following quest markers

[Zes]

I started a few days ago, i'm at level 13 and at Bal foyen (2nd place). Doing quests.

I want to stop playing it for a few reasons;

1) I'm getting sent to another map without finishing everything in a place, i have to leave unfinished things behind

2) Quests are all about following quest markers, they want me to find something and it is already marked by quest markers.

3) Stories are all mixed up into each other, i collect every black markers when i arrived to a new map, they are usually stocked up in or around the arrival area, and following the 'nearest' quest marker.. without even giving attention what it is about..

4) I right clicked on the map and saw the whole world. Tons of villages are present. So i'll keep doing this for years.. there is no sense of progressing or completing anything. it's just killing time, evetything is just pointing you to next quest marker.. Why would i bother myself for a vicious cycle?

5) Items are just a joke. I destroyed every armor and weapon on me and i still can do quests

[Sirius]

1. No one is forcing you to go. Feel free to finish off the things you wish to do before moving on

2. True, but you can find a mod (allowed add ons, easy to install) that removes those if you wish - be aware though that this will make you even more confused, as not knowing where to go would be hilariously time consuming, but to each their own.

3. This is the result of years of addons and chapters, and you do have a point here - it's kinda stupid to throw all that at new players all at once. Only thing to to would be to read up on wiki's and such to find the optimal, 'story following' order in which to do everything.

4. But you want instead to find things out on your own, wasting even more time? Refer back to 2.

5. And you won't do that once you reach max level. Yes, it is a common complaint that the general overland content is way too easy, but once you start doing dungeons and go beyond that, items really matter. There's a weird disconnect in the difficulty curve that turns off a lot of people.

All in all though, totally up to you to just drop it and move on, but most of your complaints have easy answers, and some stem from not knowing stuff yet. I'd say stick it out for a while and to try a couple of dungeons, but again, no one forces you to even play if it's that unbearable to you.

[Hylie Pistof]

lvl 13 only ^^ try at least to play a little longer till you write a rewiev of this very large game. yes you are supposed to quest for ages, but you can also do alot of other stuff in tamriel.

quests are about telling you a story and let you interact in that. not much to choose though, and no differnt outcomes, but... entertaining.

getting lead around the world is a way to get you moving and exploring. you can come back anytime, its not like MMO style, despite the tag - you are not bound to a certain area by lvl.

its not good to take "every black marker" - you should concentrate on the Diamond shaped ones. those are the zone quest markers, and follow the actual story of your alliance (in the non dlc areas).

side quests can be done at anytime, often they dont have any connection to you main or zone quest. there are thousands of those in tamriel, one of the things eso stands for ^^

that said... its wanted to do the main (prophet and companions) and zone quests (alliance) at first.

but there is no need to stick with it so strikt - go and explore if you want, do some dungeons, unlock the undaunted line in an inn ( belive for you in Davons Watch - find Mighty Mordra), go to cyro and do the tutorial quest there... nothing will take away the story/quests let behind. you can do them when ever you want to.

your last point ^^
well, that is discussed in soooo many posts already, you are scaled to lv50. you dont realy need gear to improve - yet.
but some stuff with training trait will improve your xp gain. maybe you find someone in /Z (zonechat) that could make/craft some training gear for you.
if your on EU, send me a friends request to @DAT66, i do that often and mostly its appreciated.

the other point about drop gear... DONT destroy, go to a workbench and deconstruct those, to lvl your crafting lines.
dont add skill points yet, but you can lvl that already. also the glyphs you find, decon for lvling.

sell only ornated gear for the higher price. if you dont have eso+ and the handy craftbag, then sell the mats to the npc too. keep only what you need for crafting dailys (guess you are not in that area yet ^^).

if you need a quest spoiler, try uesp.net - get some more info about the game and ask around ingame.
you seem to have missed alot about the elderscrolls world. maybe you find a beginner friendly guild and get help there.

i help many beginners in theire first steps, but then its up to you/them to find your game in eso.

[string28]

I have the same problem as the OP. Its just a matter of control. Stop talking to new people and agreeing to help.

[Dr.Abscondus]

When ESO began it was zone locked by level. You couldn't leave a zone until you'd reached a set level so they had to put tons of side quests in each zone to help you level up. People complained about that system so it was removed in the One Tamriel update in 2016 and zone leveling was replaced with individual leveling so you can go anywhere in Tamriel and the game will adjust the difficulty to your level. Of course doing that left all the zones crammed with little side quests that can be a nuisance if you get distracted by them. Some are very good, but a lot are basically fetch missions.
You don't say which version of the game you have, but I can tell you that the best parts of the game are in the Chapters (Morrowind, Elsweyr, Summerset, Greymoor, Blackwood) and the DLC's which were all created after the leveling change. I found the main story involving the war between the factions to be a little tedious so I only played it with my first character. I like the other main story that takes you to Coldharbour to defeat Molag Bal, so I've played that with all 6 of the characters I've created so far, but I play mostly in the Chapter zones. The whole world is open to you so if you aren't happy where you are just go explore. The game is heavily based on exploration.
I get the feeling you haven't played any of the Elder Scrolls single player games. Playing them really helps get you primed for the MMO.

[drunken.dx]

*sigh*

Do people actually listen/read quest story or am I only one who does that?

I did hear lots of ESO players play ESO for story...

Maybe those people play instead of writing stupid "I only follow quest mark" threads...

You people should have seen TES III Morrowind... No questmarkers there, you had to actually READ what questgiver said to know what you had to do.
Ah... Good times.

[Wiwra]

I read and listen to NPCs on my main, It can take up to 10-15 min even each. I'm in minority because I see mostly how ppl zoom past npcs.

I started playing game 1st time when it had lvl zones and things like money and soul crystals were hard to come by. Game was for me too much, too chaotic, too many things to remember, I felt overhelmed, none of classes I had avaible was my taste(I like playing healers, but templar isnt for me), so I uninstalled game for like 3-4 years. I decided to come back and try again and this time I decided to slowly learn game. This time I had new class to play with- Wander( which i dont remember buying... but whatever). Anyway always liked druid/summoner classes, so it at least suited me. I'm now healer/ ice mage.