Maelstrom Inferno Staff

beamy93 · February 2016

For those of you lucky enough to get one how did you receive it?

If you're lucky enough to have received it through both ways then go ahead and pot whichever you received it from more.

Destruent · February 2016

Don't know which answer i should choose...got one from the weekly (precise) and one from the arena chest (sharpened).

Shader_Shibes · February 2016

3 precise, all from weeklys.

The_Saint · February 2016

Weekly Rewards

one sharpened Firestaff from weekly and one defending from chest

precise Lightning and sharpened Ice from chest...

Frenkthevile · February 2016

never finished the arena because i'm a tank.

Ommy71 · February 2016

Frenkthevile wrote: »

never finished the arena because i'm a tank.

Lol Franco! 100% agreed.

Also dps stamina builds are penalized.

hrothbern · February 2016

Frenkthevile wrote: »

never finished the arena because i'm a tank.

Smile

That's why I level a Sorc to get stuff for my Tank, my main character.

EnOeZ · February 2016

Frenkthevile wrote: »

never finished the arena because i'm a tank.

Lol, Happy to see your answer

I'm a Tank too... At ESO Live I asked:

"Well this solo dungeon seems nice for DPS, but what about Tanks and Healers ?"

They answered:

"Na, don't worry, there are sigils all over the place to make up for that !"

Yeah yeah...

It is just not the same level of difficulty AT ALL between Magicka sorc or Nightblades and Stamina Heavy Armor Tanks, but we have to compete on the same leaderboards...

Leaderboards should be split by class, 5 Piece Armor and resource used if looking for fairness.

Destruent · February 2016

EnOeZ wrote: »

Frenkthevile wrote: »

never finished the arena because i'm a tank.

Lol, Happy to see your answer

I'm a Tank too... At ESO Live I asked:
"Well this solo dungeon seems nice for DPS, but what about Tanks and Healers ?"

They answered:
"Na, don't worry, there are sigils all over the place to make up for that !"

Yeah yeah...

It is just not the same level of difficulty AT ALL between Magicka sorc or Nightblades and Stamina Heavy Armor Tanks, but we have to compete on the same leaderboards...

Leaderboards should be split by class, 5 Piece Armor and resource used if looking for fairness.

yep..also split them by account used, so you can compete with yourself.

i mean...everyone can change his armor...My tank also got the stormproof title and i only switch gear. CP/attribute-points/skillpoints are all the same, so it doesn't cost anything once you have the gear.

Bfish22090 · February 2016

EnOeZ wrote: »

Frenkthevile wrote: »

never finished the arena because i'm a tank.

Lol, Happy to see your answer

I'm a Tank too... At ESO Live I asked:
"Well this solo dungeon seems nice for DPS, but what about Tanks and Healers ?"

They answered:
"Na, don't worry, there are sigils all over the place to make up for that !"

Yeah yeah...

It is just not the same level of difficulty AT ALL between Magicka sorc or Nightblades and Stamina Heavy Armor Tanks, but we have to compete on the same leaderboards...

Leaderboards should be split by class, 5 Piece Armor and resource used if looking for fairness.

leaderboards are split by class
on my stamina build i go dps for the first 5 rounds then switch to a tankier heavy army setup for rounds 6-8 then dps for 9
how would they show that on a leaderboard?

urkonse · February 2016

dk so cant win it. stuck on 1st ice arena

Grimlord8311 · February 2016

Can you get the good stuff just from beating the rounds or do you have to wait til the reward at the end?

Destruent · February 2016

urkonse wrote: »

dk so cant win it. stuck on 1st ice arena

Works with DK aswell....

Grimlord8311 wrote: »

Can you get the good stuff just from beating the rounds or do you have to wait til the reward at the end?

Depends on, what you call "good stuff"...but weapons can only drop from the last chest.

Kammakazi · February 2016

Frenkthevile wrote: »

never finished the arena because i'm a tank.

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Anhedonie · February 2016

never finished because of lags/bugs. Maybe will try again at some point.

Zyle · February 2016

Arena loot chest

Just got 1 from arena drop, defending trait. Still no darn dagger though

eliisra · February 2016

Never got one from either leaderbord or chest. So far:

Ice staffs defending/precise x3
Bows defending x2
One-handed swords and shields x4
Restorations Staffs defending/precise x3
Dagger precise x2

Seems I'm not the only one with this problem tho.

LadyNalcarya · February 2016

None yet...

Oreyn_Bearclaw · February 2016

Weekly Rewards

Got a precise from the weekly a few weeks back.

In other news, It really is amazing how fast any VMA thread gets off track. I will never understand tanks and healers that get upset because they cant tank or heal the arena to death. Take a minute and think about that statement. You need to DPS to kill things, tanking is meaningless because you already have aggro on everything, and you cant heal a boss to death.

