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The Elder Scrolls Online Tamriel Unlimited - |OT| - Console edition

PepperedHam

Member
I am getting my ass handed to me on some of these quests holy shit. I think I'm doing okay and then I get thrown into a quest with a named mob or two and they totally wreck me in seconds. Thought it was my armor so I updated it with some new crafted stuff and it's the same thing. Am I just ass at this combat? Currently rolling as a 2h DK using a mix of 2h skills and some of the Draconic line.
 
I am getting my ass handed to me on some of these quests holy shit. I think I'm doing okay and then I get thrown into a quest with a named mob or two and they totally wreck me in seconds. Thought it was my armor so I updated it with some new crafted stuff and it's the same thing. Am I just ass at this combat? Currently rolling as a 2h DK using a mix of 2h skills and some of the Draconic line.

Have you tried using Standard of Might as your ultimate?

I'm running a stamina-based DW/2H DK as my first ESO character, and SoM was my crutch against tough mobs for a long time.

If you're wearing heavy armor, try medium instead. Coupled with the Dexterity passive, you can raise DPS considerably, which I think is more important than defense for a 2H DK.

Also, are you taking advantage of the dodge roll?
 

theDeeDubs

Member
#TeamEdward

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I redeemed my code for the Explorer's Pack, but nothing was downloaded on my PS4 and I can't change races etc in character creation.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it? I want to be with the GAF alliance but with my choice of race, LET ME LIVE.

Restart the game.

I am getting my ass handed to me on some of these quests holy shit. I think I'm doing okay and then I get thrown into a quest with a named mob or two and they totally wreck me in seconds. Thought it was my armor so I updated it with some new crafted stuff and it's the same thing. Am I just ass at this combat? Currently rolling as a 2h DK using a mix of 2h skills and some of the Draconic line.

Since this is an RPG, just about every obstacle can be overcomed by leveling up.
 

PepperedHam

Member
Have you tried using Standard of Might as your ultimate?

I'm running a stamina-based DW/2H DK as my first ESO character, and SoM was my crutch against tough mobs for a long time.

If you're wearing heavy armor, try medium instead. Coupled with the Dexterity passive, you can raise DPS considerably, which I think is more important than defense for a 2H DK.

Also, are you taking advantage of the dodge roll?
I will give this a go. Thanks.

So is it better to focus in on one attribute instead of mixing it up then?
 
How come when I'm playing in a party with my friend it still feels like I'm playing the game in single player? Even though we are both on same quest and activated them in the same place while we were in a party together, we BOTH still have to talk to the same npcs to advance every quest like we are both doing it individually.

Like if I talk to a npc to finish/advance the quest it won't progress in my friends game. He has to still talk to the same npc to advance it in his game as if he's on his own. It's such a strange design decision compared to other games like Borderlands or other MMO's. There doesn't seem much point in being in a party it doesn't feel very....party-ish? And yes we are both on the same quest line as we started it together but this issue is on every single
quest I've played and I've played for like 5 hours now.

Another example markers or waypoints I make don't appear on his compass or vice versa this is all separate too.
 
How come when I'm playing in a party with my friend it still feels like I'm playing the game in single player? Even though we are both on same quest and activated them in the same place while we were in a party together, we BOTH still have to talk to the same npcs to advance every quest like we are both doing it individually.

Like if I talk to a npc to finish/advance the quest it won't progress in my friends game. He has to still talk to the same npc to advance it in his game as if he's on his own. It's such a strange design decision compared to other games like Borderlands or other MMO's. There doesn't seem much point in being in a party it doesn't feel very....party-ish? And yes we are both on the same quest line as we started it together but this issue is on every single
quest I've played and I've played for like 5 hours now.

Another example markers or waypoints I make don't appear on his compass or vice versa this is all separate too.


No idea, I thought PC players said that group play was much better but it doesn't seem like it at all.



Anyways.......

I read some where that the DC quest is similar to Game of thrones and EP quest is like past elder scrolls quest and AD quest is like Lord of the Rings.

I can't say anything about AD and EP but I did see where they are coming from with the DC quest, all the politics, lying, murdering, castle attacks, power struggle, self gain plots, even to the way it looks with the castles and flat grassy plainlands, yep. It has that game of thrones feel alright.
 

BokehKing

Banned
Definitely getting my ass kicked against
aspect of fear controlling sir Hugh

I'm a level too low, anyone running any dungeons?

