Who likes the Maelstrom Arena?

dem0n1k

I'm still in a love/hate relationship with VMA Finding it really hard with my crappy build but one day... one day I may love it unreservedly

Samuel_Bantien

I would like it, if the item lottery at the end would be more reliable (Maelstrom weapons inc).

Maelstrom Arena... IS MY LIFE.

Burning_Talons

Wish it wasn't a DPS race with with those stupud ceremonial mother &******

Chilla_Deluxe

Love it.

Samuel_Bantien wrote: »

Maelstrom Arena... IS MY LIFE.

I know right...xD

Samphaa

Love it.

I actually really enjoy it, it's the only challenging thing left in the game that you can just jump in and play, no organising teams or waiting for peopl

Spliffo

Love it.

Love it. If it wasn't for vMA I'd still be only pvping and would never have learnt how to pve. I now appreciate and enjoy both sides of the game. Questing blows though

Molag_Crow

Where's the "I hate it but I still do it." option?

haunted1994F

This is an MMO. Why do I have to solo for the best items? Really don't like this boring/frustrating arena.

ive completed vMA, with full effort and sweat and u know what was my reward in the final chest? FRUSTRATION!. never gana do this PoS again.

Memnock

I would like it, if the item lottery at the end would be more reliable (Maelstrom weapons inc).

I would do it , but every time i try to pump myself up to get on with it , i remind myself that the concept of luck does not exist for me and having to do it for a ridiculous amount of times to get something that i need like the staves , just gets me down.

I would run it like almost every day , if i would know that there is a reliable way to get what i want after i gather some sort of currency that would allow me to buy the item that i want from a NPC , or something like that.

danisonfire1994

This is an MMO. Why do I have to solo for the best items? Really don't like this boring/frustrating arena.

Its Frustrating, its Repetitive, its Boring, its very Unrewarding.

notimetocare

Love it.

Ayantir wrote: »

It's a MMO, Solo instances shouldn't exist.

Most MMOs offer some solo sontent that is challenging.

FloppyTouch

This is an MMO. Why do I have to solo for the best items? Really don't like this boring/frustrating arena.

I hate it so much and gave up on it but I know ppl that live the thing it's just not for me

RebornV3x

This is an MMO. Why do I have to solo for the best items? Really don't like this boring/frustrating arena.

its cool but why is there a solo arena in an MMO is beyond me I beat it once and was done.

nordsavage

This is an MMO. Why do I have to solo for the best items? Really don't like this boring/frustrating arena.

Closest option to my opinion I guess but half way to "Well, it's ok, but it's more like something you have to do to get those weapons."

I despise having to go in there. The effort is rarely worth the reward. You have to set up your class specifically to run it so you cannot be a tank or healer in there as it is a dps race. But what are you going to do it is the only way to get those best in slot weapons. Since the loot pool is watered down the difficulty should come down or the drop rate needs be 100% to match the amount of runs it actually takes to get the choice traits. Before you go saying L2P or anything like that I rank on the DK and Templar leaderboards and most certainly will on the NB's in time (I get close). I am not the best in there as I do not practice much but my times and scores improve by leaps and bounds each time.

RDMyers65b14_ESO

No option for disliking it?

TheHsN

Well, it's ok, but it's more like something you have to do to get those weapons.

60+ finished but only droped one useful item(sharpened BOW) others are trash... 1 hour i play it like brake my fingers and nothing after...and already IT IS SOLO getting bored tho...

They need to make useful items and and traits RATE 100 % more and more...

i got bored this game play for NOTHING...

Saint_Bud

Well, it's ok, but it's more like something you have to do to get those weapons.

Its an mmo and the best weapons are behind a solo Arena. I just have time for 1 weekly run in a week and I dont really understand it why I nearly always get a resto staff or a bow.

Tendrielle

This is an MMO. Why do I have to solo for the best items? Really don't like this boring/frustrating arena.

RDMyers65b14_ESO wrote: »

No option for disliking it?

The fourth option wouldn't do?

Neophyte

Anyone who says they enjoy this is talking right out their dinner dumper. Nobody likes grinding especially for the RNG drop rate. It's a good challenge and it shouldn't be nerfed, but what really ennoys me is when it is buggy and you get shafted by something which is out of your control

Also shouldn't have to do solo for the best weapons

GreenhaloX

I would like it, if the item lottery at the end would be more reliable (Maelstrom weapons inc).

Well, for normal, it's not hard anymore for me, after learning the mechanics, but no reason to keep going back to do normal because the drops are not that good. Yes, if Maelstrom level weapons, like the bow and greatsword, were also drops from completing normal, then yes, it would awesome to keep re-doing. I guess that's why those awesome weapons are only prizes in VMA, but even so, many are complaining about completing VMA so many times over and not getting those level weapons or gear. So, I don't think it is a matter of liking normal or VMA, I think it's more of a necessity, if your aim is to get those Maelstrom weapons or so.

