I don't even know what to say here.

I know it might be a morale issue of 'do you want power, even in exchange of someone's life?' which would have been great in a single player game and made a lot of us question our morale ethics, especially as many of the earlier villains you heroicly disposed of did just the same, but....

... this is a MMO. You just can't put that kind if choice in here. Just no.

Xaei wrote: »

I don't even know what to say here.

I know it might be a morale issue of 'do you want power, even in exchange of someone's life?' which would have been great in a single player game and made a lot of us question our morale ethics, especially as many of the earlier villains you heroicly disposed of did just the same, but....

... this is a MMO. You just can't put that kind if choice in here. Just no.

They can, they did. End of the story.

Ixinho wrote: »

I think someone patched this. I completed mages guild today and i decided to send Valaste to Shivering Isles with Sheogorath , and i received blue book trophy :huh: ?

Thats how it always has been. You read that book and it gives you skill points.

Like I said earlier its not like sheogorath is going to kill valaste, he just wants her to live there and she will like it in her crazy state, so it wasnt exactly an evil or good option. Now she gets to see the butterflys and eat infinite cheese away from the wars of tamriel. That doesn't sound so bad now does it? Although im not so sure whats going to happen to her when the greymarch happens at the end of this era.

I just recently to The Rift and at level 39 jumped into the Fighters guild to wrap up this quest line, and then immediately jumped into the Mages guild to wrap that up as well. I had a bunch of guildies on a raidcall and they were eager to hear what choices I would make.

Fighters Guild So as expected the quest reward was an item that has limited use. I'm not sure why ESO can't be more creative with its quest rewards, junk items are junk. Am I hurt by this? Not really, it's a lower level item that'll get replaced very soon anyways. But I feel like there is so much ROOM for improvement. This is the damn ending to a huge part of the game, make it exciting and interesting! I actually enjoy the trophies, they're unique and quirky. I always have my Almelxia lantern on me and I use it all the time, it's fun! But useless items.. just blah. Needless to say story was OK, but the reward was boring and underwhelming to such a climatic ending.

Mages Guild Ok with that off my chest the reward to this quest blew my mind. Here I was re-reading what Shaegoreth was telling me (and guildies laughing at me). A book worth as much as SIX SKYSHARDS?!?! I seriously thought this MAD GOD was TROLLING me! There was no way a game dev would put a player in a position where they could possibly loss out on skill points PERMAMENTLY. I simply thought that the potential backlash from players would shy ANY developer away from making a decision such as this, so I went with my personal feeling of saving Valaste. Reward? It wasn't a reward, it was a hand-me-down from Shalidor, his walking stick from when he was old and still alive. I wasn't so baffled that I lost out on skill points (two) but what I was baffled by was the COMPARISON of either two skill points or a piece of junk item. There needs to be some serious reconsideration of rewards such as these. I don't mind making a really, really tough choice. But when you make choice A 100x superior to choice B, there is not a choice at all. This makes it extremely lame and completely removes any feeling of regret or difficulty in making the choice.

At the end of the day I've kept both my Prismatic Greatsword and Blue staff (seriously can't be bothered to remember its generic name). I am going to keep them forever, and hang them on my wall of shame. I really hope in the future though we see better rewards so that a player is actually encouraged to pick what they feel is right, cause the Mages Guild got it entirely wrong.

If you remember what the ghosts of valaste's life said she was an outcast not only with her family but in the mages guild aswell. Yea it is good to have the skill points but thinking on it. She may be happier with Sheo in an odd sort of way. Won't have doubts about herself at least.

Hehe, she seemed so happy as a nutter how could I NOT let her go off to play with the butterflies with Sheo. The 2 skill points was a tasty bonus that I wasn't expecting. I hadn't read ahead, she just seemed so lonely as a sane person!

I liked the quest finale - the imbalanced rewards make for a non-generic quest and a true Role-playing choice. You save a person but do not get power at her expense. That's how it would work in real life - you either sell your soul or live with your limitations;)

I played an evil NB so this choice suited me, but my alt templar will surely save her and not mind the 2 points. If I'm going to miss any points for my build I'll just run around Cyrodill and have ample skill points for anything...