Today In Tamriel, ESO Character Updates and Stories Options

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Anyways, I still maintain that Khajiit in this game are probably the best-looking ones so far.

Oh they are down right sexy! Skyrim' are a close second, and Morrowind's (yes Morrowind's) are probably a distant third in this one's book. Oblivion's are just fugly.

*mALX turns green, grows to giant proportions...*






* insert sad vanilla Oblivion Khajiit *

Sorry mALX. This one just likes Oblivion's Khajiit less than the other games.

[Acadian]

Aww, thanks for posting that, mALX! The original Maxical looks every bit as adorable as I remember her!

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

So how hard is it to get the Abah's Watch Motif chapters?

[monkeyemoness]

Not that hard! Just follow these simple steps:

1. Die inside. The most important step. Applies to all Motif farming.
   
2. Do a few repeatable jobs so that you have a decent supply of laundered goods (If you already have some, skip this step)
   
3. Repeatedly activate the job board until you get a Covetous Countess job. Take the job.
   
4. Travel to the Countess and deliver the item, then go back to the hideout to claim your reward. You may use guildmates in the delivery location to accomplish this instead of riding all the way to the wayshrine.
   
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you get a motif or you hate yourself.
   
6. Repeat step 5 until you have all the desired motifs.

The drop rate is actually decent compared to other motifs locked behind dailies, tbh.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Not that hard! Just follow these simple steps:

1. Die inside. The most important step. Applies to all Motif farming.
   
2. Do a few repeatable jobs so that you have a decent supply of laundered goods (If you already have some, skip this step)
   
3. Repeatedly activate the job board until you get a Covetous Countess job. Take the job.
   
4. Travel to the Countess and deliver the item, then go back to the hideout to claim your reward. You may use guildmates in the delivery location to accomplish this instead of riding all the way to the wayshrine.
   
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you get a motif or you hate yourself.
   
6. Repeat step 5 until you have all the desired motifs.

The drop rate is actually decent compared to other motifs locked behind dailies, tbh.

Lol, thanks for the good (and humorous!) information!

[monkeyemoness]

Back when I was farming them I had a system: limit it to 10 repeatable per day. If I didn't get a motif after 10, I'd stop. Usually I'd get one by the 5th, and sometimes on the first! Also, the quality of the laundered goods you give the countess don't affect anything, so if you get any green-level ones from the reward boxes, vendor them for more than you'd get from the quest turn-in and just use the white/gray level ones.

Anyways Today in Tamriel: I remember who flIPPING INCREDIBLE IT IS TO PLAY JO'ZIRA. Especially after struggling a bit with Fjotreid. Essentially he just turned himself into a violent mass of lightning and mowed down everything in his way, only stopping to scoop up a few treasures along the way. and waiting for bosses to spawn

I had some trouble assigning all the CP in the trees, since he's a more focused character compared to the rest. After a certain amount of points are invested into a single star, it isn't really worth it continuously wasting more on it. Even without those extra points I forgot to assign, he was still a speeding death machine. I'm a little sad that Fjotreid probably won't ever attain that level of destruction, but at least he'll be sturdier like Eolan? ??? (Jo'zira has a damage shield, so he still has him beat in that regard...)

Ugh, speaking of Eolan, I don't think I'll feel as much of a rush clearing the dungeons with him tomorrow.

[RaderOfTheLostArk]

Anyways, I still maintain that Khajiit in this game are probably the best-looking ones so far.

Oh they are down right sexy! Skyrim' are a close second, and Morrowind's (yes Morrowind's) are probably a distant third in this one's book. Oblivion's are just fugly.

*mALX turns green, grows to giant proportions...*






* insert sad vanilla Oblivion Khajiit *

Way to make me feel bad about what I said about Oblivion potato faces too, mALX.

[mALX]

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Back when I was farming them I had a system: limit it to 10 repeatable per day. If I didn't get a motif after 10, I'd stop. Usually I'd get one by the 5th, and sometimes on the first! Also, the quality of the laundered goods you give the countess don't affect anything, so if you get any green-level ones from the reward boxes, vendor them for more than you'd get from the quest turn-in and just use the white/gray level ones.

Anyways Today in Tamriel: I remember who flIPPING INCREDIBLE IT IS TO PLAY JO'ZIRA. Especially after struggling a bit with Fjotreid. Essentially he just turned himself into a violent mass of lightning and mowed down everything in his way, only stopping to scoop up a few treasures along the way. and waiting for bosses to spawn

I had some trouble assigning all the CP in the trees, since he's a more focused character compared to the rest. After a certain amount of points are invested into a single star, it isn't really worth it continuously wasting more on it. Even without those extra points I forgot to assign, he was still a speeding death machine. I'm a little sad that Fjotreid probably won't ever attain that level of destruction, but at least he'll be sturdier like Eolan? ??? (Jo'zira has a damage shield, so he still has him beat in that regard...)

