DO NOT BUY HIGH ISLE IF YOU WANT CERTAIN MYTHIC ITEMS

BlakMarket

Bought High Isle in anticipation of certain mythic items, pre-purchased and was excited. Farmed Sea-serpent Coil, took around 4 hrs. Ok, not so bad. Move onto Oakensoul, first 4 leads around 4hrs, final lead "Petrified Oak Loop" the 4 hrs I tried was literally the most unenjoyable time I've ever spent playing a video game, as the forums show. Decide to farm "Dov-Rha Sabatons" while wait we from a response from ZOS regarding Oakensoul lead. Another mistake. First 2 leads, around 3 hrs then the "Dov-rha Sabaton Toe Cap" which is any Psijic portal, 3 days later and around 12 hrs, 66 portals and no lead.

Been playing ESO since Mythic items were introduced, never has the grind been this frustrating/unenjoyable/infuriating.

ZOS you are making me hate my favorite game, and the kicker is I paid $59 for this experience. I just want to play my favorite game with the new toys I payed for, not contemplate deleting ESO and main another game.

Elo106

Its like they never learn, we had the exact same issue back in greymore when they had that lead on that table

I didnt pay for this expansion just to sit there pressing E for hours hoping for some RNG

ADarklore

Their attitude is... "we want to give them something to keep them playing the game"... instead they give us content that makes us want to QUIT the game! They really need to get a grasp between 'time well spent' and 'wasting player's time'. MMOs are meant to include some grind, not a virtual dead end. Basically, it feels like them saying, "let's dangle something in front of them, but put it behind a wall that only a few die-hard players will actually be able to get". It's not fun, it's not 'time well spent' and it's not even a "grind"... it's a WALL!!

BlakMarket

ADarklore wrote: »

Their attitude is... "we want to give them something to keep them playing the game"... instead they give us content that makes us want to QUIT the game! They really need to get a grasp between 'time well spent' and 'wasting player's time'. MMOs are meant to include some grind, not a virtual dead end. Basically, it feels like them saying, "let's dangle something in front of them, but put it behind a wall that only a few die-hard players will actually be able to get". It's not fun, it's not 'time well spent' and it's not even a "grind"... it's a WALL!!

Well said, my friend.

Necrotech_Master

i do the leads as i get them but i dont heavily farm for them until about the 3rd week after a patch (so they can fix issues with drop rates, and avoid the "rush")

merpins

Still haven't gotten the coil lead from Mage's Guild dailies, done it every day on 9 characters since release.

RisenEclipse

MovesLikeJaguar wrote: »

Still haven't gotten the coil lead from Mage's Guild dailies, done it every day on 9 characters since release.

There's a lead from mages guild dailies? XD I literally got the 30 day achievement for that one, just to get the achievement. Didn't get a single lead. Didn't even know there was one. That's pretty bad LOL

merpins

RisenEclipse wrote: »

MovesLikeJaguar wrote: »

Still haven't gotten the coil lead from Mage's Guild dailies, done it every day on 9 characters since release.

There's a lead from mages guild dailies? XD I literally got the 30 day achievement for that one, just to get the achievement. Didn't get a single lead. Didn't even know there was one. That's pretty bad LOL

The lead is for the Sea Serpent's Coil, which came out with High Isle. So it's only been a couple days.

Dagoth_Rac

I'm still trying to get the lead from Deadlands daily reward coffers!

TechMaybeHic

8 hours of content per item. Sounds like it adds up to marketing material to me. "X hours of content!"

Celephantsylvius_Bornasfinmo

Didn't buy the DLC and I don't intend to at all this time around. The model is/has losing/lost it's appeal.
(Honest opinion of a 8 year eso vet)

Alinhbo_Tyaka

Youyouz06 wrote: »

Didn't buy the DLC and I don't intend to at all this time around. The model is/has losing/lost it's appeal.
(Honest opinion of a 8 year eso vet)

I feel the same. I was going to wait for the fall sale but at this point I'm planning to wait for it to become a DLC when the next chapter comes out. I will pay for a month of ESO+ service to run the quests and dungeons and call it done.

majulook

I have gave up on Antiquities other than just stumbling upon them. The grind has become more and more like work.
I play games to relax and have fun. The constant hours and hours of time to get a single part of a multi-part item is not my idea of relaxation or fun.

lots players must enjoy this type of grind play, or else it would not be so much of it in the game.

Cuddlypuff

Also haven't bought it. Going to let ESO+ expire for now as well until https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/599878/fps-drops-after-u33 gets acknowledged and fixed.

kojou

The reason I buy chapters is the story content. Everything else is just fluff.

