In response to the ongoing issue, the North American and European megaservers are currently unavailable while we perform maintenance.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/8235739/
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/8235739/
The issues have been resolved, and the ESO Store and Account System are now available. Thank you for your patience!
The issue is resolved, and the North American and European PC/Mac megaservers are now available. Thank you for your patience!
We are currently investigating issues some players are having on the megaservers. We will update as new information becomes available.
Box of Gray Host Pillage drops
jlb1705
✭✭✭
Can anyone tell me - when these drop from world bosses and harrowstorms, is it RNG-based, or is it like the Anniversary Event where the top X% DPS get the box?
0
-
jlb1705✭✭✭Nevermind, got my answer by spamming bow light attacks at a world boss and still getting the drop. I was going nuts unloading everything I had at like eight WBs in a row and getting nothing. I never have any trouble getting Anniversary Boxes so wasn't sure if I was doing something wrong.0
-
SeaGtGruff✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I think there might be a time-based limit, like 1 box every 15 minutes or something like that, but I'm not sure. I know you can get boxes by farming nodes, so I've been grabbing nodes whenever I see them, but if I get a box in a node then it's going to be another 10 or 15 minutes before I get another box-- and that includes boxes that drop from bosses. So if I get a box from a node and then 2 minutes later I help stop a harrowstorm, I won't get a box from the boss.I've fought mudcrabs more fearsome than me!1 -
jlb1705✭✭✭trackdemon5512 wrote: »There is a cooldown timer
Weird, I'm camping one WB in particular and I'll go several clears in a row without getting one and then a few in a row where I do. Either way, as long as it's not tied to DPS it's cool. I just didn't want to waste my time camping a WB that's super crowded where my chance for a drop depends on whether my skills even fire.0 -
SeaGtGruff✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Yeah, I think there's a cooldown, but I'm not sure about that, nor about how long it is. And I don't know if the cooldown applies to everything or not.I've fought mudcrabs more fearsome than me!0 -
trackdemon5512✭✭✭✭✭
✭@jlb1705 it's a cooldown timer on top of RNG. So you can’t get during the cooldown (except from daily turn ins) and after cooldown ends any of the drop sources has a strong chance of dropping.1 -
SeaGtGruff✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I used the stopwatch function on my iPad's Clock app to see how often I'm finding reward boxes while running around farming nodes, looting chests, and killing things.
The typical interval seems to be every 6 minutes or so, which suggests a 5-minute cooldown after which RNG takes over.
My longest interval between drops was 19 minutes, which felt more like 30.
I've fought mudcrabs more fearsome than me!1