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Account Bound Skyshards Yes or No?
Mutagem
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I feel like hunting down every single skyshard on another character really deters me from enjoying the game more. I played a single character since 2014 but when the event came with bonus experience I wanted to level another one. When I got to 50 finally I really was bummed out about hunting down the 381 that are in the game still again..I don't think I have talked to anyone who legit enjoys hunting down skyshards on every alt that they have.
Edited by Mutagem on October 31, 2016 11:00PM Mutagem - AD Stamina Nightblade - Prefect
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Account Bound Skyshards Yes or No? 457 votes
Yes I would like account bound Skyshards
41%
188 votes
No I would not like account bound Skyshards
58%
269 votes
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newtinmpls✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭No I would not like account bound SkyshardsNo
With a side of "No"
And another side of "you lazy poopy-butt"Tenesi Faryon of Telvanni - Dunmer Sorceress who deliberately sought sacrifice into Cold Harbor to rescue her beloved.
Hisa Ni Caemaire - Altmer Sorceress, member of the Order Draconis and Adept of the House of Dibella.
Broken Branch Toothmaul - goblin (for my goblin characters, I use either orsimer or bosmer templates) Templar, member of the Order Draconis and persistently unskilled pickpocket
Mol gro Durga - Orsimer Socerer/Battlemage who died the first time when the Nibenay Valley chapterhouse of the Order Draconis was destroyed, then went back to Cold Harbor to rescue his second/partner who was still captive. He overestimated his resistance to the hopelessness of Oblivion, about to give up, and looked up to see the golden glow of atherius surrounding a beautiful young woman who extended her hand to him and said "I can help you". He carried Fianna Kingsley out of Cold Harbor on his shoulder. He carried Alvard Stower under one arm. He also irritated the Prophet who had intended the portal for only Mol and Lyris.***Order Draconis - well c'mon there has to be some explanation for all those dragon tattoos.
House of Dibella - If you have ever seen or read "Memoirs of a Geisha" that's just the beginning...
Nibenay Valley Chapterhouse - Where now stands only desolate ground and a dolmen there once was a thriving community supporting one of the major chapterhouses of the Order Draconis24 -
Gargath✭✭✭✭✭
✭No I would not like account bound SkyshardsToo lazy, too easy, No
. PC EU (PL): 14 characters. ESO player since 06.08.2015. Farkas finest quote: "Some people don't think I'm smart. Those people get my fist. But you, I like."4 -
FLuFFyxMuFFiN✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No I would not like account bound SkyshardsWhats next? Max level characters in the Crown Store? Skyshards are already easily obtained. No need to make them even easier.2 -
raidentenshu_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I want the mage guild skill to be global. Who the hell wants to gather up the same lore books over and over again.14 -
newtinmpls✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭No I would not like account bound Skyshardsraidentenshu_ESO wrote: »I want the mage guild skill to be global. Who the hell wants to gather up the same lore books over and over again.
This is why there are mage guild quests now.Tenesi Faryon of Telvanni - Dunmer Sorceress who deliberately sought sacrifice into Cold Harbor to rescue her beloved.
Hisa Ni Caemaire - Altmer Sorceress, member of the Order Draconis and Adept of the House of Dibella.
Broken Branch Toothmaul - goblin (for my goblin characters, I use either orsimer or bosmer templates) Templar, member of the Order Draconis and persistently unskilled pickpocket
Mol gro Durga - Orsimer Socerer/Battlemage who died the first time when the Nibenay Valley chapterhouse of the Order Draconis was destroyed, then went back to Cold Harbor to rescue his second/partner who was still captive. He overestimated his resistance to the hopelessness of Oblivion, about to give up, and looked up to see the golden glow of atherius surrounding a beautiful young woman who extended her hand to him and said "I can help you". He carried Fianna Kingsley out of Cold Harbor on his shoulder. He carried Alvard Stower under one arm. He also irritated the Prophet who had intended the portal for only Mol and Lyris.***Order Draconis - well c'mon there has to be some explanation for all those dragon tattoos.
House of Dibella - If you have ever seen or read "Memoirs of a Geisha" that's just the beginning...
Nibenay Valley Chapterhouse - Where now stands only desolate ground and a dolmen there once was a thriving community supporting one of the major chapterhouses of the Order Draconis3 -
Mutagem✭✭✭Yes I would like account bound SkyshardsLazy?? Come on now, you know how annoying it is to get skyshards in cyrodiil for example when you only have spent like 10 riding lessons [not crownstore but bought] ? Even with rapids its still hella annoying.
Okay maybe it is slightly lazy, BUT do you actually ENJOY doing it though?raidentenshu_ESO wrote: »I want the mage guild skill to be global. Who the hell wants to gather up the same lore books over and over again.
I'd also like this tooEdited by Mutagem on October 31, 2016 11:10PMMutagem - AD Stamina Nightblade - Prefect
Mutagentleman - AD Magicka Templar - Palatine
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Zuuman✭✭✭Yes I would like account bound SkyshardsI'm a yes as long as you get the skyshards post-50 on your alts. This way the leveling process 1-50 is unaltered.
