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Official Discussion Thread for "Battle For The Writhing Wall Event Info"
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Renato90085✭✭✭✭✭]
your friend can try do food or pot write,full skill line LV maybe 15min,and you can nude do n trialDenverRalphy wrote: »DenverRalphy wrote: »wolfie1.0. wrote: »24 hours in.... and i honestly just feel like giving up.
Yes. I am done already. I help a friend because he wants the mount. Sadly, it looks like he won't be able to get it because he didn't buy the chapter. I haven't seen a soul reaper since last month. yeah . . .
You can complete the trial without the content pass or the soul reapers. Without the soul reapers, or any Solstice specific tasks, there are 21 objectives left.
A player cannot solo a trial and my friend cannot do Master Writs
5, 10 daily log in
100 each Coldharbor, beast daedra, human daedra
500 enemy
3 WB, 10 WB
5, 10, 15 Meridian lens
3, 10 dungeon boss
5, 10, 20 Stirk crafting jobs
5, 10, 20 Stirk supply jobs
What am I missing?
You mentioned nothing about Solo being a requirement, only that they couldn't complete it because they didn't own the content pass. Even so, running solo.. that's a self imposed impediment. And anybody can do Alchemy/Enchanting master writs.
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I alway met player who run green overland set or no 5 part gear do n trial,it not hard.
last event I help a new player who join Eso 2 week too,but he still finished and get endeavors reward
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twisttop138✭✭✭✭✭DenverRalphy wrote: »DenverRalphy wrote: »wolfie1.0. wrote: »24 hours in.... and i honestly just feel like giving up.
Yes. I am done already. I help a friend because he wants the mount. Sadly, it looks like he won't be able to get it because he didn't buy the chapter. I haven't seen a soul reaper since last month. yeah . . .
You can complete the trial without the content pass or the soul reapers. Without the soul reapers, or any Solstice specific tasks, there are 21 objectives left.
A player cannot solo a trial and my friend cannot do Master Writs
5, 10 daily log in
100 each Coldharbor, beast daedra, human daedra
500 enemy
3 WB, 10 WB
5, 10, 15 Meridian lens
3, 10 dungeon boss
5, 10, 20 Stirk crafting jobs
5, 10, 20 Stirk supply jobs
What am I missing?
You mentioned nothing about Solo being a requirement, only that they couldn't complete it because they didn't own the content pass. Even so, running solo.. that's a self imposed impediment. And anybody can do Alchemy/Enchanting master writs.
[snip]
I wanna make a real quick point. I'm not confident it'll be heard but I'm gonna give it to you anyway. I completed the golden pursuit within the first 2 hours of playing on Monday. I did not do master writs or trials. We led a guild group for only solstice event dailies. That's it. Going around the world getting the stuff, doing the camps, getting souls etc. We did a PD in Coldharbor for souls and deadra killing. We fought the WB on solstice that's not supposed to be there yet. That is the only non event thing we did. No log ins. No master writs. No trials, though I did one right after but already had the mount as dis most in my group. A group from a social guild, just by the by, not all dedicated raiders. Though some of us are. It's not hard to do. Group up with your friend and get after it.
[edited to remove quote]Edited by ZOS_Icy on 18 October 2025 11:315 -
Elvenheart✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Wow. From the very beginning of Golden Pursuits, I’ve understood that there is a list of activities I get to choose from, and how far I’ll get in that GP is DIRECTLY related to how many of the activities on the list I choose to/want to/can do. Some activities have been more challenging to complete than others (and I like that!), but if the reward has been important enough to me, I figured out a way to do enough activities on the list to get what I want.
I don’t think anything is wrong with the fact that some of the items on the list take place on Solstice and can only be done by Season Pass holders, especially based on the theme of this particular GP. If I didn’t already have the season pass and the GP reward was important enough to me, I would find a way to buy it, or I would figure out a way to do enough of the other activities on the list to get the reward, even if they did not comfortably fit in my place style. I don’t think the rewards on the GP should simply be handed out to players because they smile in the direction of the list.4 -
shadoza✭✭✭✭Renato90085 wrote: »]
your friend can try do food or pot write,full skill line LV maybe 15min,and you can nude do n trialDenverRalphy wrote: »DenverRalphy wrote: »wolfie1.0. wrote: »24 hours in.... and i honestly just feel like giving up.
