Elder Scrolls the MMO

[habibi]

Arcanist is OP. I still prefer my necro.

I read a AMA with the ESO Dev on Reddit and it seems people are pretty pissed at how they have handle Necro. It seems to be the weakest class.

[Max Peck]

Arcanist is OP. I still prefer my necro.

Every class is OP if you do it right.

[Daehawk]

Arcanist is OP. I still prefer my necro.

I read a AMA with the ESO Dev on Reddit and it seems people are pretty pissed at how they have handle Necro. It seems to be the weakest class.

It is weak but I like the class itself..its hard to type out why...its history its spells look cool it is the death and decay class. But ya its weak and it doesn't even get a permanent combat pet. I mean could one little skeleton have been so bad?

[Max Peck]

Today is launch day (on PC) for the new chapter.

June roadmap:

[Daehawk]

My gaming plate is full right now. Don't think Ill miss out on anything if I wait a while to go back.

[Max Peck]

The only thing that seems to be on a timer is the achievement reward (a unique mount) for completing the scribing quest line. That has a one-month window.

[Daehawk]

ok thnx

[Skinypupy]

I finished both Necrom & Skyrim a couple months back and that was plenty ESO for a while.

I'll get around to this eventually, but am in no rush.

[habibi]

I ended up spending my Crowns on the Arcanist class, so I’ll be playing that. I’ll let Gold Road pass.


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[Daehawk]

So how the rollout been going?

[Max Peck]

It's been smooth so far as I've seen. Even the maintanence down time for the launch as shorter than usual.

[Max Peck]

I finished up the scribing quest line, so it's not all that time consuming to get it out of the way. I haven't really done much with it so far aside from the one skill you scribe right at the outset to demonstrate how scribing works.

One annoying thing is that the scribing system barely touches the class skills. The only tie-in to classes is the class mastery signature script, and that requires grinding out 50 "script scraps" that mostly require completing high-end content (trials, dungeons, etc) that I don't do. Apparently I can get them by grinding through the Infinite Archive, so I'm not completely out of luck, but it's still disappointing that the only aspect of scribing that involves the actual classes (but still not class skills) requires so much grind.

[Max Peck]

Try Out ESO Plus for Free to Enjoy Unlimited Crafting Storage, DLC Access, & More

The ESO Plus Free Trial is live from now until Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 10:00AM EDT. During the trial period, you can enjoy the following ESO Plus benefits with no credit card required and no strings attached:

• Full access to over 20 DLC game packs—new zones, quests, dungeons, and more
  • Includes access to the zones from last year’s Necrom release (Note that players on Xbox and PlayStation consoles will need to wait until after Gold Road launches on June 18 to access Necrom)
  • Includes 28 group dungeons (including the Scions of Ithelia dungeons from earlier this year), systems such as Antiquities and Tales of Tribute, and more!
• A Craft Bag providing unlimited storage for all your crafting materials
• Double Bank space for all characters on your account
• 10% increase to experience, gold, and Archival Fortune acquisition, crafting inspiration, and trait research rates
• Double furnishings and collectibles space in player housing
• Exclusive ability to dye costumes
• Double Transmute Crystal storage

[Max Peck]

One annoying thing is that the scribing system barely touches the class skills. The only tie-in to classes is the class mastery signature script, and that requires grinding out 50 "script scraps" that mostly require completing high-end content (trials, dungeons, etc) that I don't do. Apparently I can get them by grinding through the Infinite Archive, so I'm not completely out of luck, but it's still disappointing that the only aspect of scribing that involves the actual classes (but still not class skills) requires so much grind.

After some experimentation, it looks I should be reliably able to grind out a couple scraps per day, one from turning in a master crafting writ and one from completing a solo arena. In theory I could get another one from completing a dungeon, but for all practical purposes that is off the table because it requires using the dungeon finder, and that never actually finds a group for me before I get tired of waiting. Soloing a dungeon of my choice or completing an Undaunted pledge dungeon doesn't seem to count. It should also be possible to get a scrap by "completing" a run in the Infinite Archive, but after a couple of runs where I completed the first arc I still haven't had a scrap drop for me. The other options involve being good at PVP (which I'm not) and completing trials, which can't be done solo. So it's going to take me a month or two to unlock the class mastery script, but at least I only have to do it once.

