What's the most ridiculous thing(s) you've heard that'll supposedly get you better loot

Kammakazi · February 2016

It's already known that ZoS does not give out any statistics about this game whatsoever, except for maybe total players registered/currently playing & the average CP everybody has, whether console/pc/mac. I can even confirm this because I've PM'd and have gotten a response from @ZOS_RichLambert 4-5 ESO Lives ago. I asked him if they share out any form of statistics and he told me outright, no.

However, these are some of the most ridiculous and eye-rolling things I've heard:

Running 3 laps clockwise on the Valkyn Skoria platforms will increase your chances of getting the head drop (lol).
Killing every single mob in a Veteran dungeon increases your chances of getting set piece drops + the head piece (this supposedly applies to every Veteran dungeon).
Supposedly it's a One in Three chance of getting the head piece in any Veteran dungeon.

Hand_Bacon · February 2016

Deleting Google Chrome

AzraelKrieg · February 2016

Leaving all pinions up on a dark anchor until the end will give you either better loot or a general

MrDerrikk · February 2016

AzraelKrieg wrote: »

Leaving all pinions up on a dark anchor until the end will give you either better loot or a general

I used to hand this out whilst farming Dolmens as I thought it was true; read it on the wiki and everything

Then of course they said this was definitely not the case and I felt silly.

Apparently Hardmode on a Veteran boss has a much higher chance of dropping a helm. It's funny though that most of mine have only ever dropped without the hardmode at the end...

Vaoh · February 2016

Performing a Ritual!

Whilst standing 1m or less from a lifeless Molag Kena, you are to salute, pray, cry, pull out a torch, kowtow, flapp your arms in the air or scream. Increases the drop rate of the monster helm!

True story: I had run Vet White Gold Tower about 15x with no drop. Finally, my friend told me about the ritual, so I performed it at Molag Kena's corpse and recieved a Heavy Infused Helm. It was literally EXACTLY what I wanted. Try it yourself!

Bossdonut · February 2016

A secret finesse meter. Activating synergies, surviving near death, and doing good deeds increases your meter.

MrDerrikk · February 2016

Doncellius wrote: »

Performing a Ritual!

Whilst standing 1m or less from a lifeless Molag Kena, you are to salute, pray, cry, pull out a torch, kowtow, flapp your arms in the air or scream. Increases the drop rate of the monster helm!

True story: I had run Vet White Gold Tower about 15x with no drop. Finally, my friend told me about the ritual, so I performed it at Molag Kena's corpse and recieved a Heavy Infused Helm. It was literally EXACTLY what I wanted. Try it yourself!

We did a similar thing to try and make the IC sewers event spawn, but Molag Bal was not amused enough.

Faunter · February 2016

Each character also has a secret Luck attribute that is only rolled once during character creation, which affects the loot you will get forever.

Spottswoode · February 2016

Riding backwards on a guar through coldharbour whilst wearing a clown costume.

MrDerrikk · February 2016

Faunter wrote: »

Each character also has a secret Luck attribute that is only rolled once during character creation, which affects the loot you will get forever.

So we should continue re-rolling new chars until we get one with a good luck amount, like Pokemon and IV's

Mojmir · February 2016

I always liked alt+f4

Spottswoode · February 2016

Mojmir wrote: »

I always liked alt+f4

Well, it does enable godmode.

MissBizz · February 2016

AzraelKrieg wrote: »

Leaving all pinions up on a dark anchor until the end will give you either better loot or a general

They have now confirmed twice this is not true.. And I still hear people saying it in game. This must win for longest running.

Moonshadow66 · February 2016

Kammakazi wrote: »

It's already known that ZoS does not give out any statistics about this game whatsoever, except for maybe total players registered/currently playing & the average CP everybody has, whether console/pc/mac. I can even confirm this because I've PM'd and have gotten a response from @ZOS_RichLambert 4-5 ESO Lives ago. I asked him if they share out any form of statistics and he told me outright, no.

However, these are some of the most ridiculous and eye-rolling things I've heard:
Running 3 laps clockwise on the Valkyn Skoria platforms will increase your chances of getting the head drop (lol).

