I guess there's something for everyone, I have been enjoying Blackwood immensely.

This is what I feared with Blackwood... Blackwood is successful but empty... There are things to tell but what?
Where Colovia would have a lot to tell, Blackwood is nothing for me.

Blackwood's storyline only stands up because there are special protagonists in it. Protagonists who could not have been on Blackwood. A choice that always seems strange to me.

I find it better than Western Skyrim, however. Western Skyrim is a huge mess: I was expecting it from the base game ... There was huge potential and in the end, we saw absolutely nothing. The only successful thing was Gray Host.

I did first two quests in Blackwood and can't think of a good reason to go back there. Tried one of the portals but I was only one in there. Got the companion, have yet to take her out.

Not buying another dlc ever.

Went in, grabbed companions, left. I'll get round to it eventually on my new main. Now if we had a class change token I'd change my old mains class like a shot and be doing it now.

Is it empty because the portals are instanced?

After few years every open world zone is boring, because you can clearly see the same pattern everywhere + open world is absurdly casual in ESO. For me Craglorn is still the best zone and still it has so much potential, mainly because it is a little bit more challenging than the rest of the map.

Its funny for me its not the zone that is making it boring.. it's the story or lach thereof in it.
Blackwood main story is below mediocre and the side quests are even worse. Normally I would play on multiple chars (3) now I've completed the zone on just one, that was enough. No reason to be there.

They need to release the rest of Blackmarsh as a Craglorn 2.0
It only makes sense due to the environment.

I like the zone but there was not enough quests to discover in it and the main story is really boring. I'm fed up to see the same scheme repeat again and again.

"OH NO ! Another epic/divine plot that imply the death of all Tamriel if it succeed ! (well sometimes it's well done but in Greymoor and Blackwood it's not.) Oh no, a traitor in our ranks ! Oh yes, a lost artifact (in a human shape this time) that can help us to one shot the last boss ! Etc..."

And companions are just meh, nor bad or good but we simply could have had something far more interesting.

Please next year do something more interesting, like akaviri remnants ploting in the shadows in eastern Morrowind to turn Telvannis mages against each other, hoping to weaken the zone for a future invasion (yes, one more invasion but at least it's not from another daedra or ultra epic/divine monster.) And with one of the east islands between Tamriel and Akavir as the Q4 zone, to finish them.

Or southern Alik'r, with many politic plots and why not the Yokudans remnants lurking in the shadows, hoping to put the hand on this "distant colony" , thinking that the Redguards are still pure yokudans citizens that could be exploited. Like a TESO version of the independances wars we've got in our history.

Well anything but another Daedra/Vampire/Werewolf/Cult wanting to destroy the reality.

Overuse of apocalyptic events makes them boring and underwhelming: Daedric lords (twice), Dragons, Vampires and WWs planning to screw up Nirn entirely or just large parts of it just doesn't cut it anymore. Similar quest lines for 4 years in a row is already jumping the shark. They should make more unique plots localized to the zone where the Soul Shriven is an actor but not the linchpin of the action. Saving the world twice a year is already tiring

The zone has far fewer quests and unique locations compared to other large DLCs like Orsinium and Morrowind, world bosses are easy to kill even solo - most of them died in less than one minute and none was really dangerous. Oblivion portals give very little XP and you can loot at just one point (2 if you do the secret boss), even compared to base game dolmens and bosses within are also very weak, with the exception of one of the intermediate ones that just spins and one-shots everyone with little counter-play.

Blackwood is a wonderful chapter. I really liked the location, I really liked the architecture and atmosphere. Hard and interesting new trial, usable relics. Yes, I stayed cold to my companions, but for some reason it doesn't upset me.
Blackwood's problems are exactly the same as the rest of the game. Casual overland and questing which is similar to a visual novel rather than an RPG. Previously, I didn't pay much attention to this, since the plot was interesting. Even in Elsweer there was so much new and interesting lore that I forgave him the second part of the main quest.

you are not wrong think chapter has few quests, and those it has 75%+ are not very good. It does not help that Zoc are not good at making swampy environment

Sylvermynx wrote: »

I love Blackwood, so yes, there's something for everyone (I really disliked Western Skyrim, Markarth was marginally better). I enjoyed the quest lines in Blackwood (which is a good thing, since I'm doing the full 26 quests on 2 accounts, both PC megaservers to get Water's Edge for gold), I love the area, planning to move out of Vivec on everyone.

Well, You missed 2 of them then, their is 28 side quest (not counting daily, trial and MQ ofc)

Edit ; if like me you like finding every single quest, this addon can help. Don't be fool by the "map blue bar indicator" it just tell you the number you need to get the achievement, not all quest in the area !
=> https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info1785-JournalQuestLog.html