I love both the flower petals and fireworks A LOT !!! Really enjoying throwing them on people!!! Next time Misa sees Jerric, she may throw flowers instead of mud balls, lol. Nords are so much fun, they never seem to grow up completely, lol.

Jo'zira spent his time in Auridon spraying people with the Flower Crown Beam. They all looked beautiful. I was going to follow it up with playing with the dazzlers in the Undaunted bases, but I'm saving that for tomorrow since I just got through sidequest hell in Tales of Berseria so now I'm gonna finish it He has like, six hat dazzlers, which is great. I'm probably going to get Eolan to make the food for everyone, too.

EDIT: I only just remembered because I logged into the house, but the Squad ended up moving the crafting stations in Strident Springs Demense up to the tower. I got tired of having to reposition the stations because the placement as the cell loaded made the activators unusable sometimes. Now that they're on permanent ground hopefully it won't happen anymore. I'm going to miss having them right outside the house and I don't know what I'm going to do with the attuneable ones, since just the 3 take up all the space in the tower.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Mar 25 2017, 05:23 PM

I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth but



Are you joking? My biggest voucher yield so far comes from a Nord Ashen Grip weapon? Eolan got an Attuneable Blacksmithing Station

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Mar 25 2017, 07:01 PM

Wow, the Devs obviously don't play the game,

Wow, monkey! Congrats to Eolan! Too many crafting stations is a good problem to have.

Wow! That's an impressive yield!

While Tasrin-jo takes a well-deserved holiday on the beaches of Auridon after her harrowing experience in the first Thieves' Guild quest, Ervesa and Adryn are at loggerheads over housing. They've been working together so far to furnish their tiny little inn room in Ebonheart, but they've been looking at bigger houses and have run into a problem...

I've had so much difficulty furnishing even the smallest of houses that it's clear to me anything beyond a small dwelling is out of the question. Originally, I was thinking about the house in Kragenmoor. Then Adryn visited Bal Foyen to check out this enemy-free resource material run she heard about, looked at Humblemud out of curiosity, and...

Adryn: It has a garden!
Ervesa: It's made of mud.
Adryn: But a garden! I could grow my own ingredients! Look at all that space!
Ervesa: THERE IS A HOLE IN THE ROOF.
Adryn: Do you have any better suggestions, then?

So an outside area suitable for growing plants is a must. Ervesa, who's just finished a gazillion quests dealing with Covenant invasions (she's recently come away with the Stonefalls Adventurer achievement, which she is quite proud of), is uneasy living anywhere outside of Pact areas, preferably Morrowind. I've pushed her into Wrothgar in hopes of getting her to lighten up but so far she's holding firm.

I've struggled so much with furnishing even the free housing area that anything beyond a small house is unthinkable until Adryn gets her crafting skills up far enough that we can make our own furniture (which won't be anytime soon). Ervesa refuses to live in a ball of mud. That leaves the little house in the Rift, but Adryn refuses to live there - she's not the greatest fan of Skyrim in general, of the Rift in particular, and that's not even counting the time she went on a totally innocent skyshard-hunting/mat-gathering trip there in ESO and there were SO MANY SABERCATS WHY. I'm trying to persuade her but, again, holding firm.

My current plan is to wait for Vvardenfell and hope there's an acceptable small house there. Alternatively, Adryn seems to be abandoning plan Furnish The Inn Room in favour of saving up for Humblemud all on her lonesome. She's claiming she'd be perfectly fine with just a bedroll in the house itself as long as she gets that garden.

Characters... *sigh*

Kaz, I hear you on only wanting a small place. Buffy loves Snugpod in Elden Root. From her front door, she can toss a rose petal to the stables so she is happy.

I feel you on the "characters" part Kaze (furniture too, mostly because I can't even find the plans I want for sale). I had a hard time deciding which house would be picked for my characters' "hub" mostly because of each character's quirks. The interior couldn't be too open (Eolan), it couldn't be easy to get lost in (Jo'zira) and it had to be in a defensible position (Hates), not to mention a place where the locals wouldn't hate them (Matiisen Manor, specifically, which also didn't suit Eolan). And so on.

It also had to be comfortable for both an apething from a moderate climate and an amphibious lizard. The cat isn't even organic, so he could live anywhere. "Technically on the West Weald" was the best middle ground I could find. :V

Anyways, now that it has my full attention I realized that my biggest problem with the Jester's Festival quests is the DC one. The delve section really drags it out and makes it unfun. The guaranteed bounty (because a questgiver is permanently there and counts as a witness) makes the EP one something you save for last, which is okay since IMO it's the best one of the bunch. The AD one is meh.

Also, I realized that I could stretch each one to fit the characters of each alliance and their temperaments. Sorta. Again, the AD one is...adequate. I'm sure I'll make up a reason why it fits Jo'zira. (Actual foolery and general criminal activities for Hates and delving into ruins for Eolan, hth)

Today I made a push to get every character to do the quests at least once and Jo'zira's only a Camoran Throne recipe away from the Jester title. Eolan and the Crafting Monkey already have a full set of the recipes, so at least everyone got to try them out while the festival's going on. It took a while for the New Life ones, tbh.

