I play on NA/PC, but a while ago I started to play on EU/PC for a change of pace. I still mostly play on NA, but I log onto EU for a couple of hours each day.
So, the hardest thing is getting used to not having the things that I take for granted. No CP, no gold, no crafting materials, not even a friend list or guild roster that you can use if you need a quick port.
Crafting is the thing that was the most daunting to build up from scratch. Learning traits to craft your set gear. Leveling up your crafting so that you can get the passive to get improvement mats from refining and so that it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to improve something. Leveling up enchanting fast enough so that it keeps up with your character level. Leveling up provisioning so that I can craft food.
For example, when I was finally able to craft myself some set gear (just 2-trait Seducer), I couldn't afford to upgrade it to green (since I barely had any green mats and it took 5 to upgrade... on NA, I'm flooded with green mats that I don't even think about it). I couldn't enchant it at my level because enchanting is so slow to level and I was one or two tiers behind. I had the Witchmother's Potent Brew recipe, but could not craft it because I didn't have the passives to craft purple consumables, and I didn't have the mats needed to level up my provisioning (it's surprising how slow it is to level provisioning when you don't have thousands of mats stockpiled from years of hirelings).
The first time I did normal Maelstrom on EU, it actually felt hard (and I'm a Flawless Conqueror on NA) because I was wearing a hodge-podge of mismatched dropped gear, was using food a few levels out of date, and had no CP. It took way too long and I died in a couple of unexpected places.
Eventually, though, I got past the crafting hump. I maxed out my crafts, I had the skill points to afford hirelings, I finally had the resources to do writs, etc. And I think more than anything, that helped. Being able to use set gear of the right level, that wasn't white quality, with proper enchants, and having the appropriate food makes a huge difference. I guess I made it harder on myself by doing everything solo--I didn't join any guilds or ask people to craft me leveling gear because I actually wanted that new-player-starting-out experience.
Anyway, I'm now at 367 CP on EU, fully maxed in all the crafts, I have 7-9 traits in research, I have decent gear, I've accumulated a million gold and a comfortable supply of all sorts of mats, and I'm at the point where the gameplay doesn't really feel that different between NA and EU. Even when I'm in vMA, I don't really notice the latency difference. I am noticeably weaker because I'm not CP-capped and don't have trials gear like I do on NA, but it's not the huge gap that it used to be, and my character is strong enough that I can get through all the vet DLC dungeons without much issue and can solo most of the normal dungeons.
TL;DR: The initial hump of starting with absolutely nothing can be pretty brutal. But once you get past it, it doesn't really feel that different than playing on my home sever.
Where are the suggestions?
It doesn't.So how does this actually work? You select the NA server, login to it, and create a new character? I hope this doesn't delete/overwrite the EU ones. You never know with ZOS
It doesn't.
However Crown Store purchases are server specific. So you won't have anything purchased from the store (and anything you purchase won't be on your EU account).
I think so as that's account based (but not 100% sure).
Thanks. Does ESO+ carry over at least?
Thanks. Does ESO+ carry over at least?
Thanks. Does ESO+ carry over at least?
Crafting is the thing that was the most daunting to build up from scratch. Learning traits to craft your set gear. Leveling up your crafting so that you can get the passive to get improvement mats from refining and so that it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to improve something. Leveling up enchanting fast enough so that it keeps up with your character level. Leveling up provisioning so that I can craft food.
For example, when I was finally able to craft myself some set gear (just 2-trait Seducer), I couldn't afford to upgrade it to green (since I barely had any green mats and it took 5 to upgrade... on NA, I'm flooded with green mats that I don't even think about it). I couldn't enchant it at my level because enchanting is so slow to level and I was one or two tiers behind. I had the Witchmother's Potent Brew recipe, but could not craft it because I didn't have the passives to craft purple consumables, and I didn't have the mats needed to level up my provisioning (it's surprising how slow it is to level provisioning when you don't have thousands of mats stockpiled from years of hirelings).
stewhead2ub17_ESO wrote: »Welcome to PC NA! We'll leave the light on for ya!
vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »
Then we will yell racial slurs at you, call you homophobic names, and T-bag you. You know normal internet stuff.
That's as far as I got. Not enough time to do EU now. Similar experience, though.I play on NA/PC, but a while ago I started to play on EU/PC for a change of pace. I still mostly play on NA, but I log onto EU for a couple of hours each day.
So, the hardest thing is getting used to not having the things that I take for granted. No CP, no gold, no crafting materials, not even a friend list or guild roster that you can use if you need a quick port.
Crafting is the thing that was the most daunting to build up from scratch. Learning traits to craft your set gear. Leveling up your crafting so that you can get the passive to get improvement mats from refining and so that it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to improve something. Leveling up enchanting fast enough so that it keeps up with your character level. Leveling up provisioning so that I can craft food.
For example, when I was finally able to craft myself some set gear (just 2-trait Seducer), I couldn't afford to upgrade it to green (since I barely had any green mats and it took 5 to upgrade... on NA, I'm flooded with green mats that I don't even think about it). I couldn't enchant it at my level because enchanting is so slow to level and I was one or two tiers behind. I had the Witchmother's Potent Brew recipe, but could not craft it because I didn't have the passives to craft purple consumables, and I didn't have the mats needed to level up my provisioning (it's surprising how slow it is to level provisioning when you don't have