Ability To See Crafted Style

ol_BANK_lo · February 2018

So, not sure if this is automatically coming in Dragon Bones from the style change, but @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom , can you please add the "style" of an item in the description of an armor or weapon piece? I often craft stuff by just looking things up in ESO Fashion and going with what I like. But, later on I forget what style I made it in case I want to replicate it or tell someone what it is. There are so many motifs/styles out there now, it would be helpful to know what it is for those of us who don't remember months or years later.

If this is coming next patch, disregard.

starkerealm · February 2018

A couple addons do this on PC. I think I get my motif data from Craft Store, though there are other options.

Asardes · February 2018

If you are on PC you can use:
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info1058-TraitBuddy.html
But you're essentially right. This should be part of the base UI.

ol_BANK_lo · February 2018

starkerealm wrote: »

A couple addons do this on PC. I think I get my motif data from Craft Store, though there are other options.

Sorry, I hate when I am not clear.

This is on Xbox.

ol_BANK_lo · February 2018

BANK_IT_HERE wrote: »

So, not sure if this is automatically coming in Dragon Bones from the style change, but @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom , can you please add the "style" of an item in the description of an armor or weapon piece? I often craft stuff by just looking things up in ESO Fashion and going with what I like. But, later on I forget what style I made it in case I want to replicate it or tell someone what it is. There are so many motifs/styles out there now, it would be helpful to know what it is for those of us who don't remember months or years later.

If this is coming next patch, disregard.

Xbox, sorry

AlnilamE · February 2018

I know that Dragon Bones will add a "Preview" feature to all pieces before you craft them, similar to the furniture preview right now.

Everstorm · February 2018

starkerealm wrote: »

A couple addons do this on PC. I think I get my motif data from Craft Store, though there are other options.

I am on pc and have an add on for it but I do find it incomprehensible that they add 50+ different armor styles to the game and no way to check what's what.

ghastley · February 2018

Before the discussion loses the point: You're wanting the "tooltip" description of an item to include the motif, right? Just like it tells you whether it's light/medium/heavy and what trait it has etc. You already know what it looks like, but not how that happened.

ol_BANK_lo · February 2018

ghastley wrote: »

Before the discussion loses the point: You're wanting the "tooltip" description of an item to include the motif, right? Just like it tells you whether it's light/medium/heavy and what trait it has etc. You already know what it looks like, but not how that happened.

Yes. With dozens of motifs, and an aging memory...and a game that is designed to last years, I likely won't remember what motif style I used to craft something. Even now I don't have many of the motifs. I just look up styles, find what I like at that moment, and look for someone to craft. Fast forward months or years, and I likely am not going to remember what motif I used for it. As you said, I think the style should be noted in the item description. Perhaps that is already happening as part of the transmorgification (or whatever it's called) coming with Dragon Bones. But if not....it needs to be added. I should be able to see an item, and see the style in case I want to replicate it down the road, or someone asks because they want the same thing.

Feric51 · February 2018

I think it would be nice for another reason entirely. Case in point:

I do daily Dreloth urn runs on several alts for furnishing plans, recipes, etc. Among the countless 0-value, white armor/weapons, I get the occasional green weapon/armor piece. I used to sell them along with all the 0-value crap to my merchant when my inventory got full, but in the last week I decided to bank them and deconstruct them with my new character as a quick source of inspiration. That's when I realized that even the non-set pieces also drop in different styles, and consequently, can drop those style materials when deconstructed.

Where this comes into play is for the rarer style mats, in this groundbreaking instance, ash canvas. I typically only deconstruct blue/purple items for their tempers, and historically sold green/white ones for the gold value because I have a plethora of green tempers.

Back to the main idea of this thread. Once you know which motif a certain set item drops in (i.e. Red Mountain = Ashlander), you know you'll have a chance at the ash canvas style material any time you decon an armor or weapon from that set, but the basic, non-set items don't tell you anything about what style they dropped in, and is random (probably zone-based) as far as I can tell. Having the tooltip describe the style would provide valuable insight into items I should deconstruct for the chance at style mats, rather than sell.

ol_BANK_lo · February 2018

Feric51 wrote: »

I think it would be nice for another reason entirely. Case in point:

I do daily Dreloth urn runs on several alts for furnishing plans, recipes, etc. Among the countless 0-value, white armor/weapons, I get the occasional green weapon/armor piece. I used to sell them along with all the 0-value crap to my merchant when my inventory got full, but in the last week I decided to bank them and deconstruct them with my new character as a quick source of inspiration. That's when I realized that even the non-set pieces also drop in different styles, and consequently, can drop those style materials when deconstructed.

Where this comes into play is for the rarer style mats, in this groundbreaking instance, ash canvas. I typically only deconstruct blue/purple items for their tempers, and historically sold green/white ones for the gold value because I have a plethora of green tempers.

Back to the main idea of this thread. Once you know which motif a certain set item drops in (i.e. Red Mountain = Ashlander), you know you'll have a chance at the ash canvas style material any time you decon an armor or weapon from that set, but the basic, non-set items don't tell you anything about what style they dropped in, and is random (probably zone-based) as far as I can tell. Having the tooltip describe the style would provide valuable insight into items I should deconstruct for the chance at style mats, rather than sell.

Ahhh, good point.

Malkorga · February 2018

I am on PC but do not have any add-ons as mentioned above ; yet now I do see the style type on the tool tip of armor and weapons. I believe this was added in with the new patch

Regards,

Jayne_Doe · February 2018

The update does add this! I noticed it on the PTS, but also have played a bit on PC since the update. The style is listed right after the armor weight/type, so now it will say "light gloves - dark elf" for example.

ol_BANK_lo · February 2018

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

The update does add this! I noticed it on the PTS, but also have played a bit on PC since the update. The style is listed right after the armor weight/type, so now it will say "light gloves - dark elf" for example.

Malkorga wrote: »

I am on PC but do not have any add-ons as mentioned above ; yet now I do see the style type on the tool tip of armor and weapons. I believe this was added in with the new patch

Regards,

Thank you both. Good to hear.