Aldmeri Dominion is Over! My next few videos will be as following (in no particular order, whatever I feel like): - Mainstory/Coldharbour 100% - 1 DLC Zone (voted by members) - "First Impressions" + Tierlist video on the AD zones/ESO in general - 1 More DLC Zone (If I like the first one a lot. this one is a maybe) Thank you all again for your support! Over 350,000 views across my dominion playthrough so far; what an unbelievable achievement!
I would highly recommend you complete the Mages and Fighters Guild story lines prior to going to Coldharbour. Do them along with your Harbourage missions. It will impact your experience in Coldharbour. In fact, playing things in a certain order impacts dialogue options throughout the game (eg, You'll see Raz a few more times and he will definitely comment on it).
I recommend doing the DLC zones in Chronological order. Interactions from earlier released DLC zones/expansions have Payoffs in zones released later. Also don't forget to do the Prologue quests for the zones before you start them. There are also Standalone dungeons that come before some of the DLC Zones.
@@jessicahardwick9213 Good to know. I find the quest order in this game really tricky to follow. I prefer to do things in "bursts". From my understanding, since my character is argonian, all my fighters/mages guild stuff is in EP. According to my rules, I can't go there yet. I think when I do that faction, I'll work in those quests; but for now I'd prefer to stick to my own rules just so I don't spoil myself on experiencing those areas for the first time. I think hindsight 20/20: I probably would've started in an EP zone and worked in the POI's while doing the main campaigns from the get-go. I have to think about it for sure, but I really appreciate the advice. As a new player it's always nice to get a clear explanation on things I would've totally missed on my own.
@@YoItsDoc Yes, I've done my research (hopefully) picking zones that are standalone (ish) or the start of major chapters. For example, I know Vardenfell, Clockwork City, & Summerset need to be done in that order. I find ESO does not have a great official guide for story content so I'm left relying on community help.
@FrostbreakYT if that's the case, then you won't be able to complete Coldharbour without first completing the Ebonheart Pact storyline (if your toon is EP). You won't be able to properly go to Coldharbour without completing the Harbourage questline
Are you expected to do Coldharbour 3 times for each faction? Or is it only the finale for aldmeri dominion faction? I can't imagine the game would ask you to do it 3 times but I've only been playing for 2 months so who knows😆
@@FrostbreakYT no, Coldharbor was to be done after 1 faction and then after that another faction would open up, but it was framed as “experience the story from another faction” and it would just end and you would be sent to the next faction with a quest. After completing the last faction you would get an achievement and a cosmetic item which I believe you still get once you complete all 3
@@FrostbreakYT You only need/can do it once. You're just kinda "expected" to remember it for all the other factions if you do their storylines. Honestly I think the way you're doing it is fine, there's barely any overlap with characters so it kinda feels like an isolated story anyway. Obviously you can see the remnants of when it was intertwined in the main story like at 14:15. I do think you'll enjoy the other zones a bit more after doing the coldharbour story though. It just adds better context for some of the stuff the characters will say/do.
I have one big issue with Coldharbour though, and that's the fact that characters from the DC storyline get a lot more of a spotlight as opposed to the other ones, and the game acts as if you've known them all along even if you only did AD or EP and have never seen them. so I'd probably recommend doing it after DC
@@naidr0x there’s no one that I know of that is from DLCs that appears in Coldharbor. Everyone is base game. They do bring in characters from other factions but I’ve always felt like they were properly introduced. It’s been a while since I played without already knowing who those people were, so maybe I’m wrong
Congrats on Graduation! And don’t ever apologize for taking breaks! Whatever makes the game most enjoyable for you is best for yourself and the content ❤
@@FrostbreakYT btw, I’d recommend taking into consideration the fact that the main story was originally supposed to be one quest per five levels when judging it, for some reason they changed this with the one Tamriel update and it messed up the pacing real bad
@@clockworx7689 Oh wow really? That's interesting. Do you mean 5 levels per zone or 5 levels per quest? Because you'd be max level in Grahtwood if it was 5 per quest (that's about 15 campaign missions up to that point).
@@FrostbreakYT 5 levels per quest, which pretty closely matches up to my own 100% quests experience, I finished reapers march around level 45, which was the level to get the main quest where you go to coldharbour
Hey dude, I just want to say that I love your videos. You are so well articulated, your editing is fantastic, and this is my most played game ever so I’m obviously biased lol. I would guess I have probably close to 10,000 hours between Xbox and PC. I don’t play ESO anymore, but seeing your videos gives me so much nostalgia and I really feel like I’m going through the zones again for the first time watching your videos. Please keep it up! Something I wish you would have done alongside your rules for each zone would be: the mandatory completion of the mage & fighters guild quest for each relevant zone. However! This could be a bonus because maybe now you’ll be able to make a video about going through those entire story lines, and I’d love to join you on your journey with them. (Also if you haven’t picked up their skill lines yet, picking those up sooner rather than later is good because they give really good skills and passives). Keep up the great work!
Holy crap, thank you so much! I would've loved to do the guild stuff, but since my character is an argonian, I would have to have started in the EP faction! Hindsight 20/20 right? Even now I'm considering it, but it's going to violate a few of my rules to go through those zones prematurely and "spoil" my first impression of some of those areas. I'm thinking about it, but I 100% wish I knew that at the start of this series. I think I'll do a guild video / mini-sode after I finish the storyline. I do have their skill lines fortunately, someone else told me about that in my first video! Thanks again for the support, totally unnecessary but I really appreciate it
I discovered your channel today and went through this whole series. I literally just finished the last video and was wondering what I would watch next, and BAM new video. Very nice :) Congrats on graduating!
@@FrostbreakYT I hope you enjoyed making this as much as I enjoyed watching it. I'm becoming a channel member and I'm looking forward to seeing more 😊
I was afraid that maybe the last playthrough was to much and that you would gave up on this fantastic series. Glad to see you back and congrats on graduation. I tried going blank once and I have to agree that it makes playing the game more challanging and you appreciate looting more, dont know why I stop doing that, but thank you for reminding me. I will try this again when the new chapter is out.
I had to take a step away for sure, but I am getting back into the groove. Obviously exams/graduation is a pretty stressful time, so my days have been eaten up doing that stuff which also delayed the video a bit too. That's cool to know other people are doing it too! I imagine for DLC zones it'll be much harder than base-game stuff, but I wish you luck!
ESO Nuzlocke Edition. I love it !! Might copy these rules myself for my 80th playthrough... seems like a really fun way to enjoy some of the older zones
I didn't even try to design it that way, but someone else said the same thing on my intro video! Maybe one day I'll make a "real" ruleset other people can follow for this game. It changes as I learn more about it, but I think it's a neat idea :)
On the note of End of Story Rewards, They definitely start existing during the expansions. The Staff at the end of the Northern Elsweyr DLC I even ended up using for a while.
Very cool! That's awesome to hear I'm looking forward to those rewards! I was surprised for sure, most MMOs I've played even give you a substantial reward multiple times in the main story that has significant impact in relation to the story or current quest.
Loving the series man! Just a heads up incase you didn't already know, a lot of the DLCs have story arcs that span multiple zones and would be best enjoyed back to back. Some are obvious like Northern Elsweyr -> Southern Elsweyr but some are less obvious like Morrowind -> Clockwork City -> Summerset.
Yes I am aware thank you! I've made sure to do my research and I think I understand which zones need to be done first before others. Some are standalone (ish) like Orsinium, Gold Coast, etc. but most are in a 3-part series. Thank you for the information regardless, before doing any DLC I'm going to make a community-post to ensure I'm not making a major goof.
I’m a big Elder Scrolls fan but never played ESO. This series is convincing me to maybe give it a shot. I’ve been hooked on this series since the first video and your channel deserves to blow up.
