On his way to make more glyphs for the mule's Enchanting grind, Jo'zira visited Misa's Port Hunding house and was floored by how pretty everything was. He gave the place a good look around and found that there isn't much to add to the place D:

He did make use of the facilities, though.

So Craglorn's done on all characters now (again), but I realized too late that The Shattered and the Lost/The Corrupted Stone quests might not be necessary to get The Missing Guardian started. At least, the quest started for me before I turned those two in. Either it's a bug or Craglorn truly is Solo friendly now.

Bonus: Chicken Legs

No room to add anything to the place! It only allows 600 items, and has 599 items in it already. The last thing has to be the Dye Station, lol.

I love seeing the screenshots of people using it! Thank you so much for your kind words about the house, that means a lot to hear!

OMG, that is Chicken Legs Titus? I thought that was the quest giver and was wondering why he was nude, lol. You know...he doesn't look out of balance in that shot! Maybe he just shouldn't wear that shirt anymore, because his body looks fine when you strip him down, lol.

Welp. That honestly puts my own non-ESO+ limitations into perspective. I'm nearing 250/300 and I'm still not done :V I guess I can do a little gardening to get rid of the extra plants.

But yes! The courtyard alone is so neat and the facilities are accessible. The extra rooms and such really make the place feel like a nice guild hangout.

As for Titus' proportions, it's more that when you look at them in a certain angle you can see the character creator's imperfections. From the front and from 3/4ths view it's fine, but directly from the side you can see how weird it gets, mostly because the morphs don't affect the back so it looks like the ribcage is pushed forward. Eolan's morphs are a little more extreme, so it's more obvious (No screenshots rn, though. He's shy)

Anyways, yeah. First thing you learn about Titus is that he apparently arrived Terminator style into the Era and killed everything in the arena that way. Before the overhaul, the guards that captured him had the decency to give him a pair of pants. Post-Dragonbreak he's completely naked. I guess they thought a generic pair of briefs was enough? :U

Bonus, since redoing the questline reminded me of the Squad's adventures there:
The Squad (minus one) meet the Naked Warrior. If it weren't for his success in the arena, Eolan would have something to say about those chicken legs.

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That aside, the Mule crafter got to Master Enchanter after a final push of...14 glyphs? The last tiny sliver of EXP was completed by him discovering the effect of another rune. Now he's got a chance at Consumable Master Writs! Still have a ways to go with equipment. Also, I learned that the quality drop is the same as finding material nodes. The Intricate/Ornate weapon/armor you get is randomized. Today I got Yew and Ebonthread with one Iron. Gross. The pay's still crap.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Mar 1 2017, 06:25 PM

Turns out the ribcage looks like it's pushed forward because they're actually thrusting their chests forward in the default idle. :V Doesn't change the fact that it's a weird feature of the character creator, but now I know why.

Eolan agreed to model for me to illustrate what I mean.

Default:Front, Side
/idle3 for a more relaxed pose: Front, Side

Still kind of odd, but better. Case closed on this weird, nit-picky derail?

For content, I'm glad that I have a backup mule because all of these furniture recipes are taking up too much space and I haven't sold a thing in a while. The mule still has 40 spaces left. Hopefully I don't use them all up.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Mar 1 2017, 09:49 PM

Totally reading this crafting talk with interest because I am the noobest noob and have no idea about anything. And I will definitely have to pay a visit to mALX's place soon for a look around!

In other news, it turns out you can't transfer characters when you switch servers. So...

*****

Tasrin-jo is worried about you. The sugar-dreams should be gone now, you should be lying in bed holding your head. This one's skull feels like it is being drummed upon by clannfear! you should be moaning, or swearing by the moons that you will never eat anything again, not...

No, this one is called Tasrin-jo. Perhaps, once upon a time, a kit might have been called Tasrin-ma, and later a young Khajiit Tasrin-la, but Tasrin-jo is not interested in a distant, forgotten past. And so she has always been called Tasrin-jo. She hopes you understand. Although she hears some of the youngsters from Pa'alatiin have started putting their honorifics in front of their names, she thinks this is nonsense, kittens puffing themselves up to pretend they are Senche-tigers. Certainly not something Tasrin-jo herself would do!

