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Rant About Learning Necromancer, Community, And Game in General
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*Note: This thread has the chance to be snarky/ranty, and for that Lord Arena25 apologizes. Due to the ranty nature of this thread, viewer discretion is advised. All individuals named in thisthread, whether directly or implied, are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty by a ZeniMax employee.
Ok, my scribe Shedelin, make sure you write all of this down. Here we go.
*Lord Arena25 clears throat*
Not to needlessly talk about myself in the third person, but Lord Arena25 is starting to grow concerned about the great game that is the Elder Scrolls Online. While he loves this game still (and will continue to pay his $14.99 a month ESO Plus sub until the day comes where his wallet or his body tells him he can't pay it anymore), there were some things that came up over the past few days that irked me.
Let me begin by describing the first concern I have. While adventuring in Coldharbour with my newly minted Necromancer, I was continuing to have issues with a certain player (which I will not name out of respect of the forum's naming and shaming policy). What was the issue, you ask? Well, I'm a big believer in trying to solo things, especially when learning a new class (Necromancer), cos I'm of the opinion that when you solo things and you die, the only person to blame is yourself. The problem? One person, armed with at least 3 separate characters on the same account, continued to follow me around and tried to get in my way by healing me when I didn't need it (I have a self heal that works AMAZING in fights involving multiple melee attackers), was trying to insert me into his/her roleplaying (when I did not give him permission to use me in his roleplaying), and most irksome treated me like I was a new player or a "damsel in distress". First of all, I have played this game (sometimes on and off, sometimes constantly) since game launch early access, way back in 2014...and second of all, I have a character (Bee'lest, a Khajiit Templar) that is Champion rank 508, so I know how to handle fights...hell, I even on occasion help others do world bosses that they might request help on (and I have plenty of stories to share regarding how helpful this community is when it comes to lending a hand in fights you may otherwise have trouble with tackling by yourself). And despite my repeated requests to stop his/her in-game god modding and stop treating me like I am a noobie, (s)he continued to follow me around god modding and acting like I'm a "damsel in distress" all the way to the final quest.
Now to be 100% fair to the above mentioned god modder, I did design my Khajiit Necromancer character to be a bit...how do I best say this...suggestive (complete with the name "Lovercat of Death"). but even then I did not give him/her permission to use my character in his/her roleplaying, and I am certainly no damsel in distress (both in-game or in the real world).
And even after the above mentioned person apparently logged off, it wasn't over. Cos while I was tackling a world boss in Coldharbour that I was having no issues soloing for some reason (how this world boss was able to be soloed is beyond me, likely either the Necro class is OP or the World Boss needs to be buffed up so that it can be a true world boss), someone (who I later learned was from the same guild as the above mentioned god modder) yelled in chat "Don't worry, Lovercat of Death, I'm a friend of <insert god modder's character here>. I'm here to save you!" And proceeded to jump into the fight. First of all, I was doing just fine, thank you very much, and second of all, your arrival and "help" triggered a wave of adds that would not have spawned had you and your god modder friend taken my advice and left me out of your roleplaying, and third of all, if you and your god modder friend don't shove off, I will be more than happy to report you and your god modder friend for harassment (followed up by an ignore) before I contact your guildmaster and let him/her know that if (s)he doesn't get his/her guild under control, I will promptly report the guildmaster (and possibly the officers in the guild) for allowing the guild members to god mod players who are not in the guild...and also report for lack of guild control/ruining the ESO experience for other players.
Seriously, while Lord Arena25 understand this community is helpful, if players don't want your help or don't want to be part of your guild's bullcrap, honor their requests. Cos all you do by not respecting their wishes is ruin their experience.
Anyways, that's enough rant for now, Scribe Shedelin. We'll come back to this when we can be bothered. For now, there is a small emergency developing at the castle downtown that requires my attention...and Lord Arena25 is hungry.
Rant done. Lord Arena25 and Scribe Shedelin out!
Signed,
Lord Arena25, with assistance from Shedelin, Scribe to Lord Arena25
Ok, my scribe Shedelin, make sure you write all of this down. Here we go.
*Lord Arena25 clears throat*
Not to needlessly talk about myself in the third person, but Lord Arena25 is starting to grow concerned about the great game that is the Elder Scrolls Online. While he loves this game still (and will continue to pay his $14.99 a month ESO Plus sub until the day comes where his wallet or his body tells him he can't pay it anymore), there were some things that came up over the past few days that irked me.
