How would you feel about lowering the amount of Ancient sandstone for Fargrave furnishings?

ESO_player123 · January 20

The Fargrave furnishing plans feel like outliers in terms of how much trait materials (Ancient Sandstone) they require. To my knowledge, no other type of plans require 12 pieces of trait material for one piece of furnishing. I know that Craglorn was here from the beginning, and old players might have accumulated a lot of it. However, it comes from chests mostly, and farming Craglorn trials and endlessly running around Craglorn to make just one piece seems excessive. I love the color of the Fargrave pieces, but the cost prevents me from making more than one or two pieces for a build (and only when I'm truly desperate). Would you like the amount of Ancient sandstone to be lowered to be in line with the furnishing plans from other zones?

If you'd prefer to keep it as-is, I would like to hear your reasoning.

LunaFlora · January 20

Yes, lower the amout

yes.
i cannot imagine anybody against it, but i gusss it is possible

freespirit · January 20

Yes, lower the amout

I would also include the older Dwarven Plans that use 16 Dwemer Frame in that too, those are a nightmare to farm!!

Possibly the Deadlands plans that use large numbers of Daedra Heart to, although those are quite easy to get.

I often wonder why ZoS seem intent on punishing anyone who like to decorate??

I mean at this point the crazy over priced Crown Houses must be a good portion of their income!!

Kappachi · January 20

No, keep it as-is

it's one of the things I farm to sell, if there's a big sink for it then demand goes up and it's worth more. I wish more things were material sinks and want them to go up elsewhere as well so things worth 10g could have a use and maybe go up to 100g+ even if relatively simple to find.

ESO_player123 · January 20

Yes, lower the amout

freespirit wrote: »

I would also include the older Dwarven Plans that use 16 Dwemer Frame in that too, those are a nightmare to farm!!

Possibly the Deadlands plans that use large numbers of Daedra Heart to, although those are quite easy to get.

I often wonder why ZoS seem intent on punishing anyone who like to decorate??

I mean at this point the crazy over priced Crown Houses must be a good portion of their income!!

You are right, forgot about the Dwemer Frames. Would be nice to get those adjusted too.

Starbridge84 · January 21

Yes, lower the amout

It would be nice to have it a couple lower than what it is, but I wouldn't say drastically. I think some furnishing patterns need to be reworked to reflect the cost of materials by the size of an item. A goblet and a wall segment shouldn't require the same amount of x resource.

Small table top items, 1 or 2.
Small chairs and tables, 2 to 4.
Large items, 4 to 6.
Massive items like platforms, walls and other structural things 6 to 10.

I don't think rarity of the item pattern should influence the cost, and if you want to argue that point perhaps maybe 1 or 2 but any more then that is pushing it.
I've been apart of the game for a while now and I've seen virtually zero consistency in the cost of furnishing materials.

MoonPile · January 21

Yes, lower the amout

1. I agree; Dwemer frames too

2. For those who don't know, here's a way to get tons of Sandstone:
(If you're building Fargrave towns every weekend and this doesn't suffice, ignore.)

For any event that has some group-with-guildies / fight bosses to-do item, go to Craglorn and join a rift train.

This is just one example with a map; there are other efficient paths with other bosses:
https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/1c3t8j4/the_craglorn_jubilees_rift_run/

Rift Bosses drop Sandstone; easy to get hundreds upon hundreds. Obviously you can do this at any time with others or solo, it's just incredibly fast and efficient during events due to the amount of people. Only downside is you do need good DPS; if you're not in top 12 you won't get drops.

Soarora · January 21

Yes, lower the amout

Housing could use a balancing pass in general. What chair in real life requires 13 heartwood? The extreme cost of housing is part of what makes it genuinely the true endgame and in my opinion, the only P2W part of the game.

ESO_player123 · January 21

Yes, lower the amout

MoonPile wrote: »

1. I agree; Dwemer frames too

2. For those who don't know, here's a way to get tons of Sandstone:
(If you're building Fargrave towns every weekend and this doesn't suffice, ignore.)

For any event that has some group-with-guildies / fight bosses to-do item, go to Craglorn and join a rift train.

This is just one example with a map; there are other efficient paths with other bosses:
https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/1c3t8j4/the_craglorn_jubilees_rift_run/

Rift Bosses drop Sandstone; easy to get hundreds upon hundreds. Obviously you can do this at any time with others or solo, it's just incredibly fast and efficient during events due to the amount of people. Only downside is you do need good DPS; if you're not in top 12 you won't get drops.

@MoonPile Great information, thanks. What about 5 min drop cooldown? Is sandstone a guaranteed drop? If it's on cooldown, then it's a like one Fargrave item per hour with the train.

MoonPile · January 21

Yes, lower the amout

ESO_player123 wrote: »

MoonPile wrote: »

1. I agree; Dwemer frames too

2. For those who don't know, here's a way to get tons of Sandstone:
(If you're building Fargrave towns every weekend and this doesn't suffice, ignore.)

For any event that has some group-with-guildies / fight bosses to-do item, go to Craglorn and join a rift train.

