ZOS, this isn't Mario

Alucardo

So why do you insist on putting books just out of reach where you need to rely on platform jumping with your crumby jump mechanics?



Seriously. Took me 5 minutes to get up there. After 2 minutes I had to go outside and walk around to cool off, then come back and try again. You end up getting near it, then he falls sideways like some kind of drunk person.

Please, in future, put stairs there for the jumping impaired. We're people too.

Islyn

Surely there's another way around. Like through the badguys there?

Ackwalan

The gravity mechanics are terrible in this game. So often when you try to just step off a ledge, you will fall at an angle that takes you farther and farther away from the edge.

Alucardo

Islyn wrote: »

Surely there's another way around. Like through the badguys there?

Nah, I looked all around that entire platform. The only entrance seemed to be jumping on those conveniently placed walls

MrDerrikk

But mountain-climbing where you're not supposed to by jumping up things is a ZOS/Bethesda specialty!

Alucardo

Ackwalan wrote: »

The gravity mechanics are terrible in this game. So often when you try to just step off a ledge, you will fall at an angle that takes you farther and farther away from the edge.

Exactly! Man, I got so angry. He'd put one foot on the ledge, then fall to the right and in between a bunch of those rock things, so I had to keep walking around to try again

Alucardo

I think I teabagged every single npc in that area. Now it's time to move on

SatanicSister

Where are those ruins?

Alucardo

SatanicSister wrote: »

Where are those ruins?

Don't remember exactly. Just passed them randomly while looking for lorebooks.

Islyn

Alucardo wrote: »

Islyn wrote: »

Surely there's another way around. Like through the badguys there?

Nah, I looked all around that entire platform. The only entrance seemed to be jumping on those conveniently placed walls

Well Annoying.

SatanicSister

Alucardo wrote: »

SatanicSister wrote: »

Where are those ruins?

Don't remember exactly. Just passed them randomly while looking for lorebooks.

I hoped I could go and test out the rock-climbing there . Oh well, maybe I'll get there at one point.

Alucardo

SatanicSister wrote: »

I hoped I could go and test out the rock-climbing there . Oh well, maybe I'll get there at one point.

I'll see if I can find it again. Oh! I also need to show you this new one I found just now. There were some boats around these docks, and a lorebook was in one of the boats. You had to jump down to get it, but there was no way back up (it's like a 5-6 meter drop).
Obviously trying to swim back to shore got me the slaughtered achievement. ZOS are trolls man. Just trolls.

MrDerrikk

Could it be that they assumed you'd get one of the other copies of the Lorebook?

SatanicSister

Alucardo wrote: »

SatanicSister wrote: »

I hoped I could go and test out the rock-climbing there . Oh well, maybe I'll get there at one point.

I'll see if I can find it again. Oh! I also need to show you this new one I found just now. There were some boats around these docks, and a lorebook was in one of the boats. You had to jump down to get it, but there was no way back up (it's like a 5-6 meter drop).
Obviously trying to swim back to shore got me the slaughtered achievement. ZOS are trolls man. Just trolls.

Alucardo

SatanicSister wrote: »

Haha, you're on. Let me see if I can find that one again. If you're an argonian, it's cheating btw. There's a chance they might make it back to shore on time. Wow, I guess they aren't useless after all.

Alucardo

You know, with all this jumping and flame lashing in ruins I feel more like Indiana Jones. Seriously, what's with all the jumping? And why put a pot plant in my way? Jesus

Jeckll

But there are always multiple versions of each Lorebook, right?
So in theory, you dont have to take this one if you dont want to jump.

Alucardo

Jeckll wrote: »

But there are always multiple versions of each Lorebook, right?
So in theory, you dont have to take this one if you dont want to jump.

Yeah, according to the lorebook addon in the map, there wasn't

MrDerrikk

Alucardo wrote: »

Jeckll wrote: »

But there are always multiple versions of each Lorebook, right?
So in theory, you dont have to take this one if you dont want to jump.

Yeah, according to the lorebook addon in the map, there wasn't

Hmm, I've never had to go to such lengths and I've collected every Lorebook in the game (unless you're going after Cyrodiil ones; I still haven't gone near those ones.)

Alucardo

MrDerrikk wrote: »

Hmm, I've never had to go to such lengths and I've collected every Lorebook in the game (unless you're going after Cyrodiil ones; I still haven't gone near those ones.)

Aye, this is all in Cyrodiil

altemriel

Alucardo wrote: »

You know, with all this jumping and flame lashing in ruins I feel more like Indiana Jones. Seriously, what's with all the jumping? And why put a pot plant in my way? Jesus

heh, I remember that one. on the top of broken tower

MrDerrikk

Alucardo wrote: »

MrDerrikk wrote: »

Hmm, I've never had to go to such lengths and I've collected every Lorebook in the game (unless you're going after Cyrodiil ones; I still haven't gone near those ones.)

Aye, this is all in Cyrodiil

Well I guess they've got to keep you in Cyrodiil somehow!

Alucardo

altemriel wrote: »

heh, I remember that one. on the top of broken tower

Instead of repairing it, they decided to put a pot plant there -.-

SatanicSister

Alucardo wrote: »

You know, with all this jumping and flame lashing in ruins I feel more like Indiana Jones. Seriously, what's with all the jumping? And why put a pot plant in my way? Jesus

Looks like an apple tree... So you can pick apples and gain strength before you make the giant jump (that will most likely fail and you fall to your death).

Robo_Hobo

altemriel wrote: »

Alucardo wrote: »

You know, with all this jumping and flame lashing in ruins I feel more like Indiana Jones. Seriously, what's with all the jumping? And why put a pot plant in my way? Jesus

heh, I remember that one. on the top of broken tower

It's time's like those I'm glad I'm a sorcerer

Pistolera_ESO

Y'all are chumps my Khajiit could jump that easily!

SatanicSister

So Alucardo, recognize the place?

Took me 15 seconds to get on top of that wall.




Edit: I think that there are multiple lorebooks around Tamriel because the lorebook addon showed that I'd already collected this book, although I had never even been in that place before (I also had no lorebook on the wall there).

ShadowMage

There was a chest in Grahtwood, I believe, that was sitting up on some roots of a big tree. I must have spent about 5-10 minutes trying to get to it before I just gave up... Escape Bolt would have been useful, but I didn't have it at the time...

MisterBigglesworth

Still nowhere nearly as bad as the GW2 jumping puzzles.

SHADOW2KK

@Alucardo learn to jump mate:P:P hehe

MrDerrikk

I came across a chest in reapers march today that involved me jumping over the tiniest rock...with a very tall 3D box on it I gave up after a few minutes because I was doing a quest, but I know the pain now