I can't disagree with this at all.
Don't get me wrong, been farming like crazy and doing quite well, but definitely have sympathy for people who don't have that same access. If you aren't a crafter or part of a very active guild in a suitable time zone it is a very sharp drop off in return. And if you aren't going through 30 coffers in a block, you really do notice how so-so the drops are.

I'd say it's less a niche event and more a showcase of just how non-social the game is for some of us.

I mean literally all you need to get a fair number of the boxes is do world events with one other player in your guild in an area that isn't so packed that you don't get enough damage in for credit (Since High Isle is heavily instanced still vents are an easy way to do this. )

I do think it will be interesting to see if the events impact on guilds as it may bring some players closer with their guilds and may cause others to quit as the find their guild is less useful than they thought.

Long term, I think they might want to consider some more diminishing returns. Make say the first 50 boxes awesome the next 50 pretty good and then move on to the boxes being okay. Part of the reasons the boxes can't be that good now is that some people have done 500+ already

I don't get the logic in that. The boxes need a boost because the event is not for everyone? The players that thrive in the event would certainly like that.

But a part of the event is for even a player that started just five minutes ago with eso. The golden boxes can be achieved very easily as well as the event tickets, by literally every player.
And the other boxes one can get via very different activities.

And a very easy solution: If you are not in a guild, found your own, invite exactly one other player that has the same status of not wanting to be in a guild but wants to do world bosses or sth. and after that they leave your guild again. Just another variety of random group finding. Done. Perhaps you even find a friend that way.

The PVP events for example also don't fit into everyone's favorite playing activities. Or the thieves guild and dark brotherhood. You don't need to do more than the minimum if thats not your cup of tea. Its nice that there are events that focus a bit more on this or on that aspect of the game. Why treat it as a nuisance and not as a challenge to be motivated to explore aspects of the game one has not before?
If you don't focus on a single event but see the whole range of them its very nice that its not always the same. That would be very boring.

PeacefulAnarchy wrote: »

Crimsonwolf666 wrote: »

chessalavakia_ESO wrote: »

I'd say it's less a niche event and more a showcase of just how non-social the game is for some of us.

I mean literally all you need to get a fair number of the boxes is do world events with one other player in your guild in an area that isn't so packed that you don't get enough damage in for credit (Since High Isle is heavily instanced still vents are an easy way to do this. )

I do think it will be interesting to see if the events impact on guilds as it may bring some players closer with their guilds and may cause others to quit as the find their guild is less useful than they thought.

Long term, I think they might want to consider some more diminishing returns. Make say the first 50 boxes awesome the next 50 pretty good and then move on to the boxes being okay. Part of the reasons the boxes can't be that good now is that some people have done 500+ already

Okay I have been hearing about people getting hundreds of boxes in 1 day....how??? Even when grouped the one time with a guildmate, when we killed another WB, I didn't get another box. Also the crafting dailies only give me 1 box despite I can do 70+ of them....Am I bugged???

That's right, normal writs only give one per day per account. However, master writs give boxes for each. That's the way people farm hundreds. WBs in less busy zones work well too, if you didn't get a box the second time there were probably too many people around doing more damage than you.

So I have done at least 2 master Writs in one day..yesterday actually. I got one box, but no more...As for the WBs, it was just me, my guildmate and a random that showed up for all but one, just my guildmate and I....I did anywhere between 40-60% of the damage...I think I am slightly bugged. I will try and "repair" the game via that option in Launcher and see if that helps. Thank you for clarification.

PeacefulAnarchy wrote: »

Crimsonwolf666 wrote: »

chessalavakia_ESO wrote: »

I'd say it's less a niche event and more a showcase of just how non-social the game is for some of us.

I mean literally all you need to get a fair number of the boxes is do world events with one other player in your guild in an area that isn't so packed that you don't get enough damage in for credit (Since High Isle is heavily instanced still vents are an easy way to do this. )

I do think it will be interesting to see if the events impact on guilds as it may bring some players closer with their guilds and may cause others to quit as the find their guild is less useful than they thought.

Long term, I think they might want to consider some more diminishing returns. Make say the first 50 boxes awesome the next 50 pretty good and then move on to the boxes being okay. Part of the reasons the boxes can't be that good now is that some people have done 500+ already

Okay I have been hearing about people getting hundreds of boxes in 1 day....how??? Even when grouped the one time with a guildmate, when we killed another WB, I didn't get another box. Also the crafting dailies only give me 1 box despite I can do 70+ of them....Am I bugged???

That's right, normal writs only give one per day per account. However, master writs give boxes for each. That's the way people farm hundreds. WBs in less busy zones work well too, if you didn't get a box the second time there were probably too many people around doing more damage than you.

I did the repair via launcher and now my Master writs ( I got another 2 today like I did the first and second day of this event) give me a box for each now. Awesome! But do you only get one box per WB and World Event with a guildmate grouped? or do you get multiple???

overall i am happy with the event , once you get on a role , however the pick pocketing part need a buff spent 2hrs and 1 parcel and 3 wallets all though the quality of the stuff is better to sell just saying

BretonMage wrote: »

Can we please have better drops for the event boxes? Right now the only things I'm reliably getting are blue provisioning recipes, IC keys and mats. I wouldn't normally say anything but for the fact that you'd either need a really active guild (and play during peak hours) or very-expensive-to-fulfil master writs to get these boxes.

