Ever since I saw the first character gen video I've had my heart set on a pot-bellied Argonian mage with blue feathers called He-Knows. Or maybe Picks-His-Nose. Either way he will have narrow shoulders, ample thighs, and a mead gut. I haven't read enough about classes and whatnot to predict anything else.

What are your ideas? What characters have you already made?

How about Scratches-His-Privates for a name? Or Rubs-His-Butt

Why not Polishes-His-Spear?

Itch-Under-His-Tail

Always-He-Scratches

Love the Argonian names

Well I will not be playing ESO, or certainly not for a long time, but ever since I saw the weight-slider for the character gen that actually affected fatness and not muscle-mass or boob size (I'm looking at you Skyrim) I have been inspired to make a plump, pompous Imperial noble wanna be adventurer.

He would be the plump and witless second son of a rich Imperial, possibly a count, driven by a lust for adventure and fame. He would be short and round, wielding a two-handed sword and wearing the most elaborate plate armour he could find. He would have absolutely no magical talent whatsoever and would also lack any crafting skills, despite being well-educated. He would also be hopeless in combat and run-away a lot.

Only two problems:
1. I can't imagine deliberately making a character who sucks at everything in an MMO with PvP etc.
2. Can you play as an Imperial????

You can play an Imperial if you pre-purchase the Imperial edition. Also that gets you a pet crab, a white horse, a book that I want more than the game, and some other stuff.

I’ve watched some videos and so far creating the characters looks like the most fun. The game looks very… game-y. But it looks like my mage Sits-When-He-Pees (thanks, Jerric! ) should be a Sorcerer so he can summon that cute clannfear. Although it seemed that you can’t pick up weapons and staves and robes from dead NPCs? Maybe that’s an MMO thing or maybe the players I watched didn’t want that stuff. Who knows.

I might also just buy some colored pencils, draw my dinosaur mage, and then spent the rest of the money on a road trip.

It is like that in almost all non-ES games, especially Bioware games. Bethesda has spoiled us by allowing us to actually pick up the weapons and armor off the guy we just killed. In games like Dragon Age, you kill a guy wearing full plate armor and carrying a greatsword, and the only thing you can pick up from his body is 5 gold pieces. Nevermind that you can see the armor and sword laying right there!!!

Are there clutter items in ESO? Things like plates and cups and food laying around that you can pick up, move around, and arrange? Non-Bethesda games typically never have things like that as well.



Old School gaming FTW!

I’d love to hear about character building if anyone cares to share. I haven’t gotten very far reading on other forums before gagging on the terminology, but it seems that the Nightblade class is recommended for solo play? Turned into a Nightbow, perhaps.

I am wondering if multi-classing is possible? I find the four classes to be very restrictive, being able to branch out into a second class would be helpful.

Buffy needs bow, stealth and some magicks to compensate for no melee. From casually studying the build possibilities on paper I see a couple possibilities:

Bosmer of course for both RP and bow value.

Then I'm considering nightblade, which has plenty of stealth and what seems like illusion - but enough to avoid melee entirely?

The other class I'm considering is sorcerer. Probably conjuration to back up the bow. The concern here is that the Bosmer's stealth (without nightblade help) would be stealthy enough.

The nightblade gets some nice melee boosts that would be a total waste. The sorcerer's other boosts like utility magicks otoh would be helpful.

My gut says Bosmer sorceress to build my mystic archer but I'm not sure.

I am in a similar boat with the two characters I would want to play most, Persephone and Teresa.

Persephone is first and foremost a melee fighter with a greatsword. So the Dragonknight seems most suitable, as that is the main melee tank class. But she also summons her undead Darryl friends. I could go Conjurer instead. She could still use a greatsword and fight in melee. She would just lose out on all the fighter-specific buffs, and thusly not be a very good fighter. Worse, I would be forced to summon Daedra. Persephone would never do that, she only summons undead, because she is undead. The Darryls are her old friends, literally. So Persephone is just unworkable as an ESO character.