Yes. I am done already. I help a friend because he wants the mount. Sadly, it looks like he won't be able to get it because he didn't buy the chapter. I haven't seen a soul reaper since last month. yeah . . .
You can complete the trial without the content pass or the soul reapers. Without the soul reapers, or any Solstice specific tasks, there are 21 objectives left.
A player cannot solo a trial and my friend cannot do Master Writs
5, 10 daily log in
100 each Coldharbor, beast daedra, human daedra
500 enemy
3 WB, 10 WB
5, 10, 15 Meridian lens
3, 10 dungeon boss
5, 10, 20 Stirk crafting jobs
5, 10, 20 Stirk supply jobs
What am I missing?
You mentioned nothing about Solo being a requirement, only that they couldn't complete it because they didn't own the content pass. Even so, running solo.. that's a self imposed impediment. And anybody can do Alchemy/Enchanting master writs.
[snip]
I alway met player who run green overland set or no 5 part gear do n trial,it not hard.
last event I help a new player who join Eso 2 week too,but he still finished and get endeavors reward
Yes, I tell him repeatedly that working the crafting system is an important part of the game. He just likes to kill stuff and go through the stories and quests. Remember that maxing out provision crafting does not guarantee a master writ drop. He doesn't purchase from guilds because he doesn't understand how the system works. Even with provisions, one must have the recipe to complete the writ.
I think he will not group. He reported a couple bad experiences with groups in dungeons. He might want the mount bad enough to try it again. He does not have the DPS for it; he'll probably get kicked for it in a trial.
[edited to remove quote]Edited by ZOS_Icy on 18 October 2025 11:321 -
shadoza✭✭✭✭twisttop138 wrote: »DenverRalphy wrote: »DenverRalphy wrote: »wolfie1.0. wrote: »24 hours in.... and i honestly just feel like giving up.
Yes. I am done already. I help a friend because he wants the mount. Sadly, it looks like he won't be able to get it because he didn't buy the chapter. I haven't seen a soul reaper since last month. yeah . . .
You can complete the trial without the content pass or the soul reapers. Without the soul reapers, or any Solstice specific tasks, there are 21 objectives left.
A player cannot solo a trial and my friend cannot do Master Writs
5, 10 daily log in
100 each Coldharbor, beast daedra, human daedra
500 enemy
3 WB, 10 WB
5, 10, 15 Meridian lens
3, 10 dungeon boss
5, 10, 20 Stirk crafting jobs
5, 10, 20 Stirk supply jobs
What am I missing?
You mentioned nothing about Solo being a requirement, only that they couldn't complete it because they didn't own the content pass. Even so, running solo.. that's a self imposed impediment. And anybody can do Alchemy/Enchanting master writs.
[snip]
I wanna make a real quick point. I'm not confident it'll be heard but I'm gonna give it to you anyway. I completed the golden pursuit within the first 2 hours of playing on Monday. I did not do master writs or trials. We led a guild group for only solstice event dailies. That's it. Going around the world getting the stuff, doing the camps, getting souls etc. We did a PD in Coldharbor for souls and deadra killing. We fought the WB on solstice that's not supposed to be there yet. That is the only non event thing we did. No log ins. No master writs. No trials, though I did one right after but already had the mount as dis most in my group. A group from a social guild, just by the by, not all dedicated raiders. Though some of us are. It's not hard to do. Group up with your friend and get after it.
You missed this part of the conversation perhaps: "Yes. I am done already. I help a friend because he wants the mount. Sadly, it looks like he won't be able to get it because he didn't buy the chapter. I haven't seen a soul reaper since last month. yeah . . ."
[edited to remove quote]Edited by ZOS_Icy on 18 October 2025 11:330 -
shadoza✭✭✭✭Elvenheart wrote: »Wow. From the very beginning of Golden Pursuits, I’ve understood that there is a list of activities I get to choose from, and how far I’ll get in that GP is DIRECTLY related to how many of the activities on the list I choose to/want to/can do. Some activities have been more challenging to complete than others (and I like that!), but if the reward has been important enough to me, I figured out a way to do enough activities on the list to get what I want.
