What's up with this week's Endeavors?

moderatelyfatman · June 24

The options look like this to me:
1. Buy Gold Road so you can grind for hours to get the skills so you can grind for more hours to kill 250 enemies.
2. Do 4 days of Events
3. Burn through those valuable mats.

So I guess 2 is fairly reasonable but 1 and 3 really isn't an option for most people??

What do you think would be fairer for this week's endeavors?

Oznog666 · June 24

As gaining 3 event tickets every Day is very easy there's nothing wrong IMHO. Although I did option 3 because I have tons of mats plus I did some master writs.

Laivine_Aldaron · June 24

Just do some master writs to complete the improve endeavor. This way you will not feel like burning materials. Which is so damn cheap if you normally improve 15 white to greens anyways. Cannot understand why is it a problem. You exchange a just few gold for your time.

Erickson9610 · June 24

moderatelyfatman wrote: »

1. Buy Gold Road so you can grind for hours to get the skills so you can grind for more hours to kill 250 enemies.

The very first skill you get from completing the first Scribing quest is Wield Soul, which is scribed to deal Magic Damage (or anything else if you had collected other Scripts beforehand). Players don't need to "grind for hours to get the skills" when the first one is given to them for completing the very short intro quest.

Given that this is a Weekly Endeavor, players have plenty of time to kill 250 enemies with that skill, or any other damaging Scribing skill they have access to.

vsrs_au · June 24

I'm confused: is "improve items" a typo, or something? How many items are we supposed to improve to get the weekly endeavour?

Laivine_Aldaron · June 24

vsrs_au wrote: »

I'm confused: is "improve items" a typo, or something? How many items are we supposed to improve to get the weekly endeavour?

Just 15

vsrs_au · June 24

Laivine_Aldaron wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

I'm confused: is "improve items" a typo, or something? How many items are we supposed to improve to get the weekly endeavour?

Just 15

So the dwemer automaton has a software bug, then?

Elric_665 · June 24

vsrs_au wrote: »

I'm confused: is "improve items" a typo, or something? How many items are we supposed to improve to get the weekly endeavour?

15.
Do it with your Mastercrafter und improve (found) White Items to Green.

ApoAlaia · June 24

vsrs_au wrote: »

I'm confused: is "improve items" a typo, or something? How many items are we supposed to improve to get the weekly endeavour?

However many are shown in the bar (15).

The just didn't bother putting the number on the 'title' this time.

EDIT: LMAO just realised that we all jumped to provide an answer at the same time

Tandor · June 24

vsrs_au wrote: »

I'm confused: is "improve items" a typo, or something? How many items are we supposed to improve to get the weekly endeavour?

15. It's detailed in the list in the game. I did it in a few minutes, whites to green with level 1 daggers for minimal use of mats.

Gray_howling_parrot · June 24

You can do 2 of the 3 extremely easily..

- Scribing abilities will require Gold Road, so it is what it is
- 4 days of events
- 15 items from white to green (if you think that these upgrade mats are valuable, idk what to tell ya

)

Tandor · June 24

The bigger problem for me is the daily endeavour requiring 15 kills with an active skill style, the only way I can get one of those is likely to be through having 50 inks for the appropriate achievement, and with only 18 at the moment there's no way I'm getting another 32 in a day, nor would I bother to complete any of the other time-consuming achievements for an active skill style reward in that time, for just a few seals. I can only do 2 daily endeavours today, but that's fine, it's what it is.

SeaGtGruff · June 24

I don't know how many items you need to improve to complete the endeavor, but I'm guessing that improving white items to green would be sufficient.

I actually completed the one to defeat 250 enemies with scribed abilities before I even knew what the endeavors were, since I had slotted my newly-scribed skill in the first slot of my ability bar to see how it performs. I soloed 1 normal dungeon for the daily endeavor (Elden Root 1), then went to Imperial City to use a key to the vault in the Arena district and do the Arena district daily quest at the same time, and then went to Cyrodiil to earn 15,000 Alliance Points, in that order. While soloing resources in Cyrodiil, the message popped up that I'd completed 1/1 weekly endeavors and I was like, "Huh?"

spartaxoxo · June 24

Tandor wrote: »

The bigger problem for me is the daily endeavour requiring 15 kills with an active skill style, the only way I can get one of those is likely to be through having 50 inks for the appropriate achievement, and with only 18 at the moment there's no way I'm getting another 32 in a day, nor would I bother to complete any of the other time-consuming achievements for an active skill style reward in that time, for just a few seals. I can only do 2 daily endeavours today, but that's fine, it's what it is.

