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Worst Master Writ Ever? (Share Your Master Writ Horror Stories!)

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  • wolfie1.0.
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    Agobi wrote: »
    Got one yesterday....10 vouchers for a Psijic Ambrosia Potion

    Gave me an incentive to buy the missing pages though :D

    This is the one I trash the most often. it requires 8 Psijic Ambrosia Potions to complete. that is 2 Perfect roe. even IF the exchange rate was 1k per 1 voucher your still taking a huge loss. There Needs to be some balancing for these things.
  • Eclipse0990
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    I am bad at farming motifs. Generally end up buying them. So when the writs are reasonably rewarding, I use that chance to add that motif to my crafting capabilities. If the rewards are just stupid, the writs are donated to random people in zone.
    Raid leader for Undead Nuns (DC-EU-KaalWhaterveritscallednowdays)
  • Ragnork
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    Shoulder - epic - invigorating - way of the arena - in .... Militant Ordinator - 7 vouchers...
    Edited by Ragnork on January 17, 2018 10:03PM
  • Flaminir
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    Actually the cost per voucher of that writ (& similar with nirn on armour & epic quality) is really good.
    So it depends how you look at it.
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  • starkerealm
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    Ragnork wrote: »
    Shoulder - epic - invigorating - way of the arena - in .... Militant Ordinator - 7 vouchers...

    At least the style stones are cheap, if you have the motif... :\
  • Oreyn_Bearclaw
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    Nothing will ever top the "Deadly Strike" bug that cost some of us millions of gold when writs first launched. Writs listed in traders where converting to a set that didnt exist in game. By the time they sorted it out, the market had crashed.
  • Mettaricana
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    No screenie but

    Boyant armiger chest legendary armor master

    102 vouchers.... needless to say sold writ off only to pull full bouyant motif from free crown crates....
  • starkerealm
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    Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »
    Nothing will ever top the "Deadly Strike" bug that cost some of us millions of gold when writs first launched. Writs listed in traders where converting to a set that didnt exist in game. By the time they sorted it out, the market had crashed.

    To be fair, the set exists. It's just can't be crafted.
  • zyk
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    Illurian wrote: »
    I got this Master Writ the other day, and I thought it was ridiculous:

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    9 trait set, Nirnhoned, Rare style (30-50k for the motif on TTC)...

    ...For 20 writ vouchers? Are you kidding me? I know it only requires Epic tier but still! Considering a 5 trait set with a worthless trait (in terms of cost) in an easy to get motif (racial style for example) in Epic tier can fetch anywhere from 6-10 vouchers, why should this one only give 20?

    Have you guys had horrendous Master Writs? Share your experiences!

    This isn't a bad master writ at all. It's not the best, but the value is decent and there are far, far, far worse -- as others have described.
  • Darkestnght
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    Capon tomato-beet casserole. Recipe cost around 60k - 80k in guild stores.
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    Xbox EU - CP400+

  • ereboz
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    My worst story is that I am only missing a few of the newer/rare motifs, have all research done, and still only get about 1 master per week. This is from doing clothier, woodworker, enchanter, and alchemy writs every day
  • programcanaan
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    wtlonewolf20 wrote: »
    Agobi wrote: »
    Got one yesterday....10 vouchers for a Psijic Ambrosia Potion

    Gave me an incentive to buy the missing pages though :D

    This is the one I trash the most often. it requires 8 Psijic Ambrosia Potions to complete. that is 2 Perfect roe. even IF the exchange rate was 1k per 1 voucher your still taking a huge loss. There Needs to be some balancing for these things.

    I gotten this one as well. It says make Psijic Ambrosia on the Writ. Accept the quest and BAM! make 8 Psijic Ambosia. Sadness
  • Linaleah
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    for alchemy writs - potion maker addon. it doesn't exactly autocraft, but you can still select poison (or potion), check the box of "potions with quest conditions only" and it will give you all the possible combinations for your master writ potion or poison. sometimes there's only one. other times there's like 5, so you can pick the cheapest one or what not. it tends to list them by which materials you have the most of - at the top of the list.

    my personal dislike for writs with something like militant ordinator or mazzatun is due to the cost of style mats. I can craft everything, that is not an issue, but style mats... are a bit annoying :/ some of them go for as much as fort nirn, so you have a 5 voucher recipe asking for 2k in style mats alone :/
    Edited by Linaleah on January 18, 2018 12:05AM
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  • lemonizzle
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    Aside from items mentioned, I always sell legendary writs that have vouchers counts below 50 (even 60 sometimes). When another writ for the same amount of material cost can give 200+ vouchers it's just a waste... some guys still buy it so at least there's that.
  • method__01
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    with update 17 coming,im doing every master writ, no matter the cost,my crafter lacks 2-3 motifs but i can keep it till i find or buy the page
    my theory is that the more writs you turning over,the more you increase the drop changes from daily's
    Edited by method__01 on January 18, 2018 1:16AM
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  • Colecovision
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    I leveled the entire 2 handed skill line in one sitting with master writs. Those 2 writ provision writs are secretly xp scrolls.

    My worst writ was one of the 10 voucher perfect roe writs. I accepted it thinking it would be for 1 ambrosia. When I saw I needed 8, I just abandoned the quest. When I get them now, I sell them for 3k. I have no idea why people buy them.
  • jssriot
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    ATM I can craft any master writs (that's not a bugged one) until they add ones asking for the HOTR dungeon motifs. Then I'm eff'd because i haven't the time to farm those and haven't wanted to spend the money on them.
    PC-NA since 2015. Tired and unimpressed.
  • Illurian
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    Thank you guys for making me feel better about my (turns out not so dramatically terrible) master writ! :D

    The ones that require perfect roes for 10 vouchers sound absolutely ridiculous lmao.
    Kiss the chaos.
  • Oreyn_Bearclaw
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    starkerealm wrote: »
    Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »
    Nothing will ever top the "Deadly Strike" bug that cost some of us millions of gold when writs first launched. Writs listed in traders where converting to a set that didnt exist in game. By the time they sorted it out, the market had crashed.

    To be fair, the set exists. It's just can't be crafted.

    Haha, fair point. I am no longer mad about the 1,000s of vouchers of deadly strike writs that were sitting in my inventory for a month. Wait...
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