This feels like the event is targeting a niche crowd of very social guild members, or a niche crowd of extremely dedicated crafters.

I think we need higher rates of companion gear and furnishing plan drops to make the effort and cost of doing master writs worthwhile for the rest of us.

Merely crafting is not enough. You only get 1 for daily crafting writs. You get more for Master Writs, but those do run out.

DinoZavr wrote: »

Considering how many rewards boxes are generated each every day - placing anything really valuable will ruin the market.
What we shall see without doubts is the serious influx of blue recipes (provisioning ones drop is excessive numbers).
It is quite easy to get 30-50 or more boxes per day, multiply that by the number of online players..
I would also like to get anything good, but these goods shall inflate drastically.

Yeah, prices will adjust after an event, but that's usually temporary. Chessalavakia above mentioned a system of diminishing returns, where boxes after the 50th might contain less valuable rewards, that should help with oversupply issues. Also, companion gear needs to be cheaper anyway, so I don't see any problem with increased supply in that area.

PeacefulAnarchy wrote: »

Crimsonwolf666 wrote: »

chessalavakia_ESO wrote: »

I'd say it's less a niche event and more a showcase of just how non-social the game is for some of us.

I mean literally all you need to get a fair number of the boxes is do world events with one other player in your guild in an area that isn't so packed that you don't get enough damage in for credit (Since High Isle is heavily instanced still vents are an easy way to do this. )

I do think it will be interesting to see if the events impact on guilds as it may bring some players closer with their guilds and may cause others to quit as the find their guild is less useful than they thought.

Long term, I think they might want to consider some more diminishing returns. Make say the first 50 boxes awesome the next 50 pretty good and then move on to the boxes being okay. Part of the reasons the boxes can't be that good now is that some people have done 500+ already

Okay I have been hearing about people getting hundreds of boxes in 1 day....how??? Even when grouped the one time with a guildmate, when we killed another WB, I didn't get another box. Also the crafting dailies only give me 1 box despite I can do 70+ of them....Am I bugged???

That's right, normal writs only give one per day per account. However, master writs give boxes for each. That's the way people farm hundreds. WBs in less busy zones work well too, if you didn't get a box the second time there were probably too many people around doing more damage than you.

I sold a bunch of writs rewarding 6 or so vouchers during the past few months. I seriously regret it now, given their low price, so it was more about freeing space while getting some gold in the process.

Starting from now, I am definitely making a mule to hold all my future writs, no matter how little vouchers they reward.

Crimsonwolf666 wrote: »

Okay I have been hearing about people getting hundreds of boxes in 1 day....how??? Even when grouped the one time with a guildmate, when we killed another WB, I didn't get another box. Also the crafting dailies only give me 1 box despite I can do 70+ of them....Am I bugged???

Do Dolmens grouped with a guildmate, but not ones that are too buys like Alikir tends to be, and the final boss will drop one, or sometimes more when the final boss is multiple mobs. I have gotten up to 3 boxes from a single dolmen if it is one of the t3 mob boss groups.

Crimsonwolf666 wrote: »

chessalavakia_ESO wrote: »

I'd say it's less a niche event and more a showcase of just how non-social the game is for some of us.

I mean literally all you need to get a fair number of the boxes is do world events with one other player in your guild in an area that isn't so packed that you don't get enough damage in for credit (Since High Isle is heavily instanced still vents are an easy way to do this. )

I do think it will be interesting to see if the events impact on guilds as it may bring some players closer with their guilds and may cause others to quit as the find their guild is less useful than they thought.

Long term, I think they might want to consider some more diminishing returns. Make say the first 50 boxes awesome the next 50 pretty good and then move on to the boxes being okay. Part of the reasons the boxes can't be that good now is that some people have done 500+ already

Okay I have been hearing about people getting hundreds of boxes in 1 day....how??? Even when grouped the one time with a guildmate, when we killed another WB, I didn't get another box. Also the crafting dailies only give me 1 box despite I can do 70+ of them....Am I bugged???

master writs.

I guess its my luck event, as i keep getting

- research scroll (6 so far - jewellery clothing and woodworking)
- 3 style pages of the new motif
- 20 pearls of mother and different large quantities of mats - 10 iridium grains
- 12 repair group
- 2 motifs purples
- about 30 blue furnitures and 15 recipes food blue, 3 purples
- 3 companions gear purples (robe, pants and sword)

and i do not count the survey and maps.

and lots of vaults keys in IC.

All this from the main daily and world boss done by teaming with my husband (same guild)

I have 5 guilds with 400 plus people and no one seems to running/taking part in group grinding because, well let's be honest, the boxes suck. It just isn't worth the time. And @ZOS needs to address the issue of survey maps not dropping in the boxes.

Yeah tbh the rewards are kind of terrible.

4 days of 20+ reward boxes, only 2 style motifs so far and both of those dropped from the allegedly lesser purple caches.

But hey, I could always buy event tickets to get the missing style pages from the cash shop, couldn't I?