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Are dungeon bosses/chests dropping less sets?

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JessPushToPlay
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Heya.... sooo.... are dungeons not consistently dropping set items anymore? I seem to remember when I first got into ESO a few years back, it was pretty regular for each boss to drop a set item & now I'm lucky to get 2 in some dungeons...

For chests: I did a vet dungeon last night (BC II) & the chest we found didn't drop ANY set items for me... and the other (we found only 2) did drop a jailbreaker piece. Please tell me this is a bug, it's hard enough to try to get certain items for specific skill sets (I'm looking at you Drakes Rush 1H weapons and shield!). Especially since we can't sell them.

I understand chests might not guarantee set pieces but shouldn't boss fights or am I remembering this incorrectly?

<3 Jess
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  • AlnilamE
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    I'm pretty sure bosses should drop armor pieces, and the last boss should drop weapon or jewelry.

    As for chests, Simple chests do not guarantee a set item, they can be very meager in content. And 2 chests per dungeon is what most dungeons have.
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  • FrancisCrawford
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    AlnilamE wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure bosses should drop armor pieces, and the last boss should drop weapon or jewelry.

    As for chests, Simple chests do not guarantee a set item, they can be very meager in content. And 2 chests per dungeon is what most dungeons have.

    With the Treasure Hunter champion perk, even simple chests should drop set items.

    However, this is not as reliable as it was before the CP change.
  • JessPushToPlay
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    If the above comments are correct, then I think dungeons are broken in regards to consistently dropping set pieces.

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  • Everstorm
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    JessPushToPlay wrote: »
    If the above comments are correct, then I think dungeons are broken in regards to consistently dropping set pieces.

    @ZOS_GinaBruno
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    All the bosses I killed in group dungeons dropped pieces. Are you sure you're not talking about public dungeons? They should also drop items but not if you killed another boss in the last ten (?) minutes. There is a cool down timer for those.
  • oterWitz
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    Can you give us more info on which bosses in which dungeons aren't dropping set pieces for you? And is it just you or are groupmates also not getting loot? That makes it easier for us (and hopefully devs) to test and confirm a bug.

    As for chests, I'm pretty sure with Treasure Hunter invested AND slotted, simple is 50% chance and everything above that is 100%, with a chance of a second set piece on advanced and master chests. Vet dungeons are guaranteed intermediate difficulty or higher and there should be 2 per dungeon, though there may be a bug/"feature" causing more or fewer after the latest update which I've been testing. Still, what matters more is that you take the Treasure Hunter CP star.
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  • VaranisArano
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    FrancisCrawford wrote: »
    AlnilamE wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure bosses should drop armor pieces, and the last boss should drop weapon or jewelry.

    As for chests, Simple chests do not guarantee a set item, they can be very meager in content. And 2 chests per dungeon is what most dungeons have.

    With the Treasure Hunter champion perk, even simple chests should drop set items.

    However, this is not as reliable as it was before the CP change.

    No, Simple Chests did not always drop set items with Treasure Hunter before or after CP 2.0. You get a chance at green or blue loot, and a chance at a set piece.

    Nothing is guaranteed until you get intermediate chests, which are always a blue non-set item and a blue set item with Treasure Hunter, or higher quality chests.
    Edited by VaranisArano on June 16, 2021 12:50PM
  • AlnilamE
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    FrancisCrawford wrote: »
    AlnilamE wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure bosses should drop armor pieces, and the last boss should drop weapon or jewelry.

    As for chests, Simple chests do not guarantee a set item, they can be very meager in content. And 2 chests per dungeon is what most dungeons have.

    With the Treasure Hunter champion perk, even simple chests should drop set items.

    However, this is not as reliable as it was before the CP change.

    I've been working on the 1000 chest achievement on multiple characters and had the Treasure Hunter passive on all of them before and after CP 2.0 and simple chests most certainly don't always drop a set item.
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  • JessPushToPlay
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    oterWitz wrote: »
    Can you give us more info on which bosses in which dungeons aren't dropping set pieces for you? And is it just you or are groupmates also not getting loot? That makes it easier for us (and hopefully devs) to test and confirm a bug.

    As for chests, I'm pretty sure with Treasure Hunter invested AND slotted, simple is 50% chance and everything above that is 100%, with a chance of a second set piece on advanced and master chests. Vet dungeons are guaranteed intermediate difficulty or higher and there should be 2 per dungeon, though there may be a bug/"feature" causing more or fewer after the latest update which I've been testing. Still, what matters more is that you take the Treasure Hunter CP star.

    Hmm.. I'll need to make a list as I do them but I think it's more noticeable in the newer dungeons- like The Cauldron, BDV... I think I ran Hallowed Grave the other day & hardly got any sets in that one. The beginner dungeons, like Fungal Grotto seem to drop a fair amount.
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  • powerfantasticb14_ESO
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    Interesting. You know I just noticed in the past week the loot on mobs at Dolmens have dropped to almost nothing. It just seems bizarre. I wonder if they've adjusted rates across the board.
  • ghost_bg_ESO
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    For bosses don't think it changed.

    For chests either i have insanely bad RNG after CP2.0, or drops are decreased - almost no purple even from advanced or master chests in overland. And at the moment it is CP + Mirri passive and still "watered" drops...
  • VaranisArano
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    ghost_bg_ESO wrote: »
    For bosses don't think it changed.

    For chests either i have insanely bad RNG after CP2.0, or drops are decreased - almost no purple even from advanced or master chests in overland. And at the moment it is CP + Mirri passive and still "watered" drops...

    I haven't had the same problem with Advanced and Master chests. This may be a dumb question, but are you certain you have Treasure Hunter slotted? Every since we have to select and then confirm the slottables, I keep forgetting to actually confirm my choices before I go running around, then wondering why stuff isn't working right.
  • ghost_bg_ESO
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    VaranisArano wrote: »
    ghost_bg_ESO wrote: »
    For bosses don't think it changed.

    For chests either i have insanely bad RNG after CP2.0, or drops are decreased - almost no purple even from advanced or master chests in overland. And at the moment it is CP + Mirri passive and still "watered" drops...

    I haven't had the same problem with Advanced and Master chests. This may be a dumb question, but are you certain you have Treasure Hunter slotted? Every since we have to select and then confirm the slottables, I keep forgetting to actually confirm my choices before I go running around, then wondering why stuff isn't working right.

    it is slotted and it was strange as at cp1.0 it was more common to get purple even from simple chest...

    not that i care as i'm filling sticker book and doesn't matter what quality is. as for miirri it seems to be working fine - small chance to get additional item.
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