Add Weapons to the Golden Vendor

Palidon

Before the vMA and vDSA grinders and players who think you need to earn the elite weapons sound off please listen. First of all there comes a time when grinding vMA and vDSA just gets old.
I have lost count on how many times I have completed both trying to get the weapon I needed and only ever get the ones I don't. I finally just said to my self hell with this no more. The Golden Vendor is already selling the Monster Set pieces so I see no problem in adding the vMA and vDSA grind weapons. If a player wants to grind then grind. But, if a player just wants to buy the weapons that should be an option also. Listen once you have completed vMA or vDSA to me the challenge is over anyways. In other words been there and done that. Enough already.

Salvas_Aren

Well, good point.

Did it a few times so far and got only my lower priority gear.

So getting a more definitive drop of whatever sort would be appreciated.

Elusiin

I would also like to see this, plus pugging vDSA is a nightmare and my guilds never want to do it.

Hotdog_23

+1

Tsar_Gekkou

I wish the grind were easier but if they just give everything away, no one will do the content. That's why they want it to be a grind: so players will keep having a reason to login and play. The monster sets are mostly a cakewalk and can be done with 1 tank and 1 dps for the most part, but the arenas are supposed to be a challenge. I still hate doing it though, since time spent in vMA is time I could be spending actually enjoying the game. They should just make it so that if you get a flawless vMA run, you get a token, 10 of which would let you redeem them for a vMA weapon of your choosing with a random trait.

Iskiab

Raiden_Gekkou wrote: »

I wish the grind were easier but if they just give everything away, no one will do the content. That's why they want it to be a grind: so players will keep having a reason to login and play. The monster sets are mostly a cakewalk and can be done with 1 tank and 1 dps for the most part, but the arenas are supposed to be a challenge. I still hate doing it though, since time spent in vMA is time I could be spending actually enjoying the game. They should just make it so that if you get a flawless vMA run, you get a token, 10 of which would let you redeem them for a vMA weapon of your choosing with a random trait.

Then make them purchasable with AP so pvpers have access. They’re mostly pvp weapons gated behind pve, seems silly.

MajBludd

I agree.
Just make it a few million ap or something for the weapons.
Add all sets to the golden and increase the ap cost as well. For the sets that involve dlcs, just lock them for people who dont own those dlcs or chapters, etc.

AcadianPaladin

While I appreciate the Golden Vendor carries monster sets, I wish that all her monster set offerings were helms instead of mixing in shoulders. Shoulders are easy to get; it is the helms that I'm shopping for. As far as the request in this thread, hey - more options is a good thing.

msetten

Adding the vMA and vDSA weapons to the Golden would be useful. But there could also be a middle ground. Instead of selling them, let ZOS make it so that your account keeps track of which vMA and vDSA weapons you have already received from the arena’s and make sure that the next time you finish it, you get another weapon until you have received one of each. That you way, you won’t get any duplicates. (And please ignore the trait when keeping track of what a player already received). Another alternative would be that if you get a weapon you already received before, you get to exchange it for a weapon of your choice with the same trait.

Datolite

I'd like to see the Golden Vendor set up shop in Imperial City and sell the really good stuff for tel var. Would really revive that whole zone.

Emmagoldman

I had a hard time finding groups to complete vdsa as a majority of my guilds were pvp. Theres are so many weapon sets locked behind pve. You can easily pve in the game and spend 3 hours in pvp for vigor and caltrops and stop out. To maximize gear for pvp, you really need to get decent at pve, have the sets and work at it.

Ive suggested this a million times but I would like to see a golden in ic/sewers to double the rate of the golden. Think of how many sets are now in game. Master weapons would be a great addition but should have a super high cost

Numerikuu

Datolite wrote: »

I'd like to see the Golden Vendor set up shop in Imperial City and sell the really good stuff for tel var. Would really revive that whole zone.

As nice as that sounds in theory, with the current state of the servers? Hell no lol.

[lag intensifies]

Katahdin

I'm not necessarily against but I do think in order to buy them you should have to complete vDSA for those weapons and vMA for those.

therift

I'm usually opposed to adding shortcuts for convenience.

