The little things

MalakithAlamahdi

There are a lot of complains and negative threats on the forums, including ones I made myself. But instead of doing that, I want to have one where we appreciate the little things we expierenced or discovered in ESO. I came across this little guy the other day, such a sad sight.

What little things have you come across that you loved or share some good moments you've had here, I'd really like to see/ hear them!

Lets try to keep this threat possitive and fun, so no flaming and complaining please!

KiraTsukasa

One thing I came across in Hew's Bane was a guard walking up and down a path with bushes on either side and sneaking around behind the bushes was a guy dressed in a green hooded ensemble with a sword and shield.

Nice little nod to Ocarina of Time.

TheShadowScout

ESO has so many neat little things to find when you just go off the beaten path and look around... I mean, just remember all those skeletons in the landscape, some look like there might be a fairly interesting story behind their deaths...

Of course, one of the things I loved most was the hint in the background at the beginning of the Vvardenfell questline...

...where you can see a certain dog behind the first tomb entrace where you go to ask lord Vivecs questions... you won#t take notice on your first playthrough, but on your second, any who pay attention to the background will go "waitaminit, isn't that..." - and it was great to see they added this little detail for me to catch!

Guarlet

ESO really does have so many neat little details and dialogues that are easy to miss, that's one of the things I love about the game.

This reference to Skyrim made me giggle:

......They'll take anyone. Hm, you don't say.

I also like taking screenshots of NPC animals I see with cute names. Yes I'm a dork, I know. But I mean look at this guy, it's a fox. Named Bipbip. And he's freaking adorable.


Two other random things that come to mind are an NPC Argonian I saw named Smells-Like-Guar (stellar name, that), and Rexus the dog from the early Ebonheart storyline. He tags along with his owners through the whole thing, and I think will also be present at the funeral/mourning ceremony if you let them die. It's positively heartbreaking.

SmellyUnlimited

I especially love how the game, like Skyrim, is about the same 6 voice actors doing every character.

bongtokin420insd16

Old school DK.

Chaos2088

I always giggle when I come across skeletons with an arrow to the knee!

I love exploring this game, sometimes I do not catch everything with my mains, and when I am chilling out on an alt redoing content...I am like ah! thats cool!. bloody love it. lol

Nermy

MalakithAlamahdi wrote: »

There are a lot of complains and negative threats on the forums, including ones I made myself. But instead of doing that, I want to have one where we appreciate the little things we expierenced or discovered in ESO. I came across this little guy the other day, such a sad sight.

What little things have you come across that you loved or share some good moments you've had here, I'd really like to see/ hear them!

Lets try to keep this threat possitive and fun, so no flaming and complaining please!

I saw this the other day and if you look on the bench there is a book (or note) telling you the story. Lovely wee tableau.

Ilithyania

MalakithAlamahdi wrote: »

There are a lot of complains and negative threats on the forums, including ones I made myself. But instead of doing that, I want to have one where we appreciate the little things we expierenced or discovered in ESO. I came across this little guy the other day, such a sad sight.

What little things have you come across that you loved or share some good moments you've had here, I'd really like to see/ hear them!

Lets try to keep this threat possitive and fun, so no flaming and complaining please!

Agree. ESO forum is like all game forums. one would think world was ending

ZOS_Holden

Thanks so much for sharing a positive moment with us, however small. We love seeing all the fun little Easter eggs you all discover, and we're very glad to see you're taking Rule #32 to heart.

DRAGON_KILLER_HUNTER

poor doggo

Violynne

MalakithAlamahdi wrote: »

I came across this little guy the other day, such a sad sight.

I was Skyshard hunting in Alik'r when I found him. Sitting before gravestones just jerked me back to an immersive moment of why I play the character I do.

I saw there was a quest for the area, so I patted the dog on the head and said, "Soon. I'll be back to wreck havoc on those who have did this injustice to you. Oh, and here's a gnawed bone I found in a tomb."

Fleshreaper

In Auridon, there is a picnic gone bad. Two skeletons and some baskets. Probably, a tail of forbidden love and they drink the Cool aid together.

Marginis

Reminds me of a small little quest I just happened upon in AD back when I was on PC. Just a random side quest, pick it up and do it 'cuz I'm bored, right? Well, I start it, and it turns out a male elf was making some sort of a tribute for his lover (another male, by the way). The quest was short, but while I was completing it I found it just really touching, just a cute little bit of world building in the middle of nowhere, and something that hit home particularly much for me (I'm bi, and you don't often see that kind of non-political representation in games, even though it's gotten a good amount better since ESO was first released).

There was another AD quest about a Khajiit and and elf along similar lines, and I can't even count the Morrowind quests that had me just enjoying them and their stories. I felt like I was back playing my first TES game again for the first time. That (and the character customization) is why I still play ESO.

Hippie4927

Sekero

I went after a treasure chest in Shadowfen across the river from Abandoned Village Wayshrine about halfway to the WB.Got the chest and noticed that I could probably climb the rocks just about there. Hmmmmm I wonder what's up there? OK climb up and see. Some sort of campsite. OK closer look might be a book there. I jumped down and got ganked by 3 skeleton warriors that just appeared from the ground. They must have been nightblades on vacation from Cyrodiil. I nearly got killed because I was too busy laughing at first to fight. Well done whoever put that there. No book btw. but there was a good chest a little bit away.

