Making A New Character

Gray_howling_parrot

Hey fam.

Just a little background - im nearly CP 1500 and have only played on my NB. Played every role - healer, mag dps, stam dps, tank, stam pvp, mag pvp, solo builds, one bar builds, you name it. I've done pretty much all the quests in the game and am an achievement junky so I go for every little achievement. The problem is that the NB is pretty stale to me - to say the least. I'd love a class change token (which I know there have been 600 threads about already). I'm heavily considering making another character but am truly dreading everything about it - leveling every skill line, map completion, crafting w/ motifs, skyshards, lorebooks, etc.

For those of you that ran into this and ended up making another character, how was it? Do you enjoy it/are you glad you did it or did it just make you burn out in the game? Looking forward to some opinions!

AcadianPaladin

I enjoyed it. Yes, some of the more boring level up aspects are not great fun (psijic skill line, getting your mount to max speed, legardemain, crafting skills). That said, the opportunity to replay quests is very fun and kind of makes up for some of the skill grindiness. Experiencing a different class is nice. There are also potential benefits to multiple characters. Want to do an endeavor quest in Chorrol and its owned by another alliance? Switch to an alt of the appropriate alliance.

The best advice I can offer is to take your time and enjoy the journey - don't rush it.

That all said, after 7 or 8 characters, I don't think I have it in me to repeat the process again. So I'm completely with you in wishing for class change tokens.

EldritchSun

I did it three times, and that was rather bad decision since all classes feel the same. A good thing, though, you can get more transmutes and more mats from the daily crafting writs.

Kalik_Gold

Jaustink wrote: »

Hey fam.

Just a little background - im nearly CP 1500 and have only played on my NB. Played every role - healer, mag dps, stam dps, tank, stam pvp, mag pvp, solo builds, one bar builds, you name it. I've done pretty much all the quests in the game and am an achievement junky so I go for every little achievement. The problem is that the NB is pretty stale to me - to say the least. I'd love a class change token (which I know there have been 600 threads about already). I'm heavily considering making another character but am truly dreading everything about it - leveling every skill line, map completion, crafting w/ motifs, skyshards, lorebooks, etc.

For those of you that ran into this and ended up making another character, how was it? Do you enjoy it/are you glad you did it or did it just make you burn out in the game? Looking forward to some opinions!

Make an alt - skip all the "leveling every skill line, map completion, crafting w/ motifs, skyshards, lorebooks, etc.", leave that for your main. Get enough skill points for a build and have fun on an alt.

18 characters here...

phaneub17_ESO

I'm at 1970cp and have 18 characters, I still want more!! Actually just 2 more slots so I can fill out Bosmer and Altmer so I have 2 of every race. I don't want to start a new account.

LesserCircle

We really need a class change token, the only reason why some people are against it are these 2 main ones.

1. You can level a new character to 50 in a few hours
2. People would change to flavour of the month class

And here are my reasons as to why those 2 are wrong.

1. People that want to change class have much more invested into a character than just a level, 50 being the case here. We have hundreds of quests done, many skill lines unlocked and leveled up, memories with that character that can't be replaced, motifs learned, riding lessons... you name it, we want to play with that character but we just want to change the class, it's just three skill lines really, it can't be that hard for ZOS to do.

2. The kind of people that change to the flavour of the month class already can just do what you say and have an alt with that different class, they actually do this already and usually this kind of player cares more about result and winning than the connection with that character, which is completely fine but this proves that this point is just weak. And even then we could just have some kind of cooldown to this, few months, few weeks, doesn't matter that much, even making it something like 5000 crowns too, I would pay 10000 even.

Anyone against this, feel free to state your reasons and I will be glad to discuss them.