You gotta play it like I do! I think playing it like an MMO coming from a singleplayer experience can be a bit jarring, but if you take your time and don't blast through all the content, you'll have a great time!
nteresting side note: When you progress through the Aldmeri Dominion storyline, you can check in the Mages Guild of Grahtwood to see that either Rurelion or Gathwen is still trying to rescue the other. However, if you finish the Aldmeri Dominion plotline, you can visit them in the Guild celebrating getting the other person out of the tomb.
Congrats on graduating man! Glad you mostly enjoyed Reaper's March. With the ending, I too was super confused with that line, I'm not sure why they haven't just altered that. In terms of a grand finale though the alliance zones are supposed to be played alongside the main questline of the base game, so you're meant to go into the intro to coldharbour next which then feels a little more massive, but stand alone it's so strange.
Congrats on Graduation, man! I’ve found myself really excited to watch your videos when I see they’ve posted. I haven’t played all the POI missions and other content in every zone I’ve played, so your videos are definitely motivating me to want to go back and do that before playing too many more zones as I’ve gotten back into ESO.
i didn't even realize i was here 3 hours after upload, i just binged the playlist and assumed you were taking a break for a bit. amazing series and can't wait to watch the rest of the factions (wish i had good ping when i played eso)
I’ve never played an MMO and I’ve been thinking about playing this one because I want a grindy, yet rewarding game. This series has really talked me into starting it, awesome content!
Hey that's great to hear! MMO's are pretty different than RPGs, just remember to take your time and go slow to take it all in. I can't speak to the grind factor of ESO personally, my challenge I impose on myself is a "grind" but I'm not sure how the "real" game holds up. I wish you the best of luck!
@@FrostbreakYT thanks! And yes my grind I will impose on myself will be to get all the Xbox achievements which I hear is pretty grindy and daunting. Which also adds to the challenge :)
First off, congratulations on your graduation! This series has been super interesting to watch! I've been following along and I'm in Shadowfen for the Pact run and I gotta say, it's making the run more engaging and I get to really explore the environment and notice things I didn't notice before. I can't wait for the Coldharbour video and beyond.
One thing that stood out for me in Reaper's Marsh that I still remember years after playing it is how fantastic the voice acting for the twins were, Khali in particular. Like, during the Rawl'kha trial the hatred and grief in her voice hits so hard. Then when I chose to sacrifice her (since I thought Shazah would be a better leader) Khali's final lines before allowing the Dark Mane were full of a pure grief I can't remember any other character comming even close to matching. And as a massive khajiit fan, Reaper's Marsh was a solid zone for them. Not quite Elsweyr, but still great (definitely my favourite non DLC zone storywise).
Congrats on graduating! As someone who rushed through most of the base game stories on the eu server, and is now starting to play on the us server due to us friends, your series has greatly inspired me to take my time with the zones this time around!
The POI with Raz is actually a decision whether you save him time and destroy the artifact or use it to free him and give him more work to hide it because the only means of destroying the artifact is buried in rubble, he does not die (mainly because he is an icon of the AD, but he will tell you that he just parkoured his way out of the crumbling ruins) As for the zone, it's not a desert. It actually looks more like a savannah. There is an actual desert on the Daggerfall side of the world map, they have a zone literally called Alik'r Desert (and it is exactly what a desert is). Besides that, Elsweyr looks more like a desert but as far as I saw, the only source of water or oasis outside of the hub is on a path bottom right on Elsweyr (as far as I know). Thank you for an interesting series and have a good night. Edit: I really forgot what Elsweyr looks like, lol. It is still a savannah but it's arid in the middle of the map.
Yeah, I feel like he used up all his desert material on the wrong zone, lol. There's also Hew's Bane which has a town which is all but named after Ali Baba.
I just came back from the grand-canyon and Reaper's reminded me a lot of it! Lots of rocks, some water/streams, mountains, and not much greenery. There are 5 types of deserts in our world (some are completely snow!). The grand canyon is actually considered a "semi-arid desert" so I believe technically my statement calling it a desert is correct if you compare it to similar real world biomes (mohave-desert). Obviously, there's probably better examples of a "stereotypical" desert in ESO with sprawling sand-dunes; but it's does belong to the desert family on paper when you compare it to real life!
@@FrostbreakYT That's interesting. Thank you for the info. I didn't know there were 5 types of desert, I thought there was just "desert". School never taught me much and I never looked it up.
You bring up a good point about how the vanilla storylines (and even a lot of the DLC storylines) don't give you meaningful rewards for finishing them. ZOS did eventually address this in later DLCs by giving you multiple meaningful rewards for doing all the activities in a zone but they probably should retroactively do the same for older content too.
I'm still working through the Aldmeri series, but one zone that stands out to me for 100% completion is the DLC zone Murkmire. I remember a particularly cool event that I think you would appreciate. Thanks for the great content!
I think you’ll really enjoy the newer zones, the stories are much more engaging and actually gives you rewards like cosmetics or outfits etc. so I can’t wait to see you take on the rest of eso!!
Another awesome video, well worth the wait 🙂Really looking forward to Coldharbour, it's been 9 years since I played that story. 600 hours later I'm still working on the base game content 🤣
I'm looking forward to Coldharbour too. Last time I did the main story I blasted through it in 2015ish so I have some idea of what's going on, but never got past 50% of it.
Another great video, such a good series. My only problem is that you are now ahead of my playthrough! So I need to catch up before I can watch the rest of this! Keep up the great work. Oh and well done for graduating.
Just wait til you get to the Alik'r, now there's a real desert zone. Fantastic video as always, the new ruleset seems to be working out great. I love the notes on the gear sets, I'd never really considered Soulshine's synergy with the Arcanist class. Looking forward to more 👍
Thank you! I think we got a free house or something in that zone didn't we? Would be cool to try out some of the player housing. I'm enjoying the new rules too!
jesus man that title scarred me, thought u were ending the series, that would be very sad. But i'm glad i was wrong, ur keeping the good work as always
Congratulations on graduation dude ! Love this series! Man i wish bethesda would set an elder ecrolls game in elsywer with the khajit we need weird and alien back
That would be great if they did. TES 6 is going to be in Hammerfell so that's cool I guess. But having a game dedicated to the Khajjit or Argonians would be sick.
Reapers march is super popular for doing player to player trade with the Guild traders. They are right there by the way shrine in Rawl'kha. I call it the Mall of America for TES, because if its not sold there, you didn't want it, and its marked up by 15% typically.
Look, everyone needs to like and subscribe, seriously, this takes WAYYYY to much work to not be getting hundreds of thousands of views on each video. Seriously people it takes less than 30 seconds.
Howdy, been looking for something like this. Cant wait for you to do the dagerfall covenant. I want to know all the important stories but we still have to work for money so i only have a few days to play. Just really want to fallow the stories so i can roleplay my characters better. Great videos bro keep it up.
Thank you so much! Life comes first, even for me. It would be awesome if I could do videos part-time or full-time someday, but there's basically no money in it at the moment. Regardless, I plan to continue playing anyway!
I am glad you liked Reapers March after the rough patch of Malabal Tor. It is one of the better base game zones. I was kinda hoping you would go through the game in chronological order including all the alliance zones but if you want to see a DLC zone that's fair enough. I am enjoying your videos nonetheless.
For sure. When I do my tierlist, I might judge each zone regardless of previous or future zones. I think Reaper's March takes the cake as the best zone (obviously the big thing that holds it back is that I didn't think it was a fantastic finale). But if you disregard that, I think it's either 1 or 2 for zones.
I felt the same way when I finished a zone story recently, and after saving everyone including the King's son several times, the king hands me a green quality sword, that wasn't even a set item. Well thanks for nothing. Reworking the reward system would be nice. I'm really enjoying your series, great work!
