Would you like a repair assistant and/or a deconstruction assistant? Or upgrade current assistants?

lagrue · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

Repair... we literally have repair kits in-game... I have 100s from daily writs.
Not to mention ZOS sells crown repair kits... never gonna happen.

As for Decon, it would be nice but its a pipe dream and also a bit unnecessary. At some point inventory management has to be your job, I'm already amazed ZOS has made it so easy already.

lagrue · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

NeillMcAttack wrote: »

I want a survey gatherer, or at least that when I have multiple of the same spot, that I harvest all surveys for that spot at the same time!!

This.... this I could get behind.

DPShiro · November 2019

Yes

Survey assistant. I would pay 20-30k crowns without blinking for that one

kargen27 · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

lagrue wrote: »

NeillMcAttack wrote: »

I want a survey gatherer, or at least that when I have multiple of the same spot, that I harvest all surveys for that spot at the same time!!

This.... this I could get behind.

thbbbts! just run a different direction than what you approached gathering mats as you go then loop back. You get more goodies and it takes only a few extra seconds.

FierceSam · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

Because unlike you, I do want my banker to enable me to do my guild transactions and my merchant to do repairs. In other words I want them to behave the way other bankers and merchants behave.

If I want a separate repair function, then I just want merchants to sell Repair All kits instead of making it a totally tedious time consuming chore that you only ever do when you are in the middle of a dungeon or trial, thus causing maximum inconvenience to you or your fellow players.

I am not interested in a bunch of other flunkies clogging up my quickslots thanks.

GenjiraX · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

They can’t give us all the merchant amenities on our assistants or we’d never visit the merchants. Same for bankers.

LadyAstrum · November 2019

Yes

Sure, as long as they're not 5000 crowns each on the crown store.

Easily_Lost · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but it amazes why anyone would pay to have there gear repaired.

I have over 1,000 repair kits right know. They are so easy to find or cheap to buy.

LadyAstrum · November 2019

Yes

DPShiro wrote: »

Survey assistant. I would pay 20-30k crowns without blinking for that one

Why?

I guess some people have too much money.

LoneStar2911 · November 2019

Yes

FierceSam wrote: »

Because unlike you, I do want my banker to enable me to do my guild transactions and my merchant to do repairs. In other words I want them to behave the way other bankers and merchants behave.

If I want a separate repair function, then I just want merchants to sell Repair All kits instead of making it a totally tedious time consuming chore that you only ever do when you are in the middle of a dungeon or trial, thus causing maximum inconvenience to you or your fellow players.

I am not interested in a bunch of other flunkies clogging up my quickslots thanks.

Did you read the entire post??? I said it doesn't have to be separate functions. The merchant could definitely be upgraded to do repairs and deconstruction.
Most people also assume it would cost anything at all for the merchants to be upgraded. I never mentioned anything about cost, so I don't understand why it keeps coming up.

Pretend it would be free.

Pretend it would be implemented in the best way you can imagine.

The question is, would you want an assistant that can do repairs and/or deconstruction?

A lot of you are making this far more complicated than it's meant to be.

DPShiro · November 2019

Yes

LadyAstrum wrote: »

DPShiro wrote: »

Survey assistant. I would pay 20-30k crowns without blinking for that one

Why?

I guess some people have too much money.

Because I have 30-40 of each survey map from each zone. That would literally take me several days to do.
Happily pay for the convenience

Deter1UK · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

NO not really. Simply because it would take away reasons for players to visit towns - there is a point to social community hubs in the game - realism - immersion - game style - call it what you will but it is important.

lagrue · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

kargen27 wrote: »

lagrue wrote: »

NeillMcAttack wrote: »

I want a survey gatherer, or at least that when I have multiple of the same spot, that I harvest all surveys for that spot at the same time!!

This.... this I could get behind.

thbbbts! just run a different direction than what you approached gathering mats as you go then loop back. You get more goodies and it takes only a few extra seconds.

Yeah that helps with the maps when you have doubles on you.

But I'm thinking like Shiro, I rack up 50+ of these from writs, and going out to do them all at once can often take over a full day of my gameplay time. I heavily rely on materials, so I can't not do them - but at the same time, it's a pain in the arse to go around collecting them. Load screens... travel time... some spots are really obscure or annoying to reach.

Granted I wouldn't pay the 20-30k he said he would, but I would pay to bypass this slog for sure. Surveys and Treasure Maps are incredibly unfun unless you're playing on PC with addons to point you every step of the way. Us console peasants have to try to make do with the in-game maps, or waste time googling. It's just a very cumbersome and unfun system.

Kranel_san · November 2019

Yes

Yes to upgrade current assistants.

