Let me be completely honest.. everything aside from a select number of vet dungeons and vtrials is a joke. You have to be doing something wrong with your builds.. are you just light attacking?

Umm... I'm not sure what you mean. I was trying to main as a Nightblade with magicka main and dual wield/destruction staff (which might be part of the problem), but overall I am pretty good at evading monster attacks. I've played WoW, Blade and Soul, Terra, etc, so that isn't something new to me, what is, is the fact that you oftentimes don't realize they're occurring because of the terrible vision in first person, my preferred mode of play, and the traditional Elder Scrolls mode. I guess Zenimax was more interested in creating their own Elder Scrolls than stay true to the old. This is particularly evident with the last bane of my existence, Warden Libo, who catches me picking a lock EVERY TIME, because his route is so short you can't complete the task before he sees through hide. Then he attacks, I do fairly well, only to suddenly die with half my life still there... That is the beauty of first person. So maybe I need to stop thinking of this as an Elder Scrolls game and more like a MOD for a popular MMO that Zenimax has created. I could start playing third person and see these attacks coming, I just have to forget about playing like I did in Skyrim, Oblivion, and every other Elder Scrolls game. This is Zenimax's Elder Scrolls evolved apparently. God I hope a new Elder Scrolls comes out soon.

Most of the overland content in both Morrowind and everything that went before it is pretty readily soloable, but not every player is experienced at soloing and if you're used to doing everything in company then the best advice is to join a guild that supports its players through the leveling process (as opposed, say, to being just a PvP or trading guild).

The exceptions to solo overland content are the world bosses which are meant to be tackled by multiple players, either in a group or cooperatively. Dolmens and delves generally aren't intended for solo play although experienced players manage them and if they have a lot of champion points they can also solo world bosses (along with group dungeons although again these aren't part of the solo overland content).

I haven't personally found Morrowind more difficult than anything else, and whilst I have only played it thus far on a warden I haven't found that class easier than any other generally. She's on my second account with no champion points, and with 50 hours played and no experience gained other than in Morrowind she's currently level 22 and only played solo or cooperatively in the case of world bosses etc.

If you're struggling with characters other than wardens then you might want to give a bit more information about their class and build etc so that people can offer some tips. You might also want to consider using a wayshrine to travel to your alliance's starting city and from there to its tutorial island/zone as gaining a few more levels there including skill points might help strengthen your character for a return to Morrowind - which you can of course complete at any time.

What you may have done with your character(s) before Morrowind is missed out the tutorial island/zone and whilst that won't have been a major issue since One Tamriel it will have been before as you will have been encountering higher level mobs than you and not had the extra skills that come with undertaking the tutorial areas. Wherever you go, make sure you visit all the skyshards as that will give you extra skill points that always come in handy. Morph your combat skills as soon as you can, and don't worry immediately about putting points into other things like crafting.

As for third person, I can't help with that other than to say that I always used first person for several years when I started out on MMOs with EQ, but then switched to third person and have never gone back to first person. I used to feel that with first person it was more immersive as it felt like I was the character, whereas with third person it's more like you're an observer, but I don't feel that way any more and third person certainly enables you to have a far better awareness of what is happening. It's a very subjective aspect of gaming, however, and all I'm really saying is that when I made the change I got used to it very quickly.

Morrowind has harder quest bosses than the base game, imo: higher hp and more mechanics.

Are you pausing before fights to decide on kill priority, positioning, and/or skill setups? Are you kiting (keeping distance and attacking from range)? In my experience Nightblades are squishy as all get out for the first thirty levels, Templars are slightly better with jabs (class skill) and early access to a burst heal, and Sorcs have pets to make the first while easier. I've never played a DK or Warden though. \o/

It might help if you go hunt some skyshards to use on passives, or switch to another alliance's beginning zone for a while. There's a lot to learn about combat, and the game isn't very good at teaching it.

My character has all points in Magicka currently, I've taken Deathstroke II, Impale I, Lotus Fan I, Concealed Weapon I, Rapid Strkes I, and Soul Trap (to refill soul stones). I have dual wield as my main right now, but plan on adding staff soon, either destruction or restoration. Honestly, I feel it has to do with visual queues more than my build or gear. I've been questing pretty hardcore and getting good gear.

I would NEVER play this game in 1st person. It creates a huge disadvantage. You need to be able to see the red circles on the ground, as well as what's behind you. This is not Skyrim.

Warden Libo, by the way, takes very little damage, but almost always insta-kills me with some attack that I don't see any queue for. Before this it was a few other named mobs, one Kahjitt in a cellar with two other mobs helping her, and then another named mob near Gnisis... really just the three, but it scales, so leveling really doesn't help me. Maybe I am just a terrible player, but I'd like to think with the time I've spent playing Elder Scrolls and MMOs in general (I've been playing since Ultima Online and the Everquest beta) that it's more to do with the game and not me. Also I don't like third person for Elder Scrolls and I don't feel like it should be forced on people as the default aspect.

Twinner_69 wrote: »

Warden Libo, by the way, takes very little damage, but almost always insta-kills me with some attack that I don't see any queue for. Before this it was a few other named mobs, one Kahjitt in a cellar with two other mobs helping her, and then another named mob near Gnisis... really just the three, but it scales, so leveling really doesn't help me. Maybe I am just a terrible player, but I'd like to think with the time I've spent playing Elder Scrolls and MMOs in general (I've been playing since Ultima Online and the Everquest beta) that it's more to do with the game and not me. Also I don't like third person for Elder Scrolls and I don't feel like it should be forced on people as the default aspect.