Totally. I seriously think main story content should NEVER have any "general non-set" items whatsoever as a reward; at least give me something usable. I think the finale reward for Reaper's was a blue set-item (fortunately), but several times I was handed a really crap green dagger or green epaulet. Thank you for the kind words, glad you're enjoying
Loved the video as usual and congratulations on all of your hard work & graduation brotha!! You're the man, your content is phenomenal, and you should take as long as you need for breaks! You've got a fanbase in ESO and they'll be here regardless! :D Just leaving a comment here to talk about what you said about the reward at roughly 15:20. Reward structure in ESO has been and always will be a problem - whether that's for completing the Aldmeri Dominion storyline or rewarding players for completing hard content, they've always struggled with this unfortunately - even after 10 years. They've improved this in Necrom finally, but you'll notice this is a problem until then in my opinion :)
Thanks so much Cooper I've heard some other people in these comments have the same criticisms I do about the reward structure; I guess it's not really a hot take. That's too bad to hear, of course I'm only 2-3 months deep but I can image how frustrating that must be for veterans. Some people mention the Elsweyr chapter has some really cool weapon rewards and (housing) for the finale. I'm excited to get there and check out that area + necrom so I definitely have some stuff to look forward to!
@@FrostbreakYT it absolutely gets better in DLC content, so you’ll see improvement over time! More of a “don’t be surprised initially” kinda thing :) cheers man!
One thing that caught my attention when you talk about soloing the world bosses is you are using a companion. The companions were only added several expansions after the base game. Having a companion to tank the boss for you makes it easier to solo them than it would be for a player with only the base version of the game.
So, I would like to explain something that I believe will make a little sense: When people say that Coldharbour is the final alliance map, that's not being frivolous, that's a fact. In Coldharbour, we see different conclusions to things we did during the alliances and this ties things together better. Unfortunately, after Tamriel Unlimited, this got pretty messed up and I've wanted to see this resolved by the game for years. Technically, that whole quest in which our character reunites the alliances in Stirk (which you may have already done before, having played the main quest), only happens because our hero became famous throughout the continent for his deeds in your specific faction. What I would recommend is: Complete the three factions, and then do the Coldharbour questline, considering the encounters you will have there. And even though technically the ideal would be for this story to be done with 3 different characters, I would recommend doing it with the same character to get a general idea of everything you find in Coldharbour. This is it! The Aldmeri Dominion sequence was incredible! For me, the Dominion is the best faction because of the new lore established. But narratively, the other factions are much more interesting.
I'm working through Coldharbour now. My god it's basically a different caliber of story. Not to say I dislike the zones I've done so far, but this main campaign truly feels like an elder scrolls experience.
If you didn't know you can complete the Zone Guide without doing all the quests. As it only counts quests tied to the main story or big locations. So if you "100%" a zone and move on you may actually be leaving some fun small quests behind. There are add-ons to show all quests in a zone to help not miss any though.
ooh really? I know there's some side-quests that are on the side of the road and not tied to anything. I grab anything I can but sometimes I miss them! Would you mind telling me the name of the addon? Gameplay already takes ~20 hours per zone so I'm not sure if I'd have the time to work it in, but it'd be a good addon regardless if I do feel like learning more about an area.
quick suggestion if I may? IMO when you do Coldharbour campaign - clear all of the side missions before starting the point of no return portion of the main quest (also applies to any future DLC zones). all the people you have encountered during side missions - show up in the finale (some actively participate, others show up afterwards) and you can talk to them, touch base if you will - which I personaly think is pretty cool.
@@FrostbreakYT it sorta warns you are the last moment - but it could be easy to miss. if you find yourself at the top of the map in coldharbour, heading for the fortress - you are close to the point of no return.
Cold harbor is in fact the grand finale. After you finish zone 5 you are sent there to finish the plot. After that you are sent to another faction and then the last one. Originaly , when the game was level dependent, other faction zone where veteran zones with harder mob. Also once you clear cold harbour i highly encourage you to do the mission from the profet. You can find him in the harborage or as a projection near the first town in auridon. Also you may need to speak to the misterious stranger in auridon first town to kick start that story
Congrats on graduating and on finishing the AD zones! This series has been so fun to watch. I really hope you continue take your time with the game and take breaks so that this can continue to be enjoyable for you! ESO's base game zones can feel very rushed sometimes and back at release very badly received by most. Which is why people to this day won't go back to this game to give it a chance. Not to say they do not do a lot well. But things like copy and pasted delves, weak world bosses, lackluster rewards, and anti climatic storylines makes this apparent. It feels like they had a lot of ideas of things they wanted to do and ran out of time or budget. I really wish they would go back and redesign and fix up some of these early zones. The easy world bosses for example were designed for players with weaker sets, like the ones you found in this zone. Good luck solo'ing WB in Chapters, they definitely designed those to be played by groups. Or at the very least you need to be very good at the game and have great sets to stand a chance. Regardless, there is a lot of fun to be had in other alliance zones and the best thing about base game imo is the Coldharbor main quest which you seem to be doing next. The characters from the Coldharbor main quest fantastic, they feel more like classic ES characters, and some even make appearances in future Chapters. Anyways, keep up this great series! I cannot wait to hear about your experience with future zones :)
Thank you so much! I agree with basically everything you said and those are my primary issues with most zones I go through. I'm dreading the late-game world bosses, those are going to be tough without great gear for sure. I think I remember back in 2020 I played for about a week in greymoor (and made some videos on this channel comparing cities). I tried to solo a world boss and got demolished... like in a single hit. I've already been enjoying the Mages Guild / Fighters Guild stories a bit more than usual zones. They have so much lore implication, better rewards, and really great storytelling. Thank you for the comment!
Highly recommend doing the some DLC zones in a chunk. Coldharbour *slightly* leads into Wrothgar which *slightly* leads into morrowind. Thieves, Brotherhood, and Imperial city are all standalone and would be good break points. Imperial city thematically is tied to Coldharbour (not really a spoiler, the zone is literally the other side of the gargantuan anchor) which could be a good spot to follow Coldharbour as well
Thanks! Some people told me thieves guild and dark brotherhood have missions where you need to leave the main zone. If that's true, i'd probably avoid that until I finished the zones I'm supposed to go to first.
@@FrostbreakYT they do and they don’t. Their stories function off a reputation system with new chapters of the zone story unlocked as you gain ranks in the faction. Sounds cool and makes sense since they realistically wouldn’t trust a newbie with the trusted secrets off the bat; however, it ends up being pretty grindy and you have to do many many many repeatable side quests for the faction to rank them up with almost all of the side quests sending you to other zones for themed menial tasks (for thieves guild it’ll be stuff like pickpocket people in this zone, open a lockbox in this guys house, gain clean treasures; and DB would be killing random people in a zone or a specific target). They zones they send you to won’t have much spoilers other than just seeing the zone and wandering a bit to get to areas. Also all the side quests send you to base game zones only so if you’re 100% not wanting to enter a zone if you haven’t done it yet then do them in release order. The only fully “standalone” DLCs are Imperial City and Murkmire. Everything else it tied to a larger story with IC even arguably tied into the main quest for the companions as it functions as an epilogue of sorts to Coldharbour. Also Craglorn but it’s not counted as a DLC anymore so it’s a good standalone area
Personally my favorite alliance zone is the Ebonheart pact because it’s has the cool morrowind aesthetic but also nord and argonian although Stros M’kai (Daggerfall covenant) is the best First zone but the rest of the Daggerfall covenant to me just gets a little too generic medieval fantasy look to it although the Alik’r desert is nice love the vibes.