Freakin_Hytte · November 2019

Yes

If they would add a "repair assistant" then hell no. If they added the current merchant with a repair option then yes. It's ridiculous and serves no purpose to not be able to repair. It's just a time waster when you have to go to a normal to repair.

Katahdin · November 2019

Yes

lagrue wrote: »

Repair... we literally have repair kits in-game... I have 100s from daily writs.
Not to mention ZOS sells crown repair kits... never gonna happen.

And yet how many times to you hear someone in a dungeon or trial say "Anyone have any repair kits?" I see it all the time.

I do writs every day on 2 characters so I have them for MY characters and I do my want to be that guy that asks for them. I absolutely hate having to give them away because other people are too damn lazy to get them themselves. Half the time the don't even pay you for them.

At least if the merchant repaired, they could use their own gold for it.

kargen27 · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

lagrue wrote: »

kargen27 wrote: »

lagrue wrote: »

NeillMcAttack wrote: »

I want a survey gatherer, or at least that when I have multiple of the same spot, that I harvest all surveys for that spot at the same time!!

This.... this I could get behind.

thbbbts! just run a different direction than what you approached gathering mats as you go then loop back. You get more goodies and it takes only a few extra seconds.

Yeah that helps with the maps when you have doubles on you.

But I'm thinking like Shiro, I rack up 50+ of these from writs, and going out to do them all at once can often take over a full day of my gameplay time. I heavily rely on materials, so I can't not do them - but at the same time, it's a pain in the arse to go around collecting them. Load screens... travel time... some spots are really obscure or annoying to reach.

Granted I wouldn't pay the 20-30k he said he would, but I would pay to bypass this slog for sure. Surveys and Treasure Maps are incredibly unfun unless you're playing on PC with addons to point you every step of the way. Us console peasants have to try to make do with the in-game maps, or waste time googling. It's just a very cumbersome and unfun system.

I look at this as not wanting to play the game but still wanting the goodies. I save up my surveys and do them maybe once a month and yeah it takes a good long time to get them done. But I harvest nodes as I go from survey to survey, kill world bosses and in general just do stuff that makes it less of a grind.

Bexy · November 2019

Yes

I just want access to guild store.

MercilessnVexed · November 2019

Yes

I just want my existing merchant to be able to repair. Those walking merchants can do it. Why can't mine? As for guild bank, my bank guy should be able to access that too.

lagrue · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

kargen27 wrote: »

lagrue wrote: »

kargen27 wrote: »

lagrue wrote: »

NeillMcAttack wrote: »

I want a survey gatherer, or at least that when I have multiple of the same spot, that I harvest all surveys for that spot at the same time!!

This.... this I could get behind.

thbbbts! just run a different direction than what you approached gathering mats as you go then loop back. You get more goodies and it takes only a few extra seconds.

Yeah that helps with the maps when you have doubles on you.

But I'm thinking like Shiro, I rack up 50+ of these from writs, and going out to do them all at once can often take over a full day of my gameplay time. I heavily rely on materials, so I can't not do them - but at the same time, it's a pain in the arse to go around collecting them. Load screens... travel time... some spots are really obscure or annoying to reach.

Granted I wouldn't pay the 20-30k he said he would, but I would pay to bypass this slog for sure. Surveys and Treasure Maps are incredibly unfun unless you're playing on PC with addons to point you every step of the way. Us console peasants have to try to make do with the in-game maps, or waste time googling. It's just a very cumbersome and unfun system.

I look at this as not wanting to play the game but still wanting the goodies. I save up my surveys and do them maybe once a month and yeah it takes a good long time to get them done. But I harvest nodes as I go from survey to survey, kill world bosses and in general just do stuff that makes it less of a grind.

Is walking to a spot playing the game? Because I'd much rather be out doing real gameplay content, like Dungeons and stuff. Surveys require you to go out of your way to do them, unless you live on PC where it's spoonfed to you. I have no reason to go to half the zones that the surveys send me to... except the surveys themselves.... that takes me out of gameplay, out of the things that are actually content in the game. I've cleared all the zones, every sidequest in the game, cleared every symbol on the map to turn it white... you must see why I wouldn't want to backtrack through zones for 8 hours, there's nothing else for me to do there! That isn't playing the game... it's being given a chore.

You read and interpreted wrong. I want to play the game more. Surveys detract from that.

By the way - we only get Surveys from Writs... THEY ARE A REWARD. Why should we have to work even more, for something we already earned and invested my own resources in?? Kind of silly reward system!

By your logic I can claim that anybody who owns the banker "just doesn't want to play the game, but wants access to the bank" ... like no... they want to play the game, not waste 10 minutes going to town to the bank.

