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If I was to start, how long would it take to farm/grind all current motif pages
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Chantclaire✭✭✭I just finished all motifs after like 3 years of kind of trying, mostly doing the easy dailies. I just gave up and spent like 2 mill on the hard ones the other week.Everyone has a plan, until their plan gets nerfed
Apparently the only Stamplar left on PC EU1 -
swippy✭✭✭✭✭depends how much gold you are willing/able to spend and how capable you are at all the various aspects of the game that reward motifs.
it's almost like you're not really asking a meaningful question here. it's like asking how long it will take to earn a million dollars in the U.S.A. it depends on your skills, willingness to grind, and several other intangible factors.
or if you don't like that answer: One Year.
it will take you exactly one year to get motifs.9 -
JamieAubrey✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭depends how much gold you are willing/able to spend and how capable you are at all the various aspects of the game that reward motifs.
it's almost like you're not really asking a meaningful question here. it's like asking how long it will take to earn a million dollars in the U.S.A. it depends on your skills, willingness to grind, and several other intangible factors.
or if you don't like that answer: One Year.
it will take you exactly one year to get motifs.
Well what ones are easiest, Daily quests, the ones that I need to pickpocket etc and without spending any gold, I gave up years ago when they started to come out as pages and required you to grind/farm0 -
Taleof2Cities✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭JamieAubrey wrote: »depends how much gold you are willing/able to spend and how capable you are at all the various aspects of the game that reward motifs.
it's almost like you're not really asking a meaningful question here. it's like asking how long it will take to earn a million dollars in the U.S.A. it depends on your skills, willingness to grind, and several other intangible factors.
or if you don't like that answer: One Year.
it will take you exactly one year to get motifs.
Well what ones are easiest, Daily quests, the ones that I need to pickpocket etc and without spending any gold, I gave up years ago when they started to come out as pages and required you to grind/farm
Yep, the Morrowind and DLC Daily quests are a good place to start.
There will soon be Summerset Dailies that drop motifs as well.0 -
swippy✭✭✭✭✭JamieAubrey wrote: »depends how much gold you are willing/able to spend and how capable you are at all the various aspects of the game that reward motifs.
it's almost like you're not really asking a meaningful question here. it's like asking how long it will take to earn a million dollars in the U.S.A. it depends on your skills, willingness to grind, and several other intangible factors.
or if you don't like that answer: One Year.
it will take you exactly one year to get motifs.
Well what ones are easiest, Daily quests, the ones that I need to pickpocket etc and without spending any gold, I gave up years ago when they started to come out as pages and required you to grind/farm
the blue racial ones and the purple full books (like Ancient Elf) are the easiest. i can give those away for free.
Mercenary and Assassin's Guild and that tier also seems easy; they're like 1k or less on my server.
since you mean to go fast, it'd be best to cultivate a large pool of the relevant resources (such as large amounts of currencies, and many benevolent trading contacts) and work on the rarer and more expensive motifs, because by the time you fill that out the lower tiers will seem to easily come your way (or at least feel like negligible cost).
if i'm not inaccurate for being a few weeks behind, i'd guess that once you can freely trade Buoyant Armiger, Worm Cult, and Mazzatun then the lower tiers like Minotaur will seem to fall into your lap.1 -
method__01✭✭✭✭✭learning all motifs (WC,Grim Harlequin and Frostcaster included) took me 18 months aprox.
PC EU/NA /// PS4 EU/NA
Vasanha
This one hears nothing. Sees nothing. This one only sweeps.
desperately need a survey assistant1 -
Lylith✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭i'm still 3 short, missing the newest ones, and i've been here since beta.
but i'm cheep, too, so they can wait.
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Invincible✭✭✭✭✭I'm missing 5 or 6 from morrowind and ebony but have everything else and I didn't collect a single one until the motif events.2 -
DanteYoda✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭JamieAubrey wrote: »depends how much gold you are willing/able to spend and how capable you are at all the various aspects of the game that reward motifs.
it's almost like you're not really asking a meaningful question here. it's like asking how long it will take to earn a million dollars in the U.S.A. it depends on your skills, willingness to grind, and several other intangible factors.
or if you don't like that answer: One Year.
it will take you exactly one year to get motifs.
Well what ones are easiest, Daily quests, the ones that I need to pickpocket etc and without spending any gold, I gave up years ago when they started to come out as pages and required you to grind/farm
the blue racial ones and the purple full books (like Ancient Elf) are the easiest. i can give those away for free.
