MirandaSharp wrote: »

I love doing the daily random, but the only choice I get is between random normal or random vet. Fine, most vet dungeons are a walk in the park, except for the DLC vet dungeons where you have to know every tiny detail of the mechanics. There are a few DLC vet dungeons where I know every mechanic there is(because I farmed sets there), but in general DLC vet are not just something you can jump into for a daily, no matter how good you are(ok, there may be exceptions). As a tank I end up with generally clueless pugs hoping to finish a "vet" dungeon, not knowing it's a DLC vet dungeon(oh, god please help!)... Can we please separate random normal, random vet, and random DLC vet??

Yeah, I think they should make them separate too.

Under the current system: all the random daily does is put a lot of people who aren't actually interested in doing Veteran DLC dungeons into Veteran DLC dungeons - which helps no one. It doesn't even help the players who are actually wanting to do them. Because what usually happens is the group gets populated without a lot of players who don't want to be there in the first place: so they are more likely drop the second something goes wrong. That or they just drop right at the beginning (which is also common).

It also makes sense from a design perspective: since the difficulty shifts between the two are dramatic. Builds that are effective in the regular Veteran Dungeons may not be in the DLC content. So it's not just about the more complicated mechanics. It's just the plain fact it's harder content. Enemies do way more damage are are more difficult to kill.

If they had a third option for random DLC - with a better reward - I think that would improve the system.

ForeverJenn wrote: »

[With dps that low, I'm led to believe they aren't even playing. That's why I'm asking HOW is dps that low and suggesting they're bots.

I've only seen bots in overland farming materials, on rare cases I see them in public dungeons. I've never seen bots in group dungeons. I don't think it's possible to do less than 3-4k dps on single target as a DD if you search about how to do dps in ESO. Only a very clueless person can go that low, or someone with physical problems or it could even be someone looking to get carried. This stuff is to be expected in normal content, because someone starting out the DD role might not know that in-game support/tutorial for learning how to do proper dps is practically non-existent. They might not realize that they have to refer to outside sources to learn how to do dps in this game.

I've been playing this game for 3 years now and I spent the first 1.5 years tanking, I loved it. But then I wanted to try the DD role so I made a magSorc and a stamblade DD. By this time I was already close to max CP, but my dps was pretty disappointing (according to combat metrics addon most of the time my dps was around ~20% group dps, don't remember exact numbers but it was real bad. I remember how ashamed I was). I tried out a lot of different sets and skills but it didn't improve that much. Then I talked to some experienced DDs in my social guild (I was so ready to go back and stick with the tank role), they gave me a lot of advice. Only then I realized I need to refer to outside sources in order to understand how dps and combat mechanics work in this game (not stuff like basic combat maneuvers like block, dodge but stuff like how your stats affect your dmg and how to optimize your own rotation, I hadn't even heard about light attack weaving before). I've been playing for almost 2 years and was max CP when I finally learned how to be a proper DD. Now my dps is pretty good.

novemberhhh wrote: »

But yea my tank also pulls about 4k dps (mostly from lightning blockade and alkosh procs), so dps roles expecting a vet hardmode trial tank (whose primary job is to hold aggro/stack adds/buff group/debuff 100-300 million hp bosses) to dps carry them isnt really realistic in eso...

100% agree on this. @ForeverJenn If you want keep pugging dungeons as a tank in normal content, there's no way you can avoid running into abysmal dps groups. So I suggest you keep 2 different setups on your tank. 1 setup is the true tank setup (whatever you are currently running). The other setup is a dps-tank hyrbid setup. You can switch between the two setups according the performance of the random groups you encounter (Dressing Room addon will allow you swap setups with the single click of a button). Easiest way to do a dps-hybrid setup is to use proc sets, so you don't need DD skills.
Here's a setup I used a long time ago (should still work nice, a bit better even, now that proc chances are removed from most sets)

• Infernal Guardian monster set
• Thunderbug's Carapace set
• Storm Knight's Plate

Base game monster set and two heavy armor (so you will still be quite tanky) overland sets, should be super easy / cheap to get.

Make sure to have your blue CPs adjusted for elemental damage, spell penetration and direct damage attacks. You won't have to worry about other DPS stats (like crits and weapon/spell dmg) as proc sets aren't affected by them. All you need to do is to stack the mobs and use a dmg shield ability. (especially chain in the ranged ones, you don't wanna watch your flaming mortar shells launching at one lone archer in the distance). Then just watch your proc sets do the dmg for you. It's a pretty fun way to tank.

Danksta wrote: »

I never knew the servers were once one. Must've been split before console release.

They never were one.

In fact, at PC launch the NA and EU servers were each accessed from a separate game client, so if you wanted to play on both you had to install the game twice. Eventually alterations were made so you could access both servers from one game client as is the case today.

So, I ended up buying this from my free monthly Crown reserves (so no loss). It actually looked good on one of my characters. However, as soon as you run, the crotch flap kinetics kick in and the damn thing starts flipping up in the air and slapping you in the face. Seriously ZOS?

@ZOS_GinaBruno

The OP is correct. If someone is trying to do dragons right now the likely chance is that there will be few to no people there working on them. Folks have moved on. But if you need to do them on an alt, or if someone is new to the game, its extremely time consuming to try and get a group together.

Heck, ONE DAY after this last event, my GF and I went to solitude to do dailies. Got to the Harrowstorm...no one there. We started working it thinking more would show...nothing, we had to abandon it because we could not complete the harrowstorm with the two of us. This is CURRENT content and just ONE day after the end of the event and that zone went from being busy with people everywhere to nothing, I mean nothing. Even farming was easy, no one out there farming.

I commented to my GF that I don't think the games population on PCNA is as healthy as we are expected to believe, I even wonder how many during the event were bots. It was utterly dismal.

Ohh, this was between 12:00pm central and 4:00pm central.

volkeswagon wrote: »

You need to make sure something is obvious and not just your interpretation. You'd hate to report someone because of a misinterpretation. I just ignore stuff like that because there is no dirty emotes in the game, only emotes used in creative ways to cause someone to imagine a similar in real life action that would be considered dirty. But that's just me. Laugh first, be offended second. If you feel wierd then whisper to them "stop because it looks like you're (doing whatever)." Then what they do or say after that will determine whether you need to report them.

I keep saying it wasn't an emote. He did a quick activity that made it so he ended up standing instead of kneeling, as I leaned over to bite him. It doesn't get more obvious than that.

I couldn't stop the animation of biting him or I would have. And how am I supposed to tell him don't do it again when a bite is a once a week thing, and I would never be in that situation with him again?

I should have reported it and if it ever would happen again I will. Then Zenimax can decide if they are guilty or not.

Thormar wrote: »

This is kind of a thing with some people right now. Someone posted a screenshot of them giving a bite, it was a few hours ago (thought it was on our subreddit, but it seems I must have seen the SS on discord). S/he was on their knees and the other toon was .... standing. If you get a request for a bite beware you might be giving more than a bite.

So this is a thing that others have done too and deliberately.

Bolster Darkness cost 200 ultimate for a whopping 10% damage reduction.
Block cost less and mitigates more damage this, a major buff.

By decreasing certain buffs and debuffs, certain skills and ultimate will be rendered usless.

No one is going to spend 200 ultimate for 10 damage reduction.

Bolstering Darkness needs a rework as well as the other ultis whose buffs and debuffs were severely decreased.

Nightblade now has no significant ulti for tank role, nor does Warden, nor Templar