The purpose of having at least one of each armor is to get them all leveled up as you go about questing and such. Making your life easier.
If you aren't wearing at least one piece, you will not gain any experience in that armor skill line. It isn't tons of fun to go back and grind xp after you already hit max level, once you've realize you would like some of the passives from other armor skill lines, or abilities like 'Immovable'.



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Wuggums47 wrote: »

It seems like the High Elves are the best sorceresses, which is a shame because they don't seem like very nice people.

Hey, don't judge the whole race based on a few a truckload of bad apples! They may be a bit arrogant, but plenty of them have good hearts deep down. And just wait until you meet Ayrenn.

Don't get too hung up on the race though, the right passives can be very useful, but choosing a non-optimal race won't break your build. Take it from a Bosmer DK.

I second the advice to go to the starter island. As for general advice:

• Travelling between wayshrines is free.
• Don't bother repairing armor early on, there are better uses for your money - like saving up for a horse if you don't have the Imperial Edition. Just wear quest rewards and gather mats to craft new armor when the old one breaks down.
• Loot everything. You will find motifs and recipes in containers. Additionally, if you want to level up Provisioning, it's best to do it early on when you have easy access to low level mats.
• Go off the beaten path. Not only will you find quests, there are also lorebooks scattered in many remote places - and finding them is how you level up the Mages skill line.
• Read books. Some of them increase your skills.
• All delves (torch icon) have a skyshard inside.

But most importantly, have fun! And, uhm, try not to spend too much time on the forums... We tend to have a pretty negative atmosphere around here.

Wuggums47 wrote: »

I heard one tip that kind of confused me that while we level we should wear at least one piece of armor from each type. Wouldn't that put your character at a bit of a disadvantage?

As other's have said, Light Armor is the way to go for Mages. However, some Medium Armor can help with Criticals and Sneaking around. Heavy Armor has the Immovable skill that does not require you wear HA, but the HA skill needs to be a like 22 to unlock Immoveable. Although I use Boundless Storm to augment Armor as it also deals out some nice damage over time.

So, to get the most from an armor, then 7/7. But, a nice mix of 5 Light/2 Medium would be a nice build to go with too. In the beginning it is good to have all 3 armor types just to get some experience with them, but I have never felt the need to mix armors on a character. I have outright changed armor from Heavy to Medium or Medium to Light. But, they go all Light or all Medium or all Heavy.

If your going to equip a single Heavy Armor piece, choose your Helm for that as it can be hidden in the game so it won't clash with your other armor looks.

Don't bother repairing the armor, just replace the worn out parts with the drops you get. And, for the first 10 or 15 levels, just wear what you get as drops and don't worry about the armor type. This will give you a good skill base to go forward with once you decide on what mix you want to wear.

However, please, if your done with a piece of armor, don't sell it or throw it out. Either Research the Trait or Deconstruct the piece. BTW, you want 3 traits researched so you can make the best armor for a Mage in the game (Seducer) or 4 Traits for the second best set (Magnus Gift). You need to know these traits on each armor and weapon item you want to craft it for.

If your going to do the crafting research route, get the Craft Store add on to help with this.

Don't be in a rush to level up, please, Wuggums. You'll have plenty of time after you've gotten strong to wish you'd gotten there slower. By the way, love your post title. Also, you sound like Sarsmi from Ultima Online... you aren't her by any chance, are you?

To Deconstruct stuff: when you are in the crafting window along the top of the window you'll see some icons. Hover over each to see what crafting activity they each represent (e.g., creation, deconstruct, research). Whatever activity you choose, by left-clicking the appropriate icon, a crafting window opens. in the middle of the window for Deconstruct, Research, or Improve, you'll see a list of any items you have that you may use for that activity. Left click the item you want to work with to select it, and then follow the prompt at the bottom of the crafting window (usually tells you what keyboard key to press, to proceed or cancel the crafting activity). that's a rough description, but should get you into crafting.

Also, here's a good thread to read while you download the game: "Tips you wish you'd known from the start"
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/75939/tips-you-wish-you-d-known-from-the-start

Also, it's good to understand the three factions right from the start (Daggerfall Covenant, Aldemeri Dominion, Ebonheart Pact) as they are constant elements in the game, both the early leveling and the end-game content PvP.

Also, find yourself an ESO Acronyms list. That will be Invaluable. Here's a list of some acronyms. You'll probably already know some, but others you will find useful, and other people or resources will provide more:
AD - Aldmeri Dominion
AFK - Away from Keyboard
Aggro - how threatening a monster finds you, and decides who to hit.
AH - Auction House
AoE - area of effect
API - application programming interface
AvA - alliance versus alliance
Buff - An effect that makes a gaming character stronger
DC - Daggerfall Covenant
DD - "damage dealer", a character whose primary role is dealing damage
DK - Dragonknight
DoT - Damage over time
DPS - Damage per second
EP - Ebonheart Pact
ESO - The Elder Scrolls Online, the game.
FF - Focus Fire Used to denote a target all members of the group should direct their attacks against. E.g. "FF Sent" Would mean "Focus Fire Sentinels (because the stupid templar healer forgot how to dodge attacks!)"
FOV - Field of view (in context FOV slider)
FPS - Frames per second
HOT - Heal over time
HPS - heals per second
LFG: look for group
LMB - Left mouse button
Mob - Hostile NPC's
Mundus - The plane or realm of existence that encompasses Nirn, its moons and attendant planets
NB - nightblade
Nerf - An effect that makes a gaming character weaker
Nirn - The planet on which the Elder Scrolls is set
NPCs -Listing of all non-player characters in the game
OOM - Out of Mana
OP - Over Powered
Proc - "programmed random occurrence", i.e. random additional buff when using a skill
PuG - pick up group
PvE - Player versus environment
PvP - Player versus Player
RMB - Right mouse button
RNG - "random number generator", refers to the game's algorithms to determine if an ability hit and for how hard, or what loot dropped, etc.
Tank - a character built to withstand repeated and excessive physical blows, so as to divert, distract, or absorb
TESO - The Elder Scrolls Online
UESP - The Unofficial Elder scrolls Pages
UI - user interface
WTB - Want to buy
WTS - want to sell
WTT - want to trade
XP - Experience
ZOS - ZeniMax Online Studios, the developer of the game

I'm not anyone from Ultima online, so you probably don't know me yet GreatFellow. I'd like to thank everyone who has posted so far, you've all been very helpful.

As a relative new starter myself I would suggest grouping with people in delves or at least playing through with them. As said earlier there is not kill stealing but a) it makes them a little easier early on and b) it's a good way to hopefully make a few friends which once you reach fungal Grotto could be useful to call upon.

Also look for a guild, not a big one with lots of members but a smaller more personal one where the member will take time to teach and help you. The guild I was lucky enough to find are great and even the VR12 members will drop what they are doing to run a dungeon or just help out with something I'm having difficulty with. (they will also offer to craft higher level gear than I currently have the ability to do myself) :-)

In the end, don't be in a rush. Take you time. Remember "When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way."

Eventually you will probably want to have most (if not all) points in health and get magicka through other means, like enchants. Your DPS is zero if you're dead... Of course the exact distribution varies depending on your build. However, pre-veteran content doesn't require that much survivability, so I think it's best to put more points into magicka while you level up. I did 3 magicka:1 health with my NB caster, but she's quite fragile, so you may want to put some more points into health. You'll see what you're comfortable with as you play.