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Hey everyone, Spokes here. Or maybe I
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should say Spike here. Yeah, somebody in
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the comments told me I sound like Spike
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Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop, and it's
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going to take me a long time to get over
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that one. But I'll try to make myself
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stop talking like Spike long enough to
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do this video. Just as important as the
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settings you should turn on in ESO are
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those that you should turn off. Again,
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for quality of life reasons, the goal is
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to make your game as smooth and fluid
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and enjoyable to play as possible. So,
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in addition to the top 11 settings you
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should turn on from my video last week
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linked above and below, here are seven
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you should turn off. Things the game
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does automatically that you may not
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like. And by turning them off, you might
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improve your quality of life
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considerably. Let's start with
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tutorials. Go to gameplay and then
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scroll all the way down if you're on
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console. There you'll see a simple
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toggle tutorials on or off. If you don't
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turn these off, tutorial notifications
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will keep showing up on your screen
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telling you how to do basic stuff. Now,
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if you need the tutorials, keep it on
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for as long as you want. But for those
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of us who already know how to play the
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game, these can be super annoying.
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Number one setting to turn off, in my
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opinion, in ESO. Also, under gameplay,
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we have auto loot stolen items. Now, for
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whatever reason, Zos and their wisdom
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set this to automatically be on. So,
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that means anytime you're in an area
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where there's stuff laying around on
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tables, such as when you're just trying
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to go to a guild trader and elden route,
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you will sometimes grab a stolen item
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and then be chased down by the guards.
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The simple fix for this is just turning
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auto loot stolen items to off. Then you
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will receive a popup confirming that you
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actually want to do it and you have a
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chance to back out before it's too late.
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Unless you're going for a thief tune.
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This will save you a lot of time and
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pain. Similarly, under gameplay, we have
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prevent attacking innocents. Again, this
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is automatically set to off, which means
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that if you target an NPC and try to
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attack them, you will. Stealing is one
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thing, but killing innocents, the guards
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really don't like that. So, unless you
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want to have a huge bounty and get
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chased everywhere you go, go ahead and
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turn this one off. This does mean, I
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believe, that you won't be able to even
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kill them if you want to with Blade of
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Wo or as a vampire. So, if you end up
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becoming a murderous freak, just come
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back here and turn it back to off. For
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the next setting, we're going to go to
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the social section. This one is a
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lifesaver. If you don't want to know
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whenever any random stranger in your
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guild happens to do something kind of
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interesting, go ahead and turn
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leaderboard notifications off.
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Otherwise, these will flood your inbox
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and drive you crazy. I mean, it's cool.
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GG. You did well in the Citadel or
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whatever, but I have no interest in
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knowing about that every 5 seconds. So,
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I have always turned leaderboard
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notifications off. Honestly, I think I
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should have put this at the top of the
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list. In terms of saving your quality of
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life in the game, this has got to be the
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top one. Now, here's one I honestly
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didn't know about until recently. You
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can turn your quest tracker entirely
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off. That's a thing up there in the
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corner that keeps track of your quest.
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But if you want to go fully immersive,
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it's kind of in the way and annoying.
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Your quests will still be tracked. They
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just won't be up there in the corner of
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your screen. Go ahead and set that to
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off. And there you go. Your screen is
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all clean. You don't have that yellow
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and white text up there bothering you.
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Similarly, it might annoy you to
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constantly see chat bubbles appear over
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people's heads whenever they're using
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the say or emote form of text chat. And
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if so, you can turn quick chat off.
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These chat items will still show up in
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the chat window, but they won't show up
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over people's heads, which can unclutter
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your interface, make your experience of
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hanging out in social areas in Tamreel
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much more enjoyable. All right, last but
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not least, ESO did introduce an
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accessibility mode a year or two ago.
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And when you're first setting up the
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game, it can be relatively easy to turn
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this on by mistake. So, if you're seeing
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a bunch of accessibility notifications
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come up, etc., you might want to go down
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to accessibility and make sure this is
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turned off. Of course, these settings
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are great for people who need them, but
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for most of us, it just gets in the way.
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I'm sure there are even more annoying
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settings in this game that I didn't
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mention, and that's where you guys come
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in. Please do leave your comments with
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any information you have on settings you
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hate that you turn off immediately on
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new characters. Also, please do comment
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with any video ideas, any other feedback
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on the video, or even the channel
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overall. I definitely want to hear how
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good my Spike voice is. I don't know if
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it's actually that good, but this guy
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told me in the comments I sound like
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Spike. And then I tried it out and I was
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like, "Oh god, that's spooky, actually."
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And then I had to watch the ending of
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Cowboy Bebop again, which is so sad. But
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I'm linking it below to share the curse.
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And if you like it when I go off on
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tangents, now is the time to join the
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spokes army. I am finally starting to
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I have a new video out. It's going to be
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a busy week with U46 launching on
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console. I will be streaming Wednesday,
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Thursday, and Friday. So, don't miss
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your first look at Solstice and
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subclassing on the PS5 Pro. Thank you
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all so much for watching. I give all
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glory to God for the video. Thank you,
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Lord. Thank you guys for being here.
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I'll be back soon with more content.
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