Starting ESO in 2023

[Psycho]

Around mid 2022 - up until now I've been really interesting in ESO and starting to play it. I've gotten on a few times, made a character, and began to explore the world and try to find quests

But with how many years & years the game has been out, and how much DLC content has came out, and how much grinding and limited items I've missed out on... It feels daunting trying to start this game in 2023

I feel like I've missed out on so many items and quests that I don't even know where to begin when I try to play this game.

Anyone recently start too? And any advice from new people like me or veteran players would be appreciated.. Thank you

[pepoma6inata]

for limited items i do remember mentioning for only 2 items never been re-released, either as rewards or crown store purchase - beta monkey and some other pet or mount(?).

game has changed to be easy to for newcomers to progress and not so grind-y (as grind replaces content and eso has a lot of content to offer after 8 years).

internet is full with guides for literally everything, where to start, how to build character, how to progress, how to craft...

[17052019]

when you have everything the game is over

[Darl]

I play this game since 2014 ( even beta days and yes I have the monkey lol ) , there are so much things to do. I take it slow and easy for 9 years and I don't feel like I'm left behind even there are so many things I didn't try yet. I both do PVP and PVE but lately more time in PVP. Enjoy the game on your own pace and you will love it

[Asha Man]

Because the game starts in the most current expansion, as a new player things can be confusing, but there is a chronological story to the game, and it is possible to play the game that way which makes it less overwhelming.

I don't know how much content you have finished, but if I was playing for the first time and was an ESO plus member with access to all the content in the game, I would do the following -

Go to your capital city and train in the professions that you find interesting. You want to get this out of the way early so you can collect trade goods while your questing, and so you can do your daily writs which will make you gold and skill you up.

Go to the horse trainer and train in speed, you can only train once a day and it takes two months of training every day to reach max training speed. You can go to Cyrodiil at level 10 and do all the quests at the base, which gives you access to new skills including a mounted speed buff which gets you around the game much faster at an early level. These quests do not require you to do pvp.

Go to Solitude in Western Skyrim and train in excavation. This opens a new skill line and mini game which will net you some great rewards and gold. There are many guides on excavation if you look.

Get your companion. The new companion system allows you to recruit an NPC to help you. You can assign them as a tank, healer, or DPS, and can gear them up and use their abilities. It is said that in future DLC you can even have a romance like skyrim. Ember in High Isle seems to be the one everybody agrees is the best.

Join the Fighters guild, and Mages guild. These open more skill lines, quests, and reward. It takes a while to open all the skills so its important to join ASAP. The quests the guilds give are base game quests so if your going in chronological order its great to do them early.

The first main quest line from the base game starts in your capital city. When you get there a "hooded figure" will approach you and give you the first quest to the original main story line. These are the best and most iconic quests in the game, with one of the first characters you meet being an undead John Cleese (Monty Python, Harry Potter).

If you want to do the quests in chronological order here is a good guide -

https://lonewolfonline.net/eso-zones-order/

Here is a good you tube you may find helpful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxyXy5BJc1g

Good Luck

[Halcyform]

Register with main site (zenimax) forums. Most of the guides you find here originated from there.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/413807/what-order-should-i-do-esos-story-arcs-a-guide

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/525351/a-clear-step-by-step-guide-to-playing-eso-in-chronological-order

Don't worry about what everyone else is doing or what they have. Don't be that person. Just play the game and enjoy.

[AmaiAmai]

I'd only start the game in 2023 if I were a Psycho...

[Halcyform]

Originally posted by AmaiAmai:

I'd only start the game in 2023 if I were a Psycho...

It's not like there are really any other great options for MMOs. The MMO genre has been stagnant for a long time and recent Bezo Bucks MMOs don't count unless you like hot garbage MMOs.

[Adaman]

This is the most beginner friendly MMORPG ever created imho. You level up very fast. You can be at max level 50 in 3 days. It is very easy to gain new armour etc. Go for it.

[✙205🍉🐆→]

Originally posted by 17052019:

when you have everything the game is over

game over and work begins

[mRecords]

I started too this week and yes, it feels like there's a lot and don't know where to start from. But since all quests seem to be more less the same (go there, kill stuff, find the thing and bring it back) I guess it doesn't make much difference.
My current problem are dungeons. Being this an ONLINE game, I was expecting that to be the most interesting part but to my surprise it consists in going crazy killing stuff. I don't even know why there is a "role" system when you queue for dungeons. I believe this will be more significant in harder dungeons (I just did two, one of them twice).
The other thing I don't get is how sneak works. The only thing I notice is that I move slower.

In any case, if you want someone to play with and learn togheter, I'd like that. English is not my native language but I was told people can perfectly understand me. I'm even open to create a new character so we don't go around with 2 tanks, or 2 healers, which seems stupid (but maybe it works).

[Dr.Abscondus]

Best place to start is at the beginning. Make a new character and follow the base game main quest line https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Main_Quest
The first main quest line gives a lot of XP points and by the time you finish the story you will have a good understanding of the world and how it works. From there you can go on to the other main story arcs of which there are five, or you can just explore and seek random adventures and loot while you build your character. If you already have a character from before that has gear you want you can transfer it to your noob through the bank system.

[defiant]

"Because the game starts in the most current expansion, as a new player things can be confusing, but there is a chronological story to the game, and it is possible to play the game that way which makes it less overwhelming."

Only if you choose to skip the tutorial now, its best explained here:

https://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/49320/~/how-do-i-know-which-tutorial-my-new-characters-will-be-in-the-elder-scrolls.

The rest of the points were excellent :).

[lowBlow]

I started a few days ago. Level 50+ now, its pretty good. Enough content to keep yourself busy. Its good.

[Phil khajeets]

I started a week ago surprisingly there are ton of low lvl people like me I was never alone on most missions and story dungeons.
I didn't powerlvl only at lvl 13

[il1usi0ns]

i only bought the game last week, enjoying it so far.