Teresa is in a similar boat. She could go Conjurer instead of a more combat/stealth oriented class. But again, Teresa does not summon Daedra. She summons animals. They are her friends. So she is unworkable as an ESO character.

I’d like to play Channah as a Nightblade. I saw some Redguard hair I like. It’s all about the hair.

I think that summoning would be important backup for the solo stealth character. Thankfully the clannfears are cute. I’m amazed that there’s no undead summoning. What the heck! Isn’t Mannimarco a big player in one of this game’s conflicts?

I will say I was happy and excited to hear you could summon clannfears. Luv them!

That would be kind of my first (ignorant) cut at Buffy: Bosmeri archer with sorcerer class who conjures Spike the clannfear. My concern is would she be stealthy enough. I'd think (hope) so.

It’s taking me forever to learn about character building. I think that Jerric is versatile enough that I could play him as anything with a ranged magic attack and a shield, but I wouldn’t bring him to ESO unless I knew he could really inhabit the world. I mean, the man needs to sleep. Funny how the oddest things can be the deal-breaker.

I also haven’t seen any talk about frost magic for players. Maybe that’s in a future expansion along with the missing player necromancy.

I think my chubby Saxhleel librarian will work as a Sorcerer. It seems that you really can play any race with any class, it’s just not discussed much due to the typical optimized/viable/PvP /min-max MMO player focus.

My first guess at Lil is Nightblade who doesn’t use blades and runs away a lot. She turns her back every time the ESO subject comes up, which is no surprise. It took her years to come to Skyrim. Illusion spells are the deal-breaker for her. Also I still don’t know how stealth works. Is it a skill tree that becomes available if you sneak, or are stealth skills tied to a class?

I think the stealth skills are all exclusive to the Nightblade class. The Shadow skill. Looking at the skills, the only other sneaky thing I see is Legerdemain. Anyone can take those. It looks more like you get them as rewards for stealing and the like, rather than actually assigning ranks when you level up.

That’s a great link for skills, thank you!

There’s a Summon Shade ability in the Nightblade’s Shadow tree, which is the only non-Daedric, non-Sorcerer summoning I’ve found so far. Good news for Nightbows.

One thing I do like about ESO is how the characters look. Bethesda seems to have a tradition of intentionally trying to make our characters ugly. In Oblivion the face textures were all blotchy, and your Redguard character inevitably wound up with green skin somewhere. In Skyrim everyone had a square checkerboard pattern on their face, not to mention the elves with the way out of whack proportions. Then with Dawnguard they decided that everyone's vampire character looked too good, and they made them all have buttcrack faces. Except of course for Serana, the flagship vampire NPC who Bethesda wanted everyone to like. They made sure she looked good by making her a different race!

But now that Bethesda is not making the game, we can actually create a decent looking character without using mods. This page gives some good examples of what you can do. Seriously, why couldn't we make a character that looks like this in Skyrim? Or a High Elf who looks like this?

The thing I don't like is that from what I have read, once you have created your character, you can never go back and change their appearance. Not even their hairstyle or lipstick. Given that in every video game ever made your characters never look the same in the game as they do in the character generation, this is really annoying. I have already ranted about having to restart my Mass Effect 1 character dozens of times and sit through that game's interminable opening cinematics. So if you do not like how your character looks you will have to delete the character and start over from scratch.

And I wonder how long the game holds on to your old name after you delete a character before it allows it to be used again? Is it available instantly? Or does it take time for the server to update and realize the name is no longer in use? I guess if I am playing Persephone The 14th Dead, you will know I had to create her fourteen times.

That is already DE's character (from his story about Kraven), lol.












There is also an "Adventurer" type class that utilizes a bit of everything. I almost tried it, but ended up with Templar.

Grits, it looks like if you take the Destruction Staff skill, you can do either frost, fire, or shock damage. But there is a different staff for each. So if you have a Frost Staff you can only do frost damage, and so on. I am not sure how you get the staves. Maybe you can pick one at character generation if you take the skill?

