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mALX
post Aug 14 2018, 08:03 AM
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QUOTE(Acadian @ Aug 13 2018, 10:14 PM) *

So today Buffy took a big step (for her). She did a solo no death run on a group dungeon. One of today's pledges was Wayrest Sewers 1 so that is what she did - normal of course. It was a nice confidence booster for her, sort of like the first time she soloed a dolmen or a world boss. Well, technically I guess it wasn't solo since she had Drusilla (Twilight Matriarch summon) with her - but hey, Dru didn't die either. tongue.gif



Wow! That is Awesome! Congrats to you!

*mALX turns green with envy...*

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post Aug 14 2018, 08:43 PM
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QUOTE(Acadian @ Aug 13 2018, 10:14 PM) *

So today Buffy took a big step (for her). She did a solo no death run on a group dungeon. One of today's pledges was Wayrest Sewers 1 so that is what she did - normal of course. It was a nice confidence booster for her, sort of like the first time she soloed a dolmen or a world boss. Well, technically I guess it wasn't solo since she had Drusilla (Twilight Matriarch summon) with her - but hey, Dru didn't die either. tongue.gif

I gather that part is the harder achievement. Extra grats!


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post Aug 15 2018, 01:29 AM
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Congratulations to Grand Master Crafter Dravean! Are the sweet hammers the reward?

Congratulations to Buffy and Dru on their solo dungeoning! That is tremendous!!


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post Aug 16 2018, 01:05 AM
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QUOTE(Acadian @ Aug 13 2018, 09:14 PM) *

So today Buffy took a big step (for her). She did a solo no death run on a group dungeon. One of today's pledges was Wayrest Sewers 1 so that is what she did - normal of course. It was a nice confidence booster for her, sort of like the first time she soloed a dolmen or a world boss. Well, technically I guess it wasn't solo since she had Drusilla (Twilight Matriarch summon) with her - but hey, Dru didn't die either. tongue.gif


Ohhhh, congrats! Soloing those bosses can be a pain since you're basically chipping away at their huge HP pools.

QUOTE(Grits @ Aug 14 2018, 07:29 PM) *

Congratulations to Grand Master Crafter Dravean! Are the sweet hammers the reward?


Yeah! The title unlocks the Skyforge Hammers outfit style for one-handed weapons. Dunno how i feel about blunt things replacing sharp ones but eh. It's new.

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Anyways, I remembered that the Wolfhunter patch added foul water spots to Summerset so I took Hates out to finish her collection. It took a while to realize that they didn't replace any existing ones they just added new ones, but through only the two at the bottom of the sinkholes near Rellenthil I quickly fished up all 3 rare foul water fish. I'm glad the Pickled Fish Bowl exists

So that's done. I wonder if it's time to take her to the Imperial City and find those fish once and for all.

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post Aug 16 2018, 01:44 AM
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QUOTE(monkeyemoness @ Aug 15 2018, 08:05 PM) *

QUOTE(Acadian @ Aug 13 2018, 09:14 PM) *

So today Buffy took a big step (for her). She did a solo no death run on a group dungeon. One of today's pledges was Wayrest Sewers 1 so that is what she did - normal of course. It was a nice confidence booster for her, sort of like the first time she soloed a dolmen or a world boss. Well, technically I guess it wasn't solo since she had Drusilla (Twilight Matriarch summon) with her - but hey, Dru didn't die either. tongue.gif


Ohhhh, congrats! Soloing those bosses can be a pain since you're basically chipping away at their huge HP pools.

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Anyways, I remembered that the Wolfhunter patch added foul water spots to Summerset to I took Hates out to finish her collection. It took a while to realize that they didn't replace any existing ones they just added new ones, but through only the two at the bottom of the sinkholes near Rellenthil I quickly fished up all 3 rare foul water fish. I'm glad the Pickled Fish Bowl exists

So that's done. I wonder if it's time to take her to the Imperial City and find those fish once and for all.


I haven't even got one rare fish in Cyrodiil, lol.



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post Aug 16 2018, 07:05 PM
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Blossom is trying to get some Spriggan's pieces to go with her Hunding's, and she wants jewels and weapons in particular. She's been visiting the dolmens in Bangkorai, mostly the one outside her home at Mournoth. Naturally, RNG has provided a lot of Vampire Lord, and Seventh Legion instead. She has managed to get several green rings - all identical - and a pair of blue boots from somewhere else.

She could upgrade the boots, but would prefer not to displace the crafted set, as monster head and shoulders won't leave slots for a full five. She can't upgrade the rings (no Summerset) and we've not seen anyone else around the zone's world bosses to help get the weapons. We're in the Catch-22 of needing the pieces before we can solo the boss who drops them. kvright.gif

Currently just doing the local dolmen whenever she leaves home, and it's in progress. We're doing some Undaunted to get a chance of a useful monster helm, (and some trophies for the wall). She has a couple of monster shoulders from that, too, of course, and will have more to choose from as we progress. I may buy another home storage unit to hold those.



