Coldharbour Scrying Issue

Wildberryjack · July 2020

You need to get rid of all the locked areas in Coldharbour. If we haven't done the quest line out there and can't find anyone to port us to various wayshrines then we're locked out of a lot of the zone and can't complete digs. This is messed up. Please fix this and "open" all the "doors". Thank you.

Taleof2Cities · July 2020

It's not that hard to find a port or complete the questline, @Wildberryjack ... are you actually trying?

In other words, there's not one player in your guilds or friends list that can taxi you to the wayshrine?

r3turn2s3nd3r · July 2020

You could also just abandon the scry and redo it and chances are you'll get a dig site you can reach. I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for ZoS to retool 6 year old content, you'll turn blue and purple before that happens.

doomette · July 2020

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

It's not that hard to find a port or complete the questline, @Wildberryjack ... are you actually trying?

In other words, there's not one player in your guilds or friends list that can taxi you to the wayshrine?

Just make sure that person you port to has unlocked the area through the quest, otherwise when you try to port to them, you’ll end up going to a different, nearby wayshrine. Learned that the hard way on an EU character trying to get to a woodworking survey spot. I’ve read there’s a workaround for that, if there’s a delve in the area have the person go there then port to them. I haven’t tried it myself though.

SpacemanSpiff1 · July 2020

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

It's not that hard to find a port or complete the questline, @Wildberryjack ... are you actually trying?

In other words, there's not one player in your guilds or friends list that can taxi you to the wayshrine?

this. ported a friend to coldharbour the other day to get surveys.

Feric51 · July 2020

r3turn2s3nd3r wrote: »

You could also just abandon the scry and redo it and chances are you'll get a dig site you can reach. I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for ZoS to retool 6 year old content, you'll turn blue and purple before that happens.

That would make for both a superior and epic experience!

r3turn2s3nd3r · July 2020

Feric51 wrote: »

r3turn2s3nd3r wrote: »

You could also just abandon the scry and redo it and chances are you'll get a dig site you can reach. I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for ZoS to retool 6 year old content, you'll turn blue and purple before that happens.

That would make for both a superior and epic experience!

Lol, nicely done, have an awesome.

Sylvermynx · July 2020

Feric51 wrote: »

r3turn2s3nd3r wrote: »

You could also just abandon the scry and redo it and chances are you'll get a dig site you can reach. I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for ZoS to retool 6 year old content, you'll turn blue and purple before that happens.

That would make for both a superior and epic experience!

*cracks up at comment, awards an awesome!*

Wildberryjack · July 2020

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

It's not that hard to find a port or complete the questline, @Wildberryjack ... are you actually trying?

In other words, there's not one player in your guilds or friends list that can taxi you to the wayshrine?

Duh I'm trying, seriously you even asked that? I ask in zone, I asked in the one guild I'm in, I get radio silence and end up having to just log and try again later. That's why I made this post.

TY for the delve idea Doomette, I'll try that next time!

bearbelly · July 2020

I had that issue when I tried to find my first Void Crystal antiquity. I was trapped south of the Chasm.

My solution was to just knuckle-down and complete enough of the main quest to unlock almost all of Coldharbour. It doesn't take that long.

(I only have the northern-most wayshrine still to go, but there aren't any dig sites up there. Which is a good thing, because I got sick of looking at Coldharbour while I was leveling the scrying and excavation skill lines. I'll finish the main quest at another time.)

Veinblood1965 · July 2020

Wildberryjack wrote: »

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

It's not that hard to find a port or complete the questline, @Wildberryjack ... are you actually trying?

In other words, there's not one player in your guilds or friends list that can taxi you to the wayshrine?

Duh I'm trying, seriously you even asked that? I ask in zone, I asked in the one guild I'm in, I get radio silence and end up having to just log and try again later. That's why I made this post.

TY for the delve idea Doomette, I'll try that next time!

Can't you use port to player? I'm in 5 guilds and just ported around in CH till I got to where I wanted to be. I did have to ask once for a port to a specific wayshrine however.

trackdemon5512 · July 2020

Either complete the main quest or find a player to warp to. Neither is difficult to do. You have 30 days to complete a lead and Coldharbour is packed every weekend with players hitting up the Lixury Vendor. Someone is bound to help.

The areas are locked due to narrative sequence breaks that have not been changed in years and likely not to be changed due to work around. Conversely, you could request that the dig zones be located solely in the southern portion of the map which is much easier to implement.

Luckylancer · July 2020

OP made a very reasonable request and everyone try to sell their cheap way.

Zones were locked before one tamriel but now they are unlocked. This can happen too.

Taleof2Cities · July 2020

Luckylancer wrote: »

OP made a very reasonable request and everyone try to sell their cheap way.

Zones were locked before one tamriel but now they are unlocked. This can happen too.

There is nothing "cheap" about using existing in-game mechanics by getting a port from a player or finishing the quest line.

The OP appears to be a heavy solo player (only a member of one guild and no mention of a friends list).

Those two options are not asking a lot ... and doesn't require valuable developer time.

Thannazzar · July 2020

Join a decent guild. My guild spent the last week with at least 5 players a day offering port convoys to all wayshrines in Summerset to allow new players the chance to farm the coffers easier during the event.

Wildberryjack · July 2020

I finally found a way around it. Someone offered me a lift but it still put me at a different wayshrine so I just gave up and abandoned the lead and reacquired it. Annoying but it worked. It would be nice if they just unlocked this whole zone since they have digs all over it though.

Taleof2Cities · July 2020

Personally, I think it’s time to start using the “MO” (multiplayer online) portion of MMO.

Meaning make a few friends and join a few guilds.

Instead of changing the game to accommodate an anti-MMO playstyle.

deleted221106-002999 · July 2020

If porting you need someone who has unlocked the quest to go to the orchard wayshrine - for some reason that's the furthest north in the zone you can port to.

I like @doomette 's suggestion, too - seems like it should work but never tried it.