Let me begin by describing the first concern I have. While adventuring in Coldharbour with my newly minted Necromancer, I was continuing to have issues with a certain player (which I will not name out of respect of the forum's naming and shaming policy). What was the issue, you ask? Well, I'm a big believer in trying to solo things, especially when learning a new class (Necromancer), cos I'm of the opinion that when you solo things and you die, the only person to blame is yourself. The problem? One person, armed with at least 3 separate characters on the same account, continued to follow me around and tried to get in my way by healing me when I didn't need it (I have a self heal that works AMAZING in fights involving multiple melee attackers), was trying to insert me into his/her roleplaying (when I did not give him permission to use me in his roleplaying), and most irksome treated me like I was a new player or a "damsel in distress". First of all, I have played this game (sometimes on and off, sometimes constantly) since game launch early access, way back in 2014...and second of all, I have a character (Bee'lest, a Khajiit Templar) that is Champion rank 508, so I know how to handle fights...hell, I even on occasion help others do world bosses that they might request help on (and I have plenty of stories to share regarding how helpful this community is when it comes to lending a hand in fights you may otherwise have trouble with tackling by yourself). And despite my repeated requests to stop his/her in-game god modding and stop treating me like I am a noobie, (s)he continued to follow me around god modding and acting like I'm a "damsel in distress" all the way to the final quest.
Now to be 100% fair to the above mentioned god modder, I did design my Khajiit Necromancer character to be a bit...how do I best say this...suggestive (complete with the name "Lovercat of Death"). but even then I did not give him/her permission to use my character in his/her roleplaying, and I am certainly no damsel in distress (both in-game or in the real world).
And even after the above mentioned person apparently logged off, it wasn't over. Cos while I was tackling a world boss in Coldharbour that I was having no issues soloing for some reason (how this world boss was able to be soloed is beyond me, likely either the Necro class is OP or the World Boss needs to be buffed up so that it can be a true world boss), someone (who I later learned was from the same guild as the above mentioned god modder) yelled in chat "Don't worry, Lovercat of Death, I'm a friend of <insert god modder's character here>. I'm here to save you!" And proceeded to jump into the fight. First of all, I was doing just fine, thank you very much, and second of all, your arrival and "help" triggered a wave of adds that would not have spawned had you and your god modder friend taken my advice and left me out of your roleplaying, and third of all, if you and your god modder friend don't shove off, I will be more than happy to report you and your god modder friend for harassment (followed up by an ignore) before I contact your guildmaster and let him/her know that if (s)he doesn't get his/her guild under control, I will promptly report the guildmaster (and possibly the officers in the guild) for allowing the guild members to god mod players who are not in the guild...and also report for lack of guild control/ruining the ESO experience for other players.
Seriously, while Lord Arena25 understand this community is helpful, if players don't want your help or don't want to be part of your guild's bullcrap, honor their requests. Cos all you do by not respecting their wishes is ruin their experience.
Anyways, that's enough rant for now, Scribe Shedelin. We'll come back to this when we can be bothered. For now, there is a small emergency developing at the castle downtown that requires my attention...and Lord Arena25 is hungry.
Rant done. Lord Arena25 and Scribe Shedelin out!
Signed,
Lord Arena25, with assistance from Shedelin, Scribe to Lord Arena25
If you can't handle the heat...stay out of the kitchen!
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✭That is... awesome! It sounds like Lord Arena25 had a good time. We need more of this.Lethal zergling0 -
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✭Started to... then...nahMain: (PvP & PvE)PS5/NA - Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar - Daggerfall Covenant • 1550+ Champion
Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar, the Vestige
PvP:
Aurik Siet'ka a Redguard Necromancer
Cacique the Sage of Ius a Redguard Warden
Jux Blackheart a Redguard Nightblade
Goliath of Hammerfell a Redguard Dragonknight
Kaotik Von Dae'mon a Redguard* Sorcerer
PvP: (Specialty)
Tyrus Septim an Imperial Lycan Sorcerer
Tsar af-Bomba a Redguard Vampiric Nightblade
Movárth Piquine a Nord Vampiric Necromancer
Uri Ice-Heart the Twin a Nord Vampiric Warden
PvE:
Cinan Tharn an Imperial Dragonknight
Bates Vesuius of Dawnstar an Imperial Dragonknight
Herzog Zwei the Genesis an Akavari* Templar
Tav'i at-Shinji a Redguard** Warden
Lucky Hunch the Gambler - a Redguard Nightblade
Leveling...