This is just one example with a map; there are other efficient paths with other bosses:
https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/1c3t8j4/the_craglorn_jubilees_rift_run/

Rift Bosses drop Sandstone; easy to get hundreds upon hundreds. Obviously you can do this at any time with others or solo, it's just incredibly fast and efficient during events due to the amount of people. Only downside is you do need good DPS; if you're not in top 12 you won't get drops.

@MoonPile Great information, thanks. What about 5 min drop cooldown? Is sandstone a guaranteed drop? If it's on cooldown, then it's a like one Fargrave item per hour with the train.

Yeah Craglorn bosses just drop it, it's not special. No cooldown on Craglorn rifts, that's why everyone farms em like crazy!

I can't find a screenshot right now but IIRC they drop in packs of 10 or so – NOT in the coffers, just boss extras

ESO_player123 · January 21

Yes, lower the amout

MoonPile wrote: »

ESO_player123 wrote: »

MoonPile wrote: »

1. I agree; Dwemer frames too

2. For those who don't know, here's a way to get tons of Sandstone:
(If you're building Fargrave towns every weekend and this doesn't suffice, ignore.)

For any event that has some group-with-guildies / fight bosses to-do item, go to Craglorn and join a rift train.

This is just one example with a map; there are other efficient paths with other bosses:
https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/1c3t8j4/the_craglorn_jubilees_rift_run/

Rift Bosses drop Sandstone; easy to get hundreds upon hundreds. Obviously you can do this at any time with others or solo, it's just incredibly fast and efficient during events due to the amount of people. Only downside is you do need good DPS; if you're not in top 12 you won't get drops.

@MoonPile Great information, thanks. What about 5 min drop cooldown? Is sandstone a guaranteed drop? If it's on cooldown, then it's a like one Fargrave item per hour with the train.

Yeah Craglorn bosses just drop it, it's not special. No cooldown on Craglorn rifts, that's why everyone farms em like crazy!

I can't find a screenshot right now but IIRC they drop in packs of 10 or so – NOT in the coffers, just boss extras

Thanks a lot. Will try next time.

ESO_player123 · 4:39AM

Yes, lower the amout

MoonPile wrote: »

ESO_player123 wrote: »

MoonPile wrote: »

1. I agree; Dwemer frames too

2. For those who don't know, here's a way to get tons of Sandstone:
(If you're building Fargrave towns every weekend and this doesn't suffice, ignore.)

For any event that has some group-with-guildies / fight bosses to-do item, go to Craglorn and join a rift train.

This is just one example with a map; there are other efficient paths with other bosses:
https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/1c3t8j4/the_craglorn_jubilees_rift_run/

Rift Bosses drop Sandstone; easy to get hundreds upon hundreds. Obviously you can do this at any time with others or solo, it's just incredibly fast and efficient during events due to the amount of people. Only downside is you do need good DPS; if you're not in top 12 you won't get drops.

@MoonPile Great information, thanks. What about 5 min drop cooldown? Is sandstone a guaranteed drop? If it's on cooldown, then it's a like one Fargrave item per hour with the train.

Yeah Craglorn bosses just drop it, it's not special. No cooldown on Craglorn rifts, that's why everyone farms em like crazy!

I can't find a screenshot right now but IIRC they drop in packs of 10 or so – NOT in the coffers, just boss extras

@MoonPile Are you sure about "packs 10 or so"? I did a quick run of 4 out of those 5 Celestial rifts. One got bugged (no boss spawned after the trash packs), out of the rest 3 rifts only one boss dropped 1 Ancient Sandstone.

MoonPile · 6:38AM

Yes, lower the amout

ESO_player123 wrote: »

MoonPile wrote: »

ESO_player123 wrote: »

MoonPile wrote: »

1. I agree; Dwemer frames too

2. For those who don't know, here's a way to get tons of Sandstone:
(If you're building Fargrave towns every weekend and this doesn't suffice, ignore.)

For any event that has some group-with-guildies / fight bosses to-do item, go to Craglorn and join a rift train.

This is just one example with a map; there are other efficient paths with other bosses:
https://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/1c3t8j4/the_craglorn_jubilees_rift_run/

Rift Bosses drop Sandstone; easy to get hundreds upon hundreds. Obviously you can do this at any time with others or solo, it's just incredibly fast and efficient during events due to the amount of people. Only downside is you do need good DPS; if you're not in top 12 you won't get drops.

@MoonPile Great information, thanks. What about 5 min drop cooldown? Is sandstone a guaranteed drop? If it's on cooldown, then it's a like one Fargrave item per hour with the train.

Yeah Craglorn bosses just drop it, it's not special. No cooldown on Craglorn rifts, that's why everyone farms em like crazy!

I can't find a screenshot right now but IIRC they drop in packs of 10 or so – NOT in the coffers, just boss extras

@MoonPile Are you sure about "packs 10 or so"? I did a quick run of 4 out of those 5 Celestial rifts. One got bugged (no boss spawned after the trash packs), out of the rest 3 rifts only one boss dropped 1 Ancient Sandstone.

Hmm honestly I don't know; we do dozens of them per hour during events. Maybe sometimes they dropped more or less.

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