What is the best Capital city?

Tasear

Kay1

Wayrest
Grathwood
Deshaan

Grathwood is the best but I spent my whole ESO career at Wayrest so.

Majeure

Deshaan is not a capital city, however Mournhold is and always will be my favorite for what should be obvious reasons to any true TES fan.

Now objectively Elden Root is the most convenient for certain things like shrine access, which is what I typically use it for.. as a city it's rather terribad.

Wayrest is the best for quick pledge access, but that's about it in terms of convenience, that city is not convenient at all with everything being far away. HOWEVER it is the most city-like city, and for its architecture and layout I do prefer Wayrest. Mournhold however has that sentimental value which makes it the top choice for me personally.

Tasear

Majeure wrote: »

Deshaan is not a capital city, however Mournhold is and always will be my favorite for what should be obvious reasons to any true TES fan.

Now objectively Elden Root is the most convenient for certain things like shrine access, which is what I typically use it for.. as a city it's rather terribad.

Wayrest is the best for quick pledge access, but that's about it in terms of convenience, that city is not convenient at all with everything being far away. HOWEVER it is the most city-like city, and for its architecture and layout I do prefer Wayrest. Mournhold however has that sentimental value which makes it the top choice for me personally.

I clearly don't get outside of elden root enough my apologizes, but still thanks for participating and your understand.

Katinas

Wayrest is just so good looking. Elden Root is inconvenient to navigate, Mournhold bank has the worst building planning I've experienced in game so I never even go there.

Khenarthi

I like Elden Root most of all, it's organised very nicely: it makes it easy to give new players directions to crafting stations, banker, respec shrines, stables, vendors, and guild halls.

agelonestar

Depends what you're looking for in the "best" capital city. I'm assuming you mean best all-round, including the best look and feel.

Wayrest looks great. It remains consistent to the Breton theme, both it terms of striking architecture and city layout, and it is by far my favourite style, so it's my pick.

Mournhold is pretty good, and I like the layout around the wayshrine. Aside from that, however, I think it's a bit muddled. Grahtwood is horrific - but I say that more because I can't stand the wood elf style or the zone.

In terms of convenience, I don't think any of them score especially highly, but I guess it depends what you mean by "convenient". For most people, that means wayshrine, trade stations, craft stations, and a bank, all in close proximity. Few cities pull that off.

Ahmbor

Wayrest... but Daggerfall is much better.

Dreepa

I prefer Orsimar, Anvil and Abah's Landing.

Because those cities are real ESO cities. They are so different, it feels as if someone at Bethesda was sent to ZOS to tell them how to do proper ESO city layout and feeling.

Tommy_The_Gun

Wayrest
Grathwood
Deshaan

Definition of the best capital city in mmo:
Everything is close so you don't have to run like headless chicken between bank, merchant & crafting stations. None of this is "close" in every eso capital city....

Cerbolt

I only play aldmeri dominion but I hate elden root with a passion. It's so needlessly annoying. Wayrest is just better.

blacksghost

Which ever has the least lag on the day..

Golnebo

Mournhold. Easy access to everything.

theher0not

Elden Root is a giant tree. How can you compete with that?


Also all the crafting stations are very cloose to eachother and to the bank so I don't have to travel across the entire city multiple times just to do some simple tasks, and the AP and CP shrines are right next too the wayshrine.

Zinaroth

"Deshaan"

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Spottswoode

The Imperial City.

akl77

I'm DC, so I hang out in Stormhaven mostly.
But I like Deshan where everything except bank is there.
I like elder root for the tree environment, very creative and fantasy like.
Stormhaven imo is the ugliest, stones grey everywhere, just boring.

Runschei

I really don't like Elden Root because everything is so far away. Mournhold has traders and crafting stations damn close. Bank and undaunted a little further away from shrine but I'm ok with that.

Duiwel

This is not even a contest.

Clearly the other answers are accidental.

Sakiri

Elden Root I find more convenient. Hate the aesthetic.

Kodrac

I get the least lag in Mournhold. I hate, hate, hate Elden Root; lag for days.

RT_Frank

Honestly, at the end of the day the best city is the one with the best guild traders. Mournhold has the best stock due to the most consistent guild traders there, at least on Xbox. However, I have found the best deals at Wayrest. Personally, I say Mournhold is best because I rarely buy expensive things anymore, but for buying gear at good prices Wayrest is solid.

DMuehlhausen

First character was EP, that's where I learned so it's the best.

Aurie

agelonestar wrote: »

In terms of convenience, I don't think any of them score especially highly, but I guess it depends what you mean by "convenient". For most people, that means wayshrine, trade stations, craft stations, and a bank, all in close proximity. Few cities pull that off.

Shornhelm in Rivenspire comes the closest, although not a capital city.....that's where I port when I'm in a hurry.

Lysette

I agree on Abah's Landing - this is by far my favorite city in the game - crafting stations conveniently near the thief's den or on the opposite side of the bank, several easily accessible thief troves inside the city walls and I like the overall feel of it a lot. I like Wayrest as well for the looks of it, but I avoid it to the most part due to annoying crowds around it's wayshrine.

Well, I forgot Anvil on the gold coast - that is a beautiful city as well with conveniently many thief troves available.

Bananko

Aurelle1 wrote: »

agelonestar wrote: »

In terms of convenience, I don't think any of them score especially highly, but I guess it depends what you mean by "convenient". For most people, that means wayshrine, trade stations, craft stations, and a bank, all in close proximity. Few cities pull that off.

Shornhelm in Rivenspire comes the closest, although not a capital city.....that's where I port when I'm in a hurry.

Shornhelm does seem to be where all the crafting stations are closest together (at least in the Daggerfall Covenant).

IwakuraLain42

Well, my current home "port" is Rawl'kha, nicely organized under the clear sky and my primary home is just around the corner.

Brrrofski

That mournhold bank though.... No thanks

mikeabboudb14_ESO

elden root is by far the most convenient capital city for crafting and banking. One big circle. Its also not so bad for grabbing the guild dailies. except for cooking i cant for the life of me find a cooking place in the tree

Hawkeye0099

Riften has the best layout. I wish it was the capital city.

Hope499

Giant tree....will always be the giant tree..

Other cities are boring, grey and make me want to jump off a cliff just to see something nice before i die.