...yes, Tasrin-jo's hair has always looked like this.

Auridon? Tasrin-jo has never been to Auridon, she does not know why you claim she has. It is in the Summerset Isles, she hears, pretty perhaps but very far from Elsweyr, from Khenarthi's Roost, yes?

Is her companion sure they have not hit their head?

Yes, finally you undersand, Tasrin-jo is in Khenarthi's Roost! She washed up there after the hurricane - a terrible storm, many shipwrecks, a whole fleet destroyed. It is no surprise if a small ship like Tasrin-jo's has still not been found, that she was the only survivor, yes? After all, she was not on the Dominion ships, and she must have come from somewhere. It is not as if she fell from the sky.

So Tasrin-jo travels Khenarthi's Roost, and she keeps busy! There is much going on, many people in need of help, many threats a skilled mage like Tasrin-jo can ward off. She is a giving, generous soul, you understand, a kind heart, she cannot bear to stand aside when someone beseeches her for aid. So desperate, so wrapped up in their tragedies these poor people are, they even sometimes forget to reward her!

No, it is truth! But Tasrin-jo is understanding. She would not dream of adding to their burden by going to them and asking for such, oh no. She is quite happy to take care of it herself, no fuss, no need to bother people who already have far too much to worry about. Yes, I see you understand, this is how kind, how generous Tasrin-jo is.

As a matter of fact, yes, Tasrin-jo might leave Khenarthi's Roost soon. It is a beautiful place, truly, and she will certainly return. But the guards are beginning to look at her with suspicion - as if Tasrin-jo would ever do something to deserve such! The world is such an unjust place sometimes, is it not? And yet it is also true that Tasrin-jo finds herself in the need of some... specialist suppliers. There are many traders at Khenarthi's Roost, it is true, but not quite one of the kind Tasrin-jo is looking for. And her pack is starting to get very heavy indeed.

Perhaps she shall seek out Auridon after all - your talk of it has made her curious. But she has still never been there before, do you understand?

She is truly happy you have stopped speaking like Sheogorath.

*****

So here's Jo'tasrin II, with some minor cosmetic changes, hopefully soon done with the starting zone and back off to Auridon again.

...why is there no fence in Khenarthi's Roost. I'm surprised Tasrin-jo doesn't clink when she walks.

Welcome to Tasrin-jo! That is quite the impressively purrrrloined inventory she's packing!

Dunno anything about fences but some of the more advanced services like stables and banks do tend to be absent from the first intro areas.

I bet Tasrin-jo will love Auridon!

So I started another mule up on crafting. :V

This time, however, he's only so I can experience the joy of playing a crafter from the beginning again. He's my "general" mule and had like 40 open spaces, and was almost deleted since most of his inventory was cleared out by selling that set gear. Gonna take this one nice and slow.

It's a good thing I gave him a "real" name, because I like playing him as a character. (Even if it is the name of a planned TES VI character)

My other mule, the motif/provisioning recipe backup collector, is at 30 in Equipment skills. He got an Enchanting Master Writ this morning! Only 2 vouchers, but it's something.

On the subject of crafting, I just remembered that the other day, after about 3 months of doing the second-highest Provisioner Writs on Jo'zira and Hates-White-Rats, I FINALLY found the last purple recipe the Crafting Monkey needed. In a wardrobe. I was beginning to think I needed to take Hates to Wayrest and farm for the recipe (Slow Simmered Rabbit Goulash, apparently the rarest of purple recipes because no one sells it) and there it was! In Coldharbour! While Jo was looking for furniture plans. I hope that means his chances at Provisioning Writs will be higher now. Apparently Orzorga's Bear Haunch recipe is the highest-yielding one, though (10?), so it's probably not that big a deal.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Mar 3 2017, 07:51 PM

I have been considering taking my mules on a couple skyshard runs and sinking skill points into their crafting so they can start getting some credit for those level 50 crafting skills. They have all had whatever motifs they were capable of learning; and the one who has had skill points sunk into her Woodworking has consistently pulled in Woodworking Master Writs.

