I know that the riding lessons (Speed, Stamina, and Storage) only affect the PC that is taking them. Mazul started behind Julian and her storage/inventory reflected that. But thanks to the riding lessons, they are now pretty close in their inventory slots.

Thanks, hazmick, for the answers. Acadian and I were chatting in game about that and he said if anyone knew, you would! That's why I thought I'd post on here . . .

and one more question: I have the Wolf's Tooth Necklace taking up space in Mazul's inventory. She wants to get rid of it, but I'm too cautious to let her do so.

Is it useful for something, or just best sold for gold?

Thanks for that helpful info!

It's a trophy, and collecting various trophies completes achievements (which can be found in your character's journal). I think on the PC version there should be an option to 'use' or activate the item to check it off the achievement list. The only reward for completing the achievement is 10 achievement points (which have no use in the game).

I like to keep trophies, since Haa-Rei always collects stuff (Dwemer cutlery in Morrowind, minotaur horns in Oblivion, sabre cat teeth in Skyrim) but if Mazul wants to sell the necklace and you're not bothered about achievements then there's no reason not to.

Thanks again, hazmick. Even though Rider asked the question, I had no idea about what to do with trophies either.

Does this mean if you sell it that you won't get the achievement? Because those things take up room in inventory, I thought you could sell them and still retain the achievement. They can't be activated or put into the bank; can't be sold to guild stores; only merchant NPCs.

I'm pretty sure you get the achievement just from picking it up, so selling shouldn't be a problem, but I've read a few threads on the forums about the trophies not being recognised straight away (or not at all). You can check your achievement progress in the journal, so you can see which trophies have been marked as 'collected' and sell them.

GAAAAAAAH!!! I've been selling or destroying them once I couldn't put them in the bank!

Thanks again, hazmick! I think it is recognized already in Mazul's journal. I will check it once again, and sell it off if that is the case. I'll look again and let mALX know if the achievement disappears.

Achievements don't matter that much to me, but there's something compulsive about checking off as many of them as I can . . .

Heh, I know what you mean. Once you get one trophy you think "Well I may as well get the rest" and before you know it you're hunting mudcrabs along every coastline in Tamriel for their Polished Shell Shard.

*mALX hides the bodies of 100 dead chickens while selling her famous "Chicken Surprise" to tavern in Davon's Watch...*

My only interest in achievements is that they unlock more colors for fashion-conscious elves to use at the dye stations.

I actually didn't know about this (dye colors for achievements) for quite a while, I'm just an achievement hound. I blame XBox 360 for that, they drove me to wanting to gain achievements while playing, lol.

That is the truth. I never even wanted to play an evil character in Fallout 3, but they had an achievement on the 360 that you could get for reaching certain stages of the game as an evil, good, and neutral character. I just had to do it, just to get that achievement,

Does anyone belong to the official ESO forum? https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/

The reason I ask is that I have been lurking there for some time and would like to join. When I try to sign up, it indicates I need an 'invitation'. I don't understand. If I go to 'Account' at the top of the page I can sign in no problem to manage my ESO account. Apparently the forum at the same place requires a different sign in / registration that requires an 'invitation'.

Answering from my phone, sorry if there is weirdness.

You should have gotten an email when you bought or registered your game with an invitation to join the forums through a link.

I remember it was a big pain, but eventually it worked.

If your invitation link is gone, perhaps email customer support and explain you need a new invitation?

Good luck!! I'm mikkeofgreenriver on the forums, all flavor of Grits were taken.

I didn't get an invitation either.


Geez, Grits - did you ever think of using Renee's "Kareem of Wheat?" If you aren't a breakfast cereal, how will we know it is you?







Okay, here is a link to instructions for if you didn't get your invitation to the forums:


https://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/ans...9/kw/invitation

Oh thanks. Before I saw mALX's additional info, I did ask for help via email to customer support. I imagine they'll respond asking for the stuff that mALX's additional info talks about. Thanks!

Edit: I got an invite from customer support and joined the forum over there just fine. Thanks! That forum seems quite deep in game mechanics knowledge and I find it very helpful. The forum's 'personality' however is kind of like BethSoft in that it can be a bit . . . less than gracious.

Glad you're on, Acadian!

I feel the same way about the atmosphere on their forums. I go there for information but rarely feel like staying. Too much PvP in the threads.

I snagged a PC Gold Edition and some Crowns on sale, but my poor laptop quit while Jerric was still in the Wailing Prison. Oh well, now I'm ready to go whenever I get a new rig. And since Mr. Grits got knee surgery for an early Christmas present, that might be a while!

Oh, and apparently there is already a "Jerric" running around on the PC NA server somewhere. When we finally get there, we're going to have to hunt him down and buy that guy a drink!

PvP in the threads! Well put!

So Khajiit just got this game and played around with the character creator and noticed the Imperial icon under "race" is greyed out. How does this one get them selectable?

You can play as an Imperial if you purchase the Digital Imperial Edition from the Crown Store in-game. I believe it costs 2,100 Crowns. You'll get the ability to play as an Imperial, a white horse, and a mudcrab pet.

Enjoy, and welcome to the game!

Damn, Khajiit was hoping it would come standard in the gold edition. Oh well, thanks for the info!

When I got ESO, I bought the Imperial Edition.

Haven't played an Imperial so far. Not inclined to at this point.

Only really good thing from that package is the White Horse.

