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Have you finished normal Maelstrom Arena?
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Frostbitemir2Soul ShrivenYesJust discovered Eso 3 weeks ago, and managed to complete normal twice last night and am halfway through my 3rd run now. Its definitely a challenge, resource management being the most important thing for me. Have no cash/crowns so have been playing without potions or food lol
Have earned some nice set items and decent exp while also getting better at the game in general, so anyone avoiding Maelstrom should go give it a shot
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Guppet✭✭✭✭✭
✭Yes
So you tried it on the PTS, then voted didnt try it? Would it have been to ego crushing to say no lol.0 -
Dromede✭✭✭✭YesTotalitarian wrote: »I can finish normal mode flawlessly but can't beat the 1st boss on vet mode (probably from a lack of effort)
If I can get a title that says 'Mediocre Conqueror'.
Lol I'm in the same boat. Finished normal on my both v16 characters, magicka Templar with no effort and magicka sorc with a little more effort (poison troll and spider stage were pretty annoying). The only really difficult part of normal MA is how much time it takes(
Tried VMA on both char, didn't get past first boss. Remembered how much time the normal completion took, multiplied it by 3 and decided that I'll pass Skye Cloude - Sorc DPS, Master Crafter. Main, the bestest
Lae Lenne - Templar Healer Trial grade.
Dromede - Stamina Nightblade, she's a newb and doesn't know what she's doing
V'oghatta - Stamplar pretending to be a tank
Ulville Thonvella - aspiring Fire Mage, be careful around her fire sticks!
Dromedaris - lost and not found. Named after a shoe, what else can you expect from her? A proper tank in her wildest dreams
Swims-Naked - too pretty to grind, too silly to quest.
Sun Flair - Dunmer Templar that can't spell for life. To bad she's too broke to afford a name change... Well, at least she's pretty...2 -
Attackopsn✭✭✭✭✭I'll run it all day on vet but I've always been too scared to try it on normalign: ATTACKO
PS4 NA
First NA Completion of VMoL Hard Mode2 -
code65536✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭YesAll this talk about the Mealstrom Arena is making me hungry. I need lunch.OP, your thread title has a typo.Nightfighters ― PC/NA and PC/EU
Dungeons and Trials:Personal best scores:- Dragonstar Arena: 46817 (NA)
- Maelstrom Arena: 600526 (NA)
- Blackrose Prison: 99274 (EU) (Unchained)
- Maw of Lorkhaj: 165227 (EU)
- Halls of Fabrication: 220708 (NA) (Tick-Tock Tormentor #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12)
- Asylum Sanctorium: 114957 (NA) (Immortal Redeemer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10)
- Cloudrest: 131256 (NA) (Gryphon Heart #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7)
- Sunspire: 250866 (EU) (Godslayer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7)
- Kyne's Aegis: 235841 (EU) (Dawnbringer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8)
Dungeon trifectas:- Mountain God and Leave No Bone Unbroken
- Apex Predator and Pure Lunacy
- Depths Defier and Relentless Raider
- Defanged the Devourer and Nature's Wrath
- In Defiance of Death and No Rest for the Wicked
- Bane of Thorns and True Genius
- Ardent Bibliophile and Subterranean Smasher
- Battlespire's Best and Bastion Breaker
- Zero Regrets and Land, Air, and Sea Supremacy
- Fist of Tava and Invader's Bane
- Curator's Champion (Valinna) and Temporal Tempest
- Unshakeable Fervor and Lighting the Embers
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kadar✭✭✭✭✭
✭YesRedRoomGaming wrote: »Normal is easy but vet level whoaaahh! I got to round 3 no deaths then BAM that lamia boss destroyed me like a piece of chicken at a bbq
Clearly this poll is inaccurate^0 -
lathbury✭✭✭✭✭
✭Never even tried it
So you tried it on the PTS, then voted didnt try it? Would it have been to ego crushing to say no lol.
pts was different from live so cant be counted you know different difficulty and template characters with maelstrom weapons etc but yeah did normal there not on live . I completed veteran on live so no egos intact but as it stands ive not set foot in normal mode on the live server.
heres when both achieves procced after vet as proof
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Guppet✭✭✭✭✭
✭Yes
So you tried it on the PTS, then voted didnt try it? Would it have been to ego crushing to say no lol.
