ESO BEST *DLC* DUNGEON COMPETITION: HEMIDEMISEMIFINALS ROUND 4 - VOTE'S CLOSED

Saucy_Jack

It's the a coven of frosty witches vs. a Coldharbour invasion force as ICEREACH takes on the IMPERIAL CITY PRISON! Will Mother Ciannait put the daedric forces on ice? Or will Lord Warden Dusk lord it over the hags? YOU DECIDE!

A list of the overall action for BOTH the base and DLC competitions can be found HERE, so people can get a quick glance at the overall action.

All fights will go for TWO DAYS and end at 8PM CST (or your timezone equivalent; figure it out) so this one will end on Sunday, March 22nd.

FIIIIIIIIGHT!!!

zvavi

Icereach

How do people chose imperial city, it is waaaaayyyyy too long.

ddgsodium

Imperial City Prison

Stop right there, criminal scum! Nobody breaks the law on my watch! I'm confiscating your stolen goods. Now pay your fine or it's off to jail.

FierceSam

Imperial City Prison

Love ICP

Icereach isn’t bad. It has a couple of nice mechanics and a totally bonkers HM, but it’s a blah dungeon, not a fun dungeon. Much more in keeping with the V2 dungeons than the DLC ones. And the whole Lyris thing just doesn’t work at all.

daemonios

Imperial City Prison

I didn't think I'd vote for ICP, being one of the first DLC dungeons and thus one of the oldest. But on the one hand ICP can still be fun to run, if a bit too easy, and on the other hand Icereach struck me as the exact opposite of Unhallowed Grave: uninspired and uninteresting. I think it's possibly my least favourite DLC dungeon.

daemonios

Imperial City Prison

zvavi wrote: »

How do people chose imperial city, it is waaaaayyyyy too long.

There isn't a single dungeon that I find too long. But then I don't view them as chores to be finished in 20 mins tops. I actually like killing stuff and not skipping entire groups of trash.

Saucy_Jack

A little more than a day to get your votes in!

max_only

Imperial City Prison

As an avid Imperial fancier (second only to my Bosmer love) I have to say even their prisons are glorious!

newtinmpls

I really don't care for either of these runs... :'(

Cirantille

Imperial City Prison

I like Imperial City's atmosphere in general

It has a nostalgic feeling

Varana

Imperial City Prison

zvavi wrote: »

How do people chose imperial city, it is waaaaayyyyy too long.

I'd say the same about Icereach. Especially those long and pointless walks on the ramparts in the second half, fighting the nearly identical mob pack every time you reach a tower, is just completely unnecessary padding. I don't get that feeling in ICP - even though it is long, the boring repetition isn't nearly as obvious.

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"Uninspired" is a really good word to describe Icereach. There are interesting mechanics, esp. the theme of bosses sabotaging themselves (the giant smashing the atronachs, the fire sister destroying some of the icy stuff), and the story ties in quite nicely with Direfrost and has a very Skyrim-y feel about it. But that's about it. The flesh atronach and the storm boss are comparatively unspectacular, and the end fight is either a complete clusterF, or a bit tedious - damage a witch, interrupt, damage a witch, interrupt, damage a witch, interrupt, damage a witch... and then do the whole thing again before you finally get to the main b... witch. In terms of visuals, there are some nice corners - like in the first half where you murder your way through various living rooms. But all in all, it's nothing to really write home about. Not bad, just ... decent.

ICP is in a nice intermediary spot, despite (or because) of its age. It's a definite step up from base game dungeons, it's harder than WGT, but not on the level of most later DLC dungeons. While many groups can burn through some of the mechanics these days, many can not, esp. in random groups, and it's a good introduction to the DLC difficulty. Mechanics like the poop-flinging, the portals, the shades, and others are still interesting.
There's not too many dungeons with the Coldharbour theme (which is a good thing), and ICP is not all too spectacular itself - fitting for a prison complex, though. As it's up against Icereach, that doesn't hurt it too much. They're both comparable in that regard.
Also, it drops ESO's Lilarcor. I've been using Leeching Plate just because of that shield.

Reverb

Icereach

ICPis my least favorite dungeon in the game. The mechanics are annoying and gross, it’s way way too damn long. Every time it comes up as a pledge or a random I Nope myself right on out.

daemonios

Imperial City Prison

Reverb wrote: »

ICPis my least favorite dungeon in the game. The mechanics are annoying and gross, it’s way way too damn long. Every time it comes up as a pledge or a random I Nope myself right on out.

If you use the group finder for that, I'm sure your random group is thankful for your wasting their time. I don't think "random" means what you think it means.

Raisin

Imperial City Prison

Icereach still does have a bit of 'new dungeon excitement' left for me. I also think that the thoughts behind some of the mechanics aren't bad at all... somehow they just didn't go anywhere. I also personally think they could've done a little more with the story, Drodda referencing and all...

ICP is just a classic, and while it's losing the battle against powercreep as much as most other dungeons, you can still see they put a lot of creativity and effort into the boss fight. The layout is pretty neat too. Lord Warden remains iconic, and I liked the quest in there a lot.

Maiyu93

Imperial City Prison

The 2nd boss fight, the Flesh Abononation just looking giant and intimidating, and Lord Warden craziness make this dungeon so great. Still in my top 3 in the game

Saucy_Jack

And the Imperial City Prison locks Icereach away!

AlnilamE

Imperial City Prison

This was a tough one, but I'll stick with ICP, even though I technically don't like running the dungeon, because it makes me claustrophobic.

But I see that as good design. The fights are interesting and the quest is cool (it involves my favourite Dremora, after all). And as others have said, Lord Warden is an iconic boss.