Killing every single mob in a Veteran dungeon increases your chances of getting set piece drops + the head piece (this supposedly applies to every Veteran dungeon).

Supposedly it's a One in Three chance of getting the head piece in any Veteran dungeon.

4. Leaving all 4 Pinions up at a Dolmen before closing them increases your chances of getting a named boss and/or a rare set item.
Nonsense.

Prabooo · February 2016

Spottswoode wrote: »

Mojmir wrote: »

I always liked alt+f4

Well, it does enable godmode.

It worked perfect for me! Thanks! Can't wait to try it on all chars!

Tryxus · February 2016

L2P

AOECAPS · February 2016

Pray to rngesus before final boss fight. Did it before kena fight and picked up a medium infused

ral · February 2016

Have all 3 players dies and t-bag each of them once before delivering the final blow to the boss.

DRXHarbinger · February 2016

Highest dps gets the helm.

HebrewHatchet · February 2016

There is no helm, it's a myth.

GreenSoup2HoT · February 2016

While trying to get rare look from dolmen's, never touch any of the pinion's until the end. I've even heard putting down pinion's in a specific order will also change the outcome and will grant better chance's a General will spawn.

Acrolas · February 2016

Eating a high fiber meal will help you pass through the Sewers more easily.

Kova · February 2016

The pinions thing killed me when I ran with someone else in cyrodiil. I humored him and when no general dropped he was like, "Guess it needed longer."

The most recent one is something I think came from the mercenary drop system:

The more monster set pieces you have, the more likely you get helm drops.

Kova · February 2016

Doncellius wrote: »

Performing a Ritual!

Whilst standing 1m or less from a lifeless Molag Kena, you are to salute, pray, cry, pull out a torch, kowtow, flapp your arms in the air or scream. Increases the drop rate of the monster helm!

True story: I had run Vet White Gold Tower about 15x with no drop. Finally, my friend told me about the ritual, so I performed it at Molag Kena's corpse and recieved a Heavy Infused Helm. It was literally EXACTLY what I wanted. Try it yourself!

Was it under the truck?

AzraelKrieg · February 2016

Kova wrote: »

Doncellius wrote: »

Performing a Ritual!

Whilst standing 1m or less from a lifeless Molag Kena, you are to salute, pray, cry, pull out a torch, kowtow, flapp your arms in the air or scream. Increases the drop rate of the monster helm!

True story: I had run Vet White Gold Tower about 15x with no drop. Finally, my friend told me about the ritual, so I performed it at Molag Kena's corpse and recieved a Heavy Infused Helm. It was literally EXACTLY what I wanted. Try it yourself!

Was it under the truck?

Was Strength needed as well?

Grendel_at_ESO · February 2016

AzraelKrieg wrote: »

Leaving all pinions up on a dark anchor until the end will give you either better loot or a general

I always do that because I usually do them solo(not sure why people always ask for help) and don't have time to switch them until I've killed everything. I've never noticed getting any better loot, if anything it seems to be better when others jump in.

Necrelios · February 2016

That the "Treasure Hunter" Champion Point passive increases the quality of items found in treasure chests.

Islyn · February 2016

Bossdonut wrote: »

A secret finesse meter. Activating synergies, surviving near death, and doing good deeds increases your meter.

I heard this too!

Islyn · February 2016

Grendel_at_ESO wrote: »

AzraelKrieg wrote: »

Leaving all pinions up on a dark anchor until the end will give you either better loot or a general

I always do that because I usually do them solo(not sure why people always ask for help) and don't have time to switch them until I've killed everything. I've never noticed getting any better loot, if anything it seems to be better when others jump in.

I do it just because I know when it's all done lol

Prabooo · February 2016

Bossdonut wrote: »

A secret finesse meter. Activating synergies, surviving near death, and doing good deeds increases your meter.

http://elderscrollsonline.info/guides/finesse

nine9six · February 2016

Mojmir wrote: »

I always liked alt+f4

haha, what I was going to say.