[Max Peck]

Your Labors Are Rewarded during the Zeal of Zenithar In-Game Event

The Zeal of Zenithar in-game event returns on June 20 at 10AM EDT, and it runs until July 2 at 10AM EDT. To get started, pick up the introductory quest "The Unrefusable Offer" from Amminus Varo at the Belkarth festival grounds or acquire the free quest starter from the Crown Store. Having trouble locating Belkarth? Don’t worry; just head over to the nearest Impresario tent and take the nearby portal. Upon finishing the intro quest, you unlock the daily quest, "Honest Toil."

[Daehawk]

Ive tried multiple times to get in the archeology skill stuff. It really sounds fun and in my area of interest. But its also painfully detailed and confusing and time consuming. I think my biggest limit to it is my ADHD . Just sitting myself down to do the work is my biggest hurdle.

[Max Peck]

The key thing I missed for a long time is that I didn't realize that the Antiquarian's Eye was an actual tool that I was supposed to use to track down the dig site after scrying to find the area where it was located. I was just wandering around in the area until I finally stumbled onto the site. However, if you put the Eye in a quickslot and use it once you're in the area, it gives you a bearing to the site. It makes tracking down the dig site a lot more straight forward and less time consuming.

Easy To Follow Antiquities Guide

Welcome to the Antiquities System Guide for the Greymoor Chapter in ESO (Elder Scrolls Online). The Antiquities System Guide will include both a showcase and a how to of the Scrying and Excavation skill-line lines. Travel across Tamriel to recover lost artifacts with the new Antiquities System. Scry the location of ancient relics and excavate them to uncover Tamriel’s hidden history and become a world-renown Archaeologist!

Table of Contents for the Antiquities Guide

• Where Do I Start?
• Antiquities System
• Scrying
• Excavation
• Questions
• Leveling The Antiquities System
• Full Skill-line Showcase
• Video Guide

I find antiquities to be a sort of relaxing side activity, kind of like how some people who aren't me enjoy fishing. It does feed you a steady trickle of lore as you dig up the bits and bobs, but there is also a payoff when you master it and can start recovering artifacts that can be either housing items or mythic equipment. Some of the mythic items are extremely powerful, such as the Oakensoul Ring or Ring of the Pale Order.

[habibi]

Just to add that even if you failed to dig up the artefacts, you can always use that Antiquarian Eye again and it will point you to another dig site in the same vicinity. It’s like there’s no way to fail to dig up the item once you have successfully scry it.


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[Max Peck]

Treasure map info (including links to the specific map locations).

[Max Peck]

There are more 10th Anniversary give-aways coming up.

Anniversary Spotlight—Venture into Vvardenfell & Seht’s Realm

The 10-Year Anniversary Celebration continues with a new spotlight, and this time, we’re taking you and your allies to the Dark Elf island home of Vvardenfell and Sotha Sil’s world in miniature. From July 2 until August 15, you can unlock the ability to claim the Gold Road Recall Customized Action for FREE from the in-game Crown Store when you complete the Champion of Vivec Achievement.

In addition to the Customized Action, you can also unlock the Clockwork City DLC free with July’s Daily Login Rewards. Simply log in during the month of July and claim the DLC on Day 2—easy!

[Daehawk]

I saved Vivic a long time ago so I should be good. haha. Ill reinstall this come July 1

[Max Peck]

This is one grind I'm more than happy to put behind me. At least it unlocks for the account, so I only had to do it on one character.

[Daehawk]

Im trying to start gold road but when I log in in Im getting an error box full of mods no loading or working now. I didn't even know I was using mods before. Never gave any problems. In game I cant open menus and my view suddenly goes all blurry and I cant do a damn thing..weird.

Im gonna try again later and turn all check boxes for addons off and see if that helps any.

[Daehawk]

Well I turned everything off and got the gold road quest line started. But I cant see my spells listed at the bottom of the screen now..at all. So may have to turn some part of the UI mods back on..dammit. The Gold Road seems to start with 3 portals to different places. I suppose it doesn't matter which I choose and that I will have to do all 3 areas eventually anyways. Right? So off I go to test things.

Im not even using my main character necromancer. Since this Gold Road stuff seems to continue the Necrom stuff Ill be using my Arcanist I created for that story and continue with it.

[Max Peck]

Yeah, I go through that cycle with broken addons every time there's a major update to the game. Usually they just get flagged as out of date but still work, but sometimes there is a significant enough change to the API that things break.

[Max Peck]

Speaking of outdated (and possibly broken) addons, Update 43 is live on PC servers today, and will be live on console servers in September.

