Public Dungeon - boss respawn times

willymchilybily · August 2015

Hey,

I realise what I'm about to say may get me some flack seeing posts from 2014 complaining about public dungeon boss farming ruining immersion. but i did the lions Den public dungeon, and it took over 1 hour. I was VR5 trying to quickly do the Level 40 EP dungeon killing all bosses and complete the EP achievement. In my opinion waiting for a boss to respawn then another and another and so on...that didn't just ruined immersion it put me off playing for the rest of the evening

It seems PublicDungeon Bosses take too long to respawn. And then when they respawn (in some instances) they seem to respawn all at the same time, so when i go to the next boss and see the people who were waiting for that boss leaving i sigh and wait some more. problem may be console specific as i dont know how many new PC players you see running the public dungeons, but please fix it.

Mighty_oakk · August 2015

If your trying todo the title achievment best to do it at 4am when noone around. Even then all bosses dont always spawn, it can take multiple clears. You can get the non title achievment in 1 clear though

Yakidafi · August 2015

There is no timer, the bosses respawn when another is dead.

it can take up to 10 min after 1 boss is dead though, usually this is only a "problem" in cyrodiil.

Sometimes the same boss spawn aswell can be frustrating.

willymchilybily · August 2015

Thanks for the information i didn't realise this. Still I wish it was different and ZOS would change it. So many public dungeons to go and so much waiting. Such a boring waste of time. I guess most people get the trinket/skyshard/group challenge and leave so you wait on one boss (and most of them you can trigger). I guess this is what I get trying to be a completionist.

Shogunami · January 2016

Public dungeons are a failure in ESO.
Mobs give half (or less) exp of usual mobs. Bosses sometimes give no exp at all, sometimes they give like, what, 13 experience on first kill at lvl 30. GG ZOS. And when they give maybe kinda slightly remotely sensible exp, it's the same as a REGULAR mob outside of public dungeon.

It's a failure in design and execution.

No chance for good loot (haven't happened once in all dungeons, don't even think I've gotten a blue item) and no experience. When you're done you get a chunk of exp, but not even remotely worth it considering the time it takes. Quest and grind are way more effetive and fun.

/thread necromancy

Volkodav · January 2016

Yeah,I agree that it takes too long for a respawn.In Toothmaul Gully I have had to stand there forever,got up made a pot of coffee and some toast before the one Goblin Boss and his pet respawned.By the time he did,there were three of us waiting.

MrDerrikk · January 2016

Volkodav wrote: »

Yeah,I agree that it takes too long for a respawn.In Toothmaul Gully I have had to stand there forever,got up made a pot of coffee and some toast before the one Goblin Boss and his pet respawned.By the time he did,there were three of us waiting.

I did this exact thing with a guildie at one point, except we also had the wizard goblin that is along the quest path, so everyone was killing him as he spawned. I did get to take this screenie whilst waiting in that dungeon though:

Volkodav · January 2016

MrDerrikk wrote: »

Volkodav wrote: »

Yeah,I agree that it takes too long for a respawn.In Toothmaul Gully I have had to stand there forever,got up made a pot of coffee and some toast before the one Goblin Boss and his pet respawned.By the time he did,there were three of us waiting.

I did this exact thing with a guildie at one point, except we also had the wizard goblin that is along the quest path, so everyone was killing him as he spawned. I did get to take this screenie whilst waiting in that dungeon though:

VERY nice! You have the exact place too.
Yes,the Lizard boss was a tough one too.I had to wait longer,I think,due to so many trying to kill the guy,and I couldnt get a hit in.

MrDerrikk · January 2016

Volkodav wrote: »

MrDerrikk wrote: »

Volkodav wrote: »

Yeah,I agree that it takes too long for a respawn.In Toothmaul Gully I have had to stand there forever,got up made a pot of coffee and some toast before the one Goblin Boss and his pet respawned.By the time he did,there were three of us waiting.

I did this exact thing with a guildie at one point, except we also had the wizard goblin that is along the quest path, so everyone was killing him as he spawned. I did get to take this screenie whilst waiting in that dungeon though:

VERY nice! You have the exact place too.
Yes,the Lizard boss was a tough one too.I had to wait longer,I think,due to so many trying to kill the guy,and I couldnt get a hit in.

Ah, you'd be AD then? I'm in DC, so as this was my Silver zone it would take enough time for even a VR16 like myself to take them down.

Volkodav · January 2016

MrDerrikk wrote: »

Volkodav wrote: »

MrDerrikk wrote: »

Volkodav wrote: »

Yeah,I agree that it takes too long for a respawn.In Toothmaul Gully I have had to stand there forever,got up made a pot of coffee and some toast before the one Goblin Boss and his pet respawned.By the time he did,there were three of us waiting.

I did this exact thing with a guildie at one point, except we also had the wizard goblin that is along the quest path, so everyone was killing him as he spawned. I did get to take this screenie whilst waiting in that dungeon though:

VERY nice! You have the exact place too.
Yes,the Lizard boss was a tough one too.I had to wait longer,I think,due to so many trying to kill the guy,and I couldnt get a hit in.

Ah, you'd be AD then? I'm in DC, so as this was my Silver zone it would take enough time for even a VR16 like myself to take them down.

Next time you get there,contact me.I'll make us toast and coffee.

aidenmoore · January 2016

Yakidafi wrote: »

There is no timer, the bosses respawn when another is dead.

it can take up to 10 min after 1 boss is dead though, usually this is only a "problem" in cyrodiil.

Sometimes the same boss spawn aswell can be frustrating.

This is one of my biggest annoyance in the game. Few days ago, I tried to complete Pothole Cavern in Cyrodiil, 3 bosses. I was there for about 2 hours killing the same boss repeatedly. I gave up and left the delve.