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Oh and apparently we (beta testers) are getting a free monkey at launch.
I don't think it does anything, just a vanity item, but apparently some people like that sort of thing.

Unfortunately monkeys are pretty much my least favourite animal, I find them a bit creepy in a 'nearly human, but not human enough' kind of way :oops: Yes I know that's weird. :oops:
 
Vintage Paw said:
Did you have to specify a faction when starting the guild? Can they be cross-faction, or are they tied in to one? I suspect they have to be just one faction, because of the way guild stores seem to be working, but I'm not certain.

If that's the case, it's going to be awkward for people who have alts in other factions. Guilds are account-wide, and you can be a member of 5, so I guess there's room to be in 3 versions of the same guild - one for each faction - but it makes dealing with trade guilds and so on all the more complex.
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That would make sense, and is in line with Alliance/Horde guilds in WoW - you're always going to have to pick your race/starting area/guild options based on what you prefer to play and where your online friends are.

Epona I'll PM you my username, but I suspect you won't be able to add anyone not in the same faction as you.
 
Hmm, no, I didn't have to specify a faction. I did think at the time that only those in the same faction as me would be able to be added, but at the time I did it that was Vintage Paw and Shippy as we were all in the same faction, and I couldn't add either of them.

I'm going to do a little research on this - it's all a bit confusing what with 3 alliances, each player able to have 8 characters in different alliances, and belong (on an account basis) to 5 guilds. I will ask someone who already set one up, see if I can get a straightforward answer.
 
I can completely understand why per faction guilds are the norm, when you have a pvp element to a game at least. With something like ESO it's going to be interesting, and perhaps a bit awkward for many people, because half the target audience are single player TES fans, who will absolutely want to have more than one character purely for personal roleplaying* and story purposes. The majority of people probably don't join guilds anyway, and those who do are more in line with that traditional MMO mindset of 'mains' and 'alts' and will pick their faction and stick with it. They're trying to do something different with this game though, and it's attempting to meld together elements from both genres, so it will be interesting to see how that side of it develops.

*I don't necessarily mean active roleplaying with others, but just having reasons and stories in your head for who your character is and why they do what they do, etc. You know, the typical TES stuff.
 
I have a spare 'bring a friend' key if anyone wants it for themselves or if you know someone who would like it.
Tried to convince OH that he wanted to give it a go, but it was a very long shot as he doesn't like fantasy settings, doesn't like RPGs, and doesn't like MMOs - he looked at me as if I'd suggested he chop off one of his own limbs :oops:
 
Epona said:
Some relevant info - this beta will be using US SERVERS ONLY. If your client is showing the EU beta, click on the cog in the top right and switch your server to US. If the entire download starts again, stop it and copy or move files from ...Zenimax Online/The Elder Scrolls Online EU to Zenimax Online/The Elder Scrolls Online and then relaunch the client.
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Thanks - all set up and ready to go. :cool:
 
We have unlimited keys, I think. I just clicked the 'forward' link in the email and sent it to one of my friends, and the form came up afterwards saying it had been sent, and to fill in any more names and addresses of anyone else I wanted to send a key to.

So, if there's anyone here who wants to play this weekend, let me know.

Even if you can't do it this weekend, get the key and make an account and register it, because with any luck you'll be able to play any more betas they do before launch (I expect there will be one more after this, maybe for a bit longer than a weekend, but who knows!).
 
You can log straight back in.

Check that the launcher hasn't auto-changed your location to the EU. If it has, click on the cog at the top and change it back to the US - it's US only servers this weekend.
 
Cor, crafting takes a bit of getting used to. I've made a staff, and a medium armour belt and heavy armour shoulders, because that's all I had materials for. I want light armour but I can't find a single piece and jute seems really easy to miss. A staff isn't as fun as a bow - I'm playing a dragonknight - going to use a staff at first then a 2H sword for alt weapon if I get that far. Mostly just enjoying exploring. I filled up my inventory once already.
 
Vintage Paw - I'm going to be out of the game for about 10 or so minutes whilst I do real life stuff, but my crafter has a ton of jute (both raw and processed) so can send you some if you're short.
 
Yeah, probably because you're more familiar. This is the same build as the last weekend (and maybe the one before that, not sure about that though).

