Character Bound Research Scrolls

regime211

why is this even a thing? Some people prefer to have one toon as a crafter instead of multiple toons. So why is it that we are subjected to " Character Bound" research scrolls?

Taleof2Cities

Um ... to level up your new characters faster?

regime211

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

Um ... to level up your new characters faster?

I rather keep one character as a crafter rather than use it for a new character who i have no desire to craft on.

Taleof2Cities

regime211 wrote: »

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

Um ... to level up your new characters faster?

I rather keep one character as a crafter rather than use it for a new character who i have no desire to craft on.

You still have the daily rewards scrolls or Ambrosia for that.

But the intended purpose of leveling rewards is ... wait for it ... to level up your new character.

Aisleyne

As with many of the leveling rewards, they're there to introduce parts of the game to new players. Leveling rewards are character bound because they're made to help with new characters. They don't want people mass leveling characters to accumulate unlimited rewards.

Bradyfjord

Due to the fact that the leveling rewards are character bound, there's really no reason to save them. Use them as you get them.

With new characters, for research scrolls, it's best to learn nirnhoned or another favorite trait. If it's their first one it won't take long.

Best of luck. 🍺

CMDR_Un1k0rn

It would be rather easy to exploit. Think about it for a moment. It really is quite obvious.

VaranisArano

regime211 wrote: »

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

Um ... to level up your new characters faster?

I rather keep one character as a crafter rather than use it for a new character who i have no desire to craft on.

Level up new character.
Pass research scroll onto Main Crafter.
Level up new character.
Pass research scroll onto Main Crafter.
Level up new character.
Pass research scroll onto Main Crafter.
Repeat until finished or bored to tears.

This is why all the notable level up rewards are bound or one-time-only, not just the scrolls. ZOS doesn't want players and bots passing on rewards.

bearbelly

From which source do they come character bound?
All the ones I have are account bound (bankable, thus shareable between my characters).

kringled_1

The only ones that are character bound are ones from level up rewards.

regime211

kringled_1 wrote: »

The only ones that are character bound are ones from level up rewards.

Yeah i understand that but the "Instant Research Scrolls" which is what I am talking about and not experience scrolls as my title said lol.

regime211

Guys I did not say anything about experience scrolls, it clearly says "Research Scrolls" meaning the ones you use to reduce progress for a crafting skill line.

Sephyr

regime211 wrote: »

Guys I did not say anything about experience scrolls, it clearly says "Research Scrolls" meaning the ones you use to reduce progress for a crafting skill line.

I really don't understand why others are having such a hard time understanding this. Especially based on their post count.

Anyways, I end up using mine as sort of an insta-trait learn so I don't have to sit on a bunch of items in my bank. I know it's not something that's an answer and I too would love them where they're not character bound as they make no lick of sense to have them that way as they do not level your character like people in this thread seem to think.

Aisleyne

I believe that everyone here is talking about the same thing. References to leveling are about the fact that the character bound research scrolls are given as a reward for reaching a certain level on that character. They do not want you leveling tons of characters to farm Research scrolls for your crafter. That is not the purpose of the rewards.

TheShadowScout

regime211 wrote: »

So why is it that we are subjected to " Character Bound" research scrolls?

Because those are free levelling rewards.
Free... Rewards...
FREE!

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The Gifted Guar

One day a farmer decided to give his daughter a gift. She had started a family of her own, and he wished good fortune for her. He chose his finest guar and brought it to his daughter's new home.

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The daughter tried to calm her husband, but the farmer simply nodded and said, "You may examine this guar as you see fit."

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(Use them if you like, destroy if you don't like, and don't think any further! )

Danikat

regime211 wrote: »

Guys I did not say anything about experience scrolls, it clearly says "Research Scrolls" meaning the ones you use to reduce progress for a crafting skill line.

People call them levelling scrolls or rewards because that's where they come from, not because that's what they're used for.

The only character bound research scrolls are the ones which come from level up rewards, all the rest are account bound and can be shared between characters. The reason those ones are character bound is so you can't get a free, infinite supply of them by levelling a character up then deleting them and doing it again - which is exactly what several people were planning to do when level rewards were first announced.

VaranisArano

regime211 wrote: »

Guys I did not say anything about experience scrolls, it clearly says "Research Scrolls" meaning the ones you use to reduce progress for a crafting skill line.

Yes. I'm aware.

You are talking about the research scroll you get as a Level Up reward on a new character, which ZOS intends to be used on that new character to level up (your crafting research) faster/easier.
ZOS does NOT want you passing that level up reward research scroll onto your other characters.

Why not, ZOS?
Because people/bots would abuse it to feed free research scrolls to their main crafter as opposed to buying the in-game or crown store versions of the research scrolls.
That's why all the notable Level Up rewards for new characters are character bound or 1-time-only type things for the account.

Sylvermynx

I'd just like to trade the account bound ones from daily rewards for gems - my mains are done with research, and I'm not into research on alts. So I wind up destroying them.

bearbelly

regime211 wrote: »

Guys I did not say anything about experience scrolls, it clearly says "Research Scrolls" meaning the ones you use to reduce progress for a crafting skill line.

And I'm saying the only research scrolls I've ever gotten (and still have a ton of) are account bound, not character bound.

Danikat

Sylvermynx wrote: »

I'd just like to trade the account bound ones from daily rewards for gems - my mains are done with research, and I'm not into research on alts. So I wind up destroying them.

Agreed. For now mine are just piling up in a chest, just in case I decide to level crafting on another character one day. But I don't think I've ever used any of them and when I need the space they'll be the first thing to go.

Arunei

I would be more inclined to believe it's because they don't want people hoarding them on a main crafter if they weren't giving us Research Scrolls every month. What's the difference between the ones we get just for logging in and the more limited ones you get from leveling up? I think people are forgetting you can only delete up to 3 characters at a time and then there's a cooldown on when you can delete a character again, so it's not like people can just make a character, get scroll, delete character, over and over and over and over. There are limits that would prevent that even if the Scrolls weren't character locked. Also keep in mind that the Scrolls still only take a day off research times, which get downright ridiculous for later traits. How many people do you think are legit going to spend the time to 'cheat the system' and farm dozens of new characters for them?

And honestly, it's crafting. It's not like gold bots or something, so even if there are a few people who might do this, it's not like it would cause any major upsets in...much of anything really. It just means a person would be able to craft their own sets sooner.

And again, people forget we get several Research Scrolls every month as login rewards, aka doing next to nothing. At least if people were farming a few characters for Scrolls, they would actually be playing, right? And they'd be earning the reward.

But just realistically, people wouldn't be farming these things to any real extent if they could be transferred between characters. You might have people claiming they would, but when people realize just how much work it would be to get anywhere close to a meaningful number of Scrolls to counter the wait for research, they'd stop. Even with full passives to increase the number of items you can research at once and reduce the time it takes I think it was 6 months to fully research everything? I could be completely wrong, but even if it only took 3 or so months to fully research everything, the amount of work it would take to 'farm' enough Scrolls to knock off just a month of that time would be something I don't see most people doing.

Especially since don't the Scrolls you get via leveling have a cooldown of 24 hours between each use? It's been ages since I've leveled a character and honestly don't remember if they have cooldowns.