What are your thoughts on Tel Gaden?

Azyle1

I do not care for it to be honest.

I bought the other home near Seyda Neen on the lake and I love that home. This one just seems... ugly an dark and it's actually kind of small. I do like the dock out back though.

1mirg

Needs more floors and item space for non eso+

Sibenice

It's flesh coloured with dark red in the indentations. It looks like a lump of bleeding flesh.

So, I guess it's perfect for people who like that?

Also, the inside is very small. The outside is fairly nice looking if you pan your camera away from the flesh lump.

Eocosa

Personally I like it, several small rooms to fiddle with. Also, as you said, quite an extensive exterior when you go around back.

I am looking forward to playing around with it and seeing what I can come up with for all these areas.

Admittedly it is not some super grandiose manor, but it isn't necessarily meant to be and for what it is (a telvanni tower) I feel it captures that (obviously) and gives a decent amount of space to play around with.

Of course it won't be everyone's cup of tea, and if it wasn't for the fact I've always really dug House Telvanni I would probably have bought the Hlaalu plantation as well. For me though, since release I always wanted them to add a Telvanni tower and so here it is.

Alchemical

It's better than the island, but I thought that was a total crock and a scam, so it's not saying much. I think it's a neat idea, and has some neat features, but ultimately poor execution and doesn't do enough to convince me to relocate the hours of effort I put into the house I already own into this one. Plus with a price tag that exceeds the cost of Morrowind +DLCs, I find it hard to recommend. Throw in the offensive' limited time offer' pressure tactic and it's just an all around pass for me. It's one of those things I'd need to talk myself INTO buying rather than out of, so telling me to drop $80 now or never just means I'll go with never.

Shame, I like everything about the Telvaani (despite being an argonian). But it's just not a worthwhile investment for a teleporter gimmick and a few tiny side rooms.

Elsonso

I looked it over and it is OK. I don't know if it is 8000 Crowns worth of OK. The High Chamber and right Suite seem small, with the Shroom taking up space. The left Suite and Workspace is a good size, but that might be due to less Shroom. I like the dock, but it would be super cool if we could hire Navigators and enter/leave through it.

Sadly, it won't last. I bet it isn't even there in a couple hundred years.

Kesstryl

This is not worth being a notable home. It's interior is too small compared to some of the other in-game Telvanni towers (and in-game notable houses too!), and yes the limited time offer is very offensive to me also and turns me off. If I feel pressured to buy something, I walk away. Those predatory tactics are terrible. Even if it were not a limited time offer, the price doesn't justify what you get, a small dark interior with limited space. The only thing nice about it is the teleportation pad and the awesome back yard with the lake front. I hate the flesh atronach look of the fungus exterior too.

ProfesseurFreder

I don't care for the "lumps of antronach flesh" look outside, but it's not offensive on the inside.

I like the grounds very much, I like the layout of the interior very much, and I LOVE the "elevator" to the upstairs lab. That's so cool! I did not think that they had done as good a job of furnishing it, though -- lots of furniture just sort of plopped down this way and that, too many rugs all the wrong shape for the space, etc.... good in the sense that it would give you a lot to work with.

For the price, though (which isn't unreasonable by ANY means), it just isn't different enough or special enough from what I have to justify spending $80 of real money on it, and the outside appearance is a put-off. I know I would like it, but I like my other houses fine and already have one Vvardenfell (plus the inn room). Amaya Lake is more spacious, more versatile, and has better views. I am content until they come along with a gothicky manse in a spooky haunted graveyard neighborhood.

Aliyavana

The flesh textures are a turn off

CaffeinatedMayhem

I hate the "mushroom" texture as well, that's why I bought Tel Galen as my "house of horrors." All those nasty looking, creepy achievements? They now have a home. Along with Daedric Furniture.

Talrol

I really like it for my character's story personal story line, however, I am not sure that the cost is appropriate. I toured it furnished and unfurnished, I really like some of the furnishings that it puts in there (the wooden tables and chairs that look like they were made out of branches and antlers) if those are items I can craft myself though, I think I would go with the unfurnished version and craft my own items for it.

I just have to convince my wife to let me buy another $80.00 worth of crowns to buy it

CaffeinatedMayhem

8k unfurl

CSessions wrote: »

I just have to convince my wife to let me buy another $80.00 worth of crowns to buy it

8k crowns (unfurnished) is $65, your chances are better!

Taleof2Cities

aliyavana wrote: »

The flesh textures are a turn off

^This.^

... and ZOS is still silent on the issue.

Turelus

I'm conflicted.

The price point I think is dead on, so a huge congrats to ZOS for that.

The outside is really nice, lots of places to do interesting things including a dock.

The inside feels very limited, especially with the portal only going to one small room upstairs.

LiquidPony

Turelus wrote: »

I'm conflicted.

The price point I think is dead on, so a huge congrats to ZOS for that.

The outside is really nice, lots of places to do interesting things including a dock.

The inside feels very limited, especially with the portal only going to one small room upstairs.

Agreed. I ported upstairs and was really disappointed. I was expecting balconies and views and so on and so forth ... but I just ported up into a cramped little room.

There's just not enough there for me to be able to look past the Flesh Atronach textured tower.

Darkstorne

Turelus wrote: »

The price point I think is dead on, so a huge congrats to ZOS for that.

It's more than the price of the Morrowind expansion. For a house. Double the price if you want it furnished. You really think that's a fair price?

Personally I think the majority of Crown Store prices are insane. Every now and again they do something sensible like a rare ice wolf mount at 2500 Crowns, but most of the time they ask the price of an entire game or more for individual mounts and houses.

