Dungeon Finder

rockDokRock · February 8

I've been trying to do a specific dungeon for weeks to grind for some gear. I think I've managed to do it 3 or 4 times. It takes anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours to get a hit and get into it.

I'm just curious how I'm supposed to do this? I am pretty close to just giving up and looking for antoher build I have stuff for already. Trying to do this just isn't working out and I don't understand why.

Anyone else have this issue? Solutions?

imPDA · February 8

1) Find 3 more ppl to grind it and q normal. It does not matter what difficulty to grind, you always can recreate any piece, you just need to farm. It is MMO, communicate with ppl in guild, Discord, etc.

2) Build good DD and Q as tank or healer. By good DD I mean a DD what can pass this dungeon solo or mostly solo, or this character should be able to taunt and really tank a boss when needed while doing damage. With current meta, it is an easy task, especially if you are farming normal as suggested. If you are not sure if you can do it - return to point 1.

If it is DLC dungeon, it will be hard to farm it with randoms naturally, because DLC dungeons a bit harder than usual dungeons so many people just avoid them, and not everyone have all DLCs, it further decreases chance to find a group.

katanagirl1 · February 8

If I don’t have others to help, I wait until that dungeon is one of the Undaunted pledges and pick it up that day. The queue is faster and I run it as much as I can that day. It can be a long wait if it’s not one of the pledges, and I can’t stand waiting in the queue forever.