Zenovia at-Tura a Redguard** Sorcerer
Yesi af-Kalik a Redguard Templar
Voa a Priest of Sep a Redguard* Necromancer
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Passives of another race used. (RP)
*Breton
**Imperial
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Ras Kalik the Vestige, a renown Redguard warrior; He has been blessed to save Tamriel from Molag Bal’s destructive Planemeld while reuniting the Five Companions. His further accomplishments after defeating Molag Bal, has been to stop the destruction of Morrowind, the Clockwork City, return order to the isle of Summerset and create a new king in Wrothgar and a queen in Elsywer. These events have made him a living legend and continue to lead him into new adventures throughout Tamriel, as well as into the hearts of many ladies including the Elf Queen, Aryenn. Over many years of adventurous travels, Ras Kalik had become a loner, until he re-visited his homeland of Alik'r.
Alik'r and it's cities were overrun by the undead Ra-Netu and therefore he made an allegiance with Alik'r's own Ash'abah tribe. These Ash'abah with his help, cleansed the city of Sentinel in Alik'r desert and it's surrounding areas of the undead brought to life by the Withered Hand. After rescuing Sentinel from the undead zombies, King Fahara’jad’s personal bodyguard the Goliath of Hammerfell, who was given this name by Imperials in the region; was asked to assist the tribe after learning of the defeat of the Withered Hand to the Ash'abah. Kalik promised Goliath he would task him with fighting living enemies on the battlefield if he so desired. Goliath being a Yokudan warrior wields a massive sword in respect to the Ansei, a gift given by the Imperial, Cinan Tharn. Not many soldiers are able to wield double two handed weapons, but Goliath loves to get up and personal in a fight, so he also carries a giant maul, both weapons laced with magical flames.
Jux Blackheart is a master thief that masquerades as a Bard at the Sisters of the Sands inn, with his younger sidekick Lucky Hunch for pilfering and gambling during this time. Jux was known to infiltrate any towns bank vault he came across and even delved into Ayelid ruins without detection. Kalik can vividly recall the night he met the famed thief. Jux found himself rummaging thru a slightly inebriated Kalik’s pocket for too long, on a full-mooned night and because of his greed and the glimmer of his golden armor in the moonlight. He lost his left pinky fingertip as a lesson! But in return, he gained a new friend, as it was his first time since a child being caught red-handed...
Upon arrival back in the Alik'r after many moons of adventuring, Ras Kalik ventures to Bergama. Visiting The Winking Jackal, he runs into Jux Blackheart, who introduces him to the coin game Crowns vs Forebearers (Heads vs Tails) and Golden Dwemer (RBG).... Jux constantly takes gold from the unfortunate thru theft or gambling, his biggest gambling victim is actually his partner in crime known as Lucky Hunch the Gambler. Lucky doesn't mind losing any gold coins to Jux... as Jux saved him from Altmer slavers in Summerset, by stealing a key and sending him on a boat to the mainland years prior. Lucky spent years in slavery with Khajiits in Summerset and picked up the art of subterfuge, using illusion magic disguises and stealing there.
Kaotik Von’Daemon an outcast, and a half-caste between a Breton mother and a Redguard father. Kaotik become a pariah due to his conjuration of Daedra pets. He was taught healing magic during his childhood years by his Breton mother. His father due to Redguard customs exiled him from the desert, sending him by wagon caravan to be a soldier in the war in Cyrodiil. He happened to meet Kalik while traveling from Alik'r, during this long caravan ride the caravan he was in was ambushed in Bangkorai by a group of bandits. Kalik by chance was also traveling thru this area on his Auridon Warhorse (which was bestowed to him by his friend, Darien Gautier). During this ambush, Kalik was able to rescue five hostages from the bandits. Kaotik was the first rescued, and Ras Kalik also recruited him to be in the Ash'abah tribe. These core Ash'abah tribesmen may never be seen together in travel as they partake in their own adventures but they always know what each other is doing; as they frequent a hideout in northern Bankorai. Their hideout an old Orc castle ruin, is kept watch by Nuzhimeh and she passes messages written between them, and frequently they also enjoy her company and her bed.