I don’t think anything is wrong with the fact that some of the items on the list take place on Solstice and can only be done by Season Pass holders, especially based on the theme of this particular GP. If I didn’t already have the season pass and the GP reward was important enough to me, I would find a way to buy it, or I would figure out a way to do enough of the other activities on the list to get the reward, even if they did not comfortably fit in my place style. I don’t think the rewards on the GP should simply be handed out to players because they smile in the direction of the list.
Wow, another post that just blames the friend for not playing like them.
I am done with this. I am done helping Solstice owners with win their wall war. I get nothing from it anyway.0 -
tomofhyrule✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭twisttop138 wrote: »twisttop138 wrote: »DenverRalphy wrote: »DenverRalphy wrote: »wolfie1.0. wrote: »24 hours in.... and i honestly just feel like giving up.
Yes. I am done already. I help a friend because he wants the mount. Sadly, it looks like he won't be able to get it because he didn't buy the chapter. I haven't seen a soul reaper since last month. yeah . . .
You can complete the trial without the content pass or the soul reapers. Without the soul reapers, or any Solstice specific tasks, there are 21 objectives left.
A player cannot solo a trial and my friend cannot do Master Writs
5, 10 daily log in
100 each Coldharbor, beast daedra, human daedra
500 enemy
3 WB, 10 WB
5, 10, 15 Meridian lens
3, 10 dungeon boss
5, 10, 20 Stirk crafting jobs
5, 10, 20 Stirk supply jobs
What am I missing?
You mentioned nothing about Solo being a requirement, only that they couldn't complete it because they didn't own the content pass. Even so, running solo.. that's a self imposed impediment. And anybody can do Alchemy/Enchanting master writs.
I knew you would answer with " that's a self imposed impediment." because that seems to be your answer to everything.
How does one complete a master write when they do not have the crafts mastered? If you are going to answer "buy one from a guild" don't bother replying as that is as much non-sense as 'if you won't group that's on you.'
My point stands. My friend has not mastered crafting and does not have gear for trials. He cannot get the mount he is working toward. I should point it out to him before he puts in too much effort. He is going to be upset that he was conned into an event challenge he cannot win. He will probably stop playing, again.
I wanna make a real quick point. I'm not confident it'll be heard but I'm gonna give it to you anyway. I completed the golden pursuit within the first 2 hours of playing on Monday. I did not do master writs or trials. We led a guild group for only solstice event dailies. That's it. Going around the world getting the stuff, doing the camps, getting souls etc. We did a PD in Coldharbor for souls and deadra killing. We fought the WB on solstice that's not supposed to be there yet. That is the only non event thing we did. No log ins. No master writs. No trials, though I did one right after but already had the mount as dis most in my group. A group from a social guild, just by the by, not all dedicated raiders. Though some of us are. It's not hard to do. Group up with your friend and get after it.
You missed this part of the conversation perhaps: "Yes. I am done already. I help a friend because he wants the mount. Sadly, it looks like he won't be able to get it because he didn't buy the chapter. I haven't seen a soul reaper since last month. yeah . . ."
I got that part. You missed the part at the end where I said grab your friend and get after it. If you grind out the event dailies and a world boss You. Are. Done. Full stop. No need for a trial, writs or anything but as I said, as is typical with you in particular. You just want to complain and reject every offer of help. I just don't get it.
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But people *are* trying to help.
You don’t need endgame gear for a normal trial, especially if others are around. I know a guild that made a monthly fun run where they would make a brand new character fresh from the tutorial at level 3 to run a normal something. There is zero barrier to entry for a groupfinder normal (especially for people trying to farm the pursuit!).
Enchanting and Alchemy crafts can also be levelled 0-50 in less than an hour (Provisioning is even easier, but the recipes for writs are harder to come by). Again, there are guides for that.
