Grouping for Veteran Dolmens=Exercise in futility

born2beagator

In vet 3 rivenspire right now and I've been waiting for 20 minutes at one Dolmen and no one has shown up.

Guess its a sign of how deserted veteran areas are. They have to up the reward of these areas or everyone is just going to keep skipping it.

Old_Issan

I either go to Craglorn or straight to PvP. How anyone can expect me to play there for 9k xp when i need 2.5 millions is beyond me.

Hilgara

I keep an eye on the chat. Theres often someone grouping for dolmens or public dungeons. Its always worth trying to form a group in chat yourself in chat and if you're lucky your group often goes on to clear all the dolmens in the area.

PBpsy

Are you actively searching for people in the zone chat? For some dolmens it wasn't easy to find a group without searching even in the first month.

Nox_Aeterna

I usually wait also , but that is because i dont mind to just AFK doing something else till people appear.

Honestly , the best way to do anchors,world bosses and the public group dungeon is in one go in my opinion , form a group for everything in a zone , kill all targets and then you can quest at your pace.

Justiciar

There were usually only a few who wanted to group for them. I ended up coming back at vr12 and soloing the ones I missed

born2beagator

Issan wrote: »

I either go to Craglorn or straight to PvP. How anyone can expect me to play there for 9k xp when i need 2.5 millions is beyond me.

Well considering that I haven't played the daggerfall covenant yet and they are new quests for me, I'm in it for more than just the reward and xp. I just said they need to up reward because many imo aren't like me, questing isn't enough, they need the reward and xp to go with it.

Thats why they are in craglorn

Arsenic_Touch

They should've designed them to scale. They have the technology, they're adapting it into dungeons scaling to that of the group leader's level. If you're alone, mobs should scale to your level, if there are more people the amount of mobs increase along with health and damage or even mob types.

They can't be happy with dolmens, they are trivial in active zones and impossible in empty zones. When and if they're ever going to address the issue is anyone's guess at this point though.

born2beagator

I don't think they should scale to the leader's level, then the underleveled could have an issue. I think dolmens scaling based on number of people would be better

Arsenic_Touch

I didn't say dolmens should scale to the leader's level. Besides, it wouldn't be possible because it's not instanced.

stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO

I managed to find two other people in Stonefalls the other day to do a dolmen. We thought "here goes nothing" and attacked, but as it turned out, we cleared it on three with only a couple of deaths each. It was uncharacteristically easy for VR content. Then, on my way back to town, I ran into a pack of three spiders and died in seconds.

VR difficulty is... disturbingly inconsistent.

Nox_Aeterna

stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO wrote: »

I managed to find two other people in Stonefalls the other day to do a dolmen. We thought "here goes nothing" and attacked, but as it turned out, we cleared it on three with only a couple of deaths each. It was uncharacteristically easy for VR content. Then, on my way back to town, I ran into a pack of three spiders and died in seconds.

VR difficulty is... disturbingly inconsistent.

There anchors that are not even that hard to solo even , but if there are harvesters or storm astro , you better be ready to die if you dont have a huge group.

I agree with you , they clearly did not hand balanced the VR content , they are just messing up with some slider that goes for all NPCs at once.

born2beagator

I've gotten a few dolmens that dropped two stromies at a time. a loooootttt of people died

crislevin

a group with a temp healer has 200% more survivability.

Nox_Aeterna

crislevin wrote: »

a group with a temp healer has 200% more survivability.

Yes and 500% less dps.

Reason they call sorcs to do the job , you dont need the 200% extra survivability to beat the content.

crislevin

Nox_Aeterna wrote: »

crislevin wrote: »

a group with a temp healer has 200% more survivability.

Yes and 500% less dps.

Reason they call sorcs to do the job , you dont need the 200% extra survivability to beat the content.

not sure what you are suggesting, this is not 4-man dungeon, there is no limit on number of players.

add a temp, storm atronach will not kill near as many players.

even in 4-man dungeon, every groups asks for a healer, grab 4 dps sorc will do worse than 3 with a healer.

Armianlee

I generally just send out requests in /zone. Generally get a group together (heading to the dolmen) within 5 mins. Then you try and keep a few of those guys and move on to the next. Most days I can get a roving group to do all the dolmens and delves no problem.

(VR8 now)

p_tsakirisb16_ESO

born2beagator wrote: »

In vet 3 rivenspire right now and I've been waiting for 20 minutes at one Dolmen and no one has shown up.

Guess its a sign of how deserted veteran areas are. They have to up the reward of these areas or everyone is just going to keep skipping it.

If you are a DK, and you cannot solo Vet 3 anchor, then you do something wrong with your build. I have see many V7 DKs solo V7 and V8 Dolmens.

The other 3 classes are excused.

Best advice is what I do. You call people for all Dolmens & all Bosses.
If people ask you for next area, you say yes.

Believe me you will find the 5-6 people needed to clear them, if you show dedication to go the extra mile.

I do that all the time, and cleared the areas straight in DC (V6, 7, 8, 10) in two nights.

Tomorrow I will gather the chaps we played with the last two night, and going to sort out V9 area, along with the public grp dungeon nearby. (as always).
(and going to hit V9 also). After that the main line quests, maybe something on the side, and pop V10. I am not the sort of person that goes to grinding fests.

It does take an hour to make a grp, but you will find that there are many people willing do so. Just wait.

born2beagator

I'm a nightblade. A stamina build nightblade.

So yeah. I think me trying to solo would be pretty funny to watch

Sihnfahl

born2beagator wrote: »

So yeah. I think me trying to solo would be pretty funny to watch

"Running around the dolmen, pockets full of potions; dodging, dodging, when will he fall down?"