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Which zone is the WORST for collecting Surveys?
Cloudtrader
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I recently let almost 200 surveys from crafting writs collect in my bags. It was a terrible grind to go collect them all, taking several hours. While doing them, I got to thinking about how much I dreaded doing certain zones. So I wanted to see what others thought. Here are my top four LEAST favorite zones to do surveys in. Which one is the one you hate the most?
Which zone is the WORST for collecting Surveys? 167 votes
Malabal Tor
37%
63 votes
Craglorn
29%
49 votes
Shadowfen
14%
24 votes
Wrothgar
18%
31 votes
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Taleof2Cities✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭For me it’s Vvardenfell and it’s not even close.
Not only are some of the survey sites a ways away from the wayshrine, but you’re also dealing with the terrible topography of the Ashlands and Ascadian Isles.
The Craglorn surveys I look forward to ... because they have a higher nirncrux drop rate versus regular nodes.6 -
phwaap✭✭✭Malabal TorUgh, Malabal Tor, the alchemist survey. I did about 60 recently and it almost killed me.8
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Jaimeh✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Malabal TorThere is an alchemy survey to the north of the map where you need to go through a cave to reach it, and an enchanter survey right in the middle of an ayleid ruin full of daedra
Both quite a bit ways from their respective shrines, so not my favourite to collect.
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bmnoble✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭WrothgarThere is this one Jewelry survey in Wrothgar on a ledge, real pain to harvest if you have multiple copies of the same survey.
Other than that, I make a rule of only doing surveys when I have more than one in a location and only at the end of each week or fortnight if I am lazy. Make plenty of gold for my needs while ignoring them for the most part.
I don't even do the alchemy or enchanting ones, they all sit in an alts inventory. One day when my stockpiles run dry I will do a few.4 -
Thrawniel✭✭✭CraglornCraiglorn. This stupid mountain in the middle of the map and surveys both on top and under it, and I can never remember which ones are where and end up wasting a lot of time running around13
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doomette✭✭✭✭✭
✭CraglornWhile the nirncrux is a plus, I’m going to have to go with Craglorn for two pretty dumb reasons:
1) I remember how stressful it was getting them before the zone was nerfed (and before you could share surveys between characters) on a mostly crafting character that was not prepared for combat there. Even though it’s easy-peasy now, I can’t help but have some residual jumpiness.
2) I really, really hate the noise the pigs make there. And they do it all of the time.
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Tai-Chi✭✭✭✭ShadowfenI agree that the Alchemy Survey is a pain to get to and that it does not respawn readily.
Nevertheless, I have opted for Shadowfen.- 1. The Clothing Survey is not hard to get to but it does not respawn once there. Ruin your armour fighting mobs to one side, whilst waiting, ride or swim leagues in the other directions and back again.
- 2. The Jewellery Survey is a long way away and one has to swim out to - and back again from - an adjacent Island before the nodes are ready for harvesting again.
- 3. The Blacksmith Survey is out-of-the-way and suffers from the respawning problem - but to a lesser degree than the other two.
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Scootter✭✭✭WrothgarCraglorn I always leave until last for reasons other people are saying. That spot in northern Malabal Tor where you have to go through the cave to get to the survey also sucks.
On the topic of surveys I really need to stop procrastinating because
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Druid40✭✭✭✭Probably Wrothgar. The Orsimer may a concerted effort not to have wayshrines close enough to anything important.8 -
tmbrinks✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭ShadowfenThere is an alchemy survey to the north of the map where you need to go through a cave to reach it, and an enchanter survey right in the middle of an ayleid ruin full of daedra Both quite a bit ways from their respective shrines, so not my favourite to collect.
There is a "shortcut" where you can run up the hill and under a tree to get up there, without having to go though the cave. Almost due north of the wayshrine.
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starlizard70ub17_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭WrothgarWrothgar has a few more annoying places to reach to get at the survey sites than other places."We have found a cave, but I don't think there are warm fires and friendly faces inside."0 -
doomette✭✭✭✭✭
✭Craglorn
You can also preview an unowned house and leave. You port right back where you were standing with everything refreshed.
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Integral1900✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭At least I don’t have to worry about enchanting surveys, tracked the results for a year and didn’t get a single Kuta. Now I just delete them.... I’ve got so many enchanting mats I levelled two new characters to 50 and didn’t make a dent in the stockpile
Personally I am not keen on the ones in wrothgar but that’s just because they chose the few boring bits of a great zoneEdited by Integral1900 on June 10, 2019 2:59PM0 -
ghastley✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭So many candidates here: there are a lot of surveys placed so that you have to go to the right side of a ridge, or a cliff, or some other impassible barrier to reach them, and the apparently nearest wayshrine is the other side. I've found one survey half-way down a cliff, but I forget where. Went to the bottom, didn't find it. Went to the top, didn't find it. Was lucky enough to peer over the edge and spot it on a ledge.