Mercenary and Assassin's Guild and that tier also seems easy; they're like 1k or less on my server.
since you mean to go fast, it'd be best to cultivate a large pool of the relevant resources (such as large amounts of currencies, and many benevolent trading contacts) and work on the rarer and more expensive motifs, because by the time you fill that out the lower tiers will seem to easily come your way (or at least feel like negligible cost).
if i'm not inaccurate for being a few weeks behind, i'd guess that once you can freely trade Buoyant Armiger, Worm Cult, and Mazzatun then the lower tiers like Minotaur will seem to fall into your lap.
I'll take whatever you are willing to offload for free.. i have barely only blue motifs..0 -
Emma_Overload✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭OP, I would separate the list of all motifs into two categories: the really expensive ones and everything else. Then I would spend gold to acquire most of them, leaving myself time to farm the expensive ones.#CAREBEARMASTERRACE3 -
JamieAubrey✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Emma_Overload wrote: »OP, I would separate the list of all motifs into two categories: the really expensive ones and everything else. Then I would spend gold to acquire most of them, leaving myself time to farm the expensive ones.
This might be a wise idea0 -
swippy✭✭✭✭✭JamieAubrey wrote: »depends how much gold you are willing/able to spend and how capable you are at all the various aspects of the game that reward motifs.
it's almost like you're not really asking a meaningful question here. it's like asking how long it will take to earn a million dollars in the U.S.A. it depends on your skills, willingness to grind, and several other intangible factors.
or if you don't like that answer: One Year.
it will take you exactly one year to get motifs.
Well what ones are easiest, Daily quests, the ones that I need to pickpocket etc and without spending any gold, I gave up years ago when they started to come out as pages and required you to grind/farm
the blue racial ones and the purple full books (like Ancient Elf) are the easiest. i can give those away for free.
Mercenary and Assassin's Guild and that tier also seems easy; they're like 1k or less on my server.
since you mean to go fast, it'd be best to cultivate a large pool of the relevant resources (such as large amounts of currencies, and many benevolent trading contacts) and work on the rarer and more expensive motifs, because by the time you fill that out the lower tiers will seem to easily come your way (or at least feel like negligible cost).
if i'm not inaccurate for being a few weeks behind, i'd guess that once you can freely trade Buoyant Armiger, Worm Cult, and Mazzatun then the lower tiers like Minotaur will seem to fall into your lap.
I'll take whatever you are willing to offload for free.. i have barely only blue motifs..
we're probably on the same server!
should i guess yours first?1 -
Anotherone773✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Depends on how much you want to grind and your willingness to buy some of the pages you need. Ive gotten about half of all current chapters/books and it took me about 6 months( and a very long anniversary event) to get that far. I dont grind for them though. I just farm some every once in a while and most i pick up from doing other things. The anniversary event doubled the amount i have learned in that time though. Some motifs are only available at certain times of the year and are hard to find when "not in season" so id say 1-3 years unless you just buy all of them, depending on your dedication to the task.0 -
DanteYoda✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭JamieAubrey wrote: »depends how much gold you are willing/able to spend and how capable you are at all the various aspects of the game that reward motifs.
it's almost like you're not really asking a meaningful question here. it's like asking how long it will take to earn a million dollars in the U.S.A. it depends on your skills, willingness to grind, and several other intangible factors.
or if you don't like that answer: One Year.
it will take you exactly one year to get motifs.
Well what ones are easiest, Daily quests, the ones that I need to pickpocket etc and without spending any gold, I gave up years ago when they started to come out as pages and required you to grind/farm
the blue racial ones and the purple full books (like Ancient Elf) are the easiest. i can give those away for free.
Mercenary and Assassin's Guild and that tier also seems easy; they're like 1k or less on my server.
since you mean to go fast, it'd be best to cultivate a large pool of the relevant resources (such as large amounts of currencies, and many benevolent trading contacts) and work on the rarer and more expensive motifs, because by the time you fill that out the lower tiers will seem to easily come your way (or at least feel like negligible cost).
if i'm not inaccurate for being a few weeks behind, i'd guess that once you can freely trade Buoyant Armiger, Worm Cult, and Mazzatun then the lower tiers like Minotaur will seem to fall into your lap.
I'll take whatever you are willing to offload for free.. i have barely only blue motifs..
we're probably on the same server!
should i guess yours first?
PC/NA here.. are you. sorry i should have said.Edited by DanteYoda on May 2, 2018 3:57AM0 -
Nemesis7884✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭now is probably a good time to buy a lot of motifs because prices are still down after the event...but this will go back to normal in a few weeks1 -
swippy✭✭✭✭✭JamieAubrey wrote: »depends how much gold you are willing/able to spend and how capable you are at all the various aspects of the game that reward motifs.
it's almost like you're not really asking a meaningful question here. it's like asking how long it will take to earn a million dollars in the U.S.A. it depends on your skills, willingness to grind, and several other intangible factors.
or if you don't like that answer: One Year.
it will take you exactly one year to get motifs.
