Elsweyr Prologue Quest

FinneganFroth

Congrats ZOS. That was a fun quest with a beautiful ending. Can't wait for the next chapter after running around with Abnur today.

Loves_guars

**Spoilers**

It was marvelous. I also loved being in the trailer . And absolutely geeked out at the mention of the Numidium lol.

Good Job and thanks ZoS

Sarousse

Too bad, once again, there is exactly 0 difficulty in any of the fights. I fear that it'll be the same for anything in the Elsweyr expansion

Two-shotting dragons will be so sad.

sedi

Won’t they make them world or Trial bosses? Unless there are baby ones too 🐉

Dragonnord

Sarousse wrote: »

Too bad, once again, there is exactly 0 difficulty in any of the fights. I fear that it'll be the same for anything in the Elsweyr expansion

Two-shotting dragons will be so sad.

I don't understand why ZOS keeps doing this. I hate when I kill a boss, human or not, with a few light attacks. And this if I am the only one hitting him.
 

Jaimeh

sedi wrote: »

Won’t they make them world or Trial bosses? Unless there are baby ones too 🐉

Baby dragons!

I loved the quest. The design of the Halls in the last part was awesome, as well as the seal breaking and the dragon animations at the very end. It was great having Alfred Molina reprising his role as Abnur Tharn, his voice acting was again top notch. I also enjoyed Khamira's, and look forward to further adventures with them. The puzzles could have been a little more complicated, I got them all on first try, but I guess it's nice they didn't take a lot of time. For those wondering how Euraxia got the location of the Halls in the first place, there is a letter on the table in the area you speak with Tharn and Khamira to finish the quest; I was about to hit the forums with questions about that, but then read the letter, and was like 'ahh'

Hoolielulu

Yeah I really enjoyed it.

"Half sister."

Hallothiel

I too thought it excellent. Beautiful and interesting. And was glad to have Alfred Molina back.

Not too bothered about the fights as only prologue.

Would have liked to have had the opportunity to have SOME kind of discussion with Tharn about his behaviour at the end of the main quest though. As what he’s been up to since. But at least he kinda acknowledges he has previously met you - wonder if different if not completed main questline?

FinneganFroth

Those damn half-sisters...

Loves_guars

Sarousse wrote: »

Too bad, once again, there is exactly 0 difficulty in any of the fights. I fear that it'll be the same for anything in the Elsweyr expansion

Two-shotting dragons will be so sad.

My guess is that we vets are not the only ones playing. New players without CP or gear, or MMO knowledge really struggle to kill some bosses, I've seen it with my very eyes with friends and they are not idiots.

I guess we can remove CP and gear, although not very epic, at least it would make the fights more difficult if you wish to.

Mojmir

but he cant hold the portal indefinitely

FinneganFroth

Loves_guars wrote: »

Sarousse wrote: »

Too bad, once again, there is exactly 0 difficulty in any of the fights. I fear that it'll be the same for anything in the Elsweyr expansion

Two-shotting dragons will be so sad.

My guess is that we vets are not the only ones playing. New players without CP or gear, or MMO knowledge really struggle to kill some bosses, I've seen it with my very eyes with friends and they are not idiots.

I guess we can remove CP and gear, although not very epic, at least it would make the fights more difficult if you wish to.

Yep, this. Tough to balance it for all levels I suppose.

TheRealPotoroo

Sarousse wrote: »

Too bad, once again, there is exactly 0 difficulty in any of the fights. I fear that it'll be the same for anything in the Elsweyr expansion

Two-shotting dragons will be so sad.

I remember when you only had to shout at them.

Smitch_59

Jaimeh wrote: »

sedi wrote: »

Won’t they make them world or Trial bosses? Unless there are baby ones too 🐉

Baby dragons!

I loved the quest. The design of the Halls in the last part was awesome, as well as the seal breaking and the dragon animations at the very end. It was great having Alfred Molina reprising his role as Abnur Tharn, his voice acting was again top notch. I also enjoyed Khamira's, and look forward to further adventures with them. The puzzles could have been a little more complicated, I got them all on first try, but I guess it's nice they didn't take a lot of time. For those wondering how Euraxia got the location of the Halls in the first place, there is a letter on the table in the area you speak with Tharn and Khamira to finish the quest; I was about to hit the forums with questions about that, but then read the letter, and was like 'ahh'

I definitely agree with you about Alfred Molina voicing Abnur Tharn. He does a damn fine job, and is one of the best voice actors in the game, IMHO.

wnights

****spoiler***
The quest was awesome and as soon as I saw those dragons flying out my husband turned to me and asked me why am I screaming like a little girl lol. I said 'dragons!!!! There are dragons wooow'.

