Now I know how Mirocu was lured to playing ESO! He thought he would find these two girls there chasing a big red butterfly!

I don't care why, just glad he is joining us there!






Did you see how many gems they are asking for that Bouyant Armiger Motif that Monkey won in his crate? WHEW !!!!

Yeah, it's crazy!

Welcome aboard, Mirocu. Hopefully I will get to meet your character sometime.

Just to be clear, I don't believe mirocu is playing ESO. The joke started when one of us got the raven effect from the crown gem store that causes a raven to land on your arm and sit there for awhile. So we started joking about mirocu making an appearance in ESO. Just want to make sure we didn't confuse anyone.

Whoops. Only skimmed some of the responses, so I was not in on the joke.

"...but I didn't see that the joke was on me."

What was your first clue that someone misunderstood?


"But...but he just bought a powerful new graphics card..."



*mALX wipes tear when the realization hits that Mirocu will not be playing with her*



"sniff"



*mALX puts all amassed gifts for Mirocu back into inventory*

Urgh, it looks like Brenna has caused a bit of trouble with her new feathered friend.*

*She quietly chuckles about it in her room at The Rosy Lion, while stroking the birds feathers and telling him what a good boy he is.

She's a witch. What can Khajiit say?

You are a good boy, Mr. Brenna's Crow, I'm sorry this happened to you oh my god. Maybe I should have said something after all lol

Anyways, the ghostly Butterfly Senche was actually Jo'zira as he went along his weekly material farm. Last week it was Always by Erasure. I don't know how he got 90s music, let alone how he's able to broadcast them. But he can shapeshift onto another Khajiit niche at will so maybe those aren't the questions I should be asking.

Also I'm glad I got the BA motif because I have nowhere near enough gems to get it. I also noticed that there's only the Ashlander motif and no Morag Tong, which puzzles me because Morag Tong is the more annoying one to get imo (one half of the quests is a world boss). Either way, I'm hanging onto my gems in case something I actually want pops up. For 16 gems. lol

Khajiit had 750 crowns left and decided to spend 400 of them to get another crate. He ended up getting the Ashlander motif. This one supposes it will be useful if he ever develops Lynora Verenim beyond bank character. A good mix of basic Dunmer and Ashlander might be cool looking. Maybe.

Now I have a Switch I guess that means I'll get Skyrim for it and have a portable Elder Scrolls game .

Khajiit is very curious to see how it performs on Switch. This one loves the idea of being able to take a TES game with him on trips!

*mALX drops in to stroke the soft feathers of Brenna's Raven friend and bring it a special treat of millet seeds with honey, remembering that was Mirocu's favorite special treat*


"Sniff..."

For those who may not have gotten there yet, once you complete the main quest, Cadwell will offer you to complete the main questline for a second alliance. Here you go through all the primary quests in each zone as you work your way through another alliance – this is called Cadwell’s Silver and the final reward is the Soul Shriven motif. Then he will offer you to complete the third and final alliance’s questline – Cadwell’s Gold. The final reward for this one is that Cadwell gives you a soup pot helmet (hat collectible) just like his!

So. . . guess what Buffy just finished? Screenshot

Congrats to Buffy! And the pot actually looks adorable on her!

If that's what you get for finishing your soup, what do you get if you eat all your vegetables?

Today Jerric’s crew welcomed a new hire, the petite Saxhleel maiden Steams-Many-Mudcrabs. Steams has a delicate head-frill, a cute raspy voice, and epic reptilian thighs. She is a destruction staff-wielding Nightblade, but she was brought on board as a non-combatant mostly to hold excess stuff until the whole crew hits the gear cap.

This became necessary earlier in the week when the previous banker abruptly armed himself and strode off in search of adventure. It may be hard to keep Steams from doing the same. She has a lot of sass and is already telling me her story. If you see me log on with someone called Stands-Around-Naked, you’ll know they needed yet another banker.



Congrats to Buffy! Upside-down Bosmeri soup looks delicious!!

Calia and Mia wear slave costumes so they don't forget their place in the world is just working for the man crafting daily Writs and holding inventory,

Pics! We need pics of those "epic reptilian thighs"!

Today Mira hit Champ lvl60!

Dark Seducer Mira!

Welcome to Steams-Many-Khajiit-With-Her-Reptilian-Thighs! She sounds fun enough that she might indeed break from from the mule harness.

