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Tel Galen coming July 7, but who else is still creeped out by it?
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I was excited to see it was returning but then I remembered what it looks like: a giant exposed tumor. I've seen Dr. Pimple Popper remove things from people's bodies that look like this tower.
Anyone else creeped out by this tower? Inside is little better, with all this exposed fleshy tumor everywhere.
Now I'm debating whether I should get this and try to turn it into something acceptable-looking or wait for Highhallow Hold. I know it has mold on the walls but the architecture and setting are so beautiful, while Tel Galen looks like a massive cancerous lump of flesh but hearkens back to Morrowind and still retains that odd alien feel that that game had.
Anyone else creeped out by this tower? Inside is little better, with all this exposed fleshy tumor everywhere.
Now I'm debating whether I should get this and try to turn it into something acceptable-looking or wait for Highhallow Hold. I know it has mold on the walls but the architecture and setting are so beautiful, while Tel Galen looks like a massive cancerous lump of flesh but hearkens back to Morrowind and still retains that odd alien feel that that game had.
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Vehlir✭✭✭✭Idk about creeped out but I was and still to a degree am heavily disappointed they went the route they did versus the Telvanni Architecture we seen in TES3. Which is so weird for me because I LOVED their architectural styles in all the other aspects of Vvardenfell, especially Vivec City which I thought was a massive improvement architecturally.
There's been a lot of attempted excuses to explain it over the years, the mage's not being talented enough yet, the craft not perfected yet etc etc but none of them really felt satisfying enough to make up for the fact that we could have gotten one of the most unique, beautiful, iconic architectures in all of TES and instead got something that is far inferior in my opinion.
They feel less like a mastercrafted amalgamation of magic mastery & fungal beauty and more like a regular stone tower that got randomly overgrown by a combination of mushrooms & flesh atronach body pieces.
The differences in quality were night & day in my opinion:
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seecodenotgames✭✭✭✭✭I blocked it off and built a village over the water at the back.
Houses on PC EU (newest first)68. Aldmeri Mansion (Seabloom Villa) - The luxury home as an Altmer family
67. Dawnwood Village (Gladesong Arboretum) - A village built into a new forest
66. Undaunted Fortress (Mournoth Keep) - The undaunted have moved into these Orcish Towers
65. Wedding at Sea (The Fair Winds) - Have a lovely wedding ceremony at sea and relax in the bridal suite in the Captain's Quarters
64. Alikr Oasis Paradise (Sword-singer's Redoubt) - This grand home was built above a deep well to commemorate their ancestors
63. Azandars Tea House (Kelesan Ruhn) - A tea shop/cafe in the shape of a life-sized teapot
62. Sand Castles (Fogbreak Lighthouse) - A literal life size sand castle
61. Riften Meadery (Old Mistveil Manor) - A new meadery has opened outside Riften
60. Helene's Writing Room (Golden Gryphon Garret) - A small room for Helene to get some quiet writing time
59. Picnic at Pelin (Black Vine Villa) - Based on the lore book Picnic at Pelin (A Horror Story)
58. Almalexias Temple (Forsaken Stronghold) - A Dunmer Tower with a shrine to the three
57. Pirate New Life For Me (Highhallow Hold) - A pirate tavern where they gift you loot
56. Woodvine Cathedral (Agony's Ascent) - A living cathedral thriving in the Deadlands
55. Dark Elf Town House (Quondam Indorilia) - A small and cosy town house on the edge of Mournhold
54. The Secret Tower (Exorcised Coven Cottage) - A hidden mage tower in the swamps on the Hag Fen
53. Knight Club (Frostvault Chasm) - A disco in a dwarven mineshaft
52. Dwemer Cave City (The Erstwhile Sanctuary) - A lost dwarven city has been found deep underground
51. Alinor Gryphon Aerie (Colossal Aldmeri Grotto) - A place where gryphons are trained
50. The Charred Towers (Doomchar Plateau) - Deadlands themed fortress with two towers and custom furniture
49. Argonian Sea Town (Tel Galen) - An Argonian sea port
48. Daedric Princess Tower (Seaveil Spire) - An underwater tower dedicated to the Daedric Prince Meridia
47. Fargrave Observatory (Ossa Accentium) - An observatory in the portal realm of Fargrave
46. Hundings Beach House (Hundings Palatial Hall) - Beach house and hottub
45. Crystal Gardens (Snugpod) - Enchanted Gardens with crystalline trees
44. Dawnlight Health Spa (Princely Dawnlight Palace) - Our spa waters are revitalising and ready to heal your aching body
43. Mountainside Retreat (Pariah's Pinnacle) - An orc mountainside hall with an amazing view
42. Volcanic Vile Villa (Kushalit Sanctuary) - A private hollowed out volcano for all your mad alchemist needs
41. Arenthian Water Temple (Strident Springs Demesne) - A relaxing water temple outside Arenthia
40. Woodland Cottage (Ald Velothi Harbor House) - A house in a tree, but not a treehouse
39. Winter Snow Meadhall (Enchanted Snow Globe Home) - A winter meadhall has opened to get everyone in the festive mood
38. Fire and Ice Hotel (Elinhir Private Arena) - An new hotel has opened with an ice bar and a lava room
37. City of Princes (Pantherfang Chapel) - Citadese is under attack from a dragon invasion. Prince Tarvia is leading the escape through the sewers.
