ZERO loot drops from bosses in Hew's Bane yesterday....?

SydneyGrey

Fought two world bosses in Hew's Bane on the first day of the Thieve's Guild event. Neither dropped any loot at all, not even 5 gold. Nothing. I was wondering if this was a bug, or if it's something that happens when there are too many people surrounding the boss? (Like, maybe I was just too slow to get the loot, or something?)

If it's a bug then ZOS needs to know about it.

I'm on the NA server, on a PC.

Valve

If there's too many people, you need to be one of the people that deals the most damage to the boss to get he loot.

SydneyGrey

I dealt as much damage as I could, but there were a million people there. I wasn't one of those people who just sits back and gets in a shot or two. I actually jumped into both fights and did as much damage as I could. Still nothing.

DRXHarbinger

SydneyGrey wrote: »

I dealt as much damage as I could, but there were a million people there. I wasn't one of those people who just sits back and gets in a shot or two. I actually jumped into both fights and did as much damage as I could. Still nothing.

Only 12 people get loot. Same as the molag Bal IC sewer zergs. Ideally farm it on a high execute build. I did MB on templar and just use radiant. Worked everytime.

Turelus

The whole 12 people limit thing really is a PITA for stuff like this.

Elsonso

Really. Only 12. They should limit world bosses to only 12 people at a time, then.

bg22

If this is "working as intended" then it needs fixed...

On my tank Ive repeatedly failed to get any loot. Yet, kept everyone alive.

DRXHarbinger

Turelus wrote: »

The whole 12 people limit thing really is a PITA for stuff like this.

Lol I can just imagine the zos staff going.

"Oh darn it, try again, better luck next time" then you land outlaw axes..."see how cool was that" "keep going and you'll have the full motif"

anadandy

Yeah - the world bosses are mobbed with AoE campers right now. Totally not worth the trouble.

SydneyGrey

DRXHarbinger wrote: »

Only 12 people get loot. Same as the molag Bal IC sewer zergs. Ideally farm it on a high execute build. I did MB on templar and just use radiant. Worked everytime.

I didn't know this. Thanks for answering. Well, I guess I won't bother doing the bosses in Hew's Bane any more, until the Thieve's event is over.

AFrostWolf

bg22 wrote: »

If this is "working as intended" then it needs fixed...

On my tank Ive repeatedly failed to get any loot. Yet, kept everyone alive.

Yup. Not everyone deals damage. What about the tank or healers. I understand they need something in place to stop the DPS Zerg trains but top 12 damage isn't it.

SolidusPrime

AFrostWolf wrote: »

bg22 wrote: »

If this is "working as intended" then it needs fixed...

On my tank Ive repeatedly failed to get any loot. Yet, kept everyone alive.

Yup. Not everyone deals damage. What about the tank or healers. I understand they need something in place to stop the DPS Zerg trains but top 12 damage isn't it.

Agree. I don't think they fully thought it out when they implemented it.

Why the limit, anyway? To stop people that might log on with a ton of accounts, or bots?

Lythandra

It it top 12 tho? I was told that you had to do at least 3% of total damage to get loot. I have no clue what really determines it.

Uriel_Nocturne

I agree, it's a crap-tacular policy.

It definitely needs to change.

But until it does, I need those Motif pages for one of my Alt's. So I've just had my Templar start the World/Delve Boss fights with Reflective Light, then spammed Radiant Destruction until the Boss dies. It ensures I'm in that "Top 12 damage" category.

But I definitely agree. Tanks and Healers are getting well-shafted by this. It's the reason why I won't bring my Sorc Healer or my Templar Healer into Hew's Bane until this event is done.