I've never felt so stupid in a game

CountEdmondDantes · March 2017

As that moment when - after playing for a few days - I finally get the nerve to ask in zone:

"Hey, where do you find the picks and axes to harvest the ore and wood?"

All that ore I left behind ...

alexkdd99 · March 2017

Lol, no way.

phairdon · March 2017

LOL. What type of answers did zone chat respond with?

Kram8ion · March 2017

First of many to come but don't dispare someone will help I'm sure

CountEdmondDantes · March 2017

Yeah, I know.

But in my defense, Skyrim required implements before the ore could be mined or wood chopped. I assumed the same mechanism and kept looking for picks and axes lying around.

UrQuan · March 2017

Actually... Coming from a background of previous Elder Scrolls games, I'm surprised I didn't have the same issue when I first started playing. It's really not that stupid to think you need a pick and an axe. You needed them in Skyrim. It's been long enough that I don't remember if you needed them in Oblivion or other older TES games.

PlaceboSoul · March 2017

So much potential fun to be had with a question like that in zone chat

Glad you figured it out though, your train of logic was valid coming from skyrim hehe.

CountEdmondDantes · March 2017

phairdon wrote: »

LOL. What type of answers did zone chat respond with?

Fortunately, someone whispered me to go to an ore node and hover my mouse over it and click. Maybe a slow day in zone but I didn't really get the: "You may not be smart enough for this game" answers that, in hindsight, I should have gotten.

UrQuan · March 2017

CountEdmondDantes wrote: »

phairdon wrote: »

LOL. What type of answers did zone chat respond with?

Fortunately, someone whispered me to go to an ore node and hover my mouse over it and click. Maybe a slow day in zone but I didn't really get the: "You may not be smart enough for this game" answers that, in hindsight, I should have gotten.

/zone is weird. Sometimes it's super troll-infested and sometimes it's full of super helpful folks. I can never predict which it will be on any given day.

Kram8ion · March 2017

There's quite a lot of dumbest things I've done threads, you can have a look through and not feel alone
I have a few in there

samueltannerb14_ESO · March 2017

Yes, I had the same question when I started. I just assumed you would need something. I can remember asking my monitor "but how do I cut it?"

CountEdmondDantes · March 2017

UrQuan wrote: »

CountEdmondDantes wrote: »

phairdon wrote: »

LOL. What type of answers did zone chat respond with?

Fortunately, someone whispered me to go to an ore node and hover my mouse over it and click. Maybe a slow day in zone but I didn't really get the: "You may not be smart enough for this game" answers that, in hindsight, I should have gotten.

/zone is weird. Sometimes it's super troll-infested and sometimes it's full of super helpful folks. I can never predict which it will be on any given day.

So far it's been pretty good but I'm still in my first zone (Khenarthi's Roost). My daughter, who has played since launch, warned me about some of the other zones.

By comparison, I played some early MMOs (back around the launch of WoW) where the chat was so bad it drove me from the game.

disintegr8 · March 2017

Yeah, I found it strange that I needed to carry a pick in Skyrim but not here.
I turn voice chat off and often turn text chat off as well - a lot of rubbish gets displayed in it.

LordGavus · March 2017

Haha nice. Don't worry, I'm sure we've all had these moments.
I'm glad zone chat wasn't too savage.

andreasranasen · March 2017

Lmao! I actually did this when I first started playing too! Other MMO's require axes and such

phairdon · March 2017

CountEdmondDantes wrote: »

phairdon wrote: »

LOL. What type of answers did zone chat respond with?

Fortunately, someone whispered me to go to an ore node and hover my mouse over it and click. Maybe a slow day in zone but I didn't really get the: "You may not be smart enough for this game" answers that, in hindsight, I should have gotten.

Awesome. Nice to read someone helped you.

Had a few moments myself in online games.

UrQuan · March 2017

CountEdmondDantes wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

CountEdmondDantes wrote: »

phairdon wrote: »

LOL. What type of answers did zone chat respond with?

Fortunately, someone whispered me to go to an ore node and hover my mouse over it and click. Maybe a slow day in zone but I didn't really get the: "You may not be smart enough for this game" answers that, in hindsight, I should have gotten.

/zone is weird. Sometimes it's super troll-infested and sometimes it's full of super helpful folks. I can never predict which it will be on any given day.

So far it's been pretty good but I'm still in my first zone (Khenarthi's Roost). My daughter, who has played since launch, warned me about some of the other zones.

By comparison, I played some early MMOs (back around the launch of WoW) where the chat was so bad it drove me from the game.

