Murkmire

Metamon · February 2016

I keep hearing about this from time to time but can never find anything official outside of one video. What's going on with this zone? I'm curious

ProfessorKittyhawk · February 2016

Don't believe there's been anything new mentioned about it in recent months. I know it was being worked on, but with the failure that was Craglorn (seems like most people haven't done the main quest there, myself included) they may be reevaluating their game plan for Murkmire. I'd love it if it remained a group zone but they refine their grouping mechanics so every member of your group doesn't HAVE to be on the same step/phase of the qiest you're doing. That's what kills questing in Craglorn.

I would imagine after TG and DB we might hear more about it. I can't imagine they would dump it entirely. But there is a precedent for things getting dumped after being announced/mentioned, a la enforcer system and spellcrafting. Just sit tight and we may have more news eventually.

Metamon · February 2016

I've done very little inside Craglorn, both because some of it is too hard and the zone itself is just completely uninteresting to me. I'll only be venturing into it for skyshards and dungeons I can solo

I really hope it does end up getting released, the video showing snippets of it made it look amazing

ProfessorKittyhawk · February 2016

Yeah. Apparently they were going to be exploring more of the Argonian culture as well. Argonians are really one of the races I feel is grossly under represented in the game. Apparently they were going to be exploring more of their culture and reproduction methods.

Metamon · February 2016

That's a nice change from learning about Nords and Imperial history all the time XD

ProfessorKittyhawk · February 2016

Indeed. We get some insight into Argonians reproduction in Shadowfen but I'm interested in learning more about their society and the Hist tree. I'm sure there in game texts and all for that bit, to have a story focusing more on all that would make me want to try playing through the zones content.

Honestly if they were to change how group questing worked in Craglorn I'd love to play through it. Maybe they should add a feature to the group finder to group up for quests/particular steps of quests or something. Might encourage some people to do that content.

Ra'Shtar · February 2016

I really can't wait for Murkmire because in the video i saw it looks far more colorful and alive than shadowfen.

Metamon · February 2016

I hope grouping improves for those that like groups, I just wish there was a way to do group content (without ingame item rewards) just so I can get the achievements solo

The Murkmire video made it look like a brand new game, also- those new Reptile creatures look so damn epic

Dagoth_Rac · February 2016

It was going to be an "adventure zone", like Craglorn, that emphasized endgame group play for all quests and content. But the forced group play of Craglorn was unpopular with a lot of players. So my guess is that it is on hold because of that. I am sure it will resurface. They had clearly already put a good amount of work into it that I doubt they will throw away. But I think it will be be re-purposed into a zone that is less group-dependent. Some of the group content will probably be turned into 1 or 2 new dungeons and the rest into an Orsinium-ish zone, with solo content and battle-leveling so players of any level can jump into it.