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Comrade Koba posted:It’s mostly “boring vanilla MMO” with a thin coating of Elder Scrolls lore on top of it. The expansions have slightly higher quality writing but that’s about it. The Morrowind main storyline is pretty great and has some neat call backs (foreshadowing??) for the Morrowind story. Haha, that guy can't be the Nerevarine, I was/will be!! ASenileAnimal posted:ive done this and its great. my 2hander stamina templar is prettymuch indestructable unless im in a group dungeon or world boss. i know everyone swears by dual wield but rally and brawler are just too good for me to give up. This so much. Especially since you actually get stronger in large groups of mobs. I love going into public dungeons and watching people get swarmed and and run away while I charge in with my Battle-ax going 
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Comrade Koba posted:It’s mostly “boring vanilla MMO” with a thin coating of Elder Scrolls lore on top of it. The expansions have slightly higher quality writing but that’s about it. Speaking of this, I'm just getting back into the game and every single time I play I end up making a new character (always a Dark Elf because why not), and I've played the two starting zones to death. I don't have any of the DLC, but I have a metric ton of unspent crowns from my plus membership so I can theoretically get them – any suggestions on some different zones to try to spice things up a bit? I'm spoiled for choice, and have no idea which spot on the map to click.
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kedo posted:Speaking of this, I'm just getting back into the game and every single time I play I end up making a new character (always a Dark Elf because why not), and I've played the two starting zones to death. I don't have any of the DLC, but I have a metric ton of unspent crowns from my plus membership so I can theoretically get them – any suggestions on some different zones to try to spice things up a bit? I'm spoiled for choice, and have no idea which spot on the map to click. The starting zones are linked together with the rest of the alliance zones, so theoretically you’ve got a single storyline stretching from Stonefalls -> Deshaan -> Shadowfen -> Eastmarch -> The Rift, but if you don’t want to slog through Deshaan and Shadowfen to get to the two Skyrim zones (and I wouldn’t blame you), there’s always the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild DLC zones with their associated questlines.
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kedo posted:Speaking of this, I'm just getting back into the game and every single time I play I end up making a new character (always a Dark Elf because why not), and I've played the two starting zones to death. I don't have any of the DLC, but I have a metric ton of unspent crowns from my plus membership so I can theoretically get them – any suggestions on some different zones to try to spice things up a bit? I'm spoiled for choice, and have no idea which spot on the map to click. If you get the any race, any aliance option, you can play a Dunmer through the other factions. But otherwise you could login and pick one of the crowd of NPCs with a diamond icon yelling at you every 5 seconds and go on a mystery quest. "Do you know how long I've been looking for you?" Doctor Zero fucked around with this message at 18:21 on May 20, 2020 |
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May 20, 2020 18:19
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kedo posted:Speaking of this, I'm just getting back into the game and every single time I play I end up making a new character (always a Dark Elf because why not), and I've played the two starting zones to death. I don't have any of the DLC, but I have a metric ton of unspent crowns from my plus membership so I can theoretically get them – any suggestions on some different zones to try to spice things up a bit? I'm spoiled for choice, and have no idea which spot on the map to click. First, if you have ESO Plus, there's no need to buy the DLC. You can just go and do it! If you don't want to play the starting zones, one option is just skipping the vanilla storyline for a while and doing the next most coherent set. Morrowind -> Clockwork City -> Summerset is a good, full-narrative-feeling progression, and if you get tired of the landscape you can always skip over and do Thieves Guild, DBG, and Orsinium. Orsinium is definitely worth doing a 100% on if you like costumes, because finishing the zone and doing the optional achievements gives 4 dope looking costumes.
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Awesome, thanks for the advice, thread! Ya'll rock.
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About what level do you need to be before starting the Morrowind content? vvv thanks! GreatGreen fucked around with this message at 22:05 on May 20, 2020 |
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GreatGreen posted:About what level do you need to be before starting the Morrowind content? 1
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GreatGreen posted:About what level do you need to be before starting the Morrowind content? https://www.usgamer.net/articles/elder-scrolls-onlines-level-scaling-is-what-more-mmos-need
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When all Chapters come out all new characters who have access to that content start in that chapter. Been that way since... well, Morrowind! It's actually one of the thigns that bothers me because the game wants you to, say, play through Elsweyr first, but because of that you'll be real confused during the original MQ.
