Vateshran Hollows Unplayable (for me)

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

So, last night I made it through the green stage just fine, it was the blue stage that bugged-out. It had to do with the blue swirling teleport pads. After activating the pad to the next area it would only allow me so many seconds to get to and activate the chain that causes the land bridge to form. If I did not make it in time I would be zapped back to the teleport pad. It was impossible to do this with mobs to clear on the way. I would clear some mobs then get zapped back to the teleport pad over and over. So, after clearing the mobs (step by step) and being zapped back many times I did just barely manage to run to the first chain and activate only to get instantly zapped back again; at least the path was clear and the bridge dropped. So, I cleared all the mobs to the next teleport pad, activated it and started clearing mobs to the next chain (just like the first time). But this time the path was just a little bit longer and no matter how fast I ran I could never make it to the next chain to progress further in the arena. Oh, and to add insult to injury, the bug reporter was not working either. I really hope they get this fixed soon. Broken game = no fun.

@ZOS_GinaBruno

deviousthevile

What I did is I skipped these mobs. Even when you are in combat, you can activate the Sigil boosts as well as the chain. So my advice is just run through the mobs in the Wounding portals.

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

deviousthevile wrote: »

What I did is I skipped these mobs. Even when you are in combat, you can activate the Sigil boosts as well as the chain. So my advice is just run through the mobs in the Wounding portals.

I still cannot make it in time on that second portal. I'll see if I can get one of my guildies to mail me some speed potions.

Aznox

According to https://alcasthq.com/eso-vateshran-hollows-solo-arena-guide/ , this is a feature, you have 20 seconds to reach the chain, sort of a speed check.

I agree this wasn't obvious to me first, thought it was a mechanic i missed, but it is just a timer.

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

Aznox wrote: »

According to https://alcasthq.com/eso-vateshran-hollows-solo-arena-guide/ , this is a feature, you have 20 seconds to reach the chain, sort of a speed check.

I agree this wasn't obvious to me first, thought it was a mechanic i missed, but it is just a timer.

Thanks for the tip. Seems like a pointless/stupid mechanic for such a small area.

Scritchel

Are you not synergizing the boosters? The white glowy lights? You should have more than enough time to make it to the end no matter your speed.

Svenja

What Scritchel says.
You are on a 20 second timer. After this time you are ported back. To prolong that time and reset the timer, you need to activate these things:

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highkingnm

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

Aznox wrote: »

According to https://alcasthq.com/eso-vateshran-hollows-solo-arena-guide/ , this is a feature, you have 20 seconds to reach the chain, sort of a speed check.

I agree this wasn't obvious to me first, thought it was a mechanic i missed, but it is just a timer.

Thanks for the tip. Seems like a pointless/stupid mechanic for such a small area.

The mechanic seems to be both to add some difficulty for score runs and to introduce you to the mechanic before it becomes part of the second boss fight in that area (where you get 20 seconds to clear the Watchers).

Kurat

The whole arena is basically a dps check. With mediocre dps you won't get any achievements and its very difficult to clear at all.

KhajiitLivesMatter

Kurat wrote: »

The whole arena is basically a dps check. With mediocre dps you won't get any achievements and its very difficult to clear at all.

good joke on most bosses i did 30-35k dps (max) which is pretty mediocore
and i got after 6 runs the speed no death hm
its not about dps

MirandaSharp

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

So, last night I made it through the green stage just fine, it was the blue stage that bugged-out. It had to do with the blue swirling teleport pads. After activating the pad to the next area it would only allow me so many seconds to get to and activate the chain that causes the land bridge to form. If I did not make it in time I would be zapped back to the teleport pad. It was impossible to do this with mobs to clear on the way. I would clear some mobs then get zapped back to the teleport pad over and over. So, after clearing the mobs (step by step) and being zapped back many times I did just barely manage to run to the first chain and activate only to get instantly zapped back again; at least the path was clear and the bridge dropped. So, I cleared all the mobs to the next teleport pad, activated it and started clearing mobs to the next chain (just like the first time). But this time the path was just a little bit longer and no matter how fast I ran I could never make it to the next chain to progress further in the arena. Oh, and to add insult to injury, the bug reporter was not working either. I really hope they get this fixed soon. Broken game = no fun.

@ZOS_GinaBruno

It's by design. They have the shiny orbs you can take(press x) to get a bit more time if you want to kill the monsters, but the point is to run through to pull the chain as fast as possible. My advice is to not bother with the monsters and just run.....

Jeremy

KhajiitLivesMatter wrote: »

Kurat wrote: »

The whole arena is basically a dps check. With mediocre dps you won't get any achievements and its very difficult to clear at all.

good joke on most bosses i did 30-35k dps (max) which is pretty mediocore
and i got after 6 runs the speed no death hm
its not about dps

I've only done the red stage so far - Brimstone or something I think - and I was actually able to do it on Veteran my first time in on my tank (who has awful DPS). I was pleasantly surprised.

We'll see if that holds up for the rest of the stages though (I doubt it will). Because that's one of the reasons I never liked the arena like content because it always tends to lock out defensive builds and 30-35k DPS is way too high for a tank. So I hope that much isn't required.

josiahva

highkingnm wrote: »

Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »

Aznox wrote: »

According to https://alcasthq.com/eso-vateshran-hollows-solo-arena-guide/ , this is a feature, you have 20 seconds to reach the chain, sort of a speed check.

I agree this wasn't obvious to me first, thought it was a mechanic i missed, but it is just a timer.

Thanks for the tip. Seems like a pointless/stupid mechanic for such a small area.

The mechanic seems to be both to add some difficulty for score runs and to introduce you to the mechanic before it becomes part of the second boss fight in that area (where you get 20 seconds to clear the Watchers).

That was the boss mech there? I just ignored it and went damage tank...50 lasers and tons of slow....just didnt care, cleared it without dying first try. As for the portals on the way....I also didnt care if I was ported back, I just made it a point to do as much damage as possible and clear the ads....they were still taking damage from my AOEs when I ported back...maybe not a fast way to do it, but so far mild damage on a tank setup seems to be able to clear everything there just fine, but slow. The only place I have died so far is minotaur boss...and that is because I am still learning the mechs(blind playthrough)...I guess you just grapple around and interrupt the ads?

morrowjen

We're so used to random loading sceens happening that it really does feel like this mech is an inside joke by the devs.