Thanks! I plan to keep making ESO videos until I get bored or people stop watching. I like MMOs and Elder Scrolls Stuff, so that's kinda the niche I want to do anyway!
@@FrostbreakYTalright 👍. I've just seen a lot of youtubers I watch stagnate and even stop uploading bc they didn't branch out and their audience was only there for 1 game or series so they ended up be bored of making content. I wouldn't want the same to happen to your chanel
Some usefull information concerning the DLCs. Every DLC that released after 2016 has a prologue quest that you can play before the acctual DLC. These prologue quests are often times really good, and I would advice you to play them before the DLCs. However, all of these prologue quests take place in base game zones, so you would need to break your rules to play them. The same problem exsists with the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood DLC as they have radomized quests that require you to go to other base game zones. These quests are optinal, and you do not need to play them to progress with the DLCs main story (although they make it easier) but I'm unsure if you can 100% Hews Bane and the Gold Coast without playing in base game zones. This leaves Orsinium as the only DLC you can play right now, without breaking your rules. If your part of the Ebonheart Pact, you also need to play in the EP zones to complete the Main story, aswell as the Fighters Guild and the Mages Guild, witch I would advice,playing before Coldharbour.
Ah, thank you for the information! I am actually going to buy an alliance change token to switch to the dominion and make that stuff a bit easier (so I don't have to break any of my rules). Regardless, I appreciate the comment!
@@FrostbreakYT I would also encourage you to play Chapter prologues first. They are around 10-30mins and introduce you to the themes and plot, the characters you will meet, and act as a great intro or bridge between chapters. They aren't super essential but sometimes skipping them can lead to an abrupt start to the chapter's main quests. They also introduce some new mechanics like the grappling hook.
Correction on Moonpath to Elsweyr, it's not 6 years old, it's over 12 years old. EDIT: Congrats on graduating!!! Sorry, left this comment less than a minute into the video lol
Love the bit where you go "There's a big pranking festival. You go into this, like, dimension, it's beautiful with a bunch of people doing stuff there... you gotta throw chicken at people" It fucking explodes, like holy shit man, thought you meant a throw whole chicken, not that 😭 Only makes it better that it explodes when you call it a "great point of interest" like yeah it seems amazing lmao
the reason it ends on nothing is because you are "supposed" to do the main quest as you're going through the alliance zones, back then you unlocked one main quest every 5 levels which made you do 2 or 3 quests in each zone. Hope it helps, love the series!
If you are doing Coldharbour next I hope you'll do the five companions quests since they tie directly tie into the Codharbour and base game finally. Also, characters from the DC story appear in Wrothgar, so you'll miss out on some special dialogue options if you skip going through the DC storyline. Of course I can't blame you since that would be at least two more months of questing haha. Still, I hope you continue with this series beyond Coldharbour and one DLC zone, maybe even to the end of the current DLC if you have the energy and time. It's really fun to watch your videos and hear your thoughts about the content for each zone.
Thank you! How do I do the five companions quests? Or is that part of the campaign? Yeah I figure there's some stuff I'll probably miss, but I can't do all of ESO before trying out the DLC!
@@FrostbreakYT Five companions quest is simply the one you do at the start with the Prophet, Lyris, Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan. I think you've already begun it, right? If not, talk to the hooded figure in Auridon. The main point is that the end of that questline is the final "final" part of the base game before you explore the other alliances' zones.
@@legofan4409 Ah okay, no I haven't started that, but I'm familiar with it. I'm going to buy an alliance change token so I should also be able to adhere to my rules.
there is a finale reward. You have to complete cadwells gold. All 3 alliance story quests and coldharbour. You get a thing from Cadwell. Good luck big G.
1: Absolutely love this series. It got me back into ESO 2: I already installed that reshade pack after seeing how it made your game look compared to mine, and I love it. 3: Are you using some sort of UI addon or settings to get it to look so cinematic? (Besides the obvious widescreen)
1. Thank you so much, I'm glad!! 2. I love it too, I can't ever go back after using it. 3. I actually don't use any addons besides lorebooks and skyshards. I just use the "hide UI" keybind and try to lineup a good shot!
in regard of the staff of magnus; i remember back then when you finished the fighters guild you got a sword with the banish of undead enchant, which back then wasnt craftable and so you kept that sword and used the set in pvp to actually fight off some vampire characters.. this was in 1.5 i think... so looooong ago xD
I think that before Coldharbour you should complete fighter and mages guild. Guilds story are kinda interlinked with the main story and getting you to coldharbour. And they are not to long to complete
I can't. My rules state I'm not allowed to enter zones until the previous ones are 100%. From what I understand, fighter's and mages guild stories take you through multiple zones. And since my character is argonian, I'd have to do pact zones (which I've never touched yet).
Aldmeri Dominion is Over!
My next few videos will be as following (in no particular order, whatever I feel like):
- Mainstory/Coldharbour 100%
- 1 DLC Zone (voted by members)
- "First Impressions" + Tierlist video on the AD zones/ESO in general
- 1 More DLC Zone (If I like the first one a lot. this one is a maybe)
Thank you all again for your support! Over 350,000 views across my dominion playthrough so far; what an unbelievable achievement!
I would highly recommend you complete the Mages and Fighters Guild story lines prior to going to Coldharbour. Do them along with your Harbourage missions. It will impact your experience in Coldharbour. In fact, playing things in a certain order impacts dialogue options throughout the game (eg, You'll see Raz a few more times and he will definitely comment on it).
I recommend doing the DLC zones in Chronological order. Interactions from earlier released DLC zones/expansions have Payoffs in zones released later. Also don't forget to do the Prologue quests for the zones before you start them. There are also Standalone dungeons that come before some of the DLC Zones.
@@jessicahardwick9213 Good to know. I find the quest order in this game really tricky to follow. I prefer to do things in "bursts". From my understanding, since my character is argonian, all my fighters/mages guild stuff is in EP. According to my rules, I can't go there yet. I think when I do that faction, I'll work in those quests; but for now I'd prefer to stick to my own rules just so I don't spoil myself on experiencing those areas for the first time.
I think hindsight 20/20: I probably would've started in an EP zone and worked in the POI's while doing the main campaigns from the get-go. I have to think about it for sure, but I really appreciate the advice. As a new player it's always nice to get a clear explanation on things I would've totally missed on my own.
@@YoItsDoc Yes, I've done my research (hopefully) picking zones that are standalone (ish) or the start of major chapters. For example, I know Vardenfell, Clockwork City, & Summerset need to be done in that order. I find ESO does not have a great official guide for story content so I'm left relying on community help.
@FrostbreakYT if that's the case, then you won't be able to complete Coldharbour without first completing the Ebonheart Pact storyline (if your toon is EP). You won't be able to properly go to Coldharbour without completing the Harbourage questline
The grand finale is Coldharbor, each of the main faction stories used to lead you to Coldharbor, and that was the finale of the game
Are you expected to do Coldharbour 3 times for each faction? Or is it only the finale for aldmeri dominion faction? I can't imagine the game would ask you to do it 3 times but I've only been playing for 2 months so who knows😆
@@FrostbreakYT no, Coldharbor was to be done after 1 faction and then after that another faction would open up, but it was framed as “experience the story from another faction” and it would just end and you would be sent to the next faction with a quest. After completing the last faction you would get an achievement and a cosmetic item which I believe you still get once you complete all 3
@@FrostbreakYT You only need/can do it once. You're just kinda "expected" to remember it for all the other factions if you do their storylines.
Honestly I think the way you're doing it is fine, there's barely any overlap with characters so it kinda feels like an isolated story anyway.
Obviously you can see the remnants of when it was intertwined in the main story like at 14:15.
I do think you'll enjoy the other zones a bit more after doing the coldharbour story though.
