Boring Event

FlopsyPrince

Only having minimum rewarding activities without guild grouping (and even with that) makes this event very boring.

Yeah, grinding crafting dailies got old in the past, but only getting a single box for them, not even 1 per type of crafting daily, makes that minimal.

Master Writs are a pain on console and also quite limited, though they do allow one of each type.

Otherwise, nothing pushes me to play more past normal play, exactly the opposite of an event.

It would be somewhat better if I could simply participate in group activities without desperately looking for guildmates (who may be rare when I play on EU from Texas, US) to get rewards that way.

I hope ZOS thinks things through and figures out how to make participation more rewarding than this approach.

Even the repetitive quests of the New Year event are better than this!

Nharimlur_Finor

You're right.
I'm taking the few boxes that I get from my regular activities, but otherwise it's just another day.
As with previous event , the box rewards seem to get more pathetic as the event progresses.

I don't know what is going on with dolmens. A 'daedra husk' as the main reward for killing the final boss and a green ring as the major chest reward. Really?

Zenithar is not behind this event. Molag Bal is.

This event, coupled with the 'Ink? what ink?' farming challenge has resulted in all zones being filled with ink-hunters and being stripped completely of mats.

Well, I remain with no entitlement to a fire-breathing camel. I hope that was the desired result.

CrashTest

I forgot it was even going on.

carolingnight

I enjoyed it much more the first year it came out, when we got boxes for every master writ. Now I just do my daily routine of daily writs + each type of master writ; otherwise it barely registers as an event.

FlopsyPrince

Not sure that just getting more boxes is the answer, but the lack of any reason to be active is sad for an event.

Jaraal

Port to Belkarth, grab the quest, pop open a treasure chest, port back, grab gold box... done and done. Get tickets and get out of Dodge.

I usually pickpocket for boxes, but this year some of the boxes have 20-30 plus items in them (stacks of mats mostly), which will eat up your puzzlingly unreasonable 140 (with max passives) item laundering limit very quickly. So you can't even steal as effectively as usual.

Definitely the least desirable of the events, by far.

Hapexamendios

I'm doing the daily quest for the gold box, master writs and daily crafting for others. That's it. All I care to do. My main focus is the scribing scripts, class scripts and antiquities at the moment.

RexyCat

Have spent more time on clearing out my Bank from Treasure Maps and Surveys as I can not open those containers containing Treasure Maps.

I thought when you had already one copy of the same type of Treasure Map as in Zenithar container, maps that which had been moved Bank before I tried to open container that you would still be able to take it out in you PC Inventory. Turns out you can't as even when stored in Bank it will become blocked from empty that container and move items to PC inventory.

FlopsyPrince

Jaraal wrote: »

Port to Belkarth, grab the quest, pop open a treasure chest, port back, grab gold box... done and done. Get tickets and get out of Dodge.

I usually pickpocket for boxes, but this year some of the boxes have 20-30 plus items in them (stacks of mats mostly), which will eat up your puzzlingly unreasonable 140 (with max passives) item laundering limit very quickly. So you can't even steal as effectively as usual.

Definitely the least desirable of the events, by far.

I am confused. What treasure chests have that many mats/items?

Jaraal

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

Jaraal wrote: »

Port to Belkarth, grab the quest, pop open a treasure chest, port back, grab gold box... done and done. Get tickets and get out of Dodge.

I usually pickpocket for boxes, but this year some of the boxes have 20-30 plus items in them (stacks of mats mostly), which will eat up your puzzlingly unreasonable 140 (with max passives) item laundering limit very quickly. So you can't even steal as effectively as usual.

Definitely the least desirable of the events, by far.

I am confused. What treasure chests have that many mats/items?

It doesn't have to have mats in it. Just open it and go back and collect your gold event box.

SeaGtGruff

I would rather not grind for event coffers, to be honest, either in this event or any others, because I already have too few slots available in my bank account and characters' inventories. For the last few years I've been doing just the minimum required for getting my daily tickets and golden event coffer, after which I go back to my regular activities in the game.

The only exception is Whitestrake's Mayhem or the Imperial City celebration, because I enjoy the increased Alliance Points and Tel Var Stones in those events.

SaffronCitrusflower

ZOS should be focusing on new content and restoring Cyrodiil PvP to what it once was, not recycling weak events and forcing people to spend hours to days grinding for a given item to keep them in game. The right way to keep people in game would be with new content for PvE players and fixing Cyrodiil. It feels like ZOS is just phoning it in with ESO now days. There's no more milk in this cow until they feed me some better food.

FlopsyPrince

Jaraal wrote: »

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

Jaraal wrote: »

Port to Belkarth, grab the quest, pop open a treasure chest, port back, grab gold box... done and done. Get tickets and get out of Dodge.

