Weekly Maelstrom Arena Changes

Sharmony

Hey all,

So can we have a dev confirm now that the golden jewelry that was once available from maelstrom weekly is now removed entirely? If this is so, why was this done? This seems yet another poor decision hastily made and I believe many, although wanting their maelstrom weapons would at least like to see the golden jewelry still drop - I for one was really hoping to get my golden Winterborn... As there is simply no other way to get these items in game (It is of course not like the armor OR the maelstrom weapons which can simply be dropped and upgraded), how is ZOS planning on rectifying this?

Sharmony

@ZOS_GinaBruno, any chance of a response to this one please?

TotterTates

@Seiffer any chance you know the answer to this one?

Sharmony

TotterTates wrote: »

@Seiffer any chance you know the answer to this one?

Would be good to get some answers from someone or anyone

tist

I received a golden ring.. forget which one off hand but it was for a stamina set.

Ezareth

tist wrote: »

I received a golden ring.. forget which one off hand but it was for a stamina set.

@tist When? Weren't rewards last handed out before the latest patch?

Sharmony

Ezareth wrote: »

tist wrote: »

I received a golden ring.. forget which one off hand but it was for a stamina set.

@tist When? Weren't rewards last handed out before the latest patch?

They were, as far as we know now the rings are no longer obtainable... which is kind of for use of a better word, stupid?

tist

I think 2 -3 days ago. I play on console so it's possible it has not been patched yet.

Sharmony

tist wrote: »

I think 2 -3 days ago. I play on console so it's possible it has not been patched yet.

Ahh ok, it just got patched on PC and according to the patch notes looks like it will no longer be obtainable... which really, really sucks

Vezuls

TBH, is this really bad? You're a respected ESO player/youtuber, so you have to know those sets are not BiS? I fail to see the issue. A guaranteed Maelstrom Item is MUCH better. Can't wait til console gets it.

Sharmony

Vezuls wrote: »

TBH, is this really bad? You're a respected ESO player/youtuber, so you have to know those sets are not BiS? I fail to see the issue. A guaranteed Maelstrom Item is MUCH better. Can't wait til console gets it.

BiS? It is if you want to run a very particularly good PvP build with a frost staff, my friends have said the snares been wrecking people in group play. I know it may not be BiS for PvE but I was really excited to go PvP with the set, particularly with the stat gains of golden jewelry. I know it's not the end of the world here, I just want an explanation from ZoS, as they've made now what seems a 'limited time only' set of golden rings to those players who were lucky enough to get them. When you can run it again and again for maelstrom weapons and upgrade them to gold, you simply can't for golden jewelry...

Also, I'm just a humble Youtuber maybe people will find my stuff funny or helpful some day.

Vezuls

I enjoy your content, but I admit I was not factoring in PvP into the equation. I think if they included them in the PvP awards that would be kind of cool. Get the weapons from the arena weekly (let's be honest, that's what most people want), and then gold jewelry from PvP

Kyoma

I'd prefer the (chance at) golden jewelry over guarenteed maelstrom weapons from weekly simply because if I truly need a maelstrom weapon I'd be doing (atleast) a bunch of runs and take my chances with the final chest each time. Relying on weekly to just happen to get the right weapon with the right trait isn't very efficient and if people really want a certain weapon they should be doing Maelstrom more, not get this 100% chance at some maelstrom weapon. In fact, I'd prefer to have an increased chance at jewelry over anything else, weapons or armor.

Sharmony

Kyoma wrote: »

I'd prefer the (chance at) golden jewelry over guarenteed maelstrom weapons from weekly simply because if I truly need a maelstrom weapon I'd be doing (atleast) a bunch of runs and take my chances with the final chest each time. Relying on weekly to just happen to get the right weapon with the right trait isn't very efficient and if people really want a certain weapon they should be doing Maelstrom more, not get this 100% chance at some maelstrom weapon. In fact, I'd prefer to have an increased chance at jewelry over anything else, weapons or armor.

Well, seemingly no dev's want to respond to this yet...

MrDerrikk

Maybe they'll make it so that both Maelstrom weapons and a golden set piece drop? As they're all BoP anyway it'd be a slap in the face for anyone wanting the gold jewelry sets...

Sharmony

MrDerrikk wrote: »

Maybe they'll make it so that both Maelstrom weapons and a golden set piece drop? As they're all BoP anyway it'd be a slap in the face for anyone wanting the gold jewelry sets...

Well, it'd be nice with Maelstrom weapons and golden jewelry, spare the armor that you can simply upgrade (which did comprise and dilute a lot of the previous loot table). As for Maelstrom weapons, as much as I still need them, I can see myself completing what I personally need within the next week or two, and I've only run it 7 times to date (6 weekly rewards), and then I'd just prefer jewelry to drop!

Ezareth

Sharmony wrote: »

MrDerrikk wrote: »

Maybe they'll make it so that both Maelstrom weapons and a golden set piece drop? As they're all BoP anyway it'd be a slap in the face for anyone wanting the gold jewelry sets...

Well, it'd be nice with Maelstrom weapons and golden jewelry, spare the armor that you can simply upgrade (which did comprise and dilute a lot of the previous loot table). As for Maelstrom weapons, as much as I still need them, I can see myself completing what I personally need within the next week or two, and I've only run it 7 times to date (6 weekly rewards), and then I'd just prefer jewelry to drop!

Yeah Maelstrom Jewelry really needs to drop from the weekly rewards. I've already gotten several of almost all weapons, duplicates of the same trait on the same weapon. I haven't even completed a single set of jewelry in any set other than Hunt Leader and that is with 1 Robust, 1 Arcane, and 1 Healthy which is hardly optimal.

Sharmony

Ezareth wrote: »

Sharmony wrote: »

MrDerrikk wrote: »

Maybe they'll make it so that both Maelstrom weapons and a golden set piece drop? As they're all BoP anyway it'd be a slap in the face for anyone wanting the gold jewelry sets...

Well, it'd be nice with Maelstrom weapons and golden jewelry, spare the armor that you can simply upgrade (which did comprise and dilute a lot of the previous loot table). As for Maelstrom weapons, as much as I still need them, I can see myself completing what I personally need within the next week or two, and I've only run it 7 times to date (6 weekly rewards), and then I'd just prefer jewelry to drop!

Yeah Maelstrom Jewelry really needs to drop from the weekly rewards. I've already gotten several of almost all weapons, duplicates of the same trait on the same weapon. I haven't even completed a single set of jewelry in any set other than Hunt Leader and that is with 1 Robust, 1 Arcane, and 1 Healthy which is hardly optimal.

I haven't even got all the maelstrom weapons yet, but am sure that I will get them shortly, I just seem to get really lucky with Resto staffs (have 4 already, 3 defending!!!). I just hope @ZOS_GinaBruno or @Seiffer will respond soon with something, even if it's not positive with some explanations...

Sharmony

Is there any function to summon even a community ambassador to give a response? It just makes me wonder why I even bother asking a question.

Sharmony

* Bump * Still would love an answer.

Sharmony

Update on another thread:

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

OGLezard wrote: »

So I have not had a single friend get a piece of jewelry(amulet/rings) from the last reward for leader boards......does this mean we no longer get legendary amulets or rings now that weapons are a 100% drop?

That's correct. When we made the change to allow weapons to drop 100% of the time, we removed the chance for gold jewelry to drop (apologies for missing that detail in the patch notes). That said, we will be reintroducing a way to earn gold jewelry in the Thieves Guild DLC so you will still be able to earn it in a different way.

Atleast we'll get a chance again, but a 2month wait is still a little too long given how useless maelstrom weekly rewards will soon become to most.