Embers and Motes of Enchantment

[Lobengulu]

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So in their wisdom SSG have downgraded the armour and jewellery from Skaarhald's resale value to motes of enchantment even although you still have to use embers to buy it. So a piece that costs 2500 embers disenchants to 400 motes or less, motes only buy you level 115 items while you need embers to buy level 120 and above. In my opinion that is a complete rip off. If you are going to disenchant items to motes then at least you should be able to buy it with motes.
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[Erionor]

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So in their wisdom SSG have downgraded the armour and jewellery from Skaarhald's resale value to motes of enchantment even although you still have to use embers to buy it. So a piece that costs 2500 embers disenchants to 400 motes or less, motes only buy you level 115 items while you need embers to buy level 120 and above. In my opinion that is a complete rip off. If you are going to disenchant items to motes then at least you should be able to buy it with motes.
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I don't think this is WAI. There have been so many errors with the motes/embers switchover, and some have been patched already. According to the original statement about this, all 120 gear should have been converted to motes, both for purchase and disenchantment.

SSG, can you take a good long look at all the motes/embers stuff and make sure it is correct? Thanks.

[Nostro44]

No action on this, they clearly don't care about people who don't want to play end game yet.

[SSG_RedPanda]

Which vendor is it?

[Lord.Funk]

Which vendor is it?

The vendor called "Adventurer's Quartermaster" in Skarhald in Ered Mithrin, that has for example still Essence Boxes/Coffers named "Standard Coffer Of Adventurer's Essences", "Marvelous Coffer Of Adventurer's Essences" and Fabulous Coffer Of Of Adventurer's Essences", costing like 1.500, 3.000 and 4.500 Embers. HOWEVER the essences in them are essence for the LvL 120 cap areas with only like Item level 378. They should now have been for motes and alot cheaper amounts in motes too. Only 1 of all those essence boxes is acctually the newer Essences with higer ili 405 named "Dust-Shrouded Edventurer's Essence Box" and it also costs Embers, 1.500 (as it should). Just the other 3 should now be for motes, as they are lower essences and not end-game essences anymore. So You get the new lowest tier green Essence for 1.500 Embers (as it should) but the older worse ones, for as much as up to 4.500 Embers. Clearly not the way it should be.

I took screenshots of it during weekend and was going to bug it but not had time to edit the image together so all are in one image upload it and explain it yet. However it has been mentioned in many posts the last 2 weeks, but nothing has been done about it. That is why I finally decided to take screenshots and try to bug it this week.

That is at least an error I know of, maybe OP has other errors ???

I think the Armour Coffers were acctually fixed on that vendor in Skarhald in a previous patch. They are now for 121-130 gear and cost embers as they should. The Motes Armour coffers are in Galtrev, but few know this and still think the Skarhald NPC has those coffers. I think it's only the 3 old essence boxes that need to have their price lowered and changed to Motes. However best You check through it to be sure in case something more is still wrong.

[Thurinuor]

The vendor called "Adventurer's Quartermaster" in Skarhald in Ered Mithrin, that has for example still Essence Boxes/Coffers named "Standard Coffer Of Adventurer's Essences", "Marvelous Coffer Of Adventurer's Essences" and Fabulous Coffer Of Of Adventurer's Essences", costing like 1.500, 3.000 and 4.500 Embers. HOWEVER the essences in them are essence for the LvL 120 cap areas with only like Item level 378. They should now have been for motes and alot cheaper amounts in motes too. Only 1 of all those essence boxes is acctually the newer Essences with higer ili 405 named "Dust-Shrouded Edventurer's Essence Box" and it also costs Embers, 1.500 (as it should). Just the other 3 should now be for motes, as they are lower essences and not end-game essences anymore. So You get the new lowest tier green Essence for 1.500 Embers (as it should) but the older worse ones, for as much as up to 4.500 Embers. Clearly not the way it should be.

I took screenshots of it during weekend and was going to bug it but not had time to edit the image together so all are in one image upload it and explain it yet. However it has been mentioned in many posts the last 2 weeks, but nothing has been done about it. That is why I finally decided to take screenshots and try to bug it this week.

That is at least an error I know of, maybe OP has other errors ???

