The anniversary event is bloody evil

DaveMoeDee

vamp_emily wrote: »

Maybe I am lucky

I have around 30 characters all under level 50 and i am questing like crazy at bruma. So far today I've completed 30 quests at Bruma and 12 quests doing daily writs and not once been killed.

I guess I can say L2Quest

Bruma is the best. Did that like crazy last year. I only have enough time for writs on 15 characters this year.

DoctorESO

The best way to think about this and not be disappointed is to view the Anniversary Boxes as a free bonus. If you play the game normally as you otherwise would, the boxes are just a bonus - something to be happy about, and nothing to be disappointed about

Thunderknuckles

Guarlet wrote: »

notyuu wrote: »

You lot say I'm just "wining about free stuff"
ah yes.. the 300+ boxes of low end crafting materials I can't use and nobody will buy, all the while people around me are getting motifs, praxis and high end materials
I kid you not when I say this, the single most valuable thing I've gotten out of all the boxes I've popped so far is literally dirt (desecrated soil)

I mean... still all I can say is #firstworldproblems. You're still getting free stuff lol. I'm not sure what more ZOS can do short of literally dumping gold into every player's inventory.

^This . ha ha ha I have gotten loooads of very good motifs every single day since this event started. Not to mention some very good crafting materials, to include Fortified Nirncrux. Very glad this is going on through next Monday. And, oh, edited to mention the tasty XP boost, no pun intended.

Armatesz

DoctorESO wrote: »

notyuu wrote: »

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Better than nothing!

It is the same as nothing if your transmute crystals are at max capacity.

DoctorESO

Armatesz wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

notyuu wrote: »

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Better than nothing!

It is the same as nothing if your transmute crystals are at max capacity.

Well, go transmute something then!

Armatesz

DoctorESO wrote: »

Armatesz wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

notyuu wrote: »

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Better than nothing!

It is the same as nothing if your transmute crystals are at max capacity.

Well, go transmute something then!

But what if you ran out of things to transmute O.o are you saying I should transmute some random every day object into nirnhoned just to deconstruct it?

Thunderknuckles

Armatesz wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

Armatesz wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

notyuu wrote: »

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Better than nothing!

It is the same as nothing if your transmute crystals are at max capacity.

Well, go transmute something then!

But what if you ran out of things to transmute O.o are you saying I should transmute some random every day object into nirnhoned just to deconstruct it?

If you're on PC you can transmute some PvP gear for me. ha ha I'll have you out of crystals in 22 seconds flat. I've already run through mine.

DoctorESO

Armatesz wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

Armatesz wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

notyuu wrote: »

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Better than nothing!

It is the same as nothing if your transmute crystals are at max capacity.

Well, go transmute something then!

But what if you ran out of things to transmute O.o are you saying I should transmute some random every day object into nirnhoned just to deconstruct it?

Someone else suggested that, and I can't take credit for it. But it's better than letting your crystals go to waste, in my opinion. Or offer to transmute something for free in zone. One transmute will free up 50 crystal spots.

Armatesz

Thunderknuckles wrote: »

Armatesz wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

Armatesz wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

notyuu wrote: »

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Better than nothing!

It is the same as nothing if your transmute crystals are at max capacity.

Well, go transmute something then!

But what if you ran out of things to transmute O.o are you saying I should transmute some random every day object into nirnhoned just to deconstruct it?

If you're on PC you can transmute some PvP gear for me. ha ha I'll have you out of crystals in 22 seconds flat. I've already run through mine.

DoctorESO wrote: »

Armatesz wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

Armatesz wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

notyuu wrote: »

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Better than nothing!

It is the same as nothing if your transmute crystals are at max capacity.

Well, go transmute something then!

But what if you ran out of things to transmute O.o are you saying I should transmute some random every day object into nirnhoned just to deconstruct it?

Someone else suggested that, and I can't take credit for it. But it's better than letting your crystals go to waste, in my opinion. Or offer to transmute something for free in zone. One transmute will free up 50 crystal spots.

Transmuted items become bound to the person transmuting it. I was kind of being sarcastic and playful but yeah you can transmute an item into nirnhoned just to get a chance to get the material... keyword "chance"
Hopefully this helps you all in the future.