I think the fact that most players complain that the overland content is too easy when soloing tells us it's more your approach to the game than the game itself that is causing you problems. Your gaming background is similar to mine, but I think you need to look on ESO as a MMO first and foremost, and an Elder Scrolls game second. Try to get the feel for third person, I'm sure you'll find both combat and thieving etc much, much, easier.

I found I had some gear issues on my first play through as I went up cp levels.
The stonefire cult in Atherina, Reapers march bosses just killed me over and over. They are near the start of that zone so you haven't picked up much zone gear and I didn't like the medium armor set in that zone anyway. Also stamblade which means no healing, I didn't even have any skills on the siphoning skill line let alone siphoning strikes. i can't remember if I was still trying to be bow/bow at that point, I feel like I had decided to be 2h but I hadn't got to momentum yet. As I said I was new.

You can't buy cp 130 gear or whatever in stores and because you are close to 160 cp so you feel like you shouldn't bother even if you could. Then the game kicks your arse for having terrible gear. I did not have a guild or anything at that point that could craft for me. My research was still going to take a lot more time so I couldn't self craft something like hundings rage. You are just stuffed. I tried to skip that quest and move on with the zone but that meant the main questline was stuck for me. I eventually realised and went back and... it was easy.. although I had help from a random player.

I think a big issue for OP is DW with a mag character... I'd go Destro/Resto and slot funnel health asap if i were you...then easy mode for mag blade...

Tandor wrote: »

Twinner_69 wrote: »

Warden Libo, by the way, takes very little damage, but almost always insta-kills me with some attack that I don't see any queue for. Before this it was a few other named mobs, one Kahjitt in a cellar with two other mobs helping her, and then another named mob near Gnisis... really just the three, but it scales, so leveling really doesn't help me. Maybe I am just a terrible player, but I'd like to think with the time I've spent playing Elder Scrolls and MMOs in general (I've been playing since Ultima Online and the Everquest beta) that it's more to do with the game and not me. Also I don't like third person for Elder Scrolls and I don't feel like it should be forced on people as the default aspect.

I think the fact that most players complain that the overland content is too easy when soloing tells us it's more your approach to the game than the game itself that is causing you problems. Your gaming background is similar to mine, but I think you need to look on ESO as a MMO first and foremost, and an Elder Scrolls game second. Try to get the feel for third person, I'm sure you'll find both combat and thieving etc much, much, easier.

Its can well be an gear issue to, then I played an warden on PTS I had serious problems on some quest bosses.
Random dropped gear and dropped food.
On live Crafted sets and blue food made an night to day difference, build was a mess as I started as stamina, khajiit and magic warden is weak but I had magic leveling gear and thought leveling in group dungeons would be easier as healer.
Only thing I needed self heal for was bosses in public dungeons.

dwemer_paleologist wrote: »

Twinner_69 wrote: »

I was trying to main as a Nightblade

that answers the problem and question.
nightblade in eso is the worst class for survivability. it has been that way since 2013 beta.
we have repeatedly asked and begged for higher damage and more survivability with nightblade but they have never done it.
we also need faster sneak speeds.
pic sorcerer class and you will beat all the content including PvP. sorcerer is simply stronger, does more damage and survives longer.

Gonna have to push back on that assertion...Magblade has plenty of survival... funnel health/swallow soul itself makes it easy mode survival-wise while leveling...

Twinner_69 wrote: »

...into a named quest mob or fight that just seems unbeatable or takes you a significant amount of time to complete....

I'm slightly less than terrible but I might be able to help? There might be something simple you're missing. @Parkham in game.

Try to help if I can.

Twinner_69 wrote: »

Umm... I'm not sure what you mean. I was trying to main as a Nightblade with magicka main and dual wield/destruction staff (which might be part of the problem), but overall I am pretty good at evading monster attacks. I've played WoW, Blade and Soul, Terra, etc, so that isn't something new to me, what is, is the fact that you oftentimes don't realize they're occurring because of the terrible vision in first person, my preferred mode of play, and the traditional Elder Scrolls mode. I guess Zenimax was more interested in creating their own Elder Scrolls than stay true to the old. This is particularly evident with the last bane of my existence, Warden Libo, who catches me picking a lock EVERY TIME, because his route is so short you can't complete the task before he sees through hide. Then he attacks, I do fairly well, only to suddenly die with half my life still there... That is the beauty of first person. So maybe I need to stop thinking of this as an Elder Scrolls game and more like a MOD for a popular MMO that Zenimax has created. I could start playing third person and see these attacks coming, I just have to forget about playing like I did in Skyrim, Oblivion, and every other Elder Scrolls game. This is Zenimax's Elder Scrolls evolved apparently. God I hope a new Elder Scrolls comes out soon.

Right off the top you're trying to mix 2 opposite weapon types that derive their power from different pools (DW from stamina and destro from magicka.) That CAN be done to be sure but if you're going to play a hybrid you need to know what you're doing even more so than if you just stick to a full-on magicka build (destro/destro or destro/resto) or full on stamina, and that typically requires specialized gear such as the Pellinor crafted set.

If you want to do a magicka NB you should 1st of all put all your points into magicka or at most a 1:5 ratio of health:magicka with 0 points in stamina. You also want to wear 7/7 pieces of light armor no lower than 5 levels below you.

You also want to use AOE skills as much as possible since a lot of the overland difficulty in ESO is all about how many linked enemies you can handle at once and not so much tough single targets. For the same reason the lightning destro staff works much better for new players (because it also does AOE splash damage) than other destro flavours.

The cookie-cutter FOTM builds got to be that way for a reason. The reason being that they maximize efficiency. You can ignore them and do things your own way but that comes at a cost especially for those new to the game.