"+1 +2". People are saying this at the Cloudrest. What does it mean?

AvalonRanger

"+1,+2". People are saying this at the Cloudrest. What does it mean?

loosej

Cloudrest has 3 side bosses and 1 main boss.

CR+0 means you take down the side bosses first before doing the main boss.

CR+1 means you take down 2 side bosses first, and the third will join the main boss during the last fight.

CR+2 means you take down 1 side boss first, and the other two will join the main boss during the last fight.

CR+3 means going straight for the main boss and doing them all at once.

allochthons

Cloudrest has 4 arenas. 3 side bosses (Relequen, Siroria, Galenwe.) If you skip those, the side bosses join the main fight, and it gets harder.
So skipping one and having them appear in the middle with the main boss is a +1. Skipping all three is a +3.

How many bosses you have in the center affects what gear drops as well.
Copy/pasted from UESP, let's hope it works:

Difficulty Fragments Loot drops
normal+0 0 one weapon per player
normal+1 0 one weapon and one body piece
normal+2 0 one weapon, one body piece, and one blue jewelry piece
normal+3 1 one weapon, one body piece, and one purple jewelry piece
veteran+0 2 one perfected weapon
veteran+1 4 one perfected weapon and one perfected body piece
veteran+2 6 one perfected weapon, one perfected body piece, and one purple perfected jewelry piece
veteran+3 10 one perfected weapon, one perfected body piece, and one golden perfected jewelry piece

allochthons

The 'fragments' which are messing up that last table are "Welkynar Style Motif Fragments," which you combine to create the Welkynar style pages.