You get one for completing the first quest in the scribing line. You get a purple for soul magic. I don't see a problem, personally. It takes little effort to do the intro quest. It encourages people who got the chapter to give scribing a try. I doubt anyone is going to buy a new chapter to avoid getting event tickets. That one is likely to complete passively for many in the playerbase. But for people who got the chapter, they can do this nice new endeavors and add a bit of variety to their endeavors.

Tandor · June 24

spartaxoxo wrote: »

Tandor wrote: »

The bigger problem for me is the daily endeavour requiring 15 kills with an active skill style, the only way I can get one of those is likely to be through having 50 inks for the appropriate achievement, and with only 18 at the moment there's no way I'm getting another 32 in a day, nor would I bother to complete any of the other time-consuming achievements for an active skill style reward in that time, for just a few seals. I can only do 2 daily endeavours today, but that's fine, it's what it is.

You get one for completing the first quest in the scribing line. You get a purple for soul magic. I don't see a problem, personally. It takes little effort to do the intro quest. It encourages people who got the chapter to give scribing a try. I doubt anyone is going to buy a new chapter to avoid getting event tickets. That one is likely to complete passively for many in the playerbase. But for people who got the chapter, they can do this nice new endeavors and add a bit of variety to their endeavors.

Ah, thanks! I didn't know about the soul magic one, I have the weapon ones but they're padlocked until the achievements are done. The soul magic one was unlocked, however, so that endeavour was quickly done once you gave me the tip.

SkaiFaith · June 24

Tandor wrote: »

spartaxoxo wrote: »

Tandor wrote: »

The bigger problem for me is the daily endeavour requiring 15 kills with an active skill style, the only way I can get one of those is likely to be through having 50 inks for the appropriate achievement, and with only 18 at the moment there's no way I'm getting another 32 in a day, nor would I bother to complete any of the other time-consuming achievements for an active skill style reward in that time, for just a few seals. I can only do 2 daily endeavours today, but that's fine, it's what it is.

You get one for completing the first quest in the scribing line. You get a purple for soul magic. I don't see a problem, personally. It takes little effort to do the intro quest. It encourages people who got the chapter to give scribing a try. I doubt anyone is going to buy a new chapter to avoid getting event tickets. That one is likely to complete passively for many in the playerbase. But for people who got the chapter, they can do this nice new endeavors and add a bit of variety to their endeavors.

Ah, thanks! I didn't know about the soul magic one, I have the weapon ones but they're padlocked until the achievements are done. The soul magic one was unlocked, however, so that endeavour was quickly done once you gave me the tip.

I will add - today's specific endeavor is just "use styled skills", doesn't require a kill or heal specifically.
I did it in 15 seconds spamming Blue Vigor... Which makes this one of my favourite andeavors!

Eliahnus · June 24

It takes 5 minutes to do; what are you complaining about ...

BretonMage · June 24

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

I don't know how many items you need to improve to complete the endeavor, but I'm guessing that improving white items to green would be sufficient.

You get a point every time you make an improvement, so doing 5 purple master writs will do it as well. I'll probably finish this week's endeavors by tomorrow or the day after.

valenwood_vegan · June 24

I guess I don't really see the issue personally... event tickets are extremely easy to get and are available with only the base game during this event.

Improving items is required to complete many master writs, an activity that offers event rewards, so many players will already be doing this. And if not... well it doesn't require improving them to gold or something. It's not difficult to improve an item from white to green.

All I see is two very easy endeavors for people who don't have access to scribing?

alternatelder · June 24

"Oh no, they gave me three choices and I can easily do one, which is all I need, but the others aren't fair."

AcadianPaladin · June 24

I did a clothing master writ for 3. Then just saved and greened any white junk I looted. Then deconstructed the green stuff and got almost half my greens back.

GooGa592 · June 24

moderatelyfatman wrote: »

The options look like this to me:
1. Buy Gold Road so you can grind for hours to get the skills so you can grind for more hours to kill 250 enemies.
2. Do 4 days of Events
3. Burn through those valuable mats.

