Does anyone else find the Priory of the Nine quest line annoying? (possible spoilers)

[slagathor]

Okay, before you can even gain access to the area of the priory you need to find to advance the quest, you have to locate and pray at all of the wayshrines. Fine, except they don't leave markers on your map after they've been discovered, and you have to repeat that process again to finish obtaining all of the artifacts.

I'm all for grinding my toon up in levels and all, but wandering the wilderness with nothing but a vague map to go by (multiple times) is nothing short of a ♥♥♥♥ move by the nice folks that cooked-up that quest line.

I think it's time for my toon to advance any other quest line for a while with the exception of the dark brotherhood or Thieves Guild (advancing those two quest lines would have you going in non-stop circles around Tamriel atoning for your actions or being punished by not being able to use any of the artifacts).

[psychotron666]

Quest markers were the death of RPGs, and oblivion was one of the ones leading the charge with quest markers.

The op is the seed planted by oblivion 20 years later.

[Sgt. Flaw]

It's really not that hard to make your own marker

[slagathor]

Originally posted by psychotron666:

Quest markers were the death of RPGs, and oblivion was one of the ones leading the charge with quest markers.

The op is the seed planted by oblivion 20 years later.

The first time I'm trying to locate something, I don't mind searching, but after you've discovered a place once, it should be on your map.

[slagathor]

Originally posted by Sgt. Flaw:

It's really not that hard to make your own marker

Yes, but you get one player input map marker, and there are nine wayshrines.

[Echsrick]

i hit all the shrines exchept the akatosh one near anvil before starting the quest, got the quest to go to the shrines, went to the akatosh one first and quest completed after just the akatosh one and then told to get the armor, so as long you were hitting the shrines during other game play you kind of completed it most of it that way

[milehigh026]

There's multiple of each shrine across the map. So they are easy to come across. The map that is given at the start of the quest just shows you one of the multiple shrines of each divine.

Every time that I have done this quest line, I just have it going in the background while I'm doing other things. As you are out exploring and doing other quests you will come across all of the shrines naturally.

This is one of the few quests that doesn't have a map marker showing you exactly where to go....and it's refreshing. Don't always need someone to hold your hand and tell you exactly what to do.

[Daqhegh]

I was able to progress the DLC easily enough. However the end speech was really badly borked for some reason.

https://youtu.be/dc9RdJ16d3k?si=FnrccT0VkOkp8VXM

[Sgt. Flaw]

Originally posted by slagathor:

Originally posted by Sgt. Flaw:

It's really not that hard to make your own marker

Yes, but you get one player input map marker, and there are nine wayshrines.

Lol

[Majora]

The Wayshrines can be annoying, but there's multiple of them for the various gods all across Cyrodiil. You will bump into them naturally. The map given to you in the questline is more useful for finding the couple that you've missed.

If you start out doing the Chorrol and Skingrad quests (a fairly natural progression) you will probably tick off at least half the shrines just as you explore the countryside. Embarking on the Knights of the Nine quest straight out the gate isn't really the intended path.

[Redwood]

It is fun walking through the wilderness looking for shrines. Nothing annoying.

[Ammikaameri]

Originally posted by slagathor:

and you have to repeat that process again to finish obtaining all of the artifacts.

You only need to repeat the process if you do anything that gains you infamy so that is your own fault.

We need more quests like these and less map markers.
The only annoying part is the bug filled final quest.

[slagathor]

Originally posted by Ammikaameri:

Originally posted by slagathor:

and you have to repeat that process again to finish obtaining all of the artifacts.

You only need to repeat the process if you do anything that gains you infamy so that is your own fault.

We need more quests like these and less map markers.
The only annoying part is the bug filled final quest.

My infamy score is zero, yet it says I have to repeat the pilgrimage to the nine wayshrines before I can use any of the artifacts I've gathered. I have one artifact left to acquire, and it requires wearing one of the armor pieces to do it.

[slagathor]

One other thing. Is the five piint hit to my endurance I took to get the gauntlets permanent, or do I get those points back upon completion of the quest line?

A permanent attribute loss to complete a quest is a jerk move if you ask me.

[Ammikaameri]

Originally posted by slagathor:

One other thing. Is the five piint hit to my endurance I took to get the gauntlets permanent, or do I get those points back upon completion of the quest line?

A permanent attribute loss to complete a quest is a jerk move if you ask me.

The worst part is you also lose fatigue all the time (a bit less than the regen, so it still goes up). But yes once you complete the quest line it gets removed.

[Orim]

It's called patience, humility and sacrifice- questing as a knight.....