idk wrote: »

Why are we complaining about something added to the game over two years ago?

Because I wasn't playing 2 years ago and this is new to me, as it will be to many new and returning players.

It's just there to pad out the game hours. The jokes are also annoying when you've done it multiple times. It's REALLY annoying because the prompt dismounts you and prevents you from jumping while it's on the screen.

Mages guild on console is a million times worse.

SilverBride wrote: »

I don't know whose idea this quest chain was, but I'd like a word with them. What ever made anyone think sending players around from zone to zone to zone multiple times in a row to do the same exact thing over and over and over would be a fun experience? They couldn't have made it more tedious if they tried.

But one of the worst parts for me was that you would be prompted to use the auger, then have to find a portal that could be anywhere in a huge area, with absolutely no hint as to which direction you should go until you eventually get lucky and find it. Seriously?

Anyone else find this as bad as I did?

I wasn't crazy about that quest line either. Aside from... I guess I should probably say spoiler or something so stop reading now if you care about that sort of thing - but aside from Darien (whose presence I always enjoy in the story) I really wasn't that entertained by any of the Summerset quests. A lot of people liked them - but I found it mostly just blah. I thought Elsweyr was miles better.

It's actually a great quest line from ZOS pov. Little effort programming it and quite a number of players will spend crowns to get the skill line instead of doing the quests on multiple characters.

Ugh, yes, it's so tedious.

I've done it twice now, and the worst part? I'm probably going to do it again.

Well, if you are on PC get the Addon Map Pins and in options turn on the psijic tears/rifts. It will put a maker on the maps of where all the tears are or other pieces you have to collect.

Raudgrani wrote: »

idk wrote: »

Why are we complaining about something added to the game over two years ago? Zos did not change the awful appearance of Nocturnal they are certainly not going to change that quest line.
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BTW, it is about the dialogue, not the actual travels and the dialogue is quite funny at times. After that it is a very fast grind.

Very fast? Very fast as as in what? I supposed most who do this "grind" today does so on a new character, and if they haven't already been to every zone for skyshards etc., it's certainly not a fast grind. A character with low mount speed, getting repeatedly knocked off their mounts, no or very few wayshrines available. I can't see how it's fast, but I guess it depends all on what you compare it with.

It's entirely up to you how you do this, but I would not specifically start the Psijic quest before my horse has the required speed and stamina. The best way would be to have a group event where you clear the zone of skyshards, world bosses and rifts. It's a lot more fun than doing things on your own.

Slot maneuver/rapids and it will be kinda fast, if you're on pc use the addon mappins... Leveling Mages guild is a lot worse than this imo.

done about 20 times so far with various toons,my old ones had some books missing so i slowly found some of them
new toons discover the map and wayshrines plus many skyshards
win-win

btw if you find the Psijic quests torture wait to start the Scrying and Excavation Skill Lines
on my second run i was stuck at L8 for a week cause there were no leeds drooping and i had visited Coldharbour 20 times to dig that golden leed there so i could level up

at least Psijic line can be done in 8-10 hours if you rush

MG on console isn’t as bad as it seems. Go download a companion app from either google or Apple and keep that alongside you when you play. Those will also have the more books, sky shards, world bosses, wayshrines, delves, doorman’s and other points of interest marked. They even have survey and treasure map locations all in one place so you don’t have to sit there googling everything to find the exact location.

With your companion app open you go to the in game map, set your waypoint manually and go. If you study the map for a few minutes you cannot a logical course around each zone to pick up all the books and skyshards you need while leveling. Yes chasing some kind of add on would be easier but this way is still just as efficient.

Also worth noting the companion apps will often tell you which books/shards are locked behind quest lines. You can avoid those if you wish to save time or look up the alternate locations to those books (yes books have alternate locations) except the books in Cyrodiil. Some you can find in DLC much easier than in the base game, so just be aware of this.

So anyhow console players, you aren’t screwed because of lack of add ons. You just need a better source/guide for the game. I paid for my companion app, but there was also a free version. I figured the guy curating the thing more than earned my $2 for the effort!