[SPOILERS] Cadwell's Gold Reward is awesome!

Gyudan · December 2014

A few days ago, I finished Cadwell's Gold on my 2nd character. Now I'd like to share this success with the world and show the amazing rewards that questing brings.
This thread is in no way sarcastic.

My character inside the Harborage, about to speak to Sir Cadwell.

Sir Cadwell congratulates me for this achievement.

I received a magnificent piece of jewelry, crafted by Meridia herself.

With this reward, I also got 4990XP, which is almost 0.5% of a Veteran Level. Thanks @ZOS!

That jewel now holds a very special place in my heart.

But it's not over yet, the daedric princes are always scheming, and I'll be watching for their appearances, always ready to defend Tamriel. Maybe I'll get more gifts from Meridia too!

ers101284b14_ESO · December 2014

I can't wait until the Champion system removes Vet ranks and when we hit 50 we can finally get that level 40 ring we have been needing to destroy inside the fires of Mt. Doom.

Lokryn · December 2014

I agree it's pretty anticlimactic.

Darkrogue671 · December 2014

Can somebody please make the graphic of the "One Ring to Rule Them All" and have it be level 24? and green? I'd put that in my sig all day, every day, in every forum I'm in.

dharbert · December 2014

The reward for completing Cadwell's Silver was much better.......Access to the third Alliance zones and all the skyshards and skill points contained within.

starlizard70ub17_ESO · December 2014

Well, at least we get to hear John Cleese one last time.

OrangeTheCat · December 2014

Par for the course in this game of crappy loot.

badmojo · December 2014

Guess what?

Nobody cares.

Elsonso · December 2014

Gyudan wrote: »

A few days ago, I finished Cadwell's Gold on my 2nd character

You did Cadwell twice?

“Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.”

Hopefully you did not expect different results. That said, you did Cadwell twice?

TheLaw · December 2014

This x5 billion.

firstdecan · December 2014

If you just stick to the Caldwell's quests, doing them multiple times for the skill points is not so bad. Doing all the quests in each zone multiple times..... I'd rather stab my eyeballs out.

Alphashado · December 2014

badmojo wrote: »

Guess what?
Nobody cares.

I care. Most people care. The reward is outlandishly underwhelming.

Go back to your cave.

jeevin · December 2014

Cadwell is the first NPC to die by my hand when the champ system comes.

like1tiger · December 2014

firstdecan wrote: »

If you just stick to the Caldwell's quests, doing them multiple times for the skill points is not so bad. Doing all the quests in each zone multiple times..... I'd rather stab my eyeballs out.

Sad thing is this will leave your character at about VR4 and u will have finished Cadwells gold and nothing much else to do rather then every dam annoying quest and dolmen left in the game

RSram · December 2014

I was hoping to get a big gold bonus and several skill points, but no, I just got a necklace.

Master_Fluff · December 2014

Underwelming indeed. Just like defeating Molag Bal; no attribute or skill points, just some gold and a useless staff.

bellanca6561n · December 2014

badmojo wrote: »

Guess what?

Nobody cares.

You saw the topic. You read the post. You entered text in Leave a Comment. And took pains to make it a negative, sarcastic comment.

In short, you do

bellanca6561n · December 2014

Sorry for the double post, friends.

Yeah, it's a let down but it feels like one put together in haste and it's great that you found humor in it.

The reason, of course, that it's such a disappointment is because the story driven portion of this game is so good at handling the BIG MOMENTS so well. That's why this feels like something wholly outside what they planned. Otherwise we'd see a visit by the surviving Companions (except Abner - silly name for a "heavy" - Tharn, of course) and the ghost of the one you picked to die.

But the game moves on and finds its way. I do hope they revisit this as part of it doing so. Yes, as badmojo's sneer implies, this is old news to the original bunch of ESO players who madly piled in in April.

But many of those are on to the next thing. New players are arriving all the time. I'd rather they have something more awaiting them. Few will greet the ending with the humor that Gyudan did

Enodoc · December 2014

This reward never bothered me (nor did the one for Cadwell's Silver). The reward for completing Gold isn't just the necklace or the 4990 XP; it's the XP and gear you get by completing all the quests in Cadwell's Almanac, and that's a pretty big reward.