pts was different from live so cant be counted you know different difficulty and template characters with maelstrom weapons etc but yeah did normal there not on live . I completed veteran on live so no egos intact but as it stands ive not set foot in normal mode on the live server.
heres when both achieves procced after vet as proof
I don't doubt you can do maelstrom on vet. Playing it on pts or live, there's no difference, it's much easier than vet either way. I'm not saying your a bad player, but if you tried it on pts and failed to complete it, you should have voted "no". Your ego can't accept that though
Edited by Guppet on April 30, 2016 7:52PM0 -
lathbury✭✭✭✭✭
✭Never even tried it
So you tried it on the PTS, then voted didnt try it? Would it have been to ego crushing to say no lol.
pts was different from live so cant be counted you know different difficulty and template characters with maelstrom weapons etc but yeah did normal there not on live . I completed veteran on live so no egos intact but as it stands ive not set foot in normal mode on the live server.
heres when both achieves procced after vet as proof
I don't doubt you can do maelstrom on vet. Playing it on pts or live, there's no difference, it's much easier than vet either way. I'm not saying your a bad player, but if you tried it on pts and you should have voted "no". Your ego can't accept that though
i cleared normal on pts so it would be a yes but as i said i dont count pts for the reasons listed but keep trying.
Edited by lathbury on April 30, 2016 8:08PM1 -
jamesharv2005ub17_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Never even tried itI never tried normal probably because all my characters were VR before it came out. I never saw any option to try it on normal as far as i know.1 -
s7732425ub17_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭NoI never tried normal. I went straight to the Vet version. Have Flawless Conqueror title.0 -
code65536✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Yesjamesharv2005ub17_ESO wrote: »I never tried normal probably because all my characters were VR before it came out. I never saw any option to try it on normal as far as i know.
Erm... I don't think you understand what "normal" means.
Here, "normal" and "vet" simply mean two tiers of difficulty. It has absolutely nothing to do with your character's level or whether they are VR.
Both nMA and vMA are scaled to your character's level. If you enter nMA with a level 10 character, you'll fight level 10 enemies, and if you enter with a VR16 character, you'll fight VR16 enemies with VR16 health doing VR16 damage to you.
The only caveat is that, like vet dungeons, you cannot enter vMA until you've reached VR1.Nightfighters ― PC/NA and PC/EU
Dungeons and Trials:Personal best scores:- Dragonstar Arena: 46817 (NA)
- Maelstrom Arena: 600526 (NA)
- Blackrose Prison: 99274 (EU) (Unchained)
- Maw of Lorkhaj: 165227 (EU)
- Halls of Fabrication: 220708 (NA) (Tick-Tock Tormentor #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12)
- Asylum Sanctorium: 114957 (NA) (Immortal Redeemer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10)
- Cloudrest: 131256 (NA) (Gryphon Heart #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7)
- Sunspire: 250866 (EU) (Godslayer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7)
- Kyne's Aegis: 235841 (EU) (Dawnbringer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8)
Dungeon trifectas:- Mountain God and Leave No Bone Unbroken
- Apex Predator and Pure Lunacy
- Depths Defier and Relentless Raider
- Defanged the Devourer and Nature's Wrath
- In Defiance of Death and No Rest for the Wicked
- Bane of Thorns and True Genius
- Ardent Bibliophile and Subterranean Smasher
- Battlespire's Best and Bastion Breaker
- Zero Regrets and Land, Air, and Sea Supremacy
- Fist of Tava and Invader's Bane
- Curator's Champion (Valinna) and Temporal Tempest
- Unshakeable Fervor and Lighting the Embers
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jamesharv2005ub17_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Never even tried itjamesharv2005ub17_ESO wrote: »I never tried normal probably because all my characters were VR before it came out. I never saw any option to try it on normal as far as i know.
Erm... I don't think you understand what "normal" means.
Here, "normal" and "vet" simply mean two tiers of difficulty. It has absolutely nothing to do with your character's level or whether they are VR.
Both nMA and vMA are scaled to your character's level. If you enter nMA with a level 10 character, you'll fight level 10 enemies, and if you enter with a VR16 character, you'll fight VR16 enemies with VR16 health doing VR16 damage to you.
