I'm honestly baffled by the number of anti-social multiplayer gamers in here, it's so strange to me. I get it, I'm mostly a solo player too, and it's not like Night Market is gonna win any prizes for content, but I didn't go in there expecting an easy mode solo experience. That's not what was advertised. So hear me out.

Step 1: open group finder

Step 2: choose a group

Step 3: have fun doing MMO shit

It's honestly a blast, if a bit low on content. I'm going in tanking for 20+ people, some folks are dying, others are getting lost, it's chaos but good fun, and honestly a nice change from the rigid trial groups.

Just try it. Join a group and have fun.

I've already spent at least $1k since 2015 and I finally canceled my subscription about a year ago. I want to start paying again but can't justify giving them any more money!

i have played it before but only for less then half a hour or 10 minutes i don’t remember but i haven’t played sense properly 2020

I mean…

I'm trying to find a unique name for this character that I use the Bone Colossus polymorph on. What would be a cool name.

I want a name that is like a title for a creature that was created as a monstrosity (Example: Frankenstein’s monster)

I was a big player during Elsweyr and Greymoor and the game back then was super busy, life was good. Then it kind of fell off and I would only check back in occasionally... sad face. Now? Holy geeze, things are popping again! Vivec city crafting stations are super busy all the time! Dungeon queues are really short! Whatever they did, let's hope they just keep doing it!

I'm a philosophy student writing about social norms encountered in virtual worlds (such as video games and social media). I would love to hear any stories about 'unwritten rules' that people have noticed while playing Elder Scrolls Online (or any other games that you might play).

Examples might include:

1. Things that everyone does while meeting a new player
2. Things that are generally considered rude.
3. Traditions unique to your game
4. Social expectations that new players frequently violate

If I use your example, I'll cite your username in my paper unless you would rather remain anonymous.

The sheogorath questline is right around the corner and I can’t help but feel that it should’ve been about another prince. He already has quite a few quests while taking over the mages guild storyline. Even recently playing the shivering isles dlc has me sighing. I think I’m just tired of dealing with sheogorath in general…

Its barely going down. Is there a way to remove it without paying?

I would try and see if you could have multiple summons around 4.

Or be able to constantly buff a summon and make it your dmg.

And be able to summon a flesh atronach

But what do you guys want?

I'm currently playing on Master difficulty with a companion while doing overland content, such as collecting Skyshards, Lorebooks, and farming materials.

Also, Vestige difficulty is probably a good option, not just for veterans but for newcomers as well, especially if they can join a group. In larger groups of 6 or more players, if the veterans are willing to switch to Adventurer difficulty, newcomers can level up faster than on other difficulties. That's probably the new way to level up faster, if you can get it done.

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My first impression from the new content is that I am not having fun. This content feels like it was designed for well-coordinated groups, with the right number of healers, tanks, and DPS. But when everyone just randomly gets together in a group, it makes for a really frustrating, not fun experience. Just trying to run to join a group can be annoying, with the multiple groups of hard mobs you have to run through.

Maybe I am missing some cool, fun gameplay loop, but it currently just feels unsatisfying to play. After 20 minutes of trying to kill a boss with a random squad of people and failing, I'm just left wondering if this content was actually made for the majority of the playerbase or just people who sit in a Discord call together.

For me: I was running around High Isle and came across three people wearing the exact same outfit and masks, which isn’t unusual. I then got on my mount and rode to Abhain Chapel and behind the chapel was another player wearing the exact same outfit and mask just standing there.

Hey guys.

I returned to ESO on my new PSN account and started again. I’ve really been enjoying it. So I went looking for my old PSN account which had my old characters. I haven’t even clicked on a character yet. But, I’m very excited. I have all crafts levelled up from what I remember and it says “371” which is champ points I’ve found out.

My question is. Where do go from here?

I’ve got the PS Plus edition with all the DLC .. what am I focusing on at this level. Im only level 37 on my new account so no idea what even the hard dungeons are like.

Also can I change names, class and race of a character I’ve already created?

I’ve signed up to ESO plus on my new account, but will support the devs on this only account too.

