All-maker crates are awesome!

LunaFlora · December 2023

SkaiFaith wrote: »

Tenthirty2 wrote: »

I'm sorry I thought this thread was about snow?
Because all I see is crates of snow.
I love snow WAAAY more than gems

EDIT:
Adding this in so others know what to expect with the gentle snowfall furnishing.
I saw large house item on it and thought it would be perfect to finish the Wintry exterior of my deep Winter Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery build. Have tons of snow piles, snowy rocks and trees, etc but this is the one thing it lacked, so I was psyched.

"Large" may be due to the height of it, which is decent, but the coverage area is SO small imo.
Like if I want to put a bunch of these around the grounds outside the home I'd need like 20 or so to get it looking right.

Pic here is in Fair Winds so you can see the scale. It's a nice looking effect, but a letdown if you want to use these outside in medium to large spaces.

I made this mistake with the rose petal cascade before, so when I saw this one I immediately thought: not this time Zos, not this time XD

LunaFlora wrote: »

dcrush wrote: »

We’ve seen costumes in the apex tier before but I don’t remember if we had emotes and mementos in the “legendary” tier before. Yikes.

Too bad because there’s a couple of things I quite like in these crates.

mementos and emotes have been in the legendary tier before yes.
mementos since storm atronach, first crown crates (December 1 2016).
emotes since nightfall ( june 18 2020).

I have no idea how you do your research every time but I admire your dedication. It would take me an hour so I always give up.

i use uesp

emilyhyoyeon · December 2023

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Azure Ombre seems to be quite liked, but I for one can't like it. Because the only characters I would like to use such a colour hairstyle on, and would do so gladly, is on my argonians. Which is a no go, because the "Draping Locks" style, which the ombre is a recolour of, was implemented awfully for argonians.

Like it's called "draping locks", yet it gives argonians a massive bald spot. There's nothing one can call draping or locks about it. This is made even worse by how few feather styles argonians have and more so ones that got nice texture and colours.

This doesn't look good.

yeah I was really excited to see the ''veya hair'' style on argonians back when we got the original one because I really like the river braids on argonians, and I was so disappointed. This blue one was a sad reminder.

LunaFlora · December 2023

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bridgetrose wrote: »

Any idea how long the All Maker crates will be available?

probably till late March the Thursday after update 41 releases for consoles.
as that's when the next crates would release.

so possibly 28 march 2024, which will likely also be the start date of Jester's Festival.

BloodWolfe · December 2023

Quackery wrote: »

This is probably the best crates that ZOS has given us thus far. Everything in them is awesome!! I just love how playful some of them are, especially the Frostfall Recall - EPIC!!

Keep up the awesome crate work, ZOS!

Or how about stop supporting scam crates so these go into the NORMAL crown shop if they don't want it earnable in-game, without having to gamble for mostly junk! I'd gladly buy stuff if I knew what I was buying, but these crates are a disgusting addition into gaming and people like you are the problem why companies get away with this crap. This has ruined the industry.

I have money, I can afford it, but I don't agree with it and the principle of the situation. Gambling should not be in the game. I am fine paying extra to support expensive development costs, but gambling MTX crossed a line. ZOS basically turned me into someone who no longer subs to this game out of spite and I don't spend money here now. I spend it elsewhere until this BS practice changes.

Araneae6537 · December 2023

SkaiFaith wrote: »

Tenthirty2 wrote: »

I'm sorry I thought this thread was about snow?
Because all I see is crates of snow.
I love snow WAAAY more than gems

EDIT:
Adding this in so others know what to expect with the gentle snowfall furnishing.
I saw large house item on it and thought it would be perfect to finish the Wintry exterior of my deep Winter Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery build. Have tons of snow piles, snowy rocks and trees, etc but this is the one thing it lacked, so I was psyched.

"Large" may be due to the height of it, which is decent, but the coverage area is SO small imo.
Like if I want to put a bunch of these around the grounds outside the home I'd need like 20 or so to get it looking right.

Pic here is in Fair Winds so you can see the scale. It's a nice looking effect, but a letdown if you want to use these outside in medium to large spaces.

I made this mistake with the rose petal cascade before, so when I saw this one I immediately thought: not this time Zos, not this time XD

LunaFlora wrote: »

dcrush wrote: »

We’ve seen costumes in the apex tier before but I don’t remember if we had emotes and mementos in the “legendary” tier before. Yikes.

