Armor will drop for you, it just might take some time.
You might want to leave Summerset and do a few dolmens (also called dark anchors) just for the sake of getting some armor and jewelry (necklace and two rings). Then when you have some armor, you can do other things.

The easiest areas in the game are: Stros M'Kai, Bleakrock and Khenarthi's Roost. (But there aren't any dolmens on any of those islands.) After those, the next easiest areas are Glenumbra, Stonefalls and Auridon. All of those have dolmens. If you go to Auridon, there are almost always some dolmen groups there which make farming the dolmens easy.

Please don't be worried that the game is a fifth over. The game is gigantic, larger than you know. You're not even 1/millionth of the way done with the game.

>At level 10 I'm still wearing my level 1 boots as nothing has dropped and the game is already a fifth over.
You're a fifth of the way to level 50. Once you're 50, there are hundreds and hundreds of CP levels to go. The game is far from a fifth of the way over; you've only barely begun.

>Anyway those traders sell level one armour with no stats at around 3 to 4k gold each.
Are you certain you're checking out guild traders? Their names show like: NPC Name, Guild Trader (Guild Name) and not NPC vendors, which have names such as NPC Name (Armorer)? Armorers/Woodworkers/Clothiers etc. will have stat-less, white armor/weapons, and their inventory levels up with you. Guild Traders will have whatever the guild members have put up for sale. (Also, on the map, Guild Trader locations are marked with an icon of a set of scales on a shield background. Regular traders have only the scale icon.)

>Spending money on porting
Don't do this unless you have to. Run to a wayshrine and use it, it's free if you do that. Or port directly to your/a friend/a guildmate's house, as house ports are free.

Also keep in mind that if you're trying to follow a class guide, chances are it's an end-game guide that was built for someone at level 50 with hundreds of CP, and it's NOT a leveling guide unless it specifically details what to do as you're leveling. If it talks about gear and tells you what specific item you need for each slot, it's an end-game guide. You don't need fancy gear to level, and I speak from very recent experiecne. I picked the game back up a few months ago. I had some experience playing the game before, years ago, but I had no CP, so I was starting over as a fresh level 1. I think I might not have had more than 2 or 3 magical gear items before level 10, myself, that I gained from quest rewards, and might still have even been wearing 1 or 2 items I picked up in the tutorial, because I'd found no replacements yet.

You might consider finding a guild. They could probably help you with any questions you have, and probably crafted gear, too. Welcome to the game!

The learning curve is steep, but if you watch enough online you can really start to understand it and at some point and it clicks. Learning the light attack weave early on helps. I play when I have time which is mostly weekends and am only at cp 692 going about a year play time. I haven't worn training gear or really "grinded" out CP's Best piece of advice is just enjoy what you are doing at the time, there will always be something else. There is so much content and so much to do even a couple years or more into the game, not a bad investment (if you don't spend too much on crowns). If you are a PvE'er go try out PvP and spend just as much time there as you did leveling. I bought other games and still ended up solely playing this one. It's very fun.

Edit: yes definitely get a mundus stone, Take a look at https://elderscrollsonline.wiki.fextralife.com/Mundus+Stones to see the different ones and locations. (Assuming you are playing a mag sorc)If you are a more solo player try the lover mundus to help with your spell penetration. If playing with an optimized group, try the thief to increase your spell crit chance, or the apprentice to increase your spell damage (all depending on build and group gear setup)

xpizza68x wrote: »

Thanks guys, are the Mundus Stones worth getting?

Yes.

xpizza68x wrote: »

Every video has them as a must get but again travelling around is hard when you don't know how to get from A to B.

Look for "Navigator," NPCs. You can find them in most zones. They'll let you travel around the original base game maps with fixed patterns based on the original sequence of the zones. They are:

Stonefalls <-> Deshaan <-> Shadowfen <-> Eastmarch <-> The Rift
Auridon <-> Grahtwood <-> Greenshade <-> Malbal Tor <-> Reaper's March
Glenumbra <-> Stormhaven <-> Rivenspire <-> Alik'r <-> Bangkorai

On the "grid" above, you can travel forward or backward (this loops around, so The Rift connects to Stonefalls, for example), and you can move to the equivalent zones in the other two alliances.

So, for example, the Rivenspire navigator will take you to Stormhaven, Alik'r, Greenshade, or Shadowfen.

There are also, often, specific connecting ferries, such as one that will take you from Wayrest in Stormhaven to the Alik'r.

xpizza68x wrote: »

I play on PS4 so add-ons are out, I'm an older player so no not in a rush to finish the game tomorrow but I like to see some reward from progression.

