ZOS Priority : Restore Bleakrock to former Pact Glory

Beardimus

Dear @ZOS_GinaBruno & @ZOS_JessicaFolsom & @ZOS_RichLambert

It's time to allow us to restore Bleakrock, douse the fires and rid it of these evil Covenant fire mages.

It's burnt for 5 years in my world. I need to fix it, make it a glorious crafting hub and sell me a home there.

Now we getting the year of the Nord it's time.

I'll pay crowns
I'll buy the chapter

It's time....

Chaos2088

Bekkael

I agree. It’s so depressing to go back there and still see devastation and chaos. It’s such a pretty little island too.

ArchMikem

There really should have been a post questline instance that had the Covenant gone and the villagers trying to rebuild.

xclassgaming

Let us rebuild it!

tomofhyrule

Man I love Bleakrock. That's where I first started, and it's so nice an homey. Pity we can't get it back to being the peaceful little island it was, I still love to go there to farm mats every so often.

wolfie1.0.

Beardimus wrote: »

Dear @ZOS_GinaBruno & @ZOS_JessicaFolsom & @ZOS_RichLambert

It's time to allow us to restore Bleakrock, douse the fires and rid it of these evil Covenant fire mages.

It's burnt for 5 years in my world. I need to fix it, make it a glorious crafting hub and sell me a home there.

Now we getting the year of the Nord it's time.

I'll pay crowns
I'll buy the chapter

It's time....

I agree. Tbh I like the town so much that I refuse to initiate the quest to evacuate the town.

Bekkael

wtlonewolf20 wrote: »

Beardimus wrote: »

Dear @ZOS_GinaBruno & @ZOS_JessicaFolsom & @ZOS_RichLambert

It's time to allow us to restore Bleakrock, douse the fires and rid it of these evil Covenant fire mages.

It's burnt for 5 years in my world. I need to fix it, make it a glorious crafting hub and sell me a home there.

Now we getting the year of the Nord it's time.

I'll pay crowns
I'll buy the chapter

It's time....

I agree. Tbh I like the town so much that I refuse to initiate the quest to evacuate the town.

But...the completion dictates!

HalvarIronfist

Beardimus wrote: »

Dear @ZOS_GinaBruno & @ZOS_JessicaFolsom & @ZOS_RichLambert

It's time to allow us to restore Bleakrock, douse the fires and rid it of these evil Covenant fire mages.

It's burnt for 5 years in my world. I need to fix it, make it a glorious crafting hub and sell me a home there.

Now we getting the year of the Nord it's time.

I'll pay crowns
I'll buy the chapter

It's time....

Why this hasn't ever been done is a mystery, I love bleakrock.

Beardimus

Feels like we have a petition going here!

We must be heard!

IsharaMeradin

Oh... Give a reason for PvE players to go to Cyrodiil. Let the door / wall repair kits be usable to restore buildings across all the maps after their respective quests are completed. Bleakrock Isle, Silsailen in Auridon, Dawnbreak in Auridon, Southpoint in Grahtwood, etc...

TheShadowScout

ArchMikem wrote: »

There really should have been a post questline instance that had the Covenant gone and the villagers trying to rebuild.

That sounds so nifty!

A additional instance for all those who finished the "Stonefalls" questline where the covenant invasion gets beaten back (and some more stuff happens)... where the players can have a bunch of questings to help the rebuilding, perhaps as "introduction quest" to some expansion sometime...?
And once you rebuilt everything, it makes a really nifty vacation destination (please add some more "optional" new life daily questings for DLC and other post-mainstory regions, and plop onet smack into the middle of a restored bleackrock!)

Tai-Chi

I would love to see Bleakrock rid of the invaders, rebuilt and to be given the opportunity to buy a small house in the village.

Will that ever happen? I doubt it because to do so, a whole new story line quest would have to be written in order to facilitate that happening. One would have to take into account all the permutations and combinations that happen further down the line, due to choices the player makes, in the near future and the ones that either he/she has already made in the distant future, or might make in the distant future.

It is not as simple as just sending in an army to rid the Village of its menace.

1. Who is going to lead the mission? The Hero [Vestige] with or without Soul?
2. Whom from the original Villagers will return to rebuild? Player choices both in the long and short-term would have to be taken into account.

The amount of work involved for the Devs would be far too much - is my guess - but who knows, it could be a surprise awaiting for us in Q3 or Q4.

Ilithyania

Bleakrock

ShellaSunshine

Fantastic idea! I support this 100%!!!!

stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO

Tai-Chi wrote: »

It is not as simple as just sending in an army to rid the Village of its menace.

Yes, it is.

1. Who is going to lead the mission? The Hero [Vestige] with or without Soul?

This is completely ignored by all other quests in the game, except for the main quest, so why would it matter for this particular one?

[*] Whom from the original Villagers will return to rebuild? Player choices both in the long and short-term would have to be taken into account.

Just have the ones who always survive return, and those who are possibly dead choose not to return. Seriously, there is nothing difficult about designing the quest. Actually creating the content involves some effort, true, but the non-burning, pre-invasion Bleakrock is a good start, and that's already in the game assets.

The design choice to have a nice place forever destroyed by the main quest line always felt awkward to me. A more natural choice would be to have a besieged or plagued area cleansed and restored, remaining available to revisit as a reward for a job well done. Boring and predictable, sure, but there is nothing fun with a depressing outcome for a quest well done.

There are some other quests in the game with this kind of dark and depressing design (anyone remember Tovisa's grim and unavoidable fate once you take her quest in the Rift?), but none with such far-reaching negative consequences for a zone.