Is my gear sufficient for the easiest trials?

celer83 · 01:24

Good evening,

after having played ESO like a single-player RPG so far, I`ve recently ran some group dungeons and would now like to try one of the easiest trials in ESO. According to the information I found so far on the internet those seem to be Cloudrest / Aetherian Archive / Hel Ra Citadel / Sanctum Ophidia - please correct me if this is wrong.

I have crafted a gearset for tank (Fortified Brass / Torug's Pact) as well as DD (Night Mother's Gaze / Hunding's Rage) and enchanted them as described in those guides. ( https://alcasthq.com/eso-stamina-dragonknight-tank-build-pve/#content4 / https://alcasthq.com/eso-stamina-dragonknight-2h-build-pve/#content4 )

Because I don't want to be carried, I`d need to know if my gear is good enough for the easiest trials? The DD-set is epic with epic enchantments - half of the tank-sets armor is legendary and the other half epic - all with epic enchantments.
I am currently at 660CP and have all the necessary skills for the builds.

I would really appreciate your advice.
Merry Christmas!

Greetings
celer

CP5 · 01:38

I would remove Cloudrest from that list, it came out a bit later and is more demanding in the fights, though I remember being there once with a random group on normal. It was chaos, but we still cleared, so while it is doable, Aetherian Archive, Hel Ra, and Sanctum Ophidia are probably the best bets. As for sets, normally major breach is commonly sourced, though depending on the group that could be missing, but you could probably focus on using hundings over night mother's if anything, the other defensive set should easily help you stay alive.

I'll say from my own time getting into trials, it mostly comes down to being aware of the fight around you and being ready to respond, not so much pulling high numbers. Go into it focusing on staying alive, getting the feel of how trial content differs from what you're used to, and as you get familiar with the fights focus more on the damage. That isn't to say don't do damage, but if I was leading a group and got random players to fill it, with the expectation that some would be low level and new, I would much prefer someone who is alive but doing low damage than someone who is dead, and the more time you spend up the more comfortable you'll get with the content. But yeah, focus on trying those three base game trials first to get a feel for the content, and you should be off to a good start.

Soarora · 03:08

So, most good gear comes from trials and dungeons. But the good thing is that normal trials and dungeons are not very hard. The difficulty jump comes from PuGs of normals wanting to speedrun for gear collection, so if you want to get into trials I’d suggest starting out in a training guild that’ll teach you normal trials as if its veteran or go ahead and do normal content to get better gear then join a veteran trial guild and join teaching runs there.

Whatever path you choose, just remember, if anyone makes fun of you or is otherwise mean… we have all probably been in those shoes but we kept going. You will succeed as long as you’re prepared to improve. Those people tend to be confidently incorrect anyways.

Vonnegut2506 · 03:42

Do you have gear in each slot? If so, you are good to go for the easiest trials. If you don't have gear in every slot, you're probably still good for some of them.

Amottica · 04:11

Some on that list are extremely easy, like AA. I would also suggest taking the time to find a good active casual guild that regularly runs raids. The experience will be much better than plugging it if the guild is truly running raids often. Start with normal trials and expect to be a DD and have to put your time in to get a chance for experience as a tank.

As for DD gear, it is more about what you can do with it than about the gear. Equipping the best gear in the game does not equate to performing the best damage.

As for the tanking gear, it is fine but the group you raid with may prefer specific sets.

Please forgive my vagueness but there is big transition from running around solo and raiding with a 12 man group. That casual raiding guild will help you develop as a player and this will include advice and help with gear. I suggest taking it all in as it is a fun experience and will also enhance your questions experience.

Have fun with it.

meekmiko · 04:37

As long as you're in a group who knows what they're doing you can literally wear nothing, with the exception of a weapon of course, in the Normal Craglorn Trials. I've participated in Naked Trial runs with some of my guilds in the past, lawl!

Meaning you can wear what you want when it comes to the easiest stuff.

freespirit · 11:52

You can absolutely do Craglorn trials in very basic gear.

Many guilds run these trials to help newer players, one thing to note, if you are on PC and run them with a guild they may well ask you to use Discord for voice coms, not necessarily to speak but just to listen to any mechanics etc.

I would not recommend using group finder for your first trials experience!!

sleepy_worm · 12:11

Your tank gear is fine and your DD gear is meh but don't go broke changing it. Alcast is awful, but don't overthink it. You are probably good to go and can fine tune your builds as you get more experience.

(You can run normal trials naked and still contribute. Not that I suggest doing this, but it's possible.)