Any tips for a newbie?

missjackieb14_ESO

Hi there!

I'm relatively new to ESO (but not new to the mmo genre).

Any tips for a newbie? Like, how to gain a lot of money? Thanks.

Cazzy

Hello!

My advice to make money fast is to steal what you can and sell it at the Outlaws Refuge. Try to not get caught though

SantieClaws

Firstly be a khajiit. Always the superior race.

Secondly don't be an elf. Funny ears and funny smell.

Much money can be made by liberating unwatched objects from wardrobes and cupboards and selling them at your nearest local outlaws refuge. If khajiit has not got there first ...

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

AugustoCP

In ESO, items have traits which affect their stats and your own. Crafters can make items with traits but must first research the trait for an specific item. Each trait researched makes the next one take considerably longer for the same item. So start researching from day 1, because it takes a REALLY long time. You need a piece of gear with the trait you want to research in order to unlock it.

ConeOfSilence

Don't slack off on researching armor and weapon traits. Upgrade your horse daily. Steal amour and weapons and deconstruct to gets mats for upgrading sets as you level up. Kill everything you see to collect dropped money and gear. Harvest everything you see in your immediate area of view. Join a guild or 2 for help from your peers.

itehache

Besides what it has already been said, i'd recommend you to do all quests, they are fun, also explore the whole areas where you are questing, there are many hidden surprises. Loot everything, level up at your own pace and most important above all have fun.
Welcome to ESO!

Nadar

Join a trading guild and sell. I'd suggest mainly selling crafting mats as they are easy to come by while adventuring and sell well.

Just use armor and weapons from drops until you hit lvl 50...and don't bother upgrading them to purple (and definitely not gold) - save or sell those mats. Dropped pieces are more than adequate for the regular storyline. The only place you may run into trouble would be group dungeons but I'd suggest waiting to run those until you can do the undaunted pledges (and undaunted has some nice skills/passives you will want for end game which is why you'll want to run the pledges). The pledges will take you thru all the available dungeons and let you run the quests inside of them.

NOTE: if you want to do serious PVP, you may need to ignore the above advice and maintain good quality armor/weapon sets - but it will be more expensive as you will level out of it rather quickly.

Once you hit lvl 50 and move into the Champion Point realm for leveling, you can start looking at crafted and dropped set pieces (although it saves you money and resources if you hold out until cp160 when it is all end game gear).

If you plan to have a crafter, start researching traits asap....it can take over a year of fairly dedicated researching to learn all the traits on wood, cloth, metal crafts (actual time it will take you in game is minimal...just have to monitor the trait research so that you start researching a new trait as soon as the previous research completes - but as the research time for each new trait in a armor/weapon type doubles, the calendar time is very long)

menedhyn

Biggest tip I can give? Take your time.

Go for a leisurely stroll along the beach, through the woods, across the grasslands, snow fields or whatever landscape opens up before you and enjoy what you see. Whilst you're out there, take a peek behind that rock, or under that cliff, or around that tree trunk. There are hundreds of little secret places and 'scenes' with chests, sacks, backpacks, barrels and a variety of other containers to be found. Occasionally they have fabulous treasures within. These little semi-secret places can sometimes be overlooked by those who insist on running everywhere.

When you're done counting your gold and feeling pleased with yourself, take the time to speak to NPCs and listen to what they have to say. Some of the voice acting and scripting is really well done!

Vipstaakki

Don't grind and don't hurry. Enjoy the story.
That way you get most out of your ESO experience.

Elloa

Heya @missjackieb14_ESO !

First of all welcome in our community! Hope you wil enjoy your stay and enjoy the game! ESO is very different from otehr MMORPG. And you may easily miss out some important aspect if you play ESO like you would play your traditional MMORPG.

Self promotion time! Here are my TIPs for a new player. Those TIPS are a little bit different from what you will hear in most videos and guide. How to enjoy ESO for what it is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc-emx4RZk0

missjackieb14_ESO

Thank you all!

