OrphanHelgen wrote: »a friend of mine got 46k on bloodspawn with one warhorn and combat prayer, no maelstrom weapons.
They are strong yes, but its fully possible to create builds without them.
LegendaryArcher wrote: »Yes, vMA weapons are strong and that's ok. The only thing wrong about it is how ZOS approached it. They handed them out like candy in Sharpened and Precise before DB, and now it's almost impossible to get a usable weapon due to trait pollution of the loot table.
It's extremely unfair. Their decision to add those traits in DB is what drove me away from ESO.
Gilliamtherogue wrote: »LegendaryArcher wrote: »Yes, vMA weapons are strong and that's ok. The only thing wrong about it is how ZOS approached it. They handed them out like candy in Sharpened and Precise before DB, and now it's almost impossible to get a usable weapon due to trait pollution of the loot table.
It's extremely unfair. Their decision to add those traits in DB is what drove me away from ESO.
If that's the case, then why haven't I gotten a single precise dagger, when I've ran it 4 times a week since it launched? This whole RNG with no foreseeable end is the issue, and it's all over the game.
OrphanHelgen wrote: »a friend of mine got 46k on bloodspawn with one warhorn and combat prayer, no maelstrom weapons.
They are strong yes, but its fully possible to create builds without them.
This number doesn't matter unless you also provide the number he got WITH vMA weapons under the same conditions. If he really is that great, then vMA weapons would be an insane boost to his DPS comparatively.
The issue with vMA weapons isn't that it is impossible to make a decent build without them, it is that they offer an insane % boost over those who don't use them. Being BiS is fine. Being BiS by 20-30% is not.
Gilliamtherogue wrote: »This whole RNG with no foreseeable end is the issue, and it's all over the game.
Gilliamtherogue wrote: »This whole RNG with no foreseeable end is the issue, and it's all over the game.
RNG will always hold a broad stroke over the game in ESO. Simply keeps people subbing. If you got your vMA weapons, would you continue to sub and/or 1 less reason not to buy Wrothgar. They will continue to push BiS items in DLC areas to force people to paytoplay, i have never doubted this.
Gilliamtherogue wrote: »This whole RNG with no foreseeable end is the issue, and it's all over the game.
RNG will always hold a broad stroke over the game in ESO. Simply keeps people subbing. If you got your vMA weapons, would you continue to sub and/or 1 less reason not to buy Wrothgar. They will continue to push BiS items in DLC areas to force people to paytoplay, i have never doubted this.
I would actually...
- 1500 crowns per month
- Access to all DLC
- 10% increased experience
QuebraRegra wrote: »3k weapon damage to my spammable, to Dawnbreaker's dot and to my rearming trap and poison injection is indeed a large boost. It's too amazing to choose something else. Even my infused axe is better than my previous crafted one.
And I don't even speak about stamDK who get such a boost on their venomous claw.
great.. sounds balanced.
Wait, is that even a goal in ESO?
Idk why ppl complain about maelstrom so much...it helps you become a better player and it rewards you for it. Who cares if it's solo..I'd rather that than ppl AFK in a group and getting rewarded. God forbid we gotta work for anything
I strongly suspect the spelling is deliberate, probably for satirical and memetic value, as well as a clever and endearing shout-out to the timeless legacy of The Weather Girls.MAELSTROM
MAEL-STROM
Mael, not male. Strom, not storm.
I understand autocorrect is a pain in the arse sometimes, but maelstrom is a real word and if you use it then autocorrect does start to follow your lead.
Gilliamtherogue wrote: »LegendaryArcher wrote: »Yes, vMA weapons are strong and that's ok. The only thing wrong about it is how ZOS approached it. They handed them out like candy in Sharpened and Precise before DB, and now it's almost impossible to get a usable weapon due to trait pollution of the loot table.
It's extremely unfair. Their decision to add those traits in DB is what drove me away from ESO.
If that's the case, then why haven't I gotten a single precise dagger, when I've ran it 4 times a week since it launched? This whole RNG with no foreseeable end is the issue, and it's all over the game.