I support this idea, especially if Arena weapons are achievement locked: you may buy the vMA weapon of your choice after completing vMA at least once, and the same for vDSA.

Granted, Monster sets aren't achievement locked, but I think initially Arena weapons should be because they are much more of a draw to complete Arenas than Monster Helms are to complete vet dungeons. If waranted, this could be relaxed in the future, but I think we'd have a better shot at selling ZoS on this concept with achievement lock.

Ramber

1. simply find a new guild, mine has people always looking do to it. Its called What a Mess!
2. Selling weapons really? Instead why not an open market for those of us who grinded over and over and have saved them for years, so we can sell them and make some gold if not getting countless hours of our lives back

Kalgert

Datolite wrote: »

I'd like to see the Golden Vendor set up shop in Imperial City and sell the really good stuff for tel var. Would really revive that whole zone.

In the sound of the well-dressed black mab:

Heell naw, to the naw naw, heell to the naw. Hell to the naw! Hell to the naw naw

BackAndAngry

Few years ago dsa weapons were end of campaign rewards why not reinstate that?

Kel

Maybe have normal weapons be sold at the golden, and have perfected versions drop with added stats from actually doing the activities involved.

That way, you can have your vMA staff, and there's still a reason to run the content for my vDSA bow with added stam.

Sounds like a win-win and a good compromise to me.

Ah, but then players would be complaining how they need perfected weapons and how they don't want to grind and should be sold at a vendor, wouldn't they?

/shrug

susmitds

Nope. Want the weapons? Earn them.

Casul

Ever since I got my flawless run, as well as my inferno and bow. I honestly couldn't care. Go ahead and put them in the golden.

xylena_lazarow

susmitds wrote: »

Nope. Want the weapons? Earn them.

You have never tried to pug vDSA.

susmitds

xylena_lazarow wrote: »

susmitds wrote: »

Nope. Want the weapons? Earn them.

You have never tried to pug vDSA.

Did actually, last time one of the DDs was a 30K Stamcro with 2H/DW. Still managed to finish anyways.

MyKillv2.0

You know, I never really thought about this before but I really like the idea. I understand not putting "Perfect" weapons and things of that nature but adding vMA, vDSA, vBRP weapons is something I like.

xylena_lazarow

Lock the purchase behind completing the arena once on any character, make only the normal versions of the weapons available on the Golden (and for no less than 1m AP), make the Perfected versions only obtainable from the arena.

(This would mean adding Perfected versions to vDSA and vMA, which would be welcome.)

susmitds wrote: »

xylena_lazarow wrote: »

susmitds wrote: »

Nope. Want the weapons? Earn them.

You have never tried to pug vDSA.

Did actually, last time one of the DDs was a 30K Stamcro with 2H/DW. Still managed to finish anyways.

Was this an enjoyable experience worth your time? I can assure you that wiping in Round 7 on vDSA countless times before one of the dps links their Impen Seducer gear was neither enjoyable nor worth my time, even though we eventually finished.

Gilvoth

+1

MartiniDaniels

Next step will be adding perfected trial gear?

Mettaricana

Love it cuz facing facts 200+ runs no vma bow or inferno staff, and dsa again good luck finding a group

therift

Ramber wrote: »

1. simply find a new guild, mine has people always looking do to it. Its called What a Mess!
2. Selling weapons really? Instead why not an open market for those of us who grinded over and over and have saved them for years, so we can sell them and make some gold if not getting countless hours of our lives back

1) How will 'find[ing] a new guild' prompt the desired drop in vMA or vDSA? Guild membership does not interact with loot tables.

2) The weapons are incentives to learn and run the content. Remove Bind-on-Pickup and the player base gets worse.

karekiz

Add VMA/DSA/BRP weapons.

However ALL dungeon/arena gear requires the acheivement to buy. Monster helms/arena included.

Monster helms require a vet clear
Arena require a vet clear

No HM required however so should be easy peazy.

Merlight

Can Master weapons still come from end of campaign REWARDs? So far this year I only got pieces of the same sets that come in RotW; which doesn't make any sense to me, as if I needed another piece after getting hundreds RotW.