Plunder Skulls Tally

Messy1

How many Plunder Skulls have you plundered? (Redundancy intended)

AlienatedGoat

More than 10

I'm just not feeling the grind with this event...

It really feels like ZOS phoned it in this time, with slightly retouched masks from last year and "new" furniture that is just burned branches and shrubs.

Turelus

More than 10

37.

Although been doing other games with some good friends. Did get a purple crafting recipe though so doing okay with collecting the drops.

Messy1

More than 10

Phage wrote: »

I'm just not feeling the grind with this event...

It really feels like ZOS phoned it in this time, with slightly retouched masks from last year and "new" furniture that is just burned branches and shrubs.

Well, IMO, they can't change each holiday too drastically or get rid of some of the stuff from last year for those who haven't had a chance to get it. Some small changes here and there are good. I suppose you will point out that holiday items should be unique and then unattainable after the event has ended. I can see both ways actually.

AlienatedGoat

More than 10

Messy1 wrote: »

Phage wrote: »

I'm just not feeling the grind with this event...

It really feels like ZOS phoned it in this time, with slightly retouched masks from last year and "new" furniture that is just burned branches and shrubs.

Well, IMO, they can't change each holiday too drastically or get rid of some of the stuff from last year for those who haven't had a chance to get it. Some small changes here and there are good. I suppose you will point out that holiday items should be unique and then unattainable after the event has ended. I can see both ways actually.

I didn't say they should get rid of the things from last year. But the least they could do is make all new masks, not reskins of the previous year. They had a whole year to make two masks. That's just *** lazy.

phileunderx2

More than 100

I just finished the achievements for the fest on my ps4 main. Got them all last year on pc. So now I guess will level some alts.

iiYuki

More than 100

Thought people would farm them more, I did 50 yesterday and 50+ today, easy when you alt tab out watch a video and as soon as you see the dudes spawning at the anchor light attack everything, nuke the boss, get loot, afk again, repeat.

ThePrinceOfBargains

More than 100

Did it all yesterday. Surprisingly enough, I didn’t have to buy a single hollowjack motif.

In the future though, I hope they do more with these events. Even as a first-time participant, it’s pretty lackluster. You’d think they’d have the capital cities decorated or something. The initial quest was dumb and short too. I expected more from it; it should’ve been a full questline. Must’ve been even worse for people that did it last year. From the way some people were jumping to ZOS’ defense like little lapdogs for not doing anything new, you’d think they’d have put real effort into the event to begin with.

makerofthings

More than 100

100 skulls = 0 masks

Hanzus

More than 100

Phage wrote: »

I'm just not feeling the grind with this event...

It really feels like ZOS phoned it in this time, with slightly retouched masks from last year and "new" furniture that is just burned branches and shrubs.

Nailed it

Over 100 skulls, no mask.....so far.

sevomd69

More than 100

Is it just me or does it feel like ZOS nerfed the drop rate of the masks?

Hymzir

I'm at 81. Did 67 yesterday across 5 characters. As for the rewards... Got junk, crap and rubbish. Topped of with a bit of trash. Why did they add all those dead trees in the skulls? What am I supposed to do with all of them? At least the 124 Jester banners I have stack up and take only one slot on a mule.

The only thing, that even remotely sparked my interest, was getting a blue crafting recipe for a witches cauldron. But then learned that it is actually a copy of a Wood elf crafting recipe. And then I got two more copies of the same useless recipe. Such excitement...

Today I manged to do 14 - all containing useless vomit inducing trash. I then said *** it. This is not fun, this is not worth my time. The only thing I really care about, is one of the new masks. I got the achievement last year and the first two masks. Have ton of extra Hollowjack chapters to teach the style to any character I want to be able to craft it, and have Witchmother's Potent brew on all my mag characters.

So whats left? Chase that elusive Golden Rune box for 300+ more skulls?

Not gonna happen. If I have to have it, it's easier to just grind the gold and buy it at the end of the event. Supposing of course it wont wont drop from the incidental skulls I'm bound to collect.

AbysmalGhul

Here's my exact count . . .

