Hopes for Blackrose Prison Arena

PerArdua · August 2018

So with zos saying that you wil be able to discuss the new arena with the devs at the Seattle gameplay days https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-gb/news/post/54649 I was wondering what the community’s hope are for this content .
Personally I m hoping for something 4 man similar to DSA . I really hope it’s not another maelstrom as I mainly play as a tank and seldom dd (still frustrated trying to finish theatre of despair with my main dd) . Rewards ? I guess I ll like to see a new weapon set similar to master/maelstrom/asylum as an alternative to the maelstrom bow/destro meta. Possibly a new tanking / support set to give options to alkosh/ebon much like olorimes did for spc Guess we will find out next weekend
What are you hopes / fears ?

Cinbri · August 2018

Hope it is duo(2man) content.
We have tons of 4man dungeons, 4man arena, solo arena, several 12man trials. Time for smth that more than 1 but less than 4

PerArdua · August 2018

I would not be disappointed in a 2 man arena I did think it would be nice to have a variable one 2-6 maybe with it scaled accordingly but thinking it might be a real pain to code

Aliyavana · August 2018

a duo arena that is also soloable would be neat. achievements for completing it solo, and with every class partner would also be nice.

Lady_Sleepless · August 2018

Really, really want a 1 or 2 man arena. There is so much 4 man content, especially with the regular dungeon packs, we need something for smaller groups/solo.

GabiAlex · August 2018

Cinbri wrote: »

Hope it is duo(2man) content.
We have tons of 4man dungeons, 4man arena, solo arena, several 12man trials. Time for smth that more than 1 but less than 4

I like this idea of having some content to do with a close friend instead of with guildmates (who you may become friends), or in the worse case scenario PUGs. Few two people activities would be so great for a lot of players.

themaddaedra · August 2018

Cinbri wrote: »

Hope it is duo(2man) content.
We have tons of 4man dungeons, 4man arena, solo arena, several 12man trials. Time for smth that more than 1 but less than 4

Dis. That's a dire need.

Silver_Strider · August 2018

24 man Trial

TheNightflame · August 2018

it'd be cool to have a 6 man arena. as a healer main id be useless in a 2 man one, but 2 man could also be fun on one of my dds

Saturn · August 2018

PerArdua wrote: »

So with zos saying that you wil be able to discuss the new arena with the devs at the Seattle gameplay days https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-gb/news/post/54649 I was wondering what the community’s hope are for this content .
Personally I m hoping for something 4 man similar to DSA . I really hope it’s not another maelstrom as I mainly play as a tank and seldom dd (still frustrated trying to finish theatre of despair with my main dd) . Rewards ? I guess I ll like to see a new weapon set similar to master/maelstrom/asylum as an alternative to the maelstrom bow/destro meta. Possibly a new tanking / support set to give options to alkosh/ebon much like olorimes did for spc Guess we will find out next weekend
What are you hopes / fears ?

I'd want something like vDSA as well. If it's like the current trials, i.e. without trash enemies (or in this case, add waves), I'd probably never touch it. Even with how buggy vDSA is (because apparently ZOS doesn't mind letting content stay broken as long as it's not DLC-related), it's still some of my favourite content in this game, and where the majority of my most memorable moments have taken place. Though, I will say that I do have some complaints about the original design vDSA though, as it was considered unbeatable until a group from Hodor discovered you could outrange the fire dot on the last boss. Hopefully we won't see something like that with this upcoming arena.

Robo_Hobo · August 2018

I love arena-style content, so I'm definitely looking forward to this. I really enjoyed learning VMA and VDSA (still need to actually complete VDSA sometime though, but getting groups together for it is the most difficult part).

I'd like if it's a Duo arena the most, since we already have Maelstrom for solo and VDSA for 4, and regular trials for bigger groups. Seeing the dynamic of how a duo arena would work would be interesting to see.

We do know it's a multiplayer arena from the post mentioning it alongside the Wolfhunter update, but nothing more than that, so it's not another solo arena.

PerArdua · August 2018

True just checked past post and it states group arena

fgulerneb18_ESO1 · September 2018

great news cant wait it

TheUrbanWizard · September 2018

GabiAlex wrote: »

Cinbri wrote: »

Hope it is duo(2man) content.
We have tons of 4man dungeons, 4man arena, solo arena, several 12man trials. Time for smth that more than 1 but less than 4

I like this idea of having some content to do with a close friend instead of with guildmates (who you may become friends), or in the worse case scenario PUGs. Few two people activities would be so great for a lot of players.

THIS so much

crazy_catman21 · September 2018

A duo arena would be nice. For a lot of people sourcing 3 team members isn’t easy. So it would open the content up to a lot more players.

John_Falstaff · September 2018

I don't think it'll be less than four participants (unless it's solo), because it would break normal group composition and imply that some roles can be omitted - probably not something ZOS would want to make official. I would be curious to see content for 6 players, that would open more interesting variations and more teamwork in smaller format than full-fledged trial.

And weapons? I'm not holding high hopes. Even if they'll add 1-piece bonus to Master/Maelstrom/Asylum, that wouldn't make the front-bar versions of them universally viable until the bonuses they give will overshoot the loss of 5- and 4-piece bonuses of one of the other sets.

Turelus · September 2018

It's been confirmed as four players, five arenas.

Mike at PAX via their live stream.