EP 2nd area is waaaaaay more buggy than the AD areas. Trying to deposit anything in the bank is like trying to pull teeth. And I just logged out to try to fix a problem and it's stuck on the beta screen. What larks :D

The 2nd EP area is gorgeous, though.
 
I just tried to find the PvP event (now done my siege training!) and picked up a scouting quest but really need a horse, it's fucking massive. Also getting a bit of lag so have left cyrodil for the time being. Gathered some high level materials that I currently can't use :D

Anyone know what I can use alliance points for?
 
Maybe there will be special stores that sell stuff with them, idk. Or are they for the alliance skills you can unlock (do you spend normal skill points on them?).

I wonder if that lag is the latency you'd see normally on the US server or because of the test? I'll try it out, probably tomorrow.
 
Vintage Paw said:
Maybe there will be special stores that sell stuff with them, idk. Or are they for the alliance skills you can unlock (do you spend normal skill points on them?).

I wonder if that lag is the latency you'd see normally on the US server or because of the test? I'll try it out, probably tomorrow.
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Could just be because the underground cables around here are waterlogged due to near-apocalyptic wet weather this winter. I normally get download speed of around 9 Mbps, currently at 1.8 Mbps due to line issues. My ping is not too bad though, but could be better.
 
The game has a ridiculous amount of emotes.

Get 3 of you together and you can /lute /drum /flute your way through Tamriel as a roving band of bards who accompany heroes on their journey, singing songs about their great adventures :D
 
If you get any game freezes for a second or two, apparently it's something ZOS know about and are trying to fix. Some users have said they have solved it by closing the launcher once the game is running, so it might be worth doing that.
 
If you're in the EP, everyone keeps cheering at you when you finish quests. Apparently they all love me.
 
Vintage Paw said:
If you get any game freezes for a second or two, apparently it's something ZOS know about and are trying to fix. Some users have said they have solved it by closing the launcher once the game is running, so it might be worth doing that.
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Also setting ESO to 'above normal' CPU priority in the processes tab of Task Manager may help a bit to minimise the impact of the processor usage spikes on the running of the game.

Back from the vet now (just vaccinations) so back to Tamriel :)
 
Crafting just got fun. Reached level 8, went to make myself a full new set of gear. I'm a dragonknight, with lots of magicka regen, and with 6 pieces of light I hit the softcap so I've scaled down to 5 light, 2 heavy. I had enough improvement mats to improve my heavy leggings to fine and my light robe to fine. The robe turned a lovely deep, rich colour of shimmery green! And there was me starting to get a bit bored of crafting!

I do love this game.
 
Found a beautiful place up a mountain, not sure I was meant to be there!

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Spent the past god knows how long in the public dungeon near the docks in stonefalls. Lots of fun in there. Got 2 skill points, one from the skyshard (already had 2), and one from killing the group boss. Died about 4 times in all, but it was lots of fun. A nice little M'aiq reference in there if you look hard enough as well.

I'm level 9 at the moment. I realised my tactics weren't that great, but I morphed one of my skills and it's a lot better. My magicka is pretty hefty and my regen is good, so I can spam it a few times and it gives me back a bit of health too.

I'm yet to find any special crafting stations in Stonefalls. I found a fair few in Auridon, but then I've barely scratched the surface of exploring here yet.

Can it be the end of March already pls?
 
Thoughts:

Sneak - I really like the sneak mechanism. The use of stamina during movement makes it a good tactical decision when and how to sneak, and it works well IMO.

Research - I do like the research and think it will work well after launch. At the moment though, I find myself not doing anything for 10 minutes if the timer on a research is that close to finishing - my crafting character is at times (although this is very much my own fault!) tied to being near crafting stations at certain times. I think this is largely due to the limited time during beta weekends though, it wouldn't bother me so much losing half an hour of potential research time if the clock wasn't ticking on the servers being up!
 
I found it hard to stick to a particular class of weapon or armour, since the chance of the one you want to use getting a decent upgrade as a quest drop is stupidly low. I started off thinking I'd be a Light armour staff magic person, but I've ended up with heavy armour and a dagger because I didn't get anywhere near the amount of DPS from the two staff upgrades I came across (13 vs 22 at lvl 6).
 
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