Dark Anchor Grind ruined the game! ZOS, nerf it ASAP!

VinyParsley2016

The game is died! Dark Anchor Grind ruined the game! ZOS, nerf it ASAP!

BlackEar

Wut

Delta1038

Really no idea what this means

IronCrystal

I see no problems with the grind. If anything, it's a nice change because beforehand no one ever did dolmens and we used to have to zone ask for help for one.

Besides, how is the game dead because of it? You don't need to grind at them, and if its because you are trying to get dolmens to yourself then I'm sorry but you aren't the only one playing the game.

DMuehlhausen

IronCrystal wrote: »

I see no problems with the grind. If anything, it's a nice change because beforehand no one ever did dolmens and we used to have to zone ask for help for one.

Besides, how is the game dead because of it? You don't need to grind at them, and if its because you are trying to get dolmens to yourself then I'm sorry but you aren't the only one playing the game.

SKYRIM 2.0!!

Nestor

Wait, you don't want the Double Exp Boost during the event, but you want to be able to run dolmens by your self?


If you miss a dolmen, wait a few minutes it will be back up again. Or, go to the next one in Clockwise order (the rotation is typically counter clockwise, so it is easier to catch up with the group going the opposite way)

Rouven

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/308490/double-xp-again-are-you-serious/p1

I'll just leave it as that.

itsfatbass

Someone is mad because they didn't make it to the Dark Anchor in time to get in on the chest loot. Sorry not sorry but coming on these boards saying that dark anchors ruined the game because you're butt hurt about not making it there before the boss died is asinine.

Flynch

Dark anchors are lookin' pretty good to me right now ^^

TerraDewBerry

Dark Anchors.. are best anchors...

Waffennacht

Not dungeon sharpened weapon final boss grind but anchors? Lmfao!

Dragonking06

Seriously this thread's OP makes Zero sense... Moving to elect this thread be locked and preferably discarded somewhere it will never see the light of day again.

FYI OP, the Dolemans are way better now than they were before.

kargen27

The only thing that slightly bothers me about the dolmen groups is they insist on unloading their most powerful attacks and even sometimes ultimates on the boss. The boss is sometimes down almost before he ever really appears. Makes it kind of tough when you are general hunting.

What really irritates me is when someone in the group berates someone else in zone for throwing off the rotation. Much like mats dolmen are first come first serve and not reserved for you just because you are farming them.

TrueGreenSmoker

kargen27 wrote: »

The only thing that slightly bothers me about the dolmen groups is they insist on unloading their most powerful attacks and even sometimes ultimates on the boss. The boss is sometimes down almost before he ever really appears. Makes it kind of tough when you are general hunting.

What really irritates me is when someone in the group berates someone else in zone for throwing off the rotation. Much like mats dolmen are first come first serve and not reserved for you just because you are farming them.

Before he spawns spam AoEs you will damage him on his way down

Hodicus

VinyParsley2016 wrote: »

The game is died! Dark Anchor Grind ruined the game! ZOS, nerf it ASAP!

Grammar has died...

Dragonking06

TrueGreenSmoker wrote: »

kargen27 wrote: »

The only thing that slightly bothers me about the dolmen groups is they insist on unloading their most powerful attacks and even sometimes ultimates on the boss. The boss is sometimes down almost before he ever really appears. Makes it kind of tough when you are general hunting.

What really irritates me is when someone in the group berates someone else in zone for throwing off the rotation. Much like mats dolmen are first come first serve and not reserved for you just because you are farming them.

Before he spawns spam AoEs you will damage him on his way down

They actually changed this recently in a patch, now you can no longer damage them until they have fully landed. The people there must just really be doing an exorbitant amount of damage to the boss in the time he's up until he's dead. So @kargen27 has a point, if you can't get a shot off on the general in that brief time, you don't get credit. That being said, @TrueGreenSmoker's Idea will work if you have a ground based AOE like endless hail, you just have to be sure to get it out before the boss lands. But imho, The generals that count towards the achievement should be a lot harder than the standard fare bosses that otherwise spawn, so that a group of people is REQUIRED to take one of them down. Just seems kind of silly that Molag Bal sends one of his generals to fight you at one of his anchors only to have them cut down like cannon fodder. lol

Danksta

Dragonking06 wrote: »

TrueGreenSmoker wrote: »

kargen27 wrote: »

The only thing that slightly bothers me about the dolmen groups is they insist on unloading their most powerful attacks and even sometimes ultimates on the boss. The boss is sometimes down almost before he ever really appears. Makes it kind of tough when you are general hunting.

What really irritates me is when someone in the group berates someone else in zone for throwing off the rotation. Much like mats dolmen are first come first serve and not reserved for you just because you are farming them.

