Official Discussion Thread for "The Witches Festival is Coming!"
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If we could change the motifs on dropped gear that would be huge, and then the CS motiifs would be worth far, far more. As it is right now, I don't want to even be seen in most dropped gear because I think it looks awful.Honestly crafted gear and by extension motifs are pointless fluff at this time anyways. Until ZOS gives us crafted sets on par with dungeon gear or gives us the ability to change an item's style, crafted gear might as well be a cosmetic item you can only wear in town.Edited by Preyfar on 13 October 2016 17:072 -
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✭✭✭does anyone know if the "giant pumpkin orange" dye is only available as a dye pack from the crown store or if it's obtainable as an event reward? I think it's the former but I want to be sure since I'd really like that dye to use freelyIGN @ emilypumpkin, imperial pumpkin seller
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✭✭✭✭SantieClaws wrote: »Khajiit has question.
The whistle business transforms us into something yes? But all the nice costumes and things - what is the use if we are all transformed the same? An identical zombie army across the whole of Tamriel.
In short is there any way yes to receive the relevant boost but still retain the look you choose?
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Santie Claws
@SantieClaws I didn't see anyone answer this yet so--sort of. If you have a disguise on, that will overwrite the brew look; my Templar runs around in the Bleakrock Bandit disguise and I had to take it off to see the skeleton look.#proud2BAStarObsessedLoony
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✭✭✭✭✭WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »
@SantieClaws I didn't see anyone answer this yet so--sort of. If you have a disguise on, that will overwrite the brew look; my Templar runs around in the Bleakrock Bandit disguise and I had to take it off to see the skeleton look.
Interesting. I was wearing a crown store costume and it made me a skelly
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atreides✭✭I'm disappointed at the lack of effort put into this holiday quest event. It's pretty pathetic.4 -
Izaki✭✭✭✭✭
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Gina ninja'd me with knowledge.
*makes a few thousand potions and goes into vMA for 3 weeks without showing any signs of life to the real world. fails uni exams. blames YOU and Gina.*
Seriously though, I'm off to vMA and its your fault. But thank you for the info
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✭✭✭✭✭IzakiBrotheSs wrote: »
*makes a few thousand potions and goes into vMA for 3 weeks without showing any signs of life to the real world. fails uni exams. blames YOU and Gina.*
Seriously though, I'm off to vMA and its your fault. But thank you for the info
Don't worry. my plan all along was to farm nMA (scrub life) whenever I'm done with random normals (for XP) on all my lowbies with friends See you on the other side @IzakiBrotheSs ! Lone Wolf HelpFor the solo players who know, sometimes you just need a hand.PC | NA | AD-DC-EP | Discord0 -
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Don't worry. my plan all along was to farm nMA (scrub life) whenever I'm done with random normals (for XP) on all my lowbies with friends See you on the other side @IzakiBrotheSs !
Well I would totally do nMA but I still need ONE weapon (guess what? the fire staff...), so I have to torture myself. But first I'll finish grinding my lobbies too. After that vMA will actually seem fun! xD See ya there!Edited by Izaki on 13 October 2016 20:55@ Izaki #PCEU
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Donum-Dei✭✭✭Whoa...
I though I was going to have a huge quest here.... I guess this event is more driven by achievements and group content than the quest itself?Edited by Donum-Dei on 13 October 2016 21:050 -
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✭lordrichter wrote: »
I believe it is any boss. Dungeon, Delve, and overworld.
Craglorn bosses in delves do not drop anything.PERTH, AUSTRALIA | PC | NA | @Aussie-Elders
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Chaos0720✭✭✭While I'm not happy that ZoS put a motif behind a pay wall, my only problem with this as far as the game goes is this: People that farm and sell gold are breaking the terms of service/code of conduct; however, people that pay ZoS money for mimic stones, convert those stones into the harlequin style material and then sell that for gold is perfectly okay? The message I get from this is selling gold only breaks the rules if ZoS isn't getting a cut. This is not a good step to take.
At the very least, until the style material can be farmed in game, the gear and style material need to be bound. And this is coming from a crafter.Edited by Chaos0720 on 14 October 2016 00:044 -
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✭✭✭I like these funky new recipes with two hour duration and a mix of attribute buff AND regen all in one.
