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[Grits]

Another yay for jewelry crafting!!

If you haven’t bought Morrowind yet, check out the Summerset pre-order for some kind of bonus Morrowind copy situation.

Looks like Jerric needs to get cracking on his expansion quests, and Elke needs to hunt down some more Skyshards in preparation for jewelry crafting. I’m pre-ordering. They had me at Artaeum!

[hazmick]

and here I still haven't even done Clockwork City

Looking forward to Summerset, for obvious reasons, but I do hope it's a bit better than Morrowind with regard to cost:content.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

HAZ!!

[hazmick]

[monkeyemoness]

That's actually pretty neat. I wonder how the free Chapter thing is going to work out going forward. Will Summerset eventually be free, too? Hmm...

The basic digital upgrade is only 29.99 USD, so I guess the Warden and Battlegrounds really were the reason for the extra 10 dollars in Morrowind. And maybe nostalgia

Either way, turns out there's also a F2P weekend starting...today? up until Monday.

That said, can't wait to explore Anor Londo Jehanna Summerset.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

The basic digital upgrade is only 29.99 USD, so I guess the Warden and Battlegrounds really were the reason for the extra 10 dollars in Morrowind. And maybe nostalgia

Lol, Khajiit has always felt that ESO:Morrowind was mostly a nostalgia fueled cash grab.

[monkeyemoness]

Looks like Jerric needs to get cracking on his expansion quests, and Elke needs to hunt down some more Skyshards in preparation for jewelry crafting.

I suddenly started thinking about this and wondered whether the crafting monkey had enough Skill Points, which led me to whether this crafting line will have daily writs associated with it. What about Master Writs? It's technically equipment and has its own tiers of materials and tannins, but it isn't as complex as the other three. Will there be special crafting stations for these, too? Attuneables? Will they just be a branch of Blacksmithing for those that don't have monster fingers and idiot hands? I can't wait for more news on this.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Oh damn. Khajiit hasn’t even thought about who should be our crew’s jeweler
Might as well be Razak since we have to start fresh with it anyway.

Nope, probably needs to be Mira at first since she’ll have the points to spare.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

When the frick is the Jester’s Fest supposed to be?

[Grits]

Jester’s Festival is March 29 – April 2 this year, or so I’ve read. Woo!

I wonder if jewelry crafting will be a base game addition or exclusive to Summerset owners. Or a bit of both, with jewelry stations available in Summerset and in player houses like Transmute stations.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Jester’s Festival is March 29 – April 2 this year, or so I’ve read. Woo!

I wonder if jewelry crafting will be a base game addition or exclusive to Summerset owners. Or a bit of both, with jewelry stations available in Summerset and in player houses like Transmute stations.

Khajiit would be shocked (and appalled) if jewelry crafting was an exclusive chapter feature.

[ghastley]

Since Outfits were added at the existing Dye stations, I'd expect one of the others to get jewel crafting added. Maybe the Enchanting one? Did the dataminers find any new furniture that looks likely?

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Since Outfits were added at the existing Dye stations, I'd expect one of the others to get jewel crafting added. Maybe the Enchanting one? Did the dataminers find any new furniture that looks likely?

Yeah enchant station would be Khajiit’s guess as well. Wait, no probably blacksmithing station. This one says this because you need the station that’s going to be creating the actual jewelry and this would be best covered at the blacksmith station (you wouldn’t make jewelry at a clothing or woodworking station). That is, unless they plan on making a new station for jewelry.

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Mar 26 2018, 12:14 AM

[monkeyemoness]

Some of the screenshots suggest it gets its own crafting station.

I can't see this being locked behind the Chapter given how much of a change it makes to existing content, unlike an entirely new class or a separate game mode. But then this is ZOS...

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Mar 26 2018, 04:25 AM

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Some of the screenshots suggest it gets its own crafting station.

Heh, mALX will have something to buy for our guild hall again!

But then this is ZOS...

Urrrgh... please no.

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Mar 26 2018, 04:31 AM

[ghastley]

Some of the screenshots suggest it gets its own crafting station.

Heh, mALX will have something to buy for our guild hall again!

But then this is ZOS...

Urrrgh... please no.

And of course we can add those two thoughts together. Attuned Jewel stations for Crowns only. How many would be needed?

[mALX]

And of course we can add those two thoughts together. Attuned Jewel stations for Crowns only. How many would be needed?

This is my biggest fear, that I will have to buy attuned jewelry tables for each crafted set; meaning like 43 more slots needed and no room to really put all those extra tables. Grrrrrrrr.

[monkeyemoness]

I wonder if we have to wait till April to get any news at all. Supposedly we're getting it on the PTS then? Even then, it'll most likely be a closed beta thing again.

Anyways, forgot about the Jester's Festival. That'll be great for Lucius and anyone else that's leveling new characters.

[monkeyemoness]

Summerset and Update 18 Preview

I skimmed over the Chapter stuff cause there doesn't seem to be anything new aside from one thing: Summerset is exactly like any other zone in that it has six Delves, six World Bosses, and two Public Dungeons, making this new "Abyssal Geyser" something unique to Summerset. Directly from the article: "...these new group activities spawn waves of fierce monsters and must be shut down before they overrun the surface." Sounds a lot like the portals that spawn all over Craglorn, but the "overrun the surface" sounds different. Does that mean they affect spawns?

It turns out that Jewelry Crafting IS locked to the Chapter. New crafting stations are placed all over Tamriel, but like the Thieves Troves you can't use them until you buy Summerset. I was getting it anyways, but still, gross. There's confirmation that it's just like all the other Crafting Skills, writs included, so there's that. It's a good idea to start hoarding jewelry to deconstruct and research now, even if you can only save three of the six traits.

We're also (finally) getting log-in rewards, which is also great, but makes me wonder. "These gifts could include consumables, currencies, special collectibles, and even Crown Crates! With daily login rewards, you'll have even more reasons to visit Tamriel each and every day." Finally, more reasons to log in besides writs. Free things are always nice. I wonder if we'll ever get a loyalty program.

[Grits]

Thanks for posting this, monkey!

Disappointing that jewelry crafting is a Chapter thing, mostly because the forums will be clogged with complaint threads from here until the next Chapter. I wish they would have made it a base game addition.

Update 18 brings Crown Store gifting. Hard to believe that’s not ZOS getting a piece of the gold selling game. I’m not much for doom and gloom, but this looks bad to me.

On the other hand, new zone!