Making the PvE harder, how do YOU do it?

aco5712 · April 2015

I find the PvE extremely easy in this game. Its not challenging to me. What are some ways to make it harder?

Only ones i could think of are:
- lower level armours
- not investing in passives
- limit to 1 bar/handful of skills
- light/heavy attacks only
- fight higher level mobs

Any others you guys use?

This isnt a discussion about the difficulty of PvE, its about how to make it harder so dont go on tangents please.

RedTalon · April 2015

Go commando style and the challenge will go up when you using only skills and a weapon. No armor or jewelry

Valymer · April 2015

Pug vet dungeons

eventide03b14a_ESO · April 2015

I do things that are challenging like DSA, COA, trials, or PvP. If you go to non challenging areas then you will not be challenged. The content is there, but you can't just do delves and dungeons and wonder why there is no challenge.

Slurg · April 2015

aco5712 wrote: »

I find the PvE extremely easy in this game. Its not challenging to me. What are some ways to make it harder?

Only ones i could think of are:
- lower level armours
- not investing in passives
- limit to 1 bar/handful of skills
- light/heavy attacks only
- fight higher level mobs

Any others you guys use?

This isnt a discussion about the difficulty of PvE, its about how to make it harder so dont go on tangents please.

These are all good. Also try using your skill points to unlock some different skills that aren't part of any FOTM builds and don't compliment each other at all and try those out on your skill bar.

Also as an added bonus, I find that trying out new skills I wouldn't normally use is a lot of fun.

Dre4dwolfb14_ESO · April 2015

1) Mob Density
2) Fast Spawn Rates
3) Longer Run Distance from spawn for mobs

4)Bosses that take up half a screen drop a ton of loot and take 10 min to kill will dishing out random AOES every 6sec in random locations all with the potential to knock 30%+ off your health bar.

5) Increased ability for players to allocate stats (sacrifice survivability for damage/speed) so players can make their own difficulty.

reften · April 2015

It's just like Skyrim.

My advice? try little used, less than optimal abilities.

It's a great way to find out a new ability that might have some utility.

Faugaun · April 2015

RedTalon wrote: »

Go commando style and the challenge will go up when you using only skills and a weapon. No armor or jewelry

So far level 22 doing this and I still ranged 2-shot on level mobs....taking armor off doesn't help if you don't get hit....

eserras7b16_ESO · April 2015

Go in dungeons, hard ones with bad DPSers or low level VR's.

Faugaun · April 2015

My favorite technique is to go delving commando and pull as many groups as I can at once and practice my kiting...managing magicka/stamina while fighting 15 mobs at your level and not wearing clothes can be punishing when you mess up....unfortunately you out level content kinda quick doing this technique.

aco5712 · April 2015

Valymer wrote: »

Pug vet dungeons

I actually end up hating the game more when i do this. I would like to refrain from this hahahha.

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

I do things that are challenging like DSA, COA, trials, or PvP. If you go to non challenging areas then you will not be challenged. The content is there, but you can't just do delves and dungeons and wonder why there is no challenge.

i pugged DSA and we had minimal deaths. Might give vet DSA a go. Trails were a joke when i did it with guild but that was pre 1.6. Heard they made them easier though so

I PvP everyday all day. I dont pve but im burning out from all my pvp so i want a change.

Thinking about starting from level 1 again with a new char. Looking for more ways to make my journey from 1-vr14 harder. Seemed very easy when i last did it.

Thanks for some of the suggestions so far.

Iselin · April 2015

Solo Dolmens, world bosses, public dungeon bosses, run group dungeons without a healer or with just two or three... I've done all of that and have had some good fights.

And not PVE but... nothing beats going up against another human.

Ley · April 2015

I level naked, it's mostly still pretty easy but once in a while I run into content that forces me to put on some armor.

Alleon · April 2015

how about some sort of a hardcore rading end game content?

Leggi · April 2015

Go solo High Crag.

Shunravi · April 2015

How to make the pve harder (which = enjoyable for some); DONT PLAY 1/3 OF THE GAME!

Aka; looting, crafting, skill progression, grouping with friends and finding a guild. In fact, purposefully gimp yourself, because putting yourself in an overleveled zone, or running something with strangers is everyone's favorite thing to do!!!

LucyferLightbringer · April 2015

Get vampire, nothing gimps ya toon like it. Way more fire damage, slower health regen.

