No more antiquities please

FluffWit · February 2023

Please, just stop adding new ones.

When it first got added it was kinda fun- something different at least. But that was years ago, nothing has been done to freshen up the various mini games since then and for those of us who've done a lot... it simply isnt fun anymore.

Note I'm not saying to remove the existing ones. Hundreds of new players come in every year, some of them probably still enjoy it. And I'm not saying don't add new mythics, or new furnishings, etc, etc. Just add them in different ways to keep the game fresh.

You have a very cookie cutter design to dlc releases- 3 new craftsble sets, 6 new delves, etc. Most of that works great. But adding more and more stuff that's locked behind this boring mini game every big update is just... boring.

Just to give an example of adding mythics in different ways- if Oakensoul had been the reward for finishing High Isles main story I probably would have actually done High Isles main story.

Marcus684 · February 2023

I like new antiquities.

If you don’t like something new in the game just skip it.

Aislinna · February 2023

Yet another "I don't want to do something in the game, please remove it so nobody can do it" thread.

I enjoy antiquities; I like that they encourage me to explore different parts of the game, zones and activities I may not have tried if the lead hadn't taken me there.

TaSheen · February 2023

It's still a lot of fun for me, so I hope they keep adding more and more.

SpacemanSpiff1 · February 2023

moar antiquities please. ive got more character to level up

LannStone · February 2023

I don't understand the sentiment - I look forward to more new antiquities

XSTRONG · February 2023

I dont do it much but once in awhile.
Dont mind if they add new ones

spartaxoxo · February 2023

I like antiquities. I hope they continue to add them.

Carcamongus · February 2023

"... and for those of us who've done a lot... it simply isn't fun anymore." I've done quite a lot, with two toons at level max and piles of antiquities in the bank (over 120 void crystal anomalies, for example) and it remains fun. What is not very fun is the grind for some leads, especially those from treasure maps and dungeons.

TX12001rwb17_ESO · February 2023

What is with people and thinking just because something is there you have to do it? Same with housing just because there is a spot here with nothing on it I have to put something there even though I am running out of item slots.

smackinhippies · February 2023

No different than the card game for me; I don't enjoy it so I don't play it but would not want to see them discontinue to expand it as there are people that do enjoy it.

The biggest issue I have with the current system is how leads are sourced and the role RNG plays into that. Grinding DSA even on normal is a slog.. I ran EH 42 times before the lead I needed for Ring of the Wild hunt would drop. Lockboxes in Murkmire and water plants in Shadowfen also come to mind where all the toxicity and conflict could have easily been avoided with a better sourcing method.

wolfie1.0. · February 2023

I wouldn't mind it so much if the drop rates weren't so bad. Up the drop rates and that's really all I need for it to go from nuke it from the game to let's do it.

Elsonso · February 2023

Marcus684 wrote: »

I like new antiquities.

Yup. This is one of the nice things about new zones. Assuming that leads aren't too rare, then I never see them, anyway.

Beilin_Balreis_Colcan · February 2023

I like antiquities. My house is full of weird and wonderful items because of all the digs I've done. It's like a fascinating museum now.

SilverIce58 · February 2023

Why do you feel like because you don't enjoy them, nobody else gets to? Just stop doing them if that's how you feel. I for one love antiquities and the lore they add/new furnishings/new gear.

ArchangelIsraphel · February 2023

I want more antiquities, I like hunting for the leads, and I enjoy digging them up.

Don't treat systems as something you HAVE to do, and you wont get bored of them as easily.

Artim_X · February 2023

Antiquities is one of the best features added to the game that helps keep every zone relevant in some manner.

Amottica · February 2023

Antiquities will continue for the foreseeable future. Mythics are very popular. That does not mean the RNG of some of the leads is not popular but the system as a whole and the gear and some fashion items are.

Alinhbo_Tyaka · February 2023

Amottica wrote: »

Antiquities will continue for the foreseeable future. Mythics are very popular. That does not mean the RNG of some of the leads is not popular but the system as a whole and the gear and some fashion items are.

I like it for the housing items.

Sheridan · February 2023

I knew it! Last week someone started a thread "Stop creating new companions". I compared companions to antiquities and ToT decks - a content system that, once introduced, expands with each new chapter. And I wrote:

Next time someone will demand to stop releasing new zones because he can't be bothered to complete them, or stop creating new classes because he does not use alts

Well, we now have the antiquities thread, so I guess that time is almost upon us.

It's astounding how people start to protest against new content instead of demands for more. What is happening? I may as well repeat myself from the previous thread:

It's strange to ask for a sudden cancellation of the system for everyone because you personally have enough of it. If you don't want it, don't play it. It's not the reason to deprive others of it

SilverBride · February 2023

The only thing I hate about it is the grind to level 10. (I know I only need one player to reach 10, but I like them all maxed so I don't have to change characters to dig up leads when I find them.)

DMuehlhausen · February 2023

They are perfectly fine. This is your FOMO showing. You don't have to 100% everything in the game. if you don't like digging up stuff then don't do it.

colossalvoids · February 2023

Antiquities are a fine way of adding any kind of stuff throughout the game without wasting resources imo. It's super quick mini game with no chance to fail (almost for some, maybe). While not really enjoyable it's at least insanely fast compared to, for example, an actual mini game like tot that would be a disaster to play before/instead excavations.

Gear antiquities gives me slight diablo 2 uniques vibe, unlike stale and uninspired set drops that I wish this game would at least slow down with.

Furnishings are a good way to present in-game lore while also adding some attachment for "earning" it instead of outright buying, making more of older content viable in a process.

Grizzbeorn · February 2023

Yet another person trying to control how other people play the game; they don't like something so their answer is to stop development of that thing for everybody.

NO.

Stop making these kinds of requests. You are not the only person playing this game.

ProudMary · February 2023

I've disliked the antiquities system since inception. It's tedious, takes forever to grind out the skills, and as someone who has zero interest in housing it has no appeal to me what so ever.

Antiquities is a major distraction from the things that make/made ESO great; a great combat system. ESO would do a lot better if they focused on improving and maintaining the combat system vs. working on tedious mini games.

Flameweaver1951 · February 2023

Only one of my characters tried and gave up with the antiquities mini game.

The fact that all of my other characters have leads thrown at them from all sorts for sources, including fishing, opening chests, crates & thieves lock boxes, even daily crafting writs is a pure anoyance. If they don't have the antiquity skills why give the leads? It's so frustating.

fred4 · February 2023

FluffWit wrote: »

Just to give an example of adding mythics in different ways- if Oakensoul had been the reward for finishing High Isles main story I probably would have actually done High Isles main story.

Some of us, after 7.5 years in this game in my case, do not quest at all. I would rather grind. If the game had cut scenes and the writers from Dragon Age: Origins, I might feel differently, though I'm not sure. It's just all about the combat and group activities at this point. I appreciate the environments and architecture of new overland zones, but that's as far as it goes.

Roztlin45 · February 2023

Antiquities are great! Hope zos adds more.

ruengdet2515 · February 2023

Love it very much but... don't put LEAD in PVP Zone.

LalMirchi · February 2023

I vote for "More antiquities please!".

lusshtgarel · February 2023

That you don't like something doesn't mean everyone else doesn't. I see how the system might be overwhelming, but I look forward to them adding more, especially furnishings.