I'm a level 16
 

lazygecko

Member
How come when I'm playing in a party with my friend it still feels like I'm playing the game in single player? Even though we are both on same quest and activated them in the same place while we were in a party together, we BOTH still have to talk to the same npcs to advance every quest like we are both doing it individually.

Like if I talk to a npc to finish/advance the quest it won't progress in my friends game. He has to still talk to the same npc to advance it in his game as if he's on his own. It's such a strange design decision compared to other games like Borderlands or other MMO's. There doesn't seem much point in being in a party it doesn't feel very....party-ish? And yes we are both on the same quest line as we started it together but this issue is on every single
quest I've played and I've played for like 5 hours now.

Another example markers or waypoints I make don't appear on his compass or vice versa this is all separate too.

This is unfortunately just how modern theme park MMOs seem to be innately designed. In the past years they have become so obsessed with trying to emulate a single player experience that it's quite often to the detriment of the multiplayer one. Nevermind that this ultimately defeats the point of the genre.
 
PS4 NA DaggerFall members

What do you think about hiring this guild trader???
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It's located here(lvl 25-35 area)
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This guild trader BARELY has anything for sale from the guild that has bought this trader(like 12 items total and most of it is junk), I think we can win this one in a bidding match, starting at 100 gold. We have 20k gold so far, half of it came from me.

It appears that the guild traders have seven day contracts that expire at the end of the week(dont know the exact day though) and what ever guild has the highest bid at the end of the contract's expiration date, gets the trader. This is just pure speculation though as I have not done any research on the matter.

But before I throw down the funds, do yall even have stuff to sell around level 25-35 to sell to the players in this area???

Or should we try to obtain another guild trader in another area of a different level???

Do yall even want to sell your stuff to the public???

If you do, You can put your stuff in the guild store for sale so when we get a guild trader, that stuff that you put up for sale, will be viewable to the public via guild trader. Those listings last for 30 days.

OR

I would suggest that you mail yourself the items you want to sell in the future so its not taking up any space in your personal, bank or guild bank's space. And the mail can hold it for 30 days.
To mail yourself items, just place the item you want on sale in the guild store at a banker for one gold and then take the bid down right away, and the items will be mailed to you. from that point, just let it sit there till you need it. Not too long though as I've said, 30 days and poof goes your items.

What are you guy's thoughts on the guild traders???
 
After soloing the entire time I've been playing this game I finally decided to try a group dungeon. Was a lot more fun than I thought. Avoided it so long cause I'm new to MMOs and thought I wouldn't be much help to a group, but I did pretty well (mainly cause I was 9 levels higher than the leader lol).
 
I've been grinding a bit in Rivenspire so I end up getting a bunch of drops around those levels so I wouldn't mind being able to try and sell them through a guild trader and maybe get more for than the usual 40 or so gold I get from them.
 
alrighty. I put in a bid of 100 gold.
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We'll see how this goes. If no one else bids, then we will by default. But I HIGHLY doubt no one else is going to not bid on the trader. We gotta come correct, and we need to bolster our guild funds too.

If everyone in the guild can donate at least 100 gold a week to the guild bank, we can have a LOT of gold to use for these guild traders.


Can make 10k minimal a week if everyone in the guild just put in just 100 gold since we have 100 members. Im pretty sure everyone can afford 100 gold.


This ensures we always have a competitive bid and can keep the trader over a long period of time.

The guild money is used strictly for guild traders though. So once you put that gold in, you aint getting it back.

Ima change the guild's daily message to say "Please donate atleast 100 gold to the guild bank once a week to buy guild traders."

When we do get a guild trader, the guild page itself will tell you if we have one.

make sure to pay attention to that.
 

Mix

Member
So, the game says I can launch it (XBOX ONE version) and I go into it and it says it's currently at 83% of an update. I'm very familiar with the way the Xbox One works, but is there any reason this is taking so long? My internet isn't the best, but still, I've downloaded games this size in half the time...
 
So, the game says I can launch it (XBOX ONE version) and I go into it and it says it's currently at 83% of an update. I'm very familiar with the way the Xbox One works, but is there any reason this is taking so long? My internet isn't the best, but still, I've downloaded games this size in half the time...

the update is around 15 gigs. Its going to take some time my friend. took me an hour to download it, and around 4 hours for the full game since it was around 50 or so gigs.
 
alrighty. I put in a bid of 100 gold.
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We'll see how this goes. If no one else bids, then we will by default. But I HIGHLY doubt no one else is going to not bid on the trader. We gotta come correct, and we need to bolster our guild funds too.

