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Re: Writhing Wall Haikus (5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables)
A forever grind
Few rewards for the effort
I won't do Phase 2
Few rewards for the effort
I won't do Phase 2
Re: Does the Writhing Wall surround all of the East?
Yeah, this entire zone was just a whole “idc about the lore, now go get distracted by Darien’s abs and don’t question it.”
I don’t even know why Solstice was used in the first place. That island does not and has never existed on any maps or lore before this year, and “oh, it was completely forgotten about by 3E” is a bit hard to believe when it’s hosting all alliance armies like Stirk has several times.
(Also can we question the logic of using Stirk as a staging ground when it’s so far from Solstice in the first place? Wouldn’t using Lilmoth as a staging ground be more reasonable due to being much closer?)
I would have used a different area from the beginning. Cespar and Herne are islands in the Abecean that exist but don’t have much lore, and that’d even fit better with the Corelanyas leaving from Hammerfell. They’d then be able to have an Altmer-Redguard aesthetic, with Redguards being rather lore-starved. And then they could just surround one of the islands with the wall to make it clear that you can’t just sail around it, it’s much closer to Stirk so a Stirk staging ground makes more sense, and since Mannimarco was killed at Sancre Tor, it’s even closer to that.
But this year has shown that lore and consistency are not their primary focus. Or seemingly any focus for that matter.
I don’t even know why Solstice was used in the first place. That island does not and has never existed on any maps or lore before this year, and “oh, it was completely forgotten about by 3E” is a bit hard to believe when it’s hosting all alliance armies like Stirk has several times.
(Also can we question the logic of using Stirk as a staging ground when it’s so far from Solstice in the first place? Wouldn’t using Lilmoth as a staging ground be more reasonable due to being much closer?)
I would have used a different area from the beginning. Cespar and Herne are islands in the Abecean that exist but don’t have much lore, and that’d even fit better with the Corelanyas leaving from Hammerfell. They’d then be able to have an Altmer-Redguard aesthetic, with Redguards being rather lore-starved. And then they could just surround one of the islands with the wall to make it clear that you can’t just sail around it, it’s much closer to Stirk so a Stirk staging ground makes more sense, and since Mannimarco was killed at Sancre Tor, it’s even closer to that.
But this year has shown that lore and consistency are not their primary focus. Or seemingly any focus for that matter.
Re: writhing wall phase 2 -- am i missing something?
Writhing wall is total POOP! I have never had a negative thing to say about ESO in all my years of playing.
I have always defended the DEV's
But this is the worst experience I have come across in gaming since Warcraft grinding!
THIS IS NOT FUN!
I can't believe I paid money do work in my game to get new content! This is the worst expansion ESO has ever come up with and I thought the Tales of Tribute was bad.
But no This beats that out as total crap by 100 fold!
Now I do realize that the worst thing ever happened to this game with the Microsoft purchase and they have gutted the company severely. But most of this was coming down the pipe before that. Also most of the teams on this development cycle are now gone. The responsibility lies with the leadership. The Dev's do what they are lead to do.
I truly hope in the future nothing like this ever happens again because my patience for this and understanding wont.
I will ride this expansion out and give the new team a change to do damage control on the state of the game they were left with.
But with the Microsoft purchase of Zenimax-Bethesda which is the worst thing to ever happen to this game My hopes are not even remotely middle let alone high.
I wish with what is left of the Dev's though, a miracle my still occur.
I have always defended the DEV's
But this is the worst experience I have come across in gaming since Warcraft grinding!
THIS IS NOT FUN!
I can't believe I paid money do work in my game to get new content! This is the worst expansion ESO has ever come up with and I thought the Tales of Tribute was bad.
But no This beats that out as total crap by 100 fold!
Now I do realize that the worst thing ever happened to this game with the Microsoft purchase and they have gutted the company severely. But most of this was coming down the pipe before that. Also most of the teams on this development cycle are now gone. The responsibility lies with the leadership. The Dev's do what they are lead to do.
I truly hope in the future nothing like this ever happens again because my patience for this and understanding wont.
I will ride this expansion out and give the new team a change to do damage control on the state of the game they were left with.
But with the Microsoft purchase of Zenimax-Bethesda which is the worst thing to ever happen to this game My hopes are not even remotely middle let alone high.
I wish with what is left of the Dev's though, a miracle my still occur.
Re: Given the issues this year, will you pre-order in 2026?
Time to re-visit "WHITE-RUN" and "Throat of the World".
NO MORE CHORE EVENT.
NO MORE SMALL WORLD.
NO MORE BORING STORY.
MAKE THE ESO GREAT AGAIN.
It just works.
NO MORE CHORE EVENT.
NO MORE SMALL WORLD.
NO MORE BORING STORY.
MAKE THE ESO GREAT AGAIN.
It just works.
Please let werewolves sneak by next year's Witches Festival
I want to participate in the Lord Hollowjack boss fight, but that requires the ability to sneak, which werewolves cannot do while transformed.
I'm just frustrated because the Witches Festival only comes around for a few weeks each year, and I know that if Werewolf isn't allowed to sneak like everyone else can, then it's just going to be impossible for werewolves to follow the mechanics of that fight. I want to participate in this fight, but I also want to bring my preferred playstyle to it. It's impossible to play how I want if I cannot access the tools I need to be successful, albeit suboptimal.
For those curious, there are already Werewolf sneaking animations in-game, there are werewolves in-lore and in-game who are stealthy, and we could sneak as a transformed werewolf in TES games before Skyrim. It should be a feature in ESO.