I'm also for shared lorebook, post 50 as well...3 -
Kendaric✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭No I would not like account bound SkyshardsNot needed at all. There's not even the need to get all shards unless you're a completionist or for some reason want every craft passive...0 -
Tryxus✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No I would not like account bound SkyshardsI'm guessing nobody likes to go on a stroll through Cyrodiil, all the way to the other sides, to the enemy alliance gates where players are playing hide and seek?
Or a swim through the sewers, throwing angry and crazy slaughterfish at Flesh Atronachs?
My, I personally find all that worth it to do on every char I have
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Tandor✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No I would not like account bound Skyshards
But in what timescale? Some people talk about leveling to 50 in 4-6 hours, others talk about not having time to find all the skyshards more than once. They need to remember that MMOs are designed to be played for years, not weeks or months. All that getting everything at once does is create a lot of complaints about lack of content.
Take your time. Enjoy the journey.Edited by Tandor on October 31, 2016 11:23PM9 -
Mic1007✭✭✭✭✭
✭No I would not like account bound Skyshards
But in what timescale? Some people talk about leveling to 50 in 4-6 hours, others talk about not having time to find all the skyshards more than once. They need to remember that MMOs are designed to be played for years, not weeks or months. All that getting everything at once does is create a lot of complaints about lack of content.
Take your time. Enjoy the journey.
Exactly. Just go exploring like you already should. If you grinded to 50 in 3 days, then it is on you to get all the skyshards you skipped along with quests you skipped. If you're in real need of skill points, you have Group Dungeons, which each give one on their first completion, and one skill point for each Main Story quest.@Mic1007
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Zuuman✭✭✭Yes I would like account bound Skyshards
But in what timescale? Some people talk about leveling to 50 in 4-6 hours, others talk about not having time to find all the skyshards more than once. They need to remember that MMOs are designed to be played for years, not weeks or months. All that getting everything at once does is create a lot of complaints about lack of content.
Take your time. Enjoy the journey.
There is already plenty of grind to justify years of gameplay per toon. Just the gear quest is already a hassle and researching all traits on a toon as well, plus all the achievements one has to farm to get a nice and tidy profile.
There is a very fine balance between extensible content that can be replayed and enjoyed (dungeons, quests) and tedeous painfull grind. If the character progression is too painfull for the casual crowd most will play one toon, get bored and move on.
This isn't about removing all grind, but it shouldn't be boring, otherwise why play?
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kargen27✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Our guild has events where we pick a zone and try to get all the sky shards areas of interest and dolmans in a zone and do some delves along the way. A few of us have even created characters leveling them with these events in mind. If these things were account wide it would take away incentive to revisit those areas. Most the shards are easy to get, just a little out of your way as you discover all the wayshrines.
Ten riding lessons? So a ten day old character. That character shouldn't have much of anything unless you have been doing some serious grinding.
And if you want frustrating in Cyradiil try the fishing accomplishment even if you have a fully outfitted horse.and then the parrot said, "must be the water mines green too."1 -
Hookgrin✭✭✭No I would not like account bound SkyshardsWhile that sure would be convenient for high end players who want to make a quick alt, there's a large player base of non-high end players for whom collecting things like that on alts is about all that they have to do.
I'd prefer they create a way to choose to assign your various character's highest achievements to a new character, like reading a Scroll of Learning or something. That way, you have a choice on a character by character basis and don't take anything away from those who want to collect things, even for yourself, if you want to level a new character the old fashioned way some day.
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NewBlacksmurf✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Yes I would like account bound SkyshardsIf you're saying once collected always collected, it makes sense.
Everyone won't agree but no idea why ppl would be upset if others desired this.
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idk✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No I would not like account bound SkyshardsToo lazy, too easy, No.
This is the proper response.
As long as someone does not merely grind trash mobs to lvl 50 they will have enough skill points to do any role they want, but not everything of course. The Skill points missions go a long way for both XP and the skill points.NewBlacksmurf wrote: »If you're saying once collected always collected, it makes sense.
Everyone won't agree but no idea why ppl would be upset if others desired this.
I would not be upset someone desires it. I fail to see the need and seriously doubt Zos would implement it for the obvious reasons.Edited by idk on November 1, 2016 12:04AM1 -
NewBlacksmurf✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Yes I would like account bound SkyshardsGiles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »Too lazy, too easy, No.
This is the proper response.
As long as someone does not merely grind trash mobs to lvl 50 they will have enough skill points to do any role they want, but not everything of course. The Skill points missions go a long way for both XP and the skill points.NewBlacksmurf wrote: »If you're saying once collected always collected, it makes sense.
Everyone won't agree but no idea why ppl would be upset if others desired this.
I would not be upset someone desires it. I fail to see the need and seriously doubt Zos would implement it for the obvious reasons.
What obvious reasons?
Skill points come from completing dungeons, quests, story lines or just be hitting a new level.
Sky shards are only collected for skill points, could not skill points change from sky shards like they've changed from VR levels or adjustments which now have opened up silver and gold zones?
