Maelstrom Inferno - Sharpened ... I wan't to believe

yotanut · March 2017

Hey Everyone,

I have been grinding Maelstrom a lot lately about 75+ runs so far. I have gotten all I need with the exception of an Inferno - Sharpened. I have gotten a Precise Inferno, but would really like the sharpened. How long did it take everyone before you got yours? I have seen some posts with some horror stories about 300+ runs without it. I really hope that is not the case for me, as I am getting sick of this arena.

Thanks.

CultOfMMO · March 2017

Got mine within 50 runs, but I was a stam main back then so I stashed it away without much excitement.

Now that I run a magplar and magsorc, I'm pretty happy it happened lawl

Just remember, the chance of you getting the sharpened inferno DOES NOT increase after 300 runs. You're rolling a ~100 sided dice every time you open the chest, and the previous result does not affect the current result or future results.

Sorry for the bummer, but the point is, you need to decide if you're willing to run a million times until you get it. Cuz if you're not ABSOLUTELY determined to get it, say 500 runs in you gave up, 45 min each run, that's 375 hrs wasted in your life.

Masel · March 2017

As weekly reward after about 100 runs from a run where I forgot to loot the chest

. I'm not even using it as I prefer being a special snowflake ❄

DRXHarbinger · March 2017

A year. Keep going. No complaining until you've done 10 runs and 5 weekly leaderboards for a year. Until then please shut up. 75 is nothing lol.

ValkynSketha · March 2017

I was really lucky, got 2sharpened inferno in about 35 runs with weekly.

Merkzz23 · March 2017

Mine just dropped today

Flaminir · March 2017

I got mine on run 5 or 6...

Then stopped running it.

Did run 10 the other eve just to get another charachter stormproof and got a sharpened ice staff ready for my Warden!

Whatever else RNG in the game seems to chuck at me, vMA seems to quite like me

xblackroxe · March 2017

I got mine a few weeks back so over a year. Did probably ~150-200 runs for it.

Rjizzle09 · March 2017

Never got mine in sharpened so i decided to quit and just back bar it on all my classes with a rotation to fit. Doing 40k dps on my dk with the 523 setup so dont fret too much if u never get a sharpened one cause you can still pull very high deeps with it on back bar so id say take what you got and use it until you get what you want and dont bang your head if u dont have it yet just know that eventually youll get it

DRXHarbinger · March 2017

Rjizzle09 wrote: »

Never got mine in sharpened so i decided to quit and just back bar it on all my classes with a rotation to fit. Doing 40k dps on my dk with the 523 setup so dont fret too much if u never get a sharpened one cause you can still pull very high deeps with it on back bar so id say take what you got and use it until you get what you want and dont bang your head if u dont have it yet just know that eventually youll get it

What's the 523 set up?

Akimbro · March 2017

Got my first one when the loot table was much smaller. I have 4 sharp infernos now but the other 3 took a lot longer to get with the loot table change.

silverhammer92 · March 2017

every run is the same chance to drop one (1 out of 96 if weapons and traits are distriputed equally).

The "average" player will have a 99% probability to get one sharpened infernostaff after 440 runs. after 880 runs the prob is 99.99%.

so yeah, it's a long grind...

(this calculation does not include weekly rewards)

djdc1234 · March 2017

jeeze i cant even get past the first stage on vet yet ... normal i have beaten.. im pretty sure im going to have to learn all the portals ... so *uck it

Azicah · March 2017

I've did Maelstrom a few hundred times and I have one. Just keep trying man, and you'll eventually get one.

Insandros · July 2017

I started runing vMA last week, i'm at my 19th cleared only... only sharpened i got so far is a 2h maul... a few infernos, but only 2 nirn, other are crap traits, i'm wishing for a lightning sharpened, but the only 2 lightning staves i got were charged... dunno how long i'll run this thing, i'm already find this absurd.... and lucky as i am always, the day i'll get it, they'll be nerfing vMA staves on the next patch so it's not worth it anymore lol

Unfadingsilence · July 2017

yotanut wrote: »

Hey Everyone,

I have been grinding Maelstrom a lot lately about 75+ runs so far. I have gotten all I need with the exception of an Inferno - Sharpened. I have gotten a Precise Inferno, but would really like the sharpened. How long did it take everyone before you got yours? I have seen some posts with some horror stories about 300+ runs without it. I really hope that is not the case for me, as I am getting sick of this arena.