Version 10.1.5 aka Update 43 Patch Notes

Welcome to The Elder Scrolls Online v10.1.5 and the Update 43 base game patch! This update introduces Home Tours, a new tool to help you find and share housing creations. We’ve also made some updates to Infinite Archive to add new Arenas, Verses and Visions, plus added 7 new Class Sets and some additional curated item sets. You’ll also find new collectibles, achievements, titles, and enjoy a few additional quality of life changes including the game now remembering your last selected Guild Store or Guild Bank.

In addition to these features, we have a long list of bug fixes and improvements to the entire game, such as a number of adjustments affecting Scribing (including some new Ink sourcing!), quest content, some combat balance adjustments, and more. This size of this patch is approximately 1.9GB.

[Daehawk]

I got tired of messing with it and deleted the entire install. Then I searched for anything elder scrolls related on my drives and deleted that too. Then reinstalled. Solved all the error issues. So Im good now.


But then I met the prologues boss monster. Kicked my ass 20 times last night before I got frustrated and simply exited the game. Ill log back in today and give it another go. I seem to do well and do what expected of me then suddenly I just fall dead as a door nail from some attack the boss does. Wipes me right out before I can even heal. Might have to look up a video on it.

[Max Peck]

I don't like the vanilla UI very much, so at a minimum I "need" to keep the Advanced UI addon operational. Aside from that I just use a few QoL addons for keeping track of harvest nodes and such. In a lot of cases, even when they are technically out of date because they no longer match the API version number they still work just fine. Luckily most of the addons I use are still actively supported by their creators, so they get updated reasonably quickly following patches.

[Max Peck]

Patch notes v10.1.6

The daily log-in rewards this month include a couple of DLC dungeons, along with a bunch of house decorations for those who are into that sort of thing.

Fang Lair & Scalecaller Peak—Days 3 & 4

You can unlock the DLC dungeons Fang Lair and Scalecaller Peak for free this September simply by logging in. Fang Lair unlocks upon your third login, while Scalecaller Peak unlocks with your fourth. Both dungeons are part of this month’s Anniversary Spotlight, so prepare to challenge necromancers and cultists while you untangle the ancient legacy of the Dragon Thurvokun.

[Max Peck]

Apparently there's another major update waiting in the wings.

Update 44 Preview—Battlegrounds, New Companions, & More!

The Update 44 base-game patch arrives October 28 for PC/Mac and November 13 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles. This new update introduces new features, changes, and quality-of-life improvements, and it is free for all existing ESO players (with the notable exception of the new Companions, who you can purchase for free with ESO Plus™ membership or with crowns from the Crown Store…more on them below!).

The new companions sound interesting, particularly in that they seem to provide a unique buff when you have them active. It'd be nice if they update the existing companions with a similar feature, but I'm not holding my breath for that.

Update 44 also introduces two brand-new Companions to ESO: Tanlorin and Zerith-var. Tanlorin is a scrappy High Elf who mixes Soul Magic with Dragonknight abilities, while the stoic Khajiit Zerith-var utilizes the power of Necromancy.

At launch, you can acquire both new allies for free with an active ESO Plus membership or purchased with crowns from the in-game Crown Store. Once acquired, you can find and recruit them within the zones of Auridon (Tanlorin), and Reaper’s March (Zerith-var).

Like previous Companions, each will have their own introductory quest that you will need to complete before you can summon them. In addition to being unique new characters (with their own stories, personalities, and quest lines), these two new Companions each also provide a special passive perk when adventuring with them:

• Tanlorin grants “Tanlorin’s Finesse,” which provides an increase to the time it takes to pick a lock, an increased chance to force a lock, and a reduced chance to break a lockpick.
• Zerith-var grants “Zerith’s Guidance,” which highlights valuable bags of loot found throughout Tamriel.

While these perks are active when adventuring with each Companion in question, they can be permanently unlocked by completing each ally’s unique Achievement.

[Max Peck]

A Gold Road-themed event, requiring access to West Weald, starts today and runs until Oct 8. It has a community challenge in addition to the usual event coffers and tickets.

Seek Ayleid Relics to Unlock Rewards during the Fallen Leaves of West Weald Event

Throughout the event period, you can acquire the new daily quest, “Fallen Leaves of West Weald,” available from Gandrinar, located outside the Skingrad Impresario’s tent. To complete this new daily, collect lost Ayleid relics, bundle them, and bring them back to Gandrinar. Doing so will grant event quest rewards (and on occasion, some additional lore about the region’s ancient rulers), in addition to progressing the Fallen Leaves of West Weald meter, found on the event’s official page.

