I don't like grinding anything, even if it's an activity I enjoy if I need to do it over and over in a short space of time I'm going to get fed up with it and want to stop.

I will do it if there's a reward I really want, but I try to keep it to a minimum so I don't get burned out. For example if I'm trying to collect something that's tradable I'll see how many I can get myself but then I'll buy the rest. Otherwise I'll weigh how much I want it against what it takes to get it and skip the things which aren't worth the hassle for me.

I'm certainly not going to grind drops just to get gold.

Not anymore, and it always depended on the activity. The boxes we get now have hardly anything worth it in them, as the new style pages only drop from IC bosses. And I won't grind IC bosses, the past years taught me that it's a slog, the bosses take forever to respawn and the drop rates are low. There's 36 tickets left to get, and I need 35 for the whole style set, so that's what I'll spend them on.

Definitely not for PvP events. That would be an incredibly unrewarding experience for me. I have nothing against PvP in general and love to indulge in such in WoW and GW2. But in ESO, absolutely not.

Coffers contain nothing new. The only new items that you can get are motif pages and those only drop in IC. I think that is a mistake and those motif pages should drop from all PvP event coffers.

I am more likely to spend event tickets (I will buy them for crowns if necessary) and get the motif pages from event merchant as prices for those motif pages has always been ridiculous lol.

The content is so abyssmal, and it gets worse with every event. Not worth the time.

On anniversary I farm crafting writs but that's all.

Anniversary event is the only one that I will grind due to the value of the box contents. But even then it's just writs on all my 16 characters which eats up the majority of my play time for the day.

PVP Events I will get alot of boxes but that's because I enjoy running pvp with my guild and during mayhem there is almost always at least 1 group up and running.

I don't grind coffee. I use coffee pods.

If I come across something I want to do then I do it, but the endeavours are the only routine thing I usually do if they fit my playstyle - only one today, for example, as the others are all outside my areas of interest. The same with writs, I do them occasionally but usually only in order to complete 2 quests for an endeavour. I don't do daily quests beyond an occasional look to try one out say in a new DLC. Dailies are chores, and that makes gaming more like a job than a hobby. I rarely want anything on the Impresario so I only have an occasional interest in event tickets.

As for event containers, they rarely have anything of real interest so I don't go looking for them. The few events I do enjoy are pretty pointless now the achievements for completing them are account-wide. They used to be a good opportunity for a different character each year but no longer, sadly.

No, I'd rather be off doing story content, if I pick them up along the way, cool.

Thank you, everyone who's answered.

The results so far seem intriguing to me, since I was expecting to see more people who do grind for coffers. That expectation was based on the number of threads and posts in the past which have complained about grinding for coffers but not finding any-- or very few-- of the outfit style pages and other event-only items. I had gotten the impression that a lot of players grind for coffers, not just on their main character, but also on their alts.

I think I would probably grind for more coffers if my bank and inventory weren't so full already. I'll probably spend a few days cleaning them up, so I can do at least a little bit of grinding on my main.

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

Thank you, everyone who's answered.

The results so far seem intriguing to me, since I was expecting to see more people who do grind for coffers. That expectation was based on the number of threads and posts in the past which have complained about grinding for coffers but not finding any-- or very few-- of the outfit style pages and other event-only items. I had gotten the impression that a lot of players grind for coffers, not just on their main character, but also on their alts.

I think I would probably grind for more coffers if my bank and inventory weren't so full already. I'll probably spend a few days cleaning them up, so I can do at least a little bit of grinding on my main.

Probably like me, I used to try to get as many as possible, but as many said the rewards aren’t worth the effort anymore.

katanagirl1 wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

Thank you, everyone who's answered.

The results so far seem intriguing to me, since I was expecting to see more people who do grind for coffers. That expectation was based on the number of threads and posts in the past which have complained about grinding for coffers but not finding any-- or very few-- of the outfit style pages and other event-only items. I had gotten the impression that a lot of players grind for coffers, not just on their main character, but also on their alts.

I think I would probably grind for more coffers if my bank and inventory weren't so full already. I'll probably spend a few days cleaning them up, so I can do at least a little bit of grinding on my main.

Probably like me, I used to try to get as many as possible, but as many said the rewards aren’t worth the effort anymore.

TaSheen wrote: »

To quote Michel de Montaigne (1580) "the flame is not worth the candle". In other words, the time expended gives one nothing worth the effort expended.

I thinking the rewards are fairly decent-- but it really matters whether you're interested in them at all to begin with, and it can seem like the rewards are too skimpy for those who are interested in them but who can get more of them by other means.

For instance, this is a PvP event, so many of the rewards are PvP-themed, such as motifs, style mats, and currencies that are normally only obtainable by PvPing or questing in PvP zones (unless it's something that can be bought at guild traders from players who obtained it through PvP or in PvP zones). For instance, you can get Tel Var Stones in the event coffers, and it's possible to acquire a fair bit of Tel Var that way-- unless you're a veteran of the IC zone, in which case you'll probably see the amount of Tel Var in the event coffers as little better than peanuts.

In general, I find most reward coffers-- be they event coffers, Tales of Tribute coffers, or wharever-- to be reasonably rewarding but not excessively so, which hopefully encourages players to try to earn more of them, while also trying to prevent excessive farming to the extent that it's almost like an exploit or abuse.

katanagirl1 wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

Thank you, everyone who's answered.

The results so far seem intriguing to me, since I was expecting to see more people who do grind for coffers. That expectation was based on the number of threads and posts in the past which have complained about grinding for coffers but not finding any-- or very few-- of the outfit style pages and other event-only items. I had gotten the impression that a lot of players grind for coffers, not just on their main character, but also on their alts.

I think I would probably grind for more coffers if my bank and inventory weren't so full already. I'll probably spend a few days cleaning them up, so I can do at least a little bit of grinding on my main.

Probably like me, I used to try to get as many as possible, but as many said the rewards aren’t worth the effort anymore.

TaSheen wrote: »

To quote Michel de Montaigne (1580) "the flame is not worth the candle". In other words, the time expended gives one nothing worth the effort expended.

I thinking the rewards are fairly decent-- but it really matters whether you're interested in them at all to begin with, and it can seem like the rewards are too skimpy for those who are interested in them but who can get more of them by other means.

For instance, this is a PvP event, so many of the rewards are PvP-themed, such as motifs, style mats, and currencies that are normally only obtainable by PvPing or questing in PvP zones (unless it's something that can be bought at guild traders from players who obtained it through PvP or in PvP zones). For instance, you can get Tel Var Stones in the event coffers, and it's possible to acquire a fair bit of Tel Var that way-- unless you're a veteran of the IC zone, in which case you'll probably see the amount of Tel Var in the event coffers as little better than peanuts.

In general, I find most reward coffers-- be they event coffers, Tales of Tribute coffers, or wharever-- to be reasonably rewarding but not excessively so, which hopefully encourages players to try to earn more of them, while also trying to prevent excessive farming to the extent that it's almost like an exploit or abuse.

The Mayhem rewards are actually the best - cold fire siege and tel var and other pvp stuff. I just wish the Cyrodiil coffers had the style pages. I farmed IC bosses last year for the pages but the drop rate was abysmally low and you got old style pages you already had as well. Not doing that this year.

See, I had actually forgotten that the new pages don't drop from the coffers, but instead drop from the IC bosses. I finally did remember that, but thank you for pointing it out. That means I can focus less on farming coffers and spend more time in the sewers farming the crossed-swords bosses. And since I really only need to find 2 of the new pages that way, given that I'll be able to buy the other 5 with tickets, it takes a lot of the pressure off.