If everyone in the guild can donate at least 100 gold a week to the guild bank, we can have a LOT of gold to use for these guild traders.


Can make 10k minimal a week if everyone in the guild just put in just 100 gold since we have 100 members. Im pretty sure everyone can afford 100 gold.


This ensures we always have a competitive bid and can keep the trader over a long period of time.

The guild money is used strictly for guild traders though. So once you put that gold in, you aint getting it back.

Ima change the guild's daily message to say "Please donate atleast 100 gold to the guild bank once a week to buy guild traders."

When we do get a guild trader, the guild page itself will tell you if we have one.

make sure to pay attention to that.

This is a great idea, I will throw an extra 5k in the bank when I log in tonight.
 
I never have as much money as everyone else seems to (I steal but only with one character) so I can't contribute as much but I'll try to put in at least 1k a week.
 
Can I get an invite? PS4 NA server, DC

Jet_Black_Panda

Level 22 sorcerer.

Thanks guys! Been here since before launch just for some reason spaced the invite.
 

Bahlor

Member
alrighty. I put in a bid of 100 gold.
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We'll see how this goes. If no one else bids, then we will by default. But I HIGHLY doubt no one else is going to not bid on the trader. We gotta come correct, and we need to bolster our guild funds too.

If everyone in the guild can donate at least 100 gold a week to the guild bank, we can have a LOT of gold to use for these guild traders.


Can make 10k minimal a week if everyone in the guild just put in just 100 gold since we have 100 members. Im pretty sure everyone can afford 100 gold.


This ensures we always have a competitive bid and can keep the trader over a long period of time.

The guild money is used strictly for guild traders though. So once you put that gold in, you aint getting it back.

Ima change the guild's daily message to say "Please donate atleast 100 gold to the guild bank once a week to buy guild traders."

When we do get a guild trader, the guild page itself will tell you if we have one.

make sure to pay attention to that.

This really is a great idea. EU guild should do it the same way. I really find it hard to do anything social in this game :( There is just no easy way to trade items with the public. Even in the guild it's not that easy, would a standalone forum be a good idea for gaf guild? Thinks like looking for group, will buy, sell etc.
 
It's 3:30am right now. I just turned off the game. I am so hopelessly addicted to it, it's not even funny. My only issue is that there's no centralized auction house or what not. I hate that only guilds with 50+ members have the option to sell things. Every time I've asked to join a guild I hear nothing. Is... is it because I'm Breton?
 

TDonk

Member
Hi all.

Thinking of buying this game, but wondering if i should hold off....so a few questioms for the more informed!

Is the game buggy much?

Is there enough variation to keep the game interesting?

Are there any patches or (free?) content due soon, so that i should wait to be available before i buy? (Ie, bug fixes or extra missions, gear, etc)

Many thanks!
 

gossi

Member
Hi all.

Thinking of buying this game, but wondering if i should hold off....so a few questioms for the more informed!

Is the game buggy much?

Is there enough variation to keep the game interesting?

Are there any patches or (free?) content due soon, so that i should wait to be available before i buy? (Ie, bug fixes or extra missions, gear, etc)

Many thanks!

The game has been out on PC for well over a year, and is feature-for-feature the same on console (it's basically the same codebase). So bug wise it's not too bad. There's some unique console issues which are due to be patched on Tuesday (XB1) and Weds (PS4).

The game is huge. It would take you many hundreds of hours to get through the content.

Patches are constant. There is also paid DLC in the works.
 

TDonk

Member
The game has been out on PC for well over a year, and is feature-for-feature the same on console (it's basically the same codebase). So bug wise it's not too bad. There's some unique console issues which are due to be patched on Tuesday (XB1) and Weds (PS4).

The game is huge. It would take you many hundreds of hours to get through the content.

Patches are constant. There is also paid DLC in the works.

Thank you.
 

BokehKing

Banned
I've been in pvp plenty of times, for some reason yesterday I went in and it finally offered me a tutorial (which pushed me to level 17)

Anyone down for dungeons?
 

nynt9

Member
I played the game on launch but was extremely unimpressed. How is it different now? Can someone try to sell me on it?
 

BokehKing

Banned
I played the game on launch but was extremely unimpressed. How is it different now? Can someone try to sell me on it?
Launch of pc or console?
What were you unimpressed by?

They changed a lot since pc launch, but can't help unless I know what you did not like (typical salesman tactic)
 

nynt9

Member
Launch of pc or console?
What were you unimpressed by?