Now I wish I could have waited for the Gold Edition. Oh well.

No like Imperials? They seem to be good for "sword and board" type characters, from I read on UESP.

About crowns.
Is there a way to get them besides buying packages? It says Khajiit has 500 crowns already without actually doing anything besides purchasing the game.

Subscribe to ESO Plus.

You'd get 1500 Crowns a month while your subscription is running.

I might get that just for the crafting bag, but only for a while. Not indefinitely . . .

How much that does that cost?

What platform are you on? The best way to see the prices is to go to whichever store would sell you Crowns. They may still be on sale. Or if you mean ESO Plus, you can check there or on the official website. There are various subscription periods with different prices.

Oh ok cool. Khajiit will check it out!

It works out to about US $15 per month, and you can get auto renewal or not.

For Xbox One monthly only is available. For PS4 and PC/Mac you can get 1 month, three months or six months. All also have auto renewal options. The six month package is the best value - it saves you about US $2 per month.

$15/month doesn't seem too bad, especially since it gets you crowns to use, which themselves seem kind of pricey.

I have ESO+ renewable each 6 months and love it. It costs $78 / 6 months and gives me 9500 crowns / 6 months. I also don't have to buy any DLC since all of them (past, present, future) come with ESO+. The crafting bag (unique to ESO+) is, in my opinion, priceless. There are some other smaller perks like the ability to dye costumes (not just outfits) and a permanent 10% xp gain.

That all said, I'd wait on ESO+ just a bit. Get the basic game (without DLC) going and play it a week or so. By then, you'll know if you like it or not. If you like it after giving it a fair shot of playing it, then consider ESO+. Within a few days, I was impressed. Within two weeks I decided it would be Buffy's new home.

Khajiit already bought the "Gold Edition".

That gets you a beautiful and unique limited edition horse. The four DLC that also come with it might be redundant if you later add ESO+ but that horse is a beauty! If offered in game, it would be very pricey in terms of in-game gold. If offered in the Crown Store it would cost 2/3 of the diff between basic ESO and the Gold edition. So if you like the horse, it is reasonable. If you end up not getting ESO+, those DLC will remain quite a bargain as well.

Enjoy!

Khajiit will probably still check into + if nothing else but for the crowns. Future DLC will probably come with + too right?

Yes, ESO+ means you automatically get all DLC, including any new ones as they come out.

Well that makes it worth it too!

New question:
One Tamriel is active right?

Yes, One Tamriel is active and, as far as I'm concerned, working pretty well. I like the flexibility it provides in traveling anywhere and having all areas magically provide an appropriate challenge regardless of your level.

So Khajiit hasn't even made it out of CharGen yet. How do you overturn the Alliance you have to pick at the beginning?

If I understand your question, you cannot. If you are a Khajiit for example, you will be in the Aldmeri Dominion. An exception would be if you buy the Adventurers Pack - then you can pick any alliance for any race in chargen.

Your alliance does not stop you from traveling to other alliance lands.

If you complete your alliance's questline, you will then be given the opportunity to go do the other two alliance questlines if you like.

Did you mean override?

You need the Adventurer's Pack for that.

I just got it in the Crown Store today. Haven't used it yet, but I like the idea of starting different races in alternate locations besides the usual standard ones.

Ooooh ok. Khajiit was under the impression that you could pick whatever alliance you wanted with One Tamriel. Hmmm, this one is going to want that Adventurer Pack. Khajiit thinks it will open up more RP stories.

I do think that is the case with One Tamriel, but I'm not sure.

I just know that when I started playing ESO, choosing Redguard or Orsimer put me in Daggerfall.

But the Adventurer Pack is supposed to let you play any race any Alliance.

I just got it for the bantam guar. Alise wanted it. I had the Crowns. So . . .

There is also an "Ulfe-looking" (Russian Wolfhound?) dog called Rulfgar Stormcloak I saw the other day - I so wished you were there to see it! I tried to get a screenshot and missed the shot



I want that Palomino horse that comes with that Gold Edition! It is gorgeous!

Sandor Castius did a bit of hunting around Glemumbra. Came across a few bandits and their pesky traps, who were keeping some nobles prisoner.

Irvana is having a hard time leveling up. She became a vampire at level 3 and she's level 4 now. I have five skill points to use and I wanted to invest them in her vampire abilities but it hardly even levels up!

Is there any tricks to leveling them up? I haven't played either Werewolf or Vampire yet, but the internet might have some leveling tips.

With the other bar types, just keeping the bar active when you turn in a quest is what levels up what is on the bar. So every time you turn in a quest or make a kill while your vampire bar is active might level it up.

Well werewolf is easy to level up. All you have to do is turn and go about.

vampures are harder since I just learned you're character level up normally but since I am very low level it takes time.

Khajiit noticed you can buy the Vampire and werewolf afflictions. Can you also catch these in game normally?

Yes you can buy them. For both of my characters I was turned by players. Irvana's turn was actually hilarious. She was looking for a vampire ritual site where you can be turned. She was led there by a non-vampire woman who told me wait and in no time she would be turned. Right as she said it a pale muscular fellow(another player) and bit my character and the woman said, "See. There you go."

The other way is getting infected by certain enemy NPC's that spawn once a week in certain places.

Ok nice. So buying it is just for impatient folks, or so it would seem. Lol

Yeah, or people who would rather start off their adventure as either a werewolf or a vampire