Horned Owl feathers?

OutLaw_Nynx

I gave up

ArchangelIsraphel

Arizona_Steve wrote: »

I got my ten feathers this morning and feel no desire to participate further in this event. Honestly not sure why I bothered as the owl is almost as annoying as the twilight matriarchs with the endless flapping. Couldn't the poor thing land somewhere and take a break occasionally?

I really liked the owl, but hated the constant flapping, and the noise the wings made (Owls...don't make this much noise...) The wing anatomy is also irritating. I studied ornithology a great deal in school, and the shape is not that of an owl at all, but instead looks more like a corvid. The tail is also wrong. Undoubtedly because it's just the crow assistant mesh being re-used.

Arunei

Shanee wrote: »

SerafinaWaterstar wrote: »

Shanee wrote: »

Maybe I just come from different games, but I kind of like how not EVERYONE is going to be guaranteed the same loot/items and that you're not guaranteed to get all the event items. Being able to purchase them from players is a nice bonus so you can get everything during that year.

Event collectibles having value is fun to me.. I can spend some gold if I want to collect everything to ensure that I don't miss any rewards or if something doesn't take my fancy, then I can use the event to make some gold instead.

It'd suck if we were all guaranteed to get everything from the event.

Why? Some have limited time or money.

Because I find it gives the items more value and therefor they are more sought after. I prefer achieving an item/collectible knowing it's not guaranteed loot for everyone who can type in their password.

If all I had to do was login during a 7 day time period and doing so gave me 15 event collectibles. They'd suck. Everyone in the game would have it and I, personally, would lose interest in ever partaking in ESO events.

Sometimes, not everyone should have something/everything.

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( Example being, this is why I will never wear an outfit/costume which was achieved freely through gaining a CP level, etc. Because to me, these are such handed-out items, they have no 'shine' to them.. )

But if I'm to be lucky and obtain an event collectible which at the time would cost around a million gold to purchase, heck yeah, I'm going rock that and show it off.

So basically you want to deprive other people of having a decent chance of something so you can feel special when YOU'RE lucky enough to get it? I don't get this mindset, it just feels selfish. Why should you care if other people can get something or not? Why should others' being able to enjoy having something diminish your enjoyment of having it yourself?

MasterSpatula

Funny thing is a guildie gave me the feathers I needed to complete the collections, and as soon as I didn't need them, I started getting two a day consistently.

Elsonso

MasterSpatula wrote: »

Funny thing is a guildie gave me the feathers I needed to complete the collections, and as soon as I didn't need them, I started getting two a day consistently.

I have two accounts on PC. I was getting a few feathers from one account (less than one per three golden goodie bags) and pretty much none on the other (way way way less than one per three goodie bags). Combined, still less than 10.

whitecrow

Arizona_Steve wrote: »

I got my ten feathers this morning and feel no desire to participate further in this event. Honestly not sure why I bothered as the owl is almost as annoying as the twilight matriarchs with the endless flapping. Couldn't the poor thing land somewhere and take a break occasionally?

Yep. It would also allow for some nice animations, like the cubs and pups have. It could pounce on a mouse, or look around, or maybe be startled by something. Just having it hover is lazy.

Number_51

whitecrow wrote: »

Arizona_Steve wrote: »

I got my ten feathers this morning and feel no desire to participate further in this event. Honestly not sure why I bothered as the owl is almost as annoying as the twilight matriarchs with the endless flapping. Couldn't the poor thing land somewhere and take a break occasionally?

Yep. It would also allow for some nice animations, like the cubs and pups have. It could pounce on a mouse, or look around, or maybe be startled by something. Just having it hover is lazy.

Even the Justal's Falcon memento has a landing (with its catch of the day) animation that could have been re-used.

DinoZavr

my little observation (as i do Event on 4 accounts) is that average feathers drop rate for me is 1:10

this means that if you play only one account you have to do 8 golden boxes each day of event to have a good chance to get all 10 feathers by your own.

Five boxes are fast and easy: delve, dolmen, world boss, public dungeon boss, and final boss of Fungal Grotto 1 (doable on characters above level 20...25 solo).
Three others are: Crow boss, Hollowjack boss, and Tho'at in the Infinite Archive, or nMA.
Trials are great too, but not everyone does Trials even on the normal difficulty.