Yeah. Prologue is very well done. I do wish Abnur Tharn showed a little more respect towards our character. I am sure I proved my worth during the main quest line.

HowlKimchi

Sarousse wrote: »

Too bad, once again, there is exactly 0 difficulty in any of the fights. I fear that it'll be the same for anything in the Elsweyr expansion

Two-shotting dragons will be so sad.

Yeah this is what bores me in any eso story content. It's mind numbingly easy. Like, I wanna enjoy the story but I find myself falling asleep while doing the quests... Overworld should be harder but then how would it be balanced for newer players... That damned one tamriel! xD

ArchMikem

Sarousse wrote: »

Too bad, once again, there is exactly 0 difficulty in any of the fights. I fear that it'll be the same for anything in the Elsweyr expansion

Two-shotting dragons will be so sad.

This is overworld PvE, what were you expecting? You want new players trying to quest through vet dungeon difficulty?

merevie

That was fun, but repetitive...
And then the final moment was well, over very quickly.
There was a lot of build up to this..then what, 2 seconds?
The characterisation and environment art were neat Ty those teams.
Hopefully the quests in the zone have more thought into what happens in them, like the awesome Mire ones.

zaria

Sarousse wrote: »

Too bad, once again, there is exactly 0 difficulty in any of the fights. I fear that it'll be the same for anything in the Elsweyr expansion

Two-shotting dragons will be so sad.

Don't we will face dragons as quest monsters, if we do they can be killed by mechanics say shooting at them with an balista.
They will be trial bosses and I assume overland world bosses, later will have +2 million health.

daemonios

Loves_guars wrote: »

**Spoilers**

It was marvelous. I also loved being in the trailer . And absolutely geeked out at the mention of the Numidium lol.

Good Job and thanks ZoS

You were in the trailer? Lucky you, must've played a different prologue than me! I don't remember being chased by fiery death and having to press against a rock face while gigantic dragons exited the ruin. That's one of my gripes with the prologue, they set it up as a playable version of the cinematic trailer but then made it "meh".

Other gripes? The imperial summons doesn't bother to acknowledge your own faction. The story told by the Khajiit is poorly written. The three fetch quests before you go to the Halls are repetitive, having Abnur Tharn hold your hand and teleport you there instead of taking the opportunity to make it a puzzle to find the right delve. The light puzzles at the end are beyond obvious. WE KNOW YOU CAN'T HOLD PORTALS OPEN INDEFINITELY.

Sorry to rain on your parade. I'm glad you enjoyed this prologue, but having been here since before launch, I have to say I was sorely disappointed. The only thing I did enjoy in the prologue was the scenery outside the Halls. Kudos to the world builders at ZOS, that was one beautiful spot to stand in for a while and look around.

HappyLittleTree

Nerf Tharn!

zaria

Three cool things one was that it mentioned that it was an new mane and her name.
Will it refer to the old if you has not done the Reaper march faction quest?

Its not really an new mane for me as I did that quest almost 5 years ago
Poor Khali.

Tharn also said I had helped retrieve the tablet, is this different if you do it on an alt who has not done it?

And Tharn mention the Grathwood delve as we had been there before during the main quest.
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Makes me wonder if you could combine these two quests? Things to do on necromancer
Combine that with the undaunted delve quest for the delve and the delve quest

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Or you could do main quest up to you goes to rescue Tharn but then do the Elsweyr prolog instead to mess things up

VaranisArano

There was a LOT of juggling of the idiot ball by everyone except Euraxia and possibly Khamira, IMO.

Tharn:

Tharn is presented as very sincerely thinking that he can obtain this weapon and keep it in his own hands long enough for diplomacy to work peace and then...what, exactly? Problem #1: obtaining the weapon first. Problem #2: keeping the weapon. Problem #3: assuming diplomacy via big stick is going to work. Problem #4: using that peace obtained via big stick is going to work out without continued application of said big stick. Basically, Tharn made some very questionable and un-savvy decisions if he was actually sincere.

The Moon-singers:

I will accept that they expected the Wrathstone to be hidden and the clues to be useless, but if you want to hide 3 clues, freely telling the three parts of the story to everyone in earshot is NOT how you hide 3 clues.

I don't know about the rest of you, but my Vestige was all "I've got a bad feeling about this." from the beginning, and it wasn't just because I've watched the trailers,

Neoealth

Did anyone else notice the possible nod to forum users about our discussion of the female Khajiit (Khamira) regarding her lack of haste in the Elsweyr promo trailer while running from the dragons? During the prologue quest Tharn makes multiple reference to her being slow

It made me laugh and wonder if the devs noticed our discussion about it and put a little bit in there for us. Or maybe it was coincidence, who knows?