Have you finished veteran maelstrom arena?
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DDemon✭✭✭✭YesI started vMA in order to get a maelstrom destro staff, so far I have 3 to 4 of each type of weapon, all I ever got in the weekly mails were resto staves(no joke) and still no destro stave. I am at a point where I run through the arena without even dieing.
Where as people around me run it once or twice and get the staff they want immediately. It's frustrating and downright demotivating. Especially since the last 7 runs I got no weapon at all, just some jewelry I will never use, or a well fitted piece of armor.1 -
EsoRecon✭✭✭✭✭Yes
wow i'm surprised u didn't reply back all angry and stuffXbox One [ NA ]
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EsoRecon✭✭✭✭✭YesI started vMA in order to get a maelstrom destro staff, so far I have 3 to 4 of each type of weapon, all I ever got in the weekly mails were resto staves(no joke) and still no destro stave. I am at a point where I run through the arena without even dieing.
Where as people around me run it once or twice and get the staff they want immediately. It's frustrating and downright demotivating. Especially since the last 7 runs I got no weapon at all, just some jewelry I will never use, or a well fitted piece of armor.
you make me cry
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kadar✭✭✭✭✭
✭NoHonestly I can thank this thread for my fist clear of vMA. I've long been an advocate for the difficulty of vMA, even having never cleared in myself. AND after seeing all the "nerf vMA cause I can't do it" threads, I went back in to prove a point. I've now cleared it twice with a Score of 320k the second time.
My post clear assessment: It's HARD. It's FRUSTRATING. It can be EXPENSIVE (specially with a potion build or something). But more than that....It was SO FUN!
Bashing my head against vMA until I eventually knocked it over was seriously the most fun I've had in ESO since Cyrodiil went to Hell.
So ZOS, Idk the right people to tag, but PLEASE don't nerf vMA. Hard content IS fun.3 -
EsoRecon✭✭✭✭✭YesThe_Outsider wrote: »Honestly I can thank this thread for my fist clear of vMA. I've long been an advocate for the difficulty of vMA, even having never cleared in myself. AND after seeing all the "nerf vMA cause I can't do it" threads, I went back in to prove a point. I've now cleared it twice with a Score of 320k the second time.
My post clear assessment: It's HARD. It's FRUSTRATING. It can be EXPENSIVE (specially with a potion build or something). But more than that....It was SO FUN!
Bashing my head against vMA until I eventually knocked it over was seriously the most fun I've had in ESO since Cyrodiil went to Hell.
So ZOS, Idk the right people to tag, but PLEASE don't nerf vMA. Hard content IS fun.
I don't mind hard content. But I do mind when that hard content doesn't reward you.
I want a guaranteed weapon drop from the final chest!Xbox One [ NA ]
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✭NoThe_Outsider wrote: »Honestly I can thank this thread for my fist clear of vMA. I've long been an advocate for the difficulty of vMA, even having never cleared in myself. AND after seeing all the "nerf vMA cause I can't do it" threads, I went back in to prove a point. I've now cleared it twice with a Score of 320k the second time.
My post clear assessment: It's HARD. It's FRUSTRATING. It can be EXPENSIVE (specially with a potion build or something). But more than that....It was SO FUN!
Bashing my head against vMA until I eventually knocked it over was seriously the most fun I've had in ESO since Cyrodiil went to Hell.
So ZOS, Idk the right people to tag, but PLEASE don't nerf vMA. Hard content IS fun.
You're a masochist if you think it's fun...
I admit, finally finishing it was the best feeling in the world, but going through it is definitely NOT funBosmer Stamina NB
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✭NoThe_Outsider wrote: »Honestly I can thank this thread for my fist clear of vMA. I've long been an advocate for the difficulty of vMA, even having never cleared in myself. AND after seeing all the "nerf vMA cause I can't do it" threads, I went back in to prove a point. I've now cleared it twice with a Score of 320k the second time.
My post clear assessment: It's HARD. It's FRUSTRATING. It can be EXPENSIVE (specially with a potion build or something). But more than that....It was SO FUN!
Bashing my head against vMA until I eventually knocked it over was seriously the most fun I've had in ESO since Cyrodiil went to Hell.
So ZOS, Idk the right people to tag, but PLEASE don't nerf vMA. Hard content IS fun.
I don't mind hard content. But I do mind when that hard content doesn't reward you.
I want a guaranteed weapon drop from the final chest!
I agree that Increase in weapon drops that are not Defending trait would be rad. And I think that would help a lot towards making vMA more rewarding. It IS the hardest content in the game after all.
I wouldn't say that it isn't rewarding though. I'm a Stam Nightblade and got a 2H Axe Sharpened off the Last chest.