CherryCake

Dont eat yellow snow ;___;...Im sorry I had to do it xDDDDDDDDDD

But my real tip is: research, research, research! Gather as many materials as you can, keep an open eye for glyphs as kutas sell for quite some gold, I would keep a subscription instead of buying crowns (cheaper in the long run, everything on the crown store gets expensive, and like this you even receive 1500 crowns each month, the crafting bag (unlimited space) and all dlcs unlocked).

drakhan2002_ESO

Grinding is faster than questing, but questing is more fun and you get decent rewards (plus for main quests you get skill points). Try to complete every delve (dungeon) and get every skyshard in a zone.

Once you get more into the game, start getting some addons - esoui.com and download 'Minion' (an addon manager); ask here or your guilidies for addon recommendations.

You can be in up to 5 guilds (go for a little diversity - a couple of trade guilds, a social guild, a PvE or PvP guild, RP guild, etc.).

This game is pretty forgiving regarding class/role - try different things - yes, you can be a Sorcerer tank or a Templar mage; try different weapons and skills - find out what YOU like...you don't need to be cookie cutter and it is easy to respec.

When crafting, do writs - I recommend doing Provisioning first - it will give you buffs and all of your toons will benefit from it immediately and it is easy to level. The recipes for writs can be bought from NPCs located in Taverns (the Chef and Brewer NPCs). The materials are found everywhere - loot every crate, barrel.

Harvest every node you come by. Build up a stockpile, even if you don't current craft that type of node.

vyndral13preub18_ESO

My advice? Don't come to the forums for advice! You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

GreenhaloX

Oh yeah, glad you've gotten into ESO. Welcome.. So, pick up every pieces of drops, no matter what it is or where from (i.e from kills, chests, looting) and keep selling to any merchants you come across.. and press repeat! Plus, every drops from a kill give you some gold. That's what I did when I first started this game. If you're focus on it, you can easily rack up a few 1000 and more gold without an hour of gameplay.

Just a side note, if you haven't and able to, find a good group or try to get an invite into a group (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't because a lot of players are seemingly the lonewolf type) because it should be much easier to do quests and take on the bigger bosses when you're with another player or more.

CherryCake

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

My advice? Don't come to the forums for advice! You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Errrm...OP got advice and not villainy until you came along...just saying xD

EDIT: So OP yes, if you need advice, come to the forums. There is always somebody that will explain things that you need!

CasNation

Read this thread and the others in this forum:

http://tamrielfoundry.com/topic/leveling-tips-1-50/

vyndral13preub18_ESO

EstelioVeleth wrote: »

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

My advice? Don't come to the forums for advice! You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Errrm...OP got advice and not villainy until you came along...just saying xD

EDIT: So OP yes, if you need advice, come to the forums. There is always somebody that will explain things that you need!

Mine was future advice! Everyone is nice to the newbies

CherryCake

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

EstelioVeleth wrote: »

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

My advice? Don't come to the forums for advice! You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Errrm...OP got advice and not villainy until you came along...just saying xD

EDIT: So OP yes, if you need advice, come to the forums. There is always somebody that will explain things that you need!

Mine was future advice! Everyone is nice to the newbies

You are right! xD Even I stop myself (sometimes) from making a stupid joke when I see the title soul shriven ;___;

Rainteal

As others have said, take your time and enjoy the game! The stories are great, and the first character leveling experience is a blast.

I recommend going zone by zone and completing the missions there before going to DLC areas. While the battle leveling system in the DLC zones works well, you may out-level your story zones in the process. Once you get 5 levels above the mobs you are fighting, you get no loot nor XP.

If you are a DPS class, focus on either stam or magicka. I wish someone would have told me this early on. I had points all over the place in different attributes and gear. Focus all magic or all stam. Your abilities will be soooooo much more powerful that way.

If you plan to tank or heal, build your leveling character for all damage. It will make life so much more simple (this from a guy who leveled his first character to max specced and geared as a tank...)! You can tank or heal all 4-man dungeons just fine with a DPS specced character in the early game (just switch gear pieces and skills for the dungeon to ones that are appropriate for the role). If you want to focus healing or tanking for end-game, you can respect that way when you reach that level.

