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A 28gig update???
I may have found my lost outfit style.. Breton.. Will try to make one tonight.
I'm also thinking of creating a character as a dedicated crafter after reading how long successive traits take to research.. 64 days for the final trait...
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Wow, 28Gb? The TG update and base game patch was about 9 Gb on PC, but they tend to sneak in assets (art, textures, voice files etc) in incremental patches spread over a few weeks in the run up to a big update, which maybe they can't do with consoles due to the procedures for getting the patches approved for release with Sony/MS or something.
 
I really enjoy playing a support role in this game, putting up shields, defending keeps, fixing siege weapons, ensnaring enemies etc and have spent quite a few skill points in these areas. However it has left me woefully underpowered for mellee in PVP.
I'm still using 2 handed, bow, the spear thing :p and dawns wrath but when I check my character stats I've only got around 700 weapon damage.
I've read that the Templar class is essentially a support class in PVP but I would like to take part in quick mellee combat too, so I'm going to try experimenting with the quicker more forcefull skills.
My guild also has training sessions and duels in the evenings which I may take part in.
I've also been levelling at a Dolmen(?) in Cyrodiil which gives a shit load of xp if you take it on by yourself or with one other player.
However I'm not looking to level too quickly for my first character as learning to play the game properly is more important, but it does feel good to be level 38 and a Corporal in the alliance war :D
 
Am now nearing the end of the Craglorn main quest with my two ESO friends that I group with regularly - I remember when I first went to Craglorn as a VR1 on another character it was so scary and I died a lot, but as a group of 2xVR16 and 1xVR15 it is much less intimidating (and we have been able to get through the quest stuff as a group of 3 so far).

It has taken us a while as we only tend to get together once a week for a couple of hours at most - but we have an understanding that on the characters we group with we don't go off and do Craglorn stuff without each other, so we are always at the point where we left off last session whenever we do get a chance to group up :) (Once we have finished Craglorn we have a list of dungeons we need to complete!)

Just want to have a quick rave about an addon that was suggested to me and I have now tried - it is called CraftStore and in 1 low-resource addon it has enabled me to get rid of about 5 or 6 separate addons doing different things. It has various optional settings that can:
  • track research for all characters and mark items as needed for research
  • keep track of all characters' known recipes and mark unknown ones (for any character that you select as wanting to track recipes)
  • keep track of any and/or all characters' known motifs and mark unknown ones
  • provides timer for research and horse training across your whole account - so if you are playing on 1 character you will get a message if another character finishes their research or horse training, or an alert when you log onto any character saying (as an example) "Minasi has finished researching nirnhoned swords"
  • adds the style of an armour or weapon item into the tooltip info
  • keeps track of crafting levels for all characters
  • a list of all set crafting stations and locations, with the option to port to the nearest wayshrine for each (and mouseover providing details of set bonuses)
  • new interface for provisioning and enchanting (alchemy will be in the next update of the addon)
  • tracks daily income and fence limits for each character
  • (This one is astounding and so so useful): tracks inventory items held by each character and in the bank, so if I am logged into Lyra and hover over filled grand soul gem in my inventory, it tells me in the tooltip what other filled grand soul gems I have on characters or bank for my account thus: "Sylvie 58, Salesa 50, Lucia 53, Lyra 121, Zajari 77, Bank 100". Which lets me know where every single filled grand soul gem I have is located, without having to relog to other characters
 
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I don't know what Craglorn is but it sounds fun! And the multi-character management add-on sounds super useful, I only have one character at the moment and on PS4, but I actually like the inventory management side of things, juggling what to keep, research, deconstruct etc etc It helps that I am not collecting food or many flowers at the moment.

I've read that once hitting VR1 you lose the massive Cyrodiil buff, Battle Rush (or something) so I'm going to have to craft some better armour/weapons beforehand so the drop isn't too painful. They have also made Azura a non CP campaign which has resulted in loads of AD with champion points moving over to Haderus, which is not fun at all, especially when they drop instakill bombs on you from the top of buildings.

