Start a new character, stick to one alliance area until you've completed the zones for that alliance, and take your time. Those would be my tips. Also, ignore all complaints or warnings about negative changes, failed this or broken that - some are set in their ways and can't adapt to an evolving game but you'll be fine and you'll pick up any changes as you go always assuming that you notice them. The main thing is to be aware of One Tamriel and the changes that came with that.

Welcome back!

Umm, buy crafted armor from me every 2 levels!

Just kidding. The game is better now, IMO, than it was at launch. Especially if you are more of a solo player.

It's a completely different game. It's not really necessary to make a new character, as some people suggest. But if you had an already leveled character you would have to completely rethink his build, namely change most of the morphs you had, redistribute CP (not sure how long after launch they were introduced) and of course get him new gear since there are more tiers now - up to v16 or CP160. But there's no reason to go trough the level grind again, especially with easy reset of skills, attributes and CP. Also racial passives have been redesigned multiple times so the race you used to play as magicka back then may now be viable as stamina; hybrid builds are not a thing so you must choose if you want to perform endgame. There are multiple guides available. Check Alcast, Gilliam the Rogue and other people who have such guides on their websites.

Since you said you are into role playing and exploration, I would recommend just starting a new character so you can follow the story through for that alliance. In the process you should get a feel for how the game is now and what if any changes you need to make to that existing character you have.
I really wouldn't worry about builds and gear just yet. Get out there have some fun and if need be you can always reset attributes, skill points, or morphs.

lioslinn wrote: »

Hello! I LOVED this game at release, I've always been a fan of the single player games. I played for a few months, then as often happens, life got busy etc. I'd like to try the game again but SO much has changed it's overwhelming to know where to start. Any tips? I enjoy roleplaying and casual exploration.

Thanks

Forget everything you knew. This is not the same game you played.

Ignore the people telling you to stay away. They're angry about something or other and not taking things well.

For casual play, RP, and exploring, this game's still awesome. When you get into class balancing and endgame, things become more frustrating and you start to wonder "What the heck are these guys thinking?!" somet-often. Often.

However, as a casual player playing for enjoyment and not too fussed about end game stuff, that's not a big deal.

Join a guild and get genuine advice and help. Take the undaunted quest as soon as you can and do the group dungeons as early as you can, with help from a guild if possible. Once you're underway consider creating other characters to act as mules to store armour weapons and mats and at least one to craft for you.
Once you get to level 50 (assuming you're enjoying it all) get ESO plus - it's worth getting for the craft bag and double bank space alone then all the dlc is included too

Also pick up EVERYTHING you see

roll any class which is not dragonknight.

LordGavus wrote: »

Stovahkiin wrote: »

Belyar wrote: »

stevepdodson_ESO888 wrote: »

lioslinn wrote: »

Hello! I LOVED this game at release, I've always been a fan of the single player games. I played for a few months, then as often happens, life got busy etc. I'd like to try the game again but SO much has changed it's overwhelming to know where to start. Any tips? I enjoy roleplaying and casual exploration.

Thanks

biggest tip i can offer...don't bother coming back...find another game to play

And yet here you are, playing the game and crying.

Uh.. someone can be on the forums without playing the game.. just gonna throw that out there.

This is true.
However what baffles me is, if you dislike a game enough to tell new players not to play it, why waste you time on it or the forums?

It's like that girl who wants to destroy your life when things don't work out, and the thing that didn't work was her wanting to have everything her way.

wow I check my post a few hours later and tons of great advice! Thanks everyone! I recall the community being rather, huh, unfriendly at launch. Glad to see it's improved

Last question, beyond the obvious rp reasons, is there a better alliance to play though, one that's more fun or challenging? I explored bleakrock isle yesterday and had a really bad case of deja vu

lioslinn wrote: »

Last question, beyond the obvious rp reasons, is there a better alliance to play though, one that's more fun or challenging? I explored bleakrock isle yesterday and had a really bad case of deja vu

Story-wise, I love the AD storyline...most of my characters are AD with only a few DC or EP...enjoy them all, but the storyline in AD seems to be the most solid for me...

I started back again but also bought Morrowind.

I now have ESO+ mainly for the crafting bag. So much easier when out and about.

Quest, level, and explore. Pick up everything and save if you know you are going to use or if you join a guild, sell in stacks of 20. Keep stuff like columbine and mountain flower as you at least should use them for yourself. Level up by making health potions out of them.

If you don’t have the craft bag you may want to sell your stacks of items as and when they are full. No point before as they only take up 1 space.

Join in on the dolmens if there are groups fighting, you can get a few kills and maybe drop lucky and get a decent bit of jewellery.

I have 1 character that is slowly levelling as they keep exploring and finding items. They are also my main crafter, so they spend quite a bit of time levelling crafting up. I have another who is just a gatherer but they deconstruct just about everything they get that is of no other use.

Don’t worry about money, you don’t really need it to start off with. You can wear just about anything that drops. I was wearing my started gear at level 17 on one of my characters, yes some fights got a little tricky but once I realised and changed gear, I found it was getting too easy. I now gear up and then change later when I am finding it a struggle in fights.

Don’t buy stuff like armour or weapons, save money for bag upgrades and it by the time you hit level 20 you’ll have a decent amount.

Set to watch for, red mountain. You get a mini volcano from time to time but if you killed the mob it may go for another mob in the middle of a pack! Although that can be fun and a good test of survival!

Quickest early money can be gained from stealing from houses. 40+ gold for low white items, increasing as the colour of items change later.

Quite a few say the game is rubbish etc... but I am enjoying because I’m not bothered in end game and squeezing the last .00001% out of my character. My build may be unconventional, but it kills the stuff in front of me. Yes, sometimes I have bigger challenges in fights, but that helps me understand my character better.

I don’t do pvp and the one and only time I tried it in eso I ran outside the walls and was 1 shotted by a max level NB. I went out again to get the same 1 shot kill. I then had to search to find out how to get out again.

End game content is still some way away for me and may not even be something I’m bothered about?

I enjoy the journey of moving through the land and levelling. I join in fights if I see others struggling but after rubbish experiences of joining groups who just want to rush, not talk and only want you there because you are higher level than them and probably can solo the end boss.

I have no problem helping others I just don’t join in in groups anymore.

It may sound harsh but just play the game! As you start to level and explore you will find it is not too difficult. If you go into a fight and get swarmed, have a look at approaching the fight differently.

Getting to level 15 is a good marker and you get to weapon swap. Whilst levelling mix up your skills on your skill bar. If you want to level something put it on your bar before you hand in a quest, to get the experience. Read all bookshelves, you can level up skills that way too.

Enjoy the scenery and your journey. If on Xbox eu then give me a shout

Well, now the alliance doesn't matter that much since starting with One Tamriel a year ago you can do the quests in any order. You can visit any alliance zone or DLC area at any level, since they automatically scale with you. Alliance only matters if you want to PvP and have friends that play a certain alliance. But if you stick more to questing and PvE in general it really doesn't matter.