Tank loot

akruvi

I've created a character with a focus on tanking, and after running 8 dungeons with it there is something I've noticed time and time again:

While my party members get blue drops from bosses, time after time, it seems that I would be considered lucky to strike a green item. The vast majority of the time, I get a white one!

As a tank, my focus lies more on taunting the boss and giving myself and the party damage shields. I do not damage the boss much, I know, but does that mean I do not serve the group in a manner deserving a reward?

Darrett

It's just random I think. We three manned Spindleclutch with a group of 14s last night. Our Nightblade died about 1/3rd of the way through the final fight, but we managed to win anyway (just much more slowly). Both myself and our DK got a soul gem and a white glyph, but the NB got a blue bow.

flarefireb16_ESO

Yeah pretty sure it's random. I got 6 blue drops from bosses within my first 2 dungeon runs as a tank. Then 3 more runs without anything good.

I agree with your sentiment though. There's a lot of ways to help your group other than dealing damage. So your chance of getting loot should not depend on your damage output.

akruvi

Thanks guys, in this case I'll just change the title of this post to TES RNG Hates me

LG_Xenith

The loot as a whole in this game is non-existent unless someone crafts it for you. Rarely, do I see anything drop (at all) from Dark Anchors, anything from World Bosses, and if anything is dropped from a dungeon, it's from a chest. The PvE loot (blue or higher) in this game only exists on a 10% margin of the things you do.