Do you grind event coffers? Why, or why not?

SeaGtGruff

KlauthWarthog

Hardly ever

Unless the associated activity is entertaining, I don't.

Soarora

Never

I hate grinding in any game. ESO captured me into grinding despite that for too long. I have better things to do. The most grinding of event coffers I do are getting them by accident or daily writs for anniversary.

TaSheen

Never

I did in the first couple years I played. I don't any more - the stuff in them isn't really worth my time now. Only in Jubilee has it been of value for me - for the mats (including Perfect Roe and other valuables) but not really the style pages - have most of the older ones now on all accounts, and the newer ones weren't included this year.

I have better things to do with my time. I pick up one coffer on each main, on 3 accounts both PC megaservers. If I have a lowbie who needs some easy XP, I'll occasionally do another coffer or so on her.

As an aside, I no longer do grinds at all.

Destai

Hardly ever

Not much anymore. Unless it’s a PVE zone and I need the stickerbook, I’ll probably just do enough for the tickets and go about my normal routine. The last couple events haven’t had the best drop rates for the new shiny, so I’m not going out of my way for something that I might not get.

SeaGtGruff

Hardly ever

Occasionally I'll grind event coffers, but it depends on what they can contain and how many of the event-only items I'll be able to buy with my event tickets.

For instance, I've already mapped out how many tickets I should have on each day of this event, which days I'll need to spend tickets, and how many event-only items I'll be able to buy with tickets, so I know that I'll be able to buy 5 of the 7 outfit style pages with tickets after I've bought the fragments I plan on getting. That means I'll only need to find 2 of the 7 outfit style pages in the event coffers, or else buy them with gold from guild traders, so I have no reason to grind for event coffers other than the chance to get Transmute Crystals or Tel Var Stones in them.

Generally speaking, I try to avoid grinding event coffers if it means my bank and inventory slots are likely to fill up with a lot of stuff, because I've already got too many things in my bank and inventory. And I don't sell on guild traders, so I'm not trying to grind for a lot of things with the intention of trying to sell them.

I find that I can usually enjoy an event more if I'm not putting any pressure on myself to grind for the event coffers, because I can do the bare minimum needed to earn my event tickets each day, then spend the rest of my playtime doing whatever I feel like doing-- which, for this event, will most likely mean running around Cyrodiil trying to get some AP.

chessalavakia_ESO

It depends on how much I value the items in the coffers and what comes with them and the activity in question.

For example, I hate spamming daily writs but, I will do it anyways for a bit during the Jubilee because the payoff is high enough that I put up with the annoyance.

During the Jester's Festival, New Life Festival, and Witches Festival I generally don't go much beyond getting the tickets because the rewards aren't very good and I've done the quests enough they aren't really that much fun anymore.

merpins

If it's PVP related, no. If it's PVE related, sometimes.

Hapexamendios

Hardly ever

Only during the Anniversary event really. Do daily crafting writs on all characters everyday then. Other events I usually have most the stuff I want. Do just enough for event tickets.

markulrich1966

Hardly ever

had ESO-burnout last year, left for 4-5 month to play Fallout instead.
Had tapped into the "grind-trap", daily crafting writs, events, gold. At a certain point I felt "haunted", the game dictated my playstyle. Not fun any more.

Returning a month ago, I got rid of this habit. Cancelled ESO+, so now my limited inventory forces me to sell immedeatly junk I bunkered as "potentially valuable" before. Thinking of event-boxes, I now have thoughts like "oh no, not again such useless junk... rare style mats for no purpose (no furnishing plans that use them), recipes and styles I already know". Such rewards don't feel rewarding, but punishing.

So I focus on activities I like.
Some cyro now with new (event) players who add some fresh breeze to the boring (because faction-locked=always the same enemy players) campaigns. Don't even need the event-tickets, as I don't like the skin you get for them. Just relaxing gaming, no grind at all, nice.

DragonRacer

Hardly ever

Depends on the event. I mostly just grind them during Anniversary. I did like grinding them with master writs during Zeal of Zenithar last year, but patch notes on PTS indicate ZOS will hard cap that this year (as far as crafting goes: one per day per account for crafting dailies and one per day per account per mast writ discipline aka blacksmith, clothier, etc instead of for however large a pile of master writs you’ve hoarded).

AzuraFan

Hardly ever

Pretty much never except during the anniversary event when it's easy to get coffers by doing daily crafting writs and other activities.

fred4

Hardly ever

I don't want to deal with junk anymore. I don't even want to price up potentially valuable items. I do what I want to do. If it coincides, great. If not, whatever.

katanagirl1

As often as not

It depends. Like right now I am grinding for coffers because I love PvP and I get them anyway.

