Today In Tamriel, ESO Character Updates and Stories Options

[mALX]

A thing I am glad I got to do before One Tamriel hit: discover all the Harborage locations so I can quicktravel to certain parts of other alliances that I wouldn't otherwise be able to quicktravel to.

You can no longer discover them, so at least the Squad lucked out in that regard. (I needed to get to the Auridon Outlaw's Refuge asap, okay?)

Today I got to see a guildie's Strident Spring Demense and aside from getting some ideas for my own, I felt envious of how great it look and the fact that I wouldn't be able to accomplish that level of decoration while being unsubscribed. The exterior was like a forest and the interior was basically my original plan (a heavy mix of Redguard and Khajiit. I was right, it does look great.)

Mine looks barren by comparison. :T I will steal the idea for the hammock and the crates of food, though

Every single time I have seen what someone else has done with a any of these houses = I always come away from it with some inspired idea someone else has had in furnishing them! Really one of the greatest things about multiplayer is seeing what someone else can do with the same game; like the day all the horses were mounted on the clotheslines in Mournhold (rearing up and whinnying) - I would never have thought that one up, but it was fun!

[monkeyemoness]

It really is a good thing, especially for houses like Strident Springs that only has like 3 buildings like in in the entire game so there isn't much to work with. So like any creative endeavor, reduce, reuse, recycle ideas. :V

Anyways, it took a while to get the last one since I only got 6-7 voucher writs at a time after hitting like 180, but I finally have a Second Set of IC Crafted Set stations.

Only one more set to go! But I probably won't start saving up vouchers for them till after Morrowind goes live.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: May 9 2017, 08:48 PM

[Grits]

DE, I still have a PS4 account. Let me know what you need, happy to help out.

Do you play primarily on PC?

What level is Jerric?

Yes, but I still play on my old account occasionally. Mostly in the afternoon. Jerric is CP421 on the PS4. He's about half that on the PC.


monkey, congratulations! That is a huge achievement. Cheering you on as you tackle set number 3!


Pog and Elke just got enough skill points for their crafting needs this week. Now the rest will go toward filling in their skeletal builds. I planned to have them quest first and then respec, but it didn't work out that way. They are both very stubborn.

[mALX]

It really is a good thing, especially for houses like Strident Springs that only has like 3 buildings like in in the entire game so there isn't much to work with. So like any creative endeavor, reduce, reuse, recycle ideas. :V

Anyways, it took a while to get the last one since I only got 6-7 voucher writs at a time after hitting like 180, but I finally have a Second Set of IC Crafted Set stations.

Only one more set to go! But I probably won't start saving up vouchers for them till after Morrowind goes live.

Wow, Congratulations !!!! That is Awesome !!!!

[hazmick]

Haa-Rei finished up in Grahtwood last night, and even managed to take down the world boss at Thugrub's Cave. I want to get through the rest of the Dominion stuff with him but it's the 4th or 5th time I've done it all and it gets pretty boring. (not that the Dominion quests are bad, but y'know.)

Ciri has returned to crafting after a short break. She ran out of rubedite ingots, and it has taken a while for Haa-Rei to scrounge up some more. Fortunately Ciri got a blacksmith survey today so she's already built up a good stockpile of materials.

Both Haa-Rei and Cirinwe are pretty close to having all their traits learned, so we might actually be able to do some master writs soon. Hooray!

[monkeyemoness]

I feel you on repeating questlines. I couldn't do more than two before I was sick of it. Anyways, congrats on trait completion. Not that long ago I was free of the burden of constantly making sure I had something new to research once the timer was up. Getting pretty close to that again. Maybe the scrolls coming with update 14 will speed it up. (Still haven't decided whether I want to research Nirnhoned on my mule-crafters.)

Today I found my very first Ra Gada motif in Craglorn while casually making my way to an Enchanting survey. Wouldn't it be nice if I found one before the Crafting Monkey finished it? I haven't decided whether I'll give it to Eolan or Jo'zira but I guess if Update 14 adds the Homestead motifs to the possible Master Writ request pool, it'll be decided for me. Not going to make any real effort to get new motifs on the Squad anymore otherwise.