“Do X siege camps” is impossible without the pass. “Do any trial” is totally possible even for a new player who wants to get a quick nAS+0 and pretend the other 11 people are NPCs, and it will take about 15 minutes.
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twisttop138✭✭✭✭✭twisttop138 wrote: »twisttop138 wrote: »DenverRalphy wrote: »DenverRalphy wrote: »wolfie1.0. wrote: »24 hours in.... and i honestly just feel like giving up.
Yes. I am done already. I help a friend because he wants the mount. Sadly, it looks like he won't be able to get it because he didn't buy the chapter. I haven't seen a soul reaper since last month. yeah . . .
You can complete the trial without the content pass or the soul reapers. Without the soul reapers, or any Solstice specific tasks, there are 21 objectives left.
A player cannot solo a trial and my friend cannot do Master Writs
5, 10 daily log in
100 each Coldharbor, beast daedra, human daedra
500 enemy
3 WB, 10 WB
5, 10, 15 Meridian lens
3, 10 dungeon boss
5, 10, 20 Stirk crafting jobs
5, 10, 20 Stirk supply jobs
What am I missing?
You mentioned nothing about Solo being a requirement, only that they couldn't complete it because they didn't own the content pass. Even so, running solo.. that's a self imposed impediment. And anybody can do Alchemy/Enchanting master writs.
I knew you would answer with " that's a self imposed impediment." because that seems to be your answer to everything.
How does one complete a master write when they do not have the crafts mastered? If you are going to answer "buy one from a guild" don't bother replying as that is as much non-sense as 'if you won't group that's on you.'
My point stands. My friend has not mastered crafting and does not have gear for trials. He cannot get the mount he is working toward. I should point it out to him before he puts in too much effort. He is going to be upset that he was conned into an event challenge he cannot win. He will probably stop playing, again.
I wanna make a real quick point. I'm not confident it'll be heard but I'm gonna give it to you anyway. I completed the golden pursuit within the first 2 hours of playing on Monday. I did not do master writs or trials. We led a guild group for only solstice event dailies. That's it. Going around the world getting the stuff, doing the camps, getting souls etc. We did a PD in Coldharbor for souls and deadra killing. We fought the WB on solstice that's not supposed to be there yet. That is the only non event thing we did. No log ins. No master writs. No trials, though I did one right after but already had the mount as dis most in my group. A group from a social guild, just by the by, not all dedicated raiders. Though some of us are. It's not hard to do. Group up with your friend and get after it.
You missed this part of the conversation perhaps: "Yes. I am done already. I help a friend because he wants the mount. Sadly, it looks like he won't be able to get it because he didn't buy the chapter. I haven't seen a soul reaper since last month. yeah . . ."
I got that part. You missed the part at the end where I said grab your friend and get after it. If you grind out the event dailies and a world boss You. Are. Done. Full stop. No need for a trial, writs or anything but as I said, as is typical with you in particular. You just want to complain and reject every offer of help. I just don't get it.
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24 actually. But soul reapers may be bugged. So 21. I missed the no chapter part, so apologies on that, but you kinda have a history for people going out of their way to explain and offer help and you throw dirt at them. Sorry.
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valenwood_vegan✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭I had no problem doing the soul reapers.
One has to do the prologue quest for Solstice (available to all players, without the content pass) for them to appear.
They were bugged at one time, but they have absolutely been appearing since the event started.
Chasing them down isn't the most enjoyable thing, but it's also far from impossible. Suggest using an addon that shows their locations, like map pins, to make the process a little easier. Port around to ones that are located near wayshrines and check whether they're up.
[It would be helpful if zos would respond to questions about whether the soul reapers are currently bugged, as they have been at times and many are currently under the impression that they are not spawning. @ZOS_Kevin ]
Ultimately though, one has to decide whether the required activities are worth it. I wanted the mount, so I put in the effort to do them. If one simply refuses to engage with numerous aspects of the game, they are not going to be able to get everything the game has to offer. That's not an unusual concept in many games, particularly mmo's with a wide variety of activities.