Before he spawns spam AoEs you will damage him on his way down

They actually changed this recently in a patch, now you can no longer damage them until they have fully landed. The people there must just really be doing an exorbitant amount of damage to the boss in the time he's up until he's dead. So @kargen27 has a point, if you can't get a shot off on the general in that brief time, you don't get credit. That being said, @TrueGreenSmoker's Idea will work if you have a ground based AOE like endless hail, you just have to be sure to get it out before the boss lands. But honestly speaking and imho, The generals that count towards the achievement should be a lot harder than the standard fare bosses that otherwise spawn, so that a group of people is REQUIRED to take one of them down. Just seems kind of silly that Molag Bal sends one of his generals to fight you at one of his anchors only to have them cut down like cannon fodder. lol

If you introduce a group mechanic at dolmens there'd be too much

Ourorboros

TrueGreenSmoker

Dragonking06 wrote: »

TrueGreenSmoker wrote: »

kargen27 wrote: »

The only thing that slightly bothers me about the dolmen groups is they insist on unloading their most powerful attacks and even sometimes ultimates on the boss. The boss is sometimes down almost before he ever really appears. Makes it kind of tough when you are general hunting.

What really irritates me is when someone in the group berates someone else in zone for throwing off the rotation. Much like mats dolmen are first come first serve and not reserved for you just because you are farming them.

Before he spawns spam AoEs you will damage him on his way down

They actually changed this recently in a patch, now you can no longer damage them until they have fully landed. The people there must just really be doing an exorbitant amount of damage to the boss in the time he's up until he's dead. So @kargen27 has a point, if you can't get a shot off on the general in that brief time, you don't get credit. That being said, @TrueGreenSmoker's Idea will work if you have a ground based AOE like endless hail, you just have to be sure to get it out before the boss lands. But imho, The generals that count towards the achievement should be a lot harder than the standard fare bosses that otherwise spawn, so that a group of people is REQUIRED to take one of them down. Just seems kind of silly that Molag Bal sends one of his generals to fight you at one of his anchors only to have them cut down like cannon fodder. lol

Really I didn't know lol my bad. I haven't done a dolman in so long

disintegr8

Just stay away from dolmens during the event and come back to them later. Simple.

Sigtric

Ruined the game or made anchors more relevant? I'm going with the latter.

RavenRoxie

Delta1038 wrote: »

Really no idea what this means

It clearly means, "the game is died" bro!!!

UncannyLinderman

kargen27 wrote: »

The only thing that slightly bothers me about the dolmen groups is they insist on unloading their most powerful attacks and even sometimes ultimates on the boss. The boss is sometimes down almost before he ever really appears. Makes it kind of tough when you are general hunting.

What really irritates me is when someone in the group berates someone else in zone for throwing off the rotation. Much like mats dolmen are first come first serve and not reserved for you just because you are farming them.

Yes to both of these. Dolmem bosses maybe should adjust their health dependent on the amount of people at the dolmen as well to potentially alleviate the very quick deaths, while still allowing the possibility for the occasional solo.

Anytime anyone gets butt hurt over something like throwing off a rotation because they're farming or similar events, it's annoying. It's an open free world and I'm not in on everyone's conversations in the zone. If I stumble into and subsequently take out a dolmen before a farming group has a chance to get in on it, I have nothing to apologize for. Especially since that goes both ways and oftentimes I miss out on one because a farm group insta-killed the dolmen boss as I finally arrive. It goes both ways.

Also, it's just a game lol.

MLGProPlayer

Dolmen grinding is already a terrible source of XP.

Taleof2Cities

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Dolmen grinding is already a terrible source of XP.

Well, it's not the best way to grind XP ... but I wouldn't call it "terrible".

MLGProPlayer

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Dolmen grinding is already a terrible source of XP.

Well, it's not the best way to grind XP ... but I wouldn't call it "terrible".

25 hours for 1-50 with 50% pots is pretty bad. Other methods are way faster.

I don't see any reason to nerf anything about it.

Nebthet78

Talk about a Necro-Thread.

Remag_Div

I just finished up my last Dark Anchor achievement with destroying 250.

I'm never doing another one ever again. lol

Theosis

No, buff questing.. people do the dark anchor thing because questing doesn't feel worth the grind.

zaria

kargen27 wrote: »

The only thing that slightly bothers me about the dolmen groups is they insist on unloading their most powerful attacks and even sometimes ultimates on the boss. The boss is sometimes down almost before he ever really appears. Makes it kind of tough when you are general hunting.

What really irritates me is when someone in the group berates someone else in zone for throwing off the rotation. Much like mats dolmen are first come first serve and not reserved for you just because you are farming them.

True, you only need to get in an LA on any mob for the chest.
Not sure if you need 10% on special boss for achievement, but guess you just need to touch like the other bosses, the others you need 10% for loot if solo.

Note that dolmen grinding in huge zergs is not an fast way to get xp, small group or solo is.
Zergs works well for farming jewelry, its also very nice for grinding skills on your bar, You want to level restoration staff, put it on main, add 4 restoration staff skills and a aoe, also put on heavy armor to level it.

altemriel

VinyParsley2016 wrote: »

The game is died! Dark Anchor Grind ruined the game! ZOS, nerf it ASAP!

dark anchors are one of the most favourite places of this one khajiit vampire.
maybe khajiit would advice to kill some more daedras there.

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