Magdalina

CSessions wrote: »

I really like it for my character's story personal story line, however, I am not sure that the cost is appropriate. I toured it furnished and unfurnished, I really like some of the furnishings that it puts in there (the wooden tables and chairs that look like they were made out of branches and antlers) if those are items I can craft myself though, I think I would go with the unfurnished version and craft my own items for it.

I just have to convince my wife to let me buy another $80.00 worth of crowns to buy it

Magic wooden stuff is Telvanni furniture, it is indeed craftable. The droprates for the recipes are abysmal but it exists. I personally can craft blue wall sconce(that looks like some kind of shiny squid xD) and a chair(which looks really dumb compared to the rest of the furniture...just my luck), I think a friend of mine found the bed for sale though so someone must've found that at least as well.

Tl;dr - craftable, but not easy to find.

Keldheir

The pricing is at least better than the other large houses but still not justified. The outside area is just gorgeous. But I knew they hadn't listened to our complaints in the beta forum, so I was really hesistant to turn around and look at that monstrosity. But I eventually had to. Looks even worse than I remembered and the inside area would've so much potential if it weren't for all those disgusting cancerous looking flesh atronach parts everywhere. I hope they use doors more often in future houses. Like, hallway, you go through a door and are in a new room. Instead of the large open spaces or arches they like to use.

Anyway. Tel Galen. Not for me. It's a big meh-meh.

Turelus

Darkstorne wrote: »

Turelus wrote: »

The price point I think is dead on, so a huge congrats to ZOS for that.

It's more than the price of the Morrowind expansion. For a house. Double the price if you want it furnished. You really think that's a fair price?

Personally I think the majority of Crown Store prices are insane. Every now and again they do something sensible like a rare ice wolf mount at 2500 Crowns, but most of the time they ask the price of an entire game or more for individual mounts and houses.

Is it the best price possible? No.
Is it seemingly correct compared to every other overpriced thing in the store? Yes.

However considering the prices of the previous homes this is good. I mean a banker assistant is more than half the cost of Morrowind. When you break down anything in the store it's insane how much you pay (230C to 1 GBP) but I will congratulate ZOS where I feel they've listened and done better, this is one such case.

I don't think we will see cheaper than this because of how high the prices started to begin with.

TomLukman

They should be paying us to live there :P

aisriyth_ESO

Honestly, part of me wonders if 'chapters' price is high specifically to offset crown store items and that is why the newer crop of crown store items seem much more reasonable. I mean the dwemer spider was what, 3000 crowns and was completely new vs largely re-textured prior limited mounts like dromathra at 4k.

If that is the trend that continues where crown items are more reasonable due to a higher costed dlc once a year then i am completely on board.

altemriel

small, but pretty for an ascetic wizard

grim_tactics

I was waiting for this to drop before deciding on a house in ESO.

When I was first ported in, I was a bit disappointed at how small the front area was. Upon walking around the back, it opened up nicely and looked good. Then you go inside........

When I saw the portal when I first walked in I thought it would be a cool house. The bottom floor was roomy enough that it could be easily decorated for your play type and not be a pain to keep up with.

When you take the portal you realize - the upstairs area is a joke. As soon as I saw how small it was and that it didn't open up - man - what a waste by ZOS on what could've been a really cool house. Even in furnished mode the upstairs holds a desk and that's it really

No garden, no vistas, nothing.

Will be buying the lake house now.

kojou

Too small for 10K crowns furnished.

Not a particularly good value, but if you want to RP a Telvanni Mage in ESO maybe you don't care how much it costs?

I do like the dock and the teleport pad though.

I personally won't be buying it. Not my thing. I probably wouldn't buy if it was 5K crowns either though.

TerraDewBerry

It's hideous.. and is 8000 crowns I sure won't be spending.. I've said it once... but will say it again.. every time I see it.. my very first thought is "oh, man... there has to be a cream for that!!!."

Azyle1

grim_tactics wrote: »

I was waiting for this to drop before deciding on a house in ESO.

When I was first ported in, I was a bit disappointed at how small the front area was. Upon walking around the back, it opened up nicely and looked good. Then you go inside........

When I saw the portal when I first walked in I thought it would be a cool house. The bottom floor was roomy enough that it could be easily decorated for your play type and not be a pain to keep up with.

When you take the portal you realize - the upstairs area is a joke. As soon as I saw how small it was and that it didn't open up - man - what a waste by ZOS on what could've been a really cool house. Even in furnished mode the upstairs holds a desk and that's it really

No garden, no vistas, nothing.

Will be buying the lake house now.

I love my Lake house. It's awesome!

Bringer

I think its hilariously overpriced for the size.
If the second floor was about as big as the first floor minus the rooms, and then there was a third floor that is like the second floor is now, and maybe a balcony, it would be worth it.

The outside space is kind of limited too, it really isnt but the layout makes it feel kind of cramped.
Basically the whole thing just feels badly laid out and restricted.

If it was buyable for gold, at the cost of the vvardenfel mansion, i would still buy the mansion over it. I can see there being an exception if i really really wanted to roleplay as a wizard or something.

This is coming from someone who always ALWAYS went telvanni in TES3 and loved the mushroom fortress you got there. You can read that two ways i guess. On one hand you could say my expectations were too high, on the other you could say they utterly failed to entice a hardcore telvanni fan with this tower.

Mitoice

Veryy small inside.. considering its a 13k crown home... its disappointing to say the least.. very...

not buying

Gothren

overpriced but decent.

aisriyth_ESO

Mitoice wrote: »

Veryy small inside.. considering its a 13k crown home... its disappointing to say the least.. very...

not buying

It isn't 13k crowns though. It is 8k unfurnished, 10k furnished

STEVIL

To (mis)quote president jack nicholson from mars attacks "two out of three of the houses in morrowind are great and that ain't half bad!!"