Well what ones are easiest, Daily quests, the ones that I need to pickpocket etc and without spending any gold, I gave up years ago when they started to come out as pages and required you to grind/farm
the blue racial ones and the purple full books (like Ancient Elf) are the easiest. i can give those away for free.
Mercenary and Assassin's Guild and that tier also seems easy; they're like 1k or less on my server.
since you mean to go fast, it'd be best to cultivate a large pool of the relevant resources (such as large amounts of currencies, and many benevolent trading contacts) and work on the rarer and more expensive motifs, because by the time you fill that out the lower tiers will seem to easily come your way (or at least feel like negligible cost).
if i'm not inaccurate for being a few weeks behind, i'd guess that once you can freely trade Buoyant Armiger, Worm Cult, and Mazzatun then the lower tiers like Minotaur will seem to fall into your lap.
I'll take whatever you are willing to offload for free.. i have barely only blue motifs..
we're probably on the same server!
should i guess yours first?
PC/NA here.. are you. sorry i should have said.
please don't be sorry; i was the one acting like a jerk. i'm xb/na
DanteYoda on pc/na is accepting motif donations, yeah? the master race kinda has to give you a warmer welcome than me, right?1 -
Saucy_Jack✭✭✭✭✭
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ALL HAIL SNUGGLORR THE MAGNIFICENT, KING OF THE RNG AND NIRN'S ONE TRUE GOD! Also, become a Scrub-scriber! SJ Scrubs: Playing games badly to make you feel better about yourself.1 -
DanteYoda✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭JamieAubrey wrote: »depends how much gold you are willing/able to spend and how capable you are at all the various aspects of the game that reward motifs.
it's almost like you're not really asking a meaningful question here. it's like asking how long it will take to earn a million dollars in the U.S.A. it depends on your skills, willingness to grind, and several other intangible factors.
or if you don't like that answer: One Year.
it will take you exactly one year to get motifs.
Well what ones are easiest, Daily quests, the ones that I need to pickpocket etc and without spending any gold, I gave up years ago when they started to come out as pages and required you to grind/farm
the blue racial ones and the purple full books (like Ancient Elf) are the easiest. i can give those away for free.
Mercenary and Assassin's Guild and that tier also seems easy; they're like 1k or less on my server.
since you mean to go fast, it'd be best to cultivate a large pool of the relevant resources (such as large amounts of currencies, and many benevolent trading contacts) and work on the rarer and more expensive motifs, because by the time you fill that out the lower tiers will seem to easily come your way (or at least feel like negligible cost).
if i'm not inaccurate for being a few weeks behind, i'd guess that once you can freely trade Buoyant Armiger, Worm Cult, and Mazzatun then the lower tiers like Minotaur will seem to fall into your lap.
I'll take whatever you are willing to offload for free.. i have barely only blue motifs..
we're probably on the same server!
should i guess yours first?
PC/NA here.. are you. sorry i should have said.
please don't be sorry; i was the one acting like a jerk. i'm xb/na
DanteYoda on pc/na is accepting motif donations, yeah? the master race kinda has to give you a warmer welcome than me, right?
No probs i am good either way as i've just returned i have very little in the way of everything.. Currently leveling three toons up.. so still considered low.0 -
Septimus_Magna✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Its easier to buy the cheap motif pages, some are only 2-5k so the full 14 page book isnt too expensive.
In the mean time, farm the more expensive pages. If you get a double you can sell it and buy multiple cheaper pages.
The Awesome Guild Store add-on is really nice to search for specific motif pages.
Are you also trying to collect 40 complete motifs so you get the Master Crafter title when Summerset launches?Edited by Septimus_Magna on May 2, 2018 5:34AMPC - EU (AD)Septimus Mezar - Altmer Sorcerer
Septimus Rulanir - Orsimer Templar
Septimus Desmoru - Khajiit Necromancer
Septimus Iroh - Dunmer Dragon Knight
Septimus Thragar - Dunmer Nightblade
Septimus Jah'zar - Khajiit Nightblade
Septimus Nerox - Redguard Warden
Septimus Ozurk - Orsimer Sorcerer0 -
Whiphid✭✭✭✭Nemesis7884 wrote: »now is probably a good time to buy a lot of motifs because prices are still down after the event...but this will go back to normal in a few weeks
EU PS4 prices are trough the roof again already. Even Assassins is listed for 15K....
I guess the moguls of our server have bought up all the reasonably priced ones to make more profit, again.