36. Dark Brotherhood Home (Stay-Moist Mansion) - A Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary found beneath an Argonian village
35. Volkihar Courtyard (Velothi Reverie) - A castle courtyard modelled on the famous Volkihar Castle in Skyrim
34. Rada's Summer Getaway (Potentate's Retreat) - A Redguard mansion with a dark vampiric secret in the basement
33. Cascadia Wine N Dine (Sweetwater Cascades) - Vineyard and meadery with two restaurants and a chapel
32. Walled Kitchen Garden (Amaya Lake Lodge) - Fresh produce and cut flowers for sale. Hot food served in a family restaurant.
31. Luckycat Summerhouse (Lucky Cat Landing) - A khajiiti villa with spa and dining
30. Helene's Boutique (Water's Edge) - The famous dressmaker has opened a new dress shop in town
29. Alinor Garden Party (Mathiisen Manor) - A party in the flower gardens of a Altmer noble's manor
28. Markarth Bath House (Stone Eagle Aerie) - A relaxing spa and bath house with an arts and craft centre
27. Treeboat house (The Gorinir Estate) - No one know how an imperial ship ended up in the treetops
26. Varlaisvea College (Varlaisvea Ayleid Ruins) - An ancient library has been discovered deep inside an Ayleid ruin
25. City on the Moon (The Orbservatory Prior) - Moonbase with housing and an inn under the stars
24. Lakemire Water Gardens (Lakemire Xanmeer Manor) - Relaxing hanging gardens and a fish restaurant beneath the Xanmeer
23. Hircine's Hunt Club (Hunters Glade) - A relaxing villa for werewolves to feast in the ever refilling hunting grounds
22. Lost Dwarven Kingdom (Shalidor’s Shrouded Realm) - A lost Dwemer king's palace has been found in a mage's pocket realm
21. Replaced with 54. The Secret Tower
20. Topal Fishing Resort (Grand Topal Hideaway) - A resort in the middle of a fishing lake on a private island
19. Castleton Manor (Alinor Crest Townhouse) - The home of Lord Castleton and his daughter Sonja
18. Cave of BBQ N Ribs (Earthtear Cavern) - A secret rocky dome, hosts a BBQ and ribs restaurant
17. Who Lived in a Shoe (The Ample Domicile) - There was an old reach witch who lived in a shoe
16. Dwemer Party Tower (Hall of the Lunar Champion - Lion's Cradle) - A dwarven flying tower repurposed for parties
15. A Taste of Alinor (Sleek Creek House) - A small piece of Alinor beside a creek
14. Lava Submarine Base (Bastion Sanguinaris) - An evil vampire alchemy lab, accessible only via a lava submarine
13. Spirit-tree Library (Wraithhome) - A library built atop an ancient forest within an ancient Daedric ruin
12. Golden Beach Palace (Thieves' Oasis) - A dwarven inspired Redguard beach resort
11. Mad Scientists House (Cyrodilic Jungle House) - Workshop and garage with an experimental De-lore-ean
10. Big Toy House (Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery) - Two life sized doll's houses and a inn beneath the stairs
9. Icy Falls Inn (Forgemaster Falls) - Two Nord lodges on a lake, serving mead and fresh fish
8. Blue-ice Palace (Stillwaters Retreat) - Solitude, but on a frozen lake
7. Mushroom Manor (Coldharbour Surreal Estate) - Dunmer house built from giant mushrooms
6. Vampire Academy with wine bar (Daggerfall Overlook) - Come for the nibbles; stay for eternity
5. Three Pillows War (Grymharth's Woe) - Re-enact the three banners war with pillow forts and floof balls
4. Treefern House (Moon-sugar meadow) - Giant treefern treehouse
3. Artaeum Theatre (Grand Psijic Manor) - Tiered Balcony
2. Imperial Bridal Suite (Linchal Grand Manor) - Wedding venue with bridal suite extension
1. Dragonguard Penthouse (Jode's Embrace) - 3 Extra floors, with indoor conservatory and top floor gym23 -
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✭✭✭I too am freaked out by it, if it wasn’t flesh colored it might be better.
