Pet peeve about Writs so small you might not even care

lagrue

Does anybody else just shake their head that fact that Writ objectives don't display in the order they would appear in the crafting menu?

Example.
Clothier Writ: Shoes, Sash, Hat
Crafting Menu: Shoes, Hat Sash

Like why do that do me?

It's such a small complaint but I find it completely unintuitive and sometimes it throws me off in remembering the things I have to craft because my short term memory isn't the sharpest tool at my disposal. Especially not if I'm trying to do them in order and that involves 'backtracking' in menus. I often find myself having to back out of the crafting menu to read the last objective because I got confused by this.

smacx250

They purposely do things to annoy and make you screw up with crafting - like putting steal-able items right next to the writ return crates, or making the crafting table craft selections change at inopportune times!

Danksta

It does! But me and you are just weird. I have a horrible memory (short term especially) and I'm also easily distracted, so I have learned to repeat it a couple times in the order they appear at the crafting table. In the example above "shoes, hat, sash, shoes hat sash". That little bit of extra time it would take to do it in the order in the quest could be just enough time for something to distract me. I'm sure there's been times it's taken me a half hour to my writs on one character. I even used to write them down when I first started doing them.

Amadis001

smacx250 wrote: »

They purposely do things to annoy and make you screw up with crafting - like putting steal-able items right next to the writ return crates...

Ha! I thought I was the only one who's gotten nabbed for theft trying to turn in my writs. I don't know if this was intentional or not, but it sure is annoying.

jedtb16_ESO

jeebus.... can't you find something significant to complain about?

Nestor

You mean you would rather have writs that use up more mats by asking for large pieces?

max_only

Nestor wrote: »

You mean you would rather have writs that use up more mats by asking for large pieces?

No, just appear in order so you aren't clicking forwards and backwards through the item choices.

Small issue but still I've noticed it.

AFrostWolf

Ugh. I hate this. So annoying.

WitchyWarrior

Danksta wrote: »

It does! But me and you are just weird. I have a horrible memory (short term especially) and I'm also easily distracted, so I have learned to repeat it a couple times in the order they appear at the crafting table. In the example above "shoes, hat, sash, shoes hat sash". That little bit of extra time it would take to do it in the order in the quest could be just enough time for something to distract me. I'm sure there's been times it's taken me a half hour to my writs on one character. I even used to write them down when I first started doing them.

That's so funny because I do the same exact thing for the same exact reason!
I repeat it in almost a singing way. Otherwise I will have to look at my journal 3 or 4 times before it sticks.
It is annoying

BRogueNZ

get lazy writ addon, cant express how much easier that makes the whole process.

and i keep 'stealing' stuff when I hastily interact with guild traders.. grr indeed. fence then shop lol

jedtb16_ESO

Danksta wrote: »

It does! But me and you are just weird. I have a horrible memory (short term especially) and I'm also easily distracted, so I have learned to repeat it a couple times in the order they appear at the crafting table. In the example above "shoes, hat, sash, shoes hat sash". That little bit of extra time it would take to do it in the order in the quest could be just enough time for something to distract me. I'm sure there's been times it's taken me a half hour to my writs on one character. I even used to write them down when I first started doing them.

pencil?

paper?

Nestor

If you play on the PC, use Dolgubon's Lazy Writ Crafter , it removes all the annoyances of doing writs.

http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info1346-DolgubonsLazyWritCrafter.html

If you play on console, well, maybe consider switching....

Rev Rielle

It's good memory practice. Well maybe not so much 'good' but still practice for me. I try and see how many combinations of all three (Woodworker, Blacksmith, Clothier) I can remember when doing the writs. Then the same for the other three, but I have awful trouble with the cooking writs, I nearly always have to double check those.

HatchetHaro

Dolgubon's Lazy Writ Creator. So good.

Nestor

Or, you can write them down, as there are 3 different requests and they all repeat. Then you only need to remember it's #1 or #2 or #3, then look at the paper and for that request and make it.

alexkdd99

The second I see 1 item from that writ I automatically know what the other items are and when I think of them I do so in the correct order they appear when crafting.

I guess after you do them so much you get them memorized.

zaria

smacx250 wrote: »

They purposely do things to annoy and make you screw up with crafting - like putting steal-able items right next to the writ return crates, or making the crafting table craft selections change at inopportune times!

That is standard in TES, stole all the stuff from the desk on an shopkeeper in Oblivion to stop me from stealing by mistake.
Then returning next time it had re-spawned.

TBONE_OG

Ha. I've memorized the 3 writ board rotation for all writs. No big deal to me anymore.

NewBlacksmurf

Bother. No
Noticed. Yes now with provisioning ....yes

Dasovaruilos

Hahaha... Completely useless, but this annoys me too.

MasterSpatula

This is really inconsequential and minor and absolutely not worth getting upset about.

And it totally bugs me, too.