It just adds better context for some of the stuff the characters will say/do.
I have one big issue with Coldharbour though, and that's the fact that characters from the DC storyline get a lot more of a spotlight as opposed to the other ones, and the game acts as if you've known them all along even if you only did AD or EP and have never seen them. so I'd probably recommend doing it after DC
@@naidr0x there’s no one that I know of that is from DLCs that appears in Coldharbor. Everyone is base game. They do bring in characters from other factions but I’ve always felt like they were properly introduced. It’s been a while since I played without already knowing who those people were, so maybe I’m wrong
Congrats on Graduation! And don’t ever apologize for taking breaks! Whatever makes the game most enjoyable for you is best for yourself and the content ❤
Thank you clockworx! I actually did some mega-grinding this weekend and got this out ahead of schedule
@@FrostbreakYT btw, I’d recommend taking into consideration the fact that the main story was originally supposed to be one quest per five levels when judging it, for some reason they changed this with the one Tamriel update and it messed up the pacing real bad
@@clockworx7689 Oh wow really? That's interesting. Do you mean 5 levels per zone or 5 levels per quest? Because you'd be max level in Grahtwood if it was 5 per quest (that's about 15 campaign missions up to that point).
@@FrostbreakYT 5 levels per quest, which pretty closely matches up to my own 100% quests experience, I finished reapers march around level 45, which was the level to get the main quest where you go to coldharbour
Hey dude, I just want to say that I love your videos. You are so well articulated, your editing is fantastic, and this is my most played game ever so I’m obviously biased lol. I would guess I have probably close to 10,000 hours between Xbox and PC. I don’t play ESO anymore, but seeing your videos gives me so much nostalgia and I really feel like I’m going through the zones again for the first time watching your videos. Please keep it up!
Something I wish you would have done alongside your rules for each zone would be: the mandatory completion of the mage & fighters guild quest for each relevant zone. However! This could be a bonus because maybe now you’ll be able to make a video about going through those entire story lines, and I’d love to join you on your journey with them. (Also if you haven’t picked up their skill lines yet, picking those up sooner rather than later is good because they give really good skills and passives).
Keep up the great work!
Holy crap, thank you so much!
I would've loved to do the guild stuff, but since my character is an argonian, I would have to have started in the EP faction! Hindsight 20/20 right? Even now I'm considering it, but it's going to violate a few of my rules to go through those zones prematurely and "spoil" my first impression of some of those areas. I'm thinking about it, but I 100% wish I knew that at the start of this series.
I think I'll do a guild video / mini-sode after I finish the storyline. I do have their skill lines fortunately, someone else told me about that in my first video! Thanks again for the support, totally unnecessary but I really appreciate it
I discovered your channel today and went through this whole series. I literally just finished the last video and was wondering what I would watch next, and BAM new video. Very nice :) Congrats on graduating!
That's good timing. I definitely took too long between this one and the last one haha. Thank you!!
@@FrostbreakYT I hope you enjoyed making this as much as I enjoyed watching it. I'm becoming a channel member and I'm looking forward to seeing more 😊
I was afraid that maybe the last playthrough was to much and that you would gave up on this fantastic series. Glad to see you back and congrats on graduation.
I tried going blank once and I have to agree that it makes playing the game more challanging and you appreciate looting more, dont know why I stop doing that, but thank you for reminding me. I will try this again when the new chapter is out.
I had to take a step away for sure, but I am getting back into the groove. Obviously exams/graduation is a pretty stressful time, so my days have been eaten up doing that stuff which also delayed the video a bit too. That's cool to know other people are doing it too! I imagine for DLC zones it'll be much harder than base-game stuff, but I wish you luck!
ESO Nuzlocke Edition. I love it !!
Might copy these rules myself for my 80th playthrough... seems like a really fun way to enjoy some of the older zones
I didn't even try to design it that way, but someone else said the same thing on my intro video! Maybe one day I'll make a "real" ruleset other people can follow for this game. It changes as I learn more about it, but I think it's a neat idea :)
On the note of End of Story Rewards, They definitely start existing during the expansions. The Staff at the end of the Northern Elsweyr DLC I even ended up using for a while.
Very cool! That's awesome to hear I'm looking forward to those rewards! I was surprised for sure, most MMOs I've played even give you a substantial reward multiple times in the main story that has significant impact in relation to the story or current quest.
Loving the series man! Just a heads up incase you didn't already know, a lot of the DLCs have story arcs that span multiple zones and would be best enjoyed back to back. Some are obvious like Northern Elsweyr -> Southern Elsweyr but some are less obvious like Morrowind -> Clockwork City -> Summerset.
Yes I am aware thank you! I've made sure to do my research and I think I understand which zones need to be done first before others. Some are standalone (ish) like Orsinium, Gold Coast, etc. but most are in a 3-part series. Thank you for the information regardless, before doing any DLC I'm going to make a community-post to ensure I'm not making a major goof.
I’m a big Elder Scrolls fan but never played ESO. This series is convincing me to maybe give it a shot. I’ve been hooked on this series since the first video and your channel deserves to blow up.
You really should! Its so much fun if you enjoy story and elder scrolls 💞💞
You gotta play it like I do! I think playing it like an MMO coming from a singleplayer experience can be a bit jarring, but if you take your time and don't blast through all the content, you'll have a great time!
This series is super interesting! I’m glad Malabal Tor didn’t take the wind out of your sails. Can’t wait for the Covenant story.
I hope so too! Thanks for the comment!
I really enjoyed this whole series so far and hope it continues.
nteresting side note: When you progress through the Aldmeri Dominion storyline, you can check in the Mages Guild of Grahtwood to see that either Rurelion or Gathwen is still trying to rescue the other. However, if you finish the Aldmeri Dominion plotline, you can visit them in the Guild celebrating getting the other person out of the tomb.
Congrats on graduating man! Glad you mostly enjoyed Reaper's March. With the ending, I too was super confused with that line, I'm not sure why they haven't just altered that. In terms of a grand finale though the alliance zones are supposed to be played alongside the main questline of the base game, so you're meant to go into the intro to coldharbour next which then feels a little more massive, but stand alone it's so strange.
Just saw someone else already commented pretty much this, apologies
Yeah I'm doing that right now, thanks for the comment regardless!
Congrats on Graduation, man! I’ve found myself really excited to watch your videos when I see they’ve posted. I haven’t played all the POI missions and other content in every zone I’ve played, so your videos are definitely motivating me to want to go back and do that before playing too many more zones as I’ve gotten back into ESO.
That's awesome to hear, thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed and thank you!
i didn't even realize i was here 3 hours after upload, i just binged the playlist and assumed you were taking a break for a bit. amazing series and can't wait to watch the rest of the factions (wish i had good ping when i played eso)
I (did) take quite a bit of a break, but I guess that's good timing for you! Thanks for tuning in :)
I’ve never played an MMO and I’ve been thinking about playing this one because I want a grindy, yet rewarding game. This series has really talked me into starting it, awesome content!
Hey that's great to hear! MMO's are pretty different than RPGs, just remember to take your time and go slow to take it all in. I can't speak to the grind factor of ESO personally, my challenge I impose on myself is a "grind" but I'm not sure how the "real" game holds up. I wish you the best of luck!
@@FrostbreakYT thanks! And yes my grind I will impose on myself will be to get all the Xbox achievements which I hear is pretty grindy and daunting. Which also adds to the challenge :)
First off, congratulations on your graduation! This series has been super interesting to watch! I've been following along and I'm in Shadowfen for the Pact run and I gotta say, it's making the run more engaging and I get to really explore the environment and notice things I didn't notice before. I can't wait for the Coldharbour video and beyond.
Thank you so much, I'm going to be getting into coldharbour this week I think (after I do mages/fighter's guild).
