Maelstrom Arena - Change it to Duo

haunted1994F · July 2016

MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, and ill be interested running with friends than being frustrated.

Mush55 · July 2016

I have said this from day 1 of arena being introduced always thought 2 player would be nicer than the solo 1 we have now

psychotic13 · July 2016

I'd like a duo arena though! Great idea, not saying change maelstrom to it, some people only solo so leave this. But a duo arena in the future sounds great.

juhasman · July 2016

Well for now we have 4 man content which gives us weapons boosting 1st skill in weapon skill line and 1 man content with weapons boosting 2nd skill in skill line. Sooo... who knows maybe it's part of future plans to make 2m content with weapons boosting 3rd skills in skill lines.

Reverb · July 2016

I really like the challenge of vMA as it is. But I also support there being a duo option for both MA and DSA. Yes I know that vDSA can be duoed (or soloed in at least one case) but I'd like to see a slightly different instance of it setup just for that.

danisonfire1994 · July 2016

OP has a lot of experience in VMA, and I agree with him 100%. ZOS should add an option to make it dual or solo or even Triple, why not? it adds more content for the players. But seriously though, this is an MMO FFS. Screw those Elitists and ignore their scrubness!

NateS4 · July 2016

I think a 2 man arena would be very cool. I like maelstrom as an option for individual play. It would be interesting if ZOS offered 8 man and 16 man trials as well.

Starhorse · August 2019

I agree, there should be an option for a duo. Like a healer and dps, or tank and dps or dps and dps.

MattT1988 · August 2019

Just leave it as is. There is absolutely nothing wrong with having end game solo content in this game. In fact it opens the game to a bigger playerbase.

SaucyMcSauceface · August 2019

Damn that is some serious necro-ing

blkjag · August 2019

No, just no

Dusk_Coven · August 2019

I'd rather they cut own the rounds to just the last round plus final round. That would approximately halve the time to complete, hopefully. It's too long as it is. Longer than a 12-man normal trial...

idk · August 2019

Every serious raider in pretty much every MMORPG does the end game content hundreds of times. It is because that is where we live in game. That is what interests us. Changing one instance will not make a difference.

This is why Zos adds a new trial every year since vMoL. It is why they have added vAS and vBRP on top of that and I expect they will add a new arena in 3 months. That is a pretty brisk pace, even for a major MMORPG.

Saril_Durzam · August 2019

What about making a NEW arena for duos? One that can be done in 45 minutes or so?

This game needs more content, not just refurbish old one.

Morgul667 · August 2019

Make a nee arena that plays in duo

GrimTheReaper45 · August 2019

I mean really it was kinda stupid to add, im playing an mmo because i want to do content with people. If I wanted to play on my own I can think of many... many.....many... games that do singleplayer content better than eso.

No point in wasting dev time remaking it into a duo arena now though, its old content and boring that wasnt really great entertainment from day 1. Especially when the game is already a trainwreck that was carrying dumpsters that have caught on fire....

Id prefer they spend time fixing performance and working on making the combat more fun with the classes all feeling more unique.

If they wanna give us a duo arena as part of a dlc zone or whatever., like ya sure. There really no point in adding a vma overhaul to the mountain of things to be done.

Lazarus_Rising · August 2019

Actually i think it should remain solo because it improves your awareness very much. After the first two runs i was much better in seeing interruption-possiblites and dodging. Before that i did not even see them when i do vetdungeons etc.

essi2 · August 2019

A duo arena would be nice, but vMA(the entire game, the issues are just more obvious in vMA) should be fixed not completely redesigned for 2 players.

SydneyGrey · August 2019

Keep it solo. It's the only hard content we have that's solo. Some of us don't have any friends who play ESO.
However, it would be nice if ZOS created a brand new arena that was made specifically for two players. I think a lot of people would like that.

Parrot1986 · August 2019

Threads 3 year old and people still asking for this, maybe take the hint......

Crixus8000 · August 2019

DannyLV702 wrote: »

There's already tons of group content, this arena is for us loners with no friends. I say leave it alone so I can have something to do other than pvp

This.

It was really refreshing having some gear I could actually farm solo. Not spend weeks trying to find a group for. I wish the game had more solo options.

InvictusApollo · August 2019

Yeah - change it to duo so totally unskilled players can be carried through by their guildmates.

WeerW3ir · August 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztVMib1T4T4

Ash_In_My_Sujamma · August 2019

Majority of people I know absolutely HATE the arena just for the simple fact that it takes away from their ability to play with their friends/guildmates.

Sure, when it's about Maelstrom everyone wants group content but when it's about literally everything else, everyone is all about "story mode dungeons", "solo mode trials", "pve Cyrodiil", "raid finders", "universal auction houses" and the list of ideas that would kill player interraction and group forming incentive goes on and on...

Betty_Booms · August 2019

A duo arena sounds great. I think changing vMA however is a big mistake. Allowing access to weapons that others had to acquire through a very difficult process simply isnt fair. Its bad enough that CP made it easier.

Plus it will take away the challenge for those who dedicate themselves to the cause.

There is no feeling quite like spending much time and effort, failing time after time to finally get it down and become victorious. Its a greay indivifual test of skill and the only one of its kind in the game. Its should be left alone.

I am all for a new arena that is designed for 2 but may be also soloed for greater reward maybe.

New weapons to acquire etc.

Naftal · August 2019

A new duo arena with the difficulty of vMA would be nice. This would require one player dying to instakill the other one as well.

Girl_Number8 · August 2019

There are already two arenas that you can do with two players. I like that the Maelstrom arena is a solo trial to mix things up.

Though I would still like to see the extra rooms as something viable. The ones that are hidden, so many possibilities for them.

Vlad9425 · August 2019

Not really. All this does is strip solo players of meaningful PVE content that they can play. Not everything has to be group focused you know. Also there’s nothing wrong with having a Duos arena but it’s better if that gets introduced as a separate piece of content instead of tampering with vMA.

Alienoutlaw · August 2019

VMA is an ESO right of passage, YES its dam hard the 1st time ITS MENT TO BE, but VMA is not just about the title or the weapons, in my opinion its a vital part of the game, it teaches patience, how to manage your environment, how to keep yourself alive, prioritise targets (and why) you will find WITHOUT FAIL the ppl that have finished make for better group players. if you want Duo content run a vet DLC dungeon together, but leave VMA just the way it is!

Gargath · August 2019

I'm interested in the changes OP proposes. A Duo Arena lets the people who never did it alone, do it with a friend. Or with someone experienced who would offer his services e.g. for gold or crowns. To teach the noobs and also let them win some vMA rewards, that normally are out of their reach.

Why not?
What's better, to keep the arena away from some people forever, or give them the rare opportunity to try the content with someone? Such Duo Arena could be made a special event or content or part of DLC.

I did the normal MA just once during 4 years adventure with ESO. Tried vMA few times and never completed the first stage. Maybe I'm too slow, too old, bad memory. Now I can only get the MA skin for weapons, but I don't want to get just the skins. I know I'm not good enough for doing this content alone, and I don't wish to try it again and again because it's boring.

Generally I'm also against the content that can be repeated over and over again just by remembering the spawning locations of the monsters. In my opinion the spawn locations for duo arena should be randomly generated, which would raise the difficulty level for 2 players.