Everyone that I know clearing this place runs a unique build just for the arena. Yes, it most closely resembles a DPS build, but the reality is you need to be able to DPS, Heal, and mitigate damage all at the same time. Admittedly some classes make this type of build easier, but I have zero sympathy for tanks and healers that refuse to adapt a build for this content.

Lafer · February 2016

I got over 70 weapons and i had only 1 defending ice destro... from a chest.

Darlon · February 2016

Arena loot chest

Defending inferno staff and sharpened inferno staff both from chest..

Weekly keeps sending me bows...

Shader_Shibes · February 2016

Darlon wrote: »

Defending inferno staff and sharpened inferno staff both from chest..

Weekly keeps sending me bows...

Want your weekly drop luck ^^

ButtersEP · February 2016

Arena loot chest

I got it on my 2nd clear !!

J2JMC · February 2016

Arena loot chest

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

Got a precise from the weekly a few weeks back.

In other news, It really is amazing how fast any VMA thread gets off track. I will never understand tanks and healers that get upset because they cant tank or heal the arena to death. Take a minute and think about that statement. You need to DPS to kill things, tanking is meaningless because you already have aggro on everything, and you cant heal a boss to death.

Everyone that I know clearing this place runs a unique build just for the arena. Yes, it most closely resembles a DPS build, but the reality is you need to be able to DPS, Heal, and mitigate damage all at the same time. Admittedly some classes make this type of build easier, but I have zero sympathy for tanks and healers that refuse to adapt a build for this content.

Cmon bruh. The arena is horribly unbalanced to anyone not pulling good ranged dps. I've done it multiple times on both my stam and magicka nightblade and am just thankful I started this game out as a dps so I didn't have to go and respec my stuff. There's a reason sorcs were the only class for like 2 months on ps4 na to have at least 100 players complete the arena. It took until the end of january for the nightblade leaderboard to fill on that server and considering people like me can be on there twice, not sure how accurate it is. Templars and Dk's still haven't filled their leaderboads as I'm typing this.

Honestly, content like vMA shouldn't even be in the game. The classes should not be balanced around being able to solo everything. The classes should all have their individual strengths and weaknesses forcing them to work together in order to complete difficult endgame content. This solo thing is a slap in the face to people who actually like to play games with friends. It's even worse because realistically, I'm willing to bet most who complained about ESO not having enough solo content most likely can't beat vMA anyway so who was this content for?

Xjcon · February 2016

Not sure why ZoS won't make everything BOE.

Hardcore/good players would make a ton of gold from this. As it is now the rewards SUCK aside from the Maelstrom weapons.

I have 1 Ice Destro Staff precise and 1 Resto precise in 7 Clears. Neither of those fit what I'm after but would have been perfect for someone else.

Oreyn_Bearclaw · February 2016

Weekly Rewards

J2JMC wrote: »

Oreyn_Bearclaw wrote: »

Got a precise from the weekly a few weeks back.

In other news, It really is amazing how fast any VMA thread gets off track. I will never understand tanks and healers that get upset because they cant tank or heal the arena to death. Take a minute and think about that statement. You need to DPS to kill things, tanking is meaningless because you already have aggro on everything, and you cant heal a boss to death.

Everyone that I know clearing this place runs a unique build just for the arena. Yes, it most closely resembles a DPS build, but the reality is you need to be able to DPS, Heal, and mitigate damage all at the same time. Admittedly some classes make this type of build easier, but I have zero sympathy for tanks and healers that refuse to adapt a build for this content.

Cmon bruh. The arena is horribly unbalanced to anyone not pulling good ranged dps. I've done it multiple times on both my stam and magicka nightblade and am just thankful I started this game out as a dps so I didn't have to go and respec my stuff. There's a reason sorcs were the only class for like 2 months on ps4 na to have at least 100 players complete the arena. It took until the end of january for the nightblade leaderboard to fill on that server and considering people like me can be on there twice, not sure how accurate it is. Templars and Dk's still haven't filled their leaderboads as I'm typing this.

Honestly, content like vMA shouldn't even be in the game. The classes should not be balanced around being able to solo everything. The classes should all have their individual strengths and weaknesses forcing them to work together in order to complete difficult endgame content. This solo thing is a slap in the face to people who actually like to play games with friends. It's even worse because realistically, I'm willing to bet most who complained about ESO not having enough solo content most likely can't beat vMA anyway so who was this content for?

Some of this I agree with, some I do not. This place unquestionably favors a ranged magic build. It also has some pretty terrible RNG/buggy mechanics in certain spots that need addressed. I just started messing with this on my stamblade. It's certainly harder than with a Sorc, but I am confident I will clear it fairly soon on this toon. But that's not the issue at hand. I said in my post that this place favors certain classes. As you pointed out, the leaderboards are proof of this.