While the solo questing content in the game is fun, the game shines in groups. Look for people to play with through group finder and try to join some guilds. You will inevitably meet jerks, but there are way more good people in the game than buttheads!

Have fun!!

HaldaAinur

Don't be a node stealer or a kill stealer- nobody likes those guys. But that being said, DO be kind, and do help out other players if you can, especially fellow newbies.

Don't be afraid to ask for some advice if you get stuck- zone chat will normally do, but a friendly guild is always nice to have around. I also recommend 1 social/pvp/pve & 1 trading guild to start off with.

As others have said; loot is good. Have a poke around and try to grab some goodies, and sell them.

Crafting- this will be very important as time goes by, and don't forget to do your writs. And while your at it, figure out what type of playstyle you want to have; do you want to tank for a dungeon, dps, heal, or just run around in cyrodil? There are plenty of build guides, but by all means, feel free to experiment and make your skill set suit you. Plus experimental builds are fun!

Don't skip side-quests unless you really want to, as you will miss out on a LOT of extra xp in the long run, same goes for delves and public dungeons. You'll also miss out on skyshards and crafting stations if you don't explore much.

Drops from enemies are good for a few things; selling, researching, deconstructing & ofc using. I recommend researching as many traits as you can.

Mats; grab them while you can, and make sure you upgrade your inventory if you get the gold, and put them into the bank. You can use mats that are in your bank at crafting stations.

Rare loot/mats; now what I do, if I find a few rare mats, is stack them, then sell them, unless I need them for myself ofc. Rare & set drops on the other hand are mostly good for using or researching.

drakhan2002_ESO

EstelioVeleth wrote: »

You are right! xD Even I stop myself (sometimes) from making a stupid joke when I see the title soul shriven ;___;

I guess you never had that title...

AlnilamE

Welcome! (everybody else gave you good advice already, so I'll just join them in welcoming you)

missjackieb14_ESO

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

My advice? Don't come to the forums for advice! You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

But, but.. how am I going to get better at pew pewing if I don't ask?

missjackieb14_ESO

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

EstelioVeleth wrote: »

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

My advice? Don't come to the forums for advice! You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Errrm...OP got advice and not villainy until you came along...just saying xD

EDIT: So OP yes, if you need advice, come to the forums. There is always somebody that will explain things that you need!

Mine was future advice! Everyone is nice to the newbies

Eshelmen

Start researching items in crafting asap.
Don't forget to upgrade your mounts on the daily. Get into PVP for a bit and grind till you get repeating maneuvers in your Support Skill Line. (30%boost to moving speed.) This will help a ton until you reach max horse speed one day.

You can't learn the entire game over night. So enjoy the ride and see where you end up. Find your self a good guild(or two) that you click with.

Lysette

missjackieb14_ESO wrote: »

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

My advice? Don't come to the forums for advice! You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

But, but.. how am I going to get better at pew pewing if I don't ask?

Simply by doing - you will develop your own style and that might be more fun to play than to follow a meta.

nine9six

Just have fun. If whatever you're doing in-game isn't fun, you're doing it wrong.

anitajoneb17_ESO

1. Avoid add-ons for your first playthrough. (the ones that tell you where to go and what to do. Addons for inventory management are recommended).
2. Stay away from these forums !
3. If you listen to "advice" from other players (that's recommended), listen to several sources before believing everything :-)
4. Promote diversity (stay away from statements like "only templars can heal"-"templars are only good for healing")
5. Read the books and dialogues
6. Jump into PvP if you like it and have a thick skin - else avoid it at all costs until you're max level and have found a good guild to guide you there.
7. Have fun !

anitajoneb17_ESO

EstelioVeleth wrote: »

So OP yes, if you need advice, come to the forums. There is always somebody that will explain things that you need!

Mmhhh... seriously, I came here on a regular basis very late. After my first playthrough, when I started wondering about trial mechanics and min/maxed builds to improve. I would probably have quit playing if I had come here before.

ishilb14_ESO

Protip: Don't be really good at PvE unless you're using Cheatengine. If you complete vMA with cheatengine you'll be fine but if you complete it too quickly, legitimately, then you will be banned. Remember this.