Just Furious -- crafting writs, wasp swarms. and Craglorn

bugmom · December 2014

I want to love this game and at times I do but right now I am livid. Thought I'd give crafting writs a second chance and got material surveys in Craglorn as reward. What kind of reward is it when you send a Vet 1 to Craglorn to get a reward that has an entire swarm of Vet 11 wasps hovering over it???? WTF??? I thought this problem was going to be fixed. It just makes me angry.

But then Craglorn bugs me anyway. The game sends you there when you reach Vet 1. However, everything there is for groups Vet 11 and up. Why even give low level Vets access? What are we supposed to do there? Oh yeah, get slaughtered by wasp swarms as we try to collect reward for wasting far too much time collecting mats and wasting those mats on a quest that sends you to be slaughtered by wasps!!!

Sharee · December 2014

bugmom wrote: »

But then Craglorn bugs me anyway. The game sends you there when you reach Vet 1. However, everything there is for groups Vet 11 and up. Why even give low level Vets access? What are we supposed to do there? Oh yeah, get slaughtered by wasp swarms as we try to collect reward for wasting far too much time collecting mats and wasting those mats on a quest that sends you to be slaughtered by wasps!!!

The content does not require a group of v11 and up. A single vet6 is capable of soloing some bosses even.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjqUyFRaorU

In a group of 4, vet 1 players would do fine. Not trials and stuff but the basic encounters are doable.

Rosveen · December 2014

I never tried going to Craglorn at VR1, but I could just just fine from VR4 up, gathering mats and fighting occasional mobs. If you're grouped, I'm sure you can find something to do even in low veteran ranks. It was a popular spot for grinders, in any case.

However, I agree that surveys shouldn't send us to places guarded by packs of mobs - especially not after nirncrux yield was nerfed, so the risk-reward argument doesn't make much sense anymore.

Beesting · December 2014

@bugmom‌ use igneous weapons, drop a standard of might, hold block and spam inhale and impulse.
That takes care of the wasps really well, even at v1.
If you are not a Dk you might have something similar in your bar?

When i was v1 crafting writs did not even exist, there is plenty of other good stuff to do, like soloing all the dolmens in the starter zones. I loved doing that...

AlnilamE · December 2014

You can ask for help. There are lots of people running around.

If you are a DW NB, you can jump in, drop circle of protection, drop Veil of Blades then alternate Steel Tornado and Power extraction until they drop dead. Keep potions in your quick slot in case you need them. It's going to be a bit challenging at V1, though.

Also, Craglorn is fun, even if you are by yourself.

Slurg · December 2014

I have to note that in this thread about those horrible wasps, we also have Bugmom and Beesting.

In another thread on this subject one of the mods mentioned they were looking at mob placement for these surveys because there have been so many complaints. Hopefully something will happen with that soon. It is ridiculous for a low VR level character to be required to form a group to obtain a writ reward. But then again it is Craglorn.

Chuggernaut · December 2014

I want to say they dropped it from 5 wasps to 3, but yeah its bs. I've gotten 5 Enchanter Survey Maps so far and they are always the dreaded location 3. On the upside, as a vamp I can get all but one every time sneaking and running into the magical anomaly, and if I'm lucky and someone runs buy to agro them, I can get the last one too.

Surfinginhawaii · December 2014

bugmom wrote: »

I want to love this game and at times I do but right now I am livid. Thought I'd give crafting writs a second chance and got material surveys in Craglorn as reward. What kind of reward is it when you send a Vet 1 to Craglorn to get a reward that has an entire swarm of Vet 11 wasps hovering over it???? WTF??? I thought this problem was going to be fixed. It just makes me angry.

That was your reward, death by wasps

. But seriously, I feel your pain.

jeevin · December 2014

Zany Zeni logic often causes head scratchers like this

Esha76 · December 2014

I don't recall the thread, but Jessica has mentioned the placement of that enchanting survey was a mistake and they plan to fix that. Also, she stated they are working on higher level writs for max level crafters.

lestaudenmaierub17_ESO · December 2014

They said during the last ESO live that they were going to fix this in Update 6.

bugmom · December 2014

lestaudenmaierub17_ESO wrote: »

They said during the last ESO live that they were going to fix this in Update 6.

Thanks! I knew they said they would fix it but didn't recall that it will be in update 6. We've had several patch updates and I thought it would be in one of those. Maybe I'll give up on writs for a while.

OrangeTheCat · December 2014

I've just assumed this will be getting fixed at some point and so I have been saving up the survey maps that I get as a reward. I suggest you do the same and lower your blood pressure.

Bouvin · December 2014

Sharee wrote: »

bugmom wrote: »

But then Craglorn bugs me anyway. The game sends you there when you reach Vet 1. However, everything there is for groups Vet 11 and up. Why even give low level Vets access? What are we supposed to do there? Oh yeah, get slaughtered by wasp swarms as we try to collect reward for wasting far too much time collecting mats and wasting those mats on a quest that sends you to be slaughtered by wasps!!!

The content does not require a group of v11 and up. A single vet6 is capable of soloing some bosses even.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjqUyFRaorU

In a group of 4, vet 1 players would do fine. Not trials and stuff but the basic encounters are doable.

It's always the staff wielding pajama blade.

How come we don't see any other NB builds soloing bosses?

Nestor · December 2014

bugmom wrote: »

Thanks! I knew they said they would fix it but didn't recall that it will be in update 6. We've had several patch updates and I thought it would be in one of those. Maybe I'll give up on writs for a while.

It's not like moving a spawn point is that earth shaking that they could not do this during an incremental patch

Surfinginhawaii · December 2014

Sharee wrote: »

bugmom wrote: »

But then Craglorn bugs me anyway. The game sends you there when you reach Vet 1. However, everything there is for groups Vet 11 and up. Why even give low level Vets access? What are we supposed to do there? Oh yeah, get slaughtered by wasp swarms as we try to collect reward for wasting far too much time collecting mats and wasting those mats on a quest that sends you to be slaughtered by wasps!!!

The content does not require a group of v11 and up. A single vet6 is capable of soloing some bosses even.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjqUyFRaorU

In a group of 4, vet 1 players would do fine. Not trials and stuff but the basic encounters are doable.

I love watching videos like this.

DeLindsay · December 2014

Bouvin wrote: »

It's always the staff wielding pajama blade.

How come we don't see any other NB builds soloing bosses?

Actually a superior build for soloing WB/Delve bosses in Craglorn/etc is a sustain tank (for any groups) then your choice of Weapon type for ST (Resto Staff is best), while taking advantage of Funnel Health/Swallow soul and Sap Essence. There were several videos early on after Craglorn's launch of ~VR6 NB's soloing Craglorn Delves using that "tank" build, but it's horribly slow and boring which is why many don't use it anymore.