Ugh, speaking of Eolan, I don't think I'll feel as much of a rush clearing the dungeons with him tomorrow.

Jo is a sorc? This one recently played through the Bleakrock Pact intro with Feathered Snake (Argo Sorc), and was amazed at how powerful he was right out of the gate.

[monkeyemoness]

Yep, Jo's a pure magicka Electrokitty. Lots of AoE makes destroying things a breeze, though part of that may come from the destruction staff line. Still, he's better at multiple targets than a single one, which I guess is one downside. :V

Also, as I was getting ready to gear up Fjotreid with a secondary weapon, I thought that I might end up stretching him too thin, unlike Jo'zira who is firmly in Magicka with a bit of Health (and one (1) stupid point in Stamina for some reason). I put 3 points into Fjotreid's stamina and worried that he would't be that great at physical attacks. Then I noticed his magic and weapon damage is the same. Gotta love Nord passives, I guess.

He'll probably end up like Eolan (minimal Magicka boosted by racial passives) in that minimal investment in stamina will be enough to get by, so he could focus most of it in Magicka and the rest in Health. I still haven't decided if he'll go mace and shield or a 2-hander.
Anyways,
i wanted to get the hang of drawing Fjotreid and drew him with his new, intimidating Cube Dad.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Jun 17 2017, 08:13 PM

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Yep, Jo's a pure magicka Electrokitty. Lots of AoE makes destroying things a breeze, though part of that may come from the destruction staff line. Still, he's better at multiple targets than a single one, which I guess is one downside. :V

Also, as I was getting ready to gear up Fjotreid with a secondary weapon, I thought that I might end up stretching him too thin, unlike Jo'zira who is firmly in Magicka with a bit of Health (and one (1) stupid point in Stamina for some reason). I put 3 points into Fjotreid's stamina and worried that he would't be that great at physical attacks. Then I noticed his magic and weapon damage is the same. Gotta love Nord passives, I guess.

He'll probably end up like Eolan (minimal Magicka boosted by racial passives) in that minimal investment in stamina will be enough to get by, so he could focus most of it in Magicka and the rest in Health. I still haven't decided if he'll go mace and shield or a 2-hander.
Anyways,
i wanted to get the hang of drawing Fjotreid and drew him with his new, intimidating Cube Dad.

Yeah Brenna is doing something similar with her attributes. She's putting the vast majority of them into Magicka but every 10th level she's putting the extras into Stamina so she can use a sword too. Thinking about doing the dual wield sword thing with her.

Also experimenting with a Redguard Dragonknight to see how well doing a 50/50 split between Mag and Stam does.

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Jun 17 2017, 08:45 PM

[Acadian]

Monkey, what a wonderful talent you have with your drawings. Thanks for sharing them with us!

Yes, a well put together electro sorc is literally a deadly storm of destruction.

Edit: Oh, for attributes, Buffy the magplar and Buffy the magsorc are both 100% magicka.

This post has been edited by Acadian: Jun 17 2017, 08:52 PM

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Khajiit should probably respec Mira to be more tanky.

[Acadian]

I think Alcast has some totally current builds up on his site - including tanks that factor in all the MW changes. mALX has also been working very hard with Britta (Imperial DK tank) and has a great guild training her.


Buffy was in her magsorc aura with her healer (twilight matriarch named Drusilla) and tank (clannfear named Spike) in tow. They jumped that well-known big blue mudcrab world boss in stonefalls and took him down solo (well, just the three of them). Buffy and Dru took exactly zero damage during the whole fight. Spike took a beating but between Dru's heals and Buffy's magic shielding, he held up really well for being right in the boss's face. Buffy did remember to use her ultimate this time and that helped some. What she forgot was to pop a potion so she could cast more and heavy attack less (for magicka sustain). I know that would really help if she can just remember to do it. Lol.

About 3/4 of the way through the fight, our peripheral vision noted another player who stopped briefly, watched a few moments then continued on his way. Actually I'm glad he didn't join the fight as we really were going for a solo run and doing well.

The magsorc is quite set up to kill stuff solo so it is not surprising that she is better suited for boss killing than when sporting her magplar healer aura. As a magplar healer she can still solo that boss too but it is way less. . . elegant. Lol.

[hazmick]

They jumped that well-known big blue mudcrab world boss in stonefalls and took him down solo (well, just the three of them).

/snip/

Does Buffy have both summons on both of her ability bars? Haa-Rei would love to use his summons, but I can't help but feel like having 2 slots for 1 ability is a bit of a waste.

