Which is the hands down best zone with amazing quests and story lines in ESO?

vpy

As the question states:)

Turelus

Orsinium in my mind.

I personally prefer Stonefalls and Vvardenfel because I love Dunmer and the look of those zones, but I think for perfection in questing and story telling it has to be Orsinium.

Linaleah

100% subjective. my fave for example and the story I have replayed the most is Altmeri dominion. meanwhile I know people, plural that hate it and can't make themselves play through it again.

meanwhile it took me absolute ages to drag myself through most of ebonheart pact story and Sonefalls in particular completely stalled me - I genuinely to this day, despise the zone and don't go back there if I can help it. and yet more then one person will tell you that its THE best story.

so... subjective. matter of preference. there is no hands down best.

P.S> as far as individual zones go, I'm partial to Hew's bane. Orcinium took me months to finish as well, that story just felt like it dragged on... and on.... and on.. and its not until you get to the twist, that it picked up for me, almost at the end of it.

theher0not

Reaper's Marsh.

I love the voice acting by Khali and Shazah, the story is good and I get to learn a litle about khajiiti culture and mythology.

Tryxus

Rivenspire

'nuff said

PurpleDrank

There are quite a few really good areas in my opinion. Wrothgar is fantastic, but I also really liked Hew's Bane and most of the Ebonheart Pact questlines. If I had to pick a favourite though, it would probably be Alik'r Desert (though if you ask me again in a week that will probably change again).

resdayn00

Stonefalls and Vvardenfell were my favourites because Dunmer are my all-time favourite race lore-wise (I always play a Dark Elf in every Elder Scrolls game), but Gold Coast was also very well-made in my opinion. The base game zones can be a bit boring but aside of the one I mentioned earlier, Deshaan, Shadowfen, Coldharbour and Rivenspire were pretty good. I haven’t started AD zones yet.

STEVIL

Orsimium, Coldharbor, Altmeri, Rivenspire, are some of my faves.

Gold Coast likely my least favorite along with most of the EP lines.

Peekachu99

Turelus wrote: »

Orsinium in my mind.

I personally prefer Stonefalls and Vvardenfel because I love Dunmer and the look of those zones, but I think for perfection in questing and story telling it has to be Orsinium.

Really? I hear this a lot, and it baffles me. I mean, you could see the "twist"/ betrayal happening a mile away, from the very first moment you watch the king ruthlessly kill an open dissenter, which made crawling to the conclusion (that he's an idealistic despot) a chore. I can't remember the zone, but for me, the Wilderking(?) questline was extremely well written with a satisfying payoff.

ListerJMC

My favourite zone for questing is Rivenspire, with Wrothgar a close second.

Runschei

I don't know my fave, but damn I hate Rivenspire. To walk around that giant mountain. Oh god

RoyalPink06

My favourite is Reaper's March - I just adore Khali and Shazah.

FrancisCrawford

ListerJMC wrote: »

My favourite zone for questing is Rivenspire, with Wrothgar a close second.

I agree. Rivenspire is awesome.

• The main regional quest line is outstanding from beginning to end, which is hard to say for any other region.
• The introduction to vampirism is well done.
• There's relatively little grind-y busywork.
• There as many good "you decide how this quest comes out" choices as I can recall in the rest of the game combined.
• Hoarfrost Downs has my favorite comedy quest line in the game.

Wrothgar introduces you to the Orcish culture, and has a story that may be even better than Rivenspire's. But the individual quest tasks feel more normal-MMO grind-y than Rivenspire's.

I hated Stonefalls, with its "kill 10 bats" (I think that's a literal example) lazy quest design.

I liked Deshaan a lot, but now I don't remember much about it. I may have overrated it after the tedium of Bleakrock and Stonefalls.

beetleklee

The Dunmer are my favorite (and I'm a Morrowind fangirl) so I love Stonefalls and Vvardenfell, but I also really like the look of Reaper's March, Hew's Bane and Glenumbra but haven't finished the quests there.

And so far I love the Orsinium story, but haven't finished it yet.

Khenarthi

Reaper's March, like @theher0not

I think the main character's voice acting was superbly done (it's very moving, I'm always in tears by the end of the Dune quest).

I also enjoyed the Hews Bane story, and Greenshade's (the zone is a nightmare to navigate though).

rhapsodious

Rivenspire has the best zone main quest, as it's mostly self-contained and makes you feel for the characters without assuming you care about them. For an example of the opposite, the entire time questing through Valenwood, it's Silvenar this, Green Lady that, blah blah blah when I couldn't care less about the two as presented.

The side quests in Greenshade were good, though. The crusty gay couple, the Wilderking and his associated stories, the zombie... army... thing... okay I can't tell you the last time I did Greenshade.

I think my least favorite zones are Alik'r (oh my god put your religious stuff aside for a second to prevent a ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE), Malabal Tor (because of the above 'Silvenar this Green Lady that' but turned up to 11), and the Gold Coast main quest because everyone is thoroughly insufferable (side quests involving old characters were good, though).

I will say that the Clockwork City questline left me pretty satisfied. (:

Tyrion87

You can find some answers in your other threads...

