Today In Tamriel, ESO Character Updates and Stories Options

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Like I said earlier, since it's an MMO that in some ways is bigger than the SP games, I always cut ESO some slack in this regard. Doesn't stop it from moments like those, though. Another example in early Stonefalls! The salve quest. I guess you can say that no one would refuse help from an Argonian with knives, but given the quest it's a bit weird that no one seems to acknowledge that the player themselves is one. Strange considering that quite a few quests nearby do.

But idk, for me personally, it's always been a sore point in spite of knowing the limitations.

Anyways! I'm at 6/14 for the Silken Ring motif and even got one of the more expensive ones (legs) out of the way. I put up the 2 useless Imperial motif books for sale so I can have gold for the rest, so this shouldn't be a problem. At the very least Silken Ring seems to be more common in stores than Mazzatun, and it's easier to get a good deal on it. (I found legs for 50k, and Chests can go for around 65k, which is what I'm aiming for, or at least under 70k--80k was the absolute best for Mazzatun chests)

Will you take commissions for the Mazzatun stuff Monk?

[mALX]

They really messed up, tbh. I thought you'd get the option to pick one or the other, not be forced into a specific sequence.

Exactly! Why is Khajiit's Breton Reachwitch on a boat to Vvardenfell? Pretty much just had to chalk it up to "because, exploration" but after the poor treatment at the hands of the slavers, she promptly decided to return to Daggerfall territory, where she was promptly murdered and her soul stolen. Talk about a bad trip!

I couldn't get either of these beginnings to run on the PTS when I started new characters; and haven't started a new one yet on the NA Server - really want to see it! I've heard they finally brought back the cut scene with Mannimarco!

Khajiit was actually quite pleased they added that as it answered all his questions about the circumstances around our PCs becoming Soul Shriven.

Agreed, I wish they had never removed it in the first place; really never understood why they did!

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

They really messed up, tbh. I thought you'd get the option to pick one or the other, not be forced into a specific sequence.

Exactly! Why is Khajiit's Breton Reachwitch on a boat to Vvardenfell? Pretty much just had to chalk it up to "because, exploration" but after the poor treatment at the hands of the slavers, she promptly decided to return to Daggerfall territory, where she was promptly murdered and her soul stolen. Talk about a bad trip!

I couldn't get either of these beginnings to run on the PTS when I started new characters; and haven't started a new one yet on the NA Server - really want to see it! I've heard they finally brought back the cut scene with Mannimarco!

Khajiit was actually quite pleased they added that as it answered all his questions about the circumstances around our PCs becoming Soul Shriven.

Agreed, I wish they had never removed it in the first place; really never understood why they did!

Definitely.

[mALX]

And absolutely, the racial tension is a critical part of TES (slaves in Morrowind; that one Count in Oblivion that is prejudiced against Argonians, Khajiit, and elves; random comments in Arena and Daggerfall, remarks from guards in Skyrim, etc.). In that particular instance I brought up, it just felt like he didn't even register that I was an Argonian. Like if he said something like "You Scale-backs are all the same," or something along those lines that feels...I don't know, a little less programmed to be said for every race, if that makes sense. That's all I meant.

I remember the first time my Khajiit character went to Anvil in the Oblivion game and that guard called her "Fur-licker." (not to mention the armorer that hates Khajiit in Leyawiin) - it kind of puts it into your face, and it is one of the things that made me continue to play a Khajiit in the game. On the other hand; in TESV Skyrim (especially in Windhelm!) = they may have carried it a bit too far, lol. That Ulfric's hatred of Khajiit was evil enough that I would have joined the Dark Brotherhood gladly if they had a mission to assassinate him, lol.

Yeah, there are some dialogue choices in this game that are kept generic when specific would have pleased more;
but I'd say it was most likely done to conserve the resources so they could balance out giving us awesome graphics (as compared to Example: World of Warcraft, etc). The game already has lag issues/latency now; I doubt it could handle being any more script/dialogue heavy. But wouldn't it be nice if it could?

[hazmick]

There's some Argonian (and I assume Khajiit) specific dialogue in Vvardenfell. I always enjoy stuff like that in games, would love to see more.

[mALX]

There's some Argonian (and I assume Khajiit) specific dialogue in Vvardenfell. I always enjoy stuff like that in games, would love to see more.