Good luck.

Elsonso

DinoZavr wrote: »

my little observation (as i do Event on 4 accounts) is that average feathers drop rate for me is 1:10

this means that if you play only one account you have to do 8 golden boxes each day of event to have a good chance to get all 10 feathers by your own.

Five boxes are fast and easy: delve, dolmen, world boss, public dungeon boss, and final boss of Fungal Grotto 1 (doable on characters above level 20...25 solo).
Three others are: Crow boss, Hollowjack boss, and Tho'at in the Infinite Archive, or nMA.
Trials are great too, but not everyone does Trials even on the normal difficulty.

Good luck.

Three golden goodie bags are fast and easy (delve, public dungeon, dolmen) and are the highest traffic public areas. One additional bag is possibly easy, but may not be soloable (world boss) and there may not be people ready to do that content. A fifth may also not be easy to solo (fungal grotto) and a group may be required.

tohopka_eso

Ended up buying the rest yesterday. Only got 4 during it and I love owls to much. So, didn't want to chance the event ending and I'd be stuck with what I had.

whitecrow

tohopka_eso wrote: »

Ended up buying the rest yesterday. Only got 4 during it and I love owls to much. So, didn't want to chance the event ending and I'd be stuck with what I had.

I did the same. Even though the owl could be better, I still love him.

DinoZavr

@Elsonso, i normally do 4-5 a day on each of accounts, also i have missed a day because of life. the result is 20 feathers on EU and 21 on NA, after approx. (10 x 4 x 5 = ) 200 boxes per server. this gave me 1:10 estimate.
So, i, myself, do not do 8 boxes a day. i will buy missing feathers for my third account on each of PC servers, while the 4th account will survive without cute owl pet.

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Elsonso

DinoZavr wrote: »

Elsonso, i normally do 4-5 a day on each of accounts, also i have missed a day because of life. the result is 20 feathers on EU and 21 on NA, after approx. (10 x 4 x 5 = ) 200 boxes per server. this gave me 1:10 estimate.
So, i, myself, do not do 8 boxes a day. i will buy missing feathers for my third account on each of PC servers, while the 4th account will survive without cute owl pet.

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I have a character camped out in Deshaan so I can quickly do a dolmen, public dungeon, and delve without running around too much. There is a world boss that is a ways away that I will do if I have spare time, but Fungal Grotto is way outside of my orbit to do in a reasonable amount of time.

But... that is me. Three per day. Repeat five times per day on four platforms/geographies. No one has the owl yet.

I suggest that the dolmen, public dungeon, and delve are "easy" because of the number of other players that are also there that make it that way. Sure, people can solo it, but even then, others there make it easier. The thing to watch out for is too many people around, which could mean no goodie bag because, well, ZOS.

I suggest that world bosses and Fungal Grotto are not "easy" because the combat is longer to solo, and if the person can't do them solo, then they have to collect other people.

DinoZavr

Elsonso wrote: »

I suggest that world bosses and Fungal Grotto are not "easy" because the combat is longer to solo, and if the person can't do them solo, then they have to collect other people.

i have a hint about World Bosses, as they are, apparently, were made not equally strong.
i was doing frost atronach boss in Bankgorai on level 16+ toons with no CP in quite a trash gear. it is basically a big mob, and it is slow. of course, on low levels frequent self-healing becomes a significant part of fight, but with tri-stats slotted - it is not hard to kill the thing, the only important thing is to step out of bosses' AoE. Also, because of wayshrine close proximity other players normally join the fight, so all in all takes less than five minutes, even if no reinforcements arrive.
(another one frost attro WB is in the Rift, but this spot is less crowded)

as for Fungal Grotto 1 - it, indeed, takes like 10..15 minutes to solo on level 25 character in a trash gear, but it is just time consuming, because nothing there one-shots on normal, and there is no complex mechanics, so it is doable (with healing pots). Using a shotrcut from second boss to a final one saves some precious minutes.

nMA is doable on low level characters but it, indeed, takes a lot of time, as low level toon real (not parse) DPS there is low because of constant movement. Infinite Archive is even more challenging and also time consuming, and bosses like Z'basa, or Zhaj'hassa the Forgotten, or Laatvulon on Cycle 4 can ruin the run for lower level characters. So yes, i agree, IA may be too challenging to solo for lower levels.