So much greed.One land! One Emperor! Who among you will stand with me?
PS4/EU - Breton Sorcerer / Breton Healplar / Khajiit Stamblade / Khajiit Stamplar / Altmer SorcTank
Grand Master Crafter and Guild Master of the Aetherium Alliance.3 -
NupidStoob✭✭✭✭✭I took around 15 months to get all of them and I wasn't heavily invested in it. Only thing I kept doing through all this time was trading to have a steady income.
If you really want them all you have to learn to be efficient about it. First don't waste time grinding for any cheap motifs and just straight up buy them. I don't think I actively farmed for any motif worth less than 10k. Secondly while it's really nice to get a nice deal you very often only save very little compared to the time invested by running from trader to trader. Saving on trades only really becomes effective with expensive purchases.
Learning to play the game properly can easily be one of the best methods to making steady money. If you can run vet dlc hms in around 20 minutes they will be one of the easiest source to make money. You will have to find likeminded people for that though.1 -
hydrocynus✭✭✭✭✭Playing since launch and never had an imperial motif drop. If you are as unlucky as me you may be waiting a while(or you will have to buy it)My internet is invalid1
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Asardes✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭You can probably buy all motifs currently in game with 10-12M gold, considering prices on EU-PC, as calculated by this addon. Getting that much gold will take 4-6 months probably, depending on your capabilities. I've gotten mine over a long periods, with 2 notable spikes, January 2017 when I got them up to date the 1st time for about 2.8M over 2 weeks, and October 2017 when I did the same for 3.75M and 2.2M AP in 6 hours. The rest I've farmed myself before, in between or after.Edited by Asardes on May 2, 2018 9:39AMBeta tester since February 2014, played ESO-TU October 2015 - August 2022, currently on an extended break
vMA (The Flawless Conqueror) | vVH (Spirit Slayer & of the Undying Song) | vDSA | vAA HM | vHRC HM | vSO HM | vMoL | vAS+1 | Emperor
PC-EU CP 3000+
41,000+ Achievement Points before High IsleMember of:
Pact Veteran Trade: Exemplary
Traders of the Covenant: God of Sales
Tamriels Emporium: God of Sales
Valinor Overflow: Trader
The Traveling Merchant: Silver
Characters:
Asardes | 50 Nord Dragonknight | EP AR 50 | Master Crafter: all traits & recipes, all styles released before High Isle
Alxaril Nelcarion | 50 High Elf Sorcerer | AD AR 20 |
Dro'Bear Three-paws | 50 Khajiit Nightblade | AD AR 20 |
Veronique Nicole | 50 Breton Templar | DC AR 20 |
Sabina Flavia Cosades | 50 Imperial Warden | EP AR 20 |
Ervesa Neloren | 50 Dark Elf Dragonknight | EP AR 20 |
Fendar Khodwin | 50 Redguard Sorcerer | DC AR 20 |
Surilanwe of Lillandril | 50 High Elf Nightblade | AD AR 20 |
Joleen the Swift | 50 Redguard Templar | DC AR 20 |
Draynor Telvanni | 50 Dark Elf Warden | EP AR 20 |
Claudius Tharn | 50 Necromancer | DC AR 20 |
Nazura-la the Bonedancer | 50 Necromancer | AD AR 20 |
Tharkul gro-Shug | 50 Orc Dragonknight | DC AR 4 |
Ushruka gra-Lhurgash | 50 Orc Sorcerer | AD AR 4 |
Cienwen ferch Llywelyn | 50 Breton Nightblade | DC AR 4 |
Plays-with-Sunray | 50 Argonian Templar | EP AR 4 |
Milariel | 50 Wood Elf Warden | AD AR 4 |
Scheei-Jul | 50 Necromancer | EP AR 4 |
PC-NA CP 1800+
30,000+ Achievement Points before High IsleMember of:
Savage Blade: Majestic Machette
Characters:
Asardes the Exile | 50 Nord Dragonknight | EP AR 30 |0 -
Stinkyremy✭✭✭✭✭method__01 wrote: »learning all motifs (WC,Grim Harlequin and Frostcaster included) took me 18 months aprox.
about the same for me, but i did buy loads, that was the only thing I ever spent my money on.
by the time I was master crafter I knew all but millitant, then they added more.
Ik all styles right now until summerset drops, then it's a serious grind and money sink0 -
ghwaite✭✭✭Start now, then repost on this thread when your done. Then you will know.Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.0 -
Gythral✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Forever, even if you get close the goalposts will have moved
The aim is to have fun trying.“Be as a tower, that, firmly set,
Shakes not its top for any blast that blows!”
Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy1