Here is an interesting article on character builds:



EDIT: Oh crap, it is an ad, sorry.

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Okay, here are some links, I hope they work but if they don't (let me know and I'll copy the page and paste it on here):


Solo Gameplay:


If you solo, you will want to allocate your skills a little more wisely. Solo players usually level more quickly then group players but it will not be easy in Cyrodiil if you PvE.

Solo players will also have a tougher experience in dungeons, more time & more deaths. These issues can be overcome as long as your skills are used properly.




** As you level your weapon you will achieve new skills that will increase your weapon’s efficiency.

Stamina Trees, Health and Magicka are also found in Elder Scrolls Online. It’s your choice how to use points. You can use them to increase several attributes or use them all for only one.

You are able to develop your own build which allows you to create a unique character with a unique distribution of your points depending on how you play.


The Elder Scrolls Online Classes combine with many options to allow for really interesting build possibilities.



Class Abilities & Skills:


Each of the classes have abilities & skills. You can select up to six for use at any given time and they can be changed on the fly to adapt to different situations. Unique selections of ESO class skills and abilities are obviously the way you will set your character apart from others within your class.



Armor:


You can use any combination of armor when equipping your character, regardless of which of the four classes you decide to go with.


Light Armor: Provides bonuses to spell damage and magicka regeneration.

Medium Armor: Improves stamina based abilities like sprinting, dodging and sneaking.

Heavy Armor: Provides bonuses to healing received and damage absorption.





Skill lines:



Selecting the best combinations of ESO Skills and Abilities to build your character:


With so many choices and combinations, knowing each skill tree is imperative! You’ll first want to decide on your Race and Class as these will be the backbone of your character’s skills.

Each of the four classes offer 3 unique skill lines that cannot be acquired unless that class is chosen.

All ten races also retain their own unique set of Racial Bonuses which also cannot be obtained any other way.


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Players will need to explore Tamriel to unlock the world, alliance and crafting skills.

Joining a guild is the only way to acquire guild skills.

You can select any of the six weapons skill lines and any armor regardless of your chosen class/race.

The character creation process is time consuming and can be confusing as all options must be considered if you are to create a well preforming character to suit your specific tastes.

There are literally millions of different potential builds, so try to leave no stone unturned when considering skill lines.




TIP:

Active abilities must be placed on (and can only be activated from) the hotbar and require an ‘action’ by the player to be activated. There is no ‘action’ required for passive abilities. Put skill point into a passive ability and you will receive the eternal benefits of those abilities automatically!






Races:




Race Builds:



http://www.esouniverse.com/wp-content/uplo...-Comparison.jpg



Here is the pages of individual races I'm linking to, if they don't work let me know and I'll copy paste the info here:




http://www.esouniverse.com/skill-lines/races/







Classes:



Sorcerer/Sorceress:



The Sorcerer is the one class in ESO that can be great at almost anything! The versatile Sorc can be built to heal, tank, DPS and take down single targets easily and is definitely a favorite for both PvE and PvP! Sorcerers with a top notch build have amazing speed, well ranged abilities, high weapon damage and use magic spells and skills to control, weaken & destroy their enemies.

If you enjoy playing the mage play style, the Elder Scrolls Online Sorcerer is the one for you! The Sorcerer skill lines are Dark Magic, Daedric Summoning and Storm Calling.


Dark Magic is primarily used in a support role providing crowd control and debuffs which allows others to deal the damage and finish off the enemy. There are a few damage dealing spells in the Dark Magic tree.


Daedric Summoning skills allow you to call in different creatures and minions to come help deal damage and curse the enemies for you.


Storm Calling is the offensive, damage dealing skill tree giving you the power of lightening to inflict massive damage!


Gearing up your Sorcerer in Elder Scrolls Online:


You need to select, combine, test and tweak your skills and weapons/armor until you’ve come up with a unique and viable build. The good thing about having so many options is that we CAN come up with a build that no other player has.