That's like 172 total runs.
I don't know the odds of the previous system vMA offered... but with what is currently in place since Shadow of the Hist, the probability of getting a Precise dagger in 172 runs is 83.49%.
Say you can pull vMA runs in 45 minutes, that's 129 hours of playing the same content over and over and over and over again with a 16.51% chance of NOT getting that precise dagger.
But these are just probability, not certainty... better pray the RNG lords!
Or you, hope for a #VMATOKENSYSTEM
Khaos_Bane wrote: »Idk why ppl complain about maelstrom so much...it helps you become a better player and it rewards you for it. Who cares if it's solo..I'd rather that than ppl AFK in a group and getting rewarded. God forbid we gotta work for anything
Some people just don't like it, has nothing to do with "working for it", it's a frikkin video game. I cannot STAND PvP in this game, something about it annoys the hell out of me.
@sluiceGilliamtherogue wrote: »LegendaryArcher wrote: »Yes, vMA weapons are strong and that's ok. The only thing wrong about it is how ZOS approached it. They handed them out like candy in Sharpened and Precise before DB, and now it's almost impossible to get a usable weapon due to trait pollution of the loot table.
It's extremely unfair. Their decision to add those traits in DB is what drove me away from ESO.
If that's the case, then why haven't I gotten a single precise dagger, when I've ran it 4 times a week since it launched? This whole RNG with no foreseeable end is the issue, and it's all over the game.
That's like 172 total runs.
I don't know the odds of the previous system vMA offered... but with what is currently in place since Shadow of the Hist, the probability of getting a Precise dagger in 172 runs is 83.49%.
Say you can pull vMA runs in 45 minutes, that's 129 hours of playing the same content over and over and over and over again with a 16.51% chance of NOT getting that precise dagger.
But these are just probability, not certainty... better pray the RNG lords!
Or you, hope for a #VMATOKENSYSTEM
They just need to make the weapons tradeable with people who have completed it am sure many people would stop complaining because they have buddies who have the weapons the need in many forms.Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »@sluiceGilliamtherogue wrote: »LegendaryArcher wrote: »Yes, vMA weapons are strong and that's ok. The only thing wrong about it is how ZOS approached it. They handed them out like candy in Sharpened and Precise before DB, and now it's almost impossible to get a usable weapon due to trait pollution of the loot table.
It's extremely unfair. Their decision to add those traits in DB is what drove me away from ESO.
If that's the case, then why haven't I gotten a single precise dagger, when I've ran it 4 times a week since it launched? This whole RNG with no foreseeable end is the issue, and it's all over the game.
That's like 172 total runs.
I don't know the odds of the previous system vMA offered... but with what is currently in place since Shadow of the Hist, the probability of getting a Precise dagger in 172 runs is 83.49%.
Say you can pull vMA runs in 45 minutes, that's 129 hours of playing the same content over and over and over and over again with a 16.51% chance of NOT getting that precise dagger.
But these are just probability, not certainty... better pray the RNG lords!
Or you, hope for a #VMATOKENSYSTEM
Haha!!! Yes. Love the Sig!
We need to start a revolution. Seriously, what if we all stopped running it. #boycottVMA !?!
vMSA is not even hard anymore. Just make a sorc craft some julianos, grap some kena and willpower and youll be beating it in no time. There is nothing wrong with having to work a bit to get something you want rather then just having the best in slot gear handed to you.
Khaos_Bane wrote: »Idk why ppl complain about maelstrom so much...it helps you become a better player and it rewards you for it. Who cares if it's solo..I'd rather that than ppl AFK in a group and getting rewarded. God forbid we gotta work for anything
Some people just don't like it, has nothing to do with "working for it", it's a frikkin video game. I cannot STAND PvP in this game, something about it annoys the hell out of me.
