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atomicgeek posted:There are two cosmetic bundles I recommend, one with tons of hairstyles and one with cosmetics and accessories. Sometimes it's nice to change up your look a bit and they're just a toggle, instead of spending cash/crowns on an appearance change token. Oh poo poo. The hair is just a toggle? I need to get those then. I just assumed you had to have an appearance change token. As far as crowns go I spend them on cosmetics mainly. But I also have the banker and merchant and I got a few houses. I’m not a whale but I am a yearly subscriber so I don’t care much about the cost as long I I have some crowns. If you are considering them the Crow versions are the best. Oh and I keep a reserve in case decent crown crates show up. Also also the Ancestor outfit that’s available now doesn’t come up too often from what I can tell. It’s the same one that the smiling Dunmer banker in Vivec City wears. 
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Doctor Zero posted:Oh poo poo. The hair is just a toggle? I need to get those then. I just assumed you had to have an appearance change token.
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Good calls on those, atomicgeek. They're all big bundles of easy, fun, various minor cosmetic thingies. Good purchases!
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xZAOx posted:For ESO+ members - what do people like to use crowns for? Watched a youtube vid that had some suggestions like: I've spent quite a few crowns and the banker and merchant are my most used crown store items. You can even place them in a house ams use them from there. For more pure utility: After these two you can get the inventory size pets and storage chests. The classes are both cool, so if you want to play them it's a good way to spend crowns. Everything else is really just vanity. The transmute station is available in almost every player guild hall, same applies to dummies.
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What are people's favorite, say one or two, DLCs/ chapters for questing? Excluding blackwood I guess, I haven't bought it but I have ESO+. I've looked up the "chronological order" guide, but I might want to break it up at some point. I'm still going through some of my "main" zones (even though I've already done coldharbour, killed Molag, and have Caldwells silver, heh). I've also done mages and thieves already, and work on undaunted, fighters, and some times dark brotherhood if I'm in the mood. So yeah, what's your top non-launch zone?
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xZAOx posted:What are people's favorite, say one or two, DLCs/ chapters for questing? Excluding blackwood I guess, I haven't bought it but I have ESO+. I'm pretty new to this, not having played for years, but I've been having a good time doing the Psijic main quest line out of Summerset, and you get the Psijic Order skill line which appears to be a whole separate pain in the rear end to level, but at least it's there!
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I like the Elseweyrs (north and south) a lot, khajiit are cool. Wrothgar's main quest is fairly fun, its more political rather than world ending macguffin so its a nice change of pace from most other questlines. Murkmire has a lot of cool poo poo, but the zone can be kind of annoying depending on how much you like swamps.
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xZAOx posted:What are people's favorite, say one or two, DLCs/ chapters for questing? Excluding blackwood I guess, I haven't bought it but I have ESO+. Definitely Morrowind and Summerset
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xZAOx posted:So yeah, what's your top non-launch zone? Elsweyr and Morrowind. One thing I really dig about this game is the writers' respect for the downright weirdness of the setting (even in basic vanilla zones btw, Greenwood/Grahtshade get bizarre). Elsweyr leans wholeheartedly into the earthy humor of a culture of cat people and it's delightful. Morrowind is chock full of snotty wizards, ancestor worship, and Vivec being an insufferable nerd god.
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Error 404 posted:I like the Elseweyrs (north and south) a lot, khajiit are cool. Wrothgar's main quest is fairly fun, its more political rather than world ending macguffin so its a nice change of pace from most other questlines. Murkmire has a lot of cool poo poo, but the zone can be kind of annoying depending on how much you like swamps. I love Wrothgar. The story is so engrossing and you’re not the One To Save Them All.
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Synthwave Crusader posted:Anyone who needs an invite to the PC NA guild can quote this with their userID and I'll send out invites when I get on. @sadleric
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Is crafted gear better than set gear ever? How many points do you have to invest? It seems you need both enchanting and a crafting skill to maybe accomplish that.
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So, is weapon swapping a regular thing in fights or totally situational? Starting to fill out the nightblade skill trees, and it seems like it could be possible to do a lot of damage if I started stacking buffs/debuffs, but that would require either skipping utility/healing skills or swapping weapons mid-rotation.
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StarkRavingMad posted:I'm pretty new to this, not having played for years, but I've been having a good time doing the Psijic main quest line out of Summerset, and you get the Psijic Order skill line which appears to be a whole separate pain in the rear end to level, but at least it's there! You live up to your username sir because I found the Psijic questline tedious needle hunting. But I'd say my favorite DLCs are probably Clockwork City, Morrowind, Orsinium, Dragonhold. Murkmire in there, too.
