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ghastley |
Feb 26 2018, 06:40 PM
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I may well come visit, and steal furnishing ideas. We're just starting to get furnishings in our modest abodes, as Laurie has reached crafting levels that actually let her make things at last. My Khajiit Cat Man Dhou still doesn't have a bed, but he has carpets and drapes, so the bedroll doesn't seem so bad. Laurie's own Twin Arches now has a dining table, and one whole chair! (Oh, and the cat's already sitting on the table, ready to knock things off). Unna has completed her Faction quest-line, and is going back and completing some of the achievements she bypassed. She's at level 47, and wondering about when to do the last part of the MQ. Her next Coldharbour quest is Crossing the Chasm, and she can't decide whether to do that next, or keep clearing delves and grabbing the missed skyshards.
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ghastley |
Feb 27 2018, 06:01 AM
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QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Feb 26 2018, 06:32 PM)  Getting close to that Champion level!
Frustratingly close! She's now at level 49 1/2. She has defeated Molag Bal, achieved Ebonheart Master Explorer, and still not reached 50. I guess we need to do some Mages Guild, Fighter's Guild, etc. before starting on Cadwell's Silver. And on that score, several of my characters have visited the starter zones of the other alliances, using the in-game boat transport. The houses have also given them access to each other's home zone, and some of those are close to zone borders. I've used that to send the appropriate level of character to a survey when needing that level of materials (right now we're running low on jute!). So Unna's got little to do but follow the main quest line in Pact country once she goes there. This post has been edited by ghastley: Feb 27 2018, 02:49 PM
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TheCheshireKhajiit |
Feb 27 2018, 03:33 PM
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QUOTE(ghastley @ Feb 26 2018, 11:01 PM)  QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Feb 26 2018, 06:32 PM)  Getting close to that Champion level!
Frustratingly close! She's now at level 49 1/2. She has defeated Molag Bal, achieved Ebonheart Master Explorer, and still not reached 50. I guess we need to do some Mages Guild, Fighter's Guild, etc. before starting on Cadwell's Silver. And on that score, several of my characters have visited the starter zones of the other alliances, using the in-game boat transport. The houses have also given them access to each other's home zone, and some of those are close to zone borders. I've used that to send the appropriate level of character to a survey when needing that level of materials (right now we're running low on jute!). So Unna's got little to do but follow the main quest line in Pact country once she goes there. Pop an experience scroll (if you have one) and do the little side quests in your alliance zones. My characters flew through levels fairly quick doing those side quests. And you’ll get a color achievement for getting a certain number of quests done in all of your alliance’s zones. (Hero of the Pact, etc)
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ghastley |
Feb 27 2018, 05:04 PM
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That roughly matches my existing plan, except for the experience scroll part. I think she does have one, but was saving it for "when it does most good", without any understanding of how to measure that. Maybe we just found out. And it was "before doing the final quest of the MQ, which awards huge XP" - she went up two levels last night, from 47 to 49, and that could have been more with some foresight. A further annoyance is that the character who has a bunch of those scrolls is my lowest-level one. I let her open the crates from the last event, just to give her first choice of the spoils, not realising that some stuff gets character bound. Pets and mounts are account-wide, and a lot of stuff is expected to be converted to gems anyway. Murphy gave her scrolls. This post has been edited by ghastley: Feb 27 2018, 05:24 PM
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TheCheshireKhajiit |
Feb 27 2018, 05:11 PM
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QUOTE(ghastley @ Feb 27 2018, 10:04 AM)  That roughly matches my existing plan, except for the experience scroll part. I think she does have one, but was saving it for "when it does most good", without any understanding of how to measure that. Maybe we just found out. And it was "before doing the final quest of the MQ, which awards huge XP" - she went up two levels last night, from 47 to 49, and that could have been more with some foresight. Yep. Also when events are going, make sure to take advantage of any xp bonus offerings they give. Not sure what the next one is. Maybe Jester’s Festival? This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Feb 27 2018, 05:12 PM
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TheCheshireKhajiit |
Feb 27 2018, 11:17 PM
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QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Feb 27 2018, 03:56 PM)  Today the Squad became Master Crafters, aside from motifs anyway. I don't feel the need to grind for vouchers but if I ever do, they are fully prepared for it. I would have been done with research had I not gotten Lucius started with it, too.
Nice! The other day Mira got a sealed writ for 47 vouchers, twice more than we’ve currently got saved in the bank. Unfortunately, it requires a piece from the Soul Shriven motif, so we had to put it in the bank until someone completes Silver.