So I guess 2 is fairly reasonable but 1 and 3 really isn't an option for most people??

What do you think would be fairer for this week's endeavors?

I just crafted 15 white items and upgraded them to green. It's not expensive at all, especially if you are using the cheapest wood mats.

zaria · June 24

GooGa592 wrote: »

moderatelyfatman wrote: »

The options look like this to me:
1. Buy Gold Road so you can grind for hours to get the skills so you can grind for more hours to kill 250 enemies.
2. Do 4 days of Events
3. Burn through those valuable mats.

So I guess 2 is fairly reasonable but 1 and 3 really isn't an option for most people??

What do you think would be fairer for this week's endeavors?

I just crafted 15 white items and upgraded them to green. It's not expensive at all, especially if you are using the cheapest wood mats.

My though to, but does master writs for coffers and do the event quest so get 2 automatically.
1 I only relevant if you have an scribed ability on an spamable.
The daily was easy, fond I had style for barbed trap so just spammed it running around, super fast.

SilverBride · June 24

Elric_665 wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

I'm confused: is "improve items" a typo, or something? How many items are we supposed to improve to get the weekly endeavour?

15.
Do it with your Mastercrafter und improve (found) White Items to Green.

Good idea. I'll just improve 15 of the extra white items I always get from doing writs.

spartaxoxo · June 25

BretonMage wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

I don't know how many items you need to improve to complete the endeavor, but I'm guessing that improving white items to green would be sufficient.

You get a point every time you make an improvement, so doing 5 purple master writs will do it as well. I'll probably finish this week's endeavors by tomorrow or the day after.

Yeah. I just realized this lol. This is why they made it the endeavor. It's Zeal of Zenithar so a lot of us are doing this passively anyway. I'm at 9/15 improvements and 3/10 tickets, so I'll finish the improvements just doing the event anyway.

davidtk · June 25

alternatelder wrote: »

"Oh no, they gave me three choices and I can easily do one, which is all I need, but the others aren't fair."

You know... Every endeavor where you must do something more than just log in to game is bad and unfair.
Still the same old annoying song.

moderatelyfatman wrote: »

1. Buy Gold Road so you can grind for hours to get the skills so you can grind for more hours to kill 250 enemies.
2. Do 4 days of Events
3. Burn through those valuable mats.

1. If you don't have GR,
2. just log and do event or
3. just improve white to green, fe clothing Hemming is cheap (unless you play on PC NA where is everything insanely overpriced lol)

GuuMoonRyoung · June 25

moderatelyfatman wrote: »

The options look like this to me:
1. Buy Gold Road so you can grind for hours to get the skills so you can grind for more hours to kill 250 enemies.
2. Do 4 days of Events
3. Burn through those valuable mats.

So I guess 2 is fairly reasonable but 1 and 3 really isn't an option for most people??

What do you think would be fairer for this week's endeavors?

They did it when Necrom came out too, do that with Arcanist, use that Arcanist ability and so on. It is their way of pushing the new chapter. It reeks of desperation just as much those absurd items on cash shop, such vamp/ww bite and cure, mount training and overpriced armory slot.

Danikat · June 25

I intended to complete the one for getting 10 event tickets, but yesterday I did a bunch of master writs to get XP for the event ticket quest and today I realised I've made much more progress on the one for improving items so I'll probably finish that one first.

Of course it won't work for everyone, if you don't do master writs or don't have enough available right now it's not an easy option, but you could still do the event ticket one.

There's usually at least 1 option I can't or don't want to do, so I wasn't surprised it happened again. As long as there's one I feel like doing I'm fine with it and if not I just skip a week.

markulrich1966 · June 25

create 15 level 1 axes, upgrade each from white to green, deconstruct them again to get back some of the mats. Quick and not really expensive.

Dagoth_Rac · June 25

It will encourage players who have been focused on zone story to do Scholarium quests. Which will permanently unlock ability to get luminous ink. Which will slowly but surely increase supply of ink in game and lower prices.

moderatelyfatman · June 25

Dagoth_Rac wrote: »

It will encourage players who have been focused on zone story to do Scholarium quests. Which will permanently unlock ability to get luminous ink. Which will slowly but surely increase supply of ink in game and lower prices.

This is only true if they do not add additional sccribing abilities down the track. Otherwise the price will go through the roof when ZOS expands on scribing.