I usually pickpocket for boxes, but this year some of the boxes have 20-30 plus items in them (stacks of mats mostly), which will eat up your puzzlingly unreasonable 140 (with max passives) item laundering limit very quickly. So you can't even steal as effectively as usual.

Definitely the least desirable of the events, by far.

I am confused. What treasure chests have that many mats/items?

It doesn't have to have mats in it. Just open it and go back and collect your gold event box.

Oh, you mean the rewards. I thought you meant something in the world had lots of stuff in it that I have not seen.

FlopsyPrince

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

I would rather not grind for event coffers, to be honest, either in this event or any others, because I already have too few slots available in my bank account and characters' inventories. For the last few years I've been doing just the minimum required for getting my daily tickets and golden event coffer, after which I go back to my regular activities in the game.

The only exception is Whitestrake's Mayhem or the Imperial City celebration, because I enjoy the increased Alliance Points and Tel Var Stones in those events.

That is why some solution other than just more crates is needed. A good reason "why" to work in the event is better.

I might do more here, but grouping is not top of my list, even though I am glad to jump in a group taking down world bosses and events.

DenverRalphy

I haven't yet recovered from the Jubilee event, because I just couldn't stomache it for more than three world events that were once again giant ZergFests. Flashbacks of Summerset Geysers, and I was out.

I'd rather events were made to trigger random encounters that would be over before a zerg could even be formed.

Like the old mechanic before One Tamriel, where a mini encounter would spawn if you were significantly overlevelled for a zone and the mini encounter would pop to give you some kind of not-boring challenge, and to remind you that you're loitering and could do better elsewhere. Use that same type of mechanic, and tweak the triggers to fit the criteria of the event.

SeaGtGruff

FlopsyPrince wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

I would rather not grind for event coffers, to be honest, either in this event or any others, because I already have too few slots available in my bank account and characters' inventories. For the last few years I've been doing just the minimum required for getting my daily tickets and golden event coffer, after which I go back to my regular activities in the game.

The only exception is Whitestrake's Mayhem or the Imperial City celebration, because I enjoy the increased Alliance Points and Tel Var Stones in those events.

That is why some solution other than just more crates is needed. A good reason "why" to work in the event is better.

I might do more here, but grouping is not top of my list, even though I am glad to jump in a group taking down world bosses and events.

I think the coffers themselves are usually pretty rewarding, but I already have just about all of the older outfit style pages and don't need any more of those (although I know some players do), so the rewards which are of greatest interest to me are any new outfit style pages, rare style materials, rare trait materials, furnishing materials, treasure maps, crafting surveys, items from gear sets, and things like that.

I would probably grind for coffers in order to get those sorts of rewards, but if I do my inventory takes a big hit, and inventory management is one of those activities I usually avoid (in any game) until it can no longer be avoided.

VisitHammerfell

Most of the people I play with I am not in a guild with. It's very common to just be on Discords instead of in game guilds bc of the limit. Therefore, I can't farm boxes with many of my friends. Limiting the boxes to one per type for master writs, only getting one box for regular writs (should be 1 each discipline like the master ones work now), the gain a level or champion point is too difficult when you are 2270 something CP with no baby toons, rewarding stealing in a holiday for the god of hard work (I love stealing but seriously?). Change the master writ thing back, reward each type of daily, and allow farming with ESO/platform riends not just guildies and it will be better. I just feel so left out.... also agree that it is hell on inventory managament, esp when the coffers have treasure maps

The only good thing about this event is the discounts and the cheap wayshrines during scribing quests

SeaGtGruff

VisitHammerfell wrote: »

The only good thing about this event is the discounts and the cheap wayshrines during scribing quests

I don't agree that those are the only good things, but I definitely think that this event comes at a great time as far as players being able to buy grimoires at a 10% discount. I feel kind of sorry for the players who bought all of the grimoires before the event began.

MJallday

With gold road having just released on console, event feels really badly timed .

BretonMage

I'd be a little more excited about the event if they discounted the items in the Infinite Archive as well. Also agree with VisitHammerfell above that each type of daily writ should reward us with a box.

SeaGtGruff

MJallday wrote: »

With gold road having just released on console, event feels really badly timed .

See, I actually feel like it's well-timed for console players, since they had just enough time to play through the Scribing quests, after which they should be able to take good advantage of the 10% discount when buying grimoires.

On the other hand, most PC/Mac players probably already bought all of the grimoires before the event began.

Orbital78

I wish they would have added more activities to be grouped with guild members like dungeons and trials, which guilds generally enjoy doing together more often. Grinding world events isn't very fun after awhile, nor world bosses. The required grouping with guild members is the biggest turn off to me.