Destruction Staves are a favorite weapon of ESO Sorcerer builds; but many builds use a bow and various weapons are used on swap.

Light armor and medium armor is the choice for most builds since the Sorcerer relies heavily on Magicka regeneration and spell damage but other playstyle builds use medium and heavy armor.


Increasing your Magicka is where most of your points will go to fuel your spell casting. many builds will require points in Stamina and health as well. Some skills in the Dark Magic tree will help you will keeping your health pool bigger.

Use only light armor and a staff if you’re strictly a spell caster. If you’re going to use weapons and spells you might want to throw in some medium armor.

Heavy armor (and a couple light pieces) and shield is for those who want to tank. Heavy armor helps out with health so you’re able to withstand a bit more damage.





Templar:



Whether you’re planning your ESO Templar build as a God-like healer, a heavy tank, optimized for max DPS or a good Templar leveling build; you'll need to choose all the right skills, skill rotations, armor.

The combinations and options seem endless, but if you spend a lot of time testing and tweaking your build choices, it will pay off with a strong character that will allow you to max up your DPS potential or be the healer your group can’t play without!

It takes patience and time to develop a perfect Templar build for your play style.



Templar Leveling Builds:

Leveling builds are designed to use ranged AoE attacks, efficiently utilizing both Stamina and Magicka for damage dealing, self healing and farming. Many builds use the Sun Fire skill line for the DoT, range and snare which is very effective.

Reflective Light Morph can eliminate most mobs before they give you trouble. Others prefer to use a variety of other skills.

A mix of weapons are used such as bows, destruction and restoration staffs, 2 handed, bows, etc. Medium and heavy armor are mostly used with leveling builds for Templar.



Templar Healing Builds:


Templar healers can take advantage of the many healing abilities from the Restoration skill line and will need an enormous amount of Magicka! 2 handed sword, bow and staffs are all good weapons so it’s just a matter of personal preference.

Many top healing builds use a sword or bow! Rapid Regen, Breath of Life and Lingering Ritual are great skills of healing yourself and allies.



Templar DPS Builds:


Templars have strong self healing capabilities, even without the restoration staff and surviving should be your first base to cover when building a High DPS Templar character.

The next issue you’ll want to tackle is sustaining enough Magicka. Since most of Templar’s abilities cost Magicka, if you’re in long battles or need to burst out lots of damage, you will need to sustain Magicka regeneration or you can’t sustain DPS.

Most skills for DPS builds are from the Aedric’s Spear skill tree and some from Dawn’s Wrath. 2 Handed, bows & sword and shield are all good weapons for this play-style.

Creating top level ESO Templar builds takes time, trial & error - and sometimes frustration.





Templar is the best healing ESO class due to the fact that they are the only one of the four classes with healing skills built in. The other three must use healing staff which is less effective. But that is not their only strength.

Templars have devastating DPS and most of it is either AoE or can be morphed to AoE which makes them great for PvP and PvE.

Templar’s ability to instantly self-heal AND the Aedric Spear passive (increases block amount vs melee attacks) makes them perfect Tanks.

They can have all 3 at once and lose very little effectiveness in any of the three. However, you should not use all 3 at once since it will use up all of your resources.



The best races for Templar are Bretons, Orc, High Elves, Argonians, Dunmer, Nords and Imperials.

Templar is best when using One-Hand and Shield, Dual Wield, Bow and restoration staff as weapon selections.

Light or Heavy armor is best for use with the Templar.






Dragon Knight:



This class is chosen by players for a variety of roles. Most players build a melee DPS or heavy tank using the Dragonknight, although Dragonknights can also be very effective as ranged damage dealers and support/healing
roles.

The Dragonknight is loaded with tanking skills which allows for a huge variety of strong builds. Creating the ultimate Dragonknight build isn’t easy, even if you’re familiar with the class skills!



Elder Scrolls Online Dragonknight Builds:


Most Dragonknights take advantage of heavy armor for solid protection from enemy spells & attacks. If you have a Veteran Rank build in mind that requires the use of light and/or medium armor, of course do that but if you’re going for a good tanking build stick with heavy armor.