Syldras

4 boxes, 2 feathers today. I'm at 9 now.

Elsonso

DinoZavr wrote: »

Elsonso wrote: »

I suggest that world bosses and Fungal Grotto are not "easy" because the combat is longer to solo, and if the person can't do them solo, then they have to collect other people.

i have a hint about World Bosses, as they are, apparently, were made not equally strong.
i was doing frost atronach boss in Bankgorai on level 16+ toons with no CP in quite a trash gear. it is basically a big mob, and it is slow. of course, on low levels frequent self-healing becomes a significant part of fight, but with tri-stats slotted - it is not hard to kill the thing, the only important thing is to step out of bosses' AoE. Also, because of wayshrine close proximity other players normally join the fight, so all in all takes less than five minutes, even if no reinforcements arrive.
(another one frost attro WB is in the Rift, but this spot is less crowded)

I tend to use the one at Grove of the Abomination in Deshaan. I don't know if it is the weakest of the world bosses, but it is a very straightforward fight. Simply a matter of staying out of his way and staying alive long enough to kill him. Recently, I have used a companion tank just to keep him occupied while I beat him down.

Fungal Grotto combat is relatively simple, but I always encourage people to learn the mechanics. It makes it easier.

DinoZavr

Elsonso wrote: »

I tend to use the one at Grove of the Abomination in Deshaan. I don't know if it is the weakest of the world bosses, but it is a very straightforward fight. Simply a matter of staying out of his way and staying alive long enough to kill him. Recently, I have used a companion tank just to keep him occupied while I beat him down.

Yep. a great choice. Zones next to starter ones are designed to be easy. i'd say Auridon Snake WB is also a solid option for the new players.
and beating the ENTIRE world boss gives a lot of adrenaline for the first time.
Needless to say i died to the roaming West Weald boss Tragan just to realize the group is a necessity

Syldras

Elsonso wrote: »

I tend to use the one at Grove of the Abomination in Deshaan. I don't know if it is the weakest of the world bosses, but it is a very straightforward fight. Simply a matter of staying out of his way and staying alive long enough to kill him. Recently, I have used a companion tank just to keep him occupied while I beat him down.

I usually kill that one, then ride northwards to the dolmen, then go into the Forgotten Crypts public dungeon, and then the delve next to that (if it's too crowded, I might teleport to the inn room in Vulkhel Guard and go kill Polinus in that mine directly North from town instead). 4 boxes done within 10 minutes or so (if at all).

Sleepsin

Is there an add-on that monitors guild traders? The last few feathers (5 or 6) I put up for sale (for 50K) were literally bought up in less the 30 seconds. I put them up on different traders on different days and they sell so fast.

katanagirl1

Elsonso wrote: »

DinoZavr wrote: »

Elsonso wrote: »

I suggest that world bosses and Fungal Grotto are not "easy" because the combat is longer to solo, and if the person can't do them solo, then they have to collect other people.

i have a hint about World Bosses, as they are, apparently, were made not equally strong.
i was doing frost atronach boss in Bankgorai on level 16+ toons with no CP in quite a trash gear. it is basically a big mob, and it is slow. of course, on low levels frequent self-healing becomes a significant part of fight, but with tri-stats slotted - it is not hard to kill the thing, the only important thing is to step out of bosses' AoE. Also, because of wayshrine close proximity other players normally join the fight, so all in all takes less than five minutes, even if no reinforcements arrive.
(another one frost attro WB is in the Rift, but this spot is less crowded)

I tend to use the one at Grove of the Abomination in Deshaan. I don't know if it is the weakest of the world bosses, but it is a very straightforward fight. Simply a matter of staying out of his way and staying alive long enough to kill him. Recently, I have used a companion tank just to keep him occupied while I beat him down.

Fungal Grotto combat is relatively simple, but I always encourage people to learn the mechanics. It makes it easier.

I go to the troll boss, Dire Bramblepatch. There is a dolmen nearby so there are other players around, but I do the dolmen near the public dungeon and the delve. I found that pulling out my tank Bastian will keep the boss in one place rather than high cp players dragging him around everywhere. He can even tank him well enough so my arcanist can fight him without a food buff when no one else is there.

whitecrow

Even though it's three bosses in one, I find Soulfire Plateau easy to solo.