The other men rescued were a Dunmer banker, an Imperial mercenary and two other soldiers, an Imperial and a Breton Knight, stating proudly he was an Akavir descendent. One of the Imperials, Cinan, claimed to be related to Abnur Tharn the Battlemage of the Imperial Elder Council (One of Ras Kalik's mentors in the Five Companions). Cinan Tharn was really Abnur's drunkard treasure hunting illegitimate son. He was caught smuggling artifacts out of the Ayleid ruins in Cyrodiil and the elder of the two Imperials was Tyrus Septim a retired Imperial navy battle-mage (now a Lycan mercenary living in the city of Rimmen) and guard to the Tharn family. As much as Abnur Tharn hated his half-sister Euraxia, he dislikes his bas†ard son Cinan more. Tyrus now a ruffian and privateer had been paid by Abnur Tharn to watch over Cinan as much as possible. Cinan Tharn a drunkard, loves to drink at least a quarter barrel of Nord mead before he raids various delves and dungeons for relics to sell on the black market. Cinan also plans to one day, run an illegal gambling ring... which he thinks will net him more gold for his wares.
The Dunmer captive shackled to the Imperials looked familiar to Kalik from his time in Morrowind.... and he recognized him as Tythis Andromo a House Telvanni slave-owner and banker from Vvardenfell. During a rough interrogation to Tythis, Ras Kalik learnt why the bandits accosted him. The racist Dunmer was providing slaves as soldiers for the Three Banner War. The bandits were trying to negotiate a lucrative ransom for Andromo and the Imperials.... Kalik did not need any of this gold and he could never set Tythis free as he did with the two Imperial soldiers. His past involvement with slavery and war crimes, made Kalik's blood boil. He chose not to execute Tythis, as he figured the worse punishment for this former rich and opulent slave owner, is to now be an imprisoned servant for Ras Kalik and the tribe.
Herzog Zwei the Genesis a reknown Imperial/Akavirri battle-mage. His roots going back to Akavir through his mother’s bloodline. (His mother is descended from the Akaviri, through Versidue-Shae, and his Imperial father met her in Hakoshae, while traveling) Herzog earned the nickname "the Genesis" from his father as a child, as he was his mother's first born child, and last, as she tragically died in child-birth.
Herzog was seeking to purchase an artifact from Cinan Tharn, before their capture and was meeting Tyrus while in Rimmen, who introduced him to Cinan. This artifact being the Ayelid artifact; the sword Sinweaver. After their rescue and the exchange of gold to Cinan for the sword he decided to slip away before Ras Kalik could question who he was, and why the Akavir descendant really wanted that sword. Herzog was headed to Nagastani — An Ayleid ruin in eastern Cyrodiil. He had read in scrolls that the Sword would give him magical powers to meet his mothers spirit, if he performed an Ayleid ritual at an old shrine hidden there. Equipped with the artifact sword, he was off to start his own adventure but Ras Kalik, did indeed notice the sword however and instead sent a letter to Jux Blackheart (whom also was interested in Ayleid treasures), to attempt to find Herzog and acquire the sword. (*Azani Blackheart in Elder Scroll's Oblivion is Jux's descendant some 747 years later)
And so the Redguard, Imperial and Akaviri men parted ways ... While Ras Kalik went off to Elsweyr to encounter the latest threat to Tamriel, with Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan - - DRAGONS!! Little did Ras Kalik know a few people were awaiting him in Senchal besides Sai. A necromancer survived his attack on the Withered Hand, while in Alik'r. The necromancer known as Auriek Siet'ka is also following him to the land of the Khajiits and Cacique the Sage of Ius a Shaman mystic who has become attuned spiritually with Tu'whacca (a Redguard God) and Ius (the Animal God), after being burned severely by the escaped dragons in Elsywer, is awaiting his arrival also. Aurik is a soldier of the Daggerfall Covenant that was introduced to necromancy while in the military, even though this magicka art is not spoken of openly by most of the Military leaders. He came to Alik'r and worked with the Withered Hand before Ras Kalik intervened on their plans. After the defeat of the Withered Hand, he aligned with the Worm Cult, and is constantly adapting and perfecting his necromantic arts.