I think the Armour Coffers were acctually fixed on that vendor in Skarhald in a previous patch. They are now for 121-130 gear and cost embers as they should. The Motes Armour coffers are in Galtrev, but few know this and still think the Skarhald NPC has those coffers. I think it's only the 3 old essence boxes that need to have their price lowered and changed to Motes. However best You check through it to be sure in case something more is still wrong.

This is absolutely true. Please look into that. And there is another bug, which was confirmed by Silarwen 4 weeks ago. The german text on EVERY quest is still wrong. It shows "This is a repeatable quest you have NEVER done before." - and this text is shown on ALL quests in german client - it doesn't matter if you have already done the quest or not. Silarwen confirmed that both texts are the same and the bug should be fixed with Minas Morgul. But the problem still exists (can't find the thread right now).

[AZHuman]

The vendor called "Adventurer's Quartermaster" in Skarhald in Ered Mithrin, that has for example still Essence Boxes/Coffers named "Standard Coffer Of Adventurer's Essences", "Marvelous Coffer Of Adventurer's Essences" and Fabulous Coffer Of Of Adventurer's Essences", costing like 1.500, 3.000 and 4.500 Embers. HOWEVER the essences in them are essence for the LvL 120 cap areas with only like Item level 378. They should now have been for motes and alot cheaper amounts in motes too. Only 1 of all those essence boxes is acctually the newer Essences with higer ili 405 named "Dust-Shrouded Edventurer's Essence Box" and it also costs Embers, 1.500 (as it should). Just the other 3 should now be for motes, as they are lower essences and not end-game essences anymore. So You get the new lowest tier green Essence for 1.500 Embers (as it should) but the older worse ones, for as much as up to 4.500 Embers. Clearly not the way it should be.

I took screenshots of it during weekend and was going to bug it but not had time to edit the image together so all are in one image upload it and explain it yet. However it has been mentioned in many posts the last 2 weeks, but nothing has been done about it. That is why I finally decided to take screenshots and try to bug it this week.

That is at least an error I know of, maybe OP has other errors ???

I think the Armour Coffers were acctually fixed on that vendor in Skarhald in a previous patch. They are now for 121-130 gear and cost embers as they should. The Motes Armour coffers are in Galtrev, but few know this and still think the Skarhald NPC has those coffers. I think it's only the 3 old essence boxes that need to have their price lowered and changed to Motes. However best You check through it to be sure in case something more is still wrong.

Well explained and should have been fixed with this 11/26/19 patch.

[Woldo]

Well explained and should have been fixed with this 11/26/19 patch.

I also agree. My motes have been capped for a while. I can't disenchant the old gear bound to character that is piling up in my inventory.

[SSG_RedPanda]

We'll take a look at the quartermaster. Thanks.

regarding the German quest text not translating properly- I spoke to the team about it, it should have been fixed. If it's not please send a bug report so the team can look into it.

[Erionor]

We'll take a look at the quartermaster. Thanks.

Thanks for the response to this! When you do, please can you adjust the motes pricing to be more similar to the vendors in Mordor? There is no sense in having to grind thousands for pieces you will discard a few levels later.

[Thurinuor]

We'll take a look at the quartermaster. Thanks.

regarding the German quest text not translating properly- I spoke to the team about it, it should have been fixed. If it's not please send a bug report so the team can look into it.

Great news!

[Gorikon]

Also, if I get this right, the motes boxes (the ones you get in Galtrev) can be opened only by a character of max level 120. If you reach lvl 121 (easily doable in the Vales), this puts players who are lagging behind (who don't have embers yet) in a weird position:
- they can earn motes and purchase the lvl 120 motes boxes, but cannot open them anymore to get another piece of lvl 120 armor
- they cannot purchase the lvl 121 - 130 boxes, because you need embers for them

So, to make things fair, the motes boxes need to be openable by characters of every level. The content needs to be changed, so the maximum output is an item appropriate for a lvl 120 character.

[Lord.Funk]

We'll take a look at the quartermaster. Thanks.

regarding the German quest text not translating properly- I spoke to the team about it, it should have been fixed. If it's not please send a bug report so the team can look into it.

You're welcome and Thank You !!!

[Thurinuor]

regarding the German quest text not translating properly- I spoke to the team about it, it should have been fixed. If it's not please send a bug report so the team can look into it.

Yes, it has been fixed. Thank you! <3