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longtimelurker posted:Is crafted gear better than set gear ever? How many points do you have to invest? It seems you need both enchanting and a crafting skill to maybe accomplish that. I'm still a newbie - but my understanding is "both". You get your set gear (buy or farm), then likely put your own preferred enchant and trait on it. Trait changing takes 50 transmute crystals (and I'd assume research done for that trait and type of item?), and you get 10 a day from your first random dungeon. There's also sets you can craft fully, those are from the special crafting stations you'll find out in the world. Some of those are popular (esp while leveling to 50) and used even in endgame. Fruits of the sea posted:So, is weapon swapping a regular thing in fights or totally situational? Again, newbie disclaimer, so 100% ready for someone to correct me. But basically everyone weapon swaps constantly. I've seen some builds that point out "one bar" builds, but I get the feeling those aren't for endgame, but probably good enough for questing, maybe even normal dungeons (not that you'll get kicked out or anything anyways, you'd have to work to get noticed as bad, although some of the DLC dungeons it's more noticeable).
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Fruits of the sea posted:So, is weapon swapping a regular thing in fights or totally situational? You can mostly try to put all of your longer buffs or dots on your back bar and your active skills on your front bar, so that you’re not swapping all the time, just for buff upkeep or a heal or whatever.
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longtimelurker posted:Is crafted gear better than set gear ever? How many points do you have to invest? It seems you need both enchanting and a crafting skill to maybe accomplish that. There are a handful of crafted sets that are always in demand, either because they're unique and work for certain builds, because they're better than the non crafted alternative for certain builds, or because while there is something non-crafted that is better it's very hard to get. While overland gear is bind on equip, meaning it's freely sellable until you equip, dungeon/trial gear is bind on pickup with a small tradable window only with those who were with you in the dungeon/trial, which means you can only get by doing a specific thing and getting lucky. Crafted gear can fill that gap which depending on how you play could be forever. Skill points: For Wood/Metal/Cloth, these are the skill points: Crafting level: 10(first is free so 9) You need all the points here to craft max level gear. Keen Eye: Pretty useless in general, only helps spotting nodes anyway, so not needed to craft. Hireling: 3 not necessary to craft, but you probably want this because the free mats add up Extraction: 3 You'll want this, but you only need one character to do it. This will be on the character that refines your mats, it doesn't have to be your crafter. Research: 4 Once you've researched you don't need this, but until you do (which takes 6-12 months) you'll want it or research will take much much longer. Upgrade expertise: 3 Not strictly necessary but there's no point being a crafter without it, the cost of upgrade mats without it is so much higher. So technically you only need 9 points in each to craft max level gear, but realistically you Need 12 (+expertise), Should have 15(+hireling) and for a while will need 19(+research). If you don't have a separate character to refine mats you'll want 22(+extraction) Jewelry only needs 7 skill points, but it is so drat expensive to craft that there are very few situations where it's worthwhile. You need to be deep into the game and have lots of gold before the minimal upgrading to purple or gold is worth hundreds of thousands of gold. Enchanting: You only need this to craft, not apply, so you could just buy enchants and apply, there's quite a markup on enchants, but big picture they're not too expensive even with the markup. You'll need 12 points to craft max level enchants, plus 3 if you want the hireling (it's nice to have but not as valuable as the other hirelings). So minimum you need 9*3+12=39, minimum you'll want is 12*3+12=48, while you're researching you'll need 16*3+12=60, with hirelings you'll need an extra 3*4, so 72 total (60 after you're done researching). Note you'll also want to max alchemy, provisioning for other reasons and Jewelry maxing is not a priority but worthwhile. You should research jewelry just to be able to transmute traits even if you don't bother crafting it. It's absolutely doable, my main is a crafter who does everything except extraction, and I have all all the active skills class, weapon and guild (mostly unmorphed, but the ones I use are morphed), a bunch of relevant passives for me, and still have leftover skillpoints and I have earned less than half the total available skill points in the game. It will take quite a bit of questing/skyshard hunting/dungeoning to get there and there may be times where you're choosing between crafting and combat abilities. Edit: All of that said, if you're in a guild there's probably someone willing to craft for free or a small fee if you give them the mats. If you're on PC-NA I'd be willing to do it. It's still worthwhile to max crafting for making money from daily writs and gathering/refining mats, even if you rarely actually craft gear. Fruits of the sea posted:So, is weapon swapping a regular thing in fights or totally situational? Peaceful Anarchy fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Aug 16, 2021 |
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Sky Shadowing posted:You live up to your username sir because I found the Psijic questline tedious needle hunting. Well, to be clear, I'm talking about the Summerset main quest which is stopping the three Daedra from taking over the Crystal Tower and has had some fun dungeons with going into people's minds and stuff. It sounds to me like you're thinking of the quests to advance the Psijic skill line itself, which like I said seems like a real pain in the rear end and I've only done the first one of those. Sadly, my build kind of wants that ultimate so I'll be doing all that nonsense at some point.