I absolutely LOVE your artwork on your characters! You have an amazing talent to be able to capture them, even their personalities come through in your artwork!

Why have man-boobs if you aren't going to bow your chest out to show them off? Lol. He looks fine to me in these screens, lol.

OMG, why aren't you reading your recipes? If you have any for sale, there are still some Redguard/High Elf/Dark Elf ones that I am trying to get and will gladly buy.

Also, along those lines = if anyone wants a certain piece of furniture crafted for them; if I do have the "recipe" for it I'll gladly do it for just the mats required; nothing more. Unfortunately; I seem to have amassed a whole bunch of the "recipes" for junk items, but nothing I really need or want,

Cirinwe reached level 50 today (at last!) so I was able to get her set up with a full set of CP160 gear. The gear's been sitting in my bank for weeks, so it's nice to have the space back. Now she can properly kick back and relax for a while to focus on her blacksmithing skills.

With Cirinwe done, and Haa-Rei focusing on crafting, I'm going to head back out with Tsarakiri and continue her questing with the Dark Brotherhood. I also moved Lagakha from Stros M'kai to Orsinium, where she'll remain as a bank mule for the time being.

Congrats to Ciri on CP160! Whew, so nice not to deal with gear that gets obsolete every few days of play.

So Tasrin-jo has had a pretty prosperous time of it recently. Spurred by the guild party, she went exploring Stros M'Kai, then decided cross-alliance exploration was great, grabbed the wayshrine in Daggerfall for later use and then went to Stonefalls at my urging. (Finding two copies of the Nord crafting motif along the way!) She's not feeling super-comfortable in Stonefalls, though - in Stros M'Kai, nobody really cared about alliances anyway, but in Stonefalls she's feeling her identity as a spy for the Dominion a simple Khajiit who has nothing to do with queens and politics but nevertheless thinks the Dominion has been good for her people. Add the slavery issue and... yeah. It does mean she feels even less guilt at stealing everything that isn't nailed down than normal, which is actually rather impressive as I didn't think that was possible.

She was however rather indignant when she woke up one day to find her rawhide stores had been depleted. I tried to get her to have some sympathy for a poor lost soul who'd washed up in Bleakrock Isle with nothing but the clothes on their back, deeply confused at suddenly being in the Second Era, who could really do with some proper armour to get them started... no luck. I'll have to work on it.

Tasrin-jo's time at the guild party along with the mounting pile of her ill-gotten gains has made her start thinking about settling down herself. I've been trying to push her towards the house in Kragenmoor, since I really want to explore TESO Morrowind for lore-researching purposes, but as mentioned she's pretty eh on Stonefalls so far and she's in love with Khenarthi's Roost and the little house there. We'll see how it goes - she still needs to save up some before she can afford either place, never to mention furniture.

This post has been edited by Kazaera: Mar 5 2017, 10:53 PM

What a great feeling that is when they get into CH 160 gear and you don't have to keep making armor every couple levels, Congrats to Ciri !!!







Can't say I blame her on her choice of houses, that one in Khenarthi's Roost is adorable (and quite large) and has such nice neighbors and view just outside the door!

Oh, I love the sense of justice for eras of slavery to "Carry the burdons" (of wealth) away from those who held her people oppressed so long, Oh yes, just knew I was going to like "this one!"

@mALX - Thanks! I've had a while with each one to toy around with their personalities and expressions. One thing I'm going to miss about the pre-Craglorn squad is Eolan emoting entirely through exaggerated eye expressions and body movements (accompanied by the clanking of armor). At least, when he does emote. He's like a metal statue most of the time, tbh.

As far as the plans go, I got so many at once that all 4 crafters learned what they needed and my guild store slots filled up faster than I could sell them. Once I dropped the price a little they finally started going, at least.