I can build a burnt tree metropolis now

SodanTok

More than 1

^

Not that I dont want the masks. I just prefer playing what I enjoy and spending gold on what I dont.

OutLaw_Nynx

More than 100

sevomd69 wrote: »

Is it just me or does it feel like ZOS nerfed the drop rate of the masks?

@sevomd69

It feels like it.

xSkullfox

More than 10

70 skulls, 80% useless recipes and 20% some weird tree furniture.

WacArnold

More than 100

I missed last year so im getting to it this year. I do hope they do different rewards next year though.

MakoFore

this was really lazy, would it be that hard for them to implement a proper treasure hunt- or group activities or quests? or at least an achievemnt to kill each boss once- so we had to go all over cyrodil, making it a grind fest was just lazy and the fact that it was the same as last year- not even a new title for those that have done both years- or new costumes or anything- plain lazy

Messy1

More than 10

Anyone care to update your numbers? Also, I did not check the math, is it possible to get 100,000 skulls with the 3 min cool down, given the time limit on the event? Someone should do the math for me

FloppyTouch

More than 100

Not keeping count but I open them when I have 20 done this about 6 times

Messy1

More than 10

AbysmalGhul wrote: »

I can build a burnt tree metropolis now

Actually, you should try to build a stick hut on one of your houses then post pictures!

Cyn_v84

More than 100

This one has collected so many branches she can make a huge bonfire.
If someone brings the marshmellows, this one will be a very happy Khajiit.

Zinaroth

More than 1

Messy1 wrote: »

Phage wrote: »

I'm just not feeling the grind with this event...

It really feels like ZOS phoned it in this time, with slightly retouched masks from last year and "new" furniture that is just burned branches and shrubs.

Well, IMO, they can't change each holiday too drastically or get rid of some of the stuff from last year for those who haven't had a chance to get it. Some small changes here and there are good. I suppose you will point out that holiday items should be unique and then unattainable after the event has ended. I can see both ways actually.

Last year's content could be gotten in a day, and the event lasted two weeks.
They could have easily doubled the content and newcomers would still have been able to do it all with time/effort.
Anyway, who says newcomers should be able to do all content and event offers in one pass.
This is an MMO it needs to add content to its recurring player base.

Burned branches and two modified masks simply isn't enough.
Also only every 10th bag or so actually drops housing materials.

I liked the Jester Event a lot better because it will have better replayability every year - gets people to do the daily quests out and about in the world and can contain some of the rares motifs; my writ alts benefitted greatly from this.

There's not even a new achievement this year - it's pretty lazy.

Zinaroth

More than 1

Messy1 wrote: »

Anyone care to update your numbers? Also, I did not check the math, is it possible to get 100,000 skulls with the 3 min cool down, given the time limit on the event? Someone should do the math for me

Provided you have enough alts and can guarantee a boss kill upon log in, you could probably get a skull every minute (since that is approxemately the time it takes to log out and back in and kill a boss - if you're fast.

1 skull every minute amounts to 1440 each day.
Event lasts 12 days - so that's 17280 skulls.

But then most people also need to sleep now and then and server is probably going to be down all day, today, to implement Clockwork City.

ivanakamarkus

More than 100

more than 100 still no event mask -.-

phairdon

More than 1

Not many.

Imza

More than 100

One Character on EU and One character on NA have started and completed the whole achievement within the first 2 days.

Drop rate for the runebox v2 (for me and my partner) is 1 in 50

I got both new masks within the 100 plunder skulls......

Runschei

More than 100

Already have the hats and achievements so I'm not really farming the skulls. I'm just running blackheart haven over and over again for a bone pirate bow ;_;

Finnisterre

More than 100

Slightly mixed feelings about this year's event. On the one hand, I like that they haven't removed last year's loot and added some new things. On the other hand, not a fan of the 'slightly retouched yet incredibly rare' masks, or their drop rates.

On the third hand, I can finally build that burned down forest I've been thinking about...

deluxesalt

More than 10

I feel like Charlie Brown, but instead of getting rocks I'm getting burnt sticks and twigs.

ArchMikem

Here's my exact count . . .

100 exactly. Only wanted the Title achievement, now im not grinding anymore.