I love it too. I originally started out playing a Khajiit the first time I played Oblivion = just for the night vision; but loved how intricately they wove in that racial dialogue in Oblivion so much that I couldn't see playing anything else, lol. And so "Maxical" was born.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Just reset Feng Do's skills. Going to repurpose all those skill points we put into clothing and woodworking since Mira is now our dedicated craftswoman. Yay! More combat skills for Feng Do! Of particular interest are the stam morphs of Assassination and the one in Shadow under the Nightblade class.

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Jun 7 2017, 05:05 PM

[monkeyemoness]

Will you take commissions for the Mazzatun stuff Monk?

Sure, if you send me a mail with the specifications.

Today I goofed and bought another Silken Ring Bows motif and now I'm trying to see if I can sell it and get my money back. :V If not then I guess it can go to Hates. It was bought with her money, after all. Sadly, still at 6/14. Not even halfway there. But it's fine cause today I got 2 Morag Tong motifs from the dailies!

Anyways, either RNG has been really crap or the less motifs you know, the better chances at getting not-crap writs are. Once again, the Shaggy Bookkeeper got a ~60 voucher master clothier writ in Altmer style (the price came from the Legendary level of improvement) Not even Jo gets those very often. This is versus the 5-7 ones the Squad and Crafting Monkey get regularly (the worst ones being from their "main" craft, asking for rare motifs or high-numbered trait sets for a piddly 7 vouchers). At least they get them regularly? I guess I should be happy that I'm only like 20 vouchers away from one of the three last attuneables I need. Maybe it's time to pool all Master Writs onto the Crafting Monkey to finish this once and for all. We go!

Also, thanks for the Writ, Grtis! It was a small drop, but every little bit helps. For how hard it is to get the cp160 purple recipes now, those should be more worthwhile imo.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Jun 8 2017, 02:50 AM

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Someone made a Santa Claus character over on the ESO fashion site

[mALX]

Someone made a Santa Claus character over on the ESO fashion site

What, no link?

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

https://eso.mmo-fashion.com
As requested!

[mALX]

https://eso.mmo-fashion.com
As requested!

BWAAHAA!!!! Santa is an Orc!!!

[monkeyemoness]

Yours with paws,

Santie Claws

...wait, wrong race.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

https://eso.mmo-fashion.com
As requested!

BWAAHAA!!!! Santa is an Orc!!!

Lol, Khajiit would've gone with a Nord, but hey, why not an Orc?

[mALX]

https://eso.mmo-fashion.com
As requested!

BWAAHAA!!!! Santa is an Orc!!!

Lol, Khajiit would've gone with a Nord, but hey, why not an Orc?

Er, Santa with tusks takes on a whole different feel when he slides down your chimney and invades your house in the middle of the night,

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

Or my launcher could not launch the game. That's cool too. It has done this the past 2 or 3 times I tried to play the game, and the way I worked around it before could not solve the issue this time. This is really starting to piss me off. Hopefully I can actually get Support to help...

Well, repairing the files actually worked right away this time.

Cincinnatus continued his work for the Pact today, his journey taking him to Nimalten this time. He investigated the attack on Thane Fjora and thought it was going to be a rather typical day at the office in terms of slaying foes, but the appearance of his old friend Aera Earth-Turner complicated things. He had actually crossed paths with her over at Shor's Stone only a couple days before. He had hoped that Aera would help out with the investigation, and initially she did. But after the deaths of many, Cincinnatus found out the main perpetrator behind the trouble at Nimalten...Aera.

He was stunned. Incredulously, he demanded to know how she could betray him and the Pact. She explained how the death of Trynhild at Bal Foyen and the long times that Denskar and Littrek were off on missions had affected her, and she claimed that it was enough to drive her down this dark path. Cincinnatus had no choice and told her it was time to face justice. Aera ran into the next room, where Cincinnatus followed after her and slayed her. Usually, he takes some measure of pleasure and pride in striking down enemies, but this encounter really got to him. An old friend giving into the forces of evil. Cincinnatus has already experienced enough heartache and suffering in his life, including before the events of ESO. Nirn is truly a cold place. Today has only added to his unquenchable drive to slaughter the Worm Cult.

Cincinnatus ended his day after saving a Dunmer by the name of Charadin and freeing the spirit of the Companion Hakra in Pinepeak Cavern. He found an inn at nearby Ivarstead and took his rest there for the night.


