No loot box after fight the Anchor Chains?

Davor · October 2016

I haven't played in a while. I am playing on the Xbox One if that makes a difference. I remember when fighting the demons at the anchor chains (sorry forgot the proper name) a loot box would show up after the battle. Now in two different places I did them and didn't get a loot box. Is this a glitch? Did I miss out on a loot box I should have got or has this changed since I last played from a few months ago or is this the new way now, fight demons but get no treasure after the battle?

redspecter23 · October 2016

If you're level is too high compared to the dolmen you won't get a loot box.

nikigwil · October 2016

Are you overlevelled for them. If so you wont get a chest drop

Davor · October 2016

Thank you very much. I don't have a clue if I am over leveled. I am level 21. How can you tell if you are over levelled or not? I was in Aurdion if that makes a difference at level 21. Still learning how to play this game.

Greatly appreciate the quick answers. One more question then. What is the purpose of doing these if you are over levelled? I take it I am not getting experience points either then?

Mic1007 · October 2016

Davor wrote: »

Thank you very much. I don't have a clue if I am over leveled. I am level 21. How can you tell if you are over levelled or not? I was in Aurdion if that makes a difference at level 21. Still learning how to play this game.

Greatly appreciate the quick answers. One more question then. What is the purpose of doing these if you are over levelled? I take it I am not getting experience points either then?

Yep, overleveled. The highest dolmen is level 14 or 15, I think, which is too low.

majulook · October 2016

After the update to One Tamriel on October 5, will all area's continue to level with you?

UrQuan · October 2016

Davor wrote: »

Thank you very much. I don't have a clue if I am over leveled. I am level 21. How can you tell if you are over levelled or not? I was in Aurdion if that makes a difference at level 21. Still learning how to play this game.

Greatly appreciate the quick answers. One more question then. What is the purpose of doing these if you are over levelled? I take it I am not getting experience points either then?

You're over-leveled if you're 5+ levels higher than the enemies that you're fighting. That means you won't get XP, loot (aside from hide scraps from certain types of creatures), or fighters guild XP from any of them.

Of course, after the One Tamriel update (it's October 5th for PC - I can't remember when it is for consoles, but I think it's about 2 weeks later) being over-leveled won't be a concern anymore, as all zones and all enemies will be max-level, and if you're below max-level you'll be scaled up so that you can fight them without getting slaughtered, and all of the loot drops and XP that you get will be scaled to your level..

Davor · October 2016

UrQuan wrote: »

Of course, after the One Tamriel update (it's October 5th for PC - I can't remember when it is for consoles, but I think it's about 2 weeks later) being over-leveled won't be a concern anymore, as all zones and all enemies will be max-level, and if you're below max-level you'll be scaled up so that you can fight them without getting slaughtered, and all of the loot drops and XP that you get will be scaled to your level..

I did not know that, thank you very much for that explanation. Everything will be max level and we are scaled up? What is the purpose of that? What is the purpose of scaling then? I don't understand the purpose then of levelling if everything is set to max.

silvereyes · October 2016

Davor wrote: »

I don't understand the purpose then of levelling if everything is set to max.

Limitations of being < level 50:

Unable to equip higher level gear.
Gear drops don't scale with you, so they will become useless later once you outlevel them. Getting to CP160 means all your drops will always be useful (at least until they raise the gear cap again).
Equipment from The Golden PvP vendor is all CP160.
Unable to use Champion Points
Fewer skill points to use
Skills are locked until their respective trees reach a certain level
Skills need leveled as well, and will be weaker until they are maxed out

UrQuan · October 2016

Davor wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

Of course, after the One Tamriel update (it's October 5th for PC - I can't remember when it is for consoles, but I think it's about 2 weeks later) being over-leveled won't be a concern anymore, as all zones and all enemies will be max-level, and if you're below max-level you'll be scaled up so that you can fight them without getting slaughtered, and all of the loot drops and XP that you get will be scaled to your level..

I did not know that, thank you very much for that explanation. Everything will be max level and we are scaled up? What is the purpose of that? What is the purpose of scaling then? I don't understand the purpose then of levelling if everything is set to max.

Basically it means that you'll be able to go to any zone in any order you like and be able to play there without fear of being over-leveled or under-leveled for the content.

Leveling is still important, though, because the scaling works based on things like where you put your stat points (so as you level and get more stat points, where you put the points affects your scaled stats), and how good your gear is relative to your level (so if you're level 30 wearing level 5 gear, your scaled stats won't be good). Additionally, the skill points that you get are really important as you unlock more passives.

A level 5 going and adventuring in any given zone will be able to get by fine due to being scaled up, but a level 50 adventuring in the same zones will have an easier time.

Davor · October 2016

Thanks again, greatly appreciate the answers. Now I understand.