Too bad because there’s a couple of things I quite like in these crates.

mementos and emotes have been in the legendary tier before yes.
mementos since storm atronach, first crown crates (December 1 2016).
emotes since nightfall ( june 18 2020).

I have no idea how you do your research every time but I admire your dedication. It would take me an hour so I always give up.

I guess the ideal would be if we could select the radius — I quite like the size of the rose petal cascade. I’m not sure what use will be found for a small area of snowfall though. 🤔 I’m sure I will be amazed by what someone comes up with, but it would definitely be great to have a larger area for creating a whether effect, unless ZOS means to give us such a setting as they have for time of day…

Araneae6537 · December 2023

BloodWolfe wrote: »

Quackery wrote: »

This is probably the best crates that ZOS has given us thus far. Everything in them is awesome!! I just love how playful some of them are, especially the Frostfall Recall - EPIC!!

Keep up the awesome crate work, ZOS!

Or how about stop supporting scam crates so these go into the NORMAL crown shop if they don't want it earnable in-game, without having to gamble for mostly junk! I'd gladly buy stuff if I knew what I was buying, but these crates are a disgusting addition into gaming and people like you are the problem why companies get away with this crap. This has ruined the industry.

I have money, I can afford it, but I don't agree with it and the principle of the situation. Gambling should not be in the game. I am fine paying extra to support expensive development costs, but gambling MTX crossed a line. ZOS basically turned me into someone who no longer subs to this game out of spite and I don't spend money here now. I spend it elsewhere until this BS practice changes.

Sure, I’d rather buy directly too, although some things seem sufficiently overpriced to me as to hardly be better. I believe there have been more rewards added to gameplay recently and now the are Seals of Endeavor for people who can’t or don’t wish to buy Crown crates or only rarely want items from them.

I am selective of what seasons I buy, especially now that I can hardly afford to buy many with in-game gold! I’ve enjoyed myself more since abandoning a will-not-buy stance (twas the Ayleid crates, in which I liked enough of the items to finally convince me it was worth it) Everyone must find what works for them.

Tasvori · December 2023

The new Iceshard weapon styles are lovely! Nice to have another set that hide when sheathed. The one complain I have is they make a sound much like getting hit with frost damage when you swap bars. Now I feel like something is attacking me half the time I bar swap with the new style

emilyhyoyeon · December 2023

Tenthirty2 wrote: »

I'm sorry I thought this thread was about snow?
Because all I see is crates of snow.
I love snow WAAAY more than gems

EDIT:
Adding this in so others know what to expect with the gentle snowfall furnishing.
I saw large house item on it and thought it would be perfect to finish the Wintry exterior of my deep Winter Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery build. Have tons of snow piles, snowy rocks and trees, etc but this is the one thing it lacked, so I was psyched.

"Large" may be due to the height of it, which is decent, but the coverage area is SO small imo.
Like if I want to put a bunch of these around the grounds outside the home I'd need like 20 or so to get it looking right.

Pic here is in Fair Winds so you can see the scale. It's a nice looking effect, but a letdown if you want to use these outside in medium to large spaces.

yeah... I wasn't expecting it to be HUGE but I kind of just assumed that three could cover the outside of Autumn's Gate, which is a small area--but it's not even close. Three only covers the walkway to the front door.

At least with the falling leaves furnishing, it's usable in small areas under individual trees, but with snow you probably want it to cover a whole sky area. I think I'll have to use this for something else.

Araneae6537 · December 2023

Could someone with one of the Iceshard styles and a Nightblade character show what the weapon looks like, both out and sheathed, with Grim Focus slotted, please? I’m getting some odd results in the preview, and of course I can’t test it sheathed. Thank you!

NotaDaedraWorshipper · December 2023

emilyhyoyeon wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Azure Ombre seems to be quite liked, but I for one can't like it. Because the only characters I would like to use such a colour hairstyle on, and would do so gladly, is on my argonians. Which is a no go, because the "Draping Locks" style, which the ombre is a recolour of, was implemented awfully for argonians.

Like it's called "draping locks", yet it gives argonians a massive bald spot. There's nothing one can call draping or locks about it. This is made even worse by how few feather styles argonians have and more so ones that got nice texture and colours.