I must say, ESO has done a pretty good job of throwing curveballs at you, and done pretty well at getting me invested in characters. That isn't all THAT difficult, but ESO has impressed me at times and gotten me particularly invested in several characters. Aera's betrayal actually did make me a bit sad. But justice had to be dealt out, even if it wasn't easy to do.

This post has been edited by RaderOfTheLostArk: Jun 10 2017, 05:23 AM

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Or my launcher could not launch the game. That's cool too. It has done this the past 2 or 3 times I tried to play the game, and the way I worked around it before could not solve the issue this time. This is really starting to piss me off. Hopefully I can actually get Support to help...

Well, repairing the files actually worked right away this time.

Cincinnatus continued his work for the Pact today, his journey taking him to Nimalten this time. He investigated the attack on Thane Fjora and thought it was going to be a rather typical day at the office in terms of slaying foes, but the appearance of his old friend Aera Earth-Turner complicated things. He had actually crossed paths with her over at Shor's Stone only a couple days before. He had hoped that Aera would help out with the investigation, and initially she did. But after the deaths of many, Cincinnatus found out the main perpetrator behind the trouble at Nimalten...Aera.

He was stunned. Incredulously, he demanded to know how she could betray him and the Pact. She explained how the death of Trynhild at Bal Foyen and the long times that Denskar and Littrek were off on missions had affected her, and she claimed that it was enough to drive her down this dark path. Cincinnatus had no choice and told her it was time to face justice. Aera ran into the next room, where Cincinnatus followed after her and slayed her. Usually, he takes some measure of pleasure and pride in striking down enemies, but this encounter really got to him. An old friend giving into the forces of evil. Cincinnatus has already experienced enough heartache and suffering in his life, including before the events of ESO. Nirn is truly a cold place. Today has only added to his unquenchable drive to slaughter the Worm Cult.

Cincinnatus ended his day after saving a Dunmer by the name of Charadin and freeing the spirit of the Companion Hakra in Pinepeak Cavern. He found an inn at nearby Ivarstead and took his rest there for the night.


I must say, ESO has done a pretty good job of throwing curveballs at you, and done pretty well at getting me invested in characters. That isn't all THAT difficult, but ESO has impressed me at times and gotten me particularly invested in several characters. Aera's betrayal actually did make me a bit sad. But justice had to be dealt out, even if it wasn't easy to do.

Yeah Khajiit liked that quest line a lot too. Mira was shocked when she found that out about Aera.

[monkeyemoness]

It was a little hearbreaking, given that no matter what you do she ends up losing family. (Hates' decision got Aera's husband and Littrek killed).

I think ESO's strengths as far as characters go (compared to the single player games) is that it does a better job at getting you invested in characters, particularly due to its (originally) linear nature and the fact that they show up much more often across both the vanilla sections and the DLC.


Anyways, been having fun with Fjotreid lately, although I'm intentionally handicaping myself since "using Champion points isn't a good idea story-wise yet" so it's a little hard going. He...didn't fare so well against a Hunger today. He miraculously survived, though! Thank the Vos guards.

I have been upgrading his equipment diligently like the rest of the Squad did in their adventures (through the Crafting Monkey) and he's been wearing the low-leveled set jewelry to help him out. Mostly, I think it's the new changes that are giving him trouble. Again, skill spam. :T He does relatively well for a frost mage, though. Maybe it's time to branch out into the other skill trees.

Also, he's been doing the dailies and for once I'm glad the dailies are locked behind questline progression. Today I got absolutely no motifs, but I really don't want to do this five times a day. :V I have no self-control, okay?

He's about 30 levels away from being reunited with his scaly sister. Maybe.

EDIT: Today I found a Silken Ring Chests motif for 67k in my very own guild. I should really keep an eye out more often. 10/14, woo!

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Jun 11 2017, 06:21 PM

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

The Last King of the Ayleids showed up unexpectedly in one of Brenna's Covenant quests today! Funny how Oblivion painted the Ayleids as a bunch of a-holes but ESO tries to soften them a little by making them more heroic.

[hazmick]

The Last King of the Ayleids showed up unexpectedly in one of Brenna's Covenant quests today! Funny how Oblivion painted the Ayleids as a bunch of a-holes but ESO tries to soften them a little by making them more heroic.

Oh they were a-holes. The reason he's the Last King is because he was a nice guy.