Bobby_V_Rockit

I sold all the ones I already had and just bought the 4 cult ones that matter (chest legs hands and feet) I only do 8 dailies a day because I like the game and cbf doing chores

Nihility42

Armatesz wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

Armatesz wrote: »

DoctorESO wrote: »

notyuu wrote: »

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Better than nothing!

It is the same as nothing if your transmute crystals are at max capacity.

Well, go transmute something then!

But what if you ran out of things to transmute O.o are you saying I should transmute some random every day object into nirnhoned just to deconstruct it?

That's what I do. I've got three potent nirncrux during the event this way.

temjiu

So far I haven't had huge issues. some days (like today) I get some bad luck. still get away with 8-12 motifs a day. running it on 15+ toons helps for sure.

Volume is the key, and crafting is the fastest way. You feel the RNG far more if your grinding quests and only pick up a few boxes inbetween each. but by focusing for an hour doing nothing but crafting writs, your getting 6 boxes every 6-10 minutes. and I'll usually get 1-2 motifs per toon on average. some days worse, some days more.

Today was a good example. my first 4 toons I got nada. bad enough that I was wondering if the update changed something .but on my 5hth or 6th toon I got 4 motifs back to back. 2 on the next few toons....so it all averages out.

RNG sucks at times, but the key with any RNG is volume. The more you do, the better the actual odds end up. yeah, it can get a bit grindy running 6 writs on a dozen toons, but if you set it up smart (craft multiples every time you craft so you dont' have to craft that one next time it pops up), it goes faster. I usually will craft a half dozen of whatever is needed for the quest for Enchanting, Provision, and alchemy, and I end up being able to auto turn in for those the next day, cuts your time down allot.

Korah_Eaglecry

Im really not a fan of their new approach to Events and the drop rates. I get that they want people logging in as often as possible and so thats why theyre making it difficult. But these events focus should be much more on players enjoying the game rather than the rewards.

As much as people complained about the first iterations not having anything worth grinding for or being too easy to obtain. I personally rather enjoyed that approach. It allowed me to enjoy the event itself, obtain the items I wanted and then let me move on to other content in the game while enjoying the EXP boost. At this point I have to choose between farming particular content for the rewards and using the EXP boost on that or shrugging off getting what I want so I can use the EXP boost on content that I would prefer to be doing.

Its a lose-lose for me and drives me to play other games during the event to avoid the frustration.

Blacksmoke

Doing all the dailies in vlastarus and cropsford gives me about 5/8 motifs each time so..

shauny.gibbsb16_ESO

I'm doing this casually compared to many, getting around 25-30 boxes a day, kept some and sold some motifs, nice bonus to my gold total.

The_Protagonist

I got only one Worm Cult Motif on the first day and then for all other days I got furnishing plans, other motifs and a couple of tempers, instead of complaining about RNG I broke my bank and bought all the pages for Worm Cult, plus as a bonus I found some very good deals for the ones I had not completed.

My lesson learned is to keep a healthy stock of gold available just in case of events like these. Any duplicates I find will mysteriously disappear into a secret box somewhere in Tamriel and will come out after six months or so when I need gold again.

BTW I don't play market, most of my gold is earned from selling loot and doing quests. If I can do it, then in my opinion everyone else can.

Good Luck to all, and thanks to all those who sold their Worm Cult pages, you helped me complete my motif, you deserve my gold.

bellatrixed

notyuu wrote: »

Increase the the *** drop rate (or not, cuz I totally need another 3000 Rejera from the boxes, yes...I actually kept count)

A lie like this removes any credibility your complaint has.

I actually have kept track of everything I've looted from boxes. I have 25 Rejera after 403 boxes. Rejera drops in stacks of 5. That means to have gotten 3000 rejera you would have had to have opened 600 boxes... and since you said that on April 7th, that was 600 boxes in 4 days. Suuuuuuuure you actually kept count.


In any case, I don't understand the complaints about this event. I've kept every motif I didn't already have (which is most) and still have managed to make 1 mil from this event just selling my spare motifs/patterns, which is plenty to buy the worm cult motif many times over. This event is incredible if you don't go into it with a poor, entitled attitude and expect to get what you want instantly.

Oh... and I've gotten my 403 boxes without stepping foot in Cyrodiil, so...

neverwalk

First day of event, i had 80 gift boxes over 4 toons and scored 5 Worm Cult on first day, 1 the following day and none since.