I do find it annoying that they keep putting leads for mythic items behind things that are infuriating to farm though.

tim77

agree, its getting worse and worse...

• already bad rng is reaching new levels since deadlands
• hidden cooldowns seems to be the latest fun in zos department (and the worst for players)
• eso crashing explorer and os related apps which was known on pts, yet made it to live

you know you are pushing people away with all that bs, do you?

Jamie_Aubrey

STOP trying to get everything in the first week

Wait a few weeks and then go get wwhat you need

Wolfpaw

Elo106 wrote: »

Its like they never learn, we had the exact same issue back in greymore when they had that lead on that table

I didnt pay for this expansion just to sit there pressing E for hours hoping for some RNG

ZOS or the players?

Wolfpaw

Alinhbo_Tyaka wrote: »

Youyouz06 wrote: »

Didn't buy the DLC and I don't intend to at all this time around. The model is/has losing/lost it's appeal.
(Honest opinion of a 8 year eso vet)

I feel the same. I was going to wait for the fall sale but at this point I'm planning to wait for it to become a DLC when the next chapter comes out. I will pay for a month of ESO+ service to run the quests and dungeons and call it done.

Same here.

Hopefully ZOS tells their employees it's time to go back to the office, if they haven't already, hire more, put in some great work for next year, & knock it out of the park.

RisenEclipse

MovesLikeJaguar wrote: »

RisenEclipse wrote: »

MovesLikeJaguar wrote: »

Still haven't gotten the coil lead from Mage's Guild dailies, done it every day on 9 characters since release.

There's a lead from mages guild dailies? XD I literally got the 30 day achievement for that one, just to get the achievement. Didn't get a single lead. Didn't even know there was one. That's pretty bad LOL

The lead is for the Sea Serpent's Coil, which came out with High Isle. So it's only been a couple days.

Ah! I see! :P well that's a bit better I guess. Lol

NotaDaedraWorshipper

Who would buy a chapter just for the mythics?

DagenHawk

BlakMarket wrote: »

Bought High Isle in anticipation of certain mythic items,

Never understood people who play the game (or MMO's in general) like a spreadsheet...But you do you.

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Who would buy a chapter just for the mythics?

This guy...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCKdu2FV5QY

BlakMarket

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Who would buy a chapter just for the mythics?

[snip] most end game players.

[edited for mild baiting]

DagenHawk

BlakMarket wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Who would buy a chapter just for the mythics?

[snip] most end game players.

Why would he Troll?

ESO isn't WoW dude; the Hyper-Competitive community is rather small comparatively. ESO caught all those players that didn't want a Raid or Die game . I mean sometimes I believe the devs wish raiding was larger but the game is what it is.

Not one single person I know in game would waste time farming for any mythic, I mean to me why do it ? There isn't any story locked behind raids, and you can craft the most Badass looking gear.

But as I said you do you. Plenty of room for all of us.

[edited to remove quote]

aurorable

Glad I didn't buy it, after the previous underwhelming expansions and boring grind fest of previous mythics it has left a bad taste in my mouth.

BlakMarket

DagenHawk wrote: »

BlakMarket wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Who would buy a chapter just for the mythics?

[snip] most end game players.

Why would he Troll?

ESO isn't WoW dude the Hyper-Competitive community is rather small comparatively. ESO caught all those players that didn't want a Raid or Die game . I mean sometimes I believe the devs wish raiding was larger but the game is what it is.

Not one single person I know in game would waste time farming for any mythic, I mean to me why do it ? There isn't any story locked behind raids, and you can craft the most Badass looking gear.

But as I said you do you. Plenty of room for all of us.

Thanks for your input, good chat.

[edited to remove quote]

darvaria

Yes, I 100% regret buying the expansion. There is NOTHING here. And like others, I'm not standing around punching "E" (or mouse scroll if you change for hours on end.

I'll unsub for a few months and maybe try it again at the end of the summer.

Kiralyn2000

If you're buying an expansion for a couple pieces of loot, you probably shouldn't be buying it anyway. /shrug

DagenHawk

Kiralyn2000 wrote: »

If you're buying an expansion for a couple pieces of loot, you probably shouldn't be buying it anyway. /shrug

I guess in a way it's sorta like buying epics...

NotaDaedraWorshipper

BlakMarket wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Who would buy a chapter just for the mythics?

[snip] most end game players.

No, I'm seriously wondering why someone, even hardcore trial PvErs would throw almost 60€ for just a few pieces of gear.

[edited to remove quote]

Dalsinthus

I'm a die hard fan of this game and typically buy collectors editions, but the Murkmire strongbox situation has me reevaluating whether to buy chapters at launch going forward. This is just so disrespectful to the player base. It may be delay until fall and get it on a discount from here on out.