I think my original point is valid. The people I hear complaining about this place for the most part are the those that refuse to adapt. Whether on a magic Sorc or a Stam NB/DK/whatever, you need to adapt and build for this place. I would never slot a shield or ele drain and rarely slot surge in group content on my Sorc. I also probably wouldn't run 100 into bastion for PvE. I wanted a clear so i adapted. Again easier on some classes than others.

I do understand the potential problems with a solo arena in a MMO. I have no issues with very difficult solo content. It serves as a great benchmark to measure your skill against others. Anyone can be carried through group content.

The mistake was not the arena, it was that they locked the BiS weapons behind content that a vast majority of the player base will never clear unless they hit it hard with a nerd hammer. Hardcore players don't want the nerf and casuals are mad they don't have the weapons.

Shader_Shibes · February 2016

Xjcon wrote: »

Not sure why ZoS won't make everything BOE.

Hardcore/good players would make a ton of gold from this.

Yeh, i don't care that people would get op weapons for not even doing it. Gold is everything!

J2JMC · February 2016

Arena loot chest

Shader_Shibes wrote: »

Xjcon wrote: »

Not sure why ZoS won't make everything BOE.

Hardcore/good players would make a ton of gold from this.

Yeh, i don't care that people would get op weapons for not even doing it. Gold is everything!

Accessibility to the populace does not make am item, skill or specific piece of gear OP. It also does not justify gear being OP. If an item is OP it needs to be fixed or removed from the game. Maelstrom weapons don't suddenly become overpowered just because anybody can use them. They either are or aren't overpowered.

Xjcon · February 2016

J2JMC wrote: »

Shader_Shibes wrote: »

Xjcon wrote: »

Not sure why ZoS won't make everything BOE.

Hardcore/good players would make a ton of gold from this.

Yeh, i don't care that people would get op weapons for not even doing it. Gold is everything!

Accessibility to the populace does not make am item, skill or specific piece of gear OP. It also does not justify gear being OP. If an item is OP it needs to be fixed or removed from the game. Maelstrom weapons don't suddenly become overpowered just because anybody can use them. They either are or aren't overpowered.

They are Best in Slot.

I bet 0.001% of people actually enjoy VMA. The rest just clear it looking for the Maelstrom weapons that fit their build.

s7732425ub17_ESO · February 2016

J2JMC wrote: »

Honestly, content like vMA shouldn't even be in the game. The classes should not be balanced around being able to solo everything. The classes should all have their individual strengths and weaknesses forcing them to work together in order to complete difficult endgame content. This solo thing is a slap in the face to people who actually like to play games with friends. It's even worse because realistically, I'm willing to bet most who complained about ESO not having enough solo content most likely can't beat vMA anyway so who was this content for?

Strongly disagree. I mostly play solo just because of the sheer amount of time it takes to form a group and run content. But also some days I log on and I don't want to run a veteran dungeon. What am I supposed to do then? Vet Maelstrom is a perfect fill.

For me, Vet Maelstrom has been one of the best additions to the game so far.

Oreyn_Bearclaw · February 2016

Weekly Rewards

Xjcon wrote: »

J2JMC wrote: »

Shader_Shibes wrote: »

Xjcon wrote: »

Not sure why ZoS won't make everything BOE.

Hardcore/good players would make a ton of gold from this.

Yeh, i don't care that people would get op weapons for not even doing it. Gold is everything!

Accessibility to the populace does not make am item, skill or specific piece of gear OP. It also does not justify gear being OP. If an item is OP it needs to be fixed or removed from the game. Maelstrom weapons don't suddenly become overpowered just because anybody can use them. They either are or aren't overpowered.

They are Best in Slot.

I bet 0.001% of people actually enjoy VMA. The rest just clear it looking for the Maelstrom weapons that fit their build.

Couldn't agree more. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed (past tense) the challenge of this arena, but now I view it as little more than a chore that I need to do once a week for my weekly disappointment reward.

I am never going to be top of the leaderboard and that is perfectly fine with me. My biggest hope is that they implement a better way to get the gear I want, because as you stated, that is why I am still running this place. If you told me that 20 clears/tokens/whatever would get me a weapon I need, I would be in there every day. As it stands now, I will likely do it once most weeks for the weekly, but I never see myself grinding this place all alone. I also don't know how long that will last. My guess is that one or Two DLCs down the road that these weapons will no longer be BiS and the appeal of this arena will be completely gone. If I get the handful of weapons I am looking for in the meantime, then great, but I am not holding my breath.

If it were up to me, I would implement a token system and a 2-man version of the arena in the next DLC, but alas, it is not...

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