Of course one can complain and maybe zos will take the feedback for next time and do a pursuit where you just have to stand in vivec city dancing in a pumpkin costume and you get all the rewards (that is my favored activity in-game these days, so I wouldn't mind that pursuit), but this current pursuit's already up and won't be changed and players aren't being mean by pointing out ways that it can be completed by anyone if they want to complete it.Edited by valenwood_vegan on 15 October 2025 19:464 -
Elvenheart✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Elvenheart wrote: »Wow. From the very beginning of Golden Pursuits, I’ve understood that there is a list of activities I get to choose from, and how far I’ll get in that GP is DIRECTLY related to how many of the activities on the list I choose to/want to/can do. Some activities have been more challenging to complete than others (and I like that!), but if the reward has been important enough to me, I figured out a way to do enough activities on the list to get what I want.
I don’t think anything is wrong with the fact that some of the items on the list take place on Solstice and can only be done by Season Pass holders, especially based on the theme of this particular GP. If I didn’t already have the season pass and the GP reward was important enough to me, I would find a way to buy it, or I would figure out a way to do enough of the other activities on the list to get the reward, even if they did not comfortably fit in my place style. I don’t think the rewards on the GP should simply be handed out to players because they smile in the direction of the list.
Wow, another post that just blames the friend for not playing like them.
I am done with this. I am done helping Solstice owners with win their wall war. I get nothing from it anyway.
I’ve never said once in the 10+ years I’ve played this game that anyone should play my way. I said if I want to achieve a goal in a game, I do whatever needs to be done to achieve that goal even if it’s outside my normal play style if that goal is important enough to me. That’s all I said. Your friend doesn’t have to do anything he doesn’t want to do, but that might mean he doesn’t get the rewards he wants.5 -
valenwood_vegan✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭For whatever it's worth, I have found 3 soul reapers since posting above, just while running around doing random world bosses for the pursuit.1 -
Sarannah✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Are the "Crossing the wall" and the Skordo quest both supposed to stay in the quest journal until the wall phase 1 is completed?0 -
Ilsabet✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Are the "Crossing the wall" and the Skordo quest both supposed to stay in the quest journal until the wall phase 1 is completed?
They'll both be active through Phase 3 of the event.Ilsabet Menard - DC Breton Nightblade archer - Savior of Pretty Much Everything, Grand Overlord & Empress Nubcakes
My characters and their overly elaborate backstories
Ilsabet's Headcanon
The Adventures of Torbyrn Windchaser - Breaking the Ice & Ashes to Ashes
Bastian's Tattoos: An Inaccurate Headcanon
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JeroenB✭✭✭valenwood_vegan wrote: »For whatever it's worth, I have found 3 soul reapers since posting above, just while running around doing random world bosses for the pursuit.
I didn't see any yesterday (or in many weeks before that), but today I have also managed to collect a few indeed.1 -
shadoza✭✭✭✭The respawn rate is too low in the overland.
Also, one should not have to kill 40+ targets to get 8 items.
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Ilsabet✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I think he will not group. He reported a couple bad experiences with groups in dungeons. He might want the mount bad enough to try it again. He does not have the DPS for it; he'll probably get kicked for it in a trial.
If your friend is willing to give trials a shot (and I agree that he'd be fine joining a normal PUG in group finder, especially with people wanting runs that would be happy to carry the group), he'd get even more value from those runs by waiting until Witches Fest to get the bonus event boxes. The Dremora motif pages from trials are the hardest to come by since fewer people run trials, so it'd be worth going during the event to pick those up.Ilsabet Menard - DC Breton Nightblade archer - Savior of Pretty Much Everything, Grand Overlord & Empress Nubcakes
My characters and their overly elaborate backstories
Ilsabet's Headcanon
The Adventures of Torbyrn Windchaser - Breaking the Ice & Ashes to Ashes
Bastian's Tattoos: An Inaccurate Headcanon
PC NA3 -
shadoza✭✭✭✭I think he will not group. He reported a couple bad experiences with groups in dungeons. He might want the mount bad enough to try it again. He does not have the DPS for it; he'll probably get kicked for it in a trial.