They changed a lot since pc launch, but can't help unless I know what you did not like (typical salesman tactic)

Launch PC. Quests felt bad, there was a lot of downtime, it didn't feel like Elder Scrolls at all (in terms of gameplay), it just felt like cookie cutter MMO #14369
 

BokehKing

Banned
Launch PC. Quests felt bad, there was a lot of downtime, it didn't feel like Elder Scrolls at all (in terms of gameplay), it just felt like cookie cutter MMO #14369
I've played a lot of 'wow-killers'
This is by far my favorite.

I enjoyed this a lot more than ff14, feels like this was made for consoles.

As far as not feeling like a elder scrolls game...

I mean I'm not gaining xp for sneaking all over the place, when my provisioning or other skills go up, that does not automatically make my over all level go up in xp.

But to me it feels like an elder scrolls game,
I would even argue I feel like there is more story here than a regular elder scroll games (due to a lot of, go into dreams/the past) type quests.

But to you, those may just be cleverly hidden cookie cutter quests.

I enjoy it, and I'll be playing it everyday probably until the new destiny expansion comes out in September

If anyone else cares to comment, go for it
 
Don't forget to set up security measures for your guild bank, and make sure that not everyone has unlimited access to withdrawals by default. The PC GAF guild had its bank ransacked by a GAF member. Some people just don't give a shit about their reputation.

About the security, everything that's in the guild bank is stuff people don't want.

AKA a bunch of junk that aint worth anything.

The stuff in the guild's bank is for anyone to take, for example:
crafting supplies
low level potions
food
drink
junk gear

Aint no one gonna be very mad if someone cleared the bank out of that stuff.
It will be a very unwise decision, as doing an act like that, the guild leader and officers can see who take stuff out and put stuff in the guild bank, so they will get kicked from the guild, meaning no guild bank nor guild traders, and they will be reported to a gaf mod and possibly banned from neogaf.

They had better think hard before they do something so stupid for a bunch of junk that aint worth anything.

No one has access to the guilds funds besides the guild leader, and the three officers(im one of them). So the money isn't going anywhere. Most of the stuff that's of value in the guild is in the auction house, so no one is getting that stuff unless they pay up.



It's 3:30am right now. I just turned off the game. I am so hopelessly addicted to it, it's not even funny. My only issue is that there's no centralized auction house or what not. I hate that only guilds with 50+ members have the option to sell things. Every time I've asked to join a guild I hear nothing. Is... is it because I'm Breton?

Are you on PS4 North america(alliance irrelevant)??? We would gladly accept you.

From the outside looking in, the guild traders seems like a bad idea.

But from the inside looking out, it's a very unique and interesting idea. It actually has a lot of benefits many may not of thought of.
Mainly It give guilds a very important role besides being the biggest guild for PVP or Raiding, and gives guild funds a reason to exist. And there is guild wars, but not only physical, but financial too. As you try to battle it out with another guild over a guild trader, financially.
By having only a few guild traders and only a few guilds who have earned the privilege to sell, you chances of selling your items is quite high. Your not competing with every single player in the game for the price on an item like in a public auction house, only the local guild traders. and chances that each guild trader having the same item is slim.

well that enough rambling about that, but lets just say, once your in a guild that has the ability to sell items to a guild trader, you will then feel privileged to be in a guild like that as you have a feature that most dont.

Hi all.

Thinking of buying this game, but wondering if i should hold off....so a few questioms for the more informed!

Is the game buggy much?

Is there enough variation to keep the game interesting?

Are there any patches or (free?) content due soon, so that i should wait to be available before i buy? (Ie, bug fixes or extra missions, gear, etc)

Many thanks!

the game was in some mess when it first launched, but this week, it's been running really smooth. Besides towns though. Still lags a bit in town because of the shear number of players wrecking havoc on your internet connection.

There's so much to do in this game, you may feel overwhelmed.

From what the devs said on a twitch stream friday, a patch is in the works for sometime next week.

Buying the game now is a great idea since the launch issues are now behind us.
 

lazygecko

Member
It all depends on your attitude going into the game. I can see both sides of the arguments. But I think anyone playing with a "I hate MMOs" attitude is going to have so much confirmation bias that nothing's going to persuade you.
The game feels kind of scizophrenic in a way, in how it chooses to remove features that are very useful like damage numbers, buff/debuff durations and minimaps, just for the sake of mitgating the "MMO feel".

But to you, those may just be cleverly hidden cookie cutter quests.