Aisle9

Do the daily pledges -> I can't get a group, because I don't have a healer or a tank, and DD queues last forever
Do the daily writs -> I don't have a crafter and mats cost too much
Do the Orsinium dailies -> But they are boring
Do the Vvardenfell dailies -> I don't have Morrowind
Do the CWC dailies -> But they are boring
Do the guild dailies (Undaunted, Mage's guild, Fighter's guild) -> what are those

Well... -> See, the game forces me to go to Cyrodiil, even if I get ganked by griefers
What ? -> They are everywhere, man, everywhere!

Ok...

Btw, I'm doing only daily writs and sometimes pledges and mage's guild, cause I can't be bothered with dailies

So far I've got:

1 Worm Cult motif page
1 Ebonshadow motif page
1 Apostle motif page
1 Silken Ring motif page
2 Ebonheart Pact motif page
1 Dark Brotherhood motif page
1 Mazatun motif page

60 Lady Smock
40 Corn Flower
40 Columbine

Good luck with Cropsford

Heka Cain

Your rhetoric is so very eloquent!

Grendel_at_ESO

I just do crafting writs on 6 characters and the odd Fighter and Mages guild dailies on 1 or 2 and I've got a few of those worm motifs, 4 or 5 anyway. I've probably got 30+ of other types. Thing is I couldn't care less about them, I do it to get all the other stuff that actually makes my character better. I have no way to sell them other than spamming region which I don't feel like doing and they're not worth much to sell to merchant so I do use them on my crafter and just sell to merchants the ones I get duplicates of. It's just fluff, why people get so worked up about it I have no idea, they don't do anything to make your character any better.

Xoelarasizerer

Overall, i'm getting 2-3 motifs every 6-8 boxes... classic RNGesus at play. \_( = 3=)_/

Emmagoldman

I avg 1 worm per 70 boxes. Only two more motifs to go!!!! Im seeing them in traders for 50k and that price should somewhat come down as more people get duplicates and finish with the set

Dark_Lord_Kuro

notyuu wrote: »

So, to get 1 motif you need like 200 boxes (more like 2K if you want a worm cult motif) cuz zos like to be jerks with this kind of thing
To get boxes you need to do dalies
Best place to get dailies (after you burn though all your crafting writs, pledges, guild and cwc dailies) is the town quests in cyrodiil
and THERE'S the root of the evil/problem

You force place to choose between having a small chance at getting motifs by charging head first into cyrodiil, finding out there's at least 2 dozen of each enemy faction at every town in every campaign and getting slaughtered over and over for that one streak of 15 mins where they *** off and you can do the missions
OR
Don't get motifs/get motifs at a *** taking bad rate

solution:
Increase the the *** drop rate (or not, cuz I totally need another 3000 Rejera from the boxes, yes...I actually kept count)

Orsinium daily
Gold cost daily
Hewbane daily
Morrowind daily
Craglorn daily

badmojo

You could embrace the PVP and complete some daily kill quests.

Odnoc

Gargath wrote: »

Pretty weird the motif drop rate vs locations, when turning in cratfing writs in Riften I got few books, while the same in Mournhold gave me none - just worthless motif stones. I need to return to Riften for more.

I’ve had 4 characters not get one motif or furnishing, then my 5th get 5 motifs in the same day, not sure location has any impact.

zaria

DaveMoeDee wrote: »

Gargath wrote: »

Pretty weird the motif drop rate vs locations, when turning in cratfing writs in Riften I got few books, while the same in Mournhold gave me none - just worthless motif stones. I need to return to Riften for more.

That's called small sample size.

I once had 4 characters in a row have no motif over 6 writs. Otherwise, I feel like I average about 1 motif per 6-10 writs. That is a really rough guess. I feel like it is close to 6 than 10, but I haven't really be keeping track. I do 6 writs for 14 or 15 characters daily except for one day where I didn't even do half. The first day, I had 2 days of writs per character. The OP either is really unlucky or isn't paying attention.

Yesterday I got one motif and a few blueprints on 8x6 today it was 10 motif with many rare

notyuu

oh boy...yet ANOTHER PC EU server issue..this makes what..
5 times in 6 days?
and what do we get to make up for it? of course *** NOTHING