KlauthWarthog

2050ish champion points, 18 characters, 3 of each class.
Made a point of getting this on all 18:

- Character level 50;
- Base game main quest;
- All crafting skills 50;
- Maxed riding skills;
- 8 traits researched on all items;
- Undaunted, fighters guild, mages guild, psijic 10;
- Dark brotherhood at least 7 (shadow rider is awesome);
- Assault/support at least 6;
- All lorebooks (I did not deprive half a plane of Oblivion of watchlings to get a substandard bonus from Mora´s Whisper);
- All non-Cyrodiil skyshards;
- All public dungeons;
- Most group dungeons.

The "trick"? Not rushing any part of it, on any of them.
Not in the mood to run after skyshards? Dungeon.
Not in the mood to go on a scavenger hunt for lorebooks or time things? PvP.
Not in the mood to do anything on that character? Play another character instead.

You don´t lose progress with time. There is no need to rush it.

LannStone

If you make a new character, you will remember the fun of leveling up a new character
I find that rewarding in itself
I've taken 22 characters to L50 so far
I like having a big family, and each child gets loving care and attention

EnerG

More alts is always a good thing, more transmutes, rp variety, dailies, writs, etc.

Never feel like you need to 100% every character you have, but if you have the feeling of making an alt and doing something new, make one, it doesn't get rid of your progress on your main.

Tornaad

I started off with a Nightblade too, trying to make a sneaky bow build (I'm still trying to get one to my liking) but I ended up making one of each class and I am grateful I did. Right now, the Sorcerer is my favorite. I have two characters with every trait researched and am trying to take the other 4 through the same process. I have just a few left on my sorcerer and am about half done with my Templar and have a long way to go with the other two.
I like having different characters to play with.
I am also trying to collect every set piece.
I have every one of the base zones collected and all but 5 of the DLC zones collected. Once I get that done, I will then equip all of my characters with reconstructed gear, and will then have an easy time swapping gear when I need to.

ellmarie

I hear you. I love leveling up a character. Then I get to CP and feel all depressed. I'm an achievement junkie too. But usually use my main on majority of those. I get the urge to purchase a skill line, to not have to do it all over again.

I made a NB not too long ago, and I didn't like Magicka route, so switched her to Stam, and one bar. I like it much better. Not as much fiddling. I'm on xbox, so I don't know if that makes a difference. Just some builds are clunky to me.

I've been focusing on housing and building lately! I have to focus on something else. But I haven't made an Orc character yet. So there's that. I guess I'm kinda in the same boat as you are!

TaSheen

I love making alts. I don't care about how long riding training takes, or how long leveling antiquates takes. I use antiquities to get alts out into the world, grab skyshards and wayshrines, level them up with exploration XP.

Alts are life for me. I have ZERO use for achievements however.

rpa

I'd suggest making a character of every class asap and doing the horse feeding and crafting trait research. When you want to play any class its pretty quick to level but a fat horse takes rather long. Leveling gear crafting for writs is easy just by deconing junk drops from playing, and having traits already researced gives better rewards. One can't have too many writ ready chars.

I myself have 9 chars at lv 50 with fully fed horse and gear crafts levelled. (Most still have not all traits researched on every craft which is why I recommend starting research early.) I play one char at time, have one main crafter for styles and recipes and do writs (when I bother) with other chars.

Heartrage

KlauthWarthog wrote: »

2050ish champion points, 18 characters, 3 of each class.
Made a point of getting this on all 18:

- Character level 50;
- Base game main quest;
- All crafting skills 50;
- Maxed riding skills;
- 8 traits researched on all items;
- Undaunted, fighters guild, mages guild, psijic 10;
- Dark brotherhood at least 7 (shadow rider is awesome);
- Assault/support at least 6;
- All lorebooks (I did not deprive half a plane of Oblivion of watchlings to get a substandard bonus from Mora´s Whisper);
- All non-Cyrodiil skyshards;
- All public dungeons;
- Most group dungeons.

The "trick"? Not rushing any part of it, on any of them.
Not in the mood to run after skyshards? Dungeon.
Not in the mood to go on a scavenger hunt for lorebooks or time things? PvP.
Not in the mood to do anything on that character? Play another character instead.

