In lots of events there is doubled XP. You needed to interact with the Pie of Misrule tool that should be in your collection for the Jester's event to increase your XP gain by 100%. For the current event you just need to eat a slice of your pie that you summon to get the event tickets. If they went up 30 levels and you only 10 while you were doing the exact same activities, then this XP boost is the most likely culprit. There are also XP scrolls which you can get from login rewards which can further speed up your XP gain.

That you aren't getting jubilee boxes is indeed a bit strange. Are you sure you are not getting them? Their full english name is Anniversary Jubilee Gift Box, so they start with "A".

Do you have an addon like Unboxer that is automatically opening your Jubilee boxes for you?

My way of checking.... Blind man rules... look at it, look at it again, look at it again, whatever the common is that's the answer!!

So before handing in the Quest, look at the inventory, and the craft bag, take a note of the number of items in the bag (27/205)

Collect the quest, now 28/205, the only thing in is the coffer, open the coffer 2 items its now 29/205. Looking into the craft bag NO NEW ITEMS, ergo, either the Jubilee Boxes are empty (with or without the A) or they have not went onto the account!!

Yes the Wife reminds me every 2 hours to eat the pie!! or in this case the cake!!

So its still not what the new title has been changed TO, I do not need to Optimize my time in game (nobody will hire a Blind Network Consultant / Computer Engineer, All I have is time....), I want to know why all of this is happening and what to do about it . or ask a My doctor to up my anti-depressants to combat the stress that I am putting myself under. Same thing really.. I hate taking Medications - I would rather the problem be fixed, so for My eyes it was a Surgical Mess-up - 2 years and several specialists , there is no fix, I am going Blind (totally), therefore they cannot fix the eyes so give me happy pills to get over the fact they cannot fix the eyes..

The Frustration / Stress of working as hard as I can, but going backwards in the game is not an addition i desire , and I do not need more pills, If I cannot find out Why, the same setup of 4 different people have 2 different results (3 work mines does not) then its time to just Plain give up.

But the engineer in me says "There is a Problem, Where is the start middle and end, Now Work a Solution" , mostly that starts with RTFM, but there is NO manual for me to read... lmao and even if there was, these days I cannot read!!

High Isle, Daily Job Brokers, each gives a high Isle Coffer and an anniversary jubilee box .

When I then go into the Chr$ it only shows the 1 item, the High Isle Coffer. having been added, no materials, no plans, no recipes, if I then open the coffer it shows 1 item in the last case systres Maul epic, i remove the item, the coffer deletes and the inventory shows 1 new item, systres maul. Nothing Else.

But at that one, my wife saw the anniversary box and 7 items being "added" on the notification box on the bottom right of the screen, Yet None of the items were in the inventory or craft bag

this is the puzzle....

But more interested in why my damage is messed up


this morning, I was doing my 16,000 damage (criticals), now this evening, without changing anything, I am now only doing 13, 450 critical and 21,504 normal damage .. I thought the criticals were meant to be higher than the damage not the other way around

Earlier today the Jester Festival was active, Anniversary didn't start until 10 am EST.

As for your damage, try and look up a 1 bar Oakensoul build. The reason you're not getting the damage you desire sounds like your rotation. A simpler rotation might make things less frustrating.

Jaimeh wrote: »

JimFord047 wrote: »

And now the Final Straw ... the Jubilee event , I was looking forward to a new cake and some new bits & Bobs, but when I was being told that people were getting recipes / motifs / Legendry materials I was All in, I took a pile of pain killers & Sat down to have fun... First daily - I was informed that I got a coffer and a Jubilee box, quick rush to see what I was going to get ... Ethereal Dust?? Chrome plating ?? chrome grains, the excitement was there .. But what the daffy duck , the coffer is there but no Jubilee Box ... try again, same result , and again, same result. ok try changing character try again... same coffer Yes Jubilee NO... I am at Multiple tries Now, and although I keep being awarded the Jubilee Boxes I have yet to Get one !!!

If you are doing repeatable dailies and you are not getting the Jubilee boxes, it might be a bug on your end, because they definitely should be dropping. Are you sure you started to do the dailies after the event had gone live?