I could argue the same thing about pledge rewards. I just got my 100 vet pledges ach the other day, and I've never even seen a Kena OR Bloodspawn shoulder. Of any type. It's all up to RNGesus.
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Well it's just a game. Even if I am not skilled enough to beat it, I still enjoy it.PS4 Pro NA1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭YesThe_Outsider wrote: »I just got my 100 vet pledges ach the other day, and I've never even seen a Kena OR Bloodspawn shoulder. Of any type. It's all up to RNGesus.
Adding old vr14 sets with Sturdy doesnt help either. All this "Undaunted bastion" etc.Dro-m'Athra Destroyer | Divayth Fyr's Coadjutor | Voice of Reason
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Darkestnght✭✭✭✭YesYes I have completed it several times using my stam and mag Dragon Knight and my Sorcerer. Some of the most fun I have had in this game.Xbox NA - CP1300+
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✭Nomr_wazzabi wrote: »The_Outsider wrote: »Honestly I can thank this thread for my fist clear of vMA. I've long been an advocate for the difficulty of vMA, even having never cleared in myself. AND after seeing all the "nerf vMA cause I can't do it" threads, I went back in to prove a point. I've now cleared it twice with a Score of 320k the second time.
My post clear assessment: It's HARD. It's FRUSTRATING. It can be EXPENSIVE (specially with a potion build or something). But more than that....It was SO FUN!
Bashing my head against vMA until I eventually knocked it over was seriously the most fun I've had in ESO since Cyrodiil went to Hell.
So ZOS, Idk the right people to tag, but PLEASE don't nerf vMA. Hard content IS fun.
You're a masochist if you think it's fun...
I admit, finally finishing it was the best feeling in the world, but going through it is definitely NOT fun
Well I can assure you that I don't get sexual gratification from pain............lol.
I'm not even joking I loved my experience in vMA, and I will be going back weekly.
You make yourself a FAT coffee, buckle down, try to pump every ounce of Stamina and Weapon Damage out of your build, trick out your CPs, craft some Pots, and get your game face on for some mad button mashing. It's 10000% times better than meandering though a Gold pledge half asleep while already a couple beers in...
Don't people get tired of face rolling all the PVE content in this game? Sure there's vMoL, I guess. I just don't understand a lot of peoples apprehension towards hard things... I get that this is just my opinion and isn't and end-all-be-all, I just wanted to add my voice to the mix.4 -
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✭NoKoshkaMurka wrote: »The_Outsider wrote: »I just got my 100 vet pledges ach the other day, and I've never even seen a Kena OR Bloodspawn shoulder. Of any type. It's all up to RNGesus.
Adding old vr14 sets with Sturdy doesnt help either. All this "Undaunted bastion" etc.
QFT. Seriously. My brain can't even fathom the scenario where that decision was made.
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AdamBourke✭✭✭✭✭NoI haven't even finished non-vet. I killed the first guy though. But it took forever, and I got bored. So I left.
Will go back one day. Decided to finish silver and gold, and craglorn and Orsinium first.
Maybe start the fishing achievement.
Or try and get Emperor.
I should probably wait until after the barber shop so the barons-who-walk-like-this don't realise i already tried.
Obviously it'll have to be after player housing so i can display my prizes.
I guess spellcrafting will have to come first so I can fight better...
But yeah... i'll get around to it.PS4 - EU
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Mush55✭✭✭✭NoGot bored in round 3 and never went back, now if it was 2 player i might have the interest to try it..0 -
EsoRecon✭✭✭✭✭YesAdamBourke wrote: »I haven't even finished non-vet. I killed the first guy though. But it took forever, and I got bored. So I left.
Will go back one day. Decided to finish silver and gold, and craglorn and Orsinium first.
Maybe start the fishing achievement.
Or try and get Emperor.
I should probably wait until after the barber shop so the barons-who-walk-like-this don't realise i already tried.
Obviously it'll have to be after player housing so i can display my prizes.
I guess spellcrafting will have to come first so I can fight better...
But yeah... i'll get around to it.
Never gonna happen by what I can tell. Srry.Xbox One [ NA ]
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Foxic✭✭✭✭✭YesHortator Indoril Nerevar wrote: »With 300 ping+ and spikes I have tried to do vma this week using every guide under the sun with max stats, build and gear and one of hodors nbs builds and have decided I am done.. I have hit my 10m gold personal goal, done every pve achiv but steal 1m, the new MAW achivs and the vma achivs and I dont have a guild good enough to do MAW achivs, Cant be *** doing 2-3hours farming stolen goods for 50-60 days for the 1m steal achiv and cant do vma without wanting to shoot myself in the *** head so rather then spend hours a day getting angry and wasting my life doing achivs that are made way to long to complete like 1m steal, I am just uninstalling and going to do different youtube content for my channel.