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Thanks for all the crafting advice. I have made a fun Templar and I got a scroll that let's me respec a few levels back. I think I want to remove the mistake skills I picked but kinda sucked. 60 points is crazy though. I have just been grabbing skyshards as I see them. Sometimes I get the whole zone but sometimes way less. I feel getting too focused on getting skyshards will make the game less fun for me. Psyjic order quest sucked and it has a map. Do I keep skill progress or will I have to relevel my morphs it I respec?
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Anyone have a set of old training gear they’re not using anymore? Wanting to try some different classes out, doing a magicka build at the moment but not sure if there’s some universal set that exists.
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longtimelurker posted:60 points is crazy though. I have just been grabbing skyshards as I see them. Sometimes I get the whole zone but sometimes way less. I feel getting too focused on getting skyshards will make the game less fun for me. Psyjic order quest sucked and it has a map. The game has over 500 skill points possible, 60 seems like a ton, but it's not that much. Skyshards aren't the only way to get skill points. All the main zone quests give skill points. Beating the group boss in a public dungeon gives you a skill point. Completing a dungeon for the first time gives you a skill point. Leveling up PVP rank gives you a skill point. quote:Do I keep skill progress or will I have to relevel my morphs it I respec? Note that there's a morph respec option that's much cheaper than the skill respec option. The skill respec option is one you should only be using in very rare circumstances where you lack skill points and maybe after you've researched everything to free up those points. Otherwise I'd rather take the 5-15 minutes to find a new skill point than spend gold to remove a skill point from a skill I don't use now, but may want to use in the future.
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StarkRavingMad posted:Well, to be clear, I'm talking about the Summerset main quest which is stopping the three Daedra from taking over the Crystal Tower and has had some fun dungeons with going into people's minds and stuff. It sounds to me like you're thinking of the quests to advance the Psijic skill line itself, which like I said seems like a real pain in the rear end and I've only done the first one of those. Sadly, my build kind of wants that ultimate so I'll be doing all that nonsense at some point. Oh, yeah, the Summerset MQ is Real Good. The Psijic Order questline is really tedious "go to these base game zones and find these locations vaguely marked on a paper map."
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Sky Shadowing posted:Oh, yeah, the Summerset MQ is Real Good. The Psijic Order questline is really tedious "go to these base game zones and find these locations vaguely marked on a paper map." I grabbed an addon that puts map pins for them, but it's still going to be just "run around the zone to these 9 areas" which isn't all that exciting. But I'll grind it out while drunk at some point. Also, I really wish I could get this goofy idiot in the gold armor as my companion. Sorry, Bastian, but you're kind of a wet noodle, comparatively. StarkRavingMad fucked around with this message at 03:17 on Aug 17, 2021 |
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What is a good crafted armor set for a Templar? I have found some wilderness crafting areas but the gears seemed for stealth. I have no points in anything but my magic stat. My survival in fights is pretty good but I can't sustain my broken lifesteal spear in an extended battle (penetrating strike) Mother's Sorrow seems nice but I much rather build something than grind dungeons in a zone and getting a light armor drop is kinda tedious when I just want to explore. I still am amazed by the shear scope of this game. I have mostly cleared Summerset then moved on to the Pact military campaign as a high elf somehow and have just ran with it. Love that dark elf landscape of mushrooms and ash!
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I am bummed about the lack of acknowledgment of mudcrabs being horrible creatures though
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longtimelurker posted:What is a good crafted armor set for a Templar? I have found some wilderness crafting areas but the gears seemed for stealth. I have no points in anything but my magic stat. My survival in fights is pretty good but I can't sustain my broken lifesteal spear in an extended battle (penetrating strike) Getting the traits you need to craft the good sets takes even longer than grinding out MS, believe me. Honestly it's not that bad aside from the staff and possibly high-tier jewelry if you want that. You can exchange pvp currency for set gear from the region as well. Also don't forget you can upgrade gear - there's no need to get purples/golds (except for maybe the aforementioned jewelry, but you can always come back). This is assuming you are cp160, otherwise just wear whatever or get someone to craft a set for you, either way you'll outlevel your gear too quickly for it to be worth it trying to grind something.
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ESO is free to play until the 30th if you're on the fence. Good time to make 9 alt accounts and get yourself your own personal guild bank, too.
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Ohh lol I was wondering why I was in a log-in queue.