Destai

I don't think this event should've landed so close to the chapter release. I'm pretty much grabbing my tickets and that's it.

katanagirl1

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

MJallday wrote: »

With gold road having just released on console, event feels really badly timed .

See, I actually feel like it's well-timed for console players, since they had just enough time to play through the Scribing quests, after which they should be able to take good advantage of the 10% discount when buying grimoires.

On the other hand, most PC/Mac players probably already bought all of the grimoires before the event began.

Console players got Gold Road 2 days before Zenithar event. I haven’t even finished the scribing quest line yet.

How is that good timing?

SeaGtGruff

katanagirl1 wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

MJallday wrote: »

With gold road having just released on console, event feels really badly timed .

See, I actually feel like it's well-timed for console players, since they had just enough time to play through the Scribing quests, after which they should be able to take good advantage of the 10% discount when buying grimoires.

On the other hand, most PC/Mac players probably already bought all of the grimoires before the event began.

Console players got Gold Road 2 days before Zenithar event. I haven’t even finished the scribing quest line yet.

How is that good timing?

Well, it took me over a week to finish the Scribing questline because I wasn't rushing it, but a lot of players zipped through it right away. People play at different speeds, as well as prioritizing the available content differently.

But the event lasts for nearly 2 weeks, and once you've completed the Scribing questline you can buy all of the grimoires. I'm not sure, but you might even be able to buy some of them before completing the questline.

Anyway, I bought all of the grimoires at 10% off because I waited until after the event started, even though I play on PC and completed the questline well before the event began. It's up to each player to decide when to do what, and which purchases they're interested in making (if any) during the 10%-off window. The first time this event was held, it was player housing for me; but the second time I took advantage of the discount to buy certain expensive items with Tel Var stones. This time I'm more interested in buying the grimoires and monster gear from the Golden.

FlopsyPrince

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

MJallday wrote: »

With gold road having just released on console, event feels really badly timed .

See, I actually feel like it's well-timed for console players, since they had just enough time to play through the Scribing quests, after which they should be able to take good advantage of the 10% discount when buying grimoires.

On the other hand, most PC/Mac players probably already bought all of the grimoires before the event began.

Console players got Gold Road 2 days before Zenithar event. I haven’t even finished the scribing quest line yet.

How is that good timing?

Well, it took me over a week to finish the Scribing questline because I wasn't rushing it, but a lot of players zipped through it right away. People play at different speeds, as well as prioritizing the available content differently.

But the event lasts for nearly 2 weeks, and once you've completed the Scribing questline you can buy all of the grimoires. I'm not sure, but you might even be able to buy some of them before completing the questline.

Anyway, I bought all of the grimoires at 10% off because I waited until after the event started, even though I play on PC and completed the questline well before the event began. It's up to each player to decide when to do what, and which purchases they're interested in making (if any) during the 10%-off window. The first time this event was held, it was player housing for me; but the second time I took advantage of the discount to buy certain expensive items with Tel Var stones. This time I'm more interested in buying the grimoires and monster gear from the Golden.

I would generally agree. It was a bit easier since it was the 3rd and 4th time I was doing the quests, but the event is not that engaging so it wasn't as impacted as I thought it might be.

I now have the mount on 4 servers (PC-NA/EU and PS-NA/EU) but I am rather meh overall.

I need to decide if I want to buy all the scribing purchasable stuff now but that is it.

barney2525

Jaraal wrote: »

Port to Belkarth, grab the quest, pop open a treasure chest, port back, grab gold box... done and done. Get tickets and get out of Dodge.

I usually pickpocket for boxes, but this year some of the boxes have 20-30 plus items in them (stacks of mats mostly), which will eat up your puzzlingly unreasonable 140 (with max passives) item laundering limit very quickly. So you can't even steal as effectively as usual.

Definitely the least desirable of the events, by far.

I dont even need to port to Belkarth. There is a quest giver for gold box at impressario in Vulkel guard. I suspect there is one at every impressario. get quest, get gold box, then do crafting for a box. done. nap time.

MidniteOwl1913

Yeah it's disappointing that there are so few boxes available if you don't have a group. I'm in trading guilds and play off hours so I get the tickets and that's about it. I would like to be able to get more boxes but it just isn't possible for me.

Elrond87

it seems more suited to newer players looking to learn those basic blue recipe/furnish plans fast, aside from that its just some telvar but can gain it faster in pvp so its quite uneventful

Dojohoda

I am interested in getting the gold box plus 3 tickets and, fortunately, that's easy. I am thankful that the quest giver is in more places than just Craglorn. That makes it even easier. Some days I get one or more purple boxes too. woo. I am mostly too busy, irl, tending my beautiful vegetable garden.

Arizona_Steve

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