Turn off the chat box and enjoy the game. Make a tab to talk to people through tells and such, but don't worry about zone chat until you need to do so.

Did that and die...

This is why I would love to play on EU server if it weren't for the language barrier often run into. I'd say there is a language barrier with most Americans in a different way but that would be cruel.

And after that you quit playing cuz theres nothing to moan about =P

My advice to myself is to choose a class and stick with it. Not like on WoW release where I spent 2-3 weeks rerolling.

I'm going to steal this.

I got more than 1, so all these are pretty important I think.

1. Play the game YOUR way. Don't let others tell you how to play or make you feel like a bad person because you like to use addons or are into the numbers part of the game.

2. Turn off Zone chat until you get into higher lvls

3. Bring your patience and understanding, the game won't be perfect and you may not be able to play as much as you'd like due to some kind of issues.

4. Take the game in on your terms, don't buy into the hype and don't buy into the negativity.

5. Bind a key to Roll Dodge asap in the keybind settings, its far better than having to double tap a direction key IMO.

What? I would NOT follow this advice. Crafting is super easy and you can make full sets of gear, gear that is BETTER than dropped, from the beginning. I remember my first beta weekend, I was running around swearing at never finding what I needed. Quest rewards and drops rarely ever gave me the correct piece and I was running around at level 12 with an ugly mismatch of various level gear, and no shoulders or helm still. Then the next beta weekend I started crafting. Starting at level four I began making complete sets, including shoulders and helms and weapons, every two levels, and the stuff was always better than anything I got from a quest reward or drop - on the rare occasion I actually got something half way useful - especially if I improved it.

LOL! I actually almost tested that myself.

Get beer, doritos and a bucket to poop in next to the PC.

With my luck I spend an hour tweaking my character to get it just right and then I get disconnected and have to start all over.

Yes, this is where I clench my fist and snarl at the screen.. before walking off to make coffee in order to calm myself down.

I only hope I can recreate my character from the beta. I knew I should have taken a screenshot of the sliders. Derp.

Don't burn yourself out. Make one character and stick with it.

Agreed. It's in the later levels where crafting can drop off. Right at the start, you often find yourself without any of certain slots, pauldrons and helms especially.

@Pangscar Just out of interest, which key did you bind dodge to?

Either my middle mouse button or mouse buttons 4 or 5 on my gaming mouse. Just something that is easily accessible.

Take time to smell the nirnroot and enjoy the scenery.

Just to provide an alternate answer: with ESO's limited skill slots it is extremely easy on me since I am used to games with far more keybinds so I personally removed dodge from double tap WASD and put in on one of my thumb keys on the Logitech G600 mouse along with the weapon swap button. I find this extremely beneficial and efficient over the stock bindings as I also bind several keys around WASD that I have become used from custom keybinds in other mmos.

DO YOUR HOMEWORK NOW. The worst time for me to figure out how my character will develop is in game. so i will check every wiki, fan site, skill calculator i can find to ensure i have at the minimum a very fleshed out idea of what i want my character to do.

Spend time pre-launch very carefully considering your race and class choice.

That may seem like a simple thing, but there are only two things that you cannot change--race and class choice. Everything else you can respec. No matter how many mistakes you might make during the game, everything can be fixed except for your initial race/class choices.

My own advice... to enjoy the game... enjoy the scenery, and to not hurry up.. but don't take too long to level up... (i want to PVP a lot but still enjoy the quests)

I got to lvl 20, and loved every bit of it.. the PVP, the PVE... the lore.. the quests.. laying siege on some keeps... killing enemy... and most important.. grouping with guildmates and some new people.. enjoying the game.....

I know, and the thing is, this usually happens at the launch of a game, for obvious reasons. I did make a screen shot and actually wrote down how many clicks left or right for each setting. Hmmm...now that I've written that down, it seems sad, lol...

You can reset all your errors at the shrines in the capital cities but it is quite costly. Something like 2200 gold for skills alone. Cheaper for attributes but it adds up.

+1

Nick Konkle from ZOS was asked if you need to plan out your character's development before you leveled him up and he laughed, saying that you didn't need to do that. He's wrong. Doing your homework now is very, very good advice.

Before rushing and choosing a home campaign, do some research. If you have guilds you love to hate/ally with, or want to avoid picking a deserted campaign, maybe don't jump into pvp as soon as you ding 10. Especially if you hit lvl 10 the first day of pre-launch.

"Don't log in until you're done with your work for the day, every day."

I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it...