Csub · December 2014

like1tiger wrote: »

firstdecan wrote: »

If you just stick to the Caldwell's quests, doing them multiple times for the skill points is not so bad. Doing all the quests in each zone multiple times..... I'd rather stab my eyeballs out.

Sad thing is this will leave your character at about VR4 and u will have finished Cadwells gold and nothing much else to do rather then every dam annoying quest and dolmen left in the game

When vet ranks will be gone, I expect it to be much better since you will be on max level. So you can just go through main quests for skillpoints quickly then do other quests later for champ xp.

Moonshadow66 · December 2014

firstdecan wrote: »

If you just stick to the Caldwell's quests, doing them multiple times for the skill points is not so bad. Doing all the quests in each zone multiple times..... I'd rather stab my eyeballs out.

That's what I'm doing, all quests in all zones with several characters. Even the PvE quests in Cyrodiil. I was told "this is hardcore" by another player already, but I just want to complete things

Esha76 · December 2014

I would have liked something unique, cosmetic, exclusive for taking the time to complete all that. A pet, costume, or even a title... Something. It would have been nice.

MornaBaine · December 2014

The "rewards" for the major storyline quests are deeply underwhelming. That needs to change. And they SHOULD include unique costumes and useable trophies that fit the theme of the quest as well. How I would have loved to have "kept" the armor that was bestowed upon me in my final quest to defeat Molag Bal for instance!

Ashtaris · December 2014

Although it would have been nice to get some special reward other than a cheesy gold necklace, I think the thing that bugged me the most was how anti-climatic the end of Gold was story wise. ZOS could have done so much with that like a final quest with Cadwell, Meridia, remaining Companions, etc. Instead, it was "Here's your neckless. Don't let the door hit you in the arse on the way out."

Gyudan · December 2014

Ashtaris wrote: »

Although it would have been nice to get some special reward other than a cheesy gold necklace, I think the thing that bugged me the most was how anti-climatic the end of Gold was story wise. ZOS could have done so much with that like a final quest with Cadwell, Meridia, remaining Companions, etc. Instead, it was "Here's your neckless. Don't let the door hit you in the arse on the way out."

I like the idea of seeing the companions again at the end of Cadwell's Silver and Gold. I think that this quest, being the highlight of veteran content, deserves a better treatment from @ZOS. The solo dungeons are being improved, maybe the main veteran quest deserves some love too.

reften · December 2014

Way too many quests in this game. such a great game, but make 1/4 of the quests, and boost the xp gains from PvP'ing, just random mob killing,...I'd love to just get a group of 4 together, go into a massive dungeon, and fight everything in an evening. Maybe some nights I'd do some solo questing, some nights some solo pvp'ing, some nights hanging with others doing group questing, and some nights just hanging out doing group grinding.

I just don't understand why Zos forces us to quest, and 95% of them being solo. It's very flawed. I'll never do an alt because of it, making the replayability of this game non-existent for me. They made leveling a very linear process...such a shame.

Heruthema · December 2014

oren74 wrote: »

Way too many quests in this game. such a great game, but make 1/4 of the quests, and boost the xp gains from PvP'ing, just random mob killing,...I'd love to just get a group of 4 together, go into a massive dungeon, and fight everything in an evening. Maybe some nights I'd do some solo questing, some nights some solo pvp'ing, some nights hanging with others doing group questing, and some nights just hanging out doing group grinding.

I just don't understand why Zos forces us to quest, and 95% of them being solo. It's very flawed. I'll never do an alt because of it, making the replayability of this game non-existent for me. They made leveling a very linear process...such a shame.

Not everybody lives for only PvP and/or groups. Yes groups and PvPare fun but I enjoy the quests and the solo PvE stuff also. ESO is trying to please all three types of players and will always seem unbalanced to one crowd or another.

reften · December 2014

Heruthema wrote: »

oren74 wrote: »

Way too many quests in this game. such a great game, but make 1/4 of the quests, and boost the xp gains from PvP'ing, just random mob killing,...I'd love to just get a group of 4 together, go into a massive dungeon, and fight everything in an evening. Maybe some nights I'd do some solo questing, some nights some solo pvp'ing, some nights hanging with others doing group questing, and some nights just hanging out doing group grinding.

I just don't understand why Zos forces us to quest, and 95% of them being solo. It's very flawed. I'll never do an alt because of it, making the replayability of this game non-existent for me. They made leveling a very linear process...such a shame.