Undaunted Event I just get my tickets and move on.

tiriusavarao

As often as not

It depends a bit on the event - for the Anniversary and its varied motif and furnishing plan drops, I go absolutely ballistic. The rest, eh. It depends a bit on the event activities and rewards, if there's something in there I want to collect and there's a few different ways to get boxes, I'll spend some time farming them, but certainly not for the entire event.

The chapter celebration events are generally OK for a bit of fun, but I sat out most of the Jester's Event this year, and as someone who does not really play PvP, the current event is also just "get tickets and go".

spartaxoxo

Most of the time

Assuming the rewards are something that can actually be truly grinded. There's some events where it doesn't make sense because I have the rewards from the purple coffers and the gold coffers are one a day. So stuff the like the Undaunted event and Anniversary, with truly grindable rewards.

However, I don't usually grind pvp event ones. I do sometimes but usually not.

Aislinna

Hardly ever

I value my sanity.

TaSheen

Never

Aislinna wrote: »

I value my sanity.

Yes. There's that aspect as well.

Taggund

Hardly ever

Only grind was during the jubilee event since was easy. Otherwise, never grinding them. Just getting the daily tickets and then done with event.

Mayhem is kind of different in that I'd already be in Cyro playing, so just getting what would be from normal play..

whitecrow

Hardly ever

No, I get the tickets and the gold container and I'm usually done. I might do more with the Witches' Festival, though, as doing boss battles with groups is fun to me. (I don't bother with the shrike, well rarely.)

Alinhbo_Tyaka

Hardly ever

I rarely if ever spend much time grinding for rewards anymore. For most events I've reached the point where I do the minimum required to get tickets. I don't PvP so with MYM I tend to do more quests if Bruma is held by my alliance since everything is so close together. Across the event I can usually pickup a Cyrodiil motif or two or three to fill out my journal or to sell. Otherwise I will do a scouting quest and call it a day. For the IC ticket I use to run the White Gold Tower dungeon but since it no longer gives tickets I skip IC as not being worth the bother.

bmnoble

Hardly ever

Only if there is something I badly want and it's bound. If not I will just buy the items I want off guild traders not putting up with RNG for what ends up being mostly vendor trash.

DreamyLu

Hardly ever

I'm not much interested in the "goodies" coming out of the coffers. So my motivation to farm them is close to zero. I just automatically get those coming with the daily writs reward, that's all.

Generally, event or not event, same same, I never ever grind. I'm in ESO to chill. My only rules are laziness and happiness. It has of course consequences, like taking a lot more time than other players to get stuff, or even giving up some other stuff, but I happily don't care.

boi_anachronism_

As often as not

Only when it comes from doing thing i want except the eswyer event cause dragon blood for pots. Otherwise no

Jaraal

Hardly ever

Get tickets and then get out of Dodge, except during PvP events that give free tel var and coldfire sieges and forward camps. Things that are actually useful.

joergino

Never

Grinding anything sucks and in virtually all the events the content of the coffers isn't even remotely worth the time it takes to get them.

BenTSG

Hardly ever

I suppose the only time I 'grind' an event box is the Jubilee, it's plenty easy to just log on to all my characters, run the crafting writs and log off again, though as many have said the rewards are usually pretty eh. I might get lucky and get a motif that sells for a good chunk of change, but otherwise it's usually small ones I just use on my characters anyways.

Nightowl_74

As often as not

If it's easy and I have the time, which ends up being about as often as not. I find repetitive stuff relaxing (to a point) when I'm not under any real time constraints. I've never worried about efficiency, so it's not like I'm running around farming as many coffers as possible the way some people do it, but I will grind as in solely work on coffers during the time I play.

ArchangelIsraphel

Most of the time

I'm most inclined to grind events where the boxes give out motifs and furnishing patterns since fasion and housing are my endgame. I ignore other event boxes unless they have something I really want. If it's an exp event, then boxes happen more as a result of me taking advantage of the fact that people are out in hoards grinding dailies that I want for motifs from zone boxes.

Midyear Mayhem is a bit of an exception. I'm not so much grinding boxes, as I am grinding AP, and boxes happen as a result of that. Though I'm always happy to receive the contents because it means more siege to wreak havoc with xD

opalcity

As often as not

Depends on the events and the rewards. Also depends on my free time.

colossalvoids

Hardly ever

Guess the only time it semi-counts is on mym as they're accumulated passively from regular play. Was grinding some before, when there was no cooldowns, "once ped day's" etc. so before event tickets and tied rewards. Was more fun that way, but oh well.