I have a feeling that the hirelings got a ninja nerf. I almost NEVER see legendary (yellow) mats any more. I used to see them quite a bit. Sigh...
I think the hirelings are the last good thing in the game. The first week was epic, then everything got nerfed. When they nerf the hirelings i will quit playing.
The stupid thing is that the armor breaks down so fast, it takes less than 4 hours of questing and playing to get useless.
I lost all the joy of saving up purple and yellow mats to improve new gear i have to throw away at the end of the day.
And no, i don't want to spend all my money on repairs and always be broke, i can do that in real life...
starkerealm wrote: »I think the hirelings are the last good thing in the game. The first week was epic, then everything got nerfed. When they nerf the hirelings i will quit playing.
The stupid thing is that the armor breaks down so fast, it takes less than 4 hours of questing and playing to get useless.
I lost all the joy of saving up purple and yellow mats to improve new gear i have to throw away at the end of the day.
And no, i don't want to spend all my money on repairs and always be broke, i can do that in real life...
Yeah, this is where I've already given up on the game. I keep sticking my head in, hoping something will get better. But, at level 32 I've got less than 2k gold, because of repairs.
starkerealm wrote: »I think the hirelings are the last good thing in the game. The first week was epic, then everything got nerfed. When they nerf the hirelings i will quit playing.
The stupid thing is that the armor breaks down so fast, it takes less than 4 hours of questing and playing to get useless.
I lost all the joy of saving up purple and yellow mats to improve new gear i have to throw away at the end of the day.
And no, i don't want to spend all my money on repairs and always be broke, i can do that in real life...
Yeah, this is where I've already given up on the game. I keep sticking my head in, hoping something will get better. But, at level 32 I've got less than 2k gold, because of repairs.
You don't need to spend money on repairs, I never do. I craft new armour for my character every 2 levels and if anything needs repairing before then I just make it and replace it. I never pay for repairs and have so far paid for 100 bank slots, 90 inventory spaces and my character is lvl 27 and has 26k.
That would be so cool. ZOS - make this happen!ShedsHisTail wrote: »I just wish that, stead of receiving mail, my hireling was an actual NPC with a name and a voice who would find me out in the wilderness and deliver packages. you know, just run up and be all, "Hey boss, I got my hands on some spider silk for you. Got a great deal on leather, too."
Just doesn't feel like I have an actual hireling when I've never met the guy. More like having a creepy stalker sending me gifts.
Oh so you're experiencing a horrible bug >< I would quit too if that happened to me. As this should not be happening, especially when there is a monthly fee involved.
ShedsHisTail wrote: »I just wish that, stead of receiving mail, my hireling was an actual NPC with a name and a voice who would find me out in the wilderness and deliver packages. you know, just run up and be all, "Hey boss, I got my hands on some spider silk for you. Got a great deal on leather, too."
Just doesn't feel like I have an actual hireling when I've never met the guy. More like having a creepy stalker sending me gifts.
I have a feeling that the hirelings got a ninja nerf. I almost NEVER see legendary (yellow) mats any more. I used to see them quite a bit. Sigh...
ShedsHisTail wrote: »I just wish that, stead of receiving mail, my hireling was an actual NPC with a name and a voice who would find me out in the wilderness and deliver packages. you know, just run up and be all, "Hey boss, I got my hands on some spider silk for you. Got a great deal on leather, too."
Just doesn't feel like I have an actual hireling when I've never met the guy. More like having a creepy stalker sending me gifts.
You mean like that crazed marathon runner / mailman from Zelda games? This actually sounds pretty freakin' epic.
Which, again, goes back to the game's central pillar: Screwing over legitimate players as hard as possible in the name of crushing the bots.Shamusangus_24 wrote: »I read on here somewhere that it is because they don't want people setting up 8 characters and just having a plethora of mats coming in, and then collecting them all once a week (or really, gold sellers doing this)
I say this as somebody who has 6 level 3 alts for this exact purpose lol - so I am not agreeing with it, just passing on the reasoning i have read.
Sorry i dont have the thread.
Shamusangus_24 wrote: »I read on here somewhere that it is because they don't want people setting up 8 characters and just having a plethora of mats coming in, and then collecting them all once a week (or really, gold sellers doing this)
I say this as somebody who has 6 level 3 alts for this exact purpose lol - so I am not agreeing with it, just passing on the reasoning i have read.
Sorry i dont have the thread.
isengrimb16_ESO wrote: »What is so backward is that humans are such abusers.
The one species that's supposed to know better, that brags about how its big brain makes it so much more special than any other species on Earth, often acts worse than even the most disgusting insect. It's the "knowing better" that makes such crap so disgusting.
I hope no one EVER tries to talk to me about goldsellers trying to feed their kids; I'd just as soon feed their kids to them.
A level 3 can't get a level 3 Hireling (and face it, level 1 and even level 2 are largely pointless) without a LOT of time and effort in obtaining materials and items to deconn using a 'main' and also the non-trivial task of obtaining enough Shards to get the SPs needed.Shamusangus_24 wrote: »I read on here somewhere that it is because they don't want people setting up 8 characters and just having a plethora of mats coming in, and then collecting them all once a week (or really, gold sellers doing this)
I say this as somebody who has 6 level 3 alts for this exact purpose lol - so I am not agreeing with it, just passing on the reasoning i have read.
Sorry i dont have the thread.
It was a design decision to make level 3 alts with literally no functional playtime after skipping the intro able to have hirelings. It was a bad design decision if they are concerned about people having low-level alts just for the hirelings. They could change that design decision - tie hirelings to higher skill levels, make their availability dependent on a quest, limit players to 1 hireling until a certain level, or whatever.
A level 3 can't get a level 3 Hireling (and face it, level 1 and even level 2 are largely pointless) without a LOT of time and effort in obtaining materials and items to deconn using a 'main' and also the non-trivial task of obtaining enough Shards to get the SPs needed.Shamusangus_24 wrote: »I read on here somewhere that it is because they don't want people setting up 8 characters and just having a plethora of mats coming in, and then collecting them all once a week (or really, gold sellers doing this)
I say this as somebody who has 6 level 3 alts for this exact purpose lol - so I am not agreeing with it, just passing on the reasoning i have read.
Sorry i dont have the thread.
It was a design decision to make level 3 alts with literally no functional playtime after skipping the intro able to have hirelings. It was a bad design decision if they are concerned about people having low-level alts just for the hirelings. They could change that design decision - tie hirelings to higher skill levels, make their availability dependent on a quest, limit players to 1 hireling until a certain level, or whatever.
So your comment "no functional playtime" is clearly wrong and the "tie hirelings to higher skill levels" is how ZOS implemented it.
I repeat, a level 1 Hireling is pointless and having 1000 of them would have no meaningful impact on the game overall. Level 2s begin to rarely bring home blues or purples but so infrequently again the impact is minimal.
An army of level 3s takes a LONG time to build and a lot of effort .. or visiting the gold sellers .. to achieve.