I suspect the zones in the poll would get different ratings for different crafts. It's usually one really awkward survey that sticks in your throat.1 -
HappyTheCamper✭✭✭✭✭ShadowfenI wish Summerset had surveys. I’d spend hours there just searching for nodes, it’s so damn pretty!3 -
reoskit✭✭✭✭✭
✭Coldharbour. You need to run halfway across the map for them to respawn.
Edit: respawn, not spawn.Edited by reoskit on June 10, 2019 4:48PM1 -
reoskit✭✭✭✭✭
✭I suspect the zones in the poll would get different ratings for different crafts. It's usually one really awkward survey that sticks in your throat.
That jewelry one in Wrothgar on the cliff. So rude. Worst survey of all. Def use the port in/out (house preview or logging on/offline) options for that one.4 -
Reverb✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Of those listed Shadowfn is the worst. But both Vvardenfell and Reapers are worse in terms of proximity to wayshrines and ease of travel.Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. ~Friedrich Nietzsche0 -
Minyassa✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭WrothgarWrothgar is SO cliffy. You have to approach from the right wayshrine and the right angle, you can't just ride on to the next one without expecting to have to fling yourself off a gigantic cliff and die to get to the next area. Craglorn is pretty bad that way too but at least it has nirncrux to offset the inconvenience of the landscape.1 -
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✭✭WrothgarCraglorn I always leave until last for reasons other people are saying. That spot in northern Malabal Tor where you have to go through the cave to get to the survey also sucks.
On the topic of surveys I really need to stop procrastinating because
Burn them.0 -
redlink1979✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭I don't have any problems with picking up surveys. They're kind of easy to find after the 1st attempt. The "worst" are maybe those which aren't close to wayshrines."Sweet Mother, sweet Mother, send your child unto me, for the sins of the unworthy must be baptized in blood and fear"- Sons of the Night Mother | VforVendetta | Grownups Gaming EU | English Elders [PS][EU] 2360 CP
- Daggerfall's Mightiest | Eternal Champions | Legacy | Tamriel Melting Pot [PS][NA] 2190 CP
- SweetTrolls | Spring Rose | Daggerfall Royal Legion | Tinnitus Delux [PC][EU] 2345 CP
- Bacon Rats | Silverlight Brotherhood | Canis Root Tea Party | Vincula Doloris [PC][NA] 2090 CP
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redlink1979✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Ugh, Malabal Tor, the alchemist survey. I did about 60 recently and it almost killed me.
You need to pick them up more frequently or will die bored if you keep picking them up when they're +50.
"Sweet Mother, sweet Mother, send your child unto me, for the sins of the unworthy must be baptized in blood and fear"- Sons of the Night Mother | VforVendetta | Grownups Gaming EU | English Elders [PS][EU] 2360 CP
- Daggerfall's Mightiest | Eternal Champions | Legacy | Tamriel Melting Pot [PS][NA] 2190 CP
- SweetTrolls | Spring Rose | Daggerfall Royal Legion | Tinnitus Delux [PC][EU] 2345 CP
- Bacon Rats | Silverlight Brotherhood | Canis Root Tea Party | Vincula Doloris [PC][NA] 2090 CP
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redgreensunset✭✭✭✭✭
✭Taleof2Cities wrote: »For me it’s Vvardenfell and it’s not even close.
Not only are some of the survey sites a ways away from the wayshrine, but you’re also dealing with the terrible topography of the Ashlands and Ascadian Isles.
The Craglorn surveys I look forward to ... because they have a higher nirncrux drop rate versus regular nodes.
This right here. Spent the morning collecting surveys I'd accrued and Vvardenfell is absolutely my least favorite. It's a gorgeous place and I think I'd enjoy the questing there, but as for collecting surveys... no.0 -
Scootter✭✭✭WrothgarBrianLovesLisa wrote: »
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It has several handy slash commands that are not commonly known about.1 -
raaphor✭✭✭Malabal TorMalabal Tor is the first thing that came up when reading the tltle alone
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Nestor✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Malabal TorAnytime I get a survey for Malabal Tor, I destroy it. I don't think there is a convenient node on that map.Enjoy the game, life is what you really want to be worried about.
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