Unearthing the Past

nmw003ub17_ESO1

Anyone else having problem gathering motes? for some reason it's extremely hard to find them

Phoenix_Azure_Stars

Motes can be gathered at the opening to the grave yard as found by the player of Selena Varian

dr4296b14a_ESO

Yes, I'm having big-time problems. The quest description suggests you have to kill the cultists who are performing ceremonies on the circles. And the map seems to confirm this by giving you a huge circle for that quest goal.

However, last night, there were a ton of people in that area, all bogged down, trying to get those motes. And there was a lot of chat surrounding the fact that SOME people thought you had to wait for the cultists on the circles to START THEIR CEREMONY before killing them. And of course, newbs to the area (myself included) didn't know that at first... would come in the second one spawned, kill it, and then be condemned in chat for doing so. However, there were a few people who were adamant that you could kill those guys immediately and get the drops.

I logged on again just now... figuring 5:00 AM in the morning US time won't be so crowded... and I clearly hit some cultists who were kneeled and praying already in those circles. No drops at all.

Getting quite slowed-down by this.

dr4296b14a_ESO

Just found something here that says they only drop off of necromancers:
http://dulfy.net/2014/03/30/eso-betnikh-quest-guide/

Well, that would explain why I didn't find any just now: I only encountered "bloodthorn cultists" at the circles.

dr4296b14a_ESO

Yep, confirmed! Make sure it's a "Bloodthorn Necromancer" standing on the circle. Not sure yet about how long you have to wait (if any) after it spawns before you kill it.

dr4296b14a_ESO

By the way, not EVERY Necromancer drops the two motes. However, I got lucky, somebody apparently killed one and left the motes sitting there... and nobody had gotten to them yet when I arrived. So I got two for free. Makes up somewhat for losing 45 minutes there last night and getting nothing.

So, you may want to visit this area when it's not "prime time". Not sure, but I wonder if grouping might help as well. Can't help but wonder... if one group member gets the kill, can they all come in and pick up two motes?

Seagonius

Either way this is a huge bottleneck and needs to be addressed. At best it's confusing and bad design, at worst bugged. Either way it's a problem that seems to be holding up a lot of people from progressing.

dispatcher505_ESO

Seagonius wrote: »

Either way this is a huge bottleneck and needs to be addressed. At best it's confusing and bad design, at worst bugged. Either way it's a problem that seems to be holding up a lot of people from progressing.

Everything is going to be a huge bottleneck for awhile. The game just launched for early release yesterday, that means thousands and thousands of people fighting for the same mob in the same areas. Look at it like a horse race......as soon as the gates pop all the horses are bunched up and fighting for position. After awhile the field spreads out and becomes more clear. Things will even out.

Noaz

The necromancers don't drop motes so yeah bad design choice and that didn't happen in the beta...

Noaz

No, as i said they don't drop. I finished this quest in the beta, the don't work. No matter where and how they are killed, tried this for the last 8 hours on and off.

rectalbandit

i just did this quest. what seemed to work very consistently for me was to actually 'interrupt' (as in hold right click and then left click) the standing praying necromancers at the circles (didn't have to wait or anything).

Novastarone

what a *** quest. Seriously.

mmriftb14_ESO

Agree, this one is very poorly designed, and the quest description is vague. People are swarming all over the area and no one can progress. This one needs an overhaul.

Carraig

rectalbandit wrote: »

i just did this quest. what seemed to work very consistently for me was to actually 'interrupt' (as in hold right click and then left click) the standing praying necromancers at the circles (didn't have to wait or anything).

Worked as a charm for me too. Within 10 minutes I had the staff recharged and yes, there were many players around. A pleasant surprise also was the fact that I was able to kill the 3 abdominations without one of them bugging out.

legione

this quest has a either very bad design or it's broken: I was able to get 2 motes from a single necromancer (I guess that they always drop two of them?) but after that I was stuck like pretty much everybody else for about 45 mins. After that I just logged out this sort of chores makes the game not fun!