I also notice that they are "level free" and scale all the way from level 1 to CP160. Any chance that regular recipes in the future will also scale like this?0 -
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the start of pay to win.
Yea totally, crown store exclusive vanity leads to p2w0 -
Coolio_Wolfus✭✭✭Undead Morph Bugs:- Blocks crown store armor/clothing previews.
- Can be masked ingame with a wearable disguise.
- Can wear off under said disguise after the time is up without any indicated warning.
Scarecrow Mask seems to have the smallest RNG drop and usually from final dungeon bosses,
Is this a BUG???0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Coolio_Wolfus wrote: »Undead Morph Bugs:- Blocks crown store armor/clothing previews.
- Can be masked ingame with a wearable disguise.
- Can wear off under said disguise after the time is up without any indicated warning.
Scarecrow Mask seems to have the smallest RNG drop and usually from final dungeon bosses,
Is this a BUG???
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Chaos0720✭✭✭notimetocare wrote: »
Yea totally, crown store exclusive vanity leads to p2w
Not sure if you're just white knighting, being a troll, or are just completely clueless, but let me explain to you why this is the start of pay to win.
Use real money to buy the motif. Use real money to buy mimic stones. The only way to get the style material for the harlequin motif is by crafting it with a mimic stone and then deconstructing it.
For 2400 crowns, roughly $17, you get 54 mimic stones.
Assuming you have terrible luck and only end up with 27 style materials from the deconstruction of the harlequin gear. Most people that try to sell gold (and for the record, I don't buy they just spam their crap everywhere) I've seen them sell something like 100,000 gold for $10.
So a little math for you:
$17 would be worth 170,000 gold to a person who was to buy gold straight out
If you get 27 of the style materials, you try to sell each for 6300 gold each (whether they would sell or not is a different discussion) the people that buy there gold would reach their happy price. Even if you would only try to sell for 5000 gold, for every 2400 crowns ($17 dollars), you could potentially make up to 270,000 gold if you ended up getting all 54 of the style material.
Why is this a problem?
Well I want a full set of gold gear and lets just saw for arguments sake that all the gear will cost 1mil gold. Well, whip out the credit card buy 9600 crowns, (2 packs of 5500 runs you $80), and presto $80 real world money gives you access to a full set of gear that you would otherwise have to earn yourself or farm/play the game and sell in game items.
If you can explain to me how this isn't pay to win, I'm all ears.
And before you go on a rant of, well only I would think of that. Use your brain. There are people who make it their business to get an edge in this game by any means possible, which means they were planning on this as soon as they found out that the motif would be crown only and the style material wouldn't be available in game. Once you can convert cash to gold, you can then buy association convert cash to alliance points and cash to tel var stones. Thus the in game economy dies because the people that have money to waste in real life can get whatever they want without having to do anything, thus gaining an advantage over those who don't have the money to waste.
The grim harlequin motif is no different than the people that are selling gold for cash. Only change is that ZoS is the ones selling gold for cash now.
@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom Please forward this to whoever needs to see this, but the items crafted from the grim motif and the style materials need to be bound to your account until they can be farmed in game. Otherwise the above scenario is going to be what occurs. And if you don't want this game to be pay to win then this will need to be patched.Edited by Chaos0720 on 14 October 2016 06:594 -
Chaos0720✭✭✭Coolio_Wolfus wrote: »Undead Morph Bugs:
- Blocks crown store armor/clothing previews.
- Can be masked ingame with a wearable disguise.
- Can wear off under said disguise after the time is up without any indicated warning.
Scarecrow Mask seems to have the smallest RNG drop and usually from final dungeon bosses,
Is this a BUG???
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It doesn't work with COSTUMES. You have to wear a DISGUISE to override the skeleton. So every equipable quest disguise will do. My vamp is running around with the bloodthorn disguise from Bethnik, so he looks neither vamp nor skeleton 0 -
Legedric✭✭✭✭✭@ZOS_GinaBruno I like the festival itself, but why on earth did it have to be a Memento to apply the buff?
Especially the XP buff?
I mean... did anyone ever thought about the fact that entire Cyrodiil and Imperial City is being excluded from the XP boost as Mementos are not working there?
