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Enemy spawn times too short.
darkspyro92_ESO
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After killing a small group of Dominion soldiers, I decided to pick the lock on the chest directly behind them, not even two feet away. Halfway into the lockpicking, my border turns red indicating I have enemies attacking me. It was actually those same two enemies that I had killed earlier. After killing them again, I finish lockpicking the chest and take the loot inside. When I look up, they've respawned again, so I proceed to kill them... again...
After timing the spawn time using the chest timer, they respawned within about 10-15 seconds of dying. That is incredibly short for respawn timers when there is loot to be gotten. It is also bad if you get to a point where you have low health in a dungeon and decide to backtrack to run away from the enemy, and then whoops! Those guys you killed earlier are now in your way and want to kill you too! After a few minutes, you will probably have about 20 guys on your tail.
While I understand that before, respawn times were too long, that was when they seemed to be about 10 minutes before respawn. A short time of maybe even one and a half minutes would be satisfactory.
I'd like to hear what others think.
After timing the spawn time using the chest timer, they respawned within about 10-15 seconds of dying. That is incredibly short for respawn timers when there is loot to be gotten. It is also bad if you get to a point where you have low health in a dungeon and decide to backtrack to run away from the enemy, and then whoops! Those guys you killed earlier are now in your way and want to kill you too! After a few minutes, you will probably have about 20 guys on your tail.
While I understand that before, respawn times were too long, that was when they seemed to be about 10 minutes before respawn. A short time of maybe even one and a half minutes would be satisfactory.
I'd like to hear what others think.
Argonians always and forever.
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Martinus72✭✭✭✭Hm to be honest I have never experienced such short respawn time wherever I was, maybe it's scaled to number of players in area like in some other MMO's?3 -
Blackhorne✭✭✭✭I think @Martinus72 has it right.
The only times I've seen spawn times this low were when I was in an area with a lot of other players.1 -
darkspyro92_ESO✭✭✭Blackhorne wrote: »I think @Martinus72 has it right.
The only times I've seen spawn times this low were when I was in an area with a lot of other players.
I was in a dungeon with nobody else inside. Later though a huge group of about 10 ran in slaughtering everything in sight. They might've tipped up the spawn rate while I was lock picking. Strange though because they passed me about 10 minutes after lockpicking the chest and I was barely even in the dungeon. I was near the beginning.Argonians always and forever.0 -
JamilaRaj✭✭✭✭✭
✭Indeed, but it's not just Dominon; Covenant and Pact players too respawn like crazy. Off with forward camps I say!0 -
MasterSpatula✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭The spawn rates in Public Dungeons tend to be pretty absurdly short. Elsewhere, it's usually pretty reasonable, though I do occasionally run into one that's crazy-fast (and have gotten killed a time or two by kiting into a group I had just killed who had already respawned).
For the most part, ESO spawn rates are pretty good. But there are a few that need looking at."A probable impossibility is preferable to an improbable possibility." - Aristotle0 -
baratron✭✭✭✭✭
✭darkspyro92_ESO wrote: »After killing a small group of Dominion soldiers, I decided to pick the lock on the chest directly behind them, not even two feet away. Halfway into the lockpicking, my border turns red indicating I have enemies attacking me. It was actually those same two enemies that I had killed earlier. After killing them again, I finish lockpicking the chest and take the loot inside. When I look up, they've respawned again, so I proceed to kill them... again...
This happened to us with spiders in Kingscrest Cavern on Sunday. Okay, it was a Sunday afternoon so there were a lot of players in Cyrodiil - but there was no one else in the dungeon at the time. (It's tiny, so I could be sure of that). It's really annoying to take three attempts to pick a lock because you keep being jolted out of lockpicking by combat!
Meanwhile, certain bosses take forever to spawn. More than half an hour in some delves, and that's despite keeping one of your group by the spawn point to check while the others run round and make sure the other bosses are still dead.Edited by baratron on September 2, 2014 3:39PMGuildmaster of the UESP Guild on the North American PC/Mac Server 2350+ CP & also found on the European PC/Mac Server 1700+ CP
These characters are on both servers:
Alix de Feu - Breton Templar Healer level 50
Brings-His-Own-Forest - Argonian Warden Healer level 50
Hrodulf Bearpaw - Nord Warden Bear Friend & identical twin of Bjornolfr level 50
Jadisa al-Belkarth - Redguard Arcanist Damage Dealer level 50
NA-only characters:
Martin Draconis - Imperial Sorceror Healer (Aldmeri Dominion) level 50
Arzhela Petit - Breton Dragonknight Healer (Daggerfall Covenant) level 50
Bjornolfr Steel-Shaper - Nord Dragonknight Crafter (Ebonheart Pact) level 50 EAGERLY AWAITING HIS BEAR
Verandis Bloodraven - Altmer Nightblade Healer & clone of Count Verandis Ravenwatch (Aldmeri Dominion) level 50
Gethin Oakrun - Bosmer Nightblade Thief (Ebonheart Pact) level 501 -
Nestor✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I have found that some respawn timers are quite quick, some are quite slow. Of course they are slow when your looking to farm the mobs, and quick when your looking to farm the nodes.Enjoy the game, life is what you really want to be worried about.
PakKat "Everything was going well, until I died"
Gary Gravestink "I am glad you died, I needed the help"0 -
Psychobunni✭✭✭✭✭
✭@darkspyro92_ESO I experienced this on Khenarthi's Roost, chest and two I had to kill multiple times to get in the chest. Anomaly or a hint to crack faster IDK lol
If options weren't necessary, and everyone played the same way, no one would use addons. Fix the UI!0 -
darkspyro92_ESO✭✭✭christy8075b14_ESO wrote: »@darkspyro92_ESO I experienced this on Khenarthi's Roost, chest and two I had to kill multiple times to get in the chest. Anomaly or a hint to crack faster IDK lol
My theory is that Zenimax hates us. 3:Argonians always and forever.0
