
BlissfulDeluge wrote: »As an enabler of Sally's addiction, I wholeheartedly support this
Billium813 wrote: »To be fair, Undaunted keys and coffers, as they exists now, are relatively "new"; vastly improved in Update 23 with Scalebreaker. However, I think there is still room for improvement on the Update 23 changes to Undaunted Keys:
- Improve Undaunted Daily rewards so that Vet HM provides 3 Undaunted Keys, rather than the current 2. Vet non-HM would still provide 2 Undaunted Keys. At the moment, there isn't really any incentive to run Veteran Undaunted Dailies UNLESS you are doing HM. This mean players are less interested in running DLC Vet dailies simply because they are harder than the base game dungeons. Even 1 extra key would be some kind of incentive for players.
- Improve Undaunted Mystery Coffers to provide curated drops. The only reason to NOT curate, is to allow players the possibility of getting Shoulders with the specific Trait they want. With Transmutation/Reconstruction (added in 2017), its doesn't really make sense NOT to curate. Sure, there are players that don't want to reconstruct, let the 5 key "specialized" Coffers drop random traits and weights then. Consider that Urgarlag Chief-bane has 22 monster sets, that makes 66 different weights. That means that Urgarlag's Mystery Coffer has a 1/66 chance of dropping the Shoulder piece you need, in the weight that you need. That means it'd cost a player 66 keys to collect them all from Urgarlag Chief-bane alone. Currently, it costs > 100 keys, but because RNG is involved and nothing is guaranteed, no one would do it this way!
- Add more Undaunted Keys as random event coffer rewards. The event coffer rewards already are pretty lackluster (Siege repair kits? 2 Normal quality Treasures? Literal "junk"?). At the moment, the Undaunted Celebration seems to give Undaunted Keys as rewards in their coffers, but just like Transmutation Crystals, Undaunted Keys need to be added as well.
- Add more things Undaunted Keys can buy. With some of the ideas above, players should find themselves with more keys than they need now. The Undaunted Arms Pack Shoulder Motifs are nice, and I don't want the Mask motif to be purchasable (I like that you have to farm the dungeon for it). Some other ideas: more Dungeon furnishings from the Undaunted Quartermaster, Undaunted titles, Shoulders with a specific Trait, Opal motif pages, Group Repair Kits and "Greater Soul Gems" that recharge the groups weapons, but are only filled by boss level monsters)
Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »This game already has currency overload, I am not sure I really support wildly expanding what you can buy with keys. I wouldnt mind things already associated with pledges. For example, if its the pledge that day, maybe the vendor has motifs or even stickerbook items from that dungeon, but much more than that, I really cant support.
Billium813 wrote: »Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »This game already has currency overload, I am not sure I really support wildly expanding what you can buy with keys. I wouldnt mind things already associated with pledges. For example, if its the pledge that day, maybe the vendor has motifs or even stickerbook items from that dungeon, but much more than that, I really cant support.
Oh, I agree, we have a couple redundant currencies and I'm sure it's confusing for new players!
- Writs = crafting
- Undaunted Keys = dungeons
- Transmute Crystals - Transmutation Station
- Tel Var = IC PvP
- Alliance Points = Cyrodiil & BG PvP
- Crowns - cash shop
- Gems - cash shop
- Seal of Endeavor -cash shop-lite
It's unfortunate that we have 2 different PvP currencies and one currency singularly devoted to a crafting station...
I think the 'key' is to keep Undaunted Keys as the currency for purchasing Undaunted things from the Undaunted Quartermaster and Pledge Masters, in the Undaunted camp. Similar to how Tel Var is only used and obtained in IC, or how Writs are obtained and used right there by Rolis Hlaalu and Faustina Curio. I agree that we don't want ESO to become a game with 100 different currencies that are used all over the place, but I think keeping them within the Undaunted camps is compartmentalized enough to be acceptable; IMO.
Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »Billium813 wrote: »Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »This game already has currency overload, I am not sure I really support wildly expanding what you can buy with keys. I wouldnt mind things already associated with pledges. For example, if its the pledge that day, maybe the vendor has motifs or even stickerbook items from that dungeon, but much more than that, I really cant support.
Oh, I agree, we have a couple redundant currencies and I'm sure it's confusing for new players!
- Writs = crafting
- Undaunted Keys = dungeons
- Transmute Crystals - Transmutation Station
- Tel Var = IC PvP
- Alliance Points = Cyrodiil & BG PvP
- Crowns - cash shop
- Gems - cash shop
- Seal of Endeavor -cash shop-lite
It's unfortunate that we have 2 different PvP currencies and one currency singularly devoted to a crafting station...
I think the 'key' is to keep Undaunted Keys as the currency for purchasing Undaunted things from the Undaunted Quartermaster and Pledge Masters, in the Undaunted camp. Similar to how Tel Var is only used and obtained in IC, or how Writs are obtained and used right there by Rolis Hlaalu and Faustina Curio. I agree that we don't want ESO to become a game with 100 different currencies that are used all over the place, but I think keeping them within the Undaunted camps is compartmentalized enough to be acceptable; IMO.
Yeah, if any currency needs some love, its writ vouchers IMO. I feel like they are mostly there so guild banks can have a bazillion crafting stations (also an area that needs looked at, as the sea of crafting stations in most guild halls is out of control).
I feel like a lot of these could be combined, or at the very least, give multiple options like the golden vendor does with gold and AP. Having an AP price for things in IC, even if a little higher based on reasonable exchange rates, would be welcome. I think Gem exclusive purchases should frankly be illegal, but at a minimum, there should be a crown option for all of it.