And the worst option of all of them. Using the horrible guild trader system to buy gear.
And the worst option of all of them. Using the horrible guild trader system to buy gear.
@Kagukan I spent an entire afternoon last week trying to find a Bright-Throats Inferno staff on Xbox NA for a friend.
We went to EVERY guild trader in the game, took so long. We only found 2. 1 was 600k in Deshaan, the other is 1M in Eastmarch.
We spent probably 4-5 hours wayshrining around lol
So they basically were offered in exactly those locations where you would expect them - why the heck did you wayshrine around for so long then - Wayrest, Mournholm and Windhelm would be the first locations I would look for stuff, if it is something not that common.
And the worst option of all of them. Using the horrible guild trader system to buy gear.
@Kagukan I spent an entire afternoon last week trying to find a Bright-Throats Inferno staff on Xbox NA for a friend.
We went to EVERY guild trader in the game, took so long. We only found 2. 1 was 600k in Deshaan, the other is 1M in Eastmarch.
We spent probably 4-5 hours wayshrining around lol
stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO wrote: »On PC/Mac, though, a quick search just now turned up about 20 different Bright-Throat Inferno staves right now, starting at 40k for a blue item with a bad trait, with 10 or so gold quality items with better traits litsted for 200k-350k. I'm so glad I'm not playing ESO on console.
stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO wrote: »Sure, I just didn't want the OP, or anyone, to get the impression that TTC actually works on consoles.
Your initial reply to the OP was pretty conclusive, I think. Crafted gear is definitely viable, perfectly fine for clearing most of the content in the game.
However, crafted gear generally doesn't give you much in terms of group buffs, or enemy debuffs. If you plan on playing a tank or a healer, I think it's wise to at least consider using some dropped sets. As an example, on my Templar healer I used self-crafted Julianos and the easily farmed Sanctuary set (from Banished Cells 1&2) for a very long time, in combination with some monster set to either boost the heals (Bogdan the Nightflame is still good and not too difficult to get from Elden Hollow 2) or provide some resources for the group (Sentinel of Rkugamz from Darkshade Caverns 2 is a good choice).
If you plan on running veteran trials, you have more reason to look into better gear, and also consider more variation depending on the situation. A trial group can benefit greatly from what seems like a minor effect from your gear, because everything is potentially applied to 12 people.