[Spoilers] Sad moments in PvE

CreepySpydre

Not long ago, my AD Breton Sorc. went into MB sandbox to break all his toys. I sat back and thought: even battle hardened, how a 17 year old girl would deal with reports of friends, acquaintances, and general brothers and sisters-at-arms, both new and old, being wiped out, so she can break those toys.

MuseTheDrunkenDragon

For me, it was a cave in AD on Auridon, Entilia's Folly I think.

I had thought it was just a spider cave at first, but then at the end, that final note.... I have never wanted to load a previous savegame so much as I did upon the realization that I had just murdered a man and his pets for no reason. I still feel bad about it, a month or so later.

Shader_Shibes

The Dune quest in Reapers, with Kali and Shazah (?). I'm a Khajiit at heart so yeah, this quest actually made me well up

tinythinker

What about that cave where a giant flesh atronauch has gone to meditate and fine peace in a serene, secluded setting. Nope, he's a world boss so everyone hunts him down.

CaptainObvious

What about the Shagura and what's his name quest in Alik'r in the spider infested mine? Only sub-optimal solutions to that quest.

SainguinLibras

Saddest quest I've ever done is the The Unquiet Dead in Grahtwood.

Every step of the quest it just becomes more and more sad. First the kid's dead, then his dad goes nuts and makes him into a flesh atronach and then you have to decide wether or not to put the kid inside the atronach or let him roam free.

It hits ya even harder in the feels when you release his mom later in the area and have to explain what ya did.

Sue_D_Nim

tinythinker wrote: »

Shader_Shibes wrote: »

The one in Alik'r i think, where you find a dog and have to collect his owners bones to piece him back together. Another one which i cant remember exactly, but, you find a letter and a dog at a grave and it reads something about the loyalty of the dog to its owner.

You mean this spot?

The screenshot alone has me tearing up.

MercutioElessar wrote: »

Saddest thing in the whole game will get you in the main plot questline:

You can't sacrifice that dimwit Abnar Tharn.

^This. So very much this.

tinythinker

I had forgotten about this...

(In the northern part of Alik'r.)

Hollow Waste

Man and his dog at edge of Hollow Waste... "It's all gone...everything and everyone...just gone, in the blink of an eye!"


A letter on the ground... "Things to do before the baby comes".

Iluvrien

I have now completed almost all the quests in EP and DC and the saddest moments have still been:


Crossroads in Bal Foyen - Either you end up sacrificing a lot of refugees or some comrades in arms. Neither is nice. The first time I played through I chose to defend the docks (in the mistaken view that the keep could protect itself). In the aftermath I actually went around the keep grounds and tried to enumerate all of the dead. Suffice it to say that thanks to the quest line my character wasn't very nice to DC opponents for a while.

Breaking the Coven in the Rift - Tovisa's fate in this is just plain unpleasant. I, like another poster, have searched for ways ever since to stave off this inevitability. The character who played through the quest first exacted revenge on all denizens of the cavern... and still occasionally returns to her bedside in Shor's Stone in the hope that she will, at least, be up and about one day (please, ZOS, make this happen!)

Rebeccas04nub18_ESO

The soul meld Mage with Gadris and Zur. When you have to pull the lever and decide which one doesn't make it. I let Zur die one time and I was miserable for it. When Zur is the one remaining he talks of how he misses Gadris and what a brilliant Mage he was.

drschplatt

MercutioElessar wrote: »

Saddest thing in the whole game will get you in the main plot questline:

You can't sacrifice that dimwit Abnar Tharn.

Are you kidding? You get to drop the useless Redguard. I was cheering that it was a choice. I was mostly unhappy that I couldn't sacrifice the rest of them too. Tharn is the only one I didn't want to drop.


I enjoyed playing through the main story twice. My first character tended to try and do the right thing, had a heart and was merciful. My second character is a black & white, right and wrong Dragon Knight who is a first class a-hole and just lets the whole world burn.

deathmasterl_ESO

Vyle_Byte wrote: »

Several from the Aldmeri faction really get me, for some reason I just felt more engaged in some of the quests there.

The one where the old lady asks you to go and pray for her 4 children that had already passed away, I tear up every time I finish that quest.

Theres a khajiit ghost in Reapers March that got killed while trying to pray for her brother, and at the end of it the two ghost siblings get to say goodbye to one another, its touching.

And ofc when I thought Raz didn't make it. I was so ticked off at the game I had to stop playing for a little bit.