Also, either RNG is being kind, or the recently learned Nirnhoned traits are kicking in, or both, because I got 2 Master Writs that rewarded a reasonable amount of vouchers for what they were asking AND they were things that would conceivably be used by real players. Hell, the one Hates got is something Eolan would totally use (a Legendary, Sturdy, Breton-Style Hist Bark Shield--got like 40 vouchers). Nice. Nirnhoned and Legendary-level stuff are still the determining factor over whether or not it's like 6 vouchers or like 100, never style or number of traits needed. They really need to overhaul it but I don't see it happening any time soon.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: May 12 2017, 10:03 PM

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

Naryu Virian is a sassy woman...and I like it. Too bad she is an assassin. I like her.

My character is currently around Fort Amol, off to save King Jorunn from that Daedric poisoning thanks to his [censored] brother Fildgor. On my way to go get that vampire blood to help him, a Dunmer came running and begging me for assistance to help her Argonian friend that was bitten by some Bloodfiends. So after I finish off that Valeric fellow's father it is back to saving King Jorunn.

[Acadian]

Rader, sorry you're still having to wait for each post to get approved. I've got a big notice for the Admins to clear you (and a couple others) and I know they will - as soon as one of them show up. One of them normally pops by at least once or twice a week but I'm beginning to think they're AWOL! Lol. Anyway, thanks for your continuing patience.

So tell us more about Naryu the king-saving, vampire-hunting assassin. I'm guessing Dunmer, Nightblade, Ebonheart Pact? What server are you on? We have our own little chorrol guild on PC NA.

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

Rader, sorry you're still having to wait for each post to get approved. I've got a big notice for the Admins to clear you (and a couple others) and I know they will - as soon as one of them show up. One of them normally pops by at least once or twice a week but I'm beginning to think they're AWOL! Lol. Anyway, thanks for your continuing patience.

So tell us more about Naryu the king-saving, vampire-hunting assassin. I'm guessing Dunmer, Nightblade, Ebonheart Pact? What server are you on? We have our own little chorrol guild on PC NA.

Appreciated, Acadian. Hopefully I get cleared soon.

Silly me, I didn't put down stuff about my character. You are correct that I am part of the Ebonheart Pact, but I am an Argonian Dragonknight. Argonian is always my primary race I play as and what my "true" main Heroes are. The name is Cincinnatus of Lilmoth (bit of a long story to the name and not entirely fleshed out yet).

I am on the PC NA server as well (initially was on PS4, but switched to PC when I got a new laptop), and I would love to join the Chorrol guild. However, I am still a scrub when it comes to figuring out how to efficiently chat with people.

I am at level 18 at the moment, so when I get a bit more beefed up I would be up for participating in the Alliance War. But currently I have a feeling that I'd get eviscerated if I joined it now lol.

Hey, I find Naryu attractive, what can I say? My character even noted that the dress she was wearing looked really good on her. Not to mention she was very helpful. I'm sure I'll see her around some more. Depending on how the Morrowind DLC goes, I'm not sure if I'll be doing that for this character. It might not suit his personality.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

So tell us more about Naryu the king-saving, vampire-hunting assassin. I'm guessing Dunmer, Nightblade, Ebonheart Pact? What server are you on? We have our own little chorrol guild on PC NA.

Acadian, Naryu is an NPC. And she's awesome!

[Acadian]

Oops. I thought Naryu was Rader's character. Lol. I do remember that assassin from the Ebonheart Pact now, just didn't associate the name.

Rader, PC NA! That is great news. I just sent a friend request to Cincinnatus of Lilmoth. If you don't get it, maybe try sending me one to @AcadianPaladin. Once I know we've got the names straight and on each others friends list, I'll send you an invite to join our guild. It only has chorrol folks in it (7 of us so far) and is just as laid back and friendly as the forum here. It is a social guild with no commitments or trading requirements or anything like that. Basically, we simply get together for an hour or two once a month to chat, show off costumes and such. And drink wine/mead. Last time we all actually went out and took down an outdoor world boss for fun.

[Grits]

Hi, Rader! Welcome!! I’m also a fan of Naryu. Jerric figures he’s probably killed way more people than her, so he’s not been bothered by her profession when he’s worked with her. I guess we’ll see what the next “chapter” brings!


I think Jerric is finally on the path to get the achievement required to buy Sleek Creek. It will probably be a surprise if he gets it done. He’s kind of lost track of why he started wandering around the AD in the first place. So many Bosmer and Khajiit to help, all happy to see his sweaty, sunburned Nordliness. Big change from when they always want to kill him in his home area.