This doesn't look good.

yeah I was really excited to see the ''veya hair'' style on argonians back when we got the original one because I really like the river braids on argonians, and I was so disappointed. This blue one was a sad reminder.

It just baffles me they decided this was going to be the design. It feels like they're taking a dump on argonians with it. The river braids is one of the most popular hairstyles to get for argonians because even though the feathers are a bit dull in colour and badly textured, they're still a lovely feather style.
This blue colour would be perfect for my female argonian, but I sure ain't going to pick this bald spot over the river braids or the Topknot Cascade. Makes me disappointed they went for a recolour of it over something else. Or fixing draping locks for argonians.

BahometZ · December 2023

Between frost atro crates, iceheart weapons, and frostcaster motif, most of what is in these crowns crates has already been released. What an unremarkable season. And yet as usual the forums gush about one of the worst aspects of ESO.
We bought the game, we pay a subscription and with crown crates we also pay for rewards. I note that they've added yet another serpent skin that could've been a sanctun ophidia trial reward.

LunaFlora · December 2023

BahometZ wrote: »

Between frost atro crates, iceheart weapons, and frostcaster motif, most of what is in these crowns crates has already been released. What an unremarkable season. And yet as usual the forums gush about one of the worst aspects of ESO.
We bought the game, we pay a subscription and with crown crates we also pay for rewards. I note that they've added yet another serpent skin that could've been a sanctun ophidia trial reward.

they're different weapons.
the iceshard weapons vanish when stowed just like gloambound.

frostcaster is ancient, still looks good but from 2016.
all-maker isn't the same style even if it is similar.

and the skin is of the thief constellation, not the serpent.
the serpent skin was a 400 gem exclusive instead of 100 gems from a crate so what's the problem there?

BahometZ · December 2023

My bad about the serpent skin, I conflated it with the craglorn quests. Otherwise the problem is much of the content of these crates are rehashes of old content. The weapons might disappear (wowww) like the gloambound (again, a rehash) but they're still just ice weapons, like frostcaster, like iceheart. The apex mounts don't look like anything exceptional, and inferior to the frost atro apex mounts.
Bully for people who like them, but by the standards of past seasons, much of it is very average.
I should be glad that the paid cosmetic content is looking thin though, hopefully the recent trend of earning more furnishings and mounts continues.

Fischblut · December 2023

@Araneae6537
Here is Iceshard Battle Axe with Grim Focus

https://youtu.be/Q_AfWNg4g18

The weapon itself can't be dyed, and leaves no trail

I saw other player with Star-Orphan Elk, and it shocked me that it literally has no effect when rearing up!

Maybe it's bugged, or visible only to the owner - we will have to wait when some kind person uploads showcase video for Radiant Apex (and hopefully any Apex) mounts this season.

Apex mounts at least have some summoning effects this season, and I really like their wolf-style helmets. Sadly, it's not enough to go for them - if they don't have special voices, leave no trail and have no rearing up effects, of course.

I was really waiting for the Solstheim Shiver Wolf since datamine, but when I preview it in store I hear the ordinary wolf voice - it doesn't match visuals of this creepy creature model... Very sad to see this awesome body, forever unfinished without custom voice

If it won't have outstanding rearing up effects and trail, I will have to skip this mount.

Blessed Highmane Lion owner already said in other thread that this mount has ordinary lion voice as well. Still waiting for the full showcase video, just in case. It could be improved simply by adding strong echo to the voice, since it's some ghostly creature. Long time ago I've recorded example when such little detail can improve the mount, Green-Graht Ghost Cat as example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iosU2TnuSE

I was pleasantly surprised by Speckled wolf though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx3JsD382QQ

It is the only canine mount which I personally know of, who has the same howling voice as Pyre Watch Jackal. It's dead unblinking eyes are unimpressive, but the audio is a real pleasure to have in collection!

The main event of all latest crown crate seasons - the 25 crates bundle collectible - is almost perfect this time!

Few negative bits: no custom whistle sound when calling your mount, no custom sound when clapping your hands, and maybe the snowy trail effect could be more pronounced. Plus I'm still waiting when Break Free ability will finally be fixed, so that our characters can get back their powerful screams on the battlefield again

After this became bugged 2 years ago, all polymorphs lost big chunk of their coolness in combat.