Okay festival. Can't wait for the 2nd (3rd?) Anniversary event.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Mar 27 2017, 07:56 AM

Have you checked out the little Khajiit house in Kynarthi's Roost? It doesn't have a garden, but it is sitting on nice vegetable growing farmland and the Khajiiti vegetable farmers meet just a ways out front of the house to sell their bounty. It is a cute little house, pretty.

I know that feeling.

For small houses, I'd recommend Velothi Reverie or Domus Phrasticus if you haven't already checked them out. Nice little houses, both with gardens.

I'm having trouble liking doing the festival quests too; but did notice an unusually good drop rate for furniture crafting plans and even some purple motifs at their chests; so have been circling by each numerous times per day.

Both Misa and Bubba have their full achievements for the festival; the rest are all waiting for that same recipe you need, lol. Two of them still need to get the 50 sparklers set off; but get closer every time they do the quests. And I'm getting bored with doing the quests, so some may not get their full achievements on this.






Oh, or that Cyrodiilic Jungle House at the Bandari Trading Post - it has an Awesome little yard, and is cute inside too!

Haa-Rei got the pig achievement today, so he just needs the recipe one. Missing the throne recipe and the jewels of misrule. I've only been doing the EP and AD quests - the DC one takes too long and gets boring.

I know, it really does drag on - but I have tons of food to sell at the Guild Traders thanks to that Tower, lol.

Thanks for all the housing tips, all! The house in Khenarthi's Roost, although delightful, doesn't satisfy Adryn's garden requirements. (A communal zone won't cut it). And although Velothi's Reverie is basically perfect in terms of style, location and courtyard, it's... too big. Four rooms plus a cellar plus hallway - there's no way I can furnish that anytime soon. Something for the future, perhaps...

All that said, the Imperial house at the tradepost has real potential. Ervesa is still kvetching about enemy territory, but I might punt her over to Valenwood for a few quests to see if that makes her reconsider. I have a bunch of crafting surveys in Greenshade and Grahtwood (guess who only just realised how those work?), and she's been handling Wrothgar pretty well. Running ludicrous culinary expeditions for a demented Orc chef and all. ("Two Daedric princes agree: Not cannibalism!")

I must say, I do love the way I can just explore. I'm used to content in MMOs being way more level-gated than this!

I love that one (Bandari Trading Post) because it is just a step from the Wayshrine, Merchants, and Guild Traders! I set up a stables using an Orcish Tent on the right side of the house and there was plenty of room for crafting stations on the left - just a really nice cute interior - perfect for me, including the lower price.

That's the beauty of One Tamriel. One of my main dislikes is material collecting but I loves it overall.

I decided to just limit Jo to the Auridon quest from now on. He still needs the recipe but I'm gonna take it slow.

Also Hates and Eolan finished Abah's Watch Motif. idk how far I'm going to go with these. I've been considering Glass, too, but it's too expensive. I feel like I should stop before I find myself farming Ancient Orc again. I guess we'll see come the Anniversary event. At the very least I'm going to finish Dwemer and Dark Brotherhood, too. I figure the extra 300 gold per quest helps in the long run.

Also Mazzatun is still stupid-expensive. The Crafting Monkey got Helmets and Boots before he was out of money. Around 80k altogether I think.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Mar 27 2017, 11:04 PM

Jerric is still enjoying the Jester’s Festival. It’s hard for him to pick a favorite quest. The Glenumbra one lets him “blow skitt up” at no cost to his magicka, plus he never gets tired of delves. The Auridon quest makes him think fondly of Abiene wearing only sweat and flower petals. And the Stonefalls livestock misappropriation quest is right in his wheelhouse. He and Princess still have a perfect record vs The Butcher.

If anyone wants to see the “small” festival tree, there’s one in our Flaming Nix room. I’ll set that as the Primary Residence. This item is not intended as an indoor decoration. Jerric thought it would be funny to prank Lleduri by filling her apartment with tree.

And there are three of the small Jester Trees at our Guild Hall (but outside where they work best, lol).

Oh neat, Jerric will do his writs there today and check it out. Thanks, mALX!

Does anyone know if we will be able to buy more trees after the festival is over? I have ideas for where to plant some, but no outdoor areas yet. Jerric will be in Shadowfen soon. I’m pretty excited about getting pretty much any garden at this point.

I'm pretty sure their sale is limited to the festival; but don't know that for a fact. (so you were really smart to grab them up even if you don't have a spot to put them yet).

Those trees = I do love the falling leaves on them, and they are kind of a nice memento of the Auridon and Runebox part of that festival!

And the Runeboxes: I really do enjoy tossing those cherry leaves on people; and really hope it continues to make a glowy crown on other's heads after the festival ends.

But my favorite thing is those fireworks, lol. And last night I managed to get a couple of those fireworks as quest rewards (FINALLY!) to set off at the next Guild Hall meeting, lol.

For a couple days there I didn't get any of them; and that "Throne" recipe doesn't seem to have dropped since day 2 of the festival. I've got 3 characters just waiting for it to get their achievement, urk.





This post has been edited by mALX: Mar 29 2017, 12:59 PM