Alphashado · April 2015

Please go vote and discuss on this poll. I want to get a more accurate picture of how people feel about this.
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/166328/poll-do-you-find-eso-too-easy-too-hard-or-just-right#latest

ThisOnePosts · April 2015

Once upon a time, this game had a bug which created more challenging Vet zones. They hit 2x harder, took 2x damage, and it was amazingly fun. Some lamers cried and now it's been nerfed into oblivion.. no pun intended.

aco5712 · April 2015

LucyferLightbringer wrote: »

Get vampire, nothing gimps ya toon like it. Way more fire damage, slower health regen.

this is probably the best idea except i hate the fact that i looked like i drowned and came back to life....

NewBlacksmurf · April 2015

Very simple, you go to zones higher than you level 2-4 and see what you're made of.
(Always stay within 5 levels of your level)

fromtesonlineb16_ESO · April 2015

aco5712 wrote: »

IThis isnt a discussion about the difficulty of PvE, its about how to make it harder so dont go on tangents please.

You can't exclude comments simply because they don't support your agenda.

Difficulty is fine, if you want 'hard' stuff that's what Trials are for .. if they're not hard enough for you then fine, discuss that all you want, I don't do them, but mostly the rest of the game is pretty much fine by me.

fromtesonlineb16_ESO · April 2015

ViciousWayz wrote: »

Once upon a time, this game had a bug which created more challenging Vet zones. They hit 2x harder, took 2x damage, and it was amazingly fun. Some lamers cried and now it's been nerfed into oblivion.. no pun intended.

Because taking 5 mins to kill a mob pack that takes 30 secs in 'normal' is 'fun'.

In any case, you're over-exaggeration of the adjustment ZOS made invalidates your comment anyway.

leandro.800ub17_ESO · April 2015

Current PVE and vet dungeons are disigned to be done with no PVP bufs and no champion points thats why it feels easy
Wait for more content and we will see.

Nestor · April 2015

aco5712 wrote: »

Thinking about starting from level 1 again with a new char. Looking for more ways to make my journey from 1-vr14 harder. Seemed very easy when i last did it.

Thanks for some of the suggestions so far.

There are many ways to gimp a character, most have been discussed. The problem is for most people, it goes against natural progression to do this. Most people can start out this way, but then loot or something else migrates them back into a powerful character. It really takes a Role to achieve this. Forcing your character to do something or not do something can adjust the game difficulty.

For example, play in Clothing (the stuff we can loot with the justice system), use untraited weapons. Limit your self to certain skills that fill the role you have described for your self. This way you can feel like your achieving something (your role) and the limits you place on yourself are more easily adhered to. Maybe your character wont' use potions or glyphs or magic or whatever.

Fleshreaper · April 2015

1. Sword singer - No, chest, shoulders, or helm.
2. Wild-ling - No, shoes, belt, or helm.
3. Beserker - No, pants, belt, or gloves.
4. A Nudest - O_O
5. Scavenger - No, crafted sets or purchased sets, Only dropped or quest reward gear.
6. Loner/Purest - No, help from alts. Toon only makes what they can make.
That's all I can think of right now.

Davadin · April 2015

Nerf all bonuses/stats from ALL weapons and equipments and gears to 50% of their current value.

But nothing changes on character stat tho, or skill.

Just the gears and weapons.

starlizard70ub17_ESO · April 2015

Don't join or be in a PvP buff campaign. You'd be amazed at how much PvP buffs add to your abilities.
Only use armour, weapons, food, potions you pick up, steal or loot.

aco5712 · April 2015

fromtesonlineb16_ESO wrote: »

ViciousWayz wrote: »

Once upon a time, this game had a bug which created more challenging Vet zones. They hit 2x harder, took 2x damage, and it was amazingly fun. Some lamers cried and now it's been nerfed into oblivion.. no pun intended.

Because taking 5 mins to kill a mob pack that takes 30 secs in 'normal' is 'fun'.

In any case, you're over-exaggeration of the adjustment ZOS made invalidates your comment anyway.

see that was fun to me. back when vet zones were tough and you really had to think about how to play. Testing all your skills and what you learnt. Now its just spam an aoe and your good.

Natjur · April 2015

Naken Dolmen runs in cyrodiil and really funny when you find another team doing Naken Dolmen runs from another faction.