The only caveat is that, like vet dungeons, you cannot enter vMA until you've reached VR1.
Which is why I said I never had the option to do it on normal since all my characters are vet rank and were long before it came out.1 -
bloodenragedb14_ESO✭✭✭✭✭Noi probably could now that the sorcerer summons got heals on them, but im a bit lazy0 -
boldscot✭✭✭YesI ran it like 7 times thinking the Briarheart set dropped in there when Orsinium first came out.0
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code65536✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Yesjamesharv2005ub17_ESO wrote: »jamesharv2005ub17_ESO wrote: »I never tried normal probably because all my characters were VR before it came out. I never saw any option to try it on normal as far as i know.
Erm... I don't think you understand what "normal" means.
Here, "normal" and "vet" simply mean two tiers of difficulty. It has absolutely nothing to do with your character's level or whether they are VR.
Both nMA and vMA are scaled to your character's level. If you enter nMA with a level 10 character, you'll fight level 10 enemies, and if you enter with a VR16 character, you'll fight VR16 enemies with VR16 health doing VR16 damage to you.
The only caveat is that, like vet dungeons, you cannot enter vMA until you've reached VR1.
Which is why I said I never had the option to do it on normal since all my characters are vet rank and were long before it came out.
No, you still do not understand.
You can do nMA at any level. Whether it's level 10 or VR16. vMA is not about doing Maelstrom at VR level. To do vMA, you must change the difficulty mode to Veteran, and this option exists only for VR characters. The option to do this at the Normal difficulty is always there regardless of whether your character is VR.
ZOS gets part of the blame for having "Veteran" mean two separate, unrelated things. It would be better if they had simply renamed it to "Easy" and "Hard" modes instead of "Normal" and "Veteran" modes. You can do Easy MA at any level. You have the option to do Hard MA once your reach VR1 by setting your difficulty toggle to the appropriate setting.
nMA (Easy MA) is a joke at any level (though it's arguably easier at VR16 than at level 10). vMA (Hard MA) is what most people complain about.Edited by code65536 on April 30, 2016 8:46PMNightfighters ― PC/NA and PC/EU
Dungeons and Trials:Personal best scores:- Dragonstar Arena: 46817 (NA)
- Maelstrom Arena: 600526 (NA)
- Blackrose Prison: 99274 (EU) (Unchained)
- Maw of Lorkhaj: 165227 (EU)
- Halls of Fabrication: 220708 (NA) (Tick-Tock Tormentor #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12)
- Asylum Sanctorium: 114957 (NA) (Immortal Redeemer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10)
- Cloudrest: 131256 (NA) (Gryphon Heart #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7)
- Sunspire: 250866 (EU) (Godslayer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7)
- Kyne's Aegis: 235841 (EU) (Dawnbringer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8)
Dungeon trifectas:- Mountain God and Leave No Bone Unbroken
- Apex Predator and Pure Lunacy
- Depths Defier and Relentless Raider
- Defanged the Devourer and Nature's Wrath
- In Defiance of Death and No Rest for the Wicked
- Bane of Thorns and True Genius
- Ardent Bibliophile and Subterranean Smasher
- Battlespire's Best and Bastion Breaker
- Zero Regrets and Land, Air, and Sea Supremacy
- Fist of Tava and Invader's Bane
- Curator's Champion (Valinna) and Temporal Tempest
- Unshakeable Fervor and Lighting the Embers
Extended Journal Add-Ons: Item Set Browser ― Loot Log ― Character Knowledge ― Collectibles Tracker ― RaidificatorPC/Console Add-Ons: Combat Alerts ― Group Buff PanelsOther Add-Ons: Deconstruction Junk Marker ― Purge Tracker ― Asylum Status Panel ― Smart Looter ― Improved Companion Rapport Information0 -
jamesharv2005ub17_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Never even tried itjamesharv2005ub17_ESO wrote: »jamesharv2005ub17_ESO wrote: »I never tried normal probably because all my characters were VR before it came out. I never saw any option to try it on normal as far as i know.
Erm... I don't think you understand what "normal" means.
Here, "normal" and "vet" simply mean two tiers of difficulty. It has absolutely nothing to do with your character's level or whether they are VR.