Event is live now. I would do a fast daily like a crafting one. And see if that works. Or try one from a different zone.

I say this because there have been issues in previous years where daily quests from certian zones in game did not trigger event awards. So variety could be key here.

Try doing crafting writs, they’re dailies that are easy to farm and give lots of Anniversary Boxes.

If you use lazy writ crafter addon it's set to auto open boxes,unless you disable it in the addon settings.Mostly there's various mats,I'm rarely getting much else,once in while a recipe or motif.

For damage,it's trial and error on gear, skills, CP.The sites tell setups and rotation,but you gotta be quick and precise doing things,so it all comes down to playstyle.Not everyone can use same builds and get same results.

Don't worry about being high/top damage,jsut enjoy playing the game at your own pace.I can't move hands fast enough and don't care for trials,cause too much for me to do.I jsut do most solo,or duo dungeons/arena with my brother.

reinstalling the game to see if that helps!

My Biggest Problem is the setups... The old Champion Point system was a lot better than this one, Do Not get me wrong it's probably quite good if you know how to use it! But that's never been explained nor documented , its a case of Trial and error, which in my case means THOUSANDS in gold Chopping and Changing, for the dammed thing to be all different in a few hours!!

Dummies are good - got a couple of them, and access to more via the Beam me up Guild house , but they do not translate to the Game World, they are always a couple of Thousand out.

I have tried making Characters with the exact same Setups but different races, to see if that is the problem. EG a Templar Build with High Elf - Dark Elf - Breton - Imperial they all do basically the exact same damage , I have put all the attribute points to Magika and then to Stamina and then 50/50 exact same damage!!

I have transmuted Armours full sets /mixed sets epic and legendry, changed them from nothing all the way up to nirnhoned, tried various enchantments all end up wit the exact same amount of damage, they all cap out at 16,380

in the Quest for damage its all based upon and oakensoul build - when its not it caps out AT 5739

I have even put the builds into the ESOBUILDEDITOR - every aspect exact and I am always 1000 - 3000+ short of what it says the build should do.

The Current Build is mostly a survivable Healers Build for Group Dungeons, So All of the champion Points are onto the Healer bits ( oh and it still does 16,380 damage)

5 pieces of Twice Born (to allow for The Shadow and the Ritual, so far the best healing Combo) a combo of Heavy / Medium / Light to make use of the Undaunted Bonuses

5 pieces of leeching Plate (to allow for me to survive) Heavy Armour
An OakenSoul Ring

And a Pauldron / Arm Cop / Epaulete of a monster set to boost healing

the restoration Staff is powered for Healing, but the Lightning staff is carried as Nirnhoned / precise / Powered / Sharpened

The bar is 3 healing 1 defense 1 offense all class abilities allowing me to just switch in and out thhe different staffs without changing the whole thing




this has been changed around Multiple times ALL WITH THE EXACT SAME RESULT MAX 16,384

Heavy Armours

Medusa / Rattlecage / Dreugh King / Briarheart / gloom Grace / Livewire, in various Assortments / enchantments etc

Medium Armours

Hundings rage / Storm Master / Briarheart and a few others, various Assortments / enchantments Etc






the image above is what I had been working on at 03:00 with a handful of pain meds, just to show how METHODICAL I have been trying to work this out

but here it is in a more readable form

The Character is lvl 1762 Everything is Levelled up to Maximum Level 50 , 0 Champion Points


setup Critical Hits Normal Hits

0 Attribute's 2751 1831
64 on Magic 3324 2216
64 on Stamina 3324 2216
50/50 Magic/stamina 3037 2025
64 Magica + Magica Armour Enchantment 3496 2330
64 Magica + Stamina Armour Enchantments 3496 2330
64 Stamina + Magica Armour Enchantment 3496 2330
64 Stamina + Stamina Armour Enchantments 3496 2330

now take the top results and start Adding Mundas Stones

Critical Hits Normal Hits

The Lover 5623 3559
The Shadow 5643 3339
The Warrior 5534 3503
The Apprentice 5534 3503
The Thief 5275 3339
The Lover + The Shadow 7449 4474
The Lover + The Thief 5739 3632
The Lover + The Warrior 5803 3673