Thanks.

400 runs give or take a few and right after I got my first one I got another in the weekly...

Inklings · July 2017

I have collected 217 weapons so far, and i still dont have a Sharp Fire Stick. Here is a spreadsheet of all the vMA weapons i have gotten so far. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h6x83SeV7WDemRsVU3jhepzLFBmLvh90Y7JSvRzA5R8/edit#gid=0

Ch4mpTW · July 2017

DRXHarbinger wrote: »

A year. Keep going. No complaining until you've done 10 runs and 5 weekly leaderboards for a year. Until then please shut up. 75 is nothing lol.

@DRXHarbinger You know my struggles, bruh. Lol. 400+ clears and never seen a precise or sharpened inferno staff in the final chest or weekly reward. I've also never encountered a sharpened lightning staff either. Over 400 runs... Four hundred.

Skinzz · July 2017

I've gotten 2 sharpened inferno in my first 50 runs... I've ran it a total of 118 times so far.

Wrecking_Blow_Spam · July 2017

Ch4mpTW wrote: »

DRXHarbinger wrote: »

A year. Keep going. No complaining until you've done 10 runs and 5 weekly leaderboards for a year. Until then please shut up. 75 is nothing lol.

@DRXHarbinger You know my struggles, bruh. Lol. 400+ clears and never seen a precise or sharpened inferno staff in the final chest or weekly reward. I've also never encountered a sharpened lightning staff either. Over 400 runs... Four hundred.

Ouch, that's painful

PlagueSD · July 2017

yotanut wrote: »

Hey Everyone,

I have been grinding Maelstrom a lot lately about 75+ runs so far. I have gotten all I need with the exception of an Inferno - Sharpened. I have gotten a Precise Inferno, but would really like the sharpened. How long did it take everyone before you got yours? I have seen some posts with some horror stories about 300+ runs without it. I really hope that is not the case for me, as I am getting sick of this arena.

Thanks.

Hope you still have that precise inferno staff. Sharpened is getting the NERF bat next patch...

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Weapon Traits
Developer Comments:
Similar to how Mundus Stones were changed, Weapon Trait values have also been rebalanced with a focus on improving overall diversity. Almost all Weapon Traits were buffed, with the exception of Sharpened and Defending which were nerfed due to them over-performing. They should still remain one of the strongest options for increasing your damage or survivability, but now the power difference between them and other traits is no longer so massive.

Prosperous was completely re-designed to grant a new combat function and will be an interesting choice for builds seeking to maximize resource recovery gains. Pairing the Divines trait with a recovery Mundus Stone will grant more recovery for that particular stat, but Prosperous will grant more recovery overall.

Adjusted the values and bonuses of most Weapon Traits in the following ways, with the listed values being for Two-Handed, gold-quality items:
Decisive: Increased the chance to generate one additional Ultimate to 40% from 34%.

Defending: Reduced the Spell and Physical Resistance granted to 2752 from 5160.

Infused: Increased the bonus value granted to the applied enchantment to 30% from 20%, and increased the cooldown reduction to the applied enchantment to 50% from 40%.

Nirnhorned: Increased the bonus to the weapon’s damage to 15% from 11%.

Powered: Increased the bonus to healing done to 9% from 7%.

Precise: Increased the Critical Strike Chance granted to 9% from 7%.

Sharpened: Reduced the Spell and Physical Penetration granted to 2752 from 5160.

Charged, Intricate, Ornate, and Training remain unchanged.

The Prosperous Armor Trait has been re-designed to give it a combat function. It now grants 11 Health, Magicka, and Stamina Recovery as a gold-quality item, instead of gold gain.

