This is normal. Direforst keep last boss is like that as well.

I've heard that Arx boss can be properly taunted by casting ranged taunt five times in a row. I never tested it, as it does not sound very plausible. But then again, it might be a piece of rare knowledge, like frying daedroth in BCII with very precise positioning on the grill...

As long as your taunt is up, the boss will come back to you.

Many will randomly target a player, or target players furthest/closest/something else. To keep it 'interesting' I suppose.

It's a mechanic. The boss will attack a random person until you break her damage shield. If the group works together she can be positioned in the water which will bring the shield down faster.

moo_2021 wrote: »

Is there a reliable way to regain their attention on me? Like going close and hitting with heavy? My magic pool isn't large enough to keep firing inner fire and I noticed some of dps players don't have self heal and literally can't take any hit.

They can block.

I can think of several other boss mechanics that will target a random player regardless of taunt, and some who are even untauntable.

The Engine Guardian in Darkshade II, for starters, is pretty much impervious to taunt, the tank's business there is to handle the powerful dwarven sphere adds.

Both The Whisperer (Spindle 1) and Allene Pellingare (Wayrest 1) have a big hitting attack that targets a random player. The Whisperer, I believe has a ranged attack "Web Blast" that can be dodge-rolled: Allene has a leap and backstab attack which can be blocked (even if she is standing behind you, hold Block.) In either case, it should half-kill a genuine tank and is on the borderline of one-shotting anyone else if not avoided. Tanks should turn The Whisperer away from the party simply so they get an extra bit of warning to dodge-roll if she turns around to face them: there's not much you can do about Allene except keep an eye on her and hold Block as soon as she jumps and disappears.

And Stormreeve Neidir on Tempest Island has the nasty combination of two attacks: a big, channeled, expanding circular AOE which you have to get out of before it explodes (in addition to major damage, it also knocks players back and stuns them), and a heavy damaging leap-attack which may target the furthest player but only OUTSIDE the range of the AOE, forcing players to stay inside the critical radius most of the time and only dodge out of it when the explosion is about to happen.

Several bosses have mechanics that target other players, but that one on Arx is bugged.

Code explained it really well in another post that she gets taunt immunity if the tank re-taunts before 10 or 12 seconds, I think.

I'll see if I can find the post and update this here.

moo_2021 wrote: »

Is there a reliable way to regain their attention on me? Like going close and hitting with heavy? My magic pool isn't large enough to keep firing inner fire and I noticed some of dps players don't have self heal and literally can't take any hit.

If your taunt is up, they literally never stopped being focused on you.

They're scripted to every now and again roll a die and throw a big attack at a random party member.

Once that attack's done ... they're back to being on you.

Don't even bother chasing them. If you have taunt, even if the boss runs across the room to do their random attack, they'll very nicely run back to you wherever you are.

EDIT: And if a player has no self-heal, they're asking to be killed. DPS does not mean you're immune to taking damage and the healer is not your babysitter. The tank can not taunt all monsters.

DPS have to keep themselves alive to some extent, keep themselves out of 'red' aoe marks on the ground, roll dodge and break free as applicable, and block.

jle30303 wrote: »

I can think of several other boss mechanics that will target a random player regardless of taunt, and some who are even untauntable.

The Engine Guardian in Darkshade II, for starters, is pretty much impervious to taunt, the tank's business there is to handle the powerful dwarven sphere adds.

Both The Whisperer (Spindle 1) and Allene Pellingare (Wayrest 1) have a big hitting attack that targets a random player. The Whisperer, I believe has a ranged attack "Web Blast" that can be dodge-rolled: Allene has a leap and backstab attack which can be blocked (even if she is standing behind you, hold Block.) In either case, it should half-kill a genuine tank and is on the borderline of one-shotting anyone else if not avoided. Tanks should turn The Whisperer away from the party simply so they get an extra bit of warning to dodge-roll if she turns around to face them: there's not much you can do about Allene except keep an eye on her and hold Block as soon as she jumps and disappears.

And Stormreeve Neidir on Tempest Island has the nasty combination of two attacks: a big, channeled, expanding circular AOE which you have to get out of before it explodes (in addition to major damage, it also knocks players back and stuns them), and a heavy damaging leap-attack which may target the furthest player but only OUTSIDE the range of the AOE, forcing players to stay inside the critical radius most of the time and only dodge out of it when the explosion is about to happen.

For the Tempest fight, you can stand directly outside of her AOE range and she will not jump to you. You can sit in that one location the entire fight and not have to move. It's when you move further away from the AOE range that she attacks.

ssewallb14_ESO wrote: »

Calm_Fury wrote: »

Several bosses have mechanics that target other players, but that one on Arx is bugged.

Code explained it really well in another post that she gets taunt immunity if the tank re-taunts before 10 or 12 seconds, I think.

I'll see if I can find the post and update this here.

Here:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/4382645/#Comment_4382645

Basically the mechanic triggers overtaunt if you try to taunt her too many times while she's taunt immune, making the immunity phase way longer than it should be.

Thank you!! Every few months this question gets posted here, I always try to find that post and always fail. I'll bookmark it.