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The Morrowind expansion comes with the base game now for free. The latest expansion is on steam, but the other ones you buy in game.
Not to sure on PVP atm, but this might help https://elderscrollsonline.info/pvp
PvP meta changes very often, it's more a gold grind to always being able to max out your new gear.
The most grind is to level up you're character and collecting enough skill points to unlock skills and passives.
As talking about PvE,you can make solid builds only with the base game and a lot of overland sets you can buy from guild traders even when you don't own the dlc.
The only thing you can't get are dlc dungeon or trial gear if you don't have eso+ or own the dlcs.
And the you have Cyrodiil,the biggest alliance versus alliance zone in the game.
And as mentioned in my previous post, yes gears matter a lot, when you play in no CP ( champion points) campaign, all what matters are your skills and your gear.
I have been playing Elder Scrolls since ES3:Morrowind, so i wanted to explore ESO, and i took my time.
IMO, the game doesn't get really grindy until you worry about Best-in-Set (BiS) gear. For me, rarely run BiS gear since ZoS makes changes that affect BiS, and i hate having to go grind "the latest BiS". I run gear that will always work with my playstyle and interests, and i am very casual about gathering better gear (if it happens, it happens). BiS could net me 5-10% improvement, but it's really not noticeable in most casual content (most players are casual players).
New toons (aka "Alts") can be a bit grindy because once you move beyond level 50, it's a whole new ball game, and you tend to want to level new toons to level 50 rather quickly.
But, i never took a toon over level 50 in my first 6 months while i figured out whether i was actually going to like the game. And 5 years in - it's a pretty good game :-)
BIS gear is really for the top 5% who meta their build and do some of the peak trials such as trifecta. How much time to you want to put in to this game to ensure you can do that sort of content?
For the rest of us there isn't a grind. You can do veteran and most arenas with overland gear or drops from non dlc dungeons provided your build is solid.
If you're into questing and storylines you don't have to consider anything at all.
Edit: Morrowind now comes with the base game. You can buy the current chapter with the old chapters in a bundle. I would advise wait for a sale. DLC is bought for crowns in the Crown Store. The other option is to subscribe to ESO+ and all DLC will be opened for you.
From what I understand from this thread and what I read in the meantime, it seems that the focus of this MMO is solo content. Some decent PVP and dungeons/ raids as well. And you need either ESO+ or a ton of DLCS to get access to all the dungeons and raids.
A lot of effort seems to be put into the voice acting and storyline for the quests. I don't see much in terms of open world bosses or PVE events that span an entire zone.
I'm not sure this is what I am looking for. A skill based MMO where BIS gear is easy to get with decent dungeons and raids.
PvP is either arenas or constant big faction war in Cyrodill
Yeah. Probably people will disagree with me, but I would say that as you approach the level where you would be able to farm BIS gear it isn't too difficult but you're relying on RNG. You do hear some horror stories.
Also you are right in that the majority of the game is built around story, exploration and solo play. I believe that there are some really fun dungeons, raids and arenas at end game and around 5% of the ESO populatation (estimated based on no facts at all) build their ESO game around this, but how much time they spend and whether that is enough for you I don't know.
You can buy 95% of the available content in the game with ingame gold.
Almost any build is viable in PvE but PvP is a much different story and I'd suggest looking up a build guide or getting someone to explain the PVP meta to you.
As for "grindy", I don't think the game is that grindy at all, just take your time and enjoy the environment, don't need to be in a rush to unlock or accomplish anything because honestly (and heres my secret.) some of the best moneymakers in the game can be done at level 1.
Your typical grinds are going to be tradeskill trait research and higher end mob drop/event gear sets. PvP is a grind also, but I avoid it. ESO pvp, like most mmo pvp, is garbo.
If you aren't planning on playing the game seriously with regards to trials or pvp, the grind is pretty minimal. Spend a little bit of time cobbling together some gold and you can pretty much bypass most of the gear grind by just buying or commissioning your gear.
Antiquities (basically WoW archaeology) has some grind to it, but it's not that bad (imo) compared to most mmos in general when it comes to crap like this.
*there is something like 20 - 30 - 4 man dungeons in base game and they had normal and veteran instance (if not even more, i've soloed around 20 and still have couple left or impossible to solo because of mechanics)...
*and there are dlc dungeons(eso+ or crowns)
*leveling toon to lvl50/cp160 takes between couple of hours to a month - gear level cap - you start farming gear - overland or crafted (if you are in guild or have gold to purchase from store)...gear doesn't become obsolete with new chapter/dlc release, still have toons with same gear for more than a year.
*farming dungeon for set usually takes between couple runs (with friend/guildies) to around 40 (solo) in worst case... (there are couple of weapons that people had run same dungeons more than 150 times - had them on less than 20 runs...) or in other words day or 2.
**there are some pretty good quests.
**gold is not insanely hard to grind.
**game can become overwhelming as too "much to do" to level fast and learn.
**as you spend time looking at comments probably won't be a problem to find more info here https://alcasthq.com/
**i don't have opinion about pvp in eso - i just rarely play it.
!!! so eso purchase is a mess...
*it has chapters -latest dlc + some additional content; (or when in bundle - summerset, elsweyr, greymoor and blackwood it is also dlc's + additional content - on sale goes around 20 - 40 euro (full bundle).)
*"year long adventure"/release:
-Q1 - dungeon dlc (eso+ or crowns)
-Q2 - cahapter (real money purchase)
-Q3 - dungeon dlc (eso+ or crowns)
-Q4 - story dlc (epilogue) (eso+ or crowns)
*there is "eso+ free trial" 2 - 3 times a year which is enough to be played dlc content.
Getting familiar with the game, doing quests, obtaining skill points and just having fun in general will take a month at least. Once you get more familiar with your class and tried out a few random sets, you slowly get an idea what sets are suitable for you and which sets are kinda "filler sets" (unfortunately there are quite a few ingame sets that need rework). Over time, when you settled with two sets, you are likely to stumble upon a few more ones where you feel "wow this is even better", where you then might find yourself repeating farming or buying the parts from guild stores. Where the question is then, what is "best" for you? The meta that everyone follows, or a setup that you consider personally the best? In this game it can be still a mix between the two, and ultimately you need to a find combination that you like yourself.
This also applies to PvP, however PvP can be pretty brutal when you don't have the right setup for yourself yet. And PvP is partly heavily focused on gear wars and on-going metas (currently it's heavy armor + proc sets). So when you start the game, it's best when you feel like doing it for the PvE instead of PvP, because for proper PvP you need lots of preparation and familiarity with your class. With PvP in MMOs, frankly I have yet to see a game where preparation and knowledge isn't necessary. The PvP area Cyrodiil and the PvP game modes in Battlegrounds are available right away when you reach level 10, so you could take a sneak peek anyway when you feel up for it.
When you just like to get familiar with the game or try it out for little cost, I would recommend buying the base game only. It comes with the Morrowind expansion and the Warden class. Later on, when you find yourself still playing and ready for more content, you could buy a month of ESO+. Then you wouldn't need to worry about what DLC stuff you have access to and can farm gear from all the paid content that was introduced later. As DLC dungeons are typically vastly more difficult than base game dungeons, it's also wise to get familiar with the game and your class beforehand. Where the added bonus is that you then have an idea what sort of sets you like to look for, and get it all easily within a month.