Thousand Eyes ahead of everyone by miles

TheSherryOnTop · April 30

Thousand Eyes was just the fraction that seemed the most normal to me that's why I joined it.

BardokRedSnow · April 30

DenverRalphy wrote: »

The Thousand Eyes are just too freakin awesome. It's just beyond comprehension how anyone, after meeting the daedrat and its servile maormer, could make any other choice!

As a Nord fan Shor would slap me silly if I decided to join forces with a devil elf that gets puppeteer'd by a devil rat when I had the choice of joining the only faction ruled by mortal warriors lol.

We may not taste victory and hold much contempt, but we'll make Sovngarde sing, and spill their blood in the attempt.

katanagirl1 · May 1

Syldras wrote: »

emilyhyoyeon wrote: »

It's because the Thousand Eyes is the quirk chungus faction

To me they felt like hippies. First contact was the watchling greeter who told me their group was a safe space for whatever, then I came across some npc sitting on the ground telling me how much she loved that everyone was so nice here and she felt cherished and welcome, and then there were several npcs who emphasized how the competition on the market was a friendly one. (Not sure how the original English wording is, but that's what I got.)

I found it off-putting.

Didn't like the voice acting for the Maormer/daedrat talk much, either. Not saying the voice actor was bad, but the rat parts feel so clichéd and overacted in a way (which I guess was the instruction the voice actor got)? Also, not very pleasant for my ears.

Then again, I also found the dremora of the Glitter Group a bit weird. Not sure why she emphasized that one male dark seducer wearing a corset, who, if you talked with him, also only brabbled about his corset. Is it a meme I don't get? It felt random.

The Thousand Eyes fit my main character but I regret making that decision every time I go to get a new quest.

Malyore · May 1

emilyhyoyeon wrote: »

It's because the Thousand Eyes is the quirk chungus faction

That's the fastest way to explain it I've seen

tomofhyrule · May 1

emilyhyoyeon wrote: »

It's because the Thousand Eyes is the quirk chungus faction

I hate that 1) I understand what this means, and 2) it’s so true.

Syldras · May 1

I don't really have a concept of what it means (I somehow didn't have the impression they were very quirky - not quirkier than many other characters there, at least), but I can say that they didn't give me the feel of a group of mysterious, otherworldly beings hoarding secret knowledge in a medieval fantasy world.

I also didn't expect what I believed was some criminal underworld place in a daedric realm to be inhabited by people telling me about safety, acceptance and mindfulness.

Toanis · May 1

Syldras wrote: »

I also didn't expect what I believed was some criminal underworld place in a daedric realm to be inhabited by people telling me about safety, acceptance and mindfulness.

Almost as if it was a hippie cult where the weak and outcast flock to a toxic leader.

Syldras · May 1

Toanis wrote: »

Almost as if it was a hippie cult where the weak and outcast flock to a toxic leader.

It's a bit eerie, isn't it? Sadly, I somehow doubt that was the intention.

16BitForestCat · May 1

Thousand Eyes had the dye I wanted 'cause I can never have too much green, and the banner furnishing's the prettiest of the three to me. (If you ignore that the "snowflake" pattern from a distance is actually a rat king close up. ;}) Color's lovely.

That's it. It was just a nice bonus, finding out that the faction was full of knowledge-seekers who don't much care about fighting or bragging when I went to join.

Orbital78 · May 1

They won't be next time the Night Market appears.

The_Drop_Bear · May 1

Syldras wrote: »

I don't really have a concept of what it means (I somehow didn't have the impression they were very quirky - not quirkier than many other characters there, at least), but I can say that they didn't give me the feel of a group of mysterious, otherworldly beings hoarding secret knowledge in a medieval fantasy world.

I also didn't expect what I believed was some criminal underworld place in a daedric realm to be inhabited by people telling me about safety, acceptance and mindfulness.

They aren't telling you that, some of the mortals in the faction say that. To be it seems obvious they are being manipulated.

Syldras · May 1

The_Drop_Bear wrote: »

They aren't telling you that, some of the mortals in the faction say that. To be it seems obvious they are being manipulated.

I like your interpretation, but as I said: I'm not sure how likely it is that it's not exactly what they present it as, but there's some sinister things going on beneath the surface.

The problem is: I know ESO's writing quite well, so I know how preachy it has become. Last year we had npcs randomly telling us now important it is to protect the environment, or to be nice to your siblings. Babbling about the importance of community and feeling welcome and accepted would fit right in.

Also, ESO's writing has become unsubtle and painfully obvious. If something wrong is going on, npcs will clearly spell it out. There's no mysterious things going on in the background for the player to notice and explore them themselves. If a character is "evil", you'll have half a dozen npcs tell you what an evil baddie that character is.

Aydh · May 1

liked the green dye, it fits my arcanist healer color theme. entire reason I picked thousand eyes right there.

whitecrow · May 1

Their philosophy of curiosity and knowledge appealed to me.

DenverRalphy · May 1

I actually wish I was part of the least popular faction. If I were Ruckus, I'd be frickin printing gold right now in the guild traders.