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/368146/zone-with-the-best-questline

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/362532/which-zones-faction-dlcs-questline-is-your-personal-all-time-favorite

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/356425/which-is-your-most-favorite-zone-in-the-game

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/371466/which-zones-among-these-have-the-best-storyline-quests

kylewwefan

It took me forever before I set down and did orsinium, but I think it had the best story and questing. The end is so epic.

On a side note, while lorebook hunting I completely skip eastmarch. There’s a book hidden behind a 3 hour long quest.

luen79rwb17_ESO

Rivenspire and Wrothgar hands down. Best zones by far.

Reasons:

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

ListerJMC wrote: »

My favourite zone for questing is Rivenspire, with Wrothgar a close second.

I agree. Rivenspire is awesome.

• The main regional quest line is outstanding from beginning to end, which is hard to say for any other region.
• The introduction to vampirism is well done.
• There's relatively little grind-y busywork.
• There as many good "you decide how this quest comes out" choices as I can recall in the rest of the game combined.
• Hoarfrost Downs has my favorite comedy quest line in the game.

Wrothgar introduces you to the Orcish culture, and has a story that may be even better than Rivenspire's. But the individual quest tasks feel more normal-MMO grind-y than Rivenspire's.

I hated Stonefalls, with its "kill 10 bats" (I think that's a literal example) lazy quest design.

I liked Deshaan a lot, but now I don't remember much about it. I may have overrated it after the tedium of Bleakrock and Stonefalls.

Tyrion87 wrote: »

You can find some answers in your other threads...

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/368146/zone-with-the-best-questline

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/362532/which-zones-faction-dlcs-questline-is-your-personal-all-time-favorite

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/356425/which-is-your-most-favorite-zone-in-the-game

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/371466/which-zones-among-these-have-the-best-storyline-quests

^lmao

Dhukath

Peekachu99 wrote: »

I can't remember the zone, but for me, the Wilderking(?) questline was extremely well written with a satisfying payoff.

Greenshade, with the Wilderking story, the phasing and flashbacks. Also don't think you can beat Coldharbour for its aesthetic and atmosphere.

MissBizz

Orsinium!

Anyone who says anything different is off their rocker.

riberion

I really like Deshaan's main quest, and Magistrix Vox as a character.

Storymaster

#1 Hew's Bane (Thieves Guild) -
• outstanding storyline, great characters
• awesome quests, access to heists (which guarantee thieves guild armor motifs upon completion)
• high accumulation rate of blue Bahraha's Curse set pieces that you can equip or sale
• access to Thieves Guild skill line
• will naturally level up your Legerdemain skill line
• will accumulate mass amounts of pardon edicts that will assist you in Dark Brotherhood, Morrowind, and general robbing and, if it is your cup of tea, murdering

Everstorm

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

ListerJMC wrote: »

My favourite zone for questing is Rivenspire, with Wrothgar a close second.

I agree. Rivenspire is awesome.

• The main regional quest line is outstanding from beginning to end, which is hard to say for any other region.
• The introduction to vampirism is well done.
• There's relatively little grind-y busywork.
• There as many good "you decide how this quest comes out" choices as I can recall in the rest of the game combined.
• Hoarfrost Downs has my favorite comedy quest line in the game.

I can't get over the fact that there is a refugee camp next to a wayshrine. I'm sure there is some lore reason as to why average npcs can't use wayshrines but it just feels stupid to me.

Nestor

Everstorm wrote: »

I can't get over the fact that there is a refugee camp next to a wayshrine. I'm sure there is some lore reason as to why average npcs can't use wayshrines but it just feels stupid to me.

@Everstorm

Its because they have Souls and you don't.

As first theorized by Corvus Direnni, the wayshrines create an interconnected "web of sojourn" which could be manipulated to create a permanent portal network. In order to do this, the "fast traveler" would have to attune himself to each wayshrine in order to create a "node". However, to test this theory the potential traveler would have to unmoor his soul from the Mundus.

Source:

http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Wayshrines

Beardimus

Orsinium

And Imp City

Megabear

I wasn't impressed by any quests in ESO to be honest. It's no wonder I see "average quests" all over the reviews. The Secret World has the best quests and story.

s7732425ub17_ESO

Rivenspire has a good main questline.

I also think Alikr has good quests overall (main + side quests).

Although somewhat short, Hew's Bane main quest is also good.

Jade1986

Orsinium. Hands down.

Spacemonkey

I dont really have an order per say, I have likes and dislikes (How I see and enjoy the quests are influenced and tied to how I like zones as a whole, and vice-versa, so you could probably guess because i hated the atmosphere in shadowfen so much, i never really paid close attention to the quests and thus disliked them in turn). There are a few exceptions, I really like Reaper's Marsh as a hole but didnt really like the questline.


Likes:
Kenarthi's Roost
Bleakrock
Stonefalls
Auridon
Rivenspire
Eyevea
ColdHarbor

Dislikes:
Shadowfen x 9000
EastMarch
Glenumbra
Alik'r
Grahtwood
Stros Mkai
Bektnith
Gold Coast

MLGProPlayer

In terms of gameplay quality? Craglorn, easily. It's the only zone with a mix of easy and challenging quests.

In terms of story? I liked Greenshade. Although I hear Rivenspire is even better.