Im fine with "wasting" my life when I am having fun on video game but time gated achivs and *** content that is both hard and almost impossible for people in *** pinged countrys is just not worth it anymore.
Wasted so much time but meh was fun getting to 95% pve achivs at least...
meh. Let this thread go dead if you want I only made it to know how *** dumb the completion % was and now I dont care about the game or the forums. Peace.
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✭NoThe_Outsider wrote: »mr_wazzabi wrote: »The_Outsider wrote: »Honestly I can thank this thread for my fist clear of vMA. I've long been an advocate for the difficulty of vMA, even having never cleared in myself. AND after seeing all the "nerf vMA cause I can't do it" threads, I went back in to prove a point. I've now cleared it twice with a Score of 320k the second time.
My post clear assessment: It's HARD. It's FRUSTRATING. It can be EXPENSIVE (specially with a potion build or something). But more than that....It was SO FUN!
Bashing my head against vMA until I eventually knocked it over was seriously the most fun I've had in ESO since Cyrodiil went to Hell.
So ZOS, Idk the right people to tag, but PLEASE don't nerf vMA. Hard content IS fun.
You're a masochist if you think it's fun...
I admit, finally finishing it was the best feeling in the world, but going through it is definitely NOT fun
Well I can assure you that I don't get sexual gratification from pain............lol.
I'm not even joking I loved my experience in vMA, and I will be going back weekly.
You make yourself a FAT coffee, buckle down, try to pump every ounce of Stamina and Weapon Damage out of your build, trick out your CPs, craft some Pots, and get your game face on for some mad button mashing. It's 10000% times better than meandering though a Gold pledge half asleep while already a couple beers in...
Don't people get tired of face rolling all the PVE content in this game? Sure there's vMoL, I guess. I just don't understand a lot of peoples apprehension towards hard things... I get that this is just my opinion and isn't and end-all-be-all, I just wanted to add my voice to the mix.
Lol
Not apprehensive about hard content, just unforgiving mechanics. Imo multiple oneshot scenarios at the same time is more cheap than challenging.Bosmer Stamina NB
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✭Nomr_wazzabi wrote: »The_Outsider wrote: »mr_wazzabi wrote: »The_Outsider wrote: »Honestly I can thank this thread for my fist clear of vMA. I've long been an advocate for the difficulty of vMA, even having never cleared in myself. AND after seeing all the "nerf vMA cause I can't do it" threads, I went back in to prove a point. I've now cleared it twice with a Score of 320k the second time.
My post clear assessment: It's HARD. It's FRUSTRATING. It can be EXPENSIVE (specially with a potion build or something). But more than that....It was SO FUN!
Bashing my head against vMA until I eventually knocked it over was seriously the most fun I've had in ESO since Cyrodiil went to Hell.
So ZOS, Idk the right people to tag, but PLEASE don't nerf vMA. Hard content IS fun.
You're a masochist if you think it's fun...
I admit, finally finishing it was the best feeling in the world, but going through it is definitely NOT fun
Well I can assure you that I don't get sexual gratification from pain............lol.
I'm not even joking I loved my experience in vMA, and I will be going back weekly.
You make yourself a FAT coffee, buckle down, try to pump every ounce of Stamina and Weapon Damage out of your build, trick out your CPs, craft some Pots, and get your game face on for some mad button mashing. It's 10000% times better than meandering though a Gold pledge half asleep while already a couple beers in...
Don't people get tired of face rolling all the PVE content in this game? Sure there's vMoL, I guess. I just don't understand a lot of peoples apprehension towards hard things... I get that this is just my opinion and isn't and end-all-be-all, I just wanted to add my voice to the mix.
Lol
Not apprehensive about hard content, just unforgiving mechanics. Imo multiple oneshot scenarios at the same time is more cheap than challenging.
That is my biggest complaint, multiple one-shots is lazy design as far as I'm concerned. My gaming group would be livid if I did that to them.0 -
Dromede✭✭✭✭NoSo, attempted it on my magicka sorc again, looked up strategies and skills/build combo made by Deltia. Bottom line - he is very much correct that VMA is a lot like PvP. You can only rely on yourself, there's no outside healing, there's no break to let you breath for a second.
I'm a pve player. I never liked Streak, and I don't like overusing shields. Even less I like banging my head on a wall alone - I was fine learning vDsa tactics back when it was really hard to complete. I put up with it just because it was group content, and overcoming difficulties was a group effort. It was fun. You also can't rage quit in 10 minutes because you made a commitment to 3 other people.