After his journey to Rimmen, Kalik heads south to Senchal, in the southern regions of Elyswer. This new adventure will also put him on a path to meet a strange Redguard man. The stranger which was infected with an untreated Peyrite disease and also was the exiled from the Order of the New Moon cult, due to his sickness. He originally joined the cult to worship Laatvulon, the green dragon, mistakenly thinking it was the Daedric prince Peyrite. This confused and suffering cultist is known as Tsar al-Bomba and he is on a path to spread the disease. He was originally infected in Orccrest while recruiting members there. Can Ras Kalik and the shaman Cacique cure this poor soul, only time will tell. Little does Tsar al-Bomba know, that his infection is tied to Vampirism, and eventually the desire for blood will take over his mind. Senchal also offers Kalik his latest love interest... Aeliah. Whom he fondly led thru battles with the Dragonguard.
After the trek thru the heat, tropical and desert climate of Northern and Southern Elyswer, Ras Kalik heads north to the cold mountain range of Skyrim. His companion friend Lyris beckons for him with a letter sent by crow...
Movárth Piquine - a former vampire hunter (now infected), within the Fighter's Guild (and a secretive necromancer) was in Skyrim working with the Morthaal Guard. On a patrol mission he was caught in Frewien's ice curse outside of Morthaal with the frozen undead. Movárth's vampiric infection kept him from becoming an undead minion to the curse. He was able to use necromantic ice-magic to encase himself safely until he was freed with Freiwen, when the Vestige Ras Kalik broke the curse.
Uri Ice-Heart - brother of Urfon Ice-Heart. The twin sons of Atli and Oljourn Ice-Heart. The Ice-Heart family are originally from Markarth but now reside on the Jerall Mountain range near Cyrodiil, with their younger sister Araki. The twins had joined the Winterborn Reachmen while living in Markarth. Urfon pushed west to Orsinium with the Winterborn Clan, leaving his family behind. Uri stayed behind with his parents and sister to live in the family cabin for safety, avoiding the Vampire plague infiltrating the Reach. After news reaches him and he hears of Urfon's death... Uri leaves and heads home and is seeking vengeance. Meanwhile, his sister has also moved on to Windhelm to join the Fighter's guild. He will visit his sister, once before going to seek vengeance and she will craft him armor mixed with ice, called Stalhrim armor. Uri fearing death, after his brother's passing, falls victim to the convincing talk of Movárth at a Nordic tavern, and will also becomes a vampire.
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Amanuensis✭✭✭✭So, the moral of the story is that non-con erp is not fun when one of the parties is not consenting?1 -
Wandering_Immigrant✭✭✭✭Dear Lord Arena25,
At this time The Counsel of Wandering Immigrants would like to take a moment to recognize your plight and offer their condolences on such matters. However, The Counsel must also respectfully request that you cease and desist from forcing your roleplay on this community of civilians, as it detracts from their primary objectives of firing Nerf balls at each other and praying to the god ZOS for assistance eradicating the many persistent bug infestations among Tamriel's otherwise pristine ecosystems. The Counsel would now like to thank you for your prompt compliance and wish you many lucks with your future encounters within the world of Nirn.
With regards,
Wandering Immigrant #1, and only
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✭✭✭Hey scribe, tell your master feeding the trolls is what gives them fortitude.
(Runes chiseled onto stone tablet, by Nordswordnboard's freemason and submitted to your scribe's face)Fear is the Mindkiller1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭And now OP wants to forbid necromancers from doing their ungrateful work
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✭✭✭✭✭TheInfernalRage wrote: »Troll.
You don't like paradoxes?Truly, the ESO forums are a strange and wonderful place.
It's all about performance and loading screens. I just alt-tab every time game starts to hang for too long. ZOS just needs to fix performance and there will be much less non-constructive threads
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✭*Note: This thread has the chance to be snarky/ranty, and for that Lord Arena25 apologizes.
Stopped reading, wall of text incoming.Kingslayer513 wrote: »That's some God tier trolling right there, 10/10
Oh crap,
Returned to reading.
Not disappointed
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[Deleted User]Soul ShrivenHello everyone,
This post is to let you know that we've felt it necessary to put this thread down, as it seemed to have died some time ago. At this time we'd like to try and keep Draugr threads from roaming around the front page, pushing down newer and more lively threads.
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