EDIT: smiley fail

This post has been edited by Grits: May 16 2017, 07:06 PM

[monkeyemoness]

Oh, hey, I think I remember Raider. Don't worry about your Argonian's name, in spite of making it seem as lore-friendly as possible, mine's name is a reference to a flipping anime. :V

On the subject of Naryu, I liked her, although being voiced by Tara Strong probably played a part in that. Even if I joke that she's flipping everywhere, it's for a reason. She's really good. She also does at least one voice per race, some of them a little different than what she normally does and it's pretty refreshing tbh.

That said, I'm afraid of what Morrowind will do to her. She's shaping up to be its Serana, and though I liked her too, I really hope she doesn't become that female sidekick. I thought it'd be interesting at first when I did the Gold Coast quests with my Crafting Monkey (and I fully supported their relationship) but then I realized how...forced certain RP decisions are starting to become (like quite a bit of things in the GC quests, but I won't say anymore)

What I was getting at is, I liked teasing her in the EP questline. I wish Darien reacted the same way because I'm pretty sure he thought Hates was sincere with her flirting. She was not. I guess it's good that the scenario didn't really happen since she's EP.

Anyways, I'm running out of furnishing plans to lust after. I still have quite a few Argonian knickknacks to get and some of the more elusive Breton plans that i want (unlike the Crib, which I passed over in spite of finding it for 20k versus the 30k+ I normally see it go for), buuuut, I'm not too interested in getting them, y'know?

Hates is a very...practical person as far as home arrangements go. Mostly cause she's a miser. Eolan's place is pretty much where I want it to be, even though I'm trying to figure out how to make his pantry cat-proof. I got most Khajiit plans by now so Jo'zira won't be needing much else.

Eh, time to start saving money again, I guess. With Morrowind and the patch dropping next week I guess I gotta.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: May 17 2017, 03:03 AM

[hazmick]

That said, I'm afraid of what Morrowind will do to her. She's shaping up to be its Serana, and though I liked her too, I really hope she doesn't become that female sidekick. I thought it'd be interesting at first when I did the Gold Coast quests with my Crafting Monkey (and I fully supported their relationship) but then I realized how...forced certain RP decisions are starting to become (like quite a bit of things in the GC quests, but I won't say anymore)

I know exactly what you're getting at. Hopefully Morrowind leans back towards EP Naryu rather than GC Naryu.



Anyhoo, it doesn't look like Haa-Rei will get the Dominion finished before Morrowind is released (I could probably do it if I did some serious grinding but eeeeh) so I think I'll just focus on saving money for stuff. I also discovered, upon loading up Lagakha the bank mule, that she still has the anniversary exp boost active. I really need to get her to finish Bleakrock and make use of that.

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

Oops. I thought Naryu was Rader's character. Lol. I do remember that assassin from the Ebonheart Pact now, just didn't associate the name.

Rader, PC NA! That is great news. I just sent a friend request to Cincinnatus of Lilmoth. If you don't get it, maybe try sending me one to @AcadianPaladin. Once I know we've got the names straight and on each others friends list, I'll send you an invite to join our guild. It only has chorrol folks in it (7 of us so far) and is just as laid back and friendly as the forum here. It is a social guild with no commitments or trading requirements or anything like that. Basically, we simply get together for an hour or two once a month to chat, show off costumes and such. And drink wine/mead. Last time we all actually went out and took down an outdoor world boss for fun.

Accepted your friend request tonight. Unfortunately I probably won't be able to get in the game for the next week though. But on the weekend after, I'd probably be down for something.

I'd like to add some more people on here too. Feel free to shoot me a friend request, please.

Hi, Rader! Welcome!! I’m also a fan of Naryu. Jerric figures he’s probably killed way more people than her, so he’s not been bothered by her profession when he’s worked with her. I guess we’ll see what the next “chapter” brings!

Oh, I don't mean to say that my character is a goody-two-shoes. I like to describe my typical play-style as somewhat of a vigilante, to varying degrees depending on the game. But my Vestige isn't quite the Vestige type. Unfortunately for my character that is somewhat enamored with Naryu, looks like nothing is coming out of that.

