are the only reason most people have it I think. You may want to hold off on buying DLC, ZOS has teased that they might offer DLC bundles for reduced prices on ESO live. Templars are still the healer class of choice.

Spliffo

The gold zone grind spots were nerfed to the ground. IC sewers is the place to grind if that's how you going to lvl and you will get VR16 mats while grinding. Questing is not even close to being better EXP

leepalmer95

Spliffo wrote: »

The gold zone grind spots were nerfed to the ground. IC sewers is the place to grind if that's how you going to lvl and you will get VR16 mats while grinding. Questing is not even close to being better EXP

The gold zones exp/hr still isn't that bad it's just less exp then the sewers.

However theres also 0 chance of being ganked their so it's pretty good for low level.

Spliffo

The last toon I grinded I took to the blood fiends in Eastmarch at VR 5 and with exp pots I gained half a lvl in an hour with the place to myself the entire time. Sewers is twice as fast easily

Edit: I'm not trying to say the sewers is the only place to grind, I'm just letting the OP know it is currently the best grind spot in game

leepalmer95

Spliffo wrote: »

The last toon I grinded I took to the blood fiends in Eastmarch at VR 5 and with exp pots I gained half a lvl in an hour with the place to myself the entire time. Sewers is twice as fast easily

I grinded their on my v9 for an hour and got a full level with exp pots.

Spliffo

Guess they didn't change it on PS4. On xbox you won't see any one there unless they are doing the quest because it's just not worth it. Kind of strange that it's different on other platforms to be honest

leepalmer95

Spliffo wrote: »

Guess they didn't change it on PS4. On xbox you won't see any one there unless they are doing the quest because it's just not worth it. Kind of strange that it's different on other platforms to be honest

To be fair i must of killed over 10k blood fiends on my characters, i came full prep, full dmg, full aoe, clouding + saps melts them in around 2s.

I had to extend my rotation as i was killing everything so fast nothing was spawning in time xD and i still killed everything before they respawned.

Spliffo

Yeah it was great when I ran my Sorc through there, I was getting a VR lvl ever 45 minutes

rsiloliveiraub17_ESO

It's ok guys, like I said I don't want to rush anything this time. Already grinded my ass of in Craglorn once.

Just wanted to know if I could if I wanted.

So anyway Orsinium is the way to go or I can access it only when I hit certain VR lvl?
If it is that way I wont buy anything now, maybe it is better to wait for those discounts.

Vonovosi

everyone is leveled up to access the DLC zones no matter your level. Though you might not want to go there at very low levels, all the npc's there are v16.