What happened to my selected skills

jdminton · September 2015

I'm new to ESO, but I just got to level 6 and had the option to select Fiery Grip IV. I opted to keep Fiery Grip I which I selected previously. After leveling, I don't seem to have access to any of the skills I spent points on before. Is this a bug? I'm playing on Xbox One.

SirAndy · September 2015

Read the patch notes. All skill points were reset after the latest patch.

jdminton · September 2015

Thanks. That really jacks things up for me. They should put a note on the game when you log in (or maybe I didn't see it). I thought I had accumulated skill points that I hadn't assigned. It will be harder for me to level now. How often do they do this?

KhajitFurTrader · September 2015

There is a heads-up stickied to the General Forum since August 31st, warning about the skill point reset with patch 2.1. There is an in-game notification [N] which informs you after login.

As for how often this occurs: every time that game systems or parts thereof undergo significant changes. Usually this goes along with major version number updates (e.g. 2.0.x -> 2.1.y).

dreamfarer · September 2015

For what it's worth, this is fairly typical in all MMOs when changes are made. If skills/powers/player options of any type are altered significantly, it's a smart move to give players a respec so that they can adjust their builds accordingly.

If you misspent some points, you're not out of luck either. Early on what you spend your points in is fairly non-critical and when you reach the main town in the 2nd zone for your faction there are shrines where you can buy either partial (morphs only) or full respecs for gold.

I have no special gold making skills at all and I've respecced a dozen or more times as I've leveled so the price is noticable but not unaffordable.

SirAndy · September 2015

jdminton wrote: »

Thanks. That really jacks things up for me. They should put a note on the game when you log in (or maybe I didn't see it). I thought I had accumulated skill points that I hadn't assigned. It will be harder for me to level now. How often do they do this?

The skill points were refunded and added back to your pool. You can spend them again and none of your progress was lost.
Once spent in a skill you had previously, your XP gained in that skill will still be there.

Nothing was lost ...

jdminton · September 2015

Thanks, but I respent my skill points already on non-combat skills thinking they were new points.They should add an in-game note so you don't have to go elsewhere to research changes. Now that I know, I'll be aware the next time.

Bone_Demon · September 2015

jdminton wrote: »

...They should add an in-game note so you don't have to go elsewhere to research changes...

There is an annotation when you log in that all your skills are reset and the points refunded. You just might have missed it.

jdminton · September 2015

Bone_Demon wrote: »

jdminton wrote: »

...They should add an in-game note so you don't have to go elsewhere to research changes...

There is an annotation when you log in that all your skills are reset and the points refunded. You just might have missed it.

Quite possibly. Although being on Xbox, it might not have been prominent if it was even there.

brettjameslive · September 2015

I missed it too. Not clear.

leepalmer95 · September 2015

jdminton wrote: »

Bone_Demon wrote: »

jdminton wrote: »

...They should add an in-game note so you don't have to go elsewhere to research changes...

There is an annotation when you log in that all your skills are reset and the points refunded. You just might have missed it.

Quite possibly. Although being on Xbox, it might not have been prominent if it was even there.

It's quite cheap to respec your skills, it's about 50 gold per skill you have, go the the main chapel in the second zone i think.

jdminton · September 2015

Thanks everyone. I was more confused about it than anything. The info all provided makes it clear. I'm still early on this character, and I'm sure I'll do more so it isn't a huge deal.