Cuyler

Well, it's ok, but it's more like something you have to do to get those weapons.

I'm kinda a mix between option 3 & 4.

I don't really mind the premise or difficulty of the place. I realize there are some people who choose to play this MMO as solo, and why not give them 1 challenging endgame instance. I like the OPTION to do so.

However I am literally NEVER online alone soooooo, having to solo grind BiS weapons is just asinine while my friends are asking me to do stuff with them. You know cause MMO. BiS should not be gated behind this *** and ZOS has removed the OPTION to play as a group or solo for those looking to be competitive which is *** up.

Etaniel

Well, it's ok, but it's more like something you have to do to get those weapons.

Minute_Waltz wrote: »

Love it, especially when you get a higher score than your previous attempt, or if you rolled a new class and beat it for the first time after hours of trying.

I believe there are two types that hate vma.
1. Those who can't do it and get frustrated, or haven't even made an attempt
2. Those who can complete it with 2hr+ runs and did not enjoy the run due to alot of deaths (rng in the end may make it worse).

I've known people who complain about vma 24/7 previously and once they get on the weekly with 400k+ scores consistently they love it and look forward to get on the leaderboard each week.

I dislike vma and yet i complete it in ~1h40. It's a frustrating grind, with no reward guarantee. And way too long for a solo activity imo. Couldn't be bothered to do it more than once a week when I still played, just to get on the weekly leaderboard.

Derra

Well, it's ok, but it's more like something you have to do to get those weapons.

Instead of dropping weapons they should drop the enchantments.

That would end the lottery bc ppl could choose the trait of their liking and an added bonus would be the ability to choose weapon styles again.

Preyfar

Well, it's ok, but it's more like something you have to do to get those weapons.

Derra wrote: »

Instead of dropping weapons they should drop the enchantments.

That would end the lottery bc ppl could choose the trait of their liking and an added bonus would be the ability to choose weapon styles again.

Y'know, I quite like that idea.

Defilted

Love it.

It is difficult content and this game lacks difficult content. Hope to see more of this level of difficulty added in the future.

Decado

This is an MMO. Why do I have to solo for the best items? Really don't like this boring/frustrating arena.

Minute_Waltz wrote: »

Love it, especially when you get a higher score than your previous attempt, or if you rolled a new class and beat it for the first time after hours of trying.

I believe there are two types that hate vma.
1. Those who can't do it and get frustrated, or haven't even made an attempt
2. Those who can complete it with 2hr+ runs and did not enjoy the run due to alot of deaths (rng in the end may make it worse).

I've known people who complain about vma 24/7 previously and once they get on the weekly with 400k+ scores consistently they love it and look forward to get on the leaderboard each week.

You missed a third type

3. Those who can complete it under an hour and 90% of the time flawlessly and have run the instance hundreds of times and still havnt got the weapon they went in for,

That is a very big column with alot of people
In it

rhapsodious

Well, it's ok, but it's more like something you have to do to get those weapons.

I'm still stuck on the last boss (furthest I got was destroying 2 crystals... I run out of stamina all the time and the crematorial guards eat me for dinner ;_;) but I don't see it being very fun any time soon. A couple of the arenas were fun. 1, 4, 6 and 7 have given me the least problems so far. Yes, even with the poison flower BS. 5 was awful, 2 tripped me up real bad, and 3/8 were okay once I got the hang of them. On 9 I prefer the ash titan round to the one before it. \: And then of course there's still the boss, let alone the grind to get weapons I want.

Maybe it'll be easier on a different character. I don't know. The lag spiking up from 100 to 670ms as soon as I enter the arena isn't endearing me to it.

Qbiken

Well, it's ok, but it's more like something you have to do to get those weapons.

Derra wrote: »

Instead of dropping weapons they should drop the enchantments.

That would end the lottery bc ppl could choose the trait of their liking and an added bonus would be the ability to choose weapon styles again.

Never seen this suggestion before. Interesting tho

Nefas

I would like it, if the item lottery at the end would be more reliable (Maelstrom weapons inc).

Defending Inferno Staff and Charged Two Handed reporting in

RinaldoGandolphi

I would like it, if the item lottery at the end would be more reliable (Maelstrom weapons inc).

I think with VDSA being scaled next update and the bringing back of master weapons folks will have a solid choice as a cp160 Masters Inferno staff will be every bit as good as a CP 160 maelstrom inferno staff so folks will have the choice to grind solo VMA or going VDSA with 3 friends, I think that's a good win both ways and everyone gets what they want....well if RNG is good to you I guess....