You don´t lose progress with time. There is no need to rush it.

Pretty much the right way to do it, the only real chore is to level up the riding skill. I recommend leveling it every day on multiple characters even if you don’t intend to play them for the day. That way, the day you decide to play that character, you won’t be bothered by your slow mount. I also recommend making one character of every class so you can have one ready when you decide to try them out.

Jaimeh

Jaustink wrote: »

Hey fam.

Just a little background - im nearly CP 1500 and have only played on my NB. Played every role - healer, mag dps, stam dps, tank, stam pvp, mag pvp, solo builds, one bar builds, you name it. I've done pretty much all the quests in the game and am an achievement junky so I go for every little achievement. The problem is that the NB is pretty stale to me - to say the least. I'd love a class change token (which I know there have been 600 threads about already). I'm heavily considering making another character but am truly dreading everything about it - leveling every skill line, map completion, crafting w/ motifs, skyshards, lorebooks, etc.

For those of you that ran into this and ended up making another character, how was it? Do you enjoy it/are you glad you did it or did it just make you burn out in the game? Looking forward to some opinions!

I am an alt-o-holic and it's basically one of the reasons I keep playing the game, so creating a new character does the opposite of burning out for me. Leveling nowadays it extremely easy (and I'm not even talking about going the CS route where you can basically buy your way to a complete toon); since you already have a maxed out character you can make training gear for your new alt for every 10 levels and with all the weapons you want to unlock, and also a bunch of things (like glyphs for eg.) for them to decon and level crafting. I assume you already have hundreds of alchemy mats, so leveling alchemy on a new toon literally takes 10 minutes just by crafting pots, and then once you have put some skill points in alchemy, you can do master writs and level 1-50 super fast. But even without master writs, if you have 150% scrolls/drinks and just do random dungeons and daily quests, you'll get there fast as well.

Then for everything else, you can combine activities to lessen the grind: for example, if you want to gain levels or level a specific weapon line etc., by grinding mobs, then grind in a place where there's undead mobs (or dolmens, like in Alik'r) because that will simultaneously level the FG line. Then if you grind skyshards or the Psijic line, you can also find the lorebooks around those areas as well to level MG. Also, nowadays we have the war torte buffs, so leveling alliance skill lines is also painless if you need skills from there. Finally, I'm not sure how the Undaunted line is after the AwA system, but I think with the dailies it should be done relatively fast as well.

ice34697

LesserCircle wrote: »

1. People that want to change class have much more invested into a character than just a level, 50 being the case here. We have hundreds of quests done, many skill lines unlocked and leveled up, memories with that character that can't be replaced, motifs learned, riding lessons... you name it, we want to play with that character but we just want to change the class, it's just three skill lines really, it can't be that hard for ZOS to do.

100% agree with this statement right here. my main is my NB, and while i have only completed about 45-50% of the zones/quests available, I have built such a strong bond with her that I can't just bring myself to dedicate any substantial time and effort into my other 2 characters (Templar and Warden). Those two are literally just there to provide my NB with additional gold and resources if I happen to need any.

If a class change token ever were to be created, I would probably use it once or twice, just to get a feel of the other classes that I haven't played yet (without having to dedicate extra time to level them), but ultimately I would most likely revert back to my NB in the end.

Just too many memories and character developement already invested to start over, IMO

Oznog666

Heartrage wrote: »

Pretty much the right way to do it, the only real chore is to level up the riding skill. I recommend leveling it every day on multiple characters even if you don’t intend to play them for the day. That way, the day you decide to play that character, you won’t be bothered by your slow mount. I also recommend making one character of every class so you can have one ready when you decide to try them out.