Both nMA and vMA are scaled to your character's level. If you enter nMA with a level 10 character, you'll fight level 10 enemies, and if you enter with a VR16 character, you'll fight VR16 enemies with VR16 health doing VR16 damage to you.
The only caveat is that, like vet dungeons, you cannot enter vMA until you've reached VR1.
Which is why I said I never had the option to do it on normal since all my characters are vet rank and were long before it came out.
No, you still do not understand.
You can do nMA at any level. Whether it's level 10 or VR16. vMA is not about doing Maelstrom at VR level. To do vMA, you must change the difficulty mode to Veteran, and this option exists only for VR characters. The option to do this at the Normal difficulty is always there regardless of whether your character is VR.
ZOS gets part of the blame for having "Veteran" mean two separate, unrelated things. It would be better if they had simply renamed it to "Easy" and "Hard" modes instead of "Normal" and "Veteran" modes. You can do Easy MA at any level. You have the option to do Hard MA once your reach VR1 by setting your difficulty toggle to the appropriate setting.
Thats also why I said "as far as I know I was never offered the option". all you really had to say instead of being condescending is just say you switch the difficulty when you enter or whatever.1 -
code65536✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Yesjamesharv2005ub17_ESO wrote: »Thats also why I said "as far as I know I was never offered the option". all you really had to say instead of being condescending is just say you switch the difficulty when you enter or whatever.
You've been playing since launch and never noticed the difficulty setting that's been there since forever? It's the same one you use for dungeons.Nightfighters ― PC/NA and PC/EU
Dungeons and Trials:Personal best scores:- Dragonstar Arena: 46817 (NA)
- Maelstrom Arena: 600526 (NA)
- Blackrose Prison: 99274 (EU) (Unchained)
- Maw of Lorkhaj: 165227 (EU)
- Halls of Fabrication: 220708 (NA) (Tick-Tock Tormentor #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12)
- Asylum Sanctorium: 114957 (NA) (Immortal Redeemer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10)
- Cloudrest: 131256 (NA) (Gryphon Heart #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7)
- Sunspire: 250866 (EU) (Godslayer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7)
- Kyne's Aegis: 235841 (EU) (Dawnbringer #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8)
Dungeon trifectas:- Mountain God and Leave No Bone Unbroken
- Apex Predator and Pure Lunacy
- Depths Defier and Relentless Raider
- Defanged the Devourer and Nature's Wrath
- In Defiance of Death and No Rest for the Wicked
- Bane of Thorns and True Genius
- Ardent Bibliophile and Subterranean Smasher
- Battlespire's Best and Bastion Breaker
- Zero Regrets and Land, Air, and Sea Supremacy
- Fist of Tava and Invader's Bane
- Curator's Champion (Valinna) and Temporal Tempest
- Unshakeable Fervor and Lighting the Embers
Extended Journal Add-Ons: Item Set Browser ― Loot Log ― Character Knowledge ― Collectibles Tracker ― RaidificatorPC/Console Add-Ons: Combat Alerts ― Group Buff PanelsOther Add-Ons: Deconstruction Junk Marker ― Purge Tracker ― Asylum Status Panel ― Smart Looter ― Improved Companion Rapport Information1 -
jamesharv2005ub17_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Never even tried itjamesharv2005ub17_ESO wrote: »Thats also why I said "as far as I know I was never offered the option". all you really had to say instead of being condescending is just say you switch the difficulty when you enter or whatever.
You've been playing since launch and never noticed the difficulty setting that's been there since forever? It's the same one you use for dungeons.
Ive never bothered with normal dungeons. Ive only done vet dungeons. Again you dont have to be a jerk about it. I didnt know it. You made me look foolish. Congrats. Now can we drop it?1 -
Annra✭✭✭✭✭NoI solved Seth's Balcony today for the first time with my V16 Nightblade in normal mode. But no chance at Drome of Toxic Shock.Edited by Annra on May 1, 2016 12:35AM0
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Dexter411✭✭✭YesYep, done it on vr10 or something like that(DK). Almost blindly, without any kind of knowledge on mechanics. It felt like world bosses one after another, nothing special.0 -
Lylith✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Nolagfest, for me.
would be nice if it worked properly, you know, skills go off when they should, bars change responsively, dodge rolls actually trigger, that sort of thing.
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