Also you pay top Crown price (unless it’s really on sale, didn’t notice) for such little usable space inside. That’s almost an equally bad turn-off.
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✭✭✭Not sure what the fascination is with this house. It's one of the most disgusting houses in the game.PC NA8 -
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✭✭SkaraMinoc wrote: »Not sure what the fascination is with this house. It's one of the most disgusting houses in the game.
It really is. it's such a shame. The mushroom towers in TES III were magical oddities but in ESO they're disgusting fleshy growths.7 -
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The Bosmer homes look more like the Telvanni ones from Morrowind, I tried to make a sort of Telvanni Tower from Bouldertree Refuge, allways welcome to take a look on PC-EU.
But I couldn't resist to buy Tel Galen either. Somehow it fits my Necromancer
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✭✭✭✭✭It's - rather obscene - I find.... I would never waste money on it. This is not how I envision a huge mushroom at all.______________________________________________________
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maximusrex45✭✭✭✭The mushroominess of it doesn't bother me as much as it is overly filled with mushroom leaving too little interior floor space.
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✭katanagirl1 wrote: »I too am freaked out by it, if it wasn’t flesh colored it might be better.Holycannoli wrote: »SkaraMinoc wrote: »Not sure what the fascination is with this house. It's one of the most disgusting houses in the game.
It really is. it's such a shame. The mushroom towers in TES III were magical oddities but in ESO they're disgusting fleshy growths.
THIS. I probably would have loved Tel Galen if it was a nice blue shade or something on the mushroom bits.... but nope
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WraithCaller88✭✭✭Idk about creeped out but I was and still to a degree am heavily disappointed they went the route they did versus the Telvanni Architecture we seen in TES3. Which is so weird for me because I LOVED their architectural styles in all the other aspects of Vvardenfell, especially Vivec City which I thought was a massive improvement architecturally.
There's been a lot of attempted excuses to explain it over the years, the mage's not being talented enough yet, the craft not perfected yet etc etc but none of them really felt satisfying enough to make up for the fact that we could have gotten one of the most unique, beautiful, iconic architectures in all of TES and instead got something that is far inferior in my opinion.
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That's why Telvanni mushrooms look the way they do; ZOS gave their aesthetic to the Bosmer, so they had to come up with something new.
Honestly, if they had just went with a more brown/grey color palette rather than pink, it wouldn't be an issue at all. Though I'll also say I've seen a few pictures of fungus & mushrooms that look frighteningly like human flesh, so... they weren't totally off-base here.
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Vehlir✭✭✭✭HappyTheCamper wrote: »Also worth considering we may be headed to the Telvanni peninsula in the next year or so, based on some dialogue at the end of the High Isle main quest.
Yeah I've had my eye on this as well. Not even speaking on the architecture, it's by far one of my most anticipated areas to see! Super hyped for that one day, hopefully it is coming next year!
However speaking on the architecture, hopefully it comes with some improved Telvanni architecture. Could make sense lore-wise, the more advanced of the Telvanni having better mastered the art of it.Edited by Vehlir on July 5, 2022 3:48PM1 -
WraithCaller88✭✭✭HappyTheCamper wrote: »Also worth considering we may be headed to the Telvanni peninsula in the next year or so, based on some dialogue at the end of the High Isle main quest.
Yeah I've had my eye on this as well. Not even speaking on the architecture, it's by far one of my most anticipated areas to see! Super hyped for that one day, hopefully it is coming next year!
However speaking on the architecture, hopefully it comes with some improved Telvanni architecture. Could make sense lore-wise, the more advanced of the Telvanni having better mastered the art of it.
I am READY for the Telvanni Peninsula Chapter with Port Telvanis & Firewatch, new Telvanni manor home, ancestral Telvanni motif, new Telvanni furnishings, Telvanni-themed antiquities, Telvanni crates with new Telvanni cosmetics, and Telvanni-themed mounts.1
