Some things I love about Gold Road:

• The environment
• The flower patterns on the inside walls of houses that looks like wallpaper
• The furnishings
• The way the incursions affect a whole area, making us go after the enemies rather than just standing in a circle fighting them
• The different mechanics with a lot of the quests
• The Wandering World Boss

OP, how dare you bring positive vibes into this community!

I've spent around 2 minutes total in West Weald, but I've enjoyed Lucent Citadel and scribing so far.

It's a chapter, not a DLC! I agree it's nice, and I've enjoyed it so far. Not sure it's the best value for money, although it was my choice to go for the deluxe version...

katanagirl1 wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

EmEm_Oh wrote: »

OP, how dare you bring positive vibes into this community!

I see how some people might find the many negative comments annoying, but how does this comment bring more positivity to the forum?

I think that might be sarcasm.

But it still doesn't help, does it?

I'm loving the West Weald. For the first time in a while, I want to poke into every corner, and as soon as I log off, I look forward to my next play session. The environments are beautiful, and I've enjoyed the quests I've done so far. They strike the right balance between talking and action. The NPCs don't go on forever, but they have more than three lines. I've also seen a lot of interesting touches as I ride/run around.

Just this morning something caught my eye and I went off the beaten path to check it out. I much prefer these outdoor environments to areas like Apocrypha and Gloomreach. Give me trees and lakes any day.

This chapter has been one of the best in a long while, both in terms of writing and aesthetics.

I've been loving the zone design. It reminds me of older zones like Summerset, Elsweyr, and Skyrim, where time was clearly taken to make the scenery picturesque no matter where you turn. The juxtaposition between the autumn leaves, the wildburn, and the encroaching dawnwood is striking. There's a balance between realism and artistic stylization present, and I really appreciate it, because it reminds me of the feeling evoked by the base-game zones. Even so, it's a clear upgrade from them graphically.

The designers also really knew what they were doing when it comes to visual story telling and drawing a player in. Paths half hidden by trees evoke curiosity and the desire to explore. Little hidden places where you can find gazebos tucked away, lorebooks, seating areas, and the implication that someone lives (or lived) in that location, and cared about it. You really get a feel for what life across the entire zone was like before it was disrupted.

As someone who plays in Cyrodiil frequently and enjoys PVP as a part of a characters story, it makes me feel nostalgic for what Cyrodiil and the Imperial City once must have been like before it was torn asunder by war and Molag Bal, and what it can still be (which we later see in Oblivion) You can still see a ghost of that beauty in the surrounding country side of Cyrodiil, and I think they did a great job tying the West Weald into it's appearance. It's graphically updated, of course, but there's some truly lovely places in Cyrodiil if you look for them, and I see that mirrored in the West Weald (pardon the pun, lol)

Also...the torn flags, signs of war and wear, around the gates leading to Cyrodiil. The feeling that those broken walls are just barely holding back the war that could, at any time, threaten to spill over into the Weald. Just. Perfection.

I can't reiterate it enough. There's -so many- stories being told here, and they aren't just the ones that you can interact with through quests.

Oh, and it was a nice touch to have soldiers who were clearly from Cyrodiil escorting prisoners from other factions along the road. I don't know if the appearance of those NPC's is faction-specific, but my EP PVP templar encountered two Dominion thugs escorting a captured EP soldier towards the gates to Cyrodiil on the road. I was amused when they shouted at my character and told him to move along/that what was happening was none of his business. Needless to say, he made it his business, and the EP soldier went free.

The team who created this zone clearly knew what they were doing, putting little touches of the war in a PVE zone. Really well done.

Sorry for the long post. I just really want the dev's to know what an amazing job they did with this one.

So yes, in short: Thank you for this one. Please make zones like this again!

derkaiserliche wrote: »

Since I just saw players moaning about everything so far, it is time for a positive topic:

- beautiful town and environment
- interesting and well done quests (sidequests + story)
- scribing will create a nice individual alternative to all builds and is a good gold sink
- the new skill colours look pretty cool often
- the furniture is well made and fitting
- the house we can buy for ingamegold is well built and leaves a lot of space for ideas

So thanks for a nice dlc

It certainly is a lot more like a DLC than a chapter release, you got that part right.

I’m really enjoying it. Scribing has allowed me to play my character much more like I’ve wanted to play it.

I've been taking my time going through the scribing quests, and doing a few incursions a day, both are well done. Also the music and enemy voice effects during the incursions are great. The zone looks scenic and nice but also I feel the art and music are consistently good each chapter.

West Weald looks really beautiful and parts of it remind me of the painted world from Oblivion (my only minor annoyance is that some places look slightly cartoonish).

Mirrormoor incursions not only look good but the chanting mixed with the otherwordly music is perfect.

Loved the scribing questline (started it just to unlock scribing and didn't stop until it was completed) and wasn't disappointed in the main quests either (as someone who loved TESIV: Shivering Isles, I wasn't surprised in the outcome).

And the Adventurer Across a Decade achievement was a nice addition. It did feel good to get that done and although I don't really like skins and I don't use them, the Fractured Glory looks better in the game than it did on the promotional picture.

katanagirl1 wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

EmEm_Oh wrote: »

OP, how dare you bring positive vibes into this community!

I see how some people might find the many negative comments annoying, but how does this comment bring more positivity to the forum?

I think that might be sarcasm.

But it still doesn't help, does it?

I got a good laugh out of it. I appreciate sarcasm, and sometimes my posts here have a little too much of it without me realizing it.

Yeah. I get that.... I've got called on my sarcastic replies a lot....

Well, this is encouraging to read! I'm on console, I have the DLC on preorder, and a lot of the feedback was starting to make me think, "oh no, what have I done?" 😆

Aleris wrote: »

derkaiserliche wrote: »

Since I just saw players moaning about everything so far, it is time for a positive topic:

- beautiful town and environment
- interesting and well done quests (sidequests + story)
- scribing will create a nice individual alternative to all builds and is a good gold sink
- the new skill colours look pretty cool often
- the furniture is well made and fitting
- the house we can buy for ingamegold is well built and leaves a lot of space for ideas

So thanks for a nice dlc

What house can you buy

merryvine estate (costs 1.3 mil gold if you have the required achievement)

Aleris wrote: »

Oh T. Better to wait zenithar in 8 days then to buy it at half the price ?

zenithar event is only 10% discount, not 50% lol