Yes, I do know ZOS doesn't care much about PvP but did you have to make it that obvious?◄ Legedric the Flamedancer ► - Redguard Dragon Knight
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✭✭✭✭✭@ZOS_GinaBruno I like the festival itself, but why on earth did it have to be a Memento to apply the buff?
Especially the XP buff?
I mean... did anyone ever thought about the fact that entire Cyrodiil and Imperial City is being excluded from the XP boost as Mementos are not working there?
Yes, I do know ZOS doesn't care much about PvP but did you have to make it that obvious?
How is it exactly in Cyro ? You cannot refresh the buff, or you get no buff at all even if you drink the elixir elsewhere before ?0 -
Coolio_Wolfus✭✭✭Hollowjack Sword Motif Achievement is bugged, can have the motif active but it doesn't tick off in the achievement listing.
Edit: Relogging updates it and fixes it, but it should still auto update with every book used!Edited by Coolio_Wolfus on 14 October 2016 15:060 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Can you add Plunder Skulls to dolmen chests, please? A lot of us are grinding dolmens for jewelry and, even in skeleton form, I am not seeing Plunder Skulls. But people grinding dungeons for BoP gear or people grinding World Bosses for weapons seem to be getting Plunder Skulls like crazy.
And throw a bunch into Rewards For the Worthy emails, too.
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✭✭✭Dagoth_Rac wrote: »Can you add Plunder Skulls to dolmen chests, please? A lot of us are grinding dolmens for jewelry and, even in skeleton form, I am not seeing Plunder Skulls. But people grinding dungeons for BoP gear or people grinding World Bosses for weapons seem to be getting Plunder Skulls like crazy.
And throw a bunch into Rewards For the Worthy emails, too.
Thanks!
Plunder Skulls drop off Dolman Boss, not in chest.
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✭I remember when ZOS was adamant about not having these holiday type events because because lore or something. I guess since they have gone back on every other thing they said they might as well for this as well. Not surprising I really. What is surprising is that they aren't selling this junk in the crown store.0 -
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✭It's nice for what it is. But it was dishonest calling this a festival. There's simply no content.
Development; please educate yourself about what's going on in the MMO world before using such terms. In any other sphere of employment you'd never get away with such deceit (well perhaps politics).If you can be anything, be kind.0 -
Solus✭✭✭✭clocksstoppe wrote: »
LOL it already started. You seriously call this garbage pay to win when they sell infinite inventory space for 15 bucks a month?
Its not infinite inventory space, that only applies to crafting items, and at .50 cents a day, thats not really bad. Anybody with a full time job can afford .50 cents a day. Ill tell you, its super useful to be able to pick up every single crafting item and not have to worry about it filling up your bank or your inventory. It is an MMO, and its one of those games that really needs a majority of your gaming time to excel. I havent played anything else but ESO for a long time.
The next game i will play will be friday the 13th when it comes out, but thats it really.The-Pumpkin-King // Stamblade
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Solus✭✭✭✭What happens when the event is over? How will we get gems to craft Harlequin?
Its day one and i have over 200 of those. I highly doubt anyone would run out by the time the event is over. and if you do, expect me to charge 10k per stone
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The event lasts until 10:00am EDT on November 1st, so you'll have lots of time to play and enjoy it.ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »
hey thats my birthday ^.^Edited by Solus on 14 October 2016 22:04The-Pumpkin-King // Stamblade
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✭✭✭✭✭Rev Rielle wrote: »It's nice for what it is. But it was dishonest calling this a festival. There's simply no content.
Development; please educate yourself about what's going on in the MMO world before using such terms. In any other sphere of employment you'd never get away with such deceit (well perhaps politics).
Actually, fhe term 'Witches Festival' is Elder Scrolls lore going back to Arena.3 -
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Its day one and i have over 200 of those. I highly doubt anyone would run out by the time the event is over. and if you do, expect me to charge 10k per stone
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No, the craft stones for Harlequin don't drop in game. The marbles are for the Hallowjack Motif style.
To get the style stones for Grim Harequin, you must buy it in Crown Store with the Mimic stones, craft the gear with Mimic stones, then decon and then it will return the style mats..
Edited by wenchmore420b14_ESO on 15 October 2016 01:27Drakon Koryn~Oryndill, Rogue~Mage,- CP ~Doesn't matter any more
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