Hello world! Just bought the game!

Sallakat

Hey there and welcome, I hope you enjoy the ride

Here is my contribution, is what I checked out when I started playing even though I had played beta, it still had some nice tips:
teso.mmorpg-life.com/first-things-early-access-starts/

Elirienne

You already got a lot of good advice. Here's my two cents:

1.) Get Lorebooks and Skyshards addon
2.) Do not try to go fast - the game IS leveling, this is not WoW.
3.) Do not let the complexity overwhelm you. Start with the bits that are interesting or useful to you and work your way through the rest later. For example, you will probably want to be able to learn crafting relating to your own weapon, but provisioning is nowhere near as urgent or important.
4.) Enjoy, this is an ESO game, treat it as such and not "just another mmo".
5.) Gold comes easy in this game, so do not panic about prices and be a decent player, do not rip off others. Getting gold is easy, getting liked is much harder

Once again, welcome and have fun

mutharex

Elirienne wrote: »

You already got a lot of good advice. Here's my two cents:

1.) Get Lorebooks and Skyshards addon
2.) Do not try to go fast - the game IS leveling, this is not WoW.
3.) Do not let the complexity overwhelm you. Start with the bits that are interesting or useful to you and work your way through the rest later. For example, you will probably want to be able to learn crafting relating to your own weapon, but provisioning is nowhere near as urgent or important.
4.) Enjoy, this is an ESO game, treat it as such and not "just another mmo".
5.) Gold comes easy in this game, so do not panic about prices and be a decent player, do not rip off others. Getting gold is easy, getting liked is much harder

Once again, welcome and have fun

I feel that point one kills a lot of the discovery fun, but of course it's purely subjective. Good points anyways

nudel

Crafting professions are awesome! Some tips:

You can level all the professions if you choose, but inventory issues will ensue. I would experiment with each to start and see what you like. But longterm, I'd stick with just 2 or 3 tops to make inventory management easier.

Blacksmithing/ Woodworking/ Clothing

• Research early. Research often: Research times get longer towards the end, so you definitely want to get this started quickly.
• Ornate and Intricate: These do not give you bonuses for wearing. This is often a rookie mistake. Rather Ornate = more gold if sold to a vendor AND Intricate = more inspiration (crafting experience) if deconstructed.
• Two mats level Clothing: Don't be afraid to use cloth materials for leveling it if you're having trouble getting your hands on medium or vice versa.

Alchemy

• Eating ingredients gives inspiration:Really good for figuring out the first trait of each ingredient. Also can be used if you're low on pack space. Eat a few ingredients to open up spots and also lvl Alchemy \o/

Enchanting

• Friends don't let friends extract their own glyphs: Find someone, a friend/ guildmate/ stranger in chat (i.e. new best friend), and create glyphs. Then swap. You get far more inspiration from extracting glyphs made by others than you get from extracting your own. You can use this technique for the smithing professions as well. For those it's a bonus. For this profession it's necessary.

Provisioning

• The Almighty Loot List: Do not pick up every single ingredient you see. You will go crazy and come here and make yet another thread complaining about the amount of ingredients in the game. You can't use those ingredients until you find a recipe that calls for them anyway. What you do is look at the recipes you can make and decide whether you even want to make them.
  ---Will you eat them?
  ---Will your friends eat them?
  ---Do they sell?
  ---Are they just copies of recipes you already know?
  Then pick a few recipes that you actually want to make and only pick up the ingredients for these. At best, you're only picking up 8 ingredients. At worst, you're picking up a dozen or so. These ingredients are incredibly common and can be found later if you need them. No need to save.
• Craft in the world: Yet another means of keeping pack space lighter. There are cooking stations all over the place, even in some dungeons. You can craft on the go using the ingredients you just found.

Oh and a last general tip: Crafting tables use mats from your bank as well as pack. So you can stash materials in your bank and use them at any table. So can your alts since the bank is shared.

Elirienne

mutharex wrote: »

Elirienne wrote: »

You already got a lot of good advice. Here's my two cents:

1.) Get Lorebooks and Skyshards addon


I feel that point one kills a lot of the discovery fun, but of course it's purely subjective. Good points anyways

Possibly. I didnt get them until lvl 50, actually, as I was reluctant myself. However - the way the addon works is that it is fully integrated into the game and shows items like they are on the map. It seemed very natural and didn't feel like an addon. Really liking it now

But I see your point, some people might want to do them without addons

nudel

I always find the skyshards and lorebooks without addons. I find the treasure maps without looking up solutions. But I love exploring. For me, exploration is probably half of the fun I'm having in this game. Take that away and the game is half as good.

Again not everybody feels this way, which is why wikis and walkthroughs exist.