Oh, hey, I think I remember Raider. Don't worry about your Argonian's name, in spite of making it seem as lore-friendly as possible, mine's name is a reference to a flipping anime. :V

On the subject of Naryu, I liked her, although being voiced by Tara Strong probably played a part in that. Even if I joke that she's flipping everywhere, it's for a reason. She's really good. She also does at least one voice per race, some of them a little different than what she normally does and it's pretty refreshing tbh.

Indeed, I remember you from the old forums, monkeyemoness. Hi!

Didn't know Tara Strong voiced Naryu, but now that I hear that I am not very surprised. She is indeed everywhere. Kind of like Nolan North and Troy Baker.

Oh, I have a lore-friendly reason for my character's name. There are just a few kinks to work out with the backstory. I'll be honest though, and say that part of the reason is that I just think Cincinnatus is a cool name and the real-world historical figure is interesting. But I do have in-universe reasons too.

[Acadian]

Rader, that is great! I also just sent you an invitation to our guild. Nice thing now, until one of our missing Admins shows up to pull our bot protection restrictions from your account (which include activating your PM system) you can PM me in the game if you need to.

In the meantime, our other guild members should be able to send you friend requests (Cincinnatus of Lilmoth works).

Our next guild event is at 2:00 PM EST 5:00 PM EST on Friday June 2. Location is at our guildhall (mALX's primary residence). We'll make sure you know how to get there in advance if you need help with that. Last time we had the whole guild there but sometimes not everyone can make it. Very casual, relaxed and fun.

Hazmick has bravely (and by default) taken up the mantel of guild leader. And, as I said, mALX has ever so graciously provided her beautiful palace as our guild hall. You'll make member #8.

Edit: Oops, got confuzzled by time zones. Corrected now.

This post has been edited by Acadian: May 17 2017, 04:59 PM

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Our next guild event is at 2:00 PM EST on Friday June 2.

Oh we moved it up an hour? Khajiit is glad you posted this because he didn't notice the time change in the latest notification.

[Acadian]

Our next guild event is at 2:00 PM EST on Friday June 2.

Oh we moved it up an hour? Khajiit is glad you posted this because he didn't notice the time change in the latest notification.

Gosh, I'm glad you mentioned that. I screwed up between my (PST) time zone and Rader's (EST). I corrected my original post. No change to the original meeting time of 5:00 PM EST. Like I said, glad you caught that!

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Our next guild event is at 2:00 PM EST on Friday June 2.

Oh we moved it up an hour? Khajiit is glad you posted this because he didn't notice the time change in the latest notification.

Gosh, I'm glad you mentioned that. I screwed up between my (PST) time zone and Rader's (EST). I corrected my original post. No change to the original meeting time of 5:00 PM EST. Like I said, glad you caught that!

Oh! Khajiit is glad he noticed too!

[monkeyemoness]

Today in Tamriel: finding really old screenshots and reminiscing of the time when I first started ESO. A few weeks late, since I bought it on May 5, a month late if you count the Returning Beta Tester free weekend. There were many cursed images, but I sort of like this one for one small detail. (If you know about my Skyrim characters, you'll probably find it quickly) A Baby Jo'zira

Not sure if these trifles have any place in the screenshot thread, but I figured that the post was more to talk about Jo'zira's makeover and do midnight blogging about my time in ESO so here it is.

I think I got something I like so far. Sure the fur looks like cheetos, but it's as close as I'll get to "caracal."

At the time I couldn't decide between ice blue or deep blue. Most likely going with the former. I sort of like his face so I'm not doing anything to it. i also discovered his shoulders (the torso setting) were as narrow as possible. Khajiit have very broad shoulders. :V At least a lot of the concepts I had in mind for him were thought up pretty early on. All I really needed to change was the height, fur color, and voice.

One last thing. A very cursed image.

Early Group Shot of the Squad I'm not sure exactly at what point in the game they were in, but based on the...Hot Topic-esque colors of Hates' armor, I'd say anywhere from the fourth zones (Eastmarch/Malabal Tor/Alik'r) to Coldharbour.

The Squad Now They're waiting to be useful again. I guess, story wise, there wouldn't be much time between the IC/DB DLC and Morrowind, but still. I mean I'm pretty sure I mentioned they've had their houses for a while now, even though the update dropped a few months ago.

No Armor

I should draw something special for this, tbh.