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was having a bit of trouble with my thief character as i think i may have went a bit overboard with the "good at sneaking but cant fight for poo poo" gimmick so i dropped the bow and holy crap its fun to oneshot badguys with sneak uppercuts
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May 21, 2020 15:00
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Are there any classes that are really catered-to thematically over other classes? Like is there a ton of Thief stuff like underground hangouts and dark brotherhood type stuff for Nightblades, or a bunch of holy temples and righteous, demon-cleansing missions for Wardens, etc.? Basically, are there any particularly favored classes for RP'ing and lore stuff?
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GreatGreen posted:Are there any classes that are really catered-to thematically over other classes? Like is there a ton of Thief stuff like underground hangouts and dark brotherhood type stuff for Nightblades, or a bunch of holy temples and righteous, demon-cleansing missions for Wardens, etc.? There’s no class-exclusive content at all that I’m aware of. Everyone can sneak, so you can do the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood stuff as a burly, plate-wearing barbarian or the Mages Guild quests without ever using magic if you want to. That said, if you want to stick to a theme, I guess a thief/assassin kind of character would have lots of stuff to do if you work through both the TG and DB DLC:s.
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May 21, 2020 17:01
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Playing the Mages Guild quest line (and Summerset) as a Sorc was really neat. And I got a cool appropriate title out of it.
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You can basically RP as a necromancer in every town and quest if you keep forgetting you have bound your mage friend to the b button on your controller.
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Wardens seem to be based on the Beldama Wyrd lore-wise, and Glenumbra has a lot of quests that involve them, for what it's worth.
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I really want to get into this game, but for some reason I just . . . can't. I'm somewhat enjoying playing with my "Thor" character (heavy armor stamsorc with 2h/1h + shield), running around throwing lightning and smashing things. Then I start doing crafting, looking at all my skill lines, seeing how much there is to do and then my eyes kind of glaze over and I close the game. I really want to play an MMO right now and I like that the character system is pretty freeform, I'm just not quite sure what about this game isn't grabbing me.
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Ignore how much there is. Forget about crafting. Or only learn armoring. Pick a direction, or one quest and do it. Don’t look up stats. The only thing you might consider necessary is your daily riding lessons. Read the quest text. Wait for people to finish talking before hitting close. Talk to random NPCs. Once an mmo feels like work, that’s the death. When I feel enslaved to the daily writs, I just don’t do them. If I feel like a quest is dragging, I ride off and look at an area I haven’t seen. You might find something interesting. Basically play it like a single player game as others have said. E: I felt that way too when I was playing it like wow. “I can’t leave this starter area until I do it all!” Man, that was wrong. Everything is scaled so go look at other zones. Ride around. Gather poo poo.
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May 21, 2020 23:31
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this is the best mmo, by far, if you don't take it seriously, which is the proper way to treat mmo's imo
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Am I right in thinking that because the entire game is level scaled, nothing really matters as long as you don't gimp yourself, so the entire point is to just go exploring and doing quests as you find them, which will always be at your level? So basically the entire game is: 1. Don't gimp yourself too hard 2. Explore and absorb the story as it comes to you wherever you feel like going because you'll always be properly leveled for all of it 3. Don't think too much about it, it's a casual game That sound about right or am I way off?
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yea you can just chill and do quests. it only gets bad sometimes when you get to endgame group content and get stuck with that guy who complains everyones not killing everything as fast as his spreadsheets say they should.
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GreatGreen posted:3. Don't think too much about it, it's a casual game Literally just stop there. If you want to be hardcore, find another game.
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for more immersive stuff, the only mod I've installed so far that works is the slow dialog mod, which should really be an option in game. it actually makes me look at the NPC first instead of skimming the subtitles. set the speed to 55. https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info66-SlowDialogs.html#info
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GreatGreen posted:Am I right in thinking that because the entire game is level scaled, nothing really matters as long as you don't gimp yourself, so the entire point is to just go exploring and doing quests as you find them, which will always be at your level? Sounds about right. Some mobs areharder than others. But unless it’s a world boss which are clearly marked, you should be able to take on anything solo short of a public dungeon. And even that’s possible once you get into your 40s. And it’s nearly impossible to gimp yourself, short of only spending points in crafting. You might not be able to kill things as fast as others but who cares, really.
