Khajiit definitely wants that motif but we couldn't care less about the silly cauldron helm; none of this one's characters would ever wear it.

I enjoyed the Silver since it was my first exposure to the Daggerfall Covenant. It was also a nice excuse/framework to gather all the skyshards in the DC areas. And it also netted from skill points from the DC Alliance quests as well.

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As you recall, I have multiple versions of Buffy. The primary of these are the magplar healer and the magsorc dps. The magsorc is going through the Coldharbour questlines now and she has always felt rather skittish to me since she relies on pets, magic shielding and lightning. Well, she was poking around a world boss's area (Dwemer centurian) and accidently aggro'd his minions. As she started running away she realized both summons remained and were fully engaged. Well, she is just too devoted and nurturing to abandon them so she went back to see Spike (clannfear) and Drusilla (winged matriarch) holding their own vs the minions (boss not involved yet). So Buffy helped them out. As soon as the minions were gone, the boss came to life!

Well, Spike charged into him so what could Buffy do? She buffed all three of them with magic shielding, debuffed the boss, and started pouring on the thunder and lightning. Playing careful attention to make sure that Spike's shielding was up that Drusilla was healing him while Buffy was pouring out damage the fight actually settled into something that looked like it just might work. It all relied on Spike's ability to tank.

Sure enough, it took Buffy some time to carve through 2 million hp but Spike gave her the safety to do exactly that. When that big metal man fell, I can't describe how much self-confidence it gave Buffy. Not to mention deep appreciation for her steadfast helpers, Spike and Dru.

The significance of this fight is that it really (in my mind) puts magsorc Buffy up in the same league as her healing magplar version. In fact, this was a fight that the magplar likely could not have won.

O ma gah!! That sounds like a fight for the ages! Khajiit is hoping he can do something similar with Brenna the Warden when she breaks out of Coldharbour; have her bear tank while she supports.

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Apr 29 2017, 12:08 AM

Ok so how come is it that Khajiit can only craft a few items in a set? For instance, Mira can craft 3 items in the "Song of Lamae" set but the rest are locked. How do we unlock the other items?

Song of Lamae requires you to have researched 5 traits for the item you wish to craft in that set. Looks like Mira has researched 5 or more traits in the 3 items she can craft there but not for more yet.

The crafting set stations you find in early areas feature sets that require few traits to be researched. As you move on to more advanced areas of an alliance, the craftible sets you can make there require more traits learned.

More info here: http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Craftable_Sets

Awesome! Thanks for the info!

Magsorcs are a one-mage army and those pets are what got Jo'zira through Craglorn the first time around. They're great.

TIL that pickpocketing mages can net you Soul Gems as decorations. And I mean actual soul gems that you can pick up in the world, not the crappy "soul gems" that you can buy from achievement vendors. Jo has a Lesser Soul gem in his Sleek Creek house where his enchanting station will be now. I also learned you have to launder things before you can place them in your home. Gross.

WOW, Acadian! I'm duly impressed by Buffy soloing a World Boss O.o

I need to get Tasrin-jo out a bit more - she's going magsorc, and I recently saw one of those destroy a dolmen. Ervesa is fun for stealthing but not exactly optimal for fighting - I may have to look up a Nightblade build at some point instead of just muddling through, as she's started having trouble with dungeon bosses. :/ Downside of the scaling system - in most other games I could manage a nonoptimal build by just overlevelling, here I get the impression she's getting steadily weaker as time goes on.

In the meantime, Adryn has fallen back into her old habits and joined the Thieves' Guild at Abah's Landing. I'm crossing my fingers that I can do that questline without, y'know, killing anything. Getting Adryn levelled has proven to be a real headache due to her restrictions, and I am 100% taking tips on ways to get XP without killing anything.

Feng-do has done some of the TG quests and the very first one had us having to fight. For the most part though, stealth is key.

Congrats to Mira on finishing her Coldharbour business! I enjoy that part of the questline very much.

Congrats to Buffy on her world boss victory! That must have been a grueling battle, but she is a determined elf. A magsorc with team in full fury is a sight to behold!

Kazaera, I have the same issues with Lildereth (stamina-Nightblade-bow) doing the Thieves Guild questline. She took a break and worked on her stealth, which helped a lot. To level she spent some time with groups at dolmens. It was pretty awful, but better for her than all of the various quests which would eventually put her toe-to-toe with a boss. It’s good to have other characters to spend time with for a break when things get frustrating. Now she enjoys the thief dailies, but it was rough until we got the hang of it.


Some random thoughts from Jerric’s world. I may have mentioned it before, but I adore the scholar personality on Darnand. I gave him one of the slightly tousled hairstyles, so now with his nose always in a book it looks as if his hair has just fallen into his eyes. I thought that running with the book would look silly, but on him it’s endearing. He likes to travel with Tythis. The two of them crack me up with all of their note-taking.

