I spent some time with my stable of characters using the Precursor to check out their rotations. Let's just say a lot of work is needed. Floozie, who's just passed L30, and is a healer, did almost as much damage as the others.

I still have the wrong attitude to short- and long-ranged weapons that hampers my play style. I want to use the bow, and then close in, whereas the weapon in ESO has little to do with the fight, and it's the abilities (spells) that do most of the work. The ability may be tied to a weapon, but some are tenuous connections. Nobody yet has armour that damages, another ESO concept that defies logic. This may be why Floozie (using staves) does well, as I don't see a staff as either ranged or close-up, and just get on with using it.

The idea of rotation makes sense when abilities have DoT or HoT effects, as you want to cycle back to them just after they expire, or you're wasting magicka or stamina by re-casting too soon, or else missing out by doing so too late. However, with the various durations and cooldowns, it will take some time to get them right. Weaving will take a lot more practice, too.

Block, dodge, and interrupt timing are also going to need work, and the dummies can't provide that.

Floozie just added the final skill she needed to her bar, so once she has it morphed up, she's good to go. A number of passives won't be available until level 50 (skill or character), but are at least in sight, now she's at 46. We've paid a bit more attention to her CP choices, so she doesn't really need to re-allocate, unlike some of the others, who may get a re-spec of some skills, too. She also has a couple of skills points in hand, for those passives and morphs.

We're starting to look around for which sets she'll want when she hits 50. At that point, everything she currently has becomes junk, if it isn't already. We already note that she went down a star on the character tab, because she's growing out of her current gear. Laurie's thinking of getting a wardrobe chest with some of her Writ Vouchers, to keep equipment sets for hand-me-down to newer characters, or as situational options for higher-level ones. If she does so, she may put in a set of CP160 Julianos before Floozie needs it, either by making a new one, or else trading with Spreads or Wizwen, so they can try something else. Minx is carrying around her level 34 Hunding's pieces, so they don't get unintentionally deconstructed. Those would get dropped in the new container, too. All that should prevent me creating an Imperial, as a tenth character, as it would be too easy.

Ugh, ESO overload. Daily writs, Vvardenfell dailies tacked onto them recently, and I STILL have Murkmire to do today? I better get motifs from those today :v

On a less whiny note, I decided to give Fjotreid a new outfit. (Screenshots later) Prepping for Elsweyr and all.

Started playing through Murkmire for the first time with Haa-Rei yesterday (fashionably late as always) and it's pretty good!

However, I think I'll start again and do it as Cirinwe since it's not that great being an Argonian character - everyone's all "You don't speak Jel? Are you alright?", "How can an Argonian not know x y and z about Argonian culture" which makes Haa-Rei look like a fool just because Zenimax can't write race-specific dialogue properly. Very disappointing in that regard.

Good to see you back and playing, haz. Buffy thoroughly enjoyed Murkmire (moreso than Summerset, CCW, MW, Wrothgar in fact) but I can see what you mean going through as an Argonian.

Floozie reached Champion and completed Cadwell's Silver at the same time, with the completion of the Mane quest in Reaper's March. So now we're deciding what she needs for equipment.

Alcast says 5 parts Kagrenac's, 3 Torug's and 3 Willpower jewelry, but I just don't get the Torug's in that. The way I see it, that set is all about the 5-piece bonus. So we may do Magnus' Gift instead, as it looks like a more useful partial set. Jewelry is likely to be gathered from Dolmens for a while, too.

Several of my characters need to catch up their bow skills, so that's probably what I'll be doing most. Laurie needs another Potent Nirncrux for her last trait (not that she has a research slot free for some time) so they'll all practice in Craglorn until we get one. If they haven't done the quest line there, then that one Nirnhoned piece will be useful.

Unna may also go do a bit more of Murkmire.

This post has been edited by ghastley: Feb 9 2019, 03:33 PM

lmao yeah

The worst part for me was that Xochitl was supposed to be from Murkmire but you don't really have the option to assert that, ever. Being called "ojel" could have easily been because of staying away for several years, but the ignorance of general Argonian culture was unacceptable. It's Bethesda levels dumb, tbh

3 more motifs for Dead-Water and Elder Argonian

I am getting SICK of these DLC dailies taking you to the middle of nowhere with no nearby wayshrines. Might just buy them and move on (although I'm missing the main body slots for Elder Argonian, which means it'll probably be expensive)

Very productive weekend. Floozie celebrated her Level 50 with a blitz on the quests in Stormhaven, and got the Adventurer achievement she needed to buy Gardner House. So now she's sitting by the fire in a rocking chair, trying to ignore the fact that the rest of the house is empty. She does have a nice big bed upstairs, but not much more than that. Laurie is sorting through her plans, and buying Molybdenum. We'll probably run out of something else that's harder to get.