One thing that stood out for me in Reaper's Marsh that I still remember years after playing it is how fantastic the voice acting for the twins were, Khali in particular.
Like, during the Rawl'kha trial the hatred and grief in her voice hits so hard. Then when I chose to sacrifice her (since I thought Shazah would be a better leader) Khali's final lines before allowing the Dark Mane were full of a pure grief I can't remember any other character comming even close to matching.
And as a massive khajiit fan, Reaper's Marsh was a solid zone for them. Not quite Elsweyr, but still great (definitely my favourite non DLC zone storywise).
Congrats on graduation! I go to your vids at times during my study breaks to relax for a bit. Wish you the more success!
Thank you so much!! I hope you're not as bad as a procrastinator as I am haha.
Another great one. I hope you stick around and end up doing all the zones, would be a legendary series. Cheers.
That's the idea! Thank you for the comment :)
Congrats on graduating! As someone who rushed through most of the base game stories on the eu server, and is now starting to play on the us server due to us friends, your series has greatly inspired me to take my time with the zones this time around!
Thanks and I'm glad I could provide a different perspective! It's a great way to play and with friends I can image it's quite a bit more fun too!
The POI with Raz is actually a decision whether you save him time and destroy the artifact or use it to free him and give him more work to hide it because the only means of destroying the artifact is buried in rubble, he does not die (mainly because he is an icon of the AD, but he will tell you that he just parkoured his way out of the crumbling ruins)
As for the zone, it's not a desert. It actually looks more like a savannah. There is an actual desert on the Daggerfall side of the world map, they have a zone literally called Alik'r Desert (and it is exactly what a desert is). Besides that, Elsweyr looks more like a desert but as far as I saw, the only source of water or oasis outside of the hub is on a path bottom right on Elsweyr (as far as I know). Thank you for an interesting series and have a good night.
Edit: I really forgot what Elsweyr looks like, lol. It is still a savannah but it's arid in the middle of the map.
Yeah, I feel like he used up all his desert material on the wrong zone, lol. There's also Hew's Bane which has a town which is all but named after Ali Baba.
I just came back from the grand-canyon and Reaper's reminded me a lot of it! Lots of rocks, some water/streams, mountains, and not much greenery.
There are 5 types of deserts in our world (some are completely snow!). The grand canyon is actually considered a "semi-arid desert" so I believe technically my statement calling it a desert is correct if you compare it to similar real world biomes (mohave-desert). Obviously, there's probably better examples of a "stereotypical" desert in ESO with sprawling sand-dunes; but it's does belong to the desert family on paper when you compare it to real life!
@@FrostbreakYT That's interesting. Thank you for the info. I didn't know there were 5 types of desert, I thought there was just "desert". School never taught me much and I never looked it up.
You bring up a good point about how the vanilla storylines (and even a lot of the DLC storylines) don't give you meaningful rewards for finishing them. ZOS did eventually address this in later DLCs by giving you multiple meaningful rewards for doing all the activities in a zone but they probably should retroactively do the same for older content too.
I'm still working through the Aldmeri series, but one zone that stands out to me for 100% completion is the DLC zone Murkmire. I remember a particularly cool event that I think you would appreciate. Thanks for the great content!
Nice! I'm looking forward to return my lizard to his homeland. I've heard that zone is pretty great.
I think you’ll really enjoy the newer zones, the stories are much more engaging and actually gives you rewards like cosmetics or outfits etc. so I can’t wait to see you take on the rest of eso!!
Me too! On to coldharbour & wrothgar!
Always super excited to see a post to the series! I think you're gonna love orcinium!
Thank you! I'm looking forward to it!
Congratulations on graduating dude! Big W
Congrats on your graduation! I was waiting for this new chapter
Glad I was able to get it out in a somewhat reasonable timeframe. Life's been real busy!
@@FrostbreakYT It's more than reasonable with all that you have been doing
Another awesome video, well worth the wait 🙂Really looking forward to Coldharbour, it's been 9 years since I played that story. 600 hours later I'm still working on the base game content 🤣
I'm looking forward to Coldharbour too. Last time I did the main story I blasted through it in 2015ish so I have some idea of what's going on, but never got past 50% of it.
Congratulations on finishing the Aldmeri Dominion and on graduating!
Thank you!!
keep going as the devs intended, love this series, keep it up!!!!
Another great video, such a good series. My only problem is that you are now ahead of my playthrough! So I need to catch up before I can watch the rest of this! Keep up the great work. Oh and well done for graduating.
Haha, well I work pretty slow so I'm sure you'll catch up! Thank you for the kind words!
Just wait til you get to the Alik'r, now there's a real desert zone. Fantastic video as always, the new ruleset seems to be working out great. I love the notes on the gear sets, I'd never really considered Soulshine's synergy with the Arcanist class. Looking forward to more 👍
Thank you! I think we got a free house or something in that zone didn't we? Would be cool to try out some of the player housing. I'm enjoying the new rules too!
Fantastic video man, I’ve loved watching the series so far.
Thank you so much!
Congrats on graduating University! Once again another good video. I can’t wait to see you go through Coldharbour and the main story.
Thank you very much!
Banger after banger. Was so excited to see this pop up in my feed
Thank you!
jesus man that title scarred me, thought u were ending the series, that would be very sad. But i'm glad i was wrong, ur keeping the good work as always
haha my bad. I mean it's the grand finale of AD and it's finally over!
Loving the videos man! Looking forward to seeing what's next.
Thank you, I am too
Congratulations on graduation dude ! Love this series!
Man i wish bethesda would set an elder ecrolls game in elsywer with the khajit we need weird and alien back
That would be great if they did. TES 6 is going to be in Hammerfell so that's cool I guess. But having a game dedicated to the Khajjit or Argonians would be sick.
Reapers march is super popular for doing player to player trade with the Guild traders. They are right there by the way shrine in Rawl'kha. I call it the Mall of America for TES, because if its not sold there, you didn't want it, and its marked up by 15% typically.
Interesting. I've never really done guild trading stuff but I never thought about how the location of something would 100% affect the price.
Look, everyone needs to like and subscribe, seriously, this takes WAYYYY to much work to not be getting hundreds of thousands of views on each video. Seriously people it takes less than 30 seconds.
Thank you for the kind words. Everyone's be so supportive already, but I appreciate the love
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@@FrostbreakYT I got you homie
Congratulations on graduating Frost! 👏
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Thank you :D
Great content, keep it up man!
Howdy, been looking for something like this. Cant wait for you to do the dagerfall covenant. I want to know all the important stories but we still have to work for money so i only have a few days to play. Just really want to fallow the stories so i can roleplay my characters better. Great videos bro keep it up.
Thank you so much! Life comes first, even for me. It would be awesome if I could do videos part-time or full-time someday, but there's basically no money in it at the moment. Regardless, I plan to continue playing anyway!
Congrats on the graduation. Great work m8. I could never
Thank you!
I am glad you liked Reapers March after the rough patch of Malabal Tor. It is one of the better base game zones. I was kinda hoping you would go through the game in chronological order including all the alliance zones but if you want to see a DLC zone that's fair enough. I am enjoying your videos nonetheless.
For sure. When I do my tierlist, I might judge each zone regardless of previous or future zones. I think Reaper's March takes the cake as the best zone (obviously the big thing that holds it back is that I didn't think it was a fantastic finale). But if you disregard that, I think it's either 1 or 2 for zones.
Amazing video and great editing as usual 👍🏼
Thank you so much 🤗
The title had me stressing thought this was the last one you were doing 😂
Love the series so far!
Congratulations on graduating!! I love the videos but real life will always come first! As always, so glad for a new video (:
Thank you so much!!