Another thing, I think they “fixed” the Markarth Bear Dog’s annoying bark by removing it. Hopefully that was not a mistake. Jerric loves that dog, but if the bark comes back I’m sending him on vacation. (The dog. Not the Nord.)

The puffy shirt costume looks ridiculous. It is a favorite of Jerric’s. I have even dyed it a dark color, but then he just looks like a flavored marshmallow man instead of a regular one. I think it’s the boots that he likes so much. Now I have a reason to anticipate the next month’s costume offerings. Fingers crossed for cool boots with a shirt that doesn’t hurt my eyes.

Thanks, all. Magsorc Buffy is the crafter that has to get to crafting sites so it was a big confidence boost that she has gotten to the point that she thinks she can get wherever she needs to go.

Kaz, I know what you mean about having to learn and refine builds for some of them to be successful. Buffy studies hard and practices a lot. Her limitations are mostly that she will not change race (she’s a magical Bosmer), nor will she ‘farm’ dungeons looking for elusive dungeon set armor in the right traits. She runs a crafted set, does actually farm a dolmen to get 3 set jewelry pieces then buys a couple guild store items to complete an overland set. An even simpler approach is to use a set of farmed/bought jewelry pieces, one crafted set of 5 and another crafted set with only 3 pieces. I sympathize with Adryn’s combat restrictions in a dangerous world.

Grits, I did ‘preview’ the scholar personality and, though disappointing for Buffy’s use, I must admit that it would be purrrfect for Darnand. And I love the idea of him having Tythis the Banker trailing along. I can imagine the arcanery they discuss. I completely agree on the new clothing outfits – too big, bulky and puffy indeed. At least they seem to have moved beyond the crotch-to-the-knees pants style they’ve used on too many outfits. I’ll join you in hoping for better clothing costumes ahead. Oh, and I love your May screenshot - Jerric and Ulfe look so happy in what I imagine is a wonderful Skyrim fishing spot.

Yeah Khajiit is not overly impressed with most of the outfits he's seen. Mira likes her Cyrod Patrician gown, and Feng loves the pirate outfits. Brenna will have the off shoulder dress (when she's not wearing her Barbaric gear!). Khajiit's next crown purchases will be a mount for Brenna (cave bear!) and the adornments style parlor set.

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: May 1 2017, 07:24 PM

@Kaza - I distinctly remember a combat part halfway through the questline but I could be wrong. Khajiit is right about the beginning though.

I wasn't too happy with the Breton outfits, either. I tried them out on Eolan and...eech. Those sleeves. Loose cloth outfits have always been like this since they started being released and tbh I really don't like it. I'd say Eolan doesn't either but that's his default expression so. :V Maybe the high Breton outfit will look better on him, even if it isn't his thing. I was really hoping the mid one would be his outfit even if he looked like a Daggerfall shopkeeper.

Anyways, since I was low on Heartwood and Eolan still hasn't hit the 10k harvested nodes mark, I decided to take him out to gather materials and ended up in Craglorn. I got 5 Fortified and 1 Potent Nirncrux out of it but not as much Heartwood as I wanted.

It'd be nice if we could get some more varied outfits sometime. Something that isn't too baggy but not too snug either. (Haa-Rei wants a big, comfy jumper to mooch around in.)

I'm just relieved that we seem to have come to an end of all the Redguard style stuff that has been so regular for the last year or so. Nothing against Redguards but geez let's give some other styles a go, eh?

If anyone has any heavy helms with any traits besides "Reinforced" to spare, Mira could really use them for the researches.

Sure, I'll send you some this morning.


EDIT: Whoops, maintenance. So I'll send you some when the server comes back up!

This post has been edited by Grits: May 2 2017, 10:55 AM

WOO HOO! Congratulations to Mira!








This. It used to be the only way for your character to explore the other alliances (unless you found a way to sneak past the regulations and their blockades to sneak all the skyshards out from them like Misa did. I also had characters in each Alliance, but Misa was my crafter = and I would have done anything for the Soul Shriven motif, I love those swords!




This post has been edited by mALX: May 2 2017, 01:51 PM

HOLY COW, Buffy is AMAZING !!!! Misa got killed by that same world boss so many times that she ended up having to call Aussie to come help her kill him! Awesome! What a great feeling that must be, so proud of Buffy!

Thanks Grits! This one swears, we have multiple traits for all other heavy armor pieces but only one for helms. WTH?

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: May 2 2017, 04:36 PM

OMG, I didn't know about this! Awesome !!!!! I think that is so cool, kind of like fishing can net you items to place in homes too!