A Fullfilled Aim(?) (Ezhkel):
I really liked this one! My second favorite side quest in East Solstice. It was a good start for run 2, and a surprise when I came across it, as I missed this one during the first run. While I'm not sure what to think about the ongoing "humanization" of daedra we see in ESO, I think this character had an interesting background (especially if you have played other content before) and dialogues were well-written. I liked that our class was recognized, I liked the care that went into dialogues, even into lines that only come up if you talk to the character again inbetween quest steps. Some parts were genuinely funny, but not in a silly way. I liked the options we were given in dialogues, although for roleplay reasons I think it would be good to have one for characters who are rather sceptical or negative towards daedra. The "puzzle" at the beginning wasn't difficult, but it was fun nonetheless. The only thing I might criticize a bit is that our character has no dialogue option other than to be hesitant when it comes to "sacrificing" Ezhkel - since my character is very well aware that daedra don't actually die and the process of "killing" them is just needed, and nothing bad or "evil" at all, if they want to get a new body. So there's no reason to whine if a daedra wants to "die" - having our character do that doesn't consider what daedra are and how their "laws of nature" work. Quest took about 20 minutes in total.

Dismantling the Worm Cult(?) (Ojouna): A simple rescue quest (nothing too interesting for me, but I'm fine with a few rescue or fetch quests in each zone, for the sake of variety). I liked that you can make a choice at the end. Quest took less than 10 minutes.

Death Hounds Devotion: I just needed to kill one mob?! This was extremely short and didn't even take 2 minutes in total, including all dialogues. There are random encounters that have more content. It was a bit underwhelming, since I usually expect quests to consist of a bit more. Might have worked as the onset of a longer quest.

Lost Among the Ashes: I really dislike this one. It's a bit sad since location and setting could have made me love the whole thing, but I absolutely dislike how we have no agency about what happens. We get dialogue options to say we spare characters, but they get killed by our "companion" in that story nonetheless - why give us that choice then? I also dislike how the murder of people who have just surrendered is depicted like a funny "joke". And most of all, our character can't even say anything about that. No dialogue options at all, no way to comment on that behavior - rather strange how we're usually supposed to be "the good hero" - would a "good hero" behave like that and just stand back and watch? Same goes for the ending, of course; it's a long quest, 25 minutes or so, and then again, we get an "option" how to treat that one npc, and no matter what we say, it gets ignored and the npcs gets murdered. It could have easily been written as knocking that character out and bringing him to a healer. We know that a cure for vampirism does exist in ESO. And when it comes to the puzzle in that quest: It's fine, but too repetative. Doing exactly the same thing thrice isn't very interesting.

Blood on the Water: A nice and rather long pirate story (over 20 minutes), I liked the story itself, but running back and forth all the time was a little strange. Also how there's always another task more (or two more) that get added. It doesn't feel like a "natural" progress of the story, but more like "Oh, and by the way, also fetch this:" - and that's happening how often during that quest? 4 or 5 times? What I did like was that there was a variety of tasks. Giving the speech was fun. I liked that old quests were referenced. The writing itself was good. The "naval battle" was a bit disappointing since it was just another boss fight, but on a ship - no extra mechanics. I expected a bit more, especially considering what we got in the base game during the Aldmeri Dominion storyline 11 years ago. I also already mentioned it in the bug thread, but: The map of the cave system is still missing.

The Hermit in the Hills: Bringing food to an npc. Done in a minute. A few dialogue options, which I did like (My general stance is: The more choices the better!). It was a nice little quest, I guess, but it didn't really feel meaningful or exciting. To cook soup for a granny, I don't need to play an epic fantasy game.

The quest within Calindvale Gardens that I always forget to note the name of: A straightforward rescue quest. Not very interesting. Took about 20 minutes since the dungeon is big. It looks nice - all dungeons do - , but to really interest me, quests needs more on the story/lore side.

A Traitor's Tyranny: Another straightforward rescue quest. Took me about 12 to 15 minutes, which seems to be the average time for a side quest. Beautiful building, as usual. Lore seemed inconsistent; we've been told that no one has been in East Solstice for 30 or 40 years or so, and then there's this school on the East, with students who, before the Wall, seemed to cross to West Solstice casually all the time?! But no one from the West ever seemed to know about their existence either, despite them being a part of that Altmer College well-known in the West. It doesn't add up.

To Know the Void(?) (Sahmazim): A 5 minute fetch quest. Npc is clearly related to the Dark Brotherhood - why can't our character say anything about that and doesn't get dialogue choices to reflect their stance on this?

Roots in Stone: A nice, longer, well-written quest with a variety of tasks and different dialogue options. Could be one of my favorites from Solstice. Unfortunately, it was bugged both in my 1st and my 2nd PTS run. First time, the bug was near the end, at least, so I can say it took me about 30 minutes or so, and it was generally a nice experience and well-written.

A Cold Grave: Another 1 minute "just dialogue" quest - we saw the spirit of someone's dead husband and got the task to inform the spouse about it. Different dialogue options, including to flirt with the widow who just learnt about her husband's death. I didn't test it, not sure what the reaction would be.

Choice and Consequence: I loved this one! Easily my favorite from East Solstice, and maybe also for whole Solstice (it's in close competition with the Corelanya Manor quest). A long quest (maybe 40 minutes), a variety of tasks, lots of different choices to make, not only in dialogue (had lots of fun with that, though, and tried different things on 2 characters). Different endings, too, I guess? And different paths to get to that point. You can even behave horribly, which I really appreciate, for the sake of roleplaying what ever character we have in mind. I wish we could have chosen to fully go that path (Why not turn Cariel in instead of a disguised Worm Cultist, if we dislike her anyway?). But the direction was a good one. Now I'd love to see that in more quests, even within a main quest. If all quests were on that level, I'd never complain again (although, of course, simple fetch quests don't need different endings - but for more complex stories, I'd like to see something akin to this). A few smaller notes: The Staff of Magnus still hasn't been fixed yet. It still looks like Vanus Galerion's staff. And shouldn't new disguises go into the collection menu now? I'd really hope we might see the new ones from East Solstice getting added (also from the quests with Sahmazim and Ezhkel). The resurfacing of Naemon also leads to a question: What happens to the Old Life quest now, where we can see his spirit sometimes? He's not dead anymore, after all. Generally, the Old Life quest could need an update to reflect the events of newer chapters. I think the updates had stopped with Blackwood.