Hope you have fun with the Ebonheart Pact, that one is the best in my opinion.
I felt the same way when I finished a zone story recently, and after saving everyone including the King's son several times, the king hands me a green quality sword, that wasn't even a set item. Well thanks for nothing. Reworking the reward system would be nice. I'm really enjoying your series, great work!
Totally. I seriously think main story content should NEVER have any "general non-set" items whatsoever as a reward; at least give me something usable. I think the finale reward for Reaper's was a blue set-item (fortunately), but several times I was handed a really crap green dagger or green epaulet. Thank you for the kind words, glad you're enjoying
@@FrostbreakYT They luckily started fixing this with Orsinium and the rewards got better and better as ESO improved :)
Babe wake up! New frostbreak video just dropped 🫡🫡🫡
Woohoo!! (about time too)
Congratulations dude 🎉
Thanks! 😁
Loved the video as usual and congratulations on all of your hard work & graduation brotha!! You're the man, your content is phenomenal, and you should take as long as you need for breaks! You've got a fanbase in ESO and they'll be here regardless! :D
Just leaving a comment here to talk about what you said about the reward at roughly 15:20. Reward structure in ESO has been and always will be a problem - whether that's for completing the Aldmeri Dominion storyline or rewarding players for completing hard content, they've always struggled with this unfortunately - even after 10 years. They've improved this in Necrom finally, but you'll notice this is a problem until then in my opinion :)
Thanks so much Cooper
I've heard some other people in these comments have the same criticisms I do about the reward structure; I guess it's not really a hot take. That's too bad to hear, of course I'm only 2-3 months deep but I can image how frustrating that must be for veterans. Some people mention the Elsweyr chapter has some really cool weapon rewards and (housing) for the finale. I'm excited to get there and check out that area + necrom so I definitely have some stuff to look forward to!
@@FrostbreakYT it absolutely gets better in DLC content, so you’ll see improvement over time! More of a “don’t be surprised initially” kinda thing :) cheers man!
The main storyline in the game is what leads to cold harbor. That’s when you fight molar bal
Congrats to you for graduating! 🎉
Thank you!!
Oh I am looking forward to you to play DC zones stories! They were my fav
The goat has returned. Well done sir ☝️
Thank you kindly
Banger video as always
You already know! Thank you for the support!
One thing that caught my attention when you talk about soloing the world bosses is you are using a companion. The companions were only added several expansions after the base game. Having a companion to tank the boss for you makes it easier to solo them than it would be for a player with only the base version of the game.
much love, great content
Much appreciated!
Hey man just wanted to say I really enjoy these videos
I appreciate you watching :)
So, I would like to explain something that I believe will make a little sense:
When people say that Coldharbour is the final alliance map, that's not being frivolous, that's a fact.
In Coldharbour, we see different conclusions to things we did during the alliances and this ties things together better. Unfortunately, after Tamriel Unlimited, this got pretty messed up and I've wanted to see this resolved by the game for years. Technically, that whole quest in which our character reunites the alliances in Stirk (which you may have already done before, having played the main quest), only happens because our hero became famous throughout the continent for his deeds in your specific faction.
What I would recommend is: Complete the three factions, and then do the Coldharbour questline, considering the encounters you will have there.
And even though technically the ideal would be for this story to be done with 3 different characters, I would recommend doing it with the same character to get a general idea of everything you find in Coldharbour.
This is it! The Aldmeri Dominion sequence was incredible! For me, the Dominion is the best faction because of the new lore established. But narratively, the other factions are much more interesting.
I'm working through Coldharbour now. My god it's basically a different caliber of story. Not to say I dislike the zones I've done so far, but this main campaign truly feels like an elder scrolls experience.
If you didn't know you can complete the Zone Guide without doing all the quests. As it only counts quests tied to the main story or big locations. So if you "100%" a zone and move on you may actually be leaving some fun small quests behind. There are add-ons to show all quests in a zone to help not miss any though.
ooh really? I know there's some side-quests that are on the side of the road and not tied to anything. I grab anything I can but sometimes I miss them! Would you mind telling me the name of the addon? Gameplay already takes ~20 hours per zone so I'm not sure if I'd have the time to work it in, but it'd be a good addon regardless if I do feel like learning more about an area.
quick suggestion if I may? IMO when you do Coldharbour campaign - clear all of the side missions before starting the point of no return portion of the main quest (also applies to any future DLC zones). all the people you have encountered during side missions - show up in the finale (some actively participate, others show up afterwards) and you can talk to them, touch base if you will - which I personaly think is pretty cool.
Very good to know, thank you. Does it warn me when that's about to happen, or do I just have to try and figure it out?
The game won't tell you. It 's best to complete all side quest, when you have still three main quest left in the zone.
@@FrostbreakYT it sorta warns you are the last moment - but it could be easy to miss. if you find yourself at the top of the map in coldharbour, heading for the fortress - you are close to the point of no return.
Cold harbor is in fact the grand finale. After you finish zone 5 you are sent there to finish the plot. After that you are sent to another faction and then the last one. Originaly , when the game was level dependent, other faction zone where veteran zones with harder mob. Also once you clear cold harbour i highly encourage you to do the mission from the profet. You can find him in the harborage or as a projection near the first town in auridon. Also you may need to speak to the misterious stranger in auridon first town to kick start that story
Great video, love you comment and slow paste of it
Thanks!
Congrats on graduating and on finishing the AD zones! This series has been so fun to watch. I really hope you continue take your time with the game and take breaks so that this can continue to be enjoyable for you!
ESO's base game zones can feel very rushed sometimes and back at release very badly received by most. Which is why people to this day won't go back to this game to give it a chance. Not to say they do not do a lot well. But things like copy and pasted delves, weak world bosses, lackluster rewards, and anti climatic storylines makes this apparent. It feels like they had a lot of ideas of things they wanted to do and ran out of time or budget. I really wish they would go back and redesign and fix up some of these early zones. The easy world bosses for example were designed for players with weaker sets, like the ones you found in this zone. Good luck solo'ing WB in Chapters, they definitely designed those to be played by groups. Or at the very least you need to be very good at the game and have great sets to stand a chance. Regardless, there is a lot of fun to be had in other alliance zones and the best thing about base game imo is the Coldharbor main quest which you seem to be doing next. The characters from the Coldharbor main quest fantastic, they feel more like classic ES characters, and some even make appearances in future Chapters. Anyways, keep up this great series! I cannot wait to hear about your experience with future zones :)
Thank you so much! I agree with basically everything you said and those are my primary issues with most zones I go through. I'm dreading the late-game world bosses, those are going to be tough without great gear for sure. I think I remember back in 2020 I played for about a week in greymoor (and made some videos on this channel comparing cities). I tried to solo a world boss and got demolished... like in a single hit. I've already been enjoying the Mages Guild / Fighters Guild stories a bit more than usual zones. They have so much lore implication, better rewards, and really great storytelling. Thank you for the comment!
Highly recommend doing the some DLC zones in a chunk. Coldharbour *slightly* leads into Wrothgar which *slightly* leads into morrowind.
Thieves, Brotherhood, and Imperial city are all standalone and would be good break points. Imperial city thematically is tied to Coldharbour (not really a spoiler, the zone is literally the other side of the gargantuan anchor) which could be a good spot to follow Coldharbour as well
Thanks! Some people told me thieves guild and dark brotherhood have missions where you need to leave the main zone. If that's true, i'd probably avoid that until I finished the zones I'm supposed to go to first.
