Trophies

Super_Sonico

First, Thanks ZOS for fixing trophies and collectible items and making them an added fun part of the game. They're cool and I'm going to have fun trying to get them all.

Second, But am I going to be able to get them all? Now that I'm well into VR levels, it seems I'm only going to be able to collect them in parts of the world outside of my home faction. I understand you can't make mobs in the lvl 30-40 zone scale to my VR8 character and I can understand not giving me normal loot for those mobs, but then I can't be adventuring in my home turf again. It seems that there needs to be some incentive for me to go home and run through the old stomping grounds again. I've completed around 80% of the game by the time these items were fixed, so how am I supposed to get them? Am I really just limited to getting them in the VR zones that I can actually get drops from? That would really suck as I'm at a serious disadvantage over a new character who has all the adventure zones of loot available to them for getting them. Or are they all just lvl 50 items and I can only get them in VR zones? I'd like some help understanding this.

Third, Pretty please, for the love of Talus and my OCD, do one of two things. Either change the attribute on trophies so that they all show up in the miscellaneous tab, or create a trophies tab in the inventory. (I'd prefer the former.) Finding trophies in the miscellaneous tab (where most are) but then finding random ones in my consumables tab and the armor tab, is seriously undermining certain mental abilities to remain calm.

Venereous44

Or best of all, make them not take up bag space. I have destroyed about a dozen of these things already... I would have loved to have collected them.

I'm sorry, but this seemed like a no-brainer from a dev stand point... how do you expect people to collect anything when they're eating up your space overhead?

Super_Sonico

Well, wait a minute @Venereous44‌, Collectibles are trophies used to get the achievement. You have to use them. They disappear. They don't take up inventory unless you're keeping multiple copies of them (unnecessary). Other trophies, of which the only ones I've seen are from the group public dungeons plus the skeleton costume in Shadowfen, are pretty rare. To my count, there's only 16 of them. It would be nice if they didn't take up inventory, but at 16 slots, that's not much space at all.

I have an alt/mule that I use only for holding items I want to keep. This includes trophies and the occasional quest reward items (weapons, armor, jewelry) that have outgrown their functional use but represent something I did in game.

Potenza

This is a good question. To add to your OCD (sorry) It seems these collectables are also needed to unlock new dyes - how to get all the dye's?

Talrenos

I gave up trying to collect them. I don't frikkin care about items that do nothing for me except take up valuable bag space. Used once then deleted. I also don't care if it gives me an achievement, which in turn only gives me a color to slap on my armor. Since I have 3 active characters and the rest of my slots with pack mules due to the horrid account bank BS, I literally lack any room anywhere for an item that does not have a purpose.

Super_Sonico

j.murro2ub17_ESO wrote: »

This is a good question. To add to your OCD (sorry) It seems these collectables are also needed to unlock new dyes - how to get all the dye's?

Yeah, they're needed to get the achievements which reward you with the dyes.

I've only gotten 2 collectible trophies. One was a chitinous trophy of a wasp wing. I do not remember its specs as I used it pretty quickly. The second one I got was a chattering skull. I got 3 of them in one day. On the 2nd drop I thought 'sweet, I'll give it to an alt'. Dropped it in the bank, did the swap, then realized, 'oh look, it's a lvl 50 item' which got me thinking.

Venereous44

Okay, then I might be confusing trophies with other things... so what are those other mostly useless items? I have only one that I held onto because it seems at least functional... it'll throw a trap on the ground. The rest were totally useless... would either create a quick affect..(Whooo... green sprinklies... I need that!) .. or a costume.

traigusb14_ESO2

there are non-collection trophies that are rewards from the public dungeon quests, maybe a few others. you use them and you get an animation/effect. They are labeled trophies.

They are not the same as the collectible animal bits you use once, for collections Achievements (then they disappear). Which are also labeled trophies.

Venereous44

Ah, thanks for the explanation.

I still stand by my original statement though... its kinda silly to put collectibles in the game when you know that player inventory is at a premium and them have them take up that space. I'm sure there will be more created too...

But if your counts are right... 16 of one type and 10 of the other... that's about 20% of maximum bag space. So, way to penalize the folks who achieve that!

Ah.. nvm.. except for the ones that disappear.. but still.... no space at all would be better.

reggielee

Venereous44 wrote: »

Okay, then I might be confusing trophies with other things... so what are those other mostly useless items? I have only one that I held onto because it seems at least functional... it'll throw a trap on the ground. The rest were totally useless... would either create a quick affect..(Whooo... green sprinklies... I need that!) .. or a costume.

I need that green sparkle or better yet the flames! its vital for emote parties with like minded folk when you're sick of the grind heh heh. Im glad I hung onto my trophies, but they really need to put them out of main inventory

smeeprocketnub19_ESO

half the people in this thread are confused because the title is trophies, but you are talking about collectibles.

Nestor

Nice thing is the Collectibles do go away when they are used. Which of course makes the whole category title Collectible somewhat Ironic as you don't collect them, but use them. Maybe they should have called them Useables...

However, all Trophies and Collectibles should be this way, we use them, then they disappear from inventory. Only to show up in a list somewhere that we can peruse to see what we have collected or not collected. Achievements don't have to be a part of this, but could be.

GnatB

Super_Sonico wrote: »

They're cool and I'm going to have fun trying to get them all.

You and I have radically different definitions of fun.

Arora

I put them in my storage, to get all the achievements you have to keep upgrading your bank anyways so, ive got plenty of room

Super_Sonico

smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »

half the people in this thread are confused because the title is trophies, but you are talking about collectibles.

All collectibles are labelled as trophies. Then there are things labelled as trophies that are reward items from quests. I've completed all quests in the game, up through the last 3 areas of EP. There's only one two of these items that wasn't gained from a public dungeon, that's the skeleton costume in Shadowfen, and there is a totem I forgot about that I got from Almalexia IIRC. It looks like a crystal ball. Got it in Deshaan.

Yes, collectible/trophies are used and as such, aren't really collected, in the keeping things around, putting them on the shelf, sense of the word. I think they should be renamed collectibles as that's what they are and distinguish them from things you would otherwise keep.

I would still like to get some input from a mod on my second item in the OP. I'd like to know if these are obtainable in our home alliance territories or not.

andre.roques.3b14_ESO

One thing to note is that some of the reward trophies are very useful
esohead.com/items/44918-fetish-of-anger
I believe that gives a nice little buff.

Collectables are otherwise just rare drops that lead to unlocking new dye colors.