Use Helpful Tanking Passives for Dragonknight and use as many as you can afford.


It may be difficult creating and/or optimizing your Dragonknight; it takes to build, test and optimize a Dragonknight. You may have to stop playing to adjust and test your build till you find the perfect fit.


For tank builds, many players choose 1 handed weapon and shield. As a tank, you will need a shield for blocking and mitigating damage. Many tank builds also use 2 handed weapons, check out all the weapon skills. If you’re role will be a ranged caster or support, staffs are preferred.

Tanks should be focusing their skill points on Stamina and Health. If you plan to be a more offensive character, you’ll need more Magicka.

Tanks with need to dodge, block and evade some a large supply of Stamina is very important.

The Best Two-Handed DPS + Leveling ESO Dragonknight Build? You can use any weapons you want, even for a tank build but the 2 handed works very well with any tanking build and you can quickly switch weapons to allow your DK to play between higher DPS and tanking.


Building a strong Dragonknight that can successfully fill their role isn’t quick or easy. If you’re not leveling as fast as you think you should be; are under-powered; finding it difficult to gain skill points or keep your resource pools full = any of these are signs your build might need tweaking.







Nightblade:



The Nightblade is the ultimate stealth/assassin class. It has a wide spectrum of skills and abilities ranging from:


The Assassination skill tree (which provides the Nightblade with many offensive abilities allowing you to deal heavy damage to enemies);

The Siphoning tree (used for sucking power, speed and health from enemies);


And the Shadow skill tree (for stealth and ranged attacks).




Regardless of which play style you choose for your ESO nightblade build, your build effects how well and how fast you level; if you’re able to kill groups of mobs; and how much help you will be in dungeons.


Nightblade Healing Builds:


Strong potions abilities coupled with several of the healing abilities from the Siphoning skill tree enhances and maxes out the effects.

Siphoning is for taking the Magicka, Health, Stamina and speed from your enemies and using it for yourself.

Magicka & Stamina regeneration along with bonuses for using medium armor will help enhance your Nightblade healing build.




Nightblade Tanking Builds:


Tanks need great AoE attacks and must take full advantage of Nightblade’s stealthy Shadowing skills. You will need lots of stamina and be readily able to replenish health and Stamina.


You will use all or mostly heavy armor unless you are VR and have unlocked all your skills, where, if built right, you could actually use all light armor as a tank!

Lotus Fan, Blur, Surprise Attack, Refreshing Path & Dark Shades are just some of the great Nightblade skills used for tanking builds. What could make a better tank than a tank who never runs out of resources?



Nightblade DPS Builds:


The Assassin and Siphon skill lines will be the source of a DPS Nightblade’s damage. Nightblades can first use abilities from the Siphon line to damage and weaken enemies before using Assassin abilities to finish the job. Some of the best Siphoning skills for a great Nightblade

DPS build are Strife, Drain Power, Soul Shred and Agony. Haste and Death Stroke from Assassination line are amazing skills as is Assassin’s Blades’ Mark Target!

Nightblade strategies and builds, spell rotations, skill lines, abilities, and morphs.











Here is gear suggestions to help aid the Player:



http://www.esomasteryguides.com/best-veteran-rank-gear/





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Wow, thanks mALX! Lots to consider when making a character it seems.

So weapon skills are separate from class skills and stuff? That's a relief. I was worried that I'd get locked into being a staff-wielding, robe-wearing mage just so I could use conjuration summoning.

Looks like Haa-Rei will fit into ESO just fine

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Okay, here are the race special abilities:




Imperial:



SHIELD AFFINITY = Increases experience gain with One-handed/Shield skill line

RED DIAMOND = Melee attacks have chance to restore health

CONDITIONING = Increases max stamina

TOUGH = Increases maximum health



Templar and Dragonknight are the best classes for Imperial builds!







Nord:


2 HANDED EXPERTISE = Increases the experience gain with the Two-Handed Weapon skill line.

ROBUST = Increases Health regeneration while in combat.

