No more antiquities please

CoronHR · February 2023

i do like antiquities, but i don't like the motif leads dropping from treasure maps system. i just posted about that specific system. antiquities in general though are quite cool, even leads that don't drop easily from some very specific monsters. the lead from the watchers or the mini-watchers...that was tedious, but satisfying enough when it dropped

fizl101 · February 2023

Flameweaver1951 wrote: »

Only one of my characters tried and gave up with the antiquities mini game.

The fact that all of my other characters have leads thrown at them from all sorts for sources, including fishing, opening chests, crates & thieves lock boxes, even daily crafting writs is a pure anoyance. If they don't have the antiquity skills why give the leads? It's so frustating.

your character that you have leveled up can do all of the leads picked upon other characters

Tantala · February 2023

ruengdet2515 wrote: »

Love it very much but... don't put LEAD in PVP Zone.

This, definitely. I don't like PvP (got burned out on it after playing years on an Everquest PvP server) and I really don't like having to do PvP to get something I really need. I currently do Cyrodil just enough to get the horse speed upgrade ... which fortunately means just the basic training.

Quackery · February 2023

Absolutely not! I want MORE furniture antiquities, more epic items! They're lots of fun to dig up!

Surak73 · February 2023

What's the problem? If you don't like it, just skip it. I don't like fishing but I don't ask "No more fishing areas!!", simply I don't do it...

rpa · February 2023

ZOS needs attract the kind of people who pay full price to get their quarter of OP. I prefer it's something I do not care about like broken mythics and overtuned PvPish sets when I pick up the new chapter from sale after nerfs.

zaria · February 2023

CoronHR wrote: »

i do like antiquities, but i don't like the motif leads dropping from treasure maps system. i just posted about that specific system. antiquities in general though are quite cool, even leads that don't drop easily from some very specific monsters. the lead from the watchers or the mini-watchers...that was tedious, but satisfying enough when it dropped

Agree, that adds extra levels of RND; first getting the map then the low chance its the relevant zone and finally that you get the lead. From an boss or dungeon its just one layer.

DMuehlhausen · February 2023

ProudMary wrote: »

I've disliked the antiquities system since inception. It's tedious, takes forever to grind out the skills, and as someone who has zero interest in housing it has no appeal to me what so ever.

Antiquities is a major distraction from the things that make/made ESO great; a great combat system. ESO would do a lot better if they focused on improving and maintaining the combat system vs. working on tedious mini games.

The skills are to long to level for sure, and the fact they don't level at the same rate is strange.

That being said there is more than furnishings you get from it.

freespirit · February 2023

I love Antiquities, ofc I love the furniture but I also enjoy saving my treasure maps, the ones that can drop leads, and spending an evening doing them. Last time I did that I ended up with 30+ motifs and shortly after that a pile of gold! 😀

amig186 · February 2023

I'm all for new antiquities, but I'm not a fan of the apparent trend of splitting them into more and more leads with each new expansion. Back in Greymoor almost every lead you found would give you something nice, be it a furnishing, body marking or a crafting station. Firesong on the other had a 10 lead skin, 5 lead music box, 3 lead crafting station, alongside the usual 5 lead mythics. It makes the supposedly rare and valuable master leads feel like junk when you dig up a bunch of them and all you have to show for it is the prospect of spending hours farming a dungeon or chests for the remaining leads required to complete the antiquity. I'm talking about cosmetic items here, for the mythics it's understandable. If it goes on like this, soon even a stupid hat will be split into 5 randomly dropping leads.

RealLoveBVB · February 2023

As long as they don't have such a horrible drop rate as in high isle again, I always look forward for a new lead grind too.

sharquez · February 2023

I am aware of the irony of this post but...
Can we make threads that say "Delete this for everyone because I don't like it." a close and warn sort of thing like quitting threads?
They keep popping up and there is not a constructive discussion that happens because of them, [snip]

If I knew how to tag I would for this case..

[edited for baiting]

TaSheen · February 2023

You tag like this: @ZOS_Kevin, or whichever employee you want to see the post.

Vrienda · February 2023

I enjoy antiquities a lot, it's probably my favourite chapter feature.

