Not getting anything for participating in Anchor battles.

SMW1980b14a_ESO

I've participated in 2 or 3 Anchor battles, helped kill many Daedra and helped with the final boss guy, getting several hits off on it. I've destroyed the little anchor crystals, but the most I ever got was a common white staff like 2g. Don't even get any EXP, and the amount gained from defeating enemies is minimal.

Am I missing something or is there currently not any point in doing the Anchors?

And on a side note, is there any way for my username to have less gibberish in it? Kinda silly looking.

psychounz

Are you sure your haven't seen your skill lines increase at all? I've only done two anchors myself, so I'm not super experienced in them, but I know I saw a couple skill lines of mine increase during battle and when the anchor was destroyed.

The first one I did I primarily fought like a mad beast because I wasn't aware of the anchor crystals, and the second one I did I fought from a distance and got about 3 of the anchor crystals.

Again, I didn't notice any significant loot but I'm pretty sure I got regular experience.

SMW1980b14a_ESO

Nothing other than one I stated. After seeing nothing on the first one I checked my bars as I ran in to look for change, I think I may have got like 211 exp, but that's it. My girlfriend didn't get anything either. And if it makes any difference, other than helping to kill a large number of enemies, I also healed a lot of people.


They should probably also scale up the number of enemies and their strength a bit as the number of players goes up. Maybe it's related to the monsters living like 1-3 seconds at most, getting instantly obliterated by a horde of players before they even know what is going on.

psychounz

Hmm... I'm not sure, to be honest. Hope you get some insight!

ntcrysteb17_ESO

It's been like that since beta, so yea, I'm guessing the devs simply haven't bothered adding any rewards for doing the Anchors other than the Achievements & roleplaying gratification.

I agree it'd be nice if the final boss at least had a guaranteed greenie drop and maybe a small chance of a blue or better, given how it does generally take multiple players and several minutes to finish. Or if there was a skillpoint reward for clearing out all the Anchors in the zone once. Or stuff like that. OR, if the Anchors genuinely posed a threat to the area that had to be handled ASAP (maybe the mobs spawning in a much larger number, and with an AI that makes them wander in a wide area on a search & destroy mission?), rather than just being a passive optional sideshow. Tho I don't think it's a major priority atm, plenty more serious issues to be adressed first (like persistent rollbacks... /cringe).

Maestro_Sartori

Yes, I haven't gotten any drops from these battles at all. Seriously whats the point if theres no drops. I have no desire at all to participate in these at all now...

SMW1980b14a_ESO

Especially since there is basically no enjoyment to be derived from curb stomping the enemies with zero effort required an instant after they portal in.

Seems strange that this wasn't given any attention. They call attention to these things early in the game game, but they seem pointless and undeveloped.

Ravinsild

You get some fighter's guild experience.

Maybe it's mostly to level fighter's guild?

Maestro_Sartori

Ravinsild wrote: »

You get some fighter's guild experience.

Maybe it's mostly to level fighter's guild?

Doesn't matter, you should get some sort of drop, chest, gold, something at the end....I was looking all over the place for a chest, so was everybody else...

scabrous_ftz

SMW1980b14a_ESO wrote: »

Especially since there is basically no enjoyment to be derived from curb stomping the enemies with zero effort required an instant after they portal in.

Not to mention that if you curb stomp too quickly, the event simply stops. I went to try my first anchor event on Tuesday in Glenumbra. Over several minutes, a group assembled, but then someone rushed in and killed the cultists before they could sacrifice themselves. End of event.

Pyatra

Loot is really random, sounds more like your unlucky. I have pulled a blue item out of the 3rd one I did... pretty sweet one too.

psychounz

Ah, that's right, you do get Fighter's Guild experience.

I know that as I was fighting in one of these anchors, if I got enough damage off on a mob, they did allow me to loot. I had auto-loot on at the time and not an add-on to see what I was getting (soon to be remedied) but I did get at least something from these mobs.

I also feel like ones of those mobs was one of the final big guys that comes in at the end. Maybe it's just all part of the RNG? I mean, OP only has done 2, right? Do a few more and see what happens.

Sakiri

I wasn't even getting loot off anything but the first group of mobs(the cultists).

There were like 20 people there and it was all dying before I got a hit on most of them, and while I got hits on the boss, he still melted in 4 seconds and there was 0 loot to be had.

I was under the impression that the boss was supposed to give loot. At least thats what I remember from the hype they did on them.