RESIST FROST = Increases Cold Resistance. Increases maximum health.

RUGGED = Increases Armor



Dragonknight & Templar are the best classes for Nord builds!








Bosmer:


ARCHERY EXPERTISE = Increases experience gain with the Bow Skill line

VIGOR = Increases Stamina recovery while in combat

RESIST AFFLICTION = Increases poison & disease resistance and Increases max Stamina

STEALTHY = Improves Stealth radius and Increases damage done while in Stealth



Nightblade and Dragonknight are the two best classes for Bosmer Builds!







Argonian:



RESTORATION EXPERTISE = Increases experience gain with the Restoration Skill line.

AMPHIBIOUS = Increases swimming speed by 50% and the effectiveness of potions.

ARGONIAN RESISTANCE = Increases maximum Health by 1% and Poison & Disease resistance.

QUICK TO MEND = Increases healing received.



Templar, Nightblade and Dragonknight are the best classes for Argonian Builds!






Altmer:



DESTRUCTION TALENT = Increases experience gain with the Destruction Staff skill line

SPELLCHARGE = Increases Magicka recovery while in combat

GIFT OF MAGNUS = Increases maximum Magicka

ELEMENTAL TALENT = Increases damage with Cold, Fire or Shock effects



Sorcerer and Templar are considered the best classes for High Elves!








Breton:


LIGHT ARMOR AFFINITY = Increases experience gain with Light Armor

GIFT OF MAGNUS = Increases max Magicka

SPELL RESISTANCE = Increase spell resistance

MAGICKA MASTERY = Reduces Magicka cost of spells




The Best Classes For ESO Breton Builds are Sorcerer and Templar







Khajiit:



MED ARMOR EXPERTISE = Increases experience gain with Medium Armor Skill line

ROBUST = Increases Health regeneration while in combat

STEALTHY = Improves Stealth radius. Increases damage done while Stealthed

CARNAGE = Increases Critical rating for melee attacks and damage done by successful Critical Hits

The Best Classes For Khajiit Builds Are The Sorcerer & The Nightblade








Redguard:



SHIELD AFFINITY = Increases experience gain with One-Handed/Shield skill line

VIGOR = Increases Stamina recovery while in combat

CONDITIONING = Increases maximum Stamina

ADRENALINE RUSH = Restores 1 Stamina when damaging an enemy with Melee attack




The Best Classes for Redguard builds are Dragonknight and Nightblade











Dunmer:



AMBIDEXTERITY = Increases experience gain with the Dual Wield skill line

DYNAMIC = Increases max Magicka and Stamina

RESIST FLAME = Increases Fire Resistance and Increases max Magicka

FLAME TALENT = Increases Spell Power with fire effects



Recommended Best Classes for ESO Dunmer builds are Sorcerer and Dragonknight







Orc:



HVY ARMOR EXPERTISE = Increases experience gain with Heavy Armor Skill line

BRAWNY = Increases max Health and Stamina

ROBUST = Increases Health regeneration while in combat

SWIFT = Reduces Sprint cost & increase Sprint speed



Best Classes For Orc Builds Are Templar & Dragonknight




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Here are the spells available by Class (that are selected while leveling up) and their descriptions if that will help in choosing which class will best suit your character's needs:



http://elderscrollsonline.info/templar



http://elderscrollsonline.info/sorcerer



http://elderscrollsonline.info/dragon-knight



http://elderscrollsonline.info/nightblade


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I've been wondering too about whether you can buy spells that are not a part of your class via the Mages Guild or traders?

The answer is YES!



Q: Will spells only be tied to staves and classes, or will we see fireballs, ebonyflesh, illusions, and other spells given to us through the Mages Guild or other skill lines? – By Taylor Montgomery


A: You will definitely get spells from places other than just the class skill lines.



WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT !!!!