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longtimelurker posted:I am bummed about the lack of acknowledgment of mudcrabs being horrible creatures though My cub-sister said she saw people building houses out of mudcrabs.
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I keep forgetting that this is a "buy the box once" game, and not "F2P with optional content packs or optional sub", heh. $8.00 for the base game is a steal. Even at the "full" price of $20, that's so much crap to do.
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1) Is it okay to buy this on steam? 2) Is it safe to buy just the base game, and the expansions later? I keep seeing something weird on the steam forums about how the blackwood upgrade DLC is only for blackwood or something?
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StrixNebulosa posted:1) Is it okay to buy this on steam? 1. Yes 2. Yes In fact, I'd highly recommend just buying the base game. As I said above - it's a *crapton* of content. If you subscribe to ESO+ (which almost everyone recommends, typical $15/mo MMO sub fee) you get access to all previous chapters (ESO's term for expansions, usually a large zone and a new subsystem or something) and DLCs (a new zone, varying size, but usually smaller than chapter zones) aside from the latest chapter (which is Blackwood). Next year when they release a new chapter, Blackwood will become included in ESO+. If you really don't want to sub, you can just buy the base, and play all the launch zones just for the $8 forever. You won't have access to a few things like some of the guilds (Dark Brotherhood and Thieves are DLC I think?), and jewel crafting (which is Summerset I think?), etc. But again, you'll have a crapton of stuff to do. You'll probably get bored or burnout before you get all that done. Then you can pay for each DLC / chapter as you get to it, but if you like looting poo poo at all, you'll want ESO+ anyways for the infinite craft bag, so you'll always have access to everything but the latest chapter. You can also buy the "blackwood collection" which has Blackwood plus all the previous chapters. But again, unless you're just not gonna do ESO+, there's no reason to IMO.
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StrixNebulosa posted:1) Is it okay to buy this on steam? I think Steam is as good as anywhere else, although I play the standalone version so I can't speak to any differences. But I don't see why there would be an issue. It's fine to buy the base game and the expansions later. If you play for awhile and like it, you may decide to do their monthly subscription which gives you access to all of the expansions except for Blackwood for free, as well as a crafting bag and in-game currency to spend on other stuff. That's probably what you are hearing on the Steam forums -- that Blackwood is the only expansion not included with ESO Plus (the subscription). (edit): beaten while I was typing
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StrixNebulosa posted:1) Is it okay to buy this on steam? 1) Maybe once a year steam has auth issues and you can't login to the game for an hour. I don't see why that would be a reason to not buy it on steam, but some people on the ESO forums consider that unacceptable. Otherwise it's exactly the same client and install, the updates are through the client, you can buy things for your account elsewhere and activate through the website. 2) The game has 3 types of DLC: Chapters: Morrowind, Summerset, Elsewyr, Skyrim, Blackwood Zone DLCs Dungeon DLCs Zone and Dungeon DLCs have to be bought with Crowns, you can't buy these directly for money. Chapters: The latest chapter can only be bought directly for money, currently it's Blackwood. It goes on slightly deeper sale each time it goes on sale until April before the next chapter releases. If you buy the chapter upgrade, you only add the latest chapter. If you buy the chapter collection that includes the base game, that includes the previous chapters. You can buy the chapter collection even if you own the best game. As such, if you're not up to buying the chapter collection now, you can just buy the base game, and buy the chapter collection (on steam or off) later in the year for less than it goes for now. Total cost will be the same, maybe even less, with a lower initial investment. It feels bad to "waste" the base game that you already have, but the pricing makes it the best choice unless you own all the previous chapters.
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Perfect, thanks. I'll grab the base game and see how I feel about it. Y'all just saved me like 30$ in impulse buys.
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StrixNebulosa posted:Perfect, thanks. I'll grab the base game and see how I feel about it. Y'all just saved me like 30$ in impulse buys. Oh my sweet summer child…
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I have paid 0 real world dollars for anything in this game. Please don't ask how much time I've wasted making gold in the game to get other people to pay real world dollars for the things I have in game. Hopefully this crown sale lowers crown for gold prices and I can find someone who will buy me the new house that costs $65 in crowns.
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It is worth reminding folks that for the non-Chapter DLCs, subscribing to ESO+ gives you access to all of them. And I think ESO+ gives you access to some of the chapters, too.
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Sky Shadowing posted:It is worth reminding folks that for the non-Chapter DLCs, subscribing to ESO+ gives you access to all of them. And I think ESO+ gives you access to some of the chapters, too. All the chapters except the most recent one are opened with ESO+
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ESO+ gives you access to everything but the latest xpac and related chapters. Currently that means everything up to Blackwood. And just preempting this: warden and necro are. It part of the subscription. Edit  forgot to refresh the page
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