(Dark Anchor) Doleman's EXP changes in patch 2.08?

NewBlacksmurf · May 2015

When i read the patch notes it writes that exp is granted the first time the Doleman is completed by a player.
-Should this be interpreted that repeating a Doleman by the same player gives 0 exp every-time after?

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/170248/
Dungeons & Group Content
Dark Anchors

Dark Anchors (Dolmens) now award experience the first time they are completed.

Terminus1 · May 2015

Hoping this means you get some small pool of discovery/completion XP. You should continue to get lvl appropriate XP for killing mobs etc.

I hope.

Flaminir · May 2015

Basically yes.

It looks like you will get XP based on completing it as a POI (Point of interest) just as you do the others on the map, but then just normal mob killing XP for any further completions.

Sods law.... I decided my Templar needed a new title as I was levelling her, so for XP & the Nirn title I spent 4 hours yesterday running around every dolmen to do them all... finished at 3am this morning, & now the announce they are giving XP! Doh!

Terminus1 · May 2015

I wonder if this means we need to go back and RE-DO all of the Dark Anchors...

KenCleanAirSystem · May 2015

I'd guess that, just like world bosses, delves, etc. you get a nice chunk of xp the first time you complete any given dolmen (about equal to turning in a quest). Then after that, you only get xp from the mobs that you kill while closing the dolmen, but no xp for closing it ... once the icon has been turned from black to white on your map, you no longer receive the large xp award for completion.

Flaminir · May 2015

Terminus1 wrote: »

I wonder if this means we need to go back and RE-DO all of the Dark Anchors...

Nope... they said its only XP for the first time you complete them. So no benefit to going back unless its for other reasons.... achievements, cold siege in cyro etc.

Terminus1 · May 2015

I mean if we already completed it BEFORE they added this XP pool. At Vr14 You probably already closed every DA there is. If you go back and do them all again, would you get the XP for closing it the one time.

Meh - I guess it's something worth investigating...

I mean at this point, it's that or fishing....

Flaminir · May 2015

Terminus1 wrote: »

I mean if we already completed it BEFORE they added this XP pool. At Vr14 You probably already closed every DA there is. If you go back and do them all again, would you get the XP for closing it the one time.

Meh - I guess it's something worth investigating...

I mean at this point, it's that or fishing....

Could try I guess.... though its rare for ZoS to make a change that works retrospectively.

Can't imagine them wanting to create a great big script to run on every bodies accounts.... work out what dolmens they had done, what level the dolmen was compared to what level they were at completion, & then restrospectively add the correct amount of XP to each account.

Pretty sure it would just be from this point on.

Because: Console.

Ysne58 · May 2015

I would think the exp for completing the Dolmen would be different from the exp for killing the npcs. Wouldn't be the first time I'm wrong on something though if that isn't the way it works. @ZOS_GinaBruno? Can you shed some light on this?

Terminus1 · May 2015

Well, since it is all recorded under your achievements journal, they could easily run a script adding completed XP to those who have completed each DA. But that is a bit of work on the servers. I wouldn't do that if I were them. I am a nefarious *** and would make you march right back there and do it all over.

Ketta · May 2015

Flaminir wrote: »

Basically yes.

It looks like you will get XP based on completing it as a POI (Point of interest) just as you do the others on the map, but then just normal mob killing XP for any further completions.

Sods law.... I decided my Templar needed a new title as I was levelling her, so for XP & the Nirn title I spent 4 hours yesterday running around every dolmen to do them all... finished at 3am this morning, & now the announce they are giving XP! Doh!

Ouch! I caught up on mine last night (I'm a new-ish player and my main is in her 30s), and my first thought was....I wish this were retroactive! Grrrr.

A little 'pre-patch' warning would have been swell. Dammit.

Attorneyatlawl · May 2015

Ysne58 wrote: »

I would think the exp for completing the Dolmen would be different from the exp for killing the npcs. Wouldn't be the first time I'm wrong on something though if that isn't the way it works. @ZOS_GinaBruno? Can you shed some light on this?

Yes, it is. This was a newer bug, that now has been fixed. In beta and most of the tome the game has been live, you got POI XP for the first completion and mob xp as normal afterwards. This isn't new

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gard · May 2015

This confuses me.
I thought most people make it a point to hit the dolmens as part of the vr leveling process during Silver and Gold?
Does that mean doing those has been for naught (other than the mob xp?) Although I guess in SIlver and Gold the bosses probably give good xp.

Enodoc · May 2015

KenCleanAirSystem wrote: »

I'd guess that, just like world bosses, delves, etc. you get a nice chunk of xp the first time you complete any given dolmen (about equal to turning in a quest). Then after that, you only get xp from the mobs that you kill while closing the dolmen, but no xp for closing it ... once the icon has been turned from black to white on your map, you no longer receive the large xp award for completion.

It's exactly this. It was bugged and not giving Black-to-White completion XP, and is now fixed. Because it was a bug, it's not clear when it started being buggy, so there is no way to compensate specifically those dolmens that were completed during the bugged time. It was suggested (by me) that they could black out all dolmens as compensation, but they decided not to do that.