Maelstrom weapon dropping in nMA ?

Margha_Ralmoren

I thought that this patch maelstrom weapons would drop in the final chest for completing nMA and perfected weapons for vMA. I just did nMA on one of my PC NA characters but nothing dropped (except a Winterborn sword). Did I misunderstand ?

ZOS_GinaBruno

Hi all, you should indeed receive a Maelstrom weapon each time you complete normal Maelstrom Arena (if you are CP160 or above), but right now that's not the case. We're going to work on getting this fixed.

idk

Zos has added this issue to the Dev Tracker which shows they acknowledge it and will fix it . . . eventually. Gina specifically said they will get it fixed in a different thread linked below.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/6784735#Comment_6784735

Submit tickets just in case they will grant them after the fact.

John_Falstaff

If you're below CP160, you won't get drops. It was in patch notes.

zvavi

Did vMA got perfected. Weekly mails also give perfected. Don't know about nMA.

naturebased

I did nMA (cp 700) on a fresh start and got no MA weapon, just some winterborn garbage

Margha_Ralmoren

I'm CP 411.

kind_hero

Probably the drop rate is low...
Should have expected that

Siantar

kind_hero wrote: »

Probably the drop rate is low...
Should have expected that

Sounds fair. Hoping the drop rate is extremely low.

SolidusPrime

I was in the middle of a veteran run when the update occurred. Think the rewards will be the new stuff, or should I restart?

zvavi

SolidusPrime wrote: »

I was in the middle of a veteran run when the update occurred. Think the rewards will be the new stuff, or should I restart?

Should be the new stuff. Don't see a reason why wouldn't it be, I don't believe drops are determined at the beginning of the run. If they are, it is inefficient programming.

JD2013

Yeah I thought the nMA dropped the normal version of them too. Low drop rate?

heaven13

kind_hero wrote: »

Probably the drop rate is low...
Should have expected that

They shouldn't be. Weapon drop should be guaranteed, just like for the other arenas.

anitajoneb17_ESO

Siantar wrote: »

kind_hero wrote: »

Probably the drop rate is low...
Should have expected that

Sounds fair. Hoping the drop rate is extremely low.

why ?

Mauin

I've managed to do two runs today and got a weapon each time. Could be that it's not a guaranteed drop each time, but that seems a little odd considering things like Asylum and Blackrose weapons drop each time on normal.

mairwen85

heaven13 wrote: »

kind_hero wrote: »

Probably the drop rate is low...
Should have expected that

They shouldn't be. Weapon drop should be guaranteed, just like for the other arenas.

It would be an absolute ***-take if it wasn't after all the furore.

Hamish999

It says "normal arenas will drop the normal versions of the sets", doesn't say anything about a chance to drop.

Siantar

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Siantar wrote: »

kind_hero wrote: »

Probably the drop rate is low...
Should have expected that

Sounds fair. Hoping the drop rate is extremely low.

why ?

As long as smb make zero effort doing nMA, at least they have to spend some time on it. Anyway it'll require much less time than farm same but perf weaps on vet.

naturebased

Margha_Ralmoren wrote: »

I thought that this patch maelstrom weapons would drop in the final chest for completing nMA and perfected weapons for vMA. I just did nMA on one of my PC NA characters but nothing dropped (except a Winterborn sword). Did I misunderstand ?

did you back out at some point or do it all in one run?

anitajoneb17_ESO

Siantar wrote: »

As long as smb make zero effort doing nMA, at least they have to spent some time on it. Anyway it'll require much less time than farm same but perf weaps on vet.

Silly silly.

Margha_Ralmoren

I did it in one run without pause.

Taleof2Cities

Margha_Ralmoren wrote: »

I did it in one run without pause.

Report it in-game with /bug if you’re absolutely sure you didn’t auto-loot it ... or don’t somehow have it in inventory, @Margha_Ralmoren.

naturebased

Margha_Ralmoren wrote: »

I did it in one run without pause.

first time i didnt get one, i played it again and in the final chest i got mael mace and axe in the same chest

Veinblood1965

I just ran it two weeks ago on PS4 and got a bow of succession. It was nMA I've no idea if that was a VMA weapon or not but the stats sucked. Do the weapons names actually say Maelstrom?

DaveMoeDee

zvavi wrote: »

SolidusPrime wrote: »

I was in the middle of a veteran run when the update occurred. Think the rewards will be the new stuff, or should I restart?

Should be the new stuff. Don't see a reason why wouldn't it be, I don't believe drops are determined at the beginning of the run. If they are, it is inefficient programming.

Efficiency is irrelevant. It would be a design choice.

Problem is that it would be a dumb design choice to have separate loot table for old and new version. It isn't like they increased the difficulty.

John_Falstaff

DaveMoeDee wrote: »

zvavi wrote: »

SolidusPrime wrote: »

I was in the middle of a veteran run when the update occurred. Think the rewards will be the new stuff, or should I restart?

Should be the new stuff. Don't see a reason why wouldn't it be, I don't believe drops are determined at the beginning of the run. If they are, it is inefficient programming.

Efficiency is irrelevant. It would be a design choice.

Problem is that it would be a dumb design choice to have separate loot table for old and new version. It isn't like they increased the difficulty.

Not like they increased vMA difficulty either, but I still don't have my drops upgraded.

Foefaller

John_Falstaff wrote: »

DaveMoeDee wrote: »

zvavi wrote: »

SolidusPrime wrote: »

I was in the middle of a veteran run when the update occurred. Think the rewards will be the new stuff, or should I restart?

Should be the new stuff. Don't see a reason why wouldn't it be, I don't believe drops are determined at the beginning of the run. If they are, it is inefficient programming.

Efficiency is irrelevant. It would be a design choice.

Problem is that it would be a dumb design choice to have separate loot table for old and new version. It isn't like they increased the difficulty.

Not like they increased vMA difficulty either, but I still don't have my drops upgraded.

Wish they would give a longer answer other than "No upgrades."

Is it "No upgrades, because we want you to grind vMA all over again."?

Or "No upgrades, because we literally do not have the functionality our on end to do replacements on such a mass scale."?

Or was it "No upgrades, because the coding for items is a nightmarish mess and it would be practically impossible for us to pull it off with no hitches that could even result in people losing the MA weapons they already have ^{_{even if we weren't ZOS.}}"?

It's why communication is important, because I honestly think it's 2 or 3 or some combination of them, but without any straight answer from ZOS everyone is going to assume the worst, i.e. the first one.

D0PAMINE

I got a battle axe running nMA.

adilazimdegilx

It still drops Weapons of other sets that normally drops from nMA like Elemental Succession, Winterborn... So you have a guarenteed weapon drop of ONE of these sets or Maelstrom Weapons.
I think it's fair. nMA is cake walk anyway.
Apperantly, this was wrong.

essi2

naturebased wrote: »

Margha_Ralmoren wrote: »

I did it in one run without pause.

first time i didnt get one, i played it again and in the final chest i got mael mace and axe in the same chest

Dualwield set probably, they come in pairs.

Pdoherty4637_ESO

Just made a post about this myself. first nMA run I got a greatsword, second run I got only an elemental succession bow.

Vaoh

It’s sounding like instead of the game choosing a Maelstrom Weapon for one loot slot, and then a Succession/Hunt/etc Weapon for the next slot, they put Maelstrom weapons into the same loot pool as the Succession/Hunt/etc sets.