@@FrostbreakYT they do and they don’t. Their stories function off a reputation system with new chapters of the zone story unlocked as you gain ranks in the faction. Sounds cool and makes sense since they realistically wouldn’t trust a newbie with the trusted secrets off the bat; however, it ends up being pretty grindy and you have to do many many many repeatable side quests for the faction to rank them up with almost all of the side quests sending you to other zones for themed menial tasks (for thieves guild it’ll be stuff like pickpocket people in this zone, open a lockbox in this guys house, gain clean treasures; and DB would be killing random people in a zone or a specific target). They zones they send you to won’t have much spoilers other than just seeing the zone and wandering a bit to get to areas. Also all the side quests send you to base game zones only so if you’re 100% not wanting to enter a zone if you haven’t done it yet then do them in release order.
The only fully “standalone” DLCs are Imperial City and Murkmire. Everything else it tied to a larger story with IC even arguably tied into the main quest for the companions as it functions as an epilogue of sorts to Coldharbour. Also Craglorn but it’s not counted as a DLC anymore so it’s a good standalone area
If you think that's all desert you should see the Alik'r in the Daggerfall Covenant.
Great video frost
Personally my favorite alliance zone is the Ebonheart pact because it’s has the cool morrowind aesthetic but also nord and argonian although Stros M’kai (Daggerfall covenant) is the best First zone but the rest of the Daggerfall covenant to me just gets a little too generic medieval fantasy look to it although the Alik’r desert is nice love the vibes.
That's cool! I'm 100% looking forward to starting a new zone, that should be a lot of fun!
Congrats on graduating!! :D
Thank you Georgia!
Lets go more content. I love your vids man. Do make sure to branch out here or there so you don't get stuck in a niche
Also congrats on uni
Thanks! I plan to keep making ESO videos until I get bored or people stop watching. I like MMOs and Elder Scrolls Stuff, so that's kinda the niche I want to do anyway!
@@FrostbreakYTalright 👍. I've just seen a lot of youtubers I watch stagnate and even stop uploading bc they didn't branch out and their audience was only there for 1 game or series so they ended up be bored of making content. I wouldn't want the same to happen to your chanel
congratulations on your graduation, good job
Thank you so much 😀
Some usefull information concerning the DLCs. Every DLC that released after 2016 has a prologue quest that you can play before the acctual DLC. These prologue quests are often times really good, and I would advice you to play them before the DLCs. However, all of these prologue quests take place in base game zones, so you would need to break your rules to play them. The same problem exsists with the Thieves Guild and Dark Brotherhood DLC as they have radomized quests that require you to go to other base game zones. These quests are optinal, and you do not need to play them to progress with the DLCs main story (although they make it easier) but I'm unsure if you can 100% Hews Bane and the Gold Coast without playing in base game zones.
This leaves Orsinium as the only DLC you can play right now, without breaking your rules.
If your part of the Ebonheart Pact, you also need to play in the EP zones to complete the Main story, aswell as the Fighters Guild and the Mages Guild, witch I would advice,playing before Coldharbour.
Ah, thank you for the information! I am actually going to buy an alliance change token to switch to the dominion and make that stuff a bit easier (so I don't have to break any of my rules). Regardless, I appreciate the comment!
@@FrostbreakYT I would also encourage you to play Chapter prologues first. They are around 10-30mins and introduce you to the themes and plot, the characters you will meet, and act as a great intro or bridge between chapters. They aren't super essential but sometimes skipping them can lead to an abrupt start to the chapter's main quests. They also introduce some new mechanics like the grappling hook.
Correction on Moonpath to Elsweyr, it's not 6 years old, it's over 12 years old. EDIT: Congrats on graduating!!! Sorry, left this comment less than a minute into the video lol
Love your channel
Thank you :D
Love the bit where you go "There's a big pranking festival. You go into this, like, dimension, it's beautiful with a bunch of people doing stuff there... you gotta throw chicken at people"
It fucking explodes, like holy shit man, thought you meant a throw whole chicken, not that 😭
Only makes it better that it explodes when you call it a "great point of interest" like yeah it seems amazing lmao
Hahah I did like it! It was pretty funny, which is generally kinda rare in ESO xD
I've never made it to the last zone of a faction lmao. congrats
Thank you!
the reason it ends on nothing is because you are "supposed" to do the main quest as you're going through the alliance zones, back then you unlocked one main quest every 5 levels which made you do 2 or 3 quests in each zone. Hope it helps, love the series!
Ahh okay that totally makes sense. Thank you for the info!!
Congratulations on your graduation!
Thanks!!
If you are doing Coldharbour next I hope you'll do the five companions quests since they tie directly tie into the Codharbour and base game finally. Also, characters from the DC story appear in Wrothgar, so you'll miss out on some special dialogue options if you skip going through the DC storyline. Of course I can't blame you since that would be at least two more months of questing haha.
Still, I hope you continue with this series beyond Coldharbour and one DLC zone, maybe even to the end of the current DLC if you have the energy and time. It's really fun to watch your videos and hear your thoughts about the content for each zone.
Thank you! How do I do the five companions quests? Or is that part of the campaign? Yeah I figure there's some stuff I'll probably miss, but I can't do all of ESO before trying out the DLC!
@@FrostbreakYT Five companions quest is simply the one you do at the start with the Prophet, Lyris, Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan. I think you've already begun it, right? If not, talk to the hooded figure in Auridon.
The main point is that the end of that questline is the final "final" part of the base game before you explore the other alliances' zones.
@@legofan4409 Ah okay, no I haven't started that, but I'm familiar with it. I'm going to buy an alliance change token so I should also be able to adhere to my rules.
@@FrostbreakYT Nice! The are around 10 quests with them in the base game, with the last one only being available after you beat the MQ in Coldharbour.
there is a finale reward. You have to complete cadwells gold. All 3 alliance story quests and coldharbour. You get a thing from Cadwell. Good luck big G.
Okay! Looking forward to it :)
Hey congrats on school and good video bro
Thank you!!
honestly it looked more like a savanna than a desert
1: Absolutely love this series. It got me back into ESO
2: I already installed that reshade pack after seeing how it made your game look compared to mine, and I love it.
3: Are you using some sort of UI addon or settings to get it to look so cinematic? (Besides the obvious widescreen)
1. Thank you so much, I'm glad!!
2. I love it too, I can't ever go back after using it.
3. I actually don't use any addons besides lorebooks and skyshards. I just use the "hide UI" keybind and try to lineup a good shot!
Keep it up awesome videos!
Will do!
I will never play this game, I will simply live it through you (: Congrats on the graduation
I live to serve! Thank you :D
in regard of the staff of magnus; i remember back then when you finished the fighters guild you got a sword with the banish of undead enchant, which back then wasnt craftable and so you kept that sword and used the set in pvp to actually fight off some vampire characters.. this was in 1.5 i think... so looooong ago xD
That's cool! I haven't done that questline yet and that sounds like a cool reward!
congrats on ur grad
Thanks!
When it comes to Rahzum dar, the game was rigged from the start. 😂😂
Also, a big hearty congratulations to you on your graduation! 🎉🎉
True. and thank you!
I think that before Coldharbour you should complete fighter and mages guild. Guilds story are kinda interlinked with the main story and getting you to coldharbour. And they are not to long to complete
I can't. My rules state I'm not allowed to enter zones until the previous ones are 100%. From what I understand, fighter's and mages guild stories take you through multiple zones. And since my character is argonian, I'd have to do pact zones (which I've never touched yet).
@@FrostbreakYT Ah okay. Just thought you were an aldmeri argonian so the guild quests would've been in the same zones you already done
Thank you for the video
Thank YOU for watching
@@FrostbreakYTwow you’re on it with the replies I’m still watching and you answered 10 mins ago always nice to see that.
You get Caldwells helm for beating the zones (all factions). Or at least you used to
Cool! That'll be a nice reward :)
Quality videos!
Congrats on your degree
Thanks :)
Good stuff
Appreciate it!