Well so far I have one point in clothing just to get the mats, I'm only level 14 but it would be better to not put any points in until later in the game or am I safe to say level up clothing to craft newer materials and go from there?

Something about having 7 mules seems a bit....fussy, albeit useful but are you advising to say categorise each alt for the type of items they carry, transferring items from my main to the bank then the appropriate items from the bank to the correct alt?

Hi @andypandy88

andypandy88 wrote: »

I'm also focusing on all light armour with the passives to go with it. Would it be worth using some heavy just for the survivable it's as most of the game I will be solo?

Also I would really appreciate any other tips as I've done enough research but sifting through the boatloads of end game guidance which to me just makes no sense to me!

Yes, while levelling up, try to always use at least one piece of Heavy AND one piece of Medium armor, so that you can level up those skills as well. (For gear, just use any green set items that you find while questing/exploring). The first reason for this is that you will eventually want to level up the Undaunted skill line for its passives, which can give you an extra 6% each of magic/stam/health per TYPE of armor that you wear, so it works well to have a 5/1/1 build for endgame. If you have enough skill points, it may be beneficial to also unlock some passives in the Medium and Heavy armor lines. A second reason for levelling all armor types is in case you later decide to try respec your character as a Stam sorc or possibly tank sorc instead, where Medium or possibly Heavy armor would work better. (It's fairly cheap and easy to completely re-orient your build). Thirdly, ideally you should try to unlock and level up ALL the skills available, including Medium and Heavy armor active skills. There are occasionally situations where it is worth using skills like that (e.g. for the heavy armor skill immunity to knockback). (Do a respec occasionally to free up skill points from skills that have been levelled but are not being used).

For general levelling and game tips, it depends a lot on your playstyle.
1. If you just want to try out the endgame challenges, ask around for help with Grinding xp, it's the fastest way to level up and get to vr16 (soon cp160). Be warned that you may be low on Skill points and will have a lot of skills that are not unlocked or not levelled.
2. If you are interested in PvP, you can dive in as soon as you reach level 10. Be aware that you will need a PvP-oriented guild of the same faction as you, and should ideally buy a horse/mount as soon as possible (and train it for speed). If possible, also buy the Imperial City DLC. Note that you can get decent XP and some skill points from PvP, but will tend to be gold-poor.
3. If you are interested in Achievements, you will want to do EVERYTHING, which will take a long, long time in this game.
4. As a quester, I generally prefer to enjoy the storyline and quests in each zone. This takes more time than grinding, but you can skip many of the quest hubs in each zone if you like. Only the main storyline quests for each zone (and main game story questline) give skill points. You should also get the skyshards in each delve, and out in the open in each zone.
5. JOIN AT LEAST ONE GUILD, ideally at least two player guilds. At least one of these should be a Trading guild, where you can sell interesting loot items to other players via your guild store. You should also have at least one social or PvE guild, and if so inclined, a PvP guild. Once at max level, you may also want to find a Trials-oriented guild.
6. If you play on PC or Mac, get some ADDONs from esoui.com. I strongly recommend "Skyshards", "Lorebooks", and "Destinations". These will help you find all the skyshards and lorebooks in each zone, as well as discover locations and get achievements.
7. You will also need to initially invest in more bag space, more bank space, and a horse/mount, as soon as you accumulate enough gold (it will pay off in the long run). Once you have a mount, visit the stable master every day to buy some horse-riding "training" - both speed and bag space are good to have (although horse speed is currently buggy in some zones).
8. Specifically for a magic Sorc, make sure to level up all your class skill lines, destruction staff and dual wield weapon skill lines. (Level up other weapon skills and guild skills as well, if possible) It will take a while (usually level 40 or higher), but once you have unlocked the sorceror "Hardened Ward" skill, you will find that Sorcs are quite easy to play. The storm Atronach ultimate is very powerful for earlier levels, but you will find Negate and Overload are the most powerful ultimates when you are high level. Ideally, you also want to level your Mage Guild skill line to level 10, to unlock the Meteor ultimate. This normally requires exploring and finding all the Lorebooks in all the low level zones plus at least three "Veteran" zones, i.e. you need to finish the main quest first and be at least L50 to do it.

Definitely research everything even if you don't think you will use it; but save the skill points until you need them. It does you no good to have 3 or 4 traits learned if you can't reach a set station without getting killed. When you have leveled to the next tier for armor and such put skill points into being able to craft them. I do recommend putting a point into keen eye for alchemy and clothing. I found that once I needed flax it was hard to find in Grahtwood and near impossible to see in Stormhaven. I had to use my Dunmer in Deshaan for harvesting since that was the only place it was fairly common and easy to find. As for alchemy, keen eye is essential for finding Columbine and you want Columbine. Wood is fairly easy to spot though and you will get enough easily for fashioning staves.

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

My suggestion to new players is to use every character slot up immediately as filler mules.

ACK!!

You are breaking my character-driven-role-players heart...!