I played through the entire faction with my solo character, so when my husband and I went through it again, I knew what was coming but it didn't matter, every one of these made me tear up again lol! When we got to the part before Raz I had to will myself not to start up! Then I had to restrain myself from telling him it was gonna be okay afterwards, man that was tough!

I could never kill Raz, don't care how mad he gets at me for not destroying that crown. Later on even the Queen mentioned something about him being mad about something.

starkerealm

I_killed_Vivec wrote: »

Daenerys wrote: »

the end of Cadwell's Gold

I agree. It wasn't seeing Cadwell at the end, it was leaving Queen Ayrenn and Reaper's March thinking "Oh, I've finished".

To be fair, most of the Dominion plot can be summed up as, "take drugs; kill a bear."

But, realizing I wouldn't have more adventures with Raz...

starkerealm

Iluvrien wrote: »

Crossroads in Bal Foyen - Either you end up sacrificing a lot of refugees or some comrades in arms. Neither is nice. The first time I played through I chose to defend the docks (in the mistaken view that the keep could protect itself). In the aftermath I actually went around the keep grounds and tried to enumerate all of the dead. Suffice it to say that thanks to the quest line my character wasn't very nice to DC opponents for a while.

I might be remembering this wrong, but it gets worse.

If you save the refugees, Earth-Turner shows up later, having moved up through the ranks in the Pact. But, because her children (I think) died on Bleakrock, she ends up losing hope for the Dominion and ends up siding with the Worm Cult. If you save the docks, then Rana ends up the traitor, I think, though I don't remember the circumstances there.

Lookstowindwards

Rebeccas04nub18_ESO wrote: »

The soul meld Mage with Gadris and Zur. When you have to pull the lever and decide which one doesn't make it. I let Zur die one time and I was miserable for it. When Zur is the one remaining he talks of how he misses Gadris and what a brilliant Mage he was.

Oh yes! And if you save Gadris he also tells you that he misses Zur. I so much wanted to save them both, even if they would stay melded.

starkerealm wrote: »

Iluvrien wrote: »

Crossroads in Bal Foyen - Either you end up sacrificing a lot of refugees or some comrades in arms. Neither is nice. The first time I played through I chose to defend the docks (in the mistaken view that the keep could protect itself). In the aftermath I actually went around the keep grounds and tried to enumerate all of the dead. Suffice it to say that thanks to the quest line my character wasn't very nice to DC opponents for a while.

I might be remembering this wrong, but it gets worse.

If you save the refugees, Earth-Turner shows up later, having moved up through the ranks in the Pact. But, because her children (I think) died on Bleakrock, she ends up losing hope for the Dominion and ends up siding with the Worm Cult. If you save the docks, then Rana ends up the traitor, I think, though I don't remember the circumstances there.

You do remember this wrong

Earth-Turner sides with the cult if you save the docks, through I dont know what she does if you save the keep. I think it doesnt matter for her, as her children are spread between this two points, so some of them do die, no matter which point you decide to protect.

tinythinker

So, I think this qualifies:

(in case you haven't played through the Orsinium quests yet)

Khasim finding the crypt in which his birth parents took refuge after he got lost in a snow storm as a young child, clues left by his mother, and then, after getting his hopes up to find them one day alive, discovering their remains.

Islyn

Shader_Shibes wrote: »

tinythinker wrote: »

Shader_Shibes wrote: »

The one in Alik'r i think, where you find a dog and have to collect his owners bones to piece him back together. Another one which i cant remember exactly, but, you find a letter and a dog at a grave and it reads something about the loyalty of the dog to its owner.

You mean this spot?

Yes! Where is it again?

N Alik'r - I have one too!

Helgi_Skotina

Elden Root. I saw that giant tree - and i couldnt burn it down. It was very sad. Also the quest where the 3 alliance leaders came to negotiations on an island and got attacked by the daedra. I wanted to kill the old breton and the elven quenn , why rescue them?

UltimaJoe777

Saddest moment for me in PvE was when I killed Molag Bal. I can't fight him again like that until my alts get that far along and it was epic

Peel_Ya_Cap_517

There's an amazing scene I stumbled upon in Cyrodiil today that I had never seen before.. In between Cheydenhal (sp?) and Cropsford. Theres a crazy dude with a bunch of skeletons arranged on benches. Hes trying to comb the one skeleton's hair or something...

