How do i a get malestroem weapon?

festher · July 2019

Do i need to beat vma without deaths?
Do they drop in normal mode?
Are Asylium weapons better?
Where are they?
What abort Master weapons?
What if i want 2h rather than bow. Is there someway i can increase chances that a specifik type of drops (1h, 2h, destro etc)
Last boss drops? Completion?

Please share a little light. Ive 2 sets and a monster set and 320 cp. I feel ready

Defilted · July 2019

Yoy get a Mal weapon by completing Mal on Vet level difficulty. There is no way to increase the drop chance of a specific weapon type. Other arena weapon drops might be better depending on your build.

cmvet · July 2019

They only drop in vet mode not normal. You get purple weapons by completing vMA, doesn't matter how long it takes or how many deaths you have. You can get gold weapons by completing vMA with a score high enough that gets you on the weekly leaderboard.

Weapons come from the chest that drops after defeating the last boss. Weapon type is random, so be prepared to run it multiple times to get what you want.

Master weapons drop in vDSA (vet not normal).

Are Master, Asylum, BRP weapons better? That is for you to decide based on your build and what you want the weapon to provide.

Fexelea · July 2019

There's a really good Maelstrom Arena Guide written by Joy Division that should help you understand the dungeon and its mechanics. If you're on console, hunt down a one bar build because weapon swap is impossible with the built-in lag.

Maelstrom Weapons are powerful but not a must-have for a build, IMO, as the time investment doesn't necessarily yield the results as there are alternative builds you could use. Asylum Weapons are also hit or miss. In general I'd suggest completing the content on VET only because you like it or if you're very into the specific build that requires the weapon.

cmvet · July 2019

My favorite 1-bar vMA build is werewolf. Here is my vMA Werewolf tips. Werewolf currently makes vMA much easier and its very easy to get high scores for weekly gold weapons. Now, how will it be if the changes on PTS go live I don't know. But as of right now it's great, so take advantage of it while you can.

Grianasteri · July 2019

festher wrote: »

How do I get a Maelstrom weapon

With great difficulty, stress and time!

fred4 · July 2019

By giving me your account details.

Pontypants · August 2019

Here's an article covering how to get the vMA weapons and the best way to do it:

https://esoplanet.com/getting-the-maelstrom-weapons/

Donny_Vito · August 2019

I'd disagree with people who say beating vMA for the weapon is not worth it.

1) The weapon is very much worth it, even with the upcoming nerfs. Plus, the pendulum will swing back around at some point and vMA weapons might be overly powerful again at some point (this is assuming the patch notes go live and all AOEs take a dps hit which has a direct effect on vMA weapons).

2) Beating the arena on Vet is a good stepping stone towards getting into harder endgame content. It will help you become knowledgeable in your class and skills, as well as the amount of tweaking you'll do with your build further increases your overall knowledge of sets and how to best utilize them.

3) The challenge is fun. People hate it when they go through it, and then once they beat it and realize 90% of it was just mechanics the whole arena becomes so much easier and stress-free (lag might be a little detriment to this, but then again it's laggy everywhere). I remember going through Basic Training and hating it during those 8 weeks, but now I'd give anything to go back through it again...the challenge was worth it. VMA is challenging at first, but totally worth it.

But if you just enjoy picking reagents and running around Tamriel doing overland content for fun, then basically all this is moot and you can just ignore vMA weapons as they'll have zero effect on you.

msalvia · August 2019

I agree with the other posters on a few key points:

1. Joy Division's Guide was a huge help getting my first clear. It's way, way more detailed than other guides out there. While it's possible to power dps vMA, it's really about the mechanics and strategy, and Joy's guide gets really detailed about mechs/strategy, as well as offering build advice.

2. The weapons are definitely worth getting. As of now, bow and fire staff are super high powered, and others are solid too. And depending on what comes to Live on the 13th, vMA DW might be the new meta.

3. Clearing vMA is a challenge, but a worthy one. Not only do you get excellent wepaons, but vMA is kinda the test of whether you're ready for endgame. Your first clear might take days, weeks. Your second one will take a few hours. Your third and on will likely be under 2 hours. It gets so much easier each time. And even if you have no interest in endgame content, clearing vMA makes you a better player.

4. For at least your first run, consider going tanky. Maybe use 1 tank set and 1 dps set? Or maybe just use a tanky monster set? Experienced players can burn it down with min/max dps builds, but for the first few clears having extra defense/hp is gonna be a big help.