Yep, this is what I did - created last year different chars with every class and after reaching level 50 I did mostly horse training every day. The most annoying skill line is for sure psijic order, this I did not with all of them. Fighters guild is leveling more or less automatically if you are doing dolmen and dungeons, Mage guild can be done while you are hunting for sky shards by reading all books nearby and the weapon skill line is also done pretty quick by doing some dolmen runs. Crafting expert is my (former) main char, one is enough imho. Same is for antiquities, I only need one expert for this. Just go for it, you will see that its really a lot of fun having different characters and because of this different play styles.

The_Boggart

To the OP open a character on the opposite server.

N00BxV1

You should make at least 1 character of each class. You will not regret it.

Ashryn

I have plenty of alts and most of them are over 50 now. I've liked trying new races, classes, and mag or stam versions. Never did I rush it, as leveling up was exciting and gave me a chance to appreciate the different skills and race attributes. Some things are plenty grindy like leveling mounts, Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood, crafting, etc....so not all of my alts have all the abilities & never will. My main does the achievements and all the content; alts are mostly there to try new things. Its given me a chance to realize some surprising things: the class I hated the most was Nightblade when I thought I would like it best: I enjoy being a Dragonknight, a Khajit, and a Templar when my Fibro is acting up. The alts come in handy when an endeavor is in Cyrodil and the whole map might be under the control of armies that are not to my main's liking.

I very much still enjoy WoodElf and Warden the most, which is what my main is...but sadly, the new changes that are coming are making me even wonder if she will still be viable or if I will even want to continue at all.

zaria

have 12 alts, just creating them because the development time is long and its pretty nice to have an new character to run RND and get the dungeon quest.
They are an backup, store items and is nice in stuff like some events.

BloodyStigmata

I have 18 characters. I'm glad I did it, because now I'm ESO rich.

But as far your particular issue goes, no, I haven't had it because I'm a templar and templar's have always been fun to play for me (might change after next patch but the jury is still out). The only time I started to get bored was when she was still a tank. I grew to hate being a tank, and switched to mag dps, and it was fun again.

My other characters don't do all of the content--I just do whatever content I feel like doing on my alts at any given time. They mainly exist to give me different characters to customize, or if I feel like going with a completely different playstyle than my usual one.

Since AWA are a thing, I don't really have to worry about what character I'm using to earn achievements anymore. I just send whatever motif pages/plans/recipes I don't already know on my main to her and play whoever I want.

Rowjoh

I now have all 18 chars maxed on both servers with a spread of all classes and roles, PVP and PVE.

To begin with it was hard, time consuming, tedius and expensive, but in recent years it has become so much easier and much quicker and rewarding, so read a good 'levelling an alt guide' and go for it !

Tra_Lalan

Making new characters is fun. You should definetly try it.


however be warned!

Altoholism is a thing

biminirwb17_ESO

"Altoholism is a thing"

Yep I realised I have done the initial scrying quest over 150 times

I remember a conversation I had with a player who said they had beaten ESO and didn't know what to do. I tried to explain you never beat ESO, you play it. Get bored go fishing, play cards, roll a new NB healer or an Orc spellcaster.

Explore the amazing map, find the dead couple who were having a picnic in Auridon. Chuckle at Mr Oinkerbottom and wonder who thought of the name.

I have my imgakin monkey and enjoy ESO as much now as the day he arrived in my backpack.

Al_Ex_Andre

Jaustink wrote: »

Hey fam.

Just a little background - im nearly CP 1500 and have only played on my NB. Played every role - healer, mag dps, stam dps, tank, stam pvp, mag pvp, solo builds, one bar builds, you name it. I've done pretty much all the quests in the game and am an achievement junky so I go for every little achievement. The problem is that the NB is pretty stale to me - to say the least. I'd love a class change token (which I know there have been 600 threads about already). I'm heavily considering making another character but am truly dreading everything about it - leveling every skill line, map completion, crafting w/ motifs, skyshards, lorebooks, etc.

For those of you that ran into this and ended up making another character, how was it? Do you enjoy it/are you glad you did it or did it just make you burn out in the game? Looking forward to some opinions!

