What in the game gives you an unsettling feeling?

gamerguy757 · July 2023

So I’m curious to all the players who have been here for a long time or like myself since the beginning; what is something in the game, that when you do it, gives you an unsettling feeling, it unlocks a deep core memory?
EXCLUDING VMA…too easy

For me, it’s the Planar Inhibitor in vWGT. I remember when you couldn’t burn the boss down and you had to do the mechanics and that one boss…that one boss…ruined friendships. The horror.

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KlauthWarthog · July 2023

PTS patch notes.

The_Lex · July 2023

Nothing...because it's a game. If it becomes too much (and it never does for me), I can just log off and move on with life.

Taggund · July 2023

30+ runs of Darkshade Caverns II to get the final Ebon Dwarven Wolf lead i needed from the Engine Guardian. I shudder at just the thought of that dungeon.

redlink1979 · July 2023

Nothing, this is just a game. Nothing else.

FantasticFreddie · July 2023

I'll answer the question in the spirit it is asked: Bahsei hardmode.

"I AM BUT A HERALD" gives me heart palpitations

Rachaelphoto · July 2023

Trying to level up Antiquities skill line 1 point at a time.

preevious · July 2023

1) the farm for mora's whisper (the lead for witch you have to kill several trillions of mini-watchers)
2) the first run of vMA
3) Dosha, first boss of the fighter's guild questline, back when the game launched.

Sirona_Starr · July 2023

Thieve's Guild heists

amig186 · July 2023

Mantikoras in any shape or form, aside from the smallest ones. I know I'm in for a bad time when I see one.

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Edit by me: Since the edit of the thread title changed the whole point of it, I need to clarify that mantikoras don't unsettle me, they're just a pain in my ass.

JanTanhide · July 2023

Nothing. Not a single thing gives me any issue of any kind.

whitecrow · July 2023

gamerguy757 wrote: »

For me, it’s the Planar Inhibitor in vWGT. I remember when you couldn’t burn the boss down and you had to do the mechanics and that one boss…that one boss…ruined friendships. The horror.

Ah, I thought something had changed about that, but I wasn't sure.
Yeah I never understood it the way it originally was.

Khrogo · July 2023

The voice acting in Blessed Crucible.

Sheezabeast · July 2023

The sound of a Nightblade using Poison Arrow in PVP

Tandor · July 2023

JanTanhide wrote: »

Nothing. Not a single thing gives me any issue of any kind.

This.

Four_Fingers · July 2023

[Snip] waiting for maintenance to finish is aggravating.

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Treeshka · July 2023

Multiple Reef Guardians puking acid to main tank.

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TaSheen · July 2023

Tandor wrote: »

JanTanhide wrote: »

Nothing. Not a single thing gives me any issue of any kind.

This.

Makes three of us.

aaisoaho · July 2023

Harvesters brings back bad memories of Doshia, Northern Craglorn shadowcasters brings back memories of fearful resource farming, Planar Inhibitor makes me remember how it used to be, that island minotaur boss in vBRF reminds me of the awful times pugging it when the dungeon was new.

Rebirthment · July 2023

ERPers

TaSheen · July 2023

Rebirthment wrote: »

ERPers

Agreed....

wilykcat · July 2023

I dont quite understand the original post. I had to look up the word "unsettling" in context. Which one?

Unsettling as in annoying or pet peeves:
Certain posts in general discussion 🙃. Or its the hair and clothes that lack high quality/realistic animations & physics. Kahjiit don't have paws for feet (looks weird to me).

Or

Unsettling as in unexpected or scary: it's the dark creepy dungeon (shipright wreckage) on veteran difficulty that's easy to get lost in and is full of very powerful green skeleton monsters. The impossible end boss mechanics when the boss creates many, many deadly twisty water things that instantly destroys the whole group...

Rishikesa108 · July 2023

1) When I walk in the tunnels of Imperial City sewers with pockets full of tel var stones, and I'm very afraid of meeting some overseer or some group of players from an opposing faction

2) Maebroogha The Void Lich

3) The very last phase of veteran Fang Lair hard mode, when ghosts come from everywhere and you have to dance between them to avoid contact

DreamyLu · July 2023

Sorry, like some others before: nothing, it's a game.

Generally, no matter what game, it's supposed to be fun. So of course, it's part of gaming to struggle at time on something difficult, thus being upset and/or frustrating. However, for me, the limit is when fun stops and negative emotions arise: game over! I swap to something more fun.

amig186 · July 2023

wilykcat wrote: »

I dont quite understand the original post. I had to look up the word "unsettling" in context. Which one?

Unsettling as in annoying or pet peeves:
Certain posts in general discussion 🙃. Or its the hair and clothes that lack high quality/realistic animations & physics. Kahjiit don't have paws for feet (looks weird to me).

Or

Unsettling as in unexpected or scary: it's the dark creepy dungeon (shipright wreckage) on veteran difficulty that's easy to get lost in and is full of very powerful green skeleton monsters. The impossible end boss mechanics when the boss creates many, many deadly twisty water things that instantly destroys the whole group...

The former, sort of. The wording got changed, but it was basically things you have such bad memories with that you don't want to do them again.

AuroranGoldenEagle · July 2023

Wuyuvus. I don't want to tell you all how long I kept trying to solo that... thing before I gave up.

I would beat the heck out of it, it would heal, I would heal and we'd repeat the dance over and over again. I was convinced I had lowered its health slightly each time around and was wearing it down haha

Thank got for AWA, never going to that cave again.

Cadbury · July 2023

This still haunts my dreams...

Fair warning, this is nightmare fuel:

An old glitch from The Jeweled Crown of Anton quest in Glenumbra

ArchMikem · July 2023

The Malabal Tor Questline. I hate it. I wish I could help the villain.

When you learn the backstory to the Hound, you realize who the real victim is. The Hound and the new Green Lady grew up in the same village. They were childhood friends and grew to love each other. But when she was chosen as the next Green Lady, her sense of Duty was stronger than her Love, and the Hound was betrayed, abandoned, devastated. Forced to let her go to be married to someone else. Everything he did, was out of pain and sorrow and a last desperate attempt to regain his other half.

And I killed him.

And they thanked me for it.

And the dialogue options forced me to congratulate the married "couple", as the Green Lady joked to me about the vigorous Honeymoon to follow.

Hapexamendios · July 2023

Sorinne Gerard

Aelorin · July 2023

For 99% I really like the soundtrack of this game. I think that together with the great graphics, it can set a mood, and that is why I like ESO so much.

But I really had to rush through the Deadlands zone because of the music that is so creepy!

Furthermore, the bug with the deadlands music in Apocrypha makes me not want to go to that zone. If I have to, I turn the music off, or play the original Morrowind soundtrack to sooth my mind. Eager waiting for a fix!