Trials become boring without good loot/rewards

Gargath · April 2017

I did several so far and got bored very fast because rewards are generally trash. Even picking heavy sacks or chests give generally rubbish. If not the people I come there with, trials would be a waste of time. Considered an interesting end game content, definitely need some rework.
For the time that is spent on doing trials we could get much better loot guaranteed from a few overland bosses.
Most sets found in trials are not worth the efforts and time and wipes. Why there is no real gold amount at the end? Instead I get the trash and others get trash.
Why sets are still bind on pickup?
The only one I could think about as good, The Infallible Mage, has such a low drop rate, seems impossible to collect all parts with a weapons even after ten of Sanctum Ophidias.
And this damn lag everywhere inside...

redspecter23 · April 2017

10 runs? You're in for a real treat then. You could do 500 runs and not get the weapon you're looking for. The grind is real.

Beesting · April 2017

End game is doing wrothgar boss runs on 12 chars for the loot boxes. Do that a week and you will never call trials boring xD

Amp151 · April 2017

I don't think you're suppose to get all the gear you want in "several" runs.
It's an mmo it's going to be a bit of a grind to get what you want.

If you'd like IA gear I'd recommend trying Vet hel Ra or vet aa. Much easier than Sanctum.
Decent groups can get them done in 45-60 minutes.
20 minutes on normal.

WarpigFunk · April 2017

Gargath wrote: »

I did several so far and got bored very fast because rewards are generally trash. Even picking heavy sacks or chests give generally rubbish. If not the people I come there with, trials would be a waste of time. Considered an interesting end game content, definitely need some rework.
For the time that is spent on doing trials we could get much better loot guaranteed from a few overland bosses.
Most sets found in trials are not worth the efforts and time and wipes. Why there is no real gold amount at the end? Instead I get the trash and others get trash.
Why sets are still bind on pickup?
The only one I could think about as good, The Infallible Mage, has such a low drop rate, seems impossible to collect all parts with a weapons even after ten of Sanctum Ophidias.
And this damn lag everywhere inside...

1. You are running with the wrong groups. You shouldn't be wiping so much, and trials can be fun as hell when groups dont take themselves too seriously. And it's much easier to farm gear when everyone's sharing stuff they dont need.

2. I make 15-20k gold per trial. 12k+ just on plunder, then another couple thousand on selling trash, plus ores/ mats from heavy sacks, plus random recipes that go in guild trader. How much gold do you want to make?

3. Many of the sets found in trials are BiS - why would that not be worthwhile?

4. A trial takes 20-40 minutes, some a little longer maybe depending on group. That's not a terribly long time.

Redn3ck · April 2017

IA is the same 3 piece as Moondancer, so BiS a far as jewelry goes. (I inderstabd max stat is different the crit but I doubt the difference in dps is staggering)

Two Fanged Snake is BiS for Stam

Mending is great healer set to run other then worm.

All worth running trials for lol

s7732425ub17_ESO · April 2017

If you do Vet Trials, you will pretty much get all endgame loot you need in less than 10 runs. I'm talking full gold jewelry pieces and perfect trait set pieces.

What's really funny is that in one of my guilds, we do Vet Trials, and at the end, most people just end up vendoring their gold jewelry because it's so common that everyone has multiple full sets already. Same goes for armor pieces. Normal Trials give crap loot, but Vet Trials give you sooo much.

Oompuh · April 2017

s7732425ub17_ESO wrote: »

If you do Vet Trials, you will pretty much get all endgame loot you need in less than 10 runs. I'm talking full gold jewelry pieces and perfect trait set pieces.

What's really funny is that in one of my guilds, we do Vet Trials, and at the end, most people just end up vendoring their gold jewelry because it's so common that everyone has multiple full sets already. Same goes for armor pieces. Normal Trials give crap loot, but Vet Trials give you sooo much.

My 0 Alkosh Defending swords and 0 Moondancer Sharpened Swords beg to differ

code65536 · April 2017

s7732425ub17_ESO wrote: »

If you do Vet Trials, you will pretty much get all endgame loot you need in less than 10 runs. I'm talking full gold jewelry pieces and perfect trait set pieces.

What's really funny is that in one of my guilds, we do Vet Trials, and at the end, most people just end up vendoring their gold jewelry because it's so common that everyone has multiple full sets already. Same goes for armor pieces. Normal Trials give crap loot, but Vet Trials give you sooo much.

Sure, you get your gold jewelry and body armor in a few runs.

But the weapons slots are hard to get.

For example, I have 106 clears of vMoL (plus many clears of nMoL). I vendor all the gold jewelry that I get from there and decon all the armor pieces. I still do not have a sharpened Moondancer lightning staff, I still don't have a sharpened Moondancer fire staff, and I still don't have a defending Alkosh sword (I do have a defending axe that I use on my tank, but aesthetics matter, and swords look better. Don't judge. :P). 10 runs? LOL.

komodozermike · April 2017

That awkward moment when you've been playing ESO for close to a year....and still have no idea what a "trial" is...

Oompuh · April 2017

komodozermike wrote: »

That awkward moment when you've been playing ESO for close to a year....and still have no idea what a "trial" is...

There are technically six trials in ESO and it usually refers to any pve content that gives you a score and has leaderboards (on veteran) The trials are: Maelstrom Arena (in the Wrothgar DLC, solo), Dragonstar Arena (Craglorn, 4 person), Hel Ra Citadel (Craglorn, 12 person), Aetherian Archive (Craglorn, 12 person), Sanctum Ophidia (Craglorn, 12 person), and Maw of Lorkhaj (Thieves Guild DLC, Reapers March, 12 person)

However, when someone usually says trial, then refer only to the 12 person trials

komodozermike · April 2017

Thanks. I've just been patiently leveling my character in PVE and will tackle trials/PVP and other group content once I complete gold and silver. It's going to be like playing another game!