Thoughts on a lore friendly lantern/lamp to light the way....

zoegrey · September 12

So I know we have the "Almalexia's Enchanted Lantern" memento which is great because we can move around with it while it's active, the "Treasure Hunter personality" which is also really cool but not quite as bright and also you need to have it on all the time. Now in the new Hidden Kindred crates we have the "Brandish Lantern" emote which I really like, it's nice and bright. However, its stationary. Would be really cool to have a lantern like this one that we can move around with while exploring etc that lasts for maybe 45s - 1min.

Or maybe adding a section under inventory where we can equip like "tools" or something whether it be a torch/lantern etc

I just think the lanterns look really cool and lore friendly.

Do you guys agree? Or have other cool ideas for lighting the way?

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Some cool suggestions for the devs!

LunaFlora · September 12

yes another lantern you can move around with would be useful

scrappy1342 · September 12

how about a lantern pet?

i have used the treasure hunter personality with the torch on a few alts ^.^ very handy. on my main, i have a glowy bow. i think it's truth and logic something or other? all i have to do is take out my weapon and it lights up the dark places 8D

BXR_Lonestar · September 12

zoegrey wrote: »

So I know we have the "Almalexia's Enchanted Lantern" memento which is great because we can move around with it while it's active, the "Treasure Hunter personality" which is also really cool but not quite as bright and also you need to have it on all the time. Now in the new Hidden Kindred crates we have the "Brandish Lantern" emote which I really like, it's nice and bright. However, its stationary. Would be really cool to have a lantern like this one that we can move around with while exploring etc that lasts for maybe 45s - 1min.

Or maybe adding a section under inventory where we can equip like "tools" or something whether it be a torch/lantern etc

I just think the lanterns look really cool and lore friendly.

Do you guys agree? Or have other cool ideas for lighting the way?

Or they can just give us a mysticism staff and the starlight spell from Oblivion

tmacedo · September 12

Agreed. Almalexia's lantern helps a lot for me to loot small urns, especially in that necrom outlaws corridor. But I would very much prefer a standard lantern for more "not mage" toons.

whitecrow · September 12

I just wish they'd increase the duration of the Enchanted Lantern.

AcadianPaladin · September 12

I appreciate this thread! I looked at the lantern and wondered if you could move around with it and what duration it was. Now that I know you can't move around with it, I can dismiss the idea and stay with Almalexia's lantern.

katanagirl1 · September 14

whitecrow wrote: »

I just wish they'd increase the duration of the Enchanted Lantern.

That or let it loop until we put it away or something.

ArchMikem · September 14

A Lantern that hung from our hip as an equippable would be a massive QoL addition. It can be given a mechanic as well so that its not just a permanent fixture, possibly making it require Oil in our inventory to remain lit, and consumes it over time. (The oils we use for crafting poisons)

spartaxoxo · September 14

It's kind of wild, given that ESO is an elder scrolls game, that we still don't have a torch as a memento.

Mathius_Mordred · September 14

Yeah thanks for letting us know it's stationary, I guessed as much, something else not to bother with, shame it looks cool.

FurryCandyHearts · September 14

Fivinir trinket is it called?

Supreme_Atromancer · September 15

Yes! Something that resembles the -light series spells from Oblivion and Skyrim would be really cool.

I'd like it if it were implemented as an actual spell, amongst other purely exploration type spells.

magnusthorek · September 15

I'd totally approve the feature -IF- I could see only my own lantern and *maybe* of those I'm grouped with, otherwise it would be more of a plague than a blessing.

I mean, yesterday morning I was in Skingrad bank and someone popped a yellow wisp that was floating around them like Link's fairy and that minuscule little thing lit the whole room! I felt like I was decorating my house, hiding a Clockwork Capsule on the floor to light up an entire room.

Something like an object we can easily turn on/off, maybe with a keybind would be awesome. No floating, spinning, headache-provider thingy. Something like the famous Skyrim mod “Portable Lanterns” would be great!

katanagirl1 · 4:45AM

magnusthorek wrote: »

I'd totally approve the feature -IF- I could see only my own lantern and *maybe* of those I'm grouped with, otherwise it would be more of a plague than a blessing.

I mean, yesterday morning I was in Skingrad bank and someone popped a yellow wisp that was floating around them like Link's fairy and that minuscule little thing lit the whole room! I felt like I was decorating my house, hiding a Clockwork Capsule on the floor to light up an entire room.

Something like an object we can easily turn on/off, maybe with a keybind would be awesome. No floating, spinning, headache-provider thingy. Something like the famous Skyrim mod “Portable Lanterns” would be great!

That’s the Almalexia’s Lantern memento.

It is annoying in banks and other buildings if players have their brightness settings low enough that they feel they need to use it.

scrappy1342 · 9:13AM

or maybe it's on their Q wheel thing. i'm always accidentally drinking potions that way lol

zoegrey · 9:30AM

scrappy1342 wrote: »

how about a lantern pet?

i have used the treasure hunter personality with the torch on a few alts ^.^ very handy. on my main, i have a glowy bow. i think it's truth and logic something or other? all i have to do is take out my weapon and it lights up the dark places 8D

Oh a lantern pet would be cool! Like a little dog or something with a couple of small lanterns, or a bright candlefly!

zoegrey · 9:31AM

ArchMikem wrote: »

A Lantern that hung from our hip as an equippable would be a massive QoL addition. It can be given a mechanic as well so that its not just a permanent fixture, possibly making it require Oil in our inventory to remain lit, and consumes it over time. (The oils we use for crafting poisons)

This is a great idea!

allochthons · 1:13PM

There was an add-on for Skyrim The Game on Playstation that let you 'throw' a glowing globe that stuck to the surface it landed on. It was amazing! Lasted for 30 seconds, I think? Plenty of time for most things.
Another for the same globe to circle your head, a bit like Almalexia's Enchanted Lantern except the orbit was predictable so it didn't throw weird shadows. Adding those to ESO would be so welcome!

I understand why people use Almalexia's Enchanted Lantern in the Necrom looting corridor, but I hate when people do it. My brightness is fine in there, and that light hurts my eyes. But I understand, so I just move away around a corner, or restart my loot run.

I run the game on max brightness. The only time I have a difficult time seeing is Balorgh, and the marauder in IA who throws darkness, and, well, that's how those are designed. Otherwise, it's fine, but the downside is sometimes things are painfully bright.