Guide: How the Hollowjack fight actually works

spartaxoxo · October 28

Rowjoh wrote: »

When the main purpose of collecting and spending tickets is? enriching you character and improving power, strength, sustain and survivability ...cosmetics! and pets! you know the game is floundering.

You want gear to be fomo? Like "Oh sorry you didn't get the pumpkin arena weapon from Hollowjack, fingers crossed they bring it back again next year? Until then, you can't get this power improving weapon?"

ApoAlaia · October 28

spartaxoxo wrote: »

Rowjoh wrote: »

When the main purpose of collecting and spending tickets is? enriching you character and improving power, strength, sustain and survivability ...cosmetics! and pets! you know the game is floundering.

You want gear to be fomo? Like "Oh sorry you didn't get the pumpkin arena weapon from Hollowjack, fingers crossed they bring it back again next year? Until then, you can't get this power improving weapon?"

The saddest part is, it still wouldn't matter.

Horizontal Progression Only is the mantra ESO has lived and died by since U35 therefore this 'power improving weapon' would basically be 'like any other weapon, but this time the proc is bright purple'.

barney2525 · October 28

My tactic is to buy the Boss 10 pizzas. By the time he is done eating, he's too sleepy to fight, and takes a nap.

Just pick up golden skull and tip toe out.

Calastir · October 28

How the Hollowjack fight actually works? It doesn't.

Just pray that enough players remain or respawn before the thing simply resets itself.

Arizona_Steve · October 28

It really sucks for magicka toons too. Even using tri-stat potions and bewitched sugar skulls I cannot maintain stealth as the stamina drain is too much.

Caligamy_ESO · October 28

Calastir wrote: »

How the Hollowjack fight actually works? It doesn't.

Just pray that enough players remain or respawn before the thing simply resets itself.

This is user error ^

The fight works exactly like its intended to work people just don't pay attention to their stamina and the mechanic during the sneak phase.

tincanman · October 28

Thanks for guide, although we had already worked it out.

Getting steamrolled and rezzing means you are not in stealth so pretty much get auto-wrecked once the rez cooldown is over during the crow/crouch phase.

Can't say I find it fun. Endured it once to see, done it a couple of times more for others.

But happy others are having fun with it.

Calastir · October 28

Caligamy_ESO wrote: »

This is user error ^

The only error this user made is sticking around grinding against a cheating engine, hoping for better content.

Rowjoh · October 28

AnduinTryggva wrote: »

Rowjoh wrote: »

Don't really see the point of these time consuming boss fights.

The rewards are miserable and you can get tickets and gold/purple skulls in a fraction of the time soloing a large variety of other content.

Actually I like this boss. Its mechanic is fun. And its "mood" is pretty "halloweeny" and pretty scary unlike other stuff.

About the rewards: Conceded: The golden skulls are a bit of a letdown.

There's no defining personal taste for sure, but 'scary' would very much depend on age, so maybe the boss would have a PG rating if it were a scene or trailer from a Disney film I suppose.

code65536 · October 28

Arizona_Steve wrote: »

It really sucks for magicka toons too. Even using tri-stat potions and bewitched sugar skulls I cannot maintain stealth as the stamina drain is too much.

I've done this only on magicka toons, and it's pretty rough when the group is large. But when there are only 3 people in the group (the largest group size to still get single crows), it's trivially easy, even on mag.

(See post #15 for why small groups are easier.)

Finedaible · October 29

Stormweaver's Cavort mythic actually works for the sneak phase. Edit: I think it starts draining after a enough crows are grounded though, or it was changed.

Also got two Ruby Candlefly Gatherings drop from Hollowjack directly. No bust yet though.

LukosCreyden · October 29

Rowjoh wrote: »

Caligamy_ESO wrote: »

Rowjoh wrote: »

Don't really see the point of these time consuming boss fights.

The rewards are miserable and you can get tickets and gold/purple skulls in a fraction of the time soloing a large variety of other content.

Probably this:

Seriously? The cosmetics are truly awful, and everyone except new players have all the Dremora motifs 10 times over, which can be bought from every guild trader for peanuts anyway, saving the complete waste of time it takes to grind for them.

When the main purpose of collecting and spending tickets is? enriching you character and improving power, strength, sustain and survivability ...cosmetics! and pets! you know the game is floundering.

Thank goodness event tickets do not buy gear, that would be awful. What this game needs is more earnable cosmetics that aren't tied to the crown store.

Rowjoh · November 1

LukosCreyden wrote: »

Rowjoh wrote: »

Caligamy_ESO wrote: »

Rowjoh wrote: »

Don't really see the point of these time consuming boss fights.

The rewards are miserable and you can get tickets and gold/purple skulls in a fraction of the time soloing a large variety of other content.

Probably this:

Seriously? The cosmetics are truly awful, and everyone except new players have all the Dremora motifs 10 times over, which can be bought from every guild trader for peanuts anyway, saving the complete waste of time it takes to grind for them.

When the main purpose of collecting and spending tickets is? enriching you character and improving power, strength, sustain and survivability ...cosmetics! and pets! you know the game is floundering.

Thank goodness event tickets do not buy gear, that would be awful. What this game needs is more earnable cosmetics that aren't tied to the crown store.

What the game needs is less focus on meaningless cosmetics, pointless cutie pets, and garish neon mounts, and a return to challenging and progressive content.

Taril · November 1

Rowjoh wrote: »

a return to challenging and progressive content.

Which makes money...

How exactly?

The relatively small number of players that actually care about this content having ESO+?

Does that amount of money cover all of the companies costs AND justify their continued investment to executives?

I don't disagree with the general notion that heavy focus on cosmetics isn't particularly enamouring. But that's what makes the big bucks and making big bucks is what allows the game to exist.