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Manxome Foe posted:I really want to get into this game, but for some reason I just . . . can't. I'm somewhat enjoying playing with my "Thor" character (heavy armor stamsorc with 2h/1h + shield), running around throwing lightning and smashing things. Then I start doing crafting, looking at all my skill lines, seeing how much there is to do and then my eyes kind of glaze over and I close the game. I won't try to sell you on the game at all. I have played almost exactly the opposite of everyone as far as I can tell. I have never played a previous Elder Scrolls game. I never subscribed, have no idea what the draw of crafting is because it sounds like a pain in the rear end to do "daily writs" or whatever and still have way more gold then I know what to do with. I couldn't give a summary of the lore or story if my life depended on it. Sometimes I listen to an npc or read some text if it happens to catch my fancy, but often just breeze on through. Mostly I just followed a friend of mine around, had some drinks, healed dungeons, and still managed to get to CP level 600something and had a good time doing it! What I am saying is that as long as you don't shoot yourself in the foot one way or another, I don't think there is really a "right way" to play the game.
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Doctor Zero posted:Sounds about right. Some mobs areharder than others. But unless it’s a world boss which are clearly marked, you should be able to take on anything solo short of a public dungeon. And even that’s possible once you get into your 40s. i enjoy crafting and my attempts at supporting my deconstruction habit by stealing. And when I need a skill point I hunt Skyshards.
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Rojo_Sombrero posted:i enjoy crafting and my attempts at supporting my deconstruction habit by stealing. And when I need a skill point I hunt Skyshards. Yeah, there's plenty to do both. I just meant as long as you put some points in combat, you shouldn't gimp yourself.
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is there any cp160 setup for a thief that makes you really hard to detect while keeping the amazing speed from nights silence set? running around super fast in sneak is awesome
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ASenileAnimal posted:is there any cp160 setup for a thief that makes you really hard to detect while keeping the amazing speed from nights silence set? running around super fast in sneak is awesome Mix Night's Silence with Darloc Brae for the 2m reduced detection radius, the reduced stealth cost and resource regen while ducking. Or become a vampire and run Darloc Brae and Night Terror for 4m reduced detection radius, even further reduced stealth cost, resource regen while crouching and damage to enemies when they hit you. Vampires have a passive that lets them ignore the move speed penalty from stealth. Nightblades also have access to an active skill called Concealed Weapon that passively grants 25% move speed bonus while crouched or invisible, and it stacks with the other options. Khajiit also get a 3m detection radius reduction which, when combined with any of the sets discussed here, makes them virtually undetectable unless you're standing right on top of them. Reclaimer fucked around with this message at 00:37 on May 23, 2020 |
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is there a certain detection radius reduction i should shoot for? how much is overkill?
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ASenileAnimal posted:is there a certain detection radius reduction i should shoot for? how much is overkill? Baseline is six meters, and one meter is the lowest it goes. Two is really good. With just one -2m set and medium armor passives you can get to around 3m which should be fine as long as you still give enemies a bit of a berth. Then you can run Night Silence as a second full set and not have to be a vampire or a furry. With two -2 sets you'll be around 1.5m which is as good as it gets without playing a khajiit.
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thanks! went with a khajit nightblade for this so ill probably end up going vampire and stacking the detection reduction stuff. once i hit level 50 i plan to be in as little combat as possible and stealing everything in sight.
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ASenileAnimal posted:thanks! went with a khajit nightblade for this so ill probably end up going vampire and stacking the detection reduction stuff. once i hit level 50 i plan to be in as little combat as possible and stealing everything in sight. Khajiit vampire only needs one -2m set to be a sprinty, stealthy bastard with the lowest possible detection radius. I'd recommend Darloc Brae because it's rad and heals you while you're sneaking but Night Terror is ok too if you get in the occasional fight.
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Invites should be caught up to this point. @Natsuumi, I've also invited you to the crafting guild, Deconstruct Circle Jerk.
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Can I get an invite to the crafting guild please? Might as well drop all my unwanted crafting stuff in there instead of the main guild. @MHKnights
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Can I get an add? @FullOfCrows Character is currently Earl-From-Dinosaurs
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So Craglorn. Do the two group quests, The Corrupted Stone and The Shattered and the Lost require four players or can a single somewhat decent-ish play solo them? It seems like trying to get a group together for those quests or any of the group content in Craglorn could be difficult.
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Can I get an add? @Ry-Pay Thanks.
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VibrioCholera posted:Can I get an add? You've been invited to both Chill Bros (main) and the Deconstruct Circle Jerk (Crafting Guild)
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