Nords with crayons.....

Vangy · May 2016

Is there any particular reason why the crafting writs look like they are drawn by a bunch of pre school kids with oversized crayons? (Aka Nords)...

I mean this has always irked me but I did remember getting the addon to help me with locating the writs. I know they kinda need to be authentic but the X drawn on those writs really dosent help much..... If not for this addon I prolly wouldnt be able to locate them.. Maybe a slight improvement is in order? Am I the only one who feels this way or are there more silent souls out there who feel this way?

AverageJo3Gam3r · May 2016

I always have to look them up online to find them (console player here)

Danksta · May 2016

It is a bit tedious, but even without an add-on their exact location is only a 30 second YouTube video away.

Nestor · May 2016

Compared to the Treasure Maps, Survey Mats are a breeze to find the location. Even with the crude drawing, the local topographical features are there and a quick look at the zone map and it is easy to find the location of the survey. I never had an issue finding the survey locations from the maps. Look for the rivers, lakes and such near where the X is, then look at the zone map for those same features. It can also help to put a marker on the game map to where you think the survey is as you are heading towards it.

As for the maps, they are crude for a reason, they are meant to be hand drawn maps that someone in the field created as they were walking around exploring. If they came out looking like a Rand McNally or USGS map, they would look quite jarring in the game.

Vangy · May 2016

Nestor wrote: »

Compared to the Treasure Maps, Survey Mats are a breeze to find the location. Even with the crude drawing, the local topographical features are there and a quick look at the zone map and it is easy to find the location of the survey. I never had an issue finding the survey locations from the maps. Look for the rivers, lakes and such near where the X is, then look at the zone map for those same features. It can also help to put a marker on the game map to where you think the survey is as you are heading towards it.

As for the maps, they are crude for a reason, they are meant to be hand drawn maps that someone in the field created as they were walking around exploring. If they came out looking like a Rand McNally or USGS map, they would look quite jarring in the game.

I can understand hand drawn my man but they really look like they are drawn by drunken half-orc-half-nords with crayons.... Im sure Tamriel has many talented artists...... They dont need to be 3D CGI pieces of awesomeness but at least better than they are currently? hahahaha

AugustoCP · May 2016

Dude, you're being a bit of a moaner. Treasure maps could be better, yes, but surveys are extremely easy to understand.

Vangy · May 2016

AugustoCP wrote: »

Dude, you're being a bit of a moaner. Treasure maps could be better, yes, but surveys are extremely easy enough to understand even though they look like they're drawn by nords with crayons

=X

SirAndy · May 2016

Vangy wrote: »

Nords With Crayons

That would be a great band name!

Vangy · May 2016

SirAndy wrote: »

Vangy wrote: »

Nords With Crayons

That would be a great band name!

Hmmm yeah I agree lol!