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ghastley |
Feb 28 2018, 03:18 PM
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Unna used her XP scroll, and went round finishing off all the side-quests she'd started and not completed (as you get all the XP at the end) and finally hit that magic 50. Since that's the first one on the account, it's extra-significant. She got a Clown Crate as part of the level-up reward, but can't open it until she empties her inventory (and the storage coffer, as she dumped into that the last time she overflowed). No rush, as it won't provide a white bear anyway. Laurie got a few new furniture plans from it, too, as we didn't skip the foraging along the way. But then she ran out of hides for her writs, and had to go get a level up herself in the process of collecting more. And she ran into a quest boss that she couldn't handle without upgrading her own armour. It was all at half her level, and had been completely overlooked while she was kitting out the others. We discovered, too, that a foraging run that specifically needs Fell Hides will gather regular hides, cotton, spidersilk, beech, yew, more runes than will fit on a truck, and even Luminous Russula, but nothing will drop a Fell Hide at all. That all wolves will drop nothing at all. That around every corner is a bandit or zombie that does not drop hides. That Laurie will start two new quests unintentionally by picking up notes. 
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TheCheshireKhajiit |
Feb 28 2018, 03:46 PM
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QUOTE(ghastley @ Feb 28 2018, 08:18 AM)  Unna used her XP scroll, and went round finishing off all the side-quests she'd started and not completed (as you get all the XP at the end) and finally hit that magic 50. Since that's the first one on the account, it's extra-significant. She got a Clown Crate as part of the level-up reward, but can't open it until she empties her inventory (and the storage coffer, as she dumped into that the last time she overflowed). No rush, as it won't provide a white bear anyway. Laurie got a few new furniture plans from it, too, as we didn't skip the foraging along the way. But then she ran out of hides for her writs, and had to go get a level up herself in the process of collecting more. And she ran into a quest boss that she couldn't handle without upgrading her own armour. It was all at half her level, and had been completely overlooked while she was kitting out the others. We discovered, too, that a foraging run that specifically needs Fell Hides will gather regular hides, cotton, spidersilk, beech, yew, more runes than will fit on a truck, and even Luminous Russula, but nothing will drop a Fell Hide at all. That all wolves will drop nothing at all. That around every corner is a bandit or zombie that does not drop hides. That Laurie will start two new quests unintentionally by picking up notes.  Congrats!! Now there’s the fun climb to CP160! Now all of your other characters will jump to whatever the highest CP level character is.
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ghastley |
Feb 28 2018, 08:24 PM
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QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Feb 28 2018, 09:46 AM)  Congrats!! Now there’s the fun climb to CP160! Now all of your other characters will jump to whatever the highest CP level character is.
I'm still trying to figure that part out. Especially what it means in terms of equipment. We understand the "all characters use the CP points", but only up to a point. Each one gets the same points to distribute for skill buffs, and can do so independently, but who's earning them? Is it just the L50 character, or do they all contribute? And who gets Enlightened when you have characters above and below 50? It doesn't make everyone L50, so they still need to grow into higher equipment - Laurie can make stuff she can't use, yet. I assume that will change when she gets to L50 herself, as she'll suddenly be able to use whatever CP level the account has reached. So she'll likely skip a couple of grades of material on her own gear in doing so. She's now at character level 28 - so wearing Leather, but crafting level 5 stuff, as her Blacksmithing/Clothier/Woodworking were just about on the same pace as Unna's needs. Unna can now wear level 6 and so Laurie has to catch up, but that shouldn't be long. And Unna will maintain her own smith skills, just in case. She doesn't worry about cloth/wood, as she's a heavy metal babe using two-handed swords only. She often has to deconstruct things she'd rather have passed down to Laurie, just to clear inventory. I may get her some more bag space, as she's training her riding for speed, and everyone else is doing capacity. If Laurie gets more things to take apart, she'll advance better, which will help her furnishing, too. --- On the housing front, the empty homes are starting to look a bit less bare. Wizwen has a couple of chairs and some shelves at Snugpod, and Cat Man Dhou has drapes and carpet at Moonmirth. Unna's Autumn's Gate is still a bit bare, as the Nord stuff Laurie can make is clutter, rather than things she can put it on. The Inn rooms can't take much anyway, but they have beds and chairs (Imperial or Breton stuff that doesn't belong anywhere else). There's Altmer bunks in one, but Taminwe doesn't have a house of her own yet. She'll probably want a large place to entertain in.
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TheCheshireKhajiit |
Feb 28 2018, 09:15 PM
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QUOTE(ghastley @ Feb 28 2018, 01:24 PM)  QUOTE(TheCheshireKhajiit @ Feb 28 2018, 09:46 AM)  Congrats!! Now there’s the fun climb to CP160! Now all of your other characters will jump to whatever the highest CP level character is.