If your friend is willing to give trials a shot (and I agree that he'd be fine joining a normal PUG in group finder, especially with people wanting runs that would be happy to carry the group), he'd get even more value from those runs by waiting until Witches Fest to get the bonus event boxes. The Dremora motif pages from trials are the hardest to come by since fewer people run trials, so it'd be worth going during the event to pick those up.
I'll let him know about the Dremora motifs. He might take a chance for something like that. He doesn't craft, but if he likes the look of it, it might be an incentive to craft more. There is also a chance he might just say, "Can't your Shadoza make this?"0 -
16BitForestCat✭✭✭✭✭If your friend is willing to give trials a shot (and I agree that he'd be fine joining a normal PUG in group finder, especially with people wanting runs that would be happy to carry the group), he'd get even more value from those runs by waiting until Witches Fest to get the bonus event boxes. The Dremora motif pages from trials are the hardest to come by since fewer people run trials, so it'd be worth going during the event to pick those up.
I don't like doing group content at all, so joining a group that just wanted to get the Dremora motif drop/Witches Festival achievement was exactly what I did a few years ago. It was a little stressful because of social anxiety, but the actual trial itself, Hel Ra Citadel, was quick and easy (well...we had to restart it once because one player went the wrong way when the group had to split up). It was overall a breeze to complete since we had an experienced leader directing everyone. Plus I got the antiquity lead from the final boss, so that was great. I haven't run any more trials since then and don't want to, but I'm glad I did that one. Doing a trial during the Witches Festival to combine event drops is a great idea!
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Ilsabet✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I think he will not group. He reported a couple bad experiences with groups in dungeons. He might want the mount bad enough to try it again. He does not have the DPS for it; he'll probably get kicked for it in a trial.
If your friend is willing to give trials a shot (and I agree that he'd be fine joining a normal PUG in group finder, especially with people wanting runs that would be happy to carry the group), he'd get even more value from those runs by waiting until Witches Fest to get the bonus event boxes. The Dremora motif pages from trials are the hardest to come by since fewer people run trials, so it'd be worth going during the event to pick those up.
I'll let him know about the Dremora motifs. He might take a chance for something like that. He doesn't craft, but if he likes the look of it, it might be an incentive to craft more. There is also a chance he might just say, "Can't your Shadoza make this?"
Even for a non-crafter, knowing motifs is useful for outfit styles. Fashion Scrolls is the true endgame.
Ilsabet Menard - DC Breton Nightblade archer - Savior of Pretty Much Everything, Grand Overlord & Empress Nubcakes
My characters and their overly elaborate backstories
Ilsabet's Headcanon
The Adventures of Torbyrn Windchaser - Breaking the Ice & Ashes to Ashes
Bastian's Tattoos: An Inaccurate Headcanon
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Sarannah✭✭✭✭✭
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Thank you for the answer! Really wish that didn't take two quest slots for a month, but oh well.
PS: Requesting maintenance for the EU console realms, for one or two full days... they are beating PC EU, and we can't have that!
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Yökarhu✭✭✭Who ever thought it was nice to make 2 out of 3 main daily quests to be absolute annoyance, should have their annual leave cancelled. :P Running in circles for 15 minute and still not getting the fat/furs/souls. This event was supposed to be about working together, now ppl are frustrated when others are taking the kills. And if you manage to kill the target, you still often don't even get the drop. Then wait, run more, fight to get your share. Ridiculous really. And yes, I did band together with a mate, wasn't a help.“Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.”5 -
twisttop138✭✭✭✭✭Who ever thought it was nice to make 2 out of 3 main daily quests to be absolute annoyance, should have their annual leave cancelled. :P Running in circles for 15 minute and still not getting the fat/furs/souls. This event was supposed to be about working together, now ppl are frustrated when others are taking the kills. And if you manage to kill the target, you still often don't even get the drop. Then wait, run more, fight to get your share. Ridiculous really. And yes, I did band together with a mate, wasn't a help.