I can't say I really enjoy Skyshard hunting with crafters. Too much mashing/holding of the mouse button.

@hazmick - Congrats on Cirinwe finally hitting 160! A big load off in more ways than one, I'm sure.

@kazaera - Tsarin-jo's exploits illustrate One Tamriel's benefits to the game as a whole. Sure, there are sill some issues with the implementation (one that plagues even the single-player games) but I rather have it than not, you know? Good thing she put years of oppression to good use. Even with the Pact, Hates made sure to use that as justification for taking everything in sight. She found the Squad's very first Imperial Motif book in the plantation.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Mar 7 2017, 03:34 PM

Okay; first off - I popped into your place this morning to check out the boat, and I am absolutely loving what you have done with it = both inside and out! You most def have a flair for decorating! Those pavilions outside are inspired!

Oh, and I have been searching all over for those Argonian Shelves for Hazmick! Can you make those? If so, I would gladly send you the mats if Hazmick wants a set of those, they look awesome !!!

On top of that = that boat! Holy Cow, that is the first time I've wanted to be a Master Angler; I've got to get that boat !!!!! AWESOME !!!!!!





This post has been edited by mALX: Mar 7 2017, 04:53 PM

The boat was the result of a lot of free time, the implementation of Perfect Roe, and many, many tears. Would have been more tears had I attempted the achievement after trophies became character-bound. The only reason I completed Cyrodiil and especially Coldharbour was because of exploiting the fact that a single fish could count for two characters. If only I did the same for monster trophies.

Anyways, I still don't really know what to do with the space? I'm holding out on more Khajiit sofas, rugs and cushions before I really start furnishing it (especially since I still have to deal with attuneable crafting stations) At the very least my stock of furniture materials is going up.

Speaking of, do you mean the little rope shelves or the woven book shelf in the Alchemy/Enchanting room? Because I can craft all 3. (Short and full shelf, and the woven book shelf)

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Mar 7 2017, 09:01 PM

Yeah, I accidentally discovered that my bank mule gained the trophy fish when holding them, lol. Was real disappointed that got fixed, lol.

I meant the woven book shelf. I have been looking for one of those for Hazmick if he wants it.

By the way, Hazmick = I peeked at your adorable mud home this morning too; Awesome job, especially the garden!

Well, if you ever want anything just ask. I can make a few things now and use up all the Crafting Monkey's gold for more plans (though I'm starting to question why I'm paying 10k for blue plans anymore when I can apparently get them for half of that depending on who you get it from).

Fun fact! Ruben, the new crafter, actually had most of his inventory taken up by spare fish so that I could use them on an alt. When the patch dropped he had to sell them all because they were useless.

Related to that, I'm really having fun with Ruben. I'm not planning to force him to get into quests or other combat-related things he's clearly not suited for (like I did with the early Crafting Monkey and I'm currently doing with the other crafter-mule for Skyshards) so instead he's a cowardly, low combat character.

It's pretty refreshing tbh. He's still sort of adventurous, which sort of comes with the territory of an ESO crafter. He's recently gained the confidence to take on Imps and the occasional lone bandit, a step up from the usual wolves and mudcrabs he hunted for leather scraps and reagents.

The problem is Jo'zira's taken to mothering him since he signed on as their apprentice, and he insists on collecting consumable surveys on his own. His first survey collection took him to the spell scar and he nearly aggroed a group of spellfiends that could have easily ripped him to pieces. He made it back safely, though! He wouldn't resort to it if they'd just give him a few more supplies to work with. Oh, right, he owes them over 100k for bag space upgrades.

I also can't decide whether he's a mortal or one of Jo's horrifying experiments yet.

Bold:

Cowardly low combat character = sounds like Misa!

Jo's tendency to get attached to mortals is a thing he doesn't seem to be able to shake off.

Related to that, Ruben accidentally took a pile of gold coins in the bank today and discovered he has an admirer.

He's still not sure how to feel about being someone's "luscious tuber". If only you could actually follow through and date the guard...

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Mar 10 2017, 10:16 PM