I'm still trying to figure that part out. Especially what it means in terms of equipment. We understand the "all characters use the CP points", but only up to a point. Each one gets the same points to distribute for skill buffs, and can do so independently, but who's earning them? Is it just the L50 character, or do they all contribute? And who gets Enlightened when you have characters above and below 50? It doesn't make everyone L50, so they still need to grow into higher equipment - Laurie can make stuff she can't use, yet. I assume that will change when she gets to L50 herself, as she'll suddenly be able to use whatever CP level the account has reached. So she'll likely skip a couple of grades of material on her own gear in doing so. She's now at character level 28 - so wearing Leather, but crafting level 5 stuff, as her Blacksmithing/Clothier/Woodworking were just about on the same pace as Unna's needs. Unna can now wear level 6 and so Laurie has to catch up, but that shouldn't be long. And Unna will maintain her own smith skills, just in case. She doesn't worry about cloth/wood, as she's a heavy metal babe using two-handed swords only. She often has to deconstruct things she'd rather have passed down to Laurie, just to clear inventory. I may get her some more bag space, as she's training her riding for speed, and everyone else is doing capacity. If Laurie gets more things to take apart, she'll advance better, which will help her furnishing, too. --- On the housing front, the empty homes are starting to look a bit less bare. Wizwen has a couple of chairs and some shelves at Snugpod, and Cat Man Dhou has drapes and carpet at Moonmirth. Unna's Autumn's Gate is still a bit bare, as the Nord stuff Laurie can make is clutter, rather than things she can put it on. The Inn rooms can't take much anyway, but they have beds and chairs (Imperial or Breton stuff that doesn't belong anywhere else). There's Altmer bunks in one, but Taminwe doesn't have a house of her own yet. She'll probably want a large place to entertain in. Only your characters over Lvl50 earn champion points, and yes, any new lvl50 person will immediately rise to the gear level of your other champion characters.
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ghastley |
Feb 28 2018, 09:22 PM
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So 50+ earns points which everyone can use. Does that make it better to try and pull multiple characters up to 50, so they can all contribute, or let one do all the work? It seems to me that once you have multiple characters at 50, it doesn't matter which Champion character you're playing, so you'd do that for variety.
The confusing thing is Enlightenment. It looks like I'd want to play Champion character(s) until that is exhausted, and then do anything the lower ranks need to do. Bringing others up to 50 would give more flexibility in who gets played, as we'll still need to grind up other stats, such as crafting levels.
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TheCheshireKhajiit |
Feb 28 2018, 11:16 PM
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QUOTE(ghastley @ Feb 28 2018, 02:22 PM)  So 50+ earns points which everyone can use. Does that make it better to try and pull multiple characters up to 50, so they can all contribute, or let one do all the work? It seems to me that once you have multiple characters at 50, it doesn't matter which Champion character you're playing, so you'd do that for variety.
The confusing thing is Enlightenment. It looks like I'd want to play Champion character(s) until that is exhausted, and then do anything the lower ranks need to do. Bringing others up to 50 would give more flexibility in who gets played, as we'll still need to grind up other stats, such as crafting levels.
Well, we found that champion levels flew by very quickly (due to enlightenment; it times out too so don’t feel obligated to only play your champion characters). Mira was our first champion and she reached CP160 (CP160 marks the maximum armor level in the game. After CP160 you will only be able to wear CP160 gear) before any of the others. Brenna was next and since Mira was already there, Brenna got immediate access to CP160 gear. Of course, the amount of material needed for CP160 gear is almost 10 times what you need for CP150 stuff so all of our high level characters are currently running around in CP150 gear until we get a decent surplus of rubedite, rubedo leather, and ancestor silk.
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ghastley |
Mar 1 2018, 04:12 PM
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My current logic is that Unna will now be getting level 6 mats, so Laurie needs to catch her crafting skill up to that to use them, and furnishings for which she has plans already exceed that. If Unna's own crafting level matches Laurie's character level, then each finds the same mats (half their own, half the other's level). Laurie can make gear for both of them, and gets enough supplies from their foraging. While Unna is doing quests in the lower zones of her second alliance, she'll get a decent amount of nodes to harvest, even though the per-item needs have increased.
Early on, the craft levelling issue was skill points, but now it seems to be inspiration. Laurie needs to deconstruct more stuff, and get enough mats to do her writs each day. I've been hoarding set items too much. I need to decide which sets just aren't going to be used, and use the pieces up. Skyshards can keep her points going, if she doesn't have to spend too many on staying alive, and the CP system helps a bit there.
The shipments from writs feed the lower-level characters needs for their own writs, (except for the fibre/hide imbalance throwing things off a bit). Those are being done, and mat refining by the same characters, to bring in the tempers/tannins etc. needed by furnishing.
Everyone has to at least get their Riding upgrade daily, too. I've been upgrading capacity first on the alts, so they can hold items longer before needing to bank them. However, a weekend blitz on the excess set items should reduce that backlog, and flush out the inventories.
Now I just need to decide who's representing the crew tomorrow at the Guild meet. Unna was there last time (in casual pants!), so it's someone else's turn.
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TheCheshireKhajiit |
Mar 2 2018, 04:09 AM
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QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Mar 1 2018, 08:11 PM)  Today Fjotreid purchased Autum's-Gate, and tbh it should have been done sooner. Rooming with Ruben had its ups and downs.
He doesn't know whether he has any living relatives, but there's definitely something comforting about being back in his "homeland". Even if he might be seen as a weirdo for preferring Jhunal's guidance over the three Hearth Goddesses'. He's also eyeing the house in Windhelm for something a bit more urban/convenient, and he is pretty close to being able to afford it even after his recent purchase.
Autumn’s Gate is a cool little property! The house itself is fairly spacious, and the outdoor space is suitable for most needs.
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