Veteran Maestrom Arena drop rate (guys this need improvement !)

potirondb16_ESO · April 2016

Hi guys,

I just completed Maestrom Arena in Veteran mode for the 8 time or almost, and I really, I do mean really think you should work on your random drop system. It is awfull !

I had the personnal believe that two type of drop could come off the last chest of Maestrom Arena, either a ring from one of the different orsinium set, or a maestrom weapon... but here I am today with an hat of succession dropping... I mean Seriously ? Ok I got two week in a row the Maestrom Shield set from reward system, it's bad enough as it is, but that ! and I mean I'm pretty sure it's not the first time that I don't receive a necklace or a ring it's just that this time I warn myself to check before looting.

So what's up with this ? I am looking for different stuff through Maestrom as any player is, most likely the proper Maestrom Weapon for my character but also some of the other stuff that could come up if I'm Lucky thus meaning Brianhearth set, and while I think I only got 1 Brianthearth piece, I do believe I got over 5 Succession, 5 winterborn, 5 Glory probably, and 5 Pariah or the other tank set... so am I unlucky ? Probably I mean I didn't see any trinimac dropping at all that I know and I'm pretty sure brianhearth may never have drop...

So could you please look at it. I believe some of you have completed it and got the right reward but I'm pretty sure that if you run it a lot you'll find out that drop are not well proportion. 8 run / 2 Maelstrom weapon, that's probably bad luck... but still. I'm not sure how you guys feel about this but I'm pretty sure you should start to open token shop Inside Tamriel for a bunch of stuff. The drop rate are really wierd (some people a hundred run of vCoA never could get anything else then well-fited skoria), ... hope they don't read this

The fact that everything has to run in number, 5 piece of this set, and 3 piece of that one and all that really complexify stuff and the worst thing is that all monster got multiple drop possibility so... I mean my last 6 vWGT I receive one drop and for sure not the set I was looking for while in my first vICP I've got drop at almost all bosses... even worst lol I did a run of vICP where everyone receive the helmet !

Does the drop system have some kind of emotional breakdown sometime ? sometimes he's giving too much sometimes he doesn't give s*** ?

Shadesofkin · April 2016

Tokens...get a set amount of tokens from each chest and a chance at a drop...when you complete it with a score you get a bonus number of tokens, then once you've collected enough tokens you get to buy a Maelstrom Weapon coffer or Armor Coffer that promises you a set piece or weapon of your choice with a random trait.

Zabus · April 2016

All Hail RNGeezus!!

potirondb16_ESO · April 2016

Actually @Shadesofkin, I was more thinking about a set amount receive for you score. I mean it's Maestrom weapon so you should not get a Maestrom weapon if you could not complete it. I would also see for exemple:

Complete Maestrom Arena : 3000 Tokens + 5000 Tokens for first completion
Complete Maestrom Arena within 1h30: 2000 Tokens
Complete Maestrom Arena with X live left: X*500 Token

And after that you can buy different set going from:

Maestrom Weapon Bag : 10 000 Tokens (gives a random Maestrom Weapon, Random Traits)
Maestrom Specific Weapon Bag: 15 000 Tokens
Maestrom Specific Weapon, Specific Traits: 18 000 Tokens

But I do agree with gear specific as well.

Psiion · September 2021

Greetings,

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