It's not obvious and the topic begs a good conversation as everything else has been changed since PC launch for skills.
-except sky shards-PC (PTS)/Xbox One: NewBlacksmurf
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newtinmpls✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭No I would not like account bound SkyshardsNo; stop trying to make leveling any easier than it already is.No one said it was hard, it's time consuming tho and not everyone has the worlds time to do these things over and over again.
So ... don't.
Make choices. Deal with the consequences.
For example I will never be as skilled in PvP as a suburban-teen-with-mommy&daddy-paying-for-everything and all the time in the world to play.
Tenesi Faryon of Telvanni - Dunmer Sorceress who deliberately sought sacrifice into Cold Harbor to rescue her beloved.
Hisa Ni Caemaire - Altmer Sorceress, member of the Order Draconis and Adept of the House of Dibella.
Broken Branch Toothmaul - goblin (for my goblin characters, I use either orsimer or bosmer templates) Templar, member of the Order Draconis and persistently unskilled pickpocket
Mol gro Durga - Orsimer Socerer/Battlemage who died the first time when the Nibenay Valley chapterhouse of the Order Draconis was destroyed, then went back to Cold Harbor to rescue his second/partner who was still captive. He overestimated his resistance to the hopelessness of Oblivion, about to give up, and looked up to see the golden glow of atherius surrounding a beautiful young woman who extended her hand to him and said "I can help you". He carried Fianna Kingsley out of Cold Harbor on his shoulder. He carried Alvard Stower under one arm. He also irritated the Prophet who had intended the portal for only Mol and Lyris.***Order Draconis - well c'mon there has to be some explanation for all those dragon tattoos.
House of Dibella - If you have ever seen or read "Memoirs of a Geisha" that's just the beginning...
Nibenay Valley Chapterhouse - Where now stands only desolate ground and a dolmen there once was a thriving community supporting one of the major chapterhouses of the Order Draconis2 -
idk✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭No I would not like account bound SkyshardsNewBlacksmurf wrote: »If you're saying once collected always collected, it makes sense.
Everyone won't agree but no idea why ppl would be upset if others desired this.NewBlacksmurf wrote: »Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »Too lazy, too easy, No.
This is the proper response.
As long as someone does not merely grind trash mobs to lvl 50 they will have enough skill points to do any role they want, but not everything of course. The Skill points missions go a long way for both XP and the skill points.NewBlacksmurf wrote: »If you're saying once collected always collected, it makes sense.
Everyone won't agree but no idea why ppl would be upset if others desired this.
I would not be upset someone desires it. I fail to see the need and seriously doubt Zos would implement it for the obvious reasons.
What obvious reasons?
Skill points come from completing dungeons, quests, story lines or just be hitting a new level.
Sky shards are only collected for skill points, could not skill points change from sky shards like they've changed from VR levels or adjustments which now have opened up silver and gold zones?
It's not obvious and the topic begs a good conversation as everything else has been changed since PC launch for skills.
-except sky shards
Obvious, it is obviously bad to have all my new characters automatically have 300+ skill points. Very bad for the game. Great for the lazy player.
Getting enough skill points to make the character useful is easy enough so this is not needed at all.
Fortunately, Zos understands how it would be bad for the game just as most players do.2 -
Mutagem✭✭✭Yes I would like account bound Skyshards
exactly
There's movies i'd rather watch, or real life things I'd rather do than get every single one.
I'd say you need at least 50 skillpoints if you just go from 1-50 grind [like i did]Mutagem - AD Stamina Nightblade - Prefect
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Mutageneticist - AD Magicka Sorcerer - Corporal0 -
bareheiny✭✭✭✭✭No I would not like account bound SkyshardsWell...I would like them. Purely because I'm lazy.
But really, no....if I ever decide to do something with my alt characters then I'll grab my map and traverse from shard to shard. It's not like it's an onerous task.0 -
Synfaer✭✭✭✭✭No I would not like account bound Skyshards
I don't have time to do vMA, can I please have a sharpened vMA inferno staff when I raise an alt to 50?2 -
SanSan✭✭✭✭✭No I would not like account bound SkyshardsStop making these people. Majority of us think this is stupid.1
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Eshja✭✭✭✭Yes I would like account bound SkyshardsYes, I would like that to be, but that needs account-wide achievs
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CapnPhoton✭✭✭✭✭newtinmpls wrote: »No
With a side of "No"
And another side of "you lazy poopy-butt"
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Yes I would like account bound SkyshardsI only ever have one toon. I'm trying to do everything possible PvE wise before switching to PVP. With the list of things I make sure I do with the limited time I allow myself in game (some days I play for long periods some days I don't), I don't have time to skyshard hunt. If I pick one up here or there because I have the skyshards addon and I'm farming mats for crafting I call that a good day. My guild is hoping to make weekly skyshard runs so hopefully I'll get to 381 at some point.Feel free to add me. I'm part of the Gummy Guars PC/Mac NA server. Master crafter and working on getting 9 traits on everything0 -
DannyLV702✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Yes I would like account bound SkyshardsAs a pvp'er, I WISH. But as a pvp'er, my voice does not matter...3
