Faithful of Talos
An Elder Scrolls Online Guild
What it is...
What is Group Content? It is most accurately described as the backbone of any multi-player game. In ESO, 'Group Content' refers specifically to any delve, dungeon, or overland area (in Craglorn) meant to be played in groups of 4 or more. It also refers to most PvP Content (Cyrodiil and Imperial City) as well as the 12-person Trials.
What it is not...
While most dungeons and delves have associated quests, these quests are not considered to be group content. Dungeon quests are normally accomplished individually while accompanying more experienced characters through the dungeon, and all but a few delves are considered solo content. It is worth noting that the few delves defined as Group content are all located in Craglorn and can usually be soloed by a skilled player, even with a character as low as level 15.
Another activity worth noting here is daily questing. Dailies are available in most zones throughout Tamriel and, while all of these (except the Daily Writs) can be completed as a group effort, only the Undaunted Pledges and Zone Boss Dailies are considered 'Group Content'.
Getting Started with Group Content.
Getting into playing group content is pretty simple, but the harder stuff will take a lot of repetitive play to get into.
1) Before you can start any of the "Group Content" you will need to advance your character to at least level 10.
2) Find the group of Undaunted to start the intro quest. You will find them drinking at one of the inns in Davon's Watch,
Vohlkel Guard, or Daggerfall.
3) Begin using the Dungeon Finder on the Group Tab (hotkey - [P]) to get into dungeons.
A word of warning, the Faithful of Talos guild frowns upon queueing up as a role other than what your build is for. If you're built to Tank you are a Tank! If you're built for healing you are a Healer! And if you are built for dealing massive amounts of damage then you are a DPS! While DPS players often have wait times approaching an hour. or more, this is because the majority of players are running DPS builds and is compounded by the fact that most DPS players tend to ignore their tanks and healers. If you don't want to wait in the queue, find a tank to run with consistently. As a tank, I refuse to queue up because of the number of times I've ended up with the kind of DPSers I described above.
4) Continue leveling your character between dungeons. As you level up more dungeons will become available through the Dungeon
Finder and, at level 45 you will be invited to join the Undaunted which will allow you to begin doing the Daily Pledges.
5) Research your build early on and begin collecting the gear you will need for its final form. You will not be welcome in end-game
content if your build is weak, in point of fact, most end-game groups won't accept you unless you "Chase the Meta".
While we discourage the idea that you have to "Chase the Meta", we do encourage you to find a proper build for your character.
It is this guild's position that proper mechanics control coupled with proper light attack weaving will bring victory, though not necessarily a 'Trifecta', in any dungeon or trial. We place Skill over Power!
Common Vernacular
Below is a non-comprehensive list of some of the vernacular relating to Dungeons and Trials.
Prefixes
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n- : abbreviation for "Normal"
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v- : abbreviation for "Veteran"
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h- or hm- : abbreviation for "Hard Mode"
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sr- : abbreviation for "Speed Run", not commonly used in game but may be used in concert with other abbreviations (e.g.: srnBDV)
Base Game Dungeon Names
AC - Arx Corinium
BC - Blessed Crucible
BC# - Banished Cells
BH - Blackheart Haven
CoA# - City of Ash
CoH# - Crypt of Hearts
DsC# - Darkshade Cavern
DK - Direfrost Keep
EH# - Elden Hollow
FG# - Fungal Grotto
SC# - Spindleclutch
SW - Selene's Web
TI - Tempest Island
Vfl - Vollenfell
VoM - Vaults of Madness
WS# - Wayrest Sewers
DLC Dungeon Names
BDV - Black Drake Villa
BrF - Bloodroot Forge
CT - Castle Thorn
CA - Coral Aerie
CoS - Cradle of Shadows
DpM - Depths of Malatar
FH - Falkreath Hold
FL - Fang Lair
FV - Frostvault
IR - Icereach
ICP - Imperial City Prison
LoM - Lair of Maarselok
MoS - March of Sacrifices
MHK - Moon Hunter Keep
MgF - Moongrave Fane
RPB - Red Petal Bastion
RoM - Ruins of Mazzatun
SP - Scalecaller Peak
SwR - Shipwright's Regret
SG - Stone Garden
TC - The Cauldron
DC - The Dread Cellar
UG - Unhallowed Grave
WGT - White-Gold Tower
Trial Names
AA - Aetherial Archives
AS - Assylum Sanctorium
CR - Cloudrest
DSR - Dread Sail Reef
HoF - Halls of Fabrication
HRC - Hel Ra Citadel
KA - Kyne's Aegis
MoL - Maw of Lorkhaj
RG - Rockgrove
SO - Sanctum Ophidia
SS - Sunspire
If you know of a term or abbreviation which should be included on this list please contact @Caprica's_Kirito either by DM on Discord or in-game mail. If I agree, I'll add it to the list.