If someone is begging for gold I'll ignore them. If they need mats for writs, or some training gear, I'll gladly help out.

Like other people have said how much I'd be willing to give them depends on the situation. If it's a total stranger spamming map chat begging for gold I'd give them nothing but might suggest some more productive ways to use their time.

For new players I usually recommend stealing because you can do it and make ok gold (especially for a new player) on any character - your build an gear do not matter at all and while there's skills which can help they're not required to start. If they're not willing to steal then I'd recommend either just doing quests (no it's not good gold for an experienced player, but again it's accessible to everyone) or daily crafting writs which are more of a commitment because you need the skills and materials but can be very profitable over time.

If it's someone I know or trust, like a guild member, then it depends on what they're asking for. I'm more likely to help someone asking for gold towards something they need (like gear) than cosmetics. I get those can be important to people, myself included, but not having them won't hold you back, so if you can't afford them you can just wait until next time.

i always ask what they intend to do with the cash, some people say that they intend on buying their first mount and some bank/bag upgrades, i give those people money.
some people say they are going to buy gear, if i can, i’ll make them some gear but i will give them no money

As I used to say back in the day in WoW... "I keep all my gold on mobs out in the world. You're welcome to go get it."



(honestly, though, I don't even know how to directly trade with another player in this game. It's probably a right-click menu, but I've never even tried looking for it. /shrug
Luckily, I've never had anyone ask me for anything. Seen a few general "gold pls" posts in zone general, but that's it.)


...I really don't understand why anyone would beg random people for gold in an MMO. It seems very strange and intrusive and rude.

Memory_In_Motion wrote: »

spartaxoxo wrote: »

Memory_In_Motion wrote: »

truly, daily dungeons and crafting on 9 toons is 30k a day for 30 days. 2-3 months you got all bank and bag spaces.

A new person isn't going to have the mats to craft for 9 toons a day, and a low level one isn't gonna be able to do a daily dungeon. Its nice you're willing to help them out so much though!

my account was opened july 31st. i have 9 toons am cp 360+ on 2 and have all the sky shards on one. Please don't tell me what can't be done. They are all sporting the title cyrodil skyshard hunter.

Just because you did it, doesn't mean it's generally gonna be something people can do. That's a poor metric. New are generally speaking not going to have the ability to do all of that. They generally lack mats, coin, gear, and knowledge. And they accumulate these things at different paces. It's great for Usain Bolt that he's the fastest man alive. It doesn't make it the general human running speed, which is what the average person can accomplish.

Kiralyn2000 wrote: »

...I really don't understand why anyone would beg random people for gold in an MMO. It seems very strange and intrusive and rude.

It's actually very common, especially in older MMOs, for new players to seek help from experienced players in the all chats. It's one of the reasons stuff like zone chats exist. You might not like it, but they aren't being any of those things. MMOs tend to be dense games with a lot of stuff to learn and some get overwhelmed by it. That's all. I can count the number of these people that were rude or continued to beg after being give a bit of guidance on one hand.

I usually give out 50 top 100k, but the questions is how much I could give without batting an eye? Easily a few mil.

A newb rando who asked nicely and seemed sincere, 10-15K and not bat an eye. Done numerous times.

A co-worker buddy who is newish and struggling in the economy game, just gave him a million last Sunday to get him up and running.

Early on I was gifted a nice chunk of change by a kind random stranger, and I recall how much it helped (as well as the impression it made about the community in ESO), and I have always remembered that and have always tried to pay if forward as well for others, so that they can enjoy those same feelings when starting their adventures in Tamriel.

absolutely nothing, I live by the phrase neither a borrower( I include beggars in this) nor a lender be in real life as well as in game.

I see the same names in different zones asking for handouts all the time, I just block them, I'd say half or more are lying imo.
Heck I'm poor on PC too, but I have some pride, and just make do with with what I have

The only thing I consistantly give out for free are Vamp/WW bites, but that's a different matter.

Where as I do have plenty to spare, I won't hand-out to beggars in Zone chat. You don't really know who they are.

The game provides enough for new players to get going and not go broke.

I have sent free stuff to someone who asks in Zone to buy say a crafting mat; so since they're willing to pay I send it for free, if that makes sense. I make plenty on the guild traders so I have no need to try and make money in Zone chat.

I once saw a player, probably about two years ago, or more, in Glenumbra, begging for Gold; say 2000 gold. I could have given it to him no problem. His argument was that he had very little time to play so needed others to give him a bit of gold. He was probably on for close to an hour, or more, begging and arguing. My reply to him early on was just to steal junk and go sell it at the nearby fence in the local Outlaw's Refuge. Nope, that would be "playing" and he'd no time for that LOL. I mean for that hour he could have made thousands of gold just doing game stuff.

A friend of mine, new to MMOs, recently started playing. I hooked him up with a few of the good guilds I'm in, including another friend's. They gave him 100K gold to "get started". Now I wouldn't have done that personally. I wanted him to enjoy getting into the game and earning his way a bit. I've now shown him how to make gold selling on the guild traders and he's much more independent. Naturally, I'll gladly help with mats and gear, but only on an as-needed basis. He's not really come to me for anything since early on and he's quite enjoying the game without the "crutch" of needing me.

I just think people begging in Zone for loads of gold are just lazy or scammers. And if it's a tiny amount, again, they can get that in just a few minutes of doing something game-wise in the game.

Check the youtube, there're many of way to earn easy money.

Actually I might give them something but I detest polls with clearly biased choices.

I gave someone the 1.5m for a house because they didn't ask for it.

It's unfortunate you have to be wary about people who ask for gold, because you're not quite sure if they're scamming or not and, while you'd like to be kind.. the odds of them being deceitful is too high these days.

I wont give out gold to anyone that asks for it.. but I have on many occasions given gold when new players have asked for certain mats to help them out. This is usually the result of asking further questions, what are you doing, what are you finding difficult, how are you going about it etc and you can usually figure out if they are genuine or not. I havent given any more than 10K each time but I like to feel like I am helping them out just a bit