xenowarrior92eb17_ESO wrote: »

so...another thread of "im 2 bad to finish vma on my own to get destro/bow so pls nerf them so I can feel good...be damned those who farmed until death im just a snowflake so either give me what I want or il qq here"...

Another post of "im 2 leet 2 read or comprehend so ill blindly insult the OP".

I know what you mean man, there's a lot of people filling this chat with useless qq. Might not be who you think it is though.

I do not support. I like this game because most most times when I go 'i want that' I have to work for it. There always seems to be content. I want those maelstrom staves but I know I have to wait and they will come to me in time. Except for the first time, going to the guild house to craft items doesnt provide me with a sense of accomplishment. For the casual player, I don't think being able to craft what is proposed will make that much of a difference to their overall experience. Maybe just make them want to get the next thing easier.

As long as it is just good enough to run while leveling up then sure... once you hit cp 160 trade it in for the dungeon set.

OP here with a follow up update.

After reading though all the comments a second time the main issues I have seen are the following.

1.) The issue of devaluing the current 2-Piece sets that exist.

2.) The issue of determining how effective this gear should be.

3.) The issue of enticing players to run this otherwise required content.

I will provide my take on these points and encourage anyone to join in.

To begin let’s start with the current sets and their value. I personally have no use for the maelstrom gear (I run mainly tank or off tank for my trials so no need for the bow). Outside of PvP I do not have a necessity to farm them, thus I haven’t.

My reasoning for wanting weapon sets is this. Most people run 5-5-2 with a monster set. I prefer to run 5-5-2/2 using two weapon sets that complement that corresponding bar. My defense bar may have more health or resistances while my offensive bar runs more crit chance or weapon damage.

This may lead to no monster sets but it does net me a new benefit in return.

I feel that if we had more skill altering gear that we would see an influx of people using this concept. Perhaps even with 5-3-2-2/2 setups using both monster and weapon sets.

Now with that in mind how would we entice people to participate in this content outside of farming these specific gear? To be fair, I don’t know. You could perhaps incorporate a system that lets you collect tokens that you could exchange for perfected gear to assist in farming, or perhaps just offer gold coffers as a reward for finishing vet dungeons.

Lastly when it comes to effectiveness I have always felt this.

The weapons should work on a simple ratio of uptime vs benefit.

If it gives a benefit constantly then it should be weaker then something that gives the benefit rarely. How this is implemented I’m not sure, but in my experience it should be like comparing heavy hunding rage to seventh legion. Better uptime lower benefit.

Feel free to rebut, or critique.