Well, you will get that. It sounds like you've just had bad luck on your feet drops.

xpizza68x wrote: »

I moved out of Summerset as I couldn't get past the Sload in the mind fight at level 10 and started up a Sorcerer in Morrowind for a change.

If you're having issues, I would strongly recommend tackling base game content first. You should get a quest to meet a benefactor the first time you step foot in one of the 15 zones mentioned above. Follow that quest to its conclusion, and you'll get sent to the original, extended tutorial zones to find your legs.

xpizza68x wrote: »

I have ESO plus.
I tried 3 other characters to level 10 in Summerset to see the different specs so wasn't keen to do it again in the same place.
I'm enjoying the game, it's just the learning curve is a little steeper than I expected.

Yeah, there is a lot to take in. Like I said, I'd recommend running the original main quest first, and easing yourself in that way.

I gotta say this thread explains very well why so many people drop ESO..

Zos focus so hard on end game content while their starter zones die off, loot is non existent and money is a nightmare.. Takes months to learn crafting.. Loot drops can be insanely random i got to level 20 without ever seeing a restoration staff or an axe...

Trading is non existent as a new customer can't join guilds because they force unfair restrictions on people.. Can't buy anything from shops as its all junk..

The curve to start this game and enjoy ESO is too high and frustrating..

xpizza68x wrote: »

Thanks guys excellent feedback.
One thing though, if I'm stuck on a quest at level 10 and go back to it at say level 20 am I going to smash it out or will it scale to my level?
For my Sorc I'll grab a Lover Mundus I think it is I'll just have to work out a travel plan.

Everything scales, so you can do anything you want at any level (except that you need to reach some level to open dungeons).

Maybe on PC it's easy to find someone who will give Blood Ritual but not in PS4.
I'll try again tonight but didn't want to flood chat today.
I kept at it over for a couple of hours but nothing.
So might have to buy some crowns to get it.
I read there's something about a 6 hour duration using it , can you ever just lose the ability and you have to go through a process to get it back?
I'd hate to spend money on something that's going to be a constant upkeep that I may lose completely if I don't remember to use it, is it something that will be always there through playing?

I got stuck on the sload at about level 10 so went off to do other things. Came back level 15 and still no chance. I had just joined a guild, so I asked for help in there and some popped along straight away, grouped with me, smashed the thing in 30 seconds and waved goodbye, to let me carry on questing alone. A very lovely first impression of the social aspect of the game. They've also helped me with a few crafting bits, and helping me open up wayshrines in other zones as well as finding skyshards.

Join a guild!

Thanks mate, very hesitant about guilds after some bad experiences over the years in WoW.
I took the invitation for Discord so hopefully I'll learn something.
Seems like a good source for info.
The right choice of spells and thier morph is still a bit cloudy.
You look at the different YouTube vids and read the guides and everyone's is completely different so it's hard to gauge what is good and bad.
I do like the morph concept though.
So the ability to change a bad decision is good I'll have to see if I can find a shrine.
I'll be honest a lot of people have been great here mentioning locations for different things but outside of Summerset and now Morrowind I have no idea where anything is.
So I'm a little limited with that stuff.
Magicka is what I'm using not a stam build on my Sorc, I'll grab some potions especially if I can get into vampirism to help out.
I'll try tonight to try and get bitten otherwise I'll just use the crown's I have and buy it.

Thanks mate, I've been using the Dottz Gaming and Alcasthq guides and vids.
Both have the same idea but vary a lot.
I'm enjoying Morrowind but I will go back and have a look at the starter area.

I’ve just levelled a second character, I basically did every quest in each area before moving on, also leaving the main and guild quests till I was level 50. It took 3 full areas to get to level 50 about 45 hours plus I’ve also grabbed skill books from other areas, and a bit of cyrodil for the caltrops.

I’ve enjoyed the game itself a lot more doing it this way, it has so much to offer.

I've done a couple of those in Summerset, they have the purple stream of light coming down to the location where it is and everything attacks in waves until you get the final boss.
Kill him and you get a shell with treasure in it, that's what was meant right?
I also read once you morph an ability/spell take it of your bar and replace it with another in the same skill tree to level up the new spell and the ability itself.
But what if you're happy with the morphed ability you have and you replace it with something crappy to level up?
What I was looking at doing was seeing what end specs had spell wise and morph spells whilst leveling to get those ones.