Congrats to Mira! I know it is such a relief to finally get her into 'big kid' gear.

*

Speaking of 'big kids'. . .

I think I've said before that one of the things that really inspired Buffy was an incident in a public dungeon so very long ago. As a young bow/bow sorc, she was getting overwhelmed (and killed) by the mobs therein. Well a max CP templar asked her to group which she readily did. He then proceeded to lead her all the way through the dungeon, letting her kill what she could, keeping her health bar full, and literally exploding foes when sometimes they got too much for Buffy to handle. The kindness and awesome capability of that high level templar really inspired her to look into it. When Grits informed her that a magplar was indeed a 'glorious' playstyle, that cinched it and Buffy the magplar healer was born.

Well today, she was in a public dungeon for a Mages Guild daily and encountered a level 31 bow/bow nightblade struggling with the mobs. She healed and helped him through a couple mob swarms, then he announced to her, "I'm with you!" and promptly glued himself to her side. To which Buffy offered to back him up and follow him through whatever he needed in the dungeon. Sure enough, she fulfilled a similar role for this young archer that her templar savior of long ago had filled for her. He was most grateful as they parted. Buffy wonders if someday, he will fondly remember her kindness and be inspired to repay it to some future young character.

And the student becomes the master. Buffy the Magplar has come full circle! Congrats!

Big welcome to a new Lizard Wizard, and congrats to Mira for hitting cp60!

Just yesterday I was reading a similar story from someone who played Runescape and how the kindness they received from a veteran player as a new one influenced their time spent on the game. I love it when stories like these come full circle. congrats to Buffy for becoming the Kind Veteran Player.

Today I learned that the Dunmer House motif drop is good enough for me to consider collecting a full set of each. I already bought 13 of the Telvanni one, and finished it with the motif Hates found the other day. Shooting for Hlaalu next, assuming I find out where it drops.

Aww, thanks, folks!

Lizard Wizard.

She made it! WOO HOO!!! Congrats to Mira!







I remember when that happened to Bow Buffy so long ago, you told me about it then = one of your first experiences with the awesome side of MMO play that bonded you to ESO! Awesome that you were able to return the kindness to someone else!

So there's a cool stag skull helmet for sale in the crown store crown crate section. Brenna would totally wear it... but it costs 100 crown gems. Ridiculous. Khajiit might would pay 40 gems, but not 100.

Today Mira took a Vvardenfell treasure map out of the bank and decided to travel to the island in search of plunder.

Arrival on the dock of Seyda Neen

Main Street Seyda Neen

View from atop Seyda Neen Lighthouse. Watch out for sneaky Bosmer down below!

Really nice shots!

Sneaky Bosmer?? Perchance Mira has met/seen Phaedre Thistleleaf on one of her thieving runs?

Eolan got a new garden decoration.
Mostly as a memento from Wrothgar.

Dark and cloudy is the status quo in Rivenspire so it's the best I could do rn.

Some people put gnomes in their garden. And some put Daedra Lords.

What house is that at? I don't remember ever seeing that stables/shed at any of the houses! Absolutely LOVE the statue! That thing looks huge!

Lol, nah, just a little TESIII reference!

I just saw Hazmick's Stay Moist Mansion - HOLY COW! What an amazing job decorating you did !!!! I love it !!!!

Today Mira walked into the Inner Sea Armature to collect the remaining dwarven contraption kills for the achievement and who did she run into? Why none other than warden Lil! Turned out she was there collecting kills too so they teamed up and wrecked Dwemer devices in the Inner Sea Armature for a while and then moved to Bthanual in Desaan for a change of scenery. In the end, Lil collected a huge number of kills towards the achievement and a skyshard, and Mira completed her objective for Dwarven Contraption Slayer and took home a new color: Dwemer Bronze!

Lil destroying Dwemer Spiders in the Inner Sea Armature.

Lil and Mira charge into battle!

Lil gets an assist from a Netch (offscreen). (sorry Grits, couldn't resist )

Lil, Mira, and a Rando take on the Bthaunual Centurion!

Lil, Mira, and Lil's bear in battle.

Victory!

What a wonderful run in between Mira and Lil! Funny thing is I happened to notice in my Friends List that both of you were in the Inner Armature and figured you had probably teamed up. That was just about the time Buffy had to leave the game or I might have pinged you to see about even more help!

Buffy would have been most welcome to join us! We had a swell time smashing Dwemer machines!

