A good, solid resource site for newbies?

seveneighttwoub17_ESO

As my title says, I'm looking for good resource sites for someone who's new to ESO. I'm a veteran mmo player but have only played ESO about 2 weeks. So far, the forum has been the best resource I've found but its very hard to find specifics when you don't know what the specifics you should be looking for are So I guess I'm asking, is there a wiki or resource site like WoWhead for World of Warcraft or like Eq2i.wiki for Everquest 2? Where have you ESO vets gone for your information when you were new to the game? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Tryxus

There's Deltia's website, which is a rather good one to help you on your way in this game.

Alcast, Sypher and Blobs also post videos on their youtube channel with builds and tips for the game that are def worth checking out

Tamrielfoundry is also great if you need help building out your char
And the Wiki for general information

ArchMikem

At first I thought you meant places in-game to farm crafting materials, but you mean online sites.

http://eso.mmo-fashion.com/ is the best place to look up every single piece of armor and weapon available in the game, to see what they look like, and how and where to get them.

http://teso.mmorpg-life.com/ is in my eyes the best info site there is for the game. It even has guides and maps on how and where to find Lorebooks, Treasure Map locations, Skyshards etc.

seveneighttwoub17_ESO

Thanks a bunch I've bookmarked these for current and later use. Having such a wide variety of choices for character customization is both great and daunting at the same time as a noob These sites will be very helpful indeed.

Hallothiel

I found the uesp site really helpful for all aspects of Elder Scrolls stuff (online or not)

Cant put in link as using phone but google uesp.net & it should come up. Has good maps and quest lines and oodles of lore (if interested in that).

DPG76

Hallothiel wrote: »

I found the uesp site really helpful for all aspects of Elder Scrolls stuff (online or not)

Cant put in link as using phone but google uesp.net & it should come up. Has good maps and quest lines and oodles of lore (if interested in that).

exellent site for the maps and quest tracking i agree

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Online

seveneighttwoub17_ESO

Awesome. Will bookmark that one as well. Thanks a ton

akl77

Read a lot on wiki, and ask questions on forum.

anitajoneb17_ESO

Mmmhhhh... Not sure you're looking for the kind of advice I'm going to give you right now, but maybe might consider it :

Do not use sites, tutorials, addons or such resources on your first character and playthrough. Explore, discover, test skills and stuff as you go, make up your own mind. Make mistakes, find your own solutions.

Advantages :

- You'll know what to look for after that, because you'll know what you want (else you might do what others want and end up disliking it and blaming the game for it)
- You'll have a much better understanding of overall game mechanics and particular skills
- You'll not be obsessed and restrained by what's "good" and "bad" according to a so-called "meta" defined by others. You'll know what's good and bad for you.

Every choice in this game is reversible - with the only exception or your char class/race/appearance/alliance combo which cannot be changed as part of the game (only by rerolling and paying in crowns). So once you've chosen your class, race, gender, alliance and appearance, you can go relaxed about everything else : you can change it later.

Disadvantage :

- Takes more time (aka "you'll enjoy the game far longer"). Besides, browsing tutorial sites and videos also takes time. Do you prefer playing the game or studying the game ?

Armitas

Deltiagaming

Narvuntien

Thanks... I'll bookmark these

Prof_Bawbag

I found Deltia's site the best for explaining stuff for when you're new. The other sites are good too, but Deltia also caters for those without vMA weapons and tend to show more progressive builds that include gear that is obtainable regardless of skill level. The other sites tend to recommend vMA weapons, vet dungeon gear or twice born crafted sets that are quite frankly not helpful in the slightest when you're starting out. I mean, what noob has access to 9 traits right across the board or have the gold and mats to pay a crafter for those sets?

I suspect if you're in the position to get VMA weapons etc you're not really needing resource pointers in the first place.

CapnPhoton

The best maps I have seen for the base game is here:

http://gamemapscout.com/tes-online/tamriel.html

This is for the base game and Cyrodiil. For some reason it is not updated for DLC maps.

seveneighttwoub17_ESO

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Mmmhhhh... Not sure you're looking for the kind of advice I'm going to give you right now, but maybe might consider it :

Do not use sites, tutorials, addons or such resources on your first character and playthrough. Explore, discover, test skills and stuff as you go, make up your own mind. Make mistakes, find your own solutions.

Advantages :

- You'll know what to look for after that, because you'll know what you want (else you might do what others want and end up disliking it and blaming the game for it)
- You'll have a much better understanding of overall game mechanics and particular skills
- You'll not be obsessed and restrained by what's "good" and "bad" according to a so-called "meta" defined by others. You'll know what's good and bad for you.

Every choice in this game is reversible - with the only exception or your char class/race/appearance/alliance combo which cannot be changed as part of the game (only by rerolling and paying in crowns). So once you've chosen your class, race, gender, alliance and appearance, you can go relaxed about everything else : you can change it later.