@ZOS_Kevin
I'm just frustrated because the Witches Festival only comes around for a few weeks each year, and I know that if Werewolf isn't allowed to sneak like everyone else can, then it's just going to be impossible for werewolves to follow the mechanics of that fight. I want to participate in this fight, but I also want to bring my preferred playstyle to it. It's impossible to play how I want if I cannot access the tools I need to be successful, albeit suboptimal.
For those curious, there are already Werewolf sneaking animations in-game, there are werewolves in-lore and in-game who are stealthy, and we could sneak as a transformed werewolf in TES games before Skyrim. It should be a feature in ESO.
@ZOS_Kevin
Re: Share Your Subclassing Builds!
Gaebriel0410 wrote: »I am slowly going through all the chars. I am very basic and I love cliche's (knight with longsword, elemental wizard with pointy hat) but I think this one is fairly unique:
Breton Forest Spirit
Class: Warden with a hint of Nightblade (Animal Companions/Green Balance/Shadow)
The Essentials:
Race: Bosmer (hear me out, you need a small size and pointy ears, bosmer are the closest to fey creatures we can get)
Alliance: Daggerfall Covenant exclusive. No self-respecting Breton forest spirit would hang out in Vvardenfell, Skyrim, or worst of all Summerset, land of the elven oppressor. Forest spirits have long lives, and longer memories.
Skin: Barkroot Blessing is obviously the meta, but there are several other viable options, such as both nereid variants and the shaman skin from that minotaur dungeon. The BIS for eyes tends to gravitate towards light unearthly blue, but it is potentially a flex spot. Note that you can layer most suboptimal skins with swirly tattoos, to get a more viable setup.
Weapons: Bow/Bow of course, for the archers protecting the ancient treeline are the most likely ones to be seen.
Weapon enchants: Green poison enchants work best, perhaps with a thankfully neutral coloured weapon damage on the backbar.
Food: Berries I guess, but anything that falls from the login calendar works.
Outfit: Rags at best. No human clothes. If you got the bark, you gotta show it.
Skills and explanation:
Bird of Prey: Gives you some tiny damage buff people tend to value, but more importantly it gives you translucent green WINGS whenever you want.
Fetcherfly Swarm: A nice dot, and every build likes dots, just like every forest eventually has bees.
Shadowy Disguise: The very reason they are mentioned in lore or seen in game only rarely. Can't write what you can't see.
Aspect of Terror (likely replaced by Dark Shade when I get there): A forest spirit is usually benevolent, but can also be terrifying.
Snipe: That's what you use when you are an archer, and forest spirit bows work much the same.
Budding seeds: To heal yourself, but also others. It is often said that forest spirits leave flowers where they walk.
Green Lotus: Some whisper that forest spirits spring from life giving flowers, this one is no different. It also gives you another essential buff, though I think they tend to be more prophetic than savage.
Trample (Indrik): Every forest themed boss does this, it is all the rage in High Rock and Gonfalon.
Arrow Barrage: Who shot all those arrows? Where did they come from? As a bonus, everyone likes aoe dots.
Venom arrow: The most beautiful flower is often the most poisonous. Brutal, but I think it could be sorcery too.
Bear Guardian: "All fangs and claws it was, wrought from nightmare and ill omen alike. Old words spoke through ancient sigils on its coat, its eyes ablaze with bale wyrdfire."
Armor Sets:
Faun's Lark Cladding: The Heart of the Forest, it allows you to charm unsuspecting travellers and run really fast - it outruns most lorewriters, hence the Forest Spirit's very sporadical appearance.
Kargaeda: Summon the area power of wind whenever you do a heavy attack. A spectacular magical feat for most humans, but just another turdas for a Forest Spirit.
Unfathomable Darkness: Summons ravens, mysterious and portentous birds of omen. Of course you need it.
Some Other Placeholder Set: Likely pilfered from a campsite when the adventurers were bathing in the spring. Forest Spirits are known for their capricious nature, and this one seems no different.
Can it do veteran dungeons? Absolutely, and if you generally know what you're doing, it can contribute adequate damage.
It won't do a million dps, but it has fitting buffs and utilty, nice synergies, and can definitely hold its own.
Though if you take a forest spirit into a cave, you might wish to swap out a skill or two, like stealth. And bears.
After all, most people run when they see bears, usually a sensible choice. Besides, you would have to stop every few crates, whenever it smells honey, and angry bears in a confined space are not good.
So well thought out and very thematic! This makes me want one!! 🧚
Re: writhing wall phase 2 -- am i missing something?
Phase 2 is just 3 more weeks of phase 1. Before phase 3 which is probably just Phase 1 + a public dungeon where enemies will die before you can even see them on your screen.
Re: Halloween event keep increasing mindless extremely terrible players.
Dungeons as a whole can be toxic, and need some fixing to prevent speedrunners/fake roles. Has nothing to do with this event, so the reward should stay.
Sarannah
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Re: writhing wall phase 2 -- am i missing something?
I suspect that progressing through Phase 2 may take even longer, because many of us are just over it.
There should have been quest lines to progress, which would have made it much more interesting in my opinion.
There should have been quest lines to progress, which would have made it much more interesting in my opinion.
Re: writhing wall phase 2 -- am i missing something?
It is kinda nice to see the whole ESO community on all social media platforms from the forums, Reddit, the replies to official tweets etc all finally united on something instead of endless fighting. And that is that almost nobody seems to like the 'special event'.
