A couple of weeks I was overcome with the feeling that I regretted a lot of the money I have spend on this game. The list of things done by ZOS in last 6 months have nearly destroyed my interest in playing after 5 years straight. I was original player and left because of what I considered to be poor design.

I came back for One Tamriel and was quite happy till they did away with my proc sets, destroyed my ability to heal in pvp , nerfed Rationer so it no longer worked with The Ambrosia's, costing me around 5 million gold in a cipher recipes and mats.

Instituted a new cp system that did not improve my stats, and then changed it again.

I could go on but I am crying already.

I am profoundly sorry I signed up for another year. And even more that I did not get a refund on Blackwood while it was possible.

I feel it really comes down to that its a zone from oblivion where its very normal looking . Im excited for new new places cause thats where the creativity shines

Cyro is home away from home and that was missing from the game.
I am more than happy that the zone is currently not full of the type of player with 20 apex mounts zerging it down as Elsweyr was.
Quite a few of the quest stories are standard fare, but the side ones are very quirky, which is classic ESO storytelling The zone is the same -like the dead animal that got stuck in a log on the road.
It feels like a familiar place so I'll likely put in a farming/house run there.
The group dungeon is also fun to repeat and explore.
Perhaps this is an older player vs new player reaction to the zone.
There's a lot of people boycotting purchases until key elements are fixed, which also contributes to the silence there at present. With the forced 12 man change and cp progression nerf, pve players have joined the pvp players by voting with their feet.
That's no reflection on the quality of the Chapter. Thanks to all those who worked on it

Not enough mobs or nodes in my opinion. Feels a bit like Cyrodiil where I'm running around a lot with not much to do. I feel like once I complete the zone story, I'll spend very little time in this zone. Better farming to do in other zones. Better grinding to do in other zones. I have yet to look into the thieving possibles, or farming houses and such.

I liked it, but I voted "yes" simply because it feels less impactful or meaningful than previous expansion zones have from a story and world perspective. I really don't feel like I've accomplished anything story-wise in this expansion compared to previous ones. Also, after the last expansion which essentially had two layers of zone content, this one has felt small and narrow, and the zone feels empty and lacking the sense of "life" of previous zones so I wish there were more towns and side-quests to do to fill the void a little. My favourite feature has been companions, I don't feel an attachment to anything else and found going back to old zones something I actually looked forward to for the first time since the launch of this game.

I love Blackwood. I think it's awesome. It's beautiful, ecologically ties in perfectly with the surrounding areas, and companions are a fun and interesting addition to the game.

I think it is great so far.

I voted on this yesterday but waited to give my reply until I could really flesh out why I voted how I did. The zone is beautiful. Some of the side quests were very well written. Overall though, it felt more like ZOS was counting on nostalgia to sell the chapter and pretty much phoned it in. I don't think I would call it underwhelming as much as unfinished. For instance take the Dibellite temple. There is a cleaning lady and I think one or 2 others. None of them up to the standards of Dibella. Also if the game hadn't told me it was a Temple to Dibella I would just think it was another building. I don't even remember seeing a statue tof her in there.
The main quest had so many actions and lines in it that could only be called filler.
Greymoor felt the same way. It's like the design team is out of ideals so they are just rehashing past successes without stopping to consider why those ideals were loved and successful.
The companions have the depth of a potato skin. Yes some of the lines are funny, yes they kinda react to the world around them. But again they feel unfinished. Mirri says she'd live to relax at the inn and eat. Yet you take her there and she doesn't take a seat at the bar or table. Doesn't eat or drink. She has so many comments that hint to a backstory that she never shares, even with max rapport. We know her dad runs a shop, yet even in zones where he should be, Mirri never talks about him or visiting him. We know Mirri worked in Mournhold and was respected by the Guild there, yet no one even acknowledges her and she doesn't acknowledge anyone.
Anyway this seems to be becoming a book so I will end it with, it does feel underwhelming.

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The stage/locations look so good but the actual delivery didn't have any impact because I couldn't get invested into the characters or story. .

This^^^^^^ Which is strange because I have went back into Orsinium, a zone which I don't really like, and played the main quest on all my alts because of how much I liked the writing for Eveli Sharp-Arrow. I was really excited to have another zone with her. Now though she is just annoying.