Overall I've found Stonefalls to be the worst for /zone on PC/NA, but since One Tamriel dropped and players of any level and any alliance can go adventure in any zone I haven't noticed it being as bad as it used to be. Maybe the low-level EP trolls spread out? I've also heard from a lot of vets of other MMOs that ESO's in-game community is less toxic than most, but I can't speak form personal experience on that one.

phairdon · March 2017

UrQuan wrote: »

CountEdmondDantes wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

CountEdmondDantes wrote: »

phairdon wrote: »

LOL. What type of answers did zone chat respond with?

Fortunately, someone whispered me to go to an ore node and hover my mouse over it and click. Maybe a slow day in zone but I didn't really get the: "You may not be smart enough for this game" answers that, in hindsight, I should have gotten.

/zone is weird. Sometimes it's super troll-infested and sometimes it's full of super helpful folks. I can never predict which it will be on any given day.

So far it's been pretty good but I'm still in my first zone (Khenarthi's Roost). My daughter, who has played since launch, warned me about some of the other zones.

By comparison, I played some early MMOs (back around the launch of WoW) where the chat was so bad it drove me from the game.

Overall I've found Stonefalls to be the worst for /zone on PC/NA, but since One Tamriel dropped and players of any level and any alliance can go adventure in any zone I haven't noticed it being as bad as it used to be. Maybe the low-level EP trolls spread out? I've also heard from a lot of vets of other MMOs that ESO's in-game community is less toxic than most, but I can't speak form personal experience on that one.

Auridon & the Rift...put on a few on ignore in those zones since last weekend.

PlaceboSoul · March 2017

Anyone other than me old enough to remember the commons tunnel in EQ? You need at least a little grey to have a memory of that one.

My experience, the majority of players are pretty good in eso. Some, like me may have a little fun for a minute first, but will help you out. I wouldn't be able to resist sending you to pick at least a few flowers first

srfrogg23 · March 2017

CountEdmondDantes wrote: »

Yeah, I know.

But in my defense, Skyrim required implements before the ore could be mined or wood chopped. I assumed the same mechanism and kept looking for picks and axes lying around.

You usually need harvesting tools of some sort for collecting crafting mats in MMOs. No biggie. ESO's a bit different in that way.

phairdon · March 2017

srfrogg23 wrote: »

CountEdmondDantes wrote: »

Yeah, I know.

But in my defense, Skyrim required implements before the ore could be mined or wood chopped. I assumed the same mechanism and kept looking for picks and axes lying around.

You usually need harvesting tools of some sort for collecting crafting mats in MMOs. No biggie. ESO's a bit different in that way.

Yes. Gw2 required tools to harvest.

NewBlacksmurf · March 2017

Yeah some other games required it even Skyrim so I get it but ....

xXMichonneXx · March 2017

Don't feel bad OP, I searched for a fishing pole for the longest time.

ArchMikem · March 2017

Everyone was stupid their first weeks into this game. For the longest time i hd no idea about armor passives and set bonuses. I used to be a dual wielding heavy arnor magicka sorcerer with all my attribute points into magic but using stamina attacks.

Aurielle · March 2017

Someone recently lamented in /zone that they couldn't find dragons ANYWHERE. That one was fun.

And don't feel bad, OP: I can remember checking every single freaking merchant NPC for crafting implements when I first started.

runagate · March 2017

Don't feel stupid. There's almost no way to find out an almost endless stream of necessary information on your own simply from playing in-game. Memorizing the endless, contradictory minutiae is a lot harder than actually playing the game. Oddly, I learn yet another small, unintuitive mechanism almost every day still after playing 3 years.

MasterSpatula · March 2017

UrQuan wrote: »

Actually... Coming from a background of previous Elder Scrolls games, I'm surprised I didn't have the same issue when I first started playing. It's really not that stupid to think you need a pick and an axe. You needed them in Skyrim. It's been long enough that I don't remember if you needed them in Oblivion or other older TES games.

As I recall, Skyrim was the first game where harvesting ore was a part of crafting. I know that the only way to turn raw materials into gear in Morrowind was in the expansions, where there was a guy in Mournhold who would craft armor for you with raw materials and a guy in Solthsheim who would craft Bear and Wolf armor from pelts and a different guy from Stahlrim, but that was it. And I'm fairly certain Oblivion had nothing like that.

MasterSpatula · March 2017

Oh, and hey OP, I tried wearing a full set of Intricate gear when deconstructing during the open beta weekend. We were all noobs once.

Zenzuki · March 2017

Don't go looking for arrows either! We've got unlimited supplies in eso!

SFDB · March 2017

MasterSpatula wrote: »

Oh, and hey OP, I tried wearing a full set of Intricate gear when deconstructing during the open beta weekend. We were all noobs once.

I was rather disappointed that even leveling it up to blue my ornate armor didn't look too special...

TalonKnight · March 2017

I remember thinking how hard it was going to afford a horse in beta, and some time after that cause of the cost to travel, not realizing the timer counting down, and the fact that you could way shrine to way shrine travel for free....