Take the Top 2 and add on the Oakensoul ring

Critical Hits Normal Hits

The Lover + The Shadow 16374 9668
The Lover + The Warrior 15847 9332


Now Take the Top Result and start adding the Champion points


Critical Hits Normal Hits

Fighting Finesse 16374 9668

makes No difference from Now on in All champion points single or plain ALL champion points mixed = the above 16,374 is the MAX

change the Armours Around Twice born + Medusa / Twice Born + Dreugh King / Medusa +Dreugh King (all Armours Divines)


Critical Hits Normal Hits

15350 9029
14709 8562
15017 8834
14803 8807
14150 8283
14445 8437

As you can see the results were Varied Down the Way, the top score was actually going back to the original Setup, it could not reach the 16,374 max, instead it was 15,350. However the next day it was back to the 16,374

Armour mix off Medusa + Rattlecage or Dreugh King should have been a lot higher than Twice Born on its own, but came nowhere near it!!


so the Healers Survival Build was worked out... a lot better for healing / reviving whilst taking a lot of hits (only the Dark Elf Templar survives Fire a little longer) giving a Maximum of 16,374 All the time.... Until Yesterday!!!!

The all of a Sudden My Crits were down 3000 to 13,374 but my normal damage rose from 9029 to 21,074 , I have used multiple Apps to measure the damage NONE COME BACK THE SAME as each other, so this is based upon the Zenimax Built in damage counter.

And a little Logical deviance, same Dungeon - same Boss - Different Armours, how long does it take to kill it!! 6 times then averaged time. the Quicker the death, the more your hitting it , except they all take the same average time!!!

Use the Wives Account, put on the same Armour, same mundus, same champion points , same race, same Attributes and kill it about 3 times faster, with 3 times the damage.

ask friends to do the same experiment - roughly the same result as wife, meaning something on my WHOLE ACCOUNT is Not Working Correctly!!!!

But I am open to Suggestions!!!!

JimFord047 wrote: »

I suggest if you want to improve your damage then take a trip to YouTube and look up someone like skinny cheeks. Your currently using sets that arnt really used that often anymore,

It almost looks like you’re over thinking all of this too.

If a oaken sorc can just hold down one button and get 90k+ then I’m sure you’ll get there

Lol, I am Very Appreciative of the help So Far!!

But... (has to be a BUT in there!!)

Everyone seems to be recommending Light / medium Armour where as I kind of Need to wear Heavy, I thought I did Mention I AM BLIND, well 80% BLIND, by the time I see something I have been hit about 10 times, light armour & I am Just respawning All the time! Also as an added bonus , Decades off Military Service & A couple of accidents has left me rather Buggered up mobility wise, my Brain can react to things but the signal to the fingers can take a while, so Lightning Staff is the preferred point and shoot device! and as a PS I am OLD, so add in the age factor (not yet senile... but practising for it)

When Playing in a Group I am normally the healer, a. Because I do not do that much damage, b. I normally Survive longer and get to heal the Squishy always Dying DPS's , c. In Trials the Setup Allows Me to Work as an Alternative Tank if needed + still heal.


And Remember EVERYTHING is max Level!!!


As To Overthinking.... You May have a Point, and here is the But!!! YouTube is not always the answer! Some Person had to work it all out to make the Video, Were they overthinking, just thinking, or got lucky????


OK STORM MASTERS + SERGEANT'S as a first off, the setup I am Using Beats it !! for Survivability and Damage!!! All Divines + Magika Enchantments, augmented with Oakensoul and Zann's (worked out better than Slimecraw) utilising Undaunted / Fighters Guild Bonuses The CP's are as Suggested but mixed around with Fighting Finesse / Thaumatage / Untamed Aggression (everything was legendry) Basically been there tried that Binned it...

the Iron Atronach Dummy, the setup quoted above I am using hits 75K on that dummy, yet go out into the game and that 75K damage drops to between 13K & 16K wheres the other 60K?????