I've realised that I really should be using my Restoring Light abilities more and so now have the ultimate slotted and will look to increase ultimate point gains where possible.
I'm still loving my bow so have Bombard, Snipe and Poison Injection on the same bar. When I get low on stamina I swap over to my 2 handed bar which also has Aedric Spear and Dawns Wrath.
I've spent a lot of points on passives rather than morphs/skills so only have a few but they are quite effective/efficient, I also invested in increasing the range of my skills which is awesome, especially combined with the Propelling Shield ability :)

Now for the bad stuff.. :p
Since the launch of the Thieves' Guild DLC there have been terrible performance issues on the PS4 EU server, when entering Glenumbra/Daggerfall characters are mostly black shadows, there is terrible lag, audio issues and framerate drops etc etc.
Cyrodiil seems equally laggy.
It's really spoiling the game and loads of people have stopped playing, so I hope they manage to fix it soon.
 
Friday night trivia with Ethereal Trader's Union - subject matter was songs from movie soundtracks, 80s 90s and 2k+ - and I reigned supreme with an astounding 17 points (a 12 point lead).
 
Did a bit more in Craglorn afterwards - the main quest there is really difficult to find the questgiver to continue it at one point, I like exploring a lot but had to look up how to start part of the quest - really bizarre location and no clues leading to it. We're doing OK on the combat part of it though - wiped twice during part of a side-quest in the area we had to go to for the main quest, but pulled ourselves together and did it on the 3rd try. (I think the fact that the teamspeak server we use was undergoing maintenance when we started playing was a large factor, it all seemed a lot easier once it was back up and we were able to communicate quicker!)
 
Popping back to say I reached VR1 yesterday whoo hoo, still really excited about the game, I've spent most of my time in PVP so am now following up on PVE mostly in Rivenspire, I so love that place.
I'm still PVPing with my guild on Sunday's and have done some duelling and taken part in training.
I've developed my character towards ranged archer, healer and ensnaring support roles using my restoring light, aedric spear, bow and dawns wrath skills.
I'm currently wearing the Marksman set plus I have a few Vicious Death pieces, however as a staminar templar I don't think I'll ever be able to utilise vicious death unless I level Dark Flare considerably, maybe combining it with Piercing Javelin.
I'm not sure I like what they have done with the armour sets as they no longer seem to fit a female body, and some just look plain awful, I had to buy a costume to cover it up... :rolleyes:
I managed to do the horse bomb thing again recently... I'm not exactly sure what it does, but it works!
Looking forward to Dark Brotherhood etc, the Wolf mount looks awesome!
 
haha yes is a good video.
I'm currently still levelling my VR4 Templar, mostly in PVP with a few PVE quests and skyshard hunts too.
I've limited my skills in order to specialise a bit so mainly using crit rush, Bombard, piercing javelin, poison injection, biting jabs and razor caltrops for dps and cc.
During sieges I put up shields, fix siege weapons, heal and revive as well as picking people off walls.. I love throwing javelins at them and knocking them off the keep or outpost :)

I managed to craft some Hundings Rage armour but am mostly wearing rewards for the worthy bits of Leki and Marksman. My Bow and 2 handed are both Leki. I'm going to commission some armour from my guild master as learning all the traits is taking forever, I only really want Divines, Impenetrable and a couple of others.
I'm currently levelling enchanting via the daily writs and buying glyphs to deconstruct etc etc so will hopefully be able to add these myself :)

I sort of stopped doing the main quest at Coldharbour but will try to get back into it, and am currently exploring Bangkorai...
But PVP is where its at!! I'm mostly loosely grouping in Azura's star and having LOADS of fun with the regulars there, plus doing guild events in Haderus which can be quite a nasty campaign at times with over powered reds and yellows blowing you up in an instant..
Not to mention the fact that the reds and yellows are now working together there... it totally sucks.
I got a cool new costume in the crown store :)
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I'm not sure about invites on the PS4? I think people can just download the game for free and play without a PS plus subscription from today until Monday?
Please join us U75, you have no idea what you are missing :D Its like you are actually in Lord of the Rings :) and there are lots of cool people there too, you will have a fantastic time.
Let me know when you arrive and I can show you the ropes on PS4 EU..

