ZOS_AlanG wrote: »

It's not a town in the mechanical sense, but I really love Mathiisen. Just something about the layout and environs I suppose, but I enjoy wandering around that neck of the woods.

From the list, Velyn Harbor is my favorite town in AD. Mostly for the aesthetics, but it's pretty convenient too, and usually not too busy. I enjoy the ruins in Woodhearth as well, although when I'm in Greenshade I tend to hang out in Marbruk more. There's just something about the Atlmer's attempt to establish what they consider to be a 'normal' settlement in the middle of the woods that I enjoy.

This is how I feel about Rawl'Kwa too. Here we have a small city that seems like it was at one time either a temporary oasis in the high desert, then people decided to just stay and build a number of smaller structures until it grew larger. If you know the zone story line, I imagine it was established in refuge due to the troubles in the other three zone cities of Dune, Arenthia, and Vinedusk village.

look at this tongkonan house it looks like one of those Khajit's

I was looking forward to getting to Rawl'Kha and arrived and it looks like "insert busy street of choice" on a saturday afternoon bit crazy and everything ran ssssssllllllllooooooowwwwww, still never mind.

I really like Mistral (I love Khajiit architecture and Khenarti's Roost in general) but I chose Skywatch because it has the most beautiful layout and there's so much going on: Mages practising, frog races, people giving speeches in the park, so many taverns and a big market. Even though I'm not really into Altmer culture the place feels so alive and full of detail it is amazing.

Whoever placed the woodworking station should be sent to some really nasty place in Coldharbour though.

Elden root blew my mind when I first saw it.. then my computer crashed and I had to turn down my settings.

Auridon is increadably beautiful, It is definately as a whole my favourite zone and I liked the way the story progressed through it. But I don't have any particular attachment to either of the two cities.

Rawl is a lag fest of people dueling and spamming and it just drove me mad when I just wanted to move through it to do my quests and writs.

So i voted Maulbruk. Despite its inconvience, I just love jumping the walls and Niiitrusss a thief! and its quiet and lag free unlike more popular cities. I think being a Stam Wood elf, and just taking running jumps off all the tiers and normally into the pond at the bottom is exactly the kind of behavour that confuses the Altmer trying to bring "culture" to the wood elves by transplanting an Altmer city in greenshade.

Haven you have to go between gates all the time and that is annoying. I spent about two seconds in woodheath during the story and it is inconvient to find the right stores up in the trees.

I like Valen Harbour except that there are no guild stores and that is really inconvient when I want to get mats for writs (other than the theif refuge). Oh yeah i agree that the music at the bank is very welcome though. Give me guild stores and it would be my favourite.

Deffinitly Elden Root! All crafting stations are near there's a bank and of course my favorite Khajiit screaming "BELIEVE WHAT YOU LIKE! I'M GLAD THING HAVE CALMED DOWN THERE WHATEVER THE CAUSE"

Dawnblade wrote: »

From an aesthetics perspective? Any of the High Elf towns, particularly those in Auridon as it has to be the most gorgeous zone in the game. Velyn Harbor is very nice as well, with a pretty convenient layout.

Rawl'Kha is great for convenience of bank and traders next to a wayshrine, but sucks for performance (trying to log in during peak with a character parked there can be frustrating), not to mention all the morons spamming abilities and dueling right on top of everything (they should restrict duels to outside of towns or have the guards attack players dueling).

Yep with you on that one, trying to get anywhere in rawl'kha most of the time is like walking through setting concrete.

I like Mistral the best. If it had an outlaw refuge, it'd be perfect. I just never tire of Knenarthi's Roost and Khajiiti architecture, and resent the Master Gatherer-empowered bots and obnoxious power mat farmers that plague the place now. After Mistel, I'd say Baandari Tradepost and Redfur Trading post. Pity the last two aren't very functional in terms of crafting and such, but I intend to buy the Cyrodillic house at Baandari, and if i understand it correctly, you can get crafting stations for your houses, so that could change. Baandari is lovely for RPing with my AD chars, open world wandering and chillax fishing sessions.