4769

If you have a character that is beyond level 50, and are in the champion points leveling eg CP160, your new toons that you create will get the CP160 immediately so you get to enjoy the passives. You just need to level your toon to 50, but at least, you don’t have to grind the CP all over again.

4770

Yes, CP soft-caps at 160, that’s when gear stops improving. The hard cap is 810, I believe, but what really matters is getting to 160 and that doesn’t take long at all.

4771

Lol - it does when you have 9 different toons, and start a new one everytime you get back to the game after an extended leave.

4772

No, CP are account-wide. You still need to level those chars to 50 and more importantly, level up their horse speed. IMO that is the worst part of ESO, the mount leveling.

4773

I think, in all the years of playing ESO, I managed to get one character to level 50 - and that was on Console. I do have 9 or so on PC that are between level 18 and 45 or so.

4774

Takes around 15-20 hours with XP scrolls, and you’ll have dozens of those if you just log-in every day for the rewards.

4775

I’ll take your word for it, but I can’t be arsed to log in every day for rewards - that just seems like work to me. But I agree completely, that the game is fun, and I have no issue not being max level and having fun, so its all good!

4776

You really should, just to train your mount, when you aren’t actively playing. Only way to do it without going crazy.

4777

I’m thinking of hopping into this game finally, but leaning towards playing on the Xbox which I’m surprised I’m considering - I own both the original collectors’ edition on the PC (the “Imperial Edition”) as well as the Xbox One X/Series X version of Elsweyr (which I guess has more content because it has the expansions other the Skyrim one, although maybe that doesn’t matter with game pass? Not clear to me).

Is it cross platform? (i.e. can I dabble with characters on both PC and Xbox and settle on the platform I prefer?). How does it work on xbox if you don’t have a keyboard for messages - does everyone use a headset for grouping?

I’m an Elder Scrolls fanboy so I’m interested in exploring as many quests and as much content as possible.

4778

Can’t answer for how it plays on xbox with no keyboard, but it isn’t cross-play. You’ll be repurchasing on each platform. Add-ons are a big deal for me personally, so I’d never opt for anything other than PC.

4779

Is ESOUI/Minion the best place still to get mods for this thing?

4780

Yep!

I’m using BanditUI + PerfectPixel right now as a base. Bandit seems to be a popular all-in-one deal, with most of the major “needed” stuff built in for those that just have to customize their hpbars/buffs/etc. (like me!). There are a boatload of other useful addons, but I’m trying to add them a bit more slowly than I normally do so I actually understand what I have. I’ll still have 50 by tomorrow.

4781

I believe I read that the Xbox 1 version has voice recognition for chatting. Can’t vouch for how well it works: I could never leave the add-ons on PC.

You’ll be hard-pressed to run out of those.

4782

I’ve gone back and forth between Xbox and PC. Addons are definitely nice on the PC side. On Xbox controller works great. Voice chat is fairly commonly used in my experience.

4783

So it looks like there is a sale on the Greymoor expansion on PC.

Am I reading it correctly that purchasing that will also grant you access to the earlier chapters of Morrowind, Summerset, and Elsweyr…but only for the products labeled ‘Editions’ and NOT the ones labeled ‘Digital Upgrades’?

I believe I currently own just the Morrowind Standard Edition on my account.

4784

That’s correct. “Upgrade” only has the latest expansion.

4785

That’s great, thanks!

4786

I only have the Base ESO, not even Elsweyr and I am contemplating the Greymoor Ugrade vs Greymoor Standalone which includes Elsweyr and Summerset. Having been to Summerset during the free one week ESO+ trial, I love how beautiful they crafted that part of the world. I am afraid of content fatique and would like to save a few dollars by just getting Greymoor or am I being too stingy and should just get everything in the spirit of my Steam backlog games?

4787

Maybe this will help: a page that shows you what the different versions provide:

4788

I will never accuse people of being stingy because I’m frugal as hell myself, but in this case I’d strongly recommend getting the standard edition rather than just the upgrade. $5 for two expansions (the cost difference between the standard and upgrade editions) is huuuuge. I bought from Greenman Gaming, and got an extra buck or two off for some reason, and got the standard edition for like $16.50. That’s just insane.