A Lot of the "high Damage Builds!" are every now and again Crit hits , Those even I can make (on target Dummies, not playing the game) I am Not looking for 100K every now and again nor 80K, If i Could get 50K I would be happy (more than happy in fact)


Skinny Cheeks Video, was / is informative, But... (I know it has to be here) take a look at the Stats for Medusa / Rattlecage / Dreugh King, they are about the same, the Point I made is that I have set up a Damage Sorc on 4 Separate Accounts and Mines is 30% -40% of their damage!!!

And Just to prove the point I spent ALL DAY Yesterday Levelling up a Templar on my Other account, and at a Level 32 with Limited Champion Points from the lvl 282 , its Doing MORE DAMAGE with the same Setup as My Main Account!!!

That's My Problem, It's NOT THE BUILD'S ... the Builds Work .. .. .. .. Its Anything on this account Will Not do Any damage!!! that's the Problem, The Account !!!!!

that's What I Need Fixed!!!

Everything was Fine Until Zenimax Reduced My Lvl Because An Error had Given me Too Many XP Points , I had No Problem with being Reduced down, If It Needed Correcting then No Problem, I would not have been the only one. But since then I seem to have a Damage CAP, and nothings Altering it.



explain what I sad Before 13K Crit's and 21K Normal Damage!!!

Hello there.
So im playing with JimFord047 and can tell You all ,hes talking the right stuff.
He is so dedicated to find out everything whats wrong and right, by testing all races ,diferrent clasess and everything what goes around. He does so much research in this that it is sometimes crazy. And yet hes strugling with dps. He literaly copied my char and we tested diferent builds and yet he never got the numbers i can have... We tested it out with different accounts and even without gears and atributes and yet he cant do high damage.... It jsut looks like a soft cap on dps or something wrong wit his account... Whatever he tries dosnt help. And thats dissapointing. After reaching out to Zos he even got level downgrade of some buug that they had with exp gain.......
Hes a great healer and tank helper, but he simply cant do damage........... We tried everything.

Well thats a intresting gues. But that dosnt explain the wierd numbers at crits and damages.. While hes crits are smal the damage stays high... Lets wait on Jims reply on this...

I forgot to Add, I also Have an Apple MacBook Pro 16" that I play the game on, and it has the exact same issues....

3 Computers - 5 Different Operating systems - 3 separate installs All concurrently Running with Different Accounts, Only 1 Account gives the problems!!!

Therefore I think we can ignore any possible computer "Blame"


Hence the Original Title that Zenimax Changed... "I think it is time to stop playing ESO" , (on the Problem Account at least)

The Subaru is a good car, though due to its lack of dealers in the uk , rather expensive for repairs. I ended up with what was meant to be a stop gap -the Suzuki Grand Vitara, Turned out to be a great car, and I replaced it a few years ago with another one.

Family Coming over from the US on Holiday were All surprised at the space inside and the performance of it, though the comments of "Your Main Roads, are the width of most roads through small towns!" still amuses me.

You get a Jeep Wrangler here and it looks like a Massive Car, in the US its about a normal..

I always had the rule you want comfort get a car, You want performance get a Motorcycle. So I always had Both, now.... Well getting a tad to messed up for Both, but the Bike is real a No No now.

As to the game, We all played yesterday, alone and together, I went through the 18 different characters, and they all performed pretty bad. the Best one was the dedicated Dark Elf Sorc, no champion points on offense All on healing, and it was doing its normal 16K. The Rattlecage/Medusa setup was finding it hard to Get 10K with ALL offensive CP's.

Mad even more interesting with Leeching and Undertakers occasionally working, and Block just Not working in the majority , Taunts were also very iffy.

The Damage Problem was really brought home when the 2 DPS were hitting the boss, the tank was Dying trying to hold the boss, I was circling healing and killing ALL the Adds , yet combat metrics said I did only 7.2% of the damage... lol they all kill ONE I kill 20+ yet I do the least damage .

Its Embarrassing when a lvl 1780, is taking hit after hit, still standing and has been hitting an NPC for 3 minutes only to have taken down 25% of its life, and the lvl 242 Tank comes over and kills it with 3 hits!!!

I will keep plodding, but I am 99.9% Sure its the account that's the problem - not the setups