Make Hunting Skyshards Great Again!

Faenorlas

I totally understand that there's a lot of people out there that just want to speed run everything. For some this includes looking up the exact location of skyshards and running through each zone as fast as they can to get all of them.

The new update has catered specifically to this one group regarding skyshards, with no thought to those of us who actually enjoy hunting them down.

One of my favorite mini-games in ESO was deciphering the clues given to us, then hunting down the locations of skyshards. With the new update, that has been totally taken away. All we now have to do is get within a mile of a skyshard, a skyshard icon appears on our compass, then we blindly chase that icon to it's location. Not to mention the unfilterable 'undiscovered skyshard' icon on our maps.

Now I'm not saying take this new way of doing things away from those of you who want it this way.

ALL IM ASKING FOR IS THE OPTION OF FILTERING 'UNDISCOVERED SKYSHARDS' FROM THE COMPASS AND MAP. There are so many filters for everything. We even already have a filter for 'discovered skyshards'. Why did Zenimax stop short of letting us filter 'undiscovered skyshards' from the compass and map?

Let the speed-runners of the game have their icons to blindly follow. But give the rest of us an option to filter our fun back into the game!

AcadianPaladin

I've had skyshards on my map and minimap thanks to addons for a long time and like it. But having filters is a good idea to accommodate differing approaches to adventuring and discovery. So you can, you know, play how you want, right?

Nestor

All Map/Compass Helpers should be a Toggle.

Ippokrates

Nestor wrote: »

All Map/Compass Helpers should be a Toggle.

There is one thing i do not understand. Why you simple do not turn off UI. Once you learn how skills are signalled and master your rotation, you can easily play without it. Especially overland content. And TBH this is real, immersive fun! Not as halfmeasures: turn off this or that

Sylvermynx

Take a look at this post:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/7440443/#Comment_7440443

If you have any addons, you can add the relevant lines to one of them (ANY one of them) to shut off the new map and compass display of skyshards.

barney2525

I use the addon. I did not know there were Any maps that show skyshards Without using an addon.

Sylvermynx

barney2525 wrote: »

I use the addon. I did not know there were Any maps that show skyshards Without using an addon.

The game map now shows skyshards when you get fairly close - do you not see doubled icons now in game, one from the addon and a somewhat larger one over it?

barney2525

No. Hadn't noticed. And my current character is simply doing zone achievements - including skyshards.

I suppose it could be I check the addon map and it is outside the range to 'duplicate' the skyshard. However, I Like the fact that I can see where I need to go so I am not wasting time just blundering around, pointlessly burning up xp scrolls and chickens.

Maya_Nur

How about jumping puzzles?

whitecrow

Ok, I just experienced this myself for the first time and yeah... please put this fun back into the game!
The first one I ran into was on a promontory that you wouldn't notice if you didn't look up... and that's okay!
I mean we already have clues. Now they show on the compass too! Seriously?
It is very disappointing.

Hapexamendios

When was skyshard hunting ever great?

Sylvermynx

Hapexamendios wrote: »

When was skyshard hunting ever great?

I've always enjoyed it.

YandereGirlfriend

I like the new feature but also believe that this is a completely reasonable request.

Adding toggles is almost always a nice solution to a problem so different sets of users can all be happy.

Destai

I would think most people just wanted them on the map like any other icon. Pretty simple request and then we got the proximity-based answer - which was pretty disappointing. We still have to rely on external devices and media to find them. Many of the guilds do hunting events. The update didn't really make those common activities any easier.

M0ntie

I must say, having played on console, and found it excruciatingly tedious finding sky shards, especially for the 5+ time, I’m really surprised anyone wants to not see them. But I guess this shows different play styles.

LadyDestiny

M0ntie wrote: »

I must say, having played on console, and found it excruciatingly tedious finding sky shards, especially for the 5+ time, I’m really surprised anyone wants to not see them. But I guess this shows different play styles.

Agreed. I can't believe it took this many years to add this to console. was pc beta player that transfered to console to play with family. I definitely miss some of the add ons that should have been standard in the game UI on all platforms.
Too many years of shard hunting. I just want to get it done.

spartaxoxo

M0ntie wrote: »

I must say, having played on console, and found it excruciatingly tedious finding sky shards, especially for the 5+ time, I’m really surprised anyone wants to not see them. But I guess this shows different play styles.

Not gonna lie I felt the same way. But to each his own, I suppose. I am really over finding at this point personally.

whitecrow

This is really sucking the fun out of exploring the new zone. And the clues have been made easier, too! They used to just hint at a location; now they explicitly tell you where to go.

I guess the next thing will be markers for treasure maps...