Disadvantage :

- Takes more time (aka "you'll enjoy the game far longer"). Besides, browsing tutorial sites and videos also takes time. Do you prefer playing the game or studying the game ?

This is great advice and is what I'm doing, but I know I'm going to eventually hit end game and will want to know how to proceed. Being a complete ESO novice (though I've played the rpg's up through Skyrim) though, there is a big learning curve. Oddly enough, the biggest one at the moment is learning all the abreviations that are ESO specific. For instance, vMA? Not really sure what that is, though I'm guessing it has to do with end game weaponry.

On a side note, its wonderful to actually find a game where the forum is a helpful place to go! Thanks for being awesome guys and gals!

Vaoh

For everything motif and style-related:

The Great Forums Thread:
ALL MOTIFS UPDATED LIST

Organizes every motif with pictures of armor, weapons, sets with each style, and how to aquire all related mats/chapters. Very easy to navigate.

Incredible new Motif site:
@Llogwey's Site

Has pictures of everything.... even individual armor pieces. You can even compare armor/weapons side-by-side which is super helpful.

The main (popular) site for ESO motifs:
ESO Fashion

anitajoneb17_ESO

seveneighttwoub17_ESO wrote: »

Oddly enough, the biggest one at the moment is learning all the abreviations that are ESO specific. For instance, vMA? Not really sure what that is, though I'm guessing it has to do with end game weaponry.

This topic might help you, although it's not really up to date.

Wrothgar content added some new acronyms (mainly vMA = veteran Maelstroem Arena, and its exclusive bound weapons) but also the world bosses in there for which people use acronyms in order to group up, and also Shadows of the Hists added two new dungeons which have their own abbreviations (CoS for "Cradle of Shadows" and RoM for "Ruins of Mazzatun"). vMoL stands for "veteran Maw of Lorkhaj", the fourth trial which came with the THieves' Guild extension.

Don't worry too much about all this "vocabulary", you'll learn it quicker than you think :-)

P3ZZL3

Here's another great, yet shameful, plug for my site. Brings it all together and shows server status.
Takes you to each of the main sites mentioned above with the exception of ESO fashion - need to add that

http://eso.webhub.eu

You'll even notice this thread in it as well

psxfloh

imho there are only two things you can mess up early and regret later:
race/class choice and research (crafting)

race choice could be "fixed" by paying real money for a race change. but you still have to stick with your class, so chose carefully.
research can't be done wrong, but will take a loooooong time to finish (unless the devs change the whole system), so start early if you want to be able to craft later..

for the former there is:
http://deltiasgaming.com/2015/06/01/best-race-and-class-choices-in-the-elder-scrolls-online/

for the latter:
read a guide to get a first impression, but imho you can completely ignore actually crafting items until you hit max level. All you need to do is research traits and deconstruct everything you won't wear and don't need for research.
Start with divines+infused+impenetrable for armor and sharpened+precise for weapons.
To speed up research, put points into "Metallurgy" (blacksmithing) and the equivalents for the other professions, but again: that's all you need to spend until you hit max level.
Gathering will only clutter your already tight inventory (unless you have ESO+, i.e. bottomless crafting bags!) and crafting items below max lvl is a waste of time. Deconstruction alone will give you enough "inspiration", and if you want to craft useful items for levelling you would have to spend too many of your precious skillpoints.
Don't worry, on max lvl you can (if you spend the time hunting skyshards etc.) have enough skill points to max out all professions and still have all the skills needed for multiple character builds!

EDIT: whoops.. forgot about gold mats: you should do some gathering and refining, but you won't really need the materials, only the improvement materials (Tempering Alloy, Dreugh Wax, and Rosin) to improve item quality.

anitajoneb17_ESO

psxfloh wrote: »

you can completely ignore actually crafting items until you hit max level. .../...crafting items below max lvl is a waste of time.

I wholeheartedly disagree with this statement. There's no point in farming set items before max level because they get outdated too quickly, thus pre-CP160 IS the place where you can make the most out of crafted sets. It's the right time to experience many of them and see which ones fit best to your playstyles. And it's fun.

Yet another issue with "advice and tutorials" in general. It's all a matter of point of view. I agree with the part where research deserves to be started early, though.

psxfloh

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

psxfloh wrote: »

you can completely ignore actually crafting items until you hit max level. .../...crafting items below max lvl is a waste of time.

I wholeheartedly disagree with this statement. There's no point in farming set items before max level because they get outdated too quickly, thus pre-CP160 IS the place where you can make the most out of crafted sets. It's the right time to experience many of them and see which ones fit best to your playstyles. And it's fun.

Well, my hint was for a veteran MMO player.. two things to be careful about, because you can make mistakes early on that you regret later and won't be able to fix easily.