I'm currently trying out VMA rotation on easier wb and trash mobs in Orsinium. It's totally a L2P issue, but so far I had very little fun overcoming it Edited by Dromede on April 13, 2016 7:14PMSkye Cloude - Sorc DPS, Master Crafter. Main, the bestest
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Samphaa✭✭✭YesI started vMA in order to get a maelstrom destro staff, so far I have 3 to 4 of each type of weapon, all I ever got in the weekly mails were resto staves(no joke) and still no destro stave. I am at a point where I run through the arena without even dieing.
Where as people around me run it once or twice and get the staff they want immediately. It's frustrating and downright demotivating. Especially since the last 7 runs I got no weapon at all, just some jewelry I will never use, or a well fitted piece of armor.
Same as me man, started running it for an inferno staff, was first to complete it out of my group of friends, was in the party talking then through the last boss when they were doing it for the first time. I'm at about 45 completions now, still not inferno, just lightning and resto, my friends got their inferno staffs 3rd and 4th runs.0 -
sdtlc✭✭✭✭✭NoI'm playing an mmo, can't be bothered with vMA.
Normal was a joke tho
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✭Nomr_wazzabi wrote: »The_Outsider wrote: »mr_wazzabi wrote: »The_Outsider wrote: »Honestly I can thank this thread for my fist clear of vMA. I've long been an advocate for the difficulty of vMA, even having never cleared in myself. AND after seeing all the "nerf vMA cause I can't do it" threads, I went back in to prove a point. I've now cleared it twice with a Score of 320k the second time.
My post clear assessment: It's HARD. It's FRUSTRATING. It can be EXPENSIVE (specially with a potion build or something). But more than that....It was SO FUN!
Bashing my head against vMA until I eventually knocked it over was seriously the most fun I've had in ESO since Cyrodiil went to Hell.
So ZOS, Idk the right people to tag, but PLEASE don't nerf vMA. Hard content IS fun.
You're a masochist if you think it's fun...
I admit, finally finishing it was the best feeling in the world, but going through it is definitely NOT fun
Well I can assure you that I don't get sexual gratification from pain............lol.
I'm not even joking I loved my experience in vMA, and I will be going back weekly.
You make yourself a FAT coffee, buckle down, try to pump every ounce of Stamina and Weapon Damage out of your build, trick out your CPs, craft some Pots, and get your game face on for some mad button mashing. It's 10000% times better than meandering though a Gold pledge half asleep while already a couple beers in...
Don't people get tired of face rolling all the PVE content in this game? Sure there's vMoL, I guess. I just don't understand a lot of peoples apprehension towards hard things... I get that this is just my opinion and isn't and end-all-be-all, I just wanted to add my voice to the mix.
Lol
Not apprehensive about hard content, just unforgiving mechanics. Imo multiple oneshot scenarios at the same time is more cheap than challenging.
@mr_wazzabi , Yeah I feel ya. It can be quite unforgiving. I don't really think there are too many one shot mechanics though. I only had 19-20k health in there. Don't think you can get one-shotted until the 5th Arena boss. After that there's a few that the bosses have, it just comes down to learning the mechanic and avoiding it.0 -
Yes
Lol
Not apprehensive about hard content, just unforgiving mechanics. Imo multiple oneshot scenarios at the same time is more cheap than challenging.
When are there ever multiple one shot mechanics at the same time in the arena? I can't think of any.0 -
AOECAPS✭✭✭✭Yesanitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »
Just shows the lack of skill that most ppl have at keeping themselves alive,sustaining resources and putting out damage. On us PS4 the only classes that have more than 100 ppl complete it are sorcs and NBs. I think most Templars don't know how to dps sadly and can't keep themselves alive without spamming BOL(I main a stamplar and it's sad only 60 Templars complete it each week) and DKs are even less because ppl are species to tank or can't handle doing what I mentioned above.0 -
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✭✭✭✭NoGot to round 4 on my stamplar so far. Weird, but I have absolutely no issues, no deaths during trash, yet the boss rounds kick my butt. Ah well, just need more time! I want the title on my main >.>0 -
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✭Yesi completed it on sorc and mag nb, i would complet it on other classes too, now that i know mechanics, but im just too lazy to grind another char to v16. so i need to wait till vet removal so i can do it on my dk and templar0 -
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✭✭✭YesWhat 1 shot mechanics are in the arena? I don't know of any (except for 2 enrage mechanics that are totally preventable).Valrien Dravic -- Level 50 Dunmeri Sorcerer (EP)
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