That said they need to tone the grind down. Those Ancient Daedra motifs and whatnot are hell to grind. So I just don't bother doing them.

Mythic items like Oakensoul should also be more readily attainable as I think Oakensoul in particular is a godsend to players who don't find weapon swapping to be a fun mechanic like me.

Furnishings are impossible for me to care about as I don't really do housing in MMO's.

TaSheen · February 2023

Vrienda wrote: »

I enjoy antiquities a lot, it's probably my favourite chapter feature.

That said they need to tone the grind down. Those Ancient Daedra motifs and whatnot are hell to grind. So I just don't bother doing them.

Mythic items like Oakensoul should also be more readily attainable as I think Oakensoul in particular is a godsend to players who don't find weapon swapping to be a fun mechanic like me.

I actually didn't find Oakensoul a huge grind - but I waited until things calmed down a lot in Murkmire, as I wasn't in any hurry for it. I still have one to get for my latest account EU main who's still a little way off CP160.

The worst one on the other 5 was my NA second account, where it took me 12 crab kills and 10 vents to get the last two leads. But there were always plenty of people at both sites, so at least I wasn't trying to solo them (which there's no way in hell I could do anyway).

fizzylu · February 2023

I just wish antiquities never became a gearing feature. I was excited when I found out it would add new furnishings, armor styles, and etc.... just the mythic part kind of made it a bit much. Some are for sure fun to play around with, but a lot have just caused more balancing issues.

Mascen · February 2023

Nah antiquities are good, plus in the case of some like the skin they added in Firesong a great moneymaker as well. Bought myself a house with the gold I made selling my galen treasure maps early on

Paramedicus · February 2023

i don't like antiquitie system very much, but game forcing me to do zone quests would be bigger torture. xD

kringled_1 · February 2023

Mostly I'm not a fan of how low the drop rate is for some leads. The motifs are the worst, but some of the others can be quite unpleasant if you actually want the item. (moras whisper jumps to mind).

Shagreth · February 2023

This can be easily categorized as the worst feedback ever. If you don't like something, feel free to skip it.

Morimizo · February 2023

I believe one of the main problems with Antiquities fatigue (beside the abysmally low drop rate for some of them) is the lack of aesthetic variety; for example, why are all the digsites identical? Why isn't there a blue hue when excavating in Coldharbour, muddy brown and mossy in Grahtwood, sandy in Alik'r, ashy on Vvardenfell, and snowy on Bleakrock (at least on the top layers)?? Each new zone could at least have a slightly different color palette, which would add further interest in acquiring the new items.

amonengelb16_ESO · February 2023

Most dumb gear system that killed the game's spiritual predecessor and increased the gap between new players and veteran players. Let's make it more pain in the a** to aquire them by doing crap content and emphasize that its about wasting your lifetime. BRILLIANT. IDEA.

NOT.

NeKryXe · February 2023

I don't like to play the antiquities mini-games so I don't. It's easy.

You don't need to collect everything. If you try that you'll go crazy. I paid for all DLC and ESO+, so I have access to everything and I only collected a couple of antiquities yet. I got Oakensoul because I love it, and when a new mythic is released I check it and if I don't need it I don't even try to collect it. It's so easy to solve. Just pick what you like and don't try to collect everything you don't need. It's always nice to have choices.

NeKryXe · February 2023

SilverBride wrote: »

The only thing I hate about it is the grind to level 10. (I know I only need one player to reach 10, but I like them all maxed so I don't have to change characters to dig up leads when I find them.)

With that I agree. It's awful!

Elvenheart · February 2023

@ZOS_Kevin Now that antiquities has been out for awhile, and in consideration of the fact that we only get the purple zone treasures the first time we level antiquities on our account, thus making antiquities one of the LEAST alt friendly systems in the game, maybe a nice QoL change would be to make green and blue leads worth more antiquities leveling experience? Maybe the increased exp could be made to kick in once you’ve already leveled up antiquities on your account the first time.

karthrag_inak · February 2023

More antiquities please.

shadyjane62 · February 2023

No more antiquities please.

Elvenheart · February 2023

No, more antiquities please.

amonengelb16_ESO · February 2023

No more antiquities? Please?

Paramedicus · February 2023

No, more, antiquities, please.