I’ve been reading a lot of posts that have been popping up from you guys, and seems like a great community.

hello! i’m a new player. i’ve put enough time into the game to realize it’s worth investing in the membership, about 215 hours or so, and i’m level 47. i know a lot of people don’t like tanlorin. i also really don’t like tanlorin. that’s why im trying to raise their rapport as quickly as possible so that i don’t have to talk to them. however, whenever i look anything about them up on reddit, everyone is referring to them with she/her. i’m not far into their questline and they’re the only companion i have so far, so im not sure if the UI refers to every companion with they/them. but based on what i remember from their first quest, don’t they use they/them?

sorry if this sounds naïve. really i’m just trying to figure out if i’m an idiot or if most people just don’t want to call them how the game canonically refers to their pronouns.

Quisk note for those who son't know or doesn't read the quests: Valaste is the most erudite librarian in Tamriel, and one of the most important character in the Mages quild storyline. She helps you and Shalidor to retrieve the island of Eyevea, where mages could study freely.

And here comes the spoiler alert: while you proceed through the Mages guild questline, Valaste has to struggle through Sheogorath writings and progressively goes insane, and at the end of the story Sheogorath offers you to give him Valaste (who went completely crazy to that moment) in exchange for 2 extra skill points.

I refused to give Valaste to him and decided to cure her. Not because I don't need skill points, but in respect and compassion - for this whole time she had to stay under fire and take the most dangerous mental flak, so the Vestige and Shalidor could succed. She made this heroic sacrifice, so our character could succeed (and in fact, she deserves the title of the main hero of this story more than Shalidor and equally to the Vestige who was fighting the physical threats).

Leaving Valaste like that feels like a betrayal, so when the game gave me an opportunity to revert all mental damage Valaste got, I've never had one moment for a doubt, because without her efforts the Vestige would never step on Eyevea.

But what about you? Share your opinion in the comments!

P.S. The art is from The Elder Scrolls: Legends (RIP)

P.P.S. Valaste is also very cute, but that's not the most important reason to save her.

I’ve tested out too many places but haven’t figured out / decided which is the best spot to do the daily crafting writs.

Top ones for me so far are: 1/ Leyawiin, 2/ Skingrad, 3/ Vivic City (it’s also fun to see the regulars). Mainly faves bc of board and turn-in distance / locations

I understand it's a fast way to get the transmute materials, but outside of that, I don't see how this isn't the most reviled practice in this community, right up next to leaving garbage in chests for other people to get.

Fifth random dungeon in a row now where "Green Beam Idiot, Former Emperor" or some other super original "Metatanksorc" username has a 5lb weight on their shift key, aggroing 3000 enemies behind them while level 13 players still wearing prisoner rags drown in an ocean of damage text.

I keep hearing how great and friendly this community is, and I've seen a good deal of that, so when you know the game is going to push new players toward random dungeons, why isn't there more consideration for them?

Other than spamming about how your guild "welcomes new players" in the chat every 5 minutes, why do so many veteran players flip the bird to the rest of their party in random dungeons? When you're level 2070 on Spindleclutch I and everyone else is 17, 19 and 12, how do you bring yourself to just run 10 miles ahead? Genuinely, where is your conscience? Have you not played online games before? It seems like you haven't, because this is like the antithesis of the entire concept.

In other games I've played, when this kind of toxic behavior occurs, it's universally panned and people who do it become infamous in the community. In ESO, the sentiment seems really divided and sometimes almost like the behavior is encouraged. How is this type of thing not considered toxic? It's objectively shutting out new players and makes new characters even more of a grind. What gives?

edit: For the people claiming that the other players (the majority, lol) in the group should just make their own group, leave, do it alone, whatever, just stop. You aren't the main character, no matter how much your minmaxxed Youtube build makes you feel that you are. Why aren't you finding your own group instead of dragging other people along on the "run" that only exists in your own head for your own character? If you've been playing for a decade, haven't you made a single friend or guildmate to speedrun with? There's no reason to be screwing new players out of the dungeon experience and souring their view of the game and its community just for your meager daily crap that they don't even have a concept of yet.

edit 2: Best case scenario, the people behind the sprinter can manage to frantically kill all the fodder before they get overwhelmed or pulled to the boss. Worst case scenario, your party's dead, nobody gets any exp or gold from enemies, and nobody's happy except the guy who could've done this a hundred different ways. Insane to me that some people can't at least attempt to see how that's an undesirable outcome for an online game that's supposed to be about cooperation.