She's now wearing Kagrenac's with Spinners jewelry, and a monster shoulder. Hat is random for now, but we may try to get a Spinners one, or try to match the shoulder.

Minx did a foraging/bow run through Craglorn, and picked up three Nirncrux, and one was the Potent that Laurie needed. She got it from a flax plant!

Taminwe managed to buy a (blue) Briarheart bow for a decently low price, and we've upgraded it for her. It could use a transmute, but that's not too hard. She still wants the robust rings, but the price is crazy and we can't buy and upgrade them ourselves until we get Summerset.

I've been feeling this since September. Too many events shoved in too closely together. I feel like I'm being pulled around with a ring in my nose by ZOS. Really getting tired of all these events; and I probably should ignore them = but can't seem to make myself do it. I don't even want a bunch of Indiriks, either!






So they finally started showing unique dialogue for races and worked it against the player? Pssssht !!!! Geeez !!!! Someone didn't understand the many requests they got for race specific dialogue!!!

Oh, but it is so good to see you back on here at Chorrol !!! You are so missed when you are away !!!






This post has been edited by mALX: Feb 11 2019, 07:26 AM

My timing was poor. I started an Imperial over on the PTS, to see if I wanted the upgrade, and now they're doing an OS upgrade, and we can't use live or PTS. It looks like a wipe or copy on PTS after that, too. I'm not sure which we're due, but that character is toast either way.

Yeah, everything you do on the PTS is strictly temporary; because at the very least once per month they take another snapshot of your account on Live and everything starts over from that new point. When a DLC or chapter is coming up, it is a lot more frequent than that.

They also alternate between the EU PTS where if you are on the NA PTS you won't even have access to your own characters and have to create a new one or use one of their "Templates."

If you are using the PTS to test out any new Race/Class/etc; use one of their Templates to test it. They are the highest level CP available at that given time; and have every available skill line able to be maxed out. You can make them any race or class you want; and they come with 10 million gold to spend. They also come with every available armor/weapon/recipe/motif/furn plan/etc AND at least 200 of every ingredient/material/etc. in the game. (makes testing new characters a lot quicker and easier).

For anyone who doesn't know how to get the Templates: (on the PTS only) = choose to start a new character; then look on the upper left of the screen for a small drop down. When you click on it you will see several set up characters of different Alliances. Choose any one you like by the info given for them; but you can then change them to the race or class you want in the CharGen screen.

They are perfect for testing new builds out in advance of a Race or Class "tweak" like the one coming up. From what I've heard a couple days ago; they have beefed up the Khajiit and Nords to almost OP; and originally nerfed the Argonian really badly until an uproar from Argonian Players made them fix it back; (so Hazmick is safe!)







This post has been edited by mALX: Feb 11 2019, 05:17 PM

That's exactly why I was there. Plus you can "buy" the Imperial upgrade for only one of the 5,500 crowns you have, after each refresh, and the extra character slot is one crown also.

I should have checked the schedule before I started.

I'm considering an Imperial, because I now have one of each of the other races. Maybe I'll wait for Necromancer, as the Tharn connection makes Imperial more appropriate for a new class.If I don't buy Elsweyr, that will be a long time in the future.

I've become a bit addicted to the Imperial = not just because you can start them from any Alliance you want to. They are tough as nails. (of course, not sure if all that will change in the upcoming Racial "Tweaks" )

Mira is Imperial! Well, half Imperial on her mother’s side. The good half. The other half is Nord. The fun half!

Mira is tough as nails! I remember her in that horrible group dungeon we went into that day = she was amazing!

Since I had the crowns - we bought Gardner House for gold - I decided to purchase the Imperial upgrade and create a bow/bow character. I'd neglected bow on most of my others and have recently been playing catch-up on that skill. This time, it will be the first skill learned, so it has a chance of being fully developed, and I might learn to use it.

So we now have Bo Dacius, who's a perfect 10.

That's an outfit she's wearing, so it will stay fairly constant, but the gear underneath is not very different right now. She's level 9, living in the Mara's Kiss Inn room, and doing the Auridon quests. I haven't yet given her CP, as I want to see how bow/bow does in normal play. Of course, she doesn't have the second bar yet, or skills to fill one.

Woot! Another Bowgirl! Three of Buffy's variants are bowgirls.

I LOVE Imperials! Most of my characters are all Imperials. Illana is an Imperial and so will Lord Decumus(my necromancer). Imperial is definitely a good race to go if you’re rolling out necromancer, this era especially.

Grabbing up that name before Renee gets here and uses it? Lol. She looks Awesome! And I love the outfit!









This post has been edited by mALX: Feb 12 2019, 02:45 PM