I'm very unhappy with the event rewards but since I'm taking groups of guild mates through every day I learned some things that may help. Don't go to the map circles for the furs, fat whatever. Just go to the zones and kill the things that drop it. Undead essence, go to any daggerfall zones and kill undead. Go to Coldharbor for the souls, maybe the public dungeon but there's tons of good spots. Also the siege camps can drop them too from the kills there. But most importantly. Do it in a group! In a group we can knock out all 3 quests in under 10 minutes as long as, lol, the siege camps don't bug out. Which they do. A lot. Happy hunting.0 -
L_Nici✭✭✭✭✭
✭Well this event so far:
1. Stirk Wayshrine broken
2. Camps reset just because they can
3. 3 instead of 4 boxes, not fixed in game, nooo instead they changed the announcement
4. the boss for phase 2 spawned in phase 1, at least that got fixed
5. 100+ players hunt down 1 werewolve in hopes for 2 pieces of fur (similar experience for the other materials)
6. If you do not own the content pass, farming souls is a similar pain
7. Droprates from the boxes did not work as intended until Wednesday
8. Performance at the camps due to way to many players in one instance of solstice is abysmal, almost feels worse than Cyro
9. Bosses and camps in general are no challenge at all, as they have way to less health for so many players
10. And of course even the progress bar was bugged on day one.
Quality content for up to 80€Edited by L_Nici on 16 October 2025 11:39PC|EU10 -
kiheikat✭✭✭twisttop138 wrote: »Who ever thought it was nice to make 2 out of 3 main daily quests to be absolute annoyance, should have their annual leave cancelled. :P Running in circles for 15 minute and still not getting the fat/furs/souls. This event was supposed to be about working together, now ppl are frustrated when others are taking the kills. And if you manage to kill the target, you still often don't even get the drop. Then wait, run more, fight to get your share. Ridiculous really. And yes, I did band together with a mate, wasn't a help.
I'm very unhappy with the event rewards but since I'm taking groups of guild mates through every day I learned some things that may help. Don't go to the map circles for the furs, fat whatever. Just go to the zones and kill the things that drop it. Undead essence, go to any daggerfall zones and kill undead. Go to Coldharbor for the souls, maybe the public dungeon but there's tons of good spots. Also the siege camps can drop them too from the kills there. But most importantly. Do it in a group! In a group we can knock out all 3 quests in under 10 minutes as long as, lol, the siege camps don't bug out. Which they do. A lot. Happy hunting.
Mobs in normal group dungeons are quick, and bonus is free transport. Small furs in March of Sacrifices and undead in Shipwright's Regret.
Group with a couple of friends to kill the first mob or two, leave the instance to return to quest giver, turn in. Reset instance by changing difficulty from normal to vet and back to normal. Rinse and repeat.2 -
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✭✭✭✭wolfie1.0. wrote: »DenverRalphy wrote: »wolfie1.0. wrote: »24 hours in.... and i honestly just feel like giving up.
Yes. I am done already. I help a friend because he wants the mount. Sadly, it looks like he won't be able to get it because he didn't buy the chapter. I haven't seen a soul reaper since last month. yeah . . .
You can complete the trial without the content pass or the soul reapers. Without the soul reapers, or any Solstice specific tasks, there are 21 objectives left.
A player cannot solo a trial and my friend cannot do Master Writs
5, 10 daily log in
100 each Coldharbor, beast daedra, human daedra
500 enemy
3 WB, 10 WB
5, 10, 15 Meridian lens
3, 10 dungeon boss
5, 10, 20 Stirk crafting jobs
5, 10, 20 Stirk supply jobs
What am I missing?
Anyone can do alchemy, or enchanting master writs. It may take a bit of a grind but with help from another player both csn be done pretty quick.
And with over a month left it should be possible to get a group finder going for a single trial to run on normal. [/quote
No. Unless, ESO plans on handing him a master writ before he masters the craft, he cannot do one.
He won't pass the gate-keeping the groupers enforce. He does not have the gear nor the experience.
Thats why I said with help he can do it. I cant force them to ask, nor can I log in for them and do the needed tasks. But if they really want the mount they can get it done.
Look I understand the frustration and restrictions placed on you and your friend, and how frustrating this event is but there really is enough time that if they want to get the mount they can. This is one of the longest golden pursuits they have had.1 -
Romilly✭✭✭This event has left me cold.
