an easy fix for jewelry to make it less awful

stitchesofdooom

How does Zenimax expect people to complete jewelry master writs at LEGENDARY level if we can't get the gold level platings?

There's a simple fix:

1- refining and farming should give players more plating grains
2- 10 plating grains should give between 5 and 10 platings
3- deconstructing and daily writs should give platings instead of grains
4- jewelry hirelings - also giving platings & trait materials as well as, on occasion, rare trait jewelry to research.
5- chests, psijic portals and pickpocketing should have a chance to give a piece of jewelry with a rare trait and/or rare trait item

It's disgusting that certain traits only drop from PvP when many of us came for the Elder Scrolls: NOT the MMO

redspecter23

The easiest fix is to:

1. Remove the grains system completely
2. Add hirelings
3. Award gold mats from top tier writs at the same rate as blacksmithing, clothing and woodworking.


Basically make it like the other 3 equipment crafts. These other 3 crafts are balanced for the most part. Jewelcraft would be no different. You can make the argument that jewelry should be something special and harder to craft and I respect that opinion, even if I disagree. It's only different because ZOS wants it to be different, not for game balance reasons.

redspecter23

stitchesofdooom wrote: »

It's disgusting that certain traits only drop from PvP when many of us came for the Elder Scrolls: NOT the MMO

While it is annoying that the majority of traits don't actually drop on standard items, none of the trait stones or exemplary items are bound so all players do have access to them. ZOS could have been especially tight with them and forced players to go pick those items up themselves by keeping all new traits and stones bound to the player. I'm quite happy they did not go that direction.

My concern with traits is that if you want any of the new traits on your jewelry, your only options are to craft it that way (if it's a crafted set) or transmute it. In my opinion, transmutation should have been the thing you do to put a stop to the grind at a point. It's what you do when you can't farm the trait you want. It shouldn't be the only option to get the desired trait.

Facefister

redspecter23 wrote: »

The easiest fix is to:

1. Remove the grains system completely
2. Add hirelings
3. Award gold mats from top tier writs at the same rate as blacksmithing, clothing and woodworking.


Basically make it like the other 3 equipment crafts. These other 3 crafts are balanced for the most part. Jewelcraft would be no different. You can make the argument that jewelry should be something special and harder to craft and I respect that opinion, even if I disagree. It's only different because ZOS wants it to be different, not for game balance reasons.

ZoS wants to split everything possible. Just look at the new motifs. They're stretching their already thin content even more.

idk

The "fix" that would make many of us happy is rather obvious as the issues many of us do not care for have been brought up many times.

Zos has stated they want it to be special or unique for someone to be able to upgrade jewelry and essentially this is what we have. Suggesting one fix or another is not going to change their mind. Saying we do not like it over and over might.

Taleof2Cities

stitchesofdooom wrote: »

It's disgusting that certain traits only drop from PvP when many of us came for the Elder Scrolls: NOT the MMO

As an Elder Scrolls fan and PvP player, I support your statement with one condition:

If you take Triune jewelry away from the PvP reward bags ... then you also need to remove Harmony jewelry from the Undaunted reward chests.

stitchesofdooom

idk wrote: »

The "fix" that would make many of us happy is rather obvious as the issues many of us do not care for have been brought up many times.

Zos has stated they want it to be special or unique for someone to be able to upgrade jewelry and essentially this is what we have. Suggesting one fix or another is not going to change their mind. Saying we do not like it over and over might.

is that not what I was doing?

Lirkin

How about making it so I don't have to do dailies or group dungeons to get some of the materials to craft the traits;

personally I am not sure any of the new types of jewelry are worth using.

Thestephenmcraeub17_ESO

A very simple solution would just be to increase the drop rate of grains by 10x. That way it would match the necessary number of materials needed to make a plating.

Or, as many people have suggested time and time again, just replace grains with platings outright. Either one would be fine with me, but also the difference in jewelry quality isn't ridiculously substantial. My green/blue Julianos jewels seem to be working just fine. But as a perfectionist/completionist, I'd like to have them in the highest quality possible, and I don't see that happening for at least a year or so while the market fills up with mats, and while the respective prices begin to drop.

ZarkingFrued

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

stitchesofdooom wrote: »

It's disgusting that certain traits only drop from PvP when many of us came for the Elder Scrolls: NOT the MMO

As an Elder Scrolls fan and PvP player, I support your statement with one condition:

If you take Triune jewelry away from the PvP reward bags ... then you also need to remove Harmony jewelry from the Undaunted reward chests.

And also bloodthirsty taken from trial drops.

Acharnor

Preach to the Choir! So agree. Hate with a passion this grain business. JC is effectively not usable/functional in any meaningful way for the average player making crafted jewelry something way beyond "special". I started to get excited about a couple of crafted sets I could put together but hopes were quickly dashed. I might be able to make a green set of jewelry on my own. But then I'd be off to buy blue and purple platings = a lot of gold to upgrade.

JC has the potential to open this game up to so many ways of playing but is just a huge disappointment. Frustrated.

jedtb16_ESO

you don't have to do the master writs.

i have several sitting in my bank. actually managed to sell a couple which astonished me, some people will buy anything.

stitchesofdooom

idk wrote: »

The "fix" that would make many of us happy is rather obvious as the issues many of us do not care for have been brought up many times.

Zos has stated they want it to be special or unique for someone to be able to upgrade jewelry and essentially this is what we have. Suggesting one fix or another is not going to change their mind. Saying we do not like it over and over might.

is that not what I was doing?

jedtb16_ESO wrote: »

you don't have to do the master writs.

i have several sitting in my bank. actually managed to sell a couple which astonished me, some people will buy anything.

I am aware of this but I have spent months doing master writs to put my guildhall together and now I want my motifs and chests