Writs are a whole new level because again .. they are the reward. I find your statement that I just want rewards to be disingenuous because you forgo this fact. I already spend an hour a day on writs. Only to then have to spend 8 hours more at a later date to finally get my rewards for the previously invested hours. It's like a reward that holds itself hostage.

lagrue · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

Katahdin wrote: »

lagrue wrote: »

Repair... we literally have repair kits in-game... I have 100s from daily writs.
Not to mention ZOS sells crown repair kits... never gonna happen.

And yet how many times to you hear someone in a dungeon or trial say "Anyone have any repair kits?" I see it all the time.

My argument isn't whether or not people have repair kits, or even if they're better than OP's idea (they're clearly not). I think it would be great to be able to repair from Nuzimeh or something.

My argument is that because they exist, ZOS won't make this portable repairing a feature. They already sell a form of the feature, it would be counter-intuitive (from their position) to sell a permanent solution when they already sell the temporary one... one of those has a longer revenue tail, sadly.

You have to think like the beast, to understand what the beast is likely to do.

idk · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

Amber322 wrote: »

FierceSam wrote: »

Because unlike you, I do want my banker to enable me to do my guild transactions and my merchant to do repairs. In other words I want them to behave the way other bankers and merchants behave.

If I want a separate repair function, then I just want merchants to sell Repair All kits instead of making it a totally tedious time consuming chore that you only ever do when you are in the middle of a dungeon or trial, thus causing maximum inconvenience to you or your fellow players.

I am not interested in a bunch of other flunkies clogging up my quickslots thanks.

Did you read the entire post??? I said it doesn't have to be separate functions. The merchant could definitely be upgraded to do repairs and deconstruction

It appeared they did and merely provided their opinion.

Michae · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

Upgrade the current assistant so they can repair and access guild banks/stores. No need to have 4 different assistants for each thing.

Minyassa · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

I feel like that's too much functionality for a convenience perk. I realize the banker and merchant can be game-changers for people who are inventory-challenged, but they are a band-aid and real inventory management still needs to be done once you're out of your dungeon. Making then do repairs would replace both a consumable item *and* a town service, and letting them decon would be replacing a town service and a housing function. There are already multiple sources for those functions, so it just seems kind of redundant.

Grianasteri · November 2019

Yes

Amber322 wrote: »

Would you like a repair assistant and/or a deconstruction assistant?
Or even just upgrade the current assistants to include one/both of these features?

Whether they came as another reward for having ESO Plus or were sold on the crown store... I would love to have these assistants.

Let's pretend they were free, or whatever makes you happiest. Let's not worry about cost or how it would be obtained.
The question is simply, would you like to see these things in ESO? Do you think other players, or yourself, would enjoy having an assistant that could repair and/or deconstruct?

This thread is not about bankers gaining the ability to give us access to guild stores, or getting guild store assistants added to the game. While I agree that it's something I would like, that's not the topic of this thread. Thank you.

I had to vote yes, because put simply this would be incredibly useful and time saving. However it would do some things that are not desirable...

1st, it would render repair kits useless trash, someone is almost always guaranteed to have an assistant in a group of 4 - 12 etc. This is not the end of the world.

2nd, it would render bankers largely useless.

3rd, it would remove one of the reasons people have to funnel through areas where there are "shops". These areas are typically hubs in game for crafting, repairing, buying/selling gear in shops and guild stores, picking up quests, banking and dueling etc... this would mean less reasons for people to pass through these hubs. That may not sound like an issue, but for the games community, I think it is important that some areas at least are busy and bustling with players going about their business.

redlink1979 · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

Your repair assistant is called repair kits.
Banker and merchant are fine as they are.

There are other things that should be added to the game that would benefit us all:

a) templates (ability to save setup of gear, skills/abilities n cp)
b) auto-charge weapons if there's soul gems in the char's inventory
c) auto-repair gear if there's repair kits in the char's inventory.

horizonxael · November 2019

Yes

yes great idea would also be useful an assistant to deconstruct objects or modify existing ones that sell repair kits or gems

horizonxael · November 2019

Yes

I forgot it would be useful to have the guild bank

rpa · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

Give the existing assistants full functionality and be done with it.
(No I don't even have any. Just getting annoyed with assistents and other pets getting in my way.)

kargen27 · November 2019

No (Please include why you chose this option.)

"Is walking to a spot playing the game?"

A small part of the game but yes it is.

Surveys are an even bigger part of the game. They are a reward for crafting, you are correct. A reward that puts you back out into the world again. Maybe while you are out and about doing your surveys you see someone that needs help with a dolman or a world boss so you step in and give them a hand? If you could just hang out while an NPC delivers all your surveys to you that gives you no incentive to get out into the world. That would be bad for the game.