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Captain Blackheart is a ***.

AchlysNox
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When Captain Blackheart in the Blackheart's Haven dungeon turns you into a skeleton, all your skills on your skill bar disappear for the duration. So when he dies while you're in skeleton form you get 0 XP on all those skills. It has happened to me a couple of times while leveling up a new toon, that when the random normal dungeon of the day is Blackheart's Haven I simply didn't get any skill XP from completing the dungeon that day. That sucks even more when you've put your event XP buff and an XP potion on.

The mechanic is completely un-avoidable, so can it really be right that through no fault of their own, at least one player on every Blackheart Haven run has to lose the chance to level up skills?
  • Jaybe_Mawfaka
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    Chu say cmon bruh
  • sdtlc
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    Someone has to pick the raisins ....
    Die Qualität verhält sich nicht zwingend proportional zur Masse...

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  • Chrlynsch
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    AchlysNox wrote: »
    When Captain Blackheart in the Blackheart's Haven dungeon turns you into a skeleton, all your skills on your skill bar disappear for the duration. So when he dies while you're in skeleton form you get 0 XP on all those skills. It has happened to me a couple of times while leveling up a new toon, that when the random normal dungeon of the day is Blackheart's Haven I simply didn't get any skill XP from completing the dungeon that day. That sucks even more when you've put your event XP buff and an XP potion on.

    The mechanic is completely un-avoidable, so can it really be right that through no fault of their own, at least one player on every Blackheart Haven run has to lose the chance to level up skills?

    Completely unavoidable... unless you hunt for Hircine ;)
    Caius
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  • josiahva
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    experience for skills is awarded when the boss dies...so unless you are a skeleton when he dies you will get exp. Simply have the DPS stop DPSing for a moment until skeleton effect ends
  • OlafdieWaldfee
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    Chrlynsch wrote: »
    AchlysNox wrote: »
    When Captain Blackheart in the Blackheart's Haven dungeon turns you into a skeleton, all your skills on your skill bar disappear for the duration. So when he dies while you're in skeleton form you get 0 XP on all those skills. It has happened to me a couple of times while leveling up a new toon, that when the random normal dungeon of the day is Blackheart's Haven I simply didn't get any skill XP from completing the dungeon that day. That sucks even more when you've put your event XP buff and an XP potion on.

    The mechanic is completely un-avoidable, so can it really be right that through no fault of their own, at least one player on every Blackheart Haven run has to lose the chance to level up skills?

    Completely unavoidable... unless you hunt for Hircine ;)

    Wait ... wolfing out breaks the skeleton-thing? o_0 You learn something new every day! I will keep wolfy on backbar from now on for this encounter. Thank you! :)
  • AlienatedGoat
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    josiahva wrote: »
    experience for skills is awarded when the boss dies...so unless you are a skeleton when he dies you will get exp. Simply have the DPS stop DPSing for a moment until skeleton effect ends

    Ain't happening in a PUG.
    PC-NA Goat - Bleat Bleat Baaaa
  • Vostorn
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    I think this is not intended and need some feedback.

    @ZOS_GinaBruno ?
  • srfrogg23
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    I feel your pain OP. I’ve been done dirty by Blackheart before too. It’s annoying.
  • Tryxus
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    Arrr, one of yer landlubbers be swabbing the poop deck
    Edited by Tryxus on April 13, 2018 5:03PM
    "Stand strong, stay true and shelter all."
    Tryxus - Guardian of the Green - Warden - PC/EU
  • pod88kk
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    Personally I prefer to fight him under the shade of the trees ;)
  • zaria
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    Vostorn wrote: »
    I think this is not intended and need some feedback.

    @ZOS_GinaBruno ?
    I say its an bug, still its an minor issue even if taking the sweet random dungeon xp.

    Grinding just make you go in circles.
    Asking ZoS for nerfs is as stupid as asking for close air support from the death star.
  • MacCait
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    Has to be one of the most stupid boss mechanics in the game
  • phileunderx2
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    last week i got turned into a skeleton the captain was getting low on health my grothdar proced and saved my bony butt lol
  • Wreuntzylla
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    Realize that unless you are with other WW's, if ole Capn Blackheart could grab you and hold you unmoving, you wouldn't be able to generate more time in the transform (e.g., pounce). Theoretically, you would also lose the benefits of being in WW form (higher stats and armor).

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