Here is that Q & A session:


http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/ne...-variety-pack-6



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Mages Guild spells:


http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Mages_Guild_(Online)



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That was very helpful, mALX! I see now that the nightblade magicks are fairly robust. Heavy on stealth, illusion and with just a touch of conjuration. Sounds good!

Thank you very much, mALX! This is a treasure trove of useful information.

I still like the Nightblade class for my Redguard ranger. There is probably some overlap with the bow skill line/tree/whatever they’re calling it, so I need to do some more reading. I think I saw somewhere that you can reallocate points if you change your mind, but I don’t remember the cost or the mechanism.

The Backlash ability from the Templar class Dawn’s Wrath skill line finally got Jerric’s attention. A quote from this page:

“Backlash is Templar’s ability that can be learned in Dawn’s Wrath school. When a Templar activates the spell all damage he receives stores up. After the effect ends enemies takes additional damage.

The ability works great when you get attacked by several opponents. You should try to receive more damage in order to return received damage to enemies. It may seem a little crazy, but your goal after casting Backslash is to take as many damage as you can. Just don’t forget to restore health.”

Underlined part: Ha ha ha ha . Just add a Frost destruction staff, SubRosa thank you very much for that link, and hope for some summoning option (maybe from the Mages Guild quests) that I haven’t discovered yet, and he’s starting to sound familiar.


Here’s where the three character deletions per day comes in. You get three tries and then you have to wait before you can try again.

I like how the women look, but I’m not a big fan of any of the ESO males I’ve seen so far. Their faces look a bit plastic to me, and the beards are hilarious. On the plus side at least the Nord men are hairy.

OK, I watched a Bosmer character creation video this morning and they look great. I think I’m going to be able to create the best Lildereth aspect yet, maybe even good enough to coax her into exploring with me.

I was pretty pleased with the character appearances overall, and saw several very handsome men in Davon's Watch (the first town after escaping Coldharbour if you are in the Ebonheart Pact). But they most def did a great job on the females, no doubt about that.

(And Molly Hatchet won't need a mod for her hairstyle, there are several variations of it female Mohawks available - and I have seen her face in the char gen).

Many of the things we had to mod into other games are standard in ESO, like animations and posing; or the great hair - and genuine body sizing (not just making boobs bigger, but actually making your NPC chunky if you want that).

Oh hey Grits - would you mind posting that Bosmer creation vid?

Here you go: Link. She takes her time and shows all of the options, which is what I wanted to see.

I also watched her Breton video. It looks like it is very easy to create a pretty Breton, male or female. Plus the Breton armor is my favorite that I’ve seen so far.

Oh, she really does a good job with that vid and covers so much about how the char gen works!




** Speaking of being able to change appearances later on in game: Yes, it is coming but I don't know if it is here yet. Here is the article about it:



http://skyrimfansite.com/change-your-appea...-might-go-down/









*** Acadian - in the last five minutes of this vid they show them cusomizing the Bosmer ears - you are able to adjust the size, rotation of the point up or down, how much they stick out from the sides of the head, etc.

I am in love with the Bosmer ears.

I watched the last half of that vid and things look very good. Easy to work with and good choices/options.

Specifically, I saw that you can do big ears, blond ponytail, blue eyes, some bling, skinny, short petite. What else does a Bosmeri lass need?

Edited by Buffy.

Yes, or I see a stamping foot and here a "FINE THEN!"

Am I the only one who thought the character she was working on at the start was female? I almost jumped out of my chair when she took the clothes off and I saw the bare man chest!

Not a bad thing IMHO though. Being a lesbian, I prefer the bishi look for guys. The more feminine the better, IMHO.

I think I would really like the character generation. Actually playing the game, not so much. But I like making characters. It is the best mini-game I have ever played!

I was also surprised when she said "he" and then it did turn out to be a guy. Emo, lol. But yeah, I like a bit of ambiguity and androgyny in appearance both ways.

