Are you a rat?

IrishGirlGamer

Seriously. You play the Dominion. Think back to that moment on Khenarthi's Roost when the smoke of a burning moon sugar plantation curled lazily towards the sky. The heat of afternoon was fading; the sun was setting into the sea in the distance. You, Vestige, held the lives of two pathetic Khajiit in the palm of your hand. Did you ...

AlexDougherty

Rat? Dammit, girl, they were CRIMINALS!!

Poll is biased.

One was guilty as anything, the other I managed to get leniency for.
Didn't want anything to do with skooma.

ebondeath

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

I showed mercy, but I gave them a lecture andmy super-serious "disappointed" face. >:(

IrishGirlGamer

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Poll is biased.

One was guilty as anything, the other I managed to get leniency for.
Didn't want anything to do with skooma.

Poll is biased? How? In the game I'm playing, there is no option that I can see that allows you to "get leniency" for one while condemning the other.

It was an all or nothing decision, unless I missed something.

Mallow

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

Skooma addicts need our love, not persecution!

Soloeus

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

Mercy is the path of justice. Punishments just leads to more crime.

kieso

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

I did a lot of re rolling during early access week because I couldn't get my character to look right, so I must've done this quest over a dozen times. So I guess I chose both although if we go by which one I chose more of, I chose mercy and lied to the Altmer officer.

BBSooner

I'm a rat - and you best look out.

Khajit takes the fall. If they aren't working my Dunmer's Kwama mine, they aren't worth the effort.

driosketch

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

Back when Beta testing I did every possible choice combination for this quest. It taught me the "right" choice in ESO quests is not always the one that leads to "best" outcome. (And what I wouldn't have given for an option to come up with better lie and lay blame on the dead bandit for the skooma in my possession instead.)

Have you done the forbidden book quest yet, that's another example of what I'm talking about.

IrishGirlGamer

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

driosketch wrote: »

Have you done the forbidden book quest yet, that's another example of what I'm talking about.

Funny you should mention that. I just reached it and I'm looking at the decision screen right now.

Burn them or no ...

[Rationally, I can't imagine there's some game-breaking consequence if I decide to keep them - like my character being sucked off into Oblivion for the rest of the game - but I'm intrigued by what might happen if I don't choose burn ...]

Evergnar

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

Khajiit & I are blood brothers. We have a secret pact. So of course I helped them.

UrQuan

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

I've done it both ways with different alts, but the one I picked first was to take mercy on them.

driosketch wrote: »

Have you done the forbidden book quest yet, that's another example of what I'm talking about.

I really liked that one. Both possible choices at the end were very entertaining IMO.

AlexDougherty

Rat? Dammit, girl, they were CRIMINALS!!

IrishGirlGamer wrote: »

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Poll is biased.

One was guilty as anything, the other I managed to get leniency for.
Didn't want anything to do with skooma.

Poll is biased? How? In the game I'm playing, there is no option that I can see that allows you to "get leniency" for one while condemning the other.

It was an all or nothing decision, unless I missed something.

Biased because youcall me a Rat!
I'm sure the male was told he just had to get out of the realm, only the sister was jailed.

Yes, it's harsh, but the sister was a drug manufacturer, and managed to get the kill the father. I just couldn't justify letting her go, but I did feel sorry for the brother.

Traisa

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

My Aldmeri Dominion character is a Khajiit. We need to stick together!

That's not the only reason though. If it were me in that sad situation, I'd hope they'd do the same thing.

lecarcajou_ESO

Keep your mouth shut in the hopes of getting a share of lucratvie skooma business.

Money talks and [snip] walks.

[Moderator Note: Edited per our rules on Cursing & Profanity]

Belitseri

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

You can't punish cats. Ever try? They just act like you're abusing them. No sense in trying...

starlizard70ub17_ESO

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

This one used the incident as a teaching moment and showed our brother & sister Khajiits a better path to be on.

driosketch

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

IrishGirlGamer wrote: »

driosketch wrote: »

Have you done the forbidden book quest yet, that's another example of what I'm talking about.

Funny you should mention that. I just reached it and I'm looking at the decision screen right now.

Burn them or no ...

[Rationally, I can't imagine there's some game-breaking consequence if I decide to keep them - like my character being sucked off into Oblivion for the rest of the game - but I'm intrigued by what might happen if I don't choose burn ...]

We've been raised that burning books is one of the worse things, and the quest really fights you on it now too, but... well did you pay attention to the scenes when you pick up the books? (It's pretty easy to cook up a test alt and see the alternative to the choice you picked for an early quest like that one.)

UrQuan

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

Oh, and if you show mercy the brother promptly smashes the skooma you retrieved and the siblings have a talk about how they'll never be involved in skooma again.

SDZald

Um ... there's a burning moon sugar farm on Khenarthi's Roost?

S

Soloeus wrote: »

Mercy is the path of justice. Punishments just leads to more crime.

Spoken like a true liberal. See the smiley I was joking lets keep politics out of my gaming LOL

SFBryan18

Which one is for people who like hugs?

Sighlynce

Um ... there's a burning moon sugar farm on Khenarthi's Roost?

Ok I ... I gave em' up and then looted their houses and property for stuff I wanted .... It feels so wrong now. Nah, I'd do it the same way again !

deruddb14_ESO

Forgot - Kill them, take the Skooma, gold and gear. And make rugs out of them.
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Coggage

The quest made so little impression on me I can't remember it.

david271749

deruddb14_ESO wrote: »

Forgot - Kill them, take the Skooma, gold and gear. And make rugs out of them.
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If only we could...

Lynx7386

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

Whenever a khajiit girl is involved I give her a second chance purely for the possibility of getting some side tail.

Never happens, but I keep trying.

Woolenthreads

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

For the first Alt I clicked the wrong option, much to my dismay, so the erstwhile Paladin, punished them. The second Alt (a Thief/Assassin concept) clicked the right option

ThisOnePosts

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

I showed them mercy and would do it again, they destroyed it right in front of me and were off to a good start already!

AgriyaTheGrey

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

Not sure about this poll -he destroyed the skooma in front of me so the brother was legit. Better that ten guilty people go free than one innocent share their punishment.

Nazon_Katts

No! Are you?

Mablung

Take mercy on them? Everyone deserves a fresh start.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zGEBhJMHA