This post has been edited by hazmick: Jun 18 2017, 04:37 AM

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I think Alcast has some totally current builds up on his site - including tanks that factor in all the MW changes. mALX has also been working very hard with Britta (Imperial DK tank) and has a great guild training her.


Buffy was in her magsorc aura with her healer (twilight matriarch named Drusilla) and tank (clannfear named Spike) in tow. They jumped that well-known big blue mudcrab world boss in stonefalls and took him down solo (well, just the three of them). Buffy and Dru took exactly zero damage during the whole fight. Spike took a beating but between Dru's heals and Buffy's magic shielding, he held up really well for being right in the boss's face. Buffy did remember to use her ultimate this time and that helped some. What she forgot was to pop a potion so she could cast more and heavy attack less (for magicka sustain). I know that would really help if she can just remember to do it. Lol.

About 3/4 of the way through the fight, our peripheral vision noted another player who stopped briefly, watched a few moments then continued on his way. Actually I'm glad he didn't join the fight as we really were going for a solo run and doing well.

The magsorc is quite set up to kill stuff solo so it is not surprising that she is better suited for boss killing than when sporting her magplar healer aura. As a magplar healer she can still solo that boss too but it is way less. . . elegant. Lol.

Feathered Snake also chose to morph the familiar into a Clanfear. Does any one choose to keep the little scamp or whatever it is?

[Acadian]

The VF is a superb dps tool - his special ability is extremely solid damage. He is also very group friendly. The clannfear is hands down a way better tank but does little damage. Running a twilight matriarch and clannfear is a fantastic arrangement for running solo or with a friend or two. The clannfear, however, is somewhere between no help and an actual liability in a formal solid group (tank, healer and 2xdps).

For me, the matriarch & clannfear combo is perfect for a solo player who wants to bring along their own little 'group' of dps (sorc), healer (matriarch) and tank (clannfear).

That all said, VF is the overwhelming choice of the 'big kids' who run sorc pet builds in veteran dungeons, trials, etc.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

The VF is a superb dps tool - his special ability is extremely solid damage. He is also very group friendly. The clannfear is hands down a way better tank but does little damage. Running a twilight matriarch and clannfear is a fantastic arrangement for running solo or with a friend or two. The clannfear, however, is somewhere between no help and an actual liability in a formal solid group (tank, healer and 2xdps).

For me, the matriarch & clannfear combo is perfect for a solo player who wants to bring along their own little 'group' of dps (sorc), healer (matriarch) and tank (clannfear).

That all said, VF is the overwhelming choice of the 'big kids' who run sorc pet builds in veteran dungeons, trials, etc.

Wow really? Khajiit rarely sees the volatile familiar.

[mALX]

Yep, Jo's a pure magicka Electrokitty. Lots of AoE makes destroying things a breeze, though part of that may come from the destruction staff line. Still, he's better at multiple targets than a single one, which I guess is one downside. :V

Also, as I was getting ready to gear up Fjotreid with a secondary weapon, I thought that I might end up stretching him too thin, unlike Jo'zira who is firmly in Magicka with a bit of Health (and one (1) stupid point in Stamina for some reason). I put 3 points into Fjotreid's stamina and worried that he would't be that great at physical attacks. Then I noticed his magic and weapon damage is the same. Gotta love Nord passives, I guess.

He'll probably end up like Eolan (minimal Magicka boosted by racial passives) in that minimal investment in stamina will be enough to get by, so he could focus most of it in Magicka and the rest in Health. I still haven't decided if he'll go mace and shield or a 2-hander.
Anyways,
i wanted to get the hang of drawing Fjotreid and drew him with his new, intimidating Cube Dad.

Your drawings are amazing! You have an Awesome talent!!!!

[monkeyemoness]

Thanks for the comments on the scribbles, guys. :V
I'm actually thinking of starting a thread for those to stop cluttering this place up, but I'm not sure how active it'll be. :T I guess it might be a good idea to house the small Anniversary thing I'm thinking of doing there, but I guess I'll figure it out when i get there. (Speaking of, here's a quick unfinished sketch of the Squad's First Meeting in Coldharbour since I still don't know if i'll go through with it)

Anyways, me sticking to having the Shaggy Bookkeeper do writs is paying off because I am now very, VERY close to having all the IC attunable stations in my home. The Crafting Monkey's left with around 60 Vouchers, Hates has 120 ish and Eolan has over 150. With only one attunable left, I can see being done by the end of the week (considering I still have some Writs in the bank).

LET'S GO

Also I hate how the game's been throwing Noble's Conquest writs non-stop, as if to mock me. They're not very good either so I was thinking of selling them. (Since they ask for Aldmeri Dominion style, yeesh)