Why is "Normal" mode soooooo easy when the Veteran mode is 20 times harder????

Robbmrp · October 2015

So I'm just curious as to the reason the difficulty on the new dungeons Imperial City Prision and White Gold Tower have such a huge difference. After trying both on Veteral level first and being unsuccessful, our group completed them on Normal with relative ease. I get that the Normal should be easier than Vet but IMO the difference shouldn't be this drastic. Most people do the Normal to prepare for the other but it's so easy. Take Vet ICP for example, the Flesh Atronachs go into an enrage mode and one shot you for 300K where as on the Normal they aren't any harder than those in Normal Spindleclutch. The whole enrage mechanic doesn't seem to be working there where it should. To prepare people for the extreme difficulty, the Normal levels should be a lot harder to do. It's almost as if there's supposed to be another level of difficulty in place between Normal and Veteran.

Would it better prepare those for Veteran Dungeons if the Normal ones were actually difficult to do???

What do you all think?

Shadesofkin · October 2015

all the Normal Mode dungeons have this problem, it's one of the big complaints dungeon groups had early on; we'd end up with players who hadn't learned a thing in the normal dungeons because they could breeze through them and then they'd stand in red or refuse to dodge or try to melee a ranged boss all because they weren't given a proper difficulty in the normal mode dungeons. Dungeons should require teamwork and mechanics as much as DPS, but c'est la vie that is how it is in ESO.

srs121 · October 2015

Normal mode is not intended to be difficult, but rather to get your feet wet. Veteran mode, is well for veteran players. The damage is output from mobs is higher, their health, boss mechanics etc.. I enjoy the difficultly of vet, and can do all dungeons with ease at max level... It's honestly just a matter of learning the bosses mechanics, using communication, and being properly geared to tackle it. If you are under geared, not using your character abilities correctly, and are not working well together.. Then you should fail and will struggle.

Most players will just say you suck and to give up... But honestly try changing some skills around, try different Tatics, etc.. You would be surprised at how much easier you can make a boss encounter go with just a slightly different setup or positioning. And remember some bosses have 'character checks' which will challenge and test a specific type of character to make sure they are up to par (dps check, healer check etc..). They have heavy unavoidable damage phases, dps races, and tank resource and positioning management..

Hope you have better luck with the veteran dungeons/pledges.