I hate to admit watching the show, but in "America's Next Top Model" contestant Kim Stolz was to me possibly the most naturally beautiful girl they had on any season - she is the one that kissed one of the other girls in the limo and changed her way of thinking, lol. (In fact if I'm not mistaken, she turned the tide for at least one other girl that season too)

Kim:


http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com...stories/kim.jpg




(and of course, the best looking guys always look feminine):




http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oPHc3Yfhf8U/TmTD...52Bfredsc04.jpg




http://www.abaenglish.com/blog/wp-content/...ABA-English.jpg

The ‘real’ Lil wears her hair in a high braid most of the time, and she saw two styles in the video that made her do a little bounce on her toes.





If you mean feminine as in highlights and long hair.

Thank you so much for posting that!

When I was making Misa Li I saw two hairstyles that had tightly drawn back hair, one had the braids in a circle around the head (sort of like Vilja used to wear; but a much better looking style).












Long hair is most def a plus!

Absolutely

Long hair so pretty.

I wonder how many flies he swallowed filming that.

Legends of the Pitt

SPEW! Somehow I don't feel like you have captured the theme here,

I think we need a new thread just for this awesomeness... because mother says they are worth it

Now you're talking! But ... unfortunately I have trouble getting past his strange marriage since that gorgeous pic was taken, lol. I would rather he had climbed into bed naked with David Bowie like Mick did,








Point me to it, lol.

C'mon, folks. Let's please try to keep this thread close to the topic of ESO character building.

The Everything thread is available for just such off-topic forays.

General Leveling Tips:

Buy items with Training or Exploration on them from Fighters Guild, Mages Guild, Market Districts, or Guild Traders. You should then research Training and Exploration on all your gear pieces so you can keep crafting new items as you level.


Buy Neck and Rings from Mages Guild.


Don’t repair your broken items just craft new gear as you level, this will save you a ton of gold because repairing costs much more than crafting new gear.


Reading book shelves will level your skills up very quickly so go to Mages Guild in every new town you come to and read all the shelves.


Your weapon is approximately as important as all your armor put together. Also, it doesn’t take damage. If you invest in any gear, invest in your weapon first, jewelry second, and armor last.



Grinding:

For the most part grinding XP is faster than questing. Questing can be much FASTER if done efficiently. But you can Efficiently Grind XP For Speed Leveling.


* You can gain more XP while grinding as a duo, rather than alone.
* AoE is required to get the most out of grinding.
* The amount of XP you get is based on the mob’s level.
* You only gain full XP from mobs that are above or below you by 5 levels.



*** Efficiently Do Quests So You Can Level Faster Than Grinding:


Main Factors That Make Questing Slow:

Most quests waste a lot of time and give little XP reward
Some quests take a lot of time to figure out where to go or what to do - Questing wastes a lot of time on traveling.



* Try to catch all the quests in one area at once; finish them before leaving the area.

* Take on multiple quests at one time, and complete them in the order that cuts down on back and forth traveling.

I love long hair but my main ESO character is going to be bald, buff bearded and tattooed. EIther an Imperial or Breton in the Daggerfall Covenant. I'll be rolling khajiit too.

I debated using an Imperial too, but ended up making a Nord girl. She has long red hair and green eyes. I can't describe her armor because it changes every time I pick up something new, lol.

Jerric has the most neatly styled hair of his life. It’s pretty funny. I’m really not a fan of the male hair. He’s in an iron cuirass and belt (?) right now along with his prison trousers and sandals. Is light armor not just clothing? I’d like to find him a few pieces of light to get that tree going. He has a mace (ugh) and a very small shield. Stuff is expensive so he’s going to have to use what he finds for a while.

He’s a Nord Templar. Having fun with the spear spell.

It took me a while to figure out how to use that Aedric Spear spell, but when I finally started doing it right I stopped dying so much unless surrounded by too many foes.

It is so exciting to hear someone else playing it and talking about it, I'm so glad you got it!


(and I'm still using what I find, lol).



Did you open up the urn with your soul in it? There is an enchanted bow and enchanted robe in there. I didn't learn about that till the last time I played, really glad I didn't store that in the bank, lol.