Not so much sad just bizarre and funny

tinythinker

Peel_Ya_Cap_517 wrote: »

There's an amazing scene I stumbled upon in Cyrodiil today that I had never seen before.. In between Cheydenhal (sp?) and Cropsford. Theres a crazy dude with a bunch of skeletons arranged on benches. Hes trying to comb the one skeleton's hair or something...

Not so much sad just bizarre and funny

Yeah, there is some weird stuff in Cyrodiil.

tinythinker

I think this has a place here, as either sad or disturbing... both really...

Xendyn

Orsinium

Wait what?! You killed Priestess Solga!?
Nooooo!
Damn it, I liked her and she's one of the few truly good-looking female orcs.

TheShadowScout

deathmasterl_ESO wrote: »

I could never kill Raz, don't care how mad he gets at me for not destroying that crown. Later on even the Queen mentioned something about him being mad about something.

By the way...

...if you DO destroy the crown, Raz does escape - by the time of the final quest in Reapers March, he is leaning against the stone next to the entrace, even mentioned his escape involved a lot of jumping and running... though I harbour some suspiscion about him, that there just -might- be more to it then a mere moral if lucky khajiit...

Peel_Ya_Cap_517 wrote: »

There's an amazing scene I stumbled upon in Cyrodiil today that I had never seen before.. In between Cheydenhal (sp?) and Cropsford. Theres a crazy dude with a bunch of skeletons arranged on benches. Hes trying to comb the one skeleton's hair or something...

Not so much sad just bizarre and funny

If you revisit the place, you will find his wife in the house, busy cleaning, raised as skeleton as well. Obviously a husband gone mad when the war visited his home and turned to necromancy to fuel his delusion that his wife did not get killed by some marauding troops... (you can talk to him about it a bit too as i recall)

tinythinker wrote: »

I think this has a place here, as either sad or disturbing... both really...

That place made me want to cleanse them all with fire...

Xendyn wrote: »

Orsinium

Wait what?! You killed Priestess Solga!?
Nooooo!
Damn it, I liked her and she's one of the few truly good-looking female orcs.

I especially found Evilis comments about her fate sad.
But yeah, when I got to that point, I wanted to shout to her "Don't talk to me now, get to cover first!"

ListerJMC

There are so many sad quests in this game, but the one that pained me the most was the ending of Rivenspire.

I was absolutely gutted when Verandis had to go, and the scene with Gwendis at the end made it so much worse. The fact I couldn't find him in Coldharbour later to attempt a rescue was even more crushing. He didn't even say what the deal was exactly so I don't even know if he's still alive, but I'm hoping he comes back at some point.

On a general note there are a long list of quests where my actions led to character deaths and other misfortunes which I felt pretty bad about, especially if I thought I was doing the right thing. I'm going through quests again and seeing what happens if I pick the opposite option to last time, to see if certain events were avoidable. A lot of the time I'm finding there's no perfect solution and I would have chosen "wrong" no matter what.

RoseVex

This letter you can find whilst going through the end of the Orsinium main quest

Iccotak

Two parts in recent memory

#1

The Father in the Wayrest Sewers II.
He just wanted to have his children back and couldn't let them go. His action led to the deaths of many at the hands of his undead children. But even then he did his best to love them.
When he realized what they really were he gave up. He pleaded with us to give him a chance to talk to his children, and lured them out so then the Heroes could defeat them.
After the fight he said, "Do whatever you want with me, I have nothing left to live for" and was resigned to whatever fate you chose for him, be it death or trial.

#2

A quest in Vvardenfel. An elderly dunmer asks you to take a crystal and collect his memories so then he can leave then behind for his children who he has a troubling relationship with. His daughter was busy and his son hated him for leaving, being gone for most of his life.
We see that he fell in love with an adventurer.
We saw him ask her to marry him.
We saw her reveal to him that she was pregnant with his child, how excited and motivated he was about being a father
We saw his wife die in his arms after a job went wrong,
Finally we saw him take on his wife's contract to the Telvanni, forcing him to leave his children so then he could provide for them.

The son learned this truth but he was too late to forgive the past, his father had passed away.

Mettaricana

The gay bosmer flower quest had me glassy eyed

DoctorESO

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zaria

MercutioElessar wrote: »

Saddest thing in the whole game will get you in the main plot questline:

You can't sacrifice that dimwit Abnar Tharn.

Yes, that was annoying, almost as annoying as the quest chain for the female Argonian in Morrowind.