ZioGio

This game is an map explorer's dream. I've come across so much, but one thing that stuck with me were the baskets of tomatoes in the stands of the outside theaters. That touch gave me a good laugh.

Wreuntzylla

Quest: Drink, Drink, and Be Merry
Location: Fort Greenwall, The Rift

There are two choices. I highly recommend drinking the wine.

Sekero

Wreuntzylla wrote: »

Quest: Drink, Drink, and Be Merry
Location: Fort Greenwall, The Rift

That's another one that had me nearly in hysterics.

Also in the Rift, the one at Giermund's Hall Wayshrine getting rid of the "monsters" for the Bosmer girl.

Ladislao

Hippie4927 wrote: »

As I see, you like owls

myskyrim26

Thank you for this post!
Little things are everywhere! Every corner I turn I find something amazing!

Just some recent: when entering Cold Blood cavern (I hope the name is correct), I saw a corpse on the ground. Not a pleasant thing, but those critters that ran from the body were so vivid!

And now something truly adorable: tiny bats! I was doing a delve in Gold Coast, and noticed them on the wooden structure above. Tiny bats fumbling, spreding their wings, they were so natural that I wanted to stay there for infinite time and watch them.

If I put all here, the list will be tremendous... ESO is amazing. I'm so happy I can play it!

Beodamacsa

I got accosted by a guard in eastmarch on my male sorc because I had accidentally stole something and he was coming on to me saying "I will see you later my little snow puff"! LMAO

MrWesleyPipes

Hippie4927 wrote: »

i want one

Tyralbin

There is a guard outside the dungeon to the south west of Hews Bane (sorry my memory for names is terrible) if you catch him right he has one hand against the wall and the other holding his piece.

You can definitely tell he is urinating hehe.

AchlysNox

Don't have a screenshot of this, and not sure why it popped into my head in an otherwise very positive thread, but outside of one of the villages in Alik'r there's a dead woman lying on the ground, with some nasty daedra beasties around her corpse. When you kill them you find a little note next to her that says something like "Things to do before the baby comes", and it's basically a to-do list of an expecting mother. It takes half a second before it registers that the dead woman lying on the ground in front of you died before she got to have her baby.

It's dark as hell, but it's one of those little things that makes ESO feel real and dangerous, and it's a better game for it.

AchlysNox

Also, there's an NPC in a tavern in Hew's Bane that if you fail at pick-pocketing him he turns into a bloody werewolf and comes at you!

SainguinKrist

Marginis wrote: »

Reminds me of a small little quest I just happened upon in AD back when I was on PC. Just a random side quest, pick it up and do it 'cuz I'm bored, right? Well, I start it, and it turns out a male elf was making some sort of a tribute for his lover (another male, by the way). The quest was short, but while I was completing it I found it just really touching, just a cute little bit of world building in the middle of nowhere, and something that hit home particularly much for me (I'm bi, and you don't often see that kind of non-political representation in games, even though it's gotten a good amount better since ESO was first released).

Duuude. I had no idea anyone else loved this quest. It's always been one of my favorites and one of the reasons why ESO is one of my all my time favorite games. Funnily enough, I am also bi and that was one of the reasons this quest touched me as well.

I even specifically used the story of this quest to try and convince my mom into getting the game and giving it a shot.

DieAlteHexe

Allanm wrote: »

I went after a treasure chest in Shadowfen across the river from Abandoned Village Wayshrine about halfway to the WB.Got the chest and noticed that I could probably climb the rocks just about there. Hmmmmm I wonder what's up there? OK climb up and see. Some sort of campsite. OK closer look might be a book there. I jumped down and got ganked by 3 skeleton warriors that just appeared from the ground. They must have been nightblades on vacation from Cyrodiil. I nearly got killed because I was too busy laughing at first to fight. Well done whoever put that there. No book btw. but there was a good chest a little bit away.

There's a treasure chest spawn right in the middle of that camp. Skels don't always spawn but often enough. First time startled me.

tinythinker

Collections of little things

• Favorite NPC one-liners
• Dogs of ESO
• Favorite "Oops" Moment
• I can't believe I survived
• Saddest moments in PvE

Sadly, "Dogs of ESO" got hit hard by the Photobucket change that happened last year

drkfrontiers

My dog died in November last year and I was having a really bad time. I had him as part of my life for 14 years.

One night I looked up at the heavens asking God to please just send me a sign that he was ok.

Went back indoors and started playing some ESO to take my mind off it.

Not 5 mins into the game Eat-Eats comes running over to me, and I was left in tears with joy.

Here's what my dog looked like:



Here's what ran up to me in the game:

SantieClaws

The little things yes?

Well Khajiit has a Bosmer apprentice if that is what you mean.

Hired to tend to the gardens at Castle Claws yes, just make sure you feed her and don't let her in the house while you sleep ...

Yours with paws
Santie Claws


Nommie