Reduced the damage on the Damage Health (Oblivion) weapon enchantment by approximately 6%.

Weapon enchantments will no longer proc if the initial attack is dodged.

Malmai · July 2017

DRXHarbinger wrote: »

Rjizzle09 wrote: »

Never got mine in sharpened so i decided to quit and just back bar it on all my classes with a rotation to fit. Doing 40k dps on my dk with the 523 setup so dont fret too much if u never get a sharpened one cause you can still pull very high deeps with it on back bar so id say take what you got and use it until you get what you want and dont bang your head if u dont have it yet just know that eventually youll get it

What's the 523 set up?

Example... 5 Julianos 3 Willpower 2 Monster...

Banana · July 2017

Ive got 2 infused ones and im not doing it again. !$&% that place.

Olupajmibanan · July 2017

Got 3 sharpened infernos from weekly rewards.
Got 0 precise infernos so far and as from august precise is BiS for magDK, FML.

Syrusthevirus187 · July 2017

About a hundred

Meld777 · July 2017

620. No, it's not a typo. My girlfriend is at around 500 by now and hasn't gotten hers yet.

300 runs is not a horror story. It's actually quite good, considering the odds.

I know people who ran it way more than I did and never got it. The most crazy story when someone got it: Streak (Streak One on YouTube). One of the best and most competitive Maelstrom runners who does it multiple times daily for fun since release. He got his very first Sharp Inferno around 1800 runs in. But then again, for someone who believes vMA is the greatest content ever released in any game, missing one specific weapon is not a big deal.

At 75 runs you're not even close to the median. Also, just giving you a heads-up, many of my fellow competitive PvE friends quit ESO over vMA RNG, which usually starts happening ~300 runs in. At which point, nowadays at least - was worse before, you have a whopping chance of over 80% to have the weapon of your desire. However, there's still the other 20%, or - one out of five.

Shadzilla · July 2017

Got mine about a year ago when the double drops were going on. Was around 250 runs to get it total. May or may not have danced around naked in my living room doing a helicopter... Good thing I live alone.

MLGProPlayer · July 2017

Olupajmibanan wrote: »

Got 3 sharpened infernos from weekly rewards.
Got 0 precise infernos so far and as from august precise is BiS for magDK, FML.

You just switch up the mundus/CP depending on the trait you have. The difference in damage will be negligible.

Besides, you probably don't even need vMA staves next patch. Infused with spell damage enchant is going to be very strong.

Olupajmibanan · July 2017

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Olupajmibanan wrote: »

Got 3 sharpened infernos from weekly rewards.
Got 0 precise infernos so far and as from august precise is BiS for magDK, FML.

You just switch up the mundus/CP depending on the trait you have. The difference in damage will be negligible.

Besides, you probably don't even need vMA staves next patch. Infused with spell damage enchant is going to be very strong.

I am a min-maxer and the 0,4% more damage I get from Precise+Lover+freed CPs from Spell Erosion do matter for me :-D.

C4Bliss · July 2017

Never saw a Sharp inferno... but i do have all other traits! And it looks like precise will be bis so whoop whoop

MLGProPlayer · July 2017

Olupajmibanan wrote: »

MLGProPlayer wrote: »

Olupajmibanan wrote: »

Got 3 sharpened infernos from weekly rewards.
Got 0 precise infernos so far and as from august precise is BiS for magDK, FML.

You just switch up the mundus/CP depending on the trait you have. The difference in damage will be negligible.

Besides, you probably don't even need vMA staves next patch. Infused with spell damage enchant is going to be very strong.

I am a min-maxer and the 0,4% more damage I get from Precise+Lover+freed CPs from Spell Erosion do matter for me :-D.

Oh, so am I (I even min-max in single player games), but all within reason.

I'll min-max perfect stats if the grind is reasonable (like within 100 hours). If it takes more than 100 hours to grind something, I'll figure out the next best stat combo.