Personally I will never invest on another character, because I refuse to get again motifs for example. This would be a mess to me. So I am glad I enjoy my templar, even if I lack range and movement speed. (I only play warrior priests/knights in games, this is no different in ESO).

As for class change tokens, I am not too sure that we need class changes if we dislike/are bored of our class, sharing more completion would be -imo- the way to go.

Researching every item again? No way. So we need to have a way to get it fast if we did it w/ one character imo, with crowns or w/o I don't know I am not a dev.

I am curious to know which stance chose ESO devs. Everything is fine/working as intended for them, right now?

Cheers

LadyHeloise

Alts are fun, if you realise that you don't need to complete everything on every one of them. My main does everything, has the PITA skills lines, virtually all motifs etc and my alts... do some stuff. They're fun for trying out new builds, different play styles, outfits etc They all have different stories.

PrimusTiberius

naw, just start a new toon, I have 18 toons (CP1750 +/-) I have at least one of each class, both in Mag and Stam, a dedicated, Tank, Healer and PvP toons, when the flavor changes, so do I.

nb_rich

Jaustink wrote: »

Hey fam.

Just a little background - im nearly CP 1500 and have only played on my NB. Played every role - healer, mag dps, stam dps, tank, stam pvp, mag pvp, solo builds, one bar builds, you name it. I've done pretty much all the quests in the game and am an achievement junky so I go for every little achievement. The problem is that the NB is pretty stale to me - to say the least. I'd love a class change token (which I know there have been 600 threads about already). I'm heavily considering making another character but am truly dreading everything about it - leveling every skill line, map completion, crafting w/ motifs, skyshards, lorebooks, etc.

For those of you that ran into this and ended up making another character, how was it? Do you enjoy it/are you glad you did it or did it just make you burn out in the game? Looking forward to some opinions!

I think I made a post similar to this last week and got split answers that people like leveling everything up again and others do not.

From my experience its horrible and I will never make another character again (even though I want to). I always have to use the crowns I get from my subscription on my new character so I don’t need to collect skyshards again which sucks because Id rather save them for a assistant or crates. I also always go back to my favorite character which is my templar so my other classes i started or already leveled up are just sitting there since I don’t want to redo everything I already did and if you join groups your going to go on your main anyways since its already maxed out.

Its also frustrating when there are so much changes to the game so frequently so a class you might think is useful/good today can be not as useful/bad randomly in a month.

Its really up to you though. From how it sounds you enjoy your NB and id stick to it. You don’t want to be like me that used my crowns to get skill lines/skyshards for a character im still not going to use. All my real life friends that played eso quit the game completely after making a second character since they had to do everything all over again and just found it boring and pointless.

Melivar

Someday we may get a class change token but I think it is too far away to think about waiting for. Skill points are the major issue with alternate character though the armory has helped me with that to some degree.

So jump off the deep end and try something new. If your into companions as well you can do the mages guild, fighters guild and undaunted dailies to level them and thier skill lines and add quick skill points from skyshards and the public dungeon group quest. Don't need companions but might as well have them get credit in the process.

I myself have 15 characters, 14 level 50's of varying degrees and skill lines and 1 sub 50 that I will likely level with the last quarter events.

My NB main has done almost all the things and is my crafter/motif holder with excess skill points to burn. In the armory I have a base templates with all armor, crafting and world passives set up so then just need to apply attribute and weapon skills slottable CP's as needed: 1-Werewolf , 2-Vampire, and 3(bought slot) Current primary build

My Templar Healer /Solo Build and Necro Tank who are my other main stays have a Current Build and a stripped-out level 1 no anything build in case I want to try something else (Not enough skill points to extra options)

All of the others have a level 1 build and a crafting build for events and periods i want to grind writs and are a bit more problematic when I want to just jump on and play as they are never set up right (Barely enough skill points for a solid build)