This is largely the problem I have with the quests and I get fatigued from questing really quickly. All the voice acting and dialogue choices are just superficial fluff to me in the end. How the quests are actually designed from a more mechanical standpoint feel very basic and repetitive compared to how quests in WoW have been for the last 5 years or so (perhaps even more).
 

Rflagg

Member
I only dropped in the minimum so far for two reasons at the rate I am leveling (level 11) it will be forever before I have anything level 25 or better and I am not even sure what sells well or makes a good profit. I really need to do some research on so much of this game, glad I pulled the trigger though because I am having fun.

Is there a day of the week that would be best to do the donations?
 
I only dropped in the minimum so far for two reasons at the rate I am leveling (level 11) it will be forever before I have anything level 25 or better and I am not even sure what sells well or makes a good profit. I really need to do some research on so much of this game, glad I pulled the trigger though because I am having fun.

Is there a day of the week that would be best to do the donations?

Anytime really, as long as money is flowing it all adds up. Only pay what you can thats why the suggestion of 100 was a good one. We have enough members for that to add up quickly. Plus some members such as myself and the Dr put much more in every week so it evens out.
 
Launch PC. Quests felt bad, there was a lot of downtime, it didn't feel like Elder Scrolls at all (in terms of gameplay), it just felt like cookie cutter MMO #14369

Well the game has changed, A LOT since launch, but thats goes for every single mmo that ever existed. ALL mmos will changed based on player feedback after a good year or so.

If you want that full elder scrolls feel, play it in first person and go to the ebon heart pack alliance, visiting some of the same areas from skyrim and seeing how they looked a 1000 years ago....massive feels. It's the most elder scrolls like because of morrowind and skyrim taking place in that same geographical area.

Playing the game with a console controller adds a bit of that elder scrolls feel. Can't explain that, its more of a "feel" type thing you have to just experience.

The only thing this game feels similar to other MMOs is the fact that there is hella people running around, raids, and some quest. But the guild, story, and regional quest are more of the elder scrolls type quest. Where you happens to run across a guy who looks hurt on the ground, asking you for help, you help him, and then shit snowballs into you having to save an entire town, going into oblivion, dealing with deadric princes and shit.

It feels very elder scrollsy in that since that you can sneak and pick pocket people, steal shit, kill npcs, go on a flower picking spree, exploring caves and dungeons and shit, reading books, lots and lots of books, learning about the story of what happened in dungeons or caves through journals and messages left behind, clunky combat, and all that shit. It feels more of a multiplayer elder scrolls than a mmo to me.

I've played a LOT of MMOs and there's only two that I play regularly because they are truely unique from other MMOS, Firefall and Elder Scrolls Online. They also are the few who has first person and full controller support.
 
Ok so I'm thinking of getting the adventurer pack but I have one question, is the any race any faction thing for only one character?

Also since a month of ESO plus cost the same as just buying the crowns and has more benefits but I need to know if the monthly crowns instantly get put on your account? The store says it will but I just want to be sure.
 

nynt9

Member
Well the game has changed, A LOT since launch, but thats goes for every single mmo that ever existed. ALL mmos will changed based on player feedback after a good year or so.

If you want that full elder scrolls feel, play it in first person and go to the ebon heart pack alliance, visiting some of the same areas from skyrim and seeing how they looked a 1000 years ago....massive feels. It's the most elder scrolls like because of morrowind and skyrim taking place in that same geographical area.

Playing the game with a console controller adds a bit of that elder scrolls feel. Can't explain that, its more of a "feel" type thing you have to just experience.

The only thing this game feels similar to other MMOs is the fact that there is hella people running around, raids, and some quest. But the guild, story, and regional quest are more of the elder scrolls type quest. Where you happens to run across a guy who looks hurt on the ground, asking you for help, you help him, and then shit snowballs into you having to save an entire town, going into oblivion, dealing with deadric princes and shit.

It feels very elder scrollsy in that since that you can sneak and pick pocket people, steal shit, kill npcs, go on a flower picking spree, exploring caves and dungeons and shit, reading books, lots and lots of books, learning about the story of what happened in dungeons or caves through journals and messages left behind, clunky combat, and all that shit. It feels more of a multiplayer elder scrolls than a mmo to me.

I've played a LOT of MMOs and there's only two that I play regularly because they are truely unique from other MMOS, Firefall and Elder Scrolls Online. They also are the few who has first person and full controller support.

The game is f2p now right? I guess I might as well try it.
 
So a lvl15 solo dungeon for the fighters guild pitted me against lvl25 enemy. 1 on 1 I was fine but when up against the boss he aggroed others and I was doomed.
 
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