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Treasure Maps: Love them or Hate them?
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Langdon64✭✭✭✭I am just confused by them. I had 3 different ones in Northern Elsweyr that gave me identical items even though they were numbered differently and in separate locations. Is that intended? Waste of time, that was.0 -
NolaArch✭✭✭✭✭DESTROYArdat-Yakshii EP Stam NB
36k anchovy club
Mash the buttons, hope for the best!
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krachall✭✭✭✭✭
✭I think they are the biggest waste of time in the game in terms of ROI. The treasure maps may not be that bad but some of the zone designs in this game makes it so annoying to travel overland that it's simply not worth it to dig up a map. I really wish you could sell them to merchants, even for 0g, as that's faster than deleting and confirming the delete.
The problem with many zones, particularly the base game AD zones, is that they act as natural mazes. Zones like Malabal Tor, Grahtwood, and Greenshade are bland, boring AND simultaneously annoying. Every rise in terrain is an impassable wall. Every drop is a cliff. Every root is barrier and every stream is an enclosed hallway.
And ZOS' formula for creating any flowing water must be:
Width = J +1 pixels. Where J is the maximum distance a mounted player can jump
Depth = D + 1 pixels where D is the depth that dismounts a player.
Way too annoying for a handful of gold and a green item. I can make more gold running a lap around Hollow City picking flowers than I can digging up a pack full of maps. So it's low revenue and no fun. Pass.2 -
Wandering_Immigrant✭✭✭✭I like them, I enjoy trying to find them on my own, but not enough to do them just for the sake of doing them. If there's a particular overland set I want I'll save them for when I have some time to kill, and even buy them off traders if I happen to see them. When I'm ready I'll do the maps first and hopefully get lucky with a couple pieces and then I kill what I need to for the rest of the set.
Some of them are just inventory clutter but that's more an issue with set design that it is with the maps themselves.0 -
wild_kmacdb16_ESO✭✭✭✭✭Even with a mod that shows exactly where the treasure is hidden, still usually not worth going out of the way to get them. That seems broken to me1 -
daim✭✭✭✭✭Back in 2014 they were awesome!
These days.. well I still love the concept but there's no actual reward for doing them. Chests should be renewed somehow so there would be a point to find them.
I still do unlock every single chest that I will see though. Somehow I just really love the (simple) lockpicking mechanic - although it could be more complex these days as I can't even remember how many years ago I failed to unlock one.
And the maps should stack like surveys. Nothing more annoying than having two "unique" items (well yea there's bunch of other things that are way more annoying but..)""I am that which grips the heart in fright, hearkens night and silences the light." It was written on my sword, long…long ago." ―Ajunta Pall
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Saucy_Jack✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I think it depends on the map. If they're for a zone that drops pricey sets like Mother's Sorrow, then yes. Really any other situation, no.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.0 -
illusiouk✭✭✭They need to re-new the interest for them by updating the contents and including the likes of rare mounts & house items.0 -
Lixiviant✭✭✭✭✭Cleaned up a few of my treasure maps today, and was pleasantly surprised on what I received. Had fun romping around the zones.0 -
Nord_Raseri✭✭✭✭✭
✭I destroy mineVeit ég aðég hékk vindga meiði á nætr allar níu, geiri undaðr og gefinn Oðni, sjálfr sjálfum mér, á þeim meiði er manngi veit hvers hann af rótum rennr.0 -
ShawnLaRock✭✭✭✭✭
✭Love ‘em! Instead of it being “grindy” - I have the free version of the ESO App open for easy locating - and use the opportunity to farm materials as I run from the wayshrine to the chest. Then I hand-down all of the green and blue items to my alt characters to decon for skill levelling, and save any zone gear set pieces I still might need.
It’s a good way to complete some of the more sought-after gear sets from like, Orsinium, Deshaan, Murkmire, etc.
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G1Countdown✭✭✭✭✭I would like to see hirelings with the intent to do surveys and treasure maps. Perhaps with a cooldown to do one every 24 hours or sooner.0 -
wolfie1.0.✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭Treasure maps would be 100% better if they would just stack and be allowed to deposit in guild banks.0 -
Rowjoh✭✭✭✭✭
✭for levellers, casuals and rp'ers, treasure maps are probably fun...
but for end gamers they quickly become boring and a waste of time and space as the 'rewards' are next to useless.
Edited by Rowjoh on March 18, 2020 12:09AM0 -
AlnilamE✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Love them! I use whichever character is working on the "loot 1000 chests" achievement at the moment and then vendor greens and decon blues/glyphs on characters that are leveling crafts. And sell stuff that's valuable.Fur_like_snow wrote: »Pointless. Any vet will tell how unexciting treasure maps are.
I've played since launch and I still enjoy treasure maps, so YMMV.
The Moot Councillor1 -
AlnilamE✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I am just confused by them. I had 3 different ones in Northern Elsweyr that gave me identical items even though they were numbered differently and in separate locations. Is that intended? Waste of time, that was.
Treasure maps typically have some gold, a glyph a couple of random gear and 1-2 set items from the zone they are in. What set item it is depends on RNG, so you can get the same items from more than one chest.
The vendor value of items usually hovers around 300 gold, which of course does not count the trade value of some of the sets, which could be far higher.The Moot Councillor0 -
Asardes✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭I have all zones discovered on a character, and most on the others, so it's not hard to pick them up. I wait till I get more of them and then get all.Beta tester since February 2014, played ESO-TU October 2015 - August 2022, currently on an extended break
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SpaceElf✭✭✭Imagine if they could lead to a secret solo dungeon via portal sometimes, with more treasure inside. this is how they work in FFXIV, and are group events there, but I think ESO would better be suited to a solo mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaXs1ZkfRqI
I watched that entire thing, mostly for the music. Looks fun though!0 -
Alinhbo_Tyaka✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I like Treasure Maps and Surveys. I use them along with the crafting dailies to fill time while waiting for the Group Finder to spring.0 -
ShawnLaRock✭✭✭✭✭
✭G1Countdown wrote: »I would like to see hirelings with the intent to do surveys and treasure maps. Perhaps with a cooldown to do one every 24 hours or sooner.
They have these already. They are called Bots.
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zergbase_ESO✭✭✭✭I'm a sucker for treasure maps. I get them, save them, and then go galloping across the countryside, excited to see what is in the chest! But, I've come to realize the goods aren't going to be earth-shattering. I've even saved the maps for a high level character, but still not too impressed. Still, I just can't seem to let them go - I probably need an intervention or something. Anyone else feel this way?
I have a bunch in the bank. When I hit duplicates is when I empty out and go treasure hunting for fun.0
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