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post Aug 16 2018, 08:06 PM
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She's on the right track - that northernmost dolmen in Bangkorai is very popular for Sprig Jewelry farming due to nearby wayshrine. There seems to always be a few folks there to help. When Buffy's doing the bow route (stamina), she runs Spriggans and Hunding also - a nice combo that's easy to get. Gets the Sprig jewels from that dolmen and can cheaply buy a couple armor bits with the right trait from the guild stores.


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post Aug 17 2018, 05:02 PM
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And Blossom did Mournoth Dolmen again last night, and did get a Spriggan's piece this time! smile.gif

But it was yet another duplicate green ring. sad.gif Marginally better than a Vampire Lord one, but not much.

Most of our time was spent making items for research and passing them around. Laurie got a couple more staves from mALX to complete her nirnhoned woodworking line, She's researching one of them now, and waiting for a slot for the other. In turn, she made a couple of pieces of armour for Blossom, who made some for Cat Man Dhou, etc.

Most of Laurie's in-progress research will take her from 7 traits to 8, except in wood, where its 8->9. She has a significant number of master writs that need either nirnhoned, an eight- or nine-trait set, or even both. And a few for Imperial, which we're still hoping to find, rather than buy.

Blossom is about one trait behind her, and Cat Man Dhou one behind that. They both have their Level 50's, but CMD is holding his crafting rank back to what he uses at playing level 32, just so that everyone doesn't use the same top-end materials. Unna's at 50 in the three Equipment skills, plus Enchanting, just from the days of making her own, so she contributes to the drain on Ruby.

Those four are passing all their deconstruction down, and Taminwe's been doing it, and rising rapidly as a result, so now she's started raising her passives, and researching more. Just as I moved her up a level or two to reduce competition for materials (Jute especially), they changed the writ quantities, and now the lowest level pays back more than it uses, and it becomes irrelevant. kvright.gif



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post Aug 21 2018, 08:51 PM
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Hey, I have a question. What happens if you are in the middle of some battle like this one, and you make a save in the middle of it? I mean, CAN you make a save in the middle of a PvP battle like this one? What happens if you do? Will your character wind up in the very spot where the save was made (just ... there might not be any battle going on in that area)? Or are you "forced" to return to a different area of the game, where there are no other PCs?

Uh... five questions. Not A question.



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post Aug 21 2018, 09:44 PM
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QUOTE(Renee @ Aug 21 2018, 03:51 PM) *

Hey, I have a question. What happens if you are in the middle of some battle like this one, and you make a save in the middle of it? I mean, CAN you make a save in the middle of a PvP battle like this one? What happens if you do? Will your character wind up in the very spot where the save was made (just ... there might not be any battle going on in that area)? Or are you "forced" to return to a different area of the game, where there are no other PCs?

Uh... five questions. Not A question.



You never have to save; the game automatically saves everything constantly on YOUR hard drive (so if your game crashes you can't lose more than a few seconds at most). Unfortunately, that also means there are no "do-overs" if you don't like the way you handled something in either PvP or PvE.

You can close out your game anytime and will come back to wherever you were EXCEPT in PvP (because when you log out in PvP zones, your character is automatically shipped back to your regular server. (The PvP zones are all on different servers than the PvE zones).

That way the PvP server isn't loaded down with characters that are logged off; it frees up room for others to come fight. (the PvP servers can hold X number of characters at each instance; so they can't be bogged down with logged off characters).

You have a choice of servers you can go to in PvP zones, I usually chose the ones with the fewest members on them (and occasionally have logged out in my (safe zone) and when I logged back in my character was still there. There are some dungeons in Cyrodiil that you can log out in and find yourself still there in a less busy server; and places like Weynon Priory, etc. On a busy server you will always be kicked back to wherever you were when you traveled to Cyrodiil or the battlegrounds.

Also: You can't log out while you are actually in combat; but you CAN log out while your Keep is being attacked as long as the enemy is not in personal combat with you.







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post Aug 23 2018, 12:57 AM
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Some of you may know that I entered my Princely Dawnlight Palace in the DDA Garden Contest over the weekend. While I didn’t win (I didn’t expect to, with the high level of talent in this guild), I got lots of positive comments. And one of my friends in DDA made this video, using the story I posted about the entry.

Please enjoy! Three Banners Conservatory


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post Aug 23 2018, 01:40 AM
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Why, what a delightful vid showcasing your wonderful palace and neat little story! biggrin.gif


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post Aug 23 2018, 03:23 PM
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QUOTE(haute ecole rider @ Aug 22 2018, 07:57 PM) *

Some of you may know that I entered my Princely Dawnlight Palace in the DDA Garden Contest over the weekend. While I didn’t win (I didn’t expect to, with the high level of talent in this guild), I got lots of positive comments. And one of my friends in DDA made this video, using the story I posted about the entry.

Please enjoy! Three Banners Conservatory



Wow, you did an amazing job with the camera and editing on this! I can't get over how well the vid captured the beauty of that place, it is so amazing in person - but it did!