Not everybody lives for only PvP and/or groups. Yes groups and PvPare fun but I enjoy the quests and the solo PvE stuff also. ESO is trying to please all three types of players and will always seem unbalanced to one crowd or another.

Nope, ESO is only pleasing you here. I like solo mob grinding, I like group mob grinding, I like PvP. None of these are good ways to level.

Gyudan · December 2014

oren74 wrote: »

Heruthema wrote: »

oren74 wrote: »

Way too many quests in this game. such a great game, but make 1/4 of the quests, and boost the xp gains from PvP'ing, just random mob killing,...I'd love to just get a group of 4 together, go into a massive dungeon, and fight everything in an evening. Maybe some nights I'd do some solo questing, some nights some solo pvp'ing, some nights hanging with others doing group questing, and some nights just hanging out doing group grinding.

I just don't understand why Zos forces us to quest, and 95% of them being solo. It's very flawed. I'll never do an alt because of it, making the replayability of this game non-existent for me. They made leveling a very linear process...such a shame.

Not everybody lives for only PvP and/or groups. Yes groups and PvPare fun but I enjoy the quests and the solo PvE stuff also. ESO is trying to please all three types of players and will always seem unbalanced to one crowd or another.

Nope, ESO is only pleasing you here. I like solo mob grinding, I like group mob grinding, I like PvP. None of these are good ways to level.

Group mob grinding is about 10 times faster than questing for leveling.
1 Veteran Level (1,000,000 XP) in a bit over 1 hour.

reften · December 2014

Gyudan wrote: »

oren74 wrote: »

Heruthema wrote: »

oren74 wrote: »

Way too many quests in this game. such a great game, but make 1/4 of the quests, and boost the xp gains from PvP'ing, just random mob killing,...I'd love to just get a group of 4 together, go into a massive dungeon, and fight everything in an evening. Maybe some nights I'd do some solo questing, some nights some solo pvp'ing, some nights hanging with others doing group questing, and some nights just hanging out doing group grinding.

I just don't understand why Zos forces us to quest, and 95% of them being solo. It's very flawed. I'll never do an alt because of it, making the replayability of this game non-existent for me. They made leveling a very linear process...such a shame.

Not everybody lives for only PvP and/or groups. Yes groups and PvPare fun but I enjoy the quests and the solo PvE stuff also. ESO is trying to please all three types of players and will always seem unbalanced to one crowd or another.

Nope, ESO is only pleasing you here. I like solo mob grinding, I like group mob grinding, I like PvP. None of these are good ways to level.

Group mob grinding is about 10 times faster than questing for leveling.
1 Veteran Level (1,000,000 XP) in a bit over 1 hour.

Right, and you miss out an x number of skill points.

Gyudan · December 2014

oren74 wrote: »

Gyudan wrote: »

oren74 wrote: »

Heruthema wrote: »

oren74 wrote: »

Way too many quests in this game. such a great game, but make 1/4 of the quests, and boost the xp gains from PvP'ing, just random mob killing,...I'd love to just get a group of 4 together, go into a massive dungeon, and fight everything in an evening. Maybe some nights I'd do some solo questing, some nights some solo pvp'ing, some nights hanging with others doing group questing, and some nights just hanging out doing group grinding.

I just don't understand why Zos forces us to quest, and 95% of them being solo. It's very flawed. I'll never do an alt because of it, making the replayability of this game non-existent for me. They made leveling a very linear process...such a shame.

Not everybody lives for only PvP and/or groups. Yes groups and PvPare fun but I enjoy the quests and the solo PvE stuff also. ESO is trying to please all three types of players and will always seem unbalanced to one crowd or another.

Nope, ESO is only pleasing you here. I like solo mob grinding, I like group mob grinding, I like PvP. None of these are good ways to level.

Group mob grinding is about 10 times faster than questing for leveling.
1 Veteran Level (1,000,000 XP) in a bit over 1 hour.

Right, and you miss out an x number of skill points.

PVE-only players miss out on the 50 skillpoints received from PVP levels, yet they're not complaining about those.
This thread is about the reward for the main quest, the one that demands 100+ hours of play time. The PVP equivalent would be the emperor title with a shiny costume and permanent buffs.