As the community completes the new daily quest, they help progress a new event meter, unlocking three tiers of rewards:

• 33%—Vineyard Voriplasm pet
• 66% —Luminescing Varla Stone memento
• 100%—Russet Brekka mount, Tree-Sap Legion arms pack, and a nesting rewards box

While the event (and community chase) is ongoing, you can receive a special Sublime Fallen Leaves Coffer for the first West Weald zone daily quest you complete each day AND then earn regular Fallen Leaves Coffers for various activities after.

Note that you can also acquire regular Fallen Leaves Coffers by defeating bosses and monsters, harvesting resource nodes, pickpocketing, or opening treasure chests, safeboxes, psijic portals, Thieves Troves, or other lootable objects within West Weald.

During the Fallen Leaves of West Weald event, you can earn two Event Tickets per day by completing Gandrinar’s quest, any zone daily quest, or the Lucent Citadel weekly quest.

[Daehawk]

I still haven't dived into that deeply. I logged in to start it then wandered off and deleted the game again. Ill get back to it.

[Max Peck]

Just a heads up that the community challenge has been completed. Don't forget to claim the reward bundle in the Crown Store before it expires on 18 Oct.

Challenge complete! Gold Road Chapter players can now claim the Fallen Leaves of West Weald Reward Bundle free from the in-game Crown Store until Friday, October 18 at 10AM EDT—don't miss out!

[Max Peck]

Witches Festival

This year’s Witches Festival begins next Thursday, October 24 and runs until Wednesday, November 6 at 10AM EST. During this spoopy seasonal event, you can claim ghoulishly good event-specific rewards including Plunder Skulls, XP boosts, Event Tickets, and more!

[Max Peck]

Update 44 Patch Notes

[Skinypupy]

If you’re like me an occasionally dabble with ESO on PS5, the Gold Road coax is currently just $17.

Grabbed it and will put on my list to jump into after Dragon Age.

[Max Peck]

The Golden Pursuits system went live today. The initial campaign runs for a week and requires players to complete 4 different requirements, with rewards granted for completing any 2 and all 4 of them. This first one is pretty easy and I was able to complete it all in a single session.

Golden Pursuits Guide

You can find active Golden Pursuits in the "Golden Pursuits" section of the Group and Activity Finder (if using mouse and keyboard) or in the Activity Finder (if using a gamepad) while a Golden Pursuit is active. It will not appear otherwise, but these menus take on a golden glow when a Golden Pursuit is active to indicate an active Pursuit. You can also reach this section by selecting the Golden Pursuits tile in the Announcement Panel that displays upon login. This tile will only appear while a Golden Pursuit is active.

Progress in Golden Pursuits is simple—perform activities to unlock rewards. Golden Pursuit activities can be just about anything you are able to do in game, such as running dungeons, crafting items, fighting in Battlegrounds, and more. Once you have performed the described task (which could be part of your regular in-game routine), the activity is completed and the reward is unlocked!

Any progress made in any active Golden Pursuit activity is tracked automatically, but you must claim earned rewards from the Golden Pursuits menu. All progress, credit, and rewards from Golden Pursuits are applied account-wide (with the exception of inherently character-specific rewards, such as gold for your inventory).

When no Golden Pursuits are active, the "Golden Pursuits" menu, along with all associated activities and unclaimed rewards, becomes inaccessible and disappears. Be sure to claim any rewards you’ve earned before the period ends! You can see the time left in the current Golden Pursuit from the menu to keep this from happening.

The FOMO will probably hit me hard when they roll some out that require PvP, being in a guild, etc. Basically all that MMO stuff that I don't bother with.

[Max Peck]

Defend the Honor of High Isle during the Legacy of the Bretons Celebration Event

The Legacy of the Bretons Celebration kicks off Thursday, November 21 at 10AM EST, and runs until Tuesday, December 3 at 10AM EST. During this in-game event, you can acquire a variety of bonus rewards as you adventure within the Systres Archipelago. This includes special Reward Boxes, Event Tickets, and increased drops for Daily Quests, Dungeons, Tales of Tribute matches, Volcanic Vents, Resource Nodes, and both World Bosses and Delves within the High Isle and Galen zones.

To participate, you’ll need to own the High Isle, Ascending Tide, Lost Depths, or Firesong DLCs. You can get access via ESO Plus™ membership or purchase them for crowns from the in-game Crown Store.

Of special note (to me, YMMV):

The Legacy of the Bretons Celebration is your first chance to purchase Abnur Tharn’s Key, the third of five morphing fragments needed for the final morphing collectible of 2024, the Haven of the Five Companions house!

"Free" (for the low, low price of grinding event tickets) player housing. What's not to love?