Malyore · May 1

DenverRalphy wrote: »

I actually wish I was part of the least popular faction. If I were Ruckus, I'd be frickin printing gold right now in the guild traders.

I'm Ruckus. Why would they print gold? Is their stuff resellable?

DenverRalphy · May 1

Malyore wrote: »

DenverRalphy wrote: »

I actually wish I was part of the least popular faction. If I were Ruckus, I'd be frickin printing gold right now in the guild traders.

I'm Ruckus. Why would they print gold? Is their stuff resellable?

The Ruckus fragment for the Tonic recipe are selling for big coin. Not to mention the ruckus ingredient for that recipe.

Eporem · May 2

As a character played that is bound to Hermaeus Mora she choose the Thousand Eyes, not based on anything else, even when the Night Market appears again it will still be her choice as I have no other characters that I think would have a reason to join the other factions unless one is created that would join the Ruckus.

Eporem · May 2

BardokRedSnow wrote: »

DenverRalphy wrote: »

The Thousand Eyes are just too freakin awesome. It's just beyond comprehension how anyone, after meeting the daedrat and its servile maormer, could make any other choice!

As a Nord fan Shor would slap me silly if I decided to join forces with a devil elf that gets puppeteer'd by a devil rat when I had the choice of joining the only faction ruled by mortal warriors lol.

We may not taste victory and hold much contempt, but we'll make Sovngarde sing, and spill their blood in the attempt.

As a Mortal, be wary of the Drain, the Thousand Eyes though know of ones who have access to Redmaiden, I think, in the case you do contact it..

Illmatic · May 2

Cool dye
Cool monster set
Maybe also big eso Youtubers be like "my guild will play for 1000 eyes" ? This is the case in France anyway.

But not sure this is enough to justify the huge difference.

Sturmfaenger · May 2

1000 eyes fit my sneaky nightblade. ;-)
But those players who have chosen them now will most likely take one of the others next time.

Syldras · May 2

In the end it doesn't matter as they all give the same quests. It's a bit sad - they establish some kind of identity, but then the actual playstyles and tasks are all the same, and also completely disconnected to the factions' alleged goals.

Danikat · May 2

I don't understand why they felt the need to have players competing against each other. I get that the factions are in competition with each other, but all the conversations make it sound like they're fairly evenly balanced and none of them ever really win overall. It seems odd to be told that by numerous NPCs and then presented with a tracker to make sure you know at all times who is winning, as if this is important information.

TaMmEh · May 2

ESO_player123 wrote: »

Because everyone joined this faction since many people like the dye and the monster set is slightly more interesting than in the other two factions. There was even a thread about it here on the forum.

Sturmfaenger wrote: »

But those players who have chosen them now will most likely take one of the others next time.

For me, it was both of the above, I didnt really know which one to choose so I read the thread on the forum and then went looking to see what each faction was giving. I knew I would be picking a different one next so I just started with one - blue is my favourite colour so that made the choice for me in the end!

Vrienda · May 2

The monster set is the only one that's actually any good.

Onomos · May 2

By the time I had to pick and saw how far ahead Thousand Eyes was, I went with my original instinct and chose The Ruckus. I don't care about winning some silly competition. I probably won't use any of the monster sets anyway. Plus, the Ruckus leader is a giant cat. Why wouldn't I pick that?

fizl101 · May 2

Put it out to vote to the guild, thousand eyes won. Next time only two factions to vote from

Syldras · May 3

Danikat wrote: »

I don't understand why they felt the need to have players competing against each other. I get that the factions are in competition with each other, but all the conversations make it sound like they're fairly evenly balanced and none of them ever really win overall. It seems odd to be told that by numerous NPCs and then presented with a tracker to make sure you know at all times who is winning, as if this is important information.

Already that server competition during the Writhing Wall event last year was weird. And I think it didn't get good feedback overall. Not sure why they insist on giving us such competitions. Do they think that's an incentive for participation?

The whole faction thing generally feels not quite well-planned, or like they had initially some concept in mind but couldn't finish on time. We have 3 factions with different interests. 3 districts that are assigned to these three factions (they clearly are - they also unlock the faction's housing room, after all). But instead of giving you faction-specific quests you get the same ones from every faction leader, can unlock all rooms no matter your faction, and run around in all districts, doing all quests. Something doesn't really add up there, does it?

It would make more sense if faction leaders had specific quests according to their faction goals, and send you into their own district. Either with no faction choice for the player at all - treating the faction leaders just as normal quest givers you can all do quests for - , or maybe letting the player choose 1 faction per player character, so there's a bit of replayability.

cozmic72 · May 3

Is there a way to disable the score menu? It’s intrusive and takes up too much screen space.

Estin · May 3

There's really no competition for the factions. It's just pick your favorite for the monster set, title, and dye. Honestly I regret not going ruckus, you can trade your monster set with other players it looks like once you finish the trial. I could've gotten a ton of the ruckus recipe fragments and made bank and still get the thousand eyes monster set at the same time.