Solstheimstone Incarnate Polymorph:

https://youtu.be/wUEMVjH7DBk

Icefist Runegathering custom action is awesome! I hoped that gathering Enchanter surveys will become very exciting, but Master gatherer perk cuts out some part of the animation

You either have to wait for the animation to finish after every runestone, or you gather runes fast with incomplete animation.

https://youtu.be/5JAD_o4Vo7g

Single runestones are more fun indeed:

https://youtu.be/33cYGs2s560

All-Maker Cuirass dye channels:

Full Coldharbor Ash Black and full Julianos White:

I might go for Windcaller Garb costume, but first it would be great to see dye channels please

If fur can't be dyed, it would be sad.

Aca2017 · December 2023

I take your point on the snowfall furnishing. Could have some applications.

As well, they re-activated Ragebound crates, which I liked (I use the Radiant Apex "Voidmother's Welwa" on one of my necromancers... bizarre mount)... and I thought: the "Icerage Bear" (Ragebound Radiant Apex) and the "Solstheim Shiver Wolf" (All-Maker Radiant Apex) bear a vague thematic resemblance to each other ("winter-themed carnivores"). I could buy the wolf mount separately, there is also a matching non-combat pet, plus yet another moth non-combat skin to collect (I use moths on my Imperial toons, an oblique metaphor for past glory lost)... but is it really worth it? Still underwhelming, IMO. Feels like I am scraping the bottom of the barrel for a rationale to buy very marginally interesting stuff, for possible use "maybe"/"someday" (when the sun goes cold, perhaps).

I may buy some crates, take what I get (unlikely to get me the wolf mount, but I could probably at least pull in enough pieces of the "All-Maker" armor (Superior Rewards) to get a preview of it in the Outfit Station and derive at least a vague clue how it would actually look and what dyes might be able to do to it), but otherwise just pad the crown gem balance a bit, for use when they deliver something... er... uh... not ridiculous? IMO, they really need to do better.

SRTtoZ · December 2023

Wow I actually just pulled this wolf with one of my crates. FRICKEN SICK. I actually got the pet a few cards earlier which is nice. This is by far one of the best radiant mounts I've pulled. I actually got the Star Orphan Elk a few days ago but I don't really care for ELK mounts so it wasn't a huge pull for me, although I guess one of my followers can use it

Either way, these crates are damn awesome. Do we know whats on the horizon afterwards? Because of the Crown sale I have a ton saved up and want to spend them but I'm not sure if I should spend them now to level up my crown gems (since I already have most of the items) or wait for the next crates.

I would kill for a Necrom looking mount to match my Arcanist theme. I have one, not sure if its from the expansion or whatever but I'm talking radiant. I want something crazy looking. I pulled a cool green radiant mount long time ago but that's on my PS account which I abandoned long ago for Series X. I wish we could merge accounts

Pixiepumpkin · December 2023

emilyhyoyeon wrote: »

Tenthirty2 wrote: »

I'm sorry I thought this thread was about snow?
Because all I see is crates of snow.
I love snow WAAAY more than gems

EDIT:
Adding this in so others know what to expect with the gentle snowfall furnishing.
I saw large house item on it and thought it would be perfect to finish the Wintry exterior of my deep Winter Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery build. Have tons of snow piles, snowy rocks and trees, etc but this is the one thing it lacked, so I was psyched.

"Large" may be due to the height of it, which is decent, but the coverage area is SO small imo.
Like if I want to put a bunch of these around the grounds outside the home I'd need like 20 or so to get it looking right.

Pic here is in Fair Winds so you can see the scale. It's a nice looking effect, but a letdown if you want to use these outside in medium to large spaces.

yeah... I wasn't expecting it to be HUGE but I kind of just assumed that three could cover the outside of Autumn's Gate, which is a small area--but it's not even close. Three only covers the walkway to the front door.

At least with the falling leaves furnishing, it's usable in small areas under individual trees, but with snow you probably want it to cover a whole sky area. I think I'll have to use this for something else.

I purchased 18 of the snowfalls because of this reason.

The result....

On an 13th gen i7 running at 5ghz all cores, 64g ram, 500 fiber internet on a modest display resolution, 2 or three of them refuse to render.

I love them, I love snowfall but its a pretty big dissapointment because I can not even "buy" my way around the limited size.

This makes them for most intents and purposes, useless.