It was so neat to run into Khajiit with Mira deep underground and by the light of expiring Dwemer constructs! Lil felt quite bold with Mira and the bear in front of her. Lil is still working on getting her desired skills on the bar, and some of her leveling combinations are less than ideal. Even Lil’s jackal had fun howling at Mira’s wolf helmet.

Oh, neat pictures! Thank you for posting them!

That glowing netch flexi-leash is not my favorite Warden feature!!

Acadian, that would have been fun! Lil is going to be out hunting for new dyes while she is leveling, and she is always happy for company.

monkey, that is an impressive Eolan-scale garden display! That looks like a pretty nice day for Rivenspire.

Bears, but also



It's Ravenhurst. The building in the background is the mayor's house outside the bounds of the house. Just background stuff. I considered using the little alcove on the other side as a stable but how would the horse get in? There's also a stable right oustide the house so eh, I made it into an outhouse. :V

Oh right, got the Grim Harlequin motif. Not just because of the Mimic Stones, I realized I actually like the style. Now the crafting monkey is up to date on most motifs. (He still hasn't finished Redoran or Hlaalu but eventually.)

Monkey, can I ask you = have you noticed an increase in Master Writ drops with your increase in completed motifs learned? Because Gina Bruno (spelling?) said that it was directly related to the number of completed sets of motifs learned; but two of my friends who have the most complete sets of motifs learned seem to get fewer Master Writs than some others I know who have very few learned motifs.

It's something I noticed for a long time now and I always assumed it was because motif mastery's contribution to writ drops was microscopic so that the 2-4 new motifs introduced every quarter didn't overdo the droprate.

When writs were first introduced, Eolan always got the best ones in spite of having only a few completed motif sets, as opposed to the crafting monkey, who got them rarely in spite of being at or nearing 100% motif completion.

With the recent motifs learned, though? Not at all. The crafting monkey hasn't gotten an equipment writ in a long time.

** By the way, I meant to say = that statue is Awesome!



Since the patch with the Horns of the Reach, I haven't been getting hardly any Master Writ drops at all, I mean like a few weeks with almost nothing and then get one for 2 vouchers. Then yesterday my lowest character knowledge-wise gets one for 92 vouchers.

Really not sure if I should press to complete Misa's motif learning or just let it happen naturally by adding just what I need to do writs when they come, etc. I have several sets that are just 2 short of being complete, and hate to jinx my Master Writ drops by learning them,

Do you still get skill points as rewards for quests during Cadwell's Silver?

You surely do! And for Gold as well.

This pleases Khajiit.

I don't think anyone has any hard evidence, but a lot of of people have been experiencing a noticeable drop in master writs so people are assuming that A) Something is borked or B ) This is intentional, possibly to accommodate new motifs.

My guess? It's a legit bug. It wouldn't be the first time crafting suffered a major bug and it's neither addressed nor fixed any time soon. See: Provisioning throwing in the rank 9 writs at max level for no discernible reason--afaik it hasn't even been mentioned by a dev; both it and Alchemy writs (the latter started when poisons started being used in writs) shuffling illogically between required items.

Before they'd cycle predictably, now they both seem to jump around, with provisioning dipping into a certain recipe set (can't remember which) more than it should, and alchemy using one 2-3 times and hopping to a random one.

Let's see what things are like with the update. Last time I was on the PTS, though, I wasn't impressed.

Man Khajiit hates the Minotaur daily in Kvatch! You get smacked around and when you finally beat the boss and turn in your prize to the lady, what do you get? Random armor pieces and *maybe* some oxblood fungus. You know, for the motif you aren't getting. Lol

You nailed what I've been seeing.








In all the times I did that Minotaur, I don't remember ever once getting a motif.

Exactly! The Order of the Hour Motif (which Mira adores) drops fairly well, but the quest you get it from has to share the daily with the stupid Minotaur one, and it gives you basically nothing! Why they can't make each available for a daily is beyond this one.

Today in Tamriel, Brenna joined the Mages Guild and met Uncle Sheo!

You also meet...ugh...Shalidor. The questline is great if you don't like him though lol

Anyways, following up on yesterday's Master Writ Droprate convo, Jo'zira has been getting a lot of equipment writs lately. Bad ones that cost more to craft than what they reward, but he's been getting them. He can't have more than like 10 completed motifs, and he also rarely got them before so I find this hilarious and ridiculous.