It's a MMO. Generally MMOs require a lot of time and work to get good things. I used to play final fantasy 11 for prob 10yrs and that game required waaaaaay more work to get stuff. I realize some ppl like things that others don't and vice versa but if I was someone that didn't like a lot of aspects of a game or a game that requires effort I'd ask myself "why am I even here?" It's pretty simple if you don't like something don't do it but don't complain if you can't get a skill or item. Don't like PVP then no PVP skills. Don't like maelstrom no weapons. I'm no pro but no content in this game is THAT hard
@Oreyn_Bearclaw I agree that RNG can suck. I'm not opposed to a token system. Beating maelstrom a bunch of times is proof you can handle the content and there certainly should be a point where you're aptly rewarded. I have many weapons too and would happily exchange let's say 10 for a token for one of my choice with the trait of my choice
I recently stopped using the 5 Twice-Born Star, 5 Vicious Ophidian, and Maelstrom Weapons combo in favor of 5 Night Mother's (3 Body, 2 Weapons), 5 Vicious Ophidian, and 2 Velidreth.
I complete content just fine, and I can beat Maelstrom Arena a lot quicker (about 4-5 minutes) with my new setup.
Tell me again how overpowered Maelstrom Axes and Daggers are
I recently stopped using the 5 Twice-Born Star, 5 Vicious Ophidian, and Maelstrom Weapons combo in favor of 5 Night Mother's (3 Body, 2 Weapons), 5 Vicious Ophidian, and 2 Velidreth.
I complete content just fine, and I can beat Maelstrom Arena a lot quicker (about 4-5 minutes) with my new setup.
Tell me again how overpowered Maelstrom Axes and Daggers are
You simply can't. There is no other 2pc bonus that gives you 10k+ dps in this game. Well its a actually 3 pc as you need the bow too.I recently stopped using the 5 Twice-Born Star, 5 Vicious Ophidian, and Maelstrom Weapons combo in favor of 5 Night Mother's (3 Body, 2 Weapons), 5 Vicious Ophidian, and 2 Velidreth.
I complete content just fine, and I can beat Maelstrom Arena a lot quicker (about 4-5 minutes) with my new setup.
Tell me again how overpowered Maelstrom Axes and Daggers are
Maelstroimeweapons (especially DW/Bow) excell at sustained DPS and are the reason stambuilds are ahead of magicka-builds in terms of DPS atm. For Burst-DPS and AoE there are better Setups. And vMSA is all about burst/AoE.
But i doubt you can beat a maelstrome DW/bow setup on longer fights (rakkhat, manticora, first boss maw...) with your setup.
I recently stopped using the 5 Twice-Born Star, 5 Vicious Ophidian, and Maelstrom Weapons combo in favor of 5 Night Mother's (3 Body, 2 Weapons), 5 Vicious Ophidian, and 2 Velidreth.
I complete content just fine, and I can beat Maelstrom Arena a lot quicker (about 4-5 minutes) with my new setup.
Tell me again how overpowered Maelstrom Axes and Daggers are
Maelstroimeweapons (especially DW/Bow) excell at sustained DPS and are the reason stambuilds are ahead of magicka-builds in terms of DPS atm. For Burst-DPS and AoE there are better Setups. And vMSA is all about burst/AoE.
But i doubt you can beat a maelstrome DW/bow setup on longer fights (rakkhat, manticora, first boss maw...) with your setup.
I recently stopped using the 5 Twice-Born Star, 5 Vicious Ophidian, and Maelstrom Weapons combo in favor of 5 Night Mother's (3 Body, 2 Weapons), 5 Vicious Ophidian, and 2 Velidreth.
I complete content just fine, and I can beat Maelstrom Arena a lot quicker (about 4-5 minutes) with my new setup.
Tell me again how overpowered Maelstrom Axes and Daggers are
Maelstroimeweapons (especially DW/Bow) excell at sustained DPS and are the reason stambuilds are ahead of magicka-builds in terms of DPS atm. For Burst-DPS and AoE there are better Setups. And vMSA is all about burst/AoE.
But i doubt you can beat a maelstrome DW/bow setup on longer fights (rakkhat, manticora, first boss maw...) with your setup.
I've beat vMoL, vSO, vHC, vAA with my setup, what are you talking about lol.
I'm the Stamina debuffer in the group, and my damage is just fine against any add pull or boss we fight.