Great vid; and an AWESOME job you did decorating it!!!




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post Aug 24 2018, 02:39 PM
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I will pass your praise on to Delphinnia - she is the one who did the video. She is developing quite the side hobby of videotaping others' homes, and this is the first one of mine that she did. She also did the one of that amazing Great Library of Alexandria that another of my DDA guildies created at their Topal Bay. It inspired me to go visit it, and it is a truly amazing experience.

And thank you for the decorating praise. I had a great deal of fun doing this, and had more than a few friends help with input and advice and inspiration.


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post Aug 24 2018, 04:00 PM
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QUOTE(haute ecole rider @ Aug 24 2018, 09:39 AM) *

I will pass your praise on to Delphinnia - she is the one who did the video. She is developing quite the side hobby of videotaping others' homes, and this is the first one of mine that she did. She also did the one of that amazing Great Library of Alexandria that another of my DDA guildies created at their Topal Bay. It inspired me to go visit it, and it is a truly amazing experience.

And thank you for the decorating praise. I had a great deal of fun doing this, and had more than a few friends help with input and advice and inspiration.


She did a really great job on that vid! By the way, I spent 183,000 on Alinor furniture crafting plans at DDA's guild trader yesterday! Lol.





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post Aug 25 2018, 03:35 PM
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You found our robot, then? It’s adorable!

And my guildies thank you! It’s tough funding a housing/decorating addiction. . .

In other news:

Some of you may have heard of JHartEllis, who is one of the GM’s for Spicy Economics, one of the biggest trading guilds in ESO. He does a Twitch stream (which I follow for crate drops), and hosts a Live Luxury Furnishing Showdown every Friday night. Three players get 30 pieces each of that week’s luxury furnishings (it was Craglorn serpent chair, Craglorn standing urn, Craglorn coffer, and Craglorn Display Case). Each player has to build something, anything, with just those items in 30 minutes. Heard about it ever since I joined DDA.

He was on DDA chat yesterday afternoon looking for his third competitior. I said what the hell, I’ll do it. So I went to JHart’s ColdHarbour property and participated. One contestant built a really cool scorpion. Another went crazy with a Dune-style Chairworm attacking a bunch of Case People. I really didn’t know what I was going to do, so I just started stacking cases on top of each other in a horseshoe shape. Ended up making a Mad Healer’s MultiModal Scanner to scry patients with. I was not expecting to do well, especially with two others I knew to be especially talented decorators/builders.

To my surprise, I won.


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post Aug 25 2018, 04:36 PM
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QUOTE(haute ecole rider @ Aug 25 2018, 10:35 AM) *

You found our robot, then? It’s adorable!

And my guildies thank you! It’s tough funding a housing/decorating addiction. . .

In other news:

Some of you may have heard of JHartEllis, who is one of the GM’s for Spicy Economics, one of the biggest trading guilds in ESO. He does a Twitch stream (which I follow for crate drops), and hosts a Live Luxury Furnishing Showdown every Friday night. Three players get 30 pieces each of that week’s luxury furnishings (it was Craglorn serpent chair, Craglorn standing urn, Craglorn coffer, and Craglorn Display Case). Each player has to build something, anything, with just those items in 30 minutes. Heard about it ever since I joined DDA.

He was on DDA chat yesterday afternoon looking for his third competitior. I said what the hell, I’ll do it. So I went to JHart’s ColdHarbour property and participated. One contestant built a really cool scorpion. Another went crazy with a Dune-style Chairworm attacking a bunch of Case People. I really didn’t know what I was going to do, so I just started stacking cases on top of each other in a horseshoe shape. Ended up making a Mad Healer’s MultiModal Scanner to scry patients with. I was not expecting to do well, especially with two others I knew to be especially talented decorators/builders.

To my surprise, I won.


WOO HOO!!! Congratulations Haute!!!! I am so glad you took the step of joining the contest!

I heard about JHartEllis and this contest from LordHakai; the GM of Ancient Traders and Akaviri Exchange = he just joined DDA if I'm not mistaken. His designs have kept all his various Guild Halls looking Awesome, and he has really improved with each one he has done this past year (so I'm sure he will do well with DDA too).

I'm wondering if you are doing another Christmas Saturalia party this year? That tree you made last year was amazing!





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post Aug 25 2018, 05:07 PM
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For those who don't believe until they see it, see it here winner announced about 0:50:00.


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post Aug 25 2018, 06:56 PM
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Wow, NinjaMonkey was one of the judges! That really adds to the honor of the win; he is an amazing designer! Get him to show you his sometime, he took me on a tour about a month ago that floored me!

I went to that website where the previous winners of this contest are on display; it is amazing what some people were able to do in 30 minutes!

Awesome job, Haute! (although on the vid they said you prefer "Rider," some old habits are just hard to break, laugh.gif )

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post Aug 26 2018, 01:06 AM
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Woo, fantastic job, Rider! Congratulations!!


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