I really feel trolled here.

There is just so much wrong with the original post that I had to stop 50% through. I read the follow up posts until I saw the "no edit button". It feels like that the issues here are operator error, not game issues and based on what I read I have to question the legitimacy..

I need the return of the lol button ! now !

It was a dark cold day in Glenumbra. Rain started pouring from the sky and soon enveloped the land in a dismal pall of wretched wetness. My bloodsoaked and already rusted Nord armor felt like it was going to disintegrate around my body. The heavy armor was suffocating me. In the distance I saw a farm with a pond. Not knowing if the inhabitants would be friendly or not, I led my tan steed "Galarias" over to tree nearby the pond, dismounted and tethered her. Eight divines, the rust color from the armor was running down my arms. I rushed to the pond took off the heavy Nord set of armor and heaved it into the bushes nearby and sank to my knees next to the pond. It was still cold, but at least the rusted, battleworn armor was no longer stifling my skin. I started to wash away the rust that was covering my arms, Galarias neighed a bit by the tree. Well, that set of armor was done let rot in the bushes, it had always felt a bit odd after I took it off a dead Nord in Cyrodil. Rain was pelting my bare chest, it felt good. I was busy washing my torso by the pond, my head had been down as I focused on the cleaning process when i lifted my head and took a look across the somewhat misty pond i spotted a figure in a grey robe with a hood staring at me! Normally, I would have loosened one of the throwing dagger that i kept concealed in my pant, but for some reason i felt like this time it was better to play it off like i hadn't seen him. When i casually looked up again the figure was gone. That did startle me! I usually don't lose track of mysterious figures, even if they are enshrouded in grey mist and robes on a rainy day. I loosened a knife from my leather breeches and readied it in one hand and got up casually to check on my horse Galarias. I was up and turned my gaze to the tree where my horse was and i saw someth I ng inconceivable to me. It appeared the grey stranger was feeding a carrot to Galarias and talking to her in muffled whispers. He had one hand leaning against the tree with his back to me and was feeding Galarias with the other. What an event, why wasn't Galarias suspicious or at least upseg, she was trained well enough to know not to trust strangers. I started walking slowly and silently towards the figure and my horse, as i got closer i could see the figure had a feline furry tail sticking out from the back of the robes. A Khajit! They must be using some sort of desert magic on Galarias to pacify her! Well, this game was over I decided. I lifted my arm dagger in hand and then swung it forward letting the blade fly straight and true landing with a thunk into the wood and pinning the robe sleeve to the tree. Then I rushed over with another dagger instantly in my hands spun the khajit away from my horse and pinned him against the tree blade to his throat. Of course i could smell the stench of cat breath, but i got in close anyway and asked, "Who are you?" He responded, "This one is M'aiq the Liar, truly I did not know you were here!"

M'aiq sees dead people. Nothing strange about that. Strange is when dead people see M'aiq.

(How did we get into this sidetrack?)

nerevarine1138 wrote: »

qsnoopyjr wrote: »

Oh I did just start the game, and wanted to share my experience because I know the game is going B2P soon and wanted to give them my critique on starting zone.

Now I do recall someone running towards me at the beginning but I started talking in chat right when I got there and I trespassed like I said, seemed to ignore that NPC and someone gave me free gear and showed me around alik'r desert, and orc island?, so when I came back to glembura I couldn't find him and was lost.

I'm level 7 now, and that guy that said something about the boat quest, that's what I did, help 3 guys escape and then do a heist? I also did the harborage quest, so I see some kind of connection but at the time when I was in the newb/starter zone I felt as though there would be no connection because I thought it was just some fantasy land and previous elder scrolls, you don't see the NPCs that are in fantasy land once you leave.

I did buy the hard copy of the game. The booklet is 2 pages, has no lore at all, so please do not say "ya shoulda read up on game prior" all it has in the 2 page booklet is what your skills are on the keyboard.

I feel more apart of the game and getting used to it now, I feel just like that other guy that came from GW2, takes 10 hours to finally figure out what to do. I was just giving my honest opinion of the game after playing it for a few hours.

I've played elder scrolls games I know about the quest markers and such, also played other MMO's and know that quest givers will give you a level 50 quest when your still level 4 or so. That's why I was frustrated a bit, I don't want to get into some bad questline, I see too much quests and I just wanted the MAIN quest, it should be a different color than all the other quests to show difference.

But again, if you don't read the dialogue and make sweeping assumptions about "fantasy-land" (planes of Oblivion are not fantasies, FYI), you're going to feel like everything's really disconnected.

No, it is fantasy, technically everything in the game is fantasy land.

OP, the way this game is designed, the main quest is just a small part of everything you're supposed to be doing. You're meant to go out there, explore, talk to people, do quests here and there - not just follow a beeline from one Harborage quest to another.

In fact, there are two main quests: Coldharbor storyline about the Five Companions (Coldharbor is the place where you escaped from in the tutorial, you'll see more of it in the future) and your alliance's storyline. The first has quests every 5 levels, usually staring in the Harborage. The second takes you throughout each main zone, rewarding you with skill points sometimes. So if you want to follow something, follow the second one and hop into the first only as the quests pop up at the appropriate times.

You keep asking about lore; I'm not sure what to tell you, it's something you learn along the way, did you want it all dumped on you right after arriving in the city? The Prophet explains the events leading to Molag Bal's invasion on Tamriel pretty early on. But if you have any specific questions, feel free to ask

Sorry ..that wall of text was hurting my eyes so I will give some pointers for what I read.

1. Walk around town and you will see NPCs with upside down black triangles above their head. They are quest givers. Talk to them and accept the quest. Some are MAIN story line (that follows a line from level 1-50+) and some are SIDE quests specific to the location. Some can be found in open ground.

3. Press the J key (journal). The 1st tab is the journal. It lists all the quests you have accepted under different location you accepted them. The achievement tabs documents everything you have completed.

4. If you click a quest in this journal and press the M key (map) it will mark the quest triangles on the map and the direction you need to go. White is active and black is not currently active...although you can still go there and complete it.

5. The camera follows the mouse in this game for dynamic combat....the keys are movement.

6. When you are level 10 you can press the L key for the alliance war PVP tab. You can select/enter a home and guest campaign server which is an instance of Cyrodiil where all 3 factions fight over keeps and resources.

7. Hitting the M key will show the map. As you travel to different locations you will see different markers appear in black. These locations have town quests that have not been completed. When you have completed them the black marker will turn white and say" You completed so and so". You need to journey within range of these towns before they will be marked in your map. Like you have to accept quests before they will be marked on your map.

8. Group PVE. The 5+ torch markers are PVE dungeons that can be done solo, with other people or you can use the group tab if you want to party together with icons to identify where each other are. There is also 6x world bosses (per zone) which are skull & crossbone icons. For these you want 2-3 people to tag along until you are familiar with the mechanics enough to challenge alone. There is also 3x dolmens (per zone) from coldharbour where you must fight Daedra incursions. Again with 1-3+ people depending on how competent you are. There is also 5+ pathfinder icons which are sightseeing places and every zone has 1 public dungeon and 1 group dungeon. The public dungeon (cave icon) you would have to be really good to solo when you are starting out and is something you only have to ask for help on with zone chat to get others to join you. The Group dungeon is designed for 3+ man groups and should be more challenging for people that can work together. On top of these Daedra will drop at random and accost you when you least expect it.

Word of advice....walk along every piece of path you see on the map.
Safe journey