Regarding your answer.. I was always short on skill points. In order to be able to craft something useful imho you have to spend way to many skill points there..that you just don't have until max lvl.
Of course farming sets before max lvl makes no sense, but where did I say that?!? Take whatever you can find, and if some items (especially weapons) fall behind too far level-wise, I'm sure the next one is just around the corner. Or buy an ordinary one from the one of the guilds (mages/warrior's guild), or use the zone chat to find a friendly crafter.

anitajoneb17_ESO

psxfloh wrote: »

Regarding your answer.. I was always short on skill points. In order to be able to craft something useful imho you have to spend way to many skill points there..that you just don't have until max lvl.
Of course farming sets before max lvl makes no sense, but where did I say that?!? Take whatever you can find, and if some items (especially weapons) fall behind too far level-wise, I'm sure the next one is just around the corner. Or buy an ordinary one from the one of the guilds (mages/warrior's guild), or use the zone chat to find a friendly crafter.

Yep, skill points shortages ARE a problem (but that's also what makes them worthwhile and makes choices meaningful), but advising against crafting isn't a good advice, in my opinion. Because, if you're not advocating for dropped sets and also not for crafted sets, it seems you're advising to manage with non-set, ordinary gear. Sure, you can complete the leveling content that way. But what of the fun and the experience of the diversity ? There are many sets with efficient and/or fancy-fun 5-item-bonus. They are really worth trying !

Don't forget, once at endgame, if you want to take part to high-level group content (which is what 95% of endgame content is designed for), you will be pigeonholed into ONE, at best TWO different setups for your class and role. Freedom and diversity will be gone. Leveling is the right and only time to do this.

I'm not saying your argument isn't valid. You don't HAVE to craft to complete leveling content, and you sure can do that later, when skillpoints are more plentiful. But it has downsides too. My main point anyway is that tutorials and guides are not always "right" and often show a single point of view. ZOS used to release some builds on this site. They were quite instantly ripped to shreds by forum members for not being min/maxed... But many min/maxed builds are simply not fun to play and don't promote diversity. The OP should IMHO gather enough (varied) experience in the game to make up his own mind first about some essentials aspects - and then perhaps resort to tutorials to polish his build.

psxfloh

Ok - if you don't need the skillpoints elsewhere, feel free to invest them into crafting skills. I never had enough for one profession, let alone two or three.
Same goes for "time" and "trying fancy sets".. I prefer to not 'waste' time playing around with unefficient setups. But if you have the time and leisure, and have fun doing it - go ahead, it's not a 'waste of time' then, just your playstyle. A lot of the things I do might be a 'waste of time' in someone else's eyes..

My original statement was not meant like "you must/should not do this", more like "don't worry, you won't have any drawbacks if you don't do this or that from the start" - except for the two things I mentioned: race/class choice and trait research...

Savos_Saren

I use this site for looking at gear sets, skills, and class info:

http://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife.com/Sets

runningtings

Join a guild too, the guys on the chat will be able to help out.
Honour for example frequently run "Help-A-Guildie" events, craft gear, help complete dungeons etc

DurzoBlint13

esoacedmy.com

there are a lot of different opinions out there so it is best to try things for yourself and see how you play and what works for you. I can not stand all of the 'copy-and-paste' builds out there. You will be much happier and better off finding what works for you and adjusting things accordingly. Class, race, gear, weapons, traits, passives all interact to give you your build. Since 1T released there are A LOT of options for endgame set-ups now. Do not force yourself into a build that you do not enjoy just because someone told you it is good

Kilandros

deltiasgaming.com has builds, guides, gameplay, tutorials, etc. It's always up to date too.

seveneighttwoub17_ESO

ESO is, so far, a bit daunting as a new player but that's not a bad thing. My most recent mmo has been WoW and its been so fussed with and 'streamlined' that there's not really any choices to make anymore. I'm finding that focusing on one or two things at a time is helping and some of the 'you are here' type sites and information/comments in this thread have been excellent help. I'm really loving that I can, to a large extent, create my perfect combination and still make it work.

I'm guessing it'd be just as easy to make a mess of too, but I'm having a lot of fun making a mess then learning how to fix them

Jbugz97

seveneighttwoub17_ESO wrote: »

As my title says, I'm looking for good resource sites for someone who's new to ESO. I'm a veteran mmo player but have only played ESO about 2 weeks. So far, the forum has been the best resource I've found but its very hard to find specifics when you don't know what the specifics you should be looking for are So I guess I'm asking, is there a wiki or resource site like WoWhead for World of Warcraft or like Eq2i.wiki for Everquest 2? Where have you ESO vets gone for your information when you were new to the game? Any help is greatly appreciated!

for all the gear sets in the game
mundo stone locations and other stuff i go here

http://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife.com/Sets

JKorr

Find at least a couple of good guilds in the game. Guilds that are new player friendly, don't mind questions, and with helpful people. I know of two for starters; they have crafters who'll help with making a crafter, or vampire, or werewolf, too. People will show up to give a hand with bosses, too. And people who enjoy helping players learn pvp and the trials. If you play on PC/NA you can send me mail if you want invites to the guilds.