1) Make 3 items - great yet another daily writ.
2) Go kill X murlocs and bring back their feet (edit, Go kill X spriggrans and bring back their sap) - the actual best quest believe it or not!
3) Go do a Dolmen with 50 people (edit go defend a siege camp). Even dolmens in Alikr are more fun and last longer.
I was expecting an epic experience like some kind of Cyrodiil siege with 200 players fighting waves up on waves where we used siege weapons etc. But no... it's a zerg snooze fest. The only challenge is can I ride to the active siege fast enough and hit something before it's over, otherwise, I'll have to try my luck with the next one...
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bobsontpm✭✭Glorious Writhing Wall Coffers are still broken (not working as described on the web page): when you open two Glorious boxes on the same day, only one drops the guaranteed loot, the next one is not. This is very frustrating provided previous problems with drop rates...
Is anyone at ZOS reading this topic?5 -
twisttop138✭✭✭✭✭@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_Kevin
Are you guys seeing the feedback that the boxes are still not working? Also can you guys please address what seems like a large portion of the communities concern, that the reward boxes are just not good enough. Either fix it or tell us to screw off but please don't act like the part of the event that feels unrewarding was the progress of the meter, lol. You guys have had some pretty good communication and some course corrections for this event so far, but come on guys. It's like you're purposely avoiding the elephant in the room.2 -
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✭✭✭Kevin is probably reading this. Or will at some point.
He will then drop a nice comment and compile the issues into a list, which is then passed on to the black hole at the centre of the galaxy.
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Anyway, after doing the dailies for a few days, here is my feedback for the list feeding the black hole:
This is an event like all the other events. A repetitive, grindy list of tasks that get tedious very quickly. I.e. like all the other 3D10+6 events we have. There is really nothing substantially different between this one and grinding out New Life dailies for weeks. For all the hype, this is as shallow as a puddle.
The things to do don't deserve the moniker "quest". They're not quests, they're chores. I don't go on a quest to hoover my living room.
They've also learnt nothing from complaints about earlier events. Kevin once replied to me that feedback doesn't disappear into the netherworld. Obviously, that was not true.
Like players fighting over drops. There is no reason for the abysmal RNG for pelts and other McGuffins, except to artificially prolong players' playing time suffering. But if every applicable mob dropped what it's supposed to, then it would become very clear very quickly how empty and devoid of any meaningful activity these chores are. Instead, players are kept running the treadmill for a while longer, creating an illusion of purpose.
Or that an area can be cleared of monsters dropping the McGuffin by other players, so I have to teleport around - not to do the chore but to find an area where I can do the chore. Fighting over Covenant Pelts is more battlegrounds than Battlegrounds these days.
And the infamous limitation of how many players can loot the boss. That comes up literally every event, and has never been explained why someone thinks this is good game design.
All of these come up every event, and are summarily ignored. Yes, for good reason - getting rid of these frustrating stupid grindfests would mean that the emperor's new clothes become too obvious, and ZOS would've to come up with actual stuff to do instead of constructing a hamster wheel for players and repainting it every event in a different colour. But it does mean that the black hole gobbling up feedback is real.
And so, we got an event like any other event. With all the same issues. As part of the Solstice storyline and region.
But I want to stress that this is not content. This is empty busywork masquerading as content. It doesn't fill Solstice with substance. It doesn't bring anything new and exciting, or meaningful and moving, or challenging.
There may have been serious work involved in doing this in the background. I don't see this as a player, and I judge what I see in the game. The basic idea even has narrative potential. But it is completely squandered by its shabby and bland execution.
I would be more on board with this, with Solstice being a smaller region with less content (again, the Writing Wall event so far is not content), or with the year being some sort of transition, or with ZOS having fewer resources to develop future content - if the price reflected that.
Instead, it doesn't. It got pricier, and if I have ESO+, I get ripped off twice.
Really, it's a shame. This game is kind of decent. The Writhing Wall event is not.15 -
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✭I know it's probably too late, but I figure I'll mention this anyway.
For the siege camps, it would feel more like a war if instead of just one camp being active at a time, there were anywhere between one and all of them being active at any time.3