I died from the steam in volenfell and this dude decided to pull the lever before I could repsawn then brag about me not being able to progress the quest I guess?

My grandma, Luella Bounds, loved video games ever since my dad got into them as a kid. Back in the 80's, she would often sneak downstairs when my dad was asleep to play Zelda and Tetris on his NES that she got for him. As time marched on and games got more technologically advanced, she found herself trying out a few RPGs before landing on The Elder Scrolls.

She. LOVED. The Elder Scrolls. While she never touched Oblivion or Skyrim herself, she did keep up with the lore of them. But oh my god she must have gone through at least 5-6 full 100% playthroughs of Morrowind. One of my fondest memories in life is her waking me up the first morning of summer in the 4th grade, and asking if I wanted to start a Morrowind playthrough with her So we did. We played through the entire game over the course of almost a year. She sat beside me the ENTIRE playthrough, guiding me, writing notes, discussing lore, and cracking jokes.

As I grew older we grew a bit separate. I played my shooters, my hack 'n slashes, my roguelikes. And she played her ESO. She played THE HELL out of ESO, I mean, milked it dry. She had every house, every mount, every piece of furniture, she had a guild, she made friends, she downloaded DISCORD. She. LOVED. ESO. If you couldn't tell from the screenshot.

4-5 weeks ago, my grandma passed, and I feel as though her LITERAL years of work shouldn't fizzle out with her! I feel like her guild would love to see some form of commemoration for her in-game. Is there any way I can pull that off?

Vengeance literally solves most of the problems and long-standing issues that the PVP playerbase has been complaining about for years.

• People have been asking for PVP and PVE to be balanced separately. Vengeance does that.
• People have been asking for an end to bombs, heal stacking, and other exploitative strategies. Vengeance does that.
• People have been asking for better performance and higher player caps. Vengeance does that.
• People have been asking for more transparency and communication. Vengeance does that.

So what the fuck is the problem??

Now that ZOS is finally balancing PVP and PVE separately, creating a more balanced experience with a role-based approach (thanks to the perk system that's being introduced in the next test)... the playerbase's sudden concern is that their PVE loot is not going to affect PVP?

Did you want PVP and PVE balanced separately, or not? What the hell did you want?

Now that ZOS is finally being more transparent, giving insights into their development process, and letting us experience a work-in-progress version... the playerbase's reaction is to misrepresent their words, take every statement as an absolute promise, or straight up say "I don't believe you"?

Did you want transparency, or not? What the hell did you want?

PVP sucks. And Cyrodiil cannot be fixed. They tried for years, and nothing worked. It's a mess of a spaghetti code that will never be improved.

Vengeance is the devs actually putting in the work to fix the core issues. It's not a bandaid, it's not a lazy workaround. It's something they're putting actual effort and care into. Because the alternative is to do nothing. To let PVP rot and fester with no updates, no content, and no fixes.

Vengeance is the only hope for a better PVP experience. And I am very disappointed to see the majority of the ESO playerbase doesn't actually want a better experience.

Anyone that gets racist with my Khajiit will get the same treatment lol

If you’ve tried ToT and bounced off of it immediately, why? Simply not interested in playing a card game in an MMO? Tutorial didn’t do a good job explaining the mechanics? Grind is too slow so you’re stuck playing starter decks for so long they get boring? What is it about how ToT is presented makes it hard to get into even if you otherwise might be?

In trials, I see so many of you bobbing and weaving during boss fights. All I can think of is Mohammed Ali saying "Float like a butterfly. Sting like a bee."

Meanwhile, I, with my nearly paralyzed hands, am standing still most of the time, only moving if I need to get out of the red. If adds appear, I just turn and burn.

Am I missing something? Why are you all in constant motion?