Last night I helped defend a tree (with about 4 other people) from outlaws who wanted to burn it down, I captured keeps in Cyrodiil using my new armour set which gives insane weapon damage after a dodge roll, I nearly killed an emperor with it ..
I did an Undaunted pledge with a bunch of people I met 6 months ago, they are roleplayers and deeply into the lore of the Elder Scrolls.
I then hung out with some peeps at the undaunted enclave and we talked lore, costume dying, mount speeds and had a few horse races.(because I wanted to show that the new Skyrim horse was much faster than the other eso mounts!!)
It was a fun night.
 
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So yeah, basically moon found me halfway across the internet and convinced me to stop in and say hello :D

The trading guild I run on NA PC server is doing well and quite successful, since One Tamriel we have started doing play events too now that everyone can join in.

My PC broke a couple of days ago after months of being a bit wobbly in various ways, I am waiting for 1 more delivery until I can build my new one. I'm going full SSD build this time, prices got low enough for it to be within my grasp (although I will have to be a bit careful about space).

Cats are all well and happy, Radar had his annual checkup last week and vet said he is in very good health for his age and his heart murmur is nothing to be concerned about. We've had a few vet visits this year, they all had some sort of stomach thing over the summer that went on for weeks and they needed to go on a special diet and probiotics to sort it out.

I'm still having mental health issues (depression and anxiety) and physically not on top form either, but I think I'll survive. My mum had a heart attack but is doing well now after an angioplasty thingy or whatever they call it to relieve an arterial blockage. Nate is OK but very stressed at work.

Anyway that's a brief summary.
 
I'm glad to see you here, epona. Sorry things have been tough recently. Here's hoping it takes a turn for the better soon :)
 
I actually am not sure why I said that Nate is OK, because he isn't really that OK, he's been in massive pain most of the year after something in his back went twang, and over the last few months has been referred backwards and forwards, eventually got an MRI scan, been told that he has previously undiagnosed spina bifida and a collapsed vertebrae. This will have been going on for nearly a year by the time he will get to see a spinal surgeon. Then there's surgery and recuperation and physiotherapy to worry about.
 
Nate has my sympathies, epona. My dad had spina bifida and it caused him a great deal of pain as he grew older. He never had any treatment though, as other complications took over (not from his back). I hope Nate gets some relief soon.
 
I'm really excited about the Elk mount, it looks awesome! (that is an apology for diverting the thread, and trying to put it back on track - thanks VP, your good wishes are appreciated :) )
 
I finally got to 561 Champion Points whooo and am now doing dungeons, undaunted pledges and trials... its like a whole other world of eso.

I got the undaunted passive 'mettle' and swapped out 2 bits of medium armour for 1 heavy and 1 light for the 6% increase in stats, but I think I'm losing a lot of crit etc from the medium armour bonus..

Short video of my road to max champion points..
 
So Mass Effect Andromeda starts tomorrow, I was playing ESO whilst waiting for me:a and it will be sad to leave.
I have had THE MOST AMAZING times in this game, my time in Cyrodiil has truly been epic and comes close to living a dream.
I have met some amazing people from around the world, many of whom have become good friends. I've experienced the joys of shared experiences with teams of people who understand the power of 'we' and 'us'.
I've cried in real life when friends have briefly left the game.
I think my take-away from this game is that those cherished moments of happiness that I experienced in game should in fact also be happening in real life, and I am working towards making this a reality.
Small things such as taking up horse riding again, going for walks in awesome landscapes, being with people I love, even just wearing clothes that are important to me aesthetically are all steps in the right direction.
So goodbye my dear dear ESO, although I'm sure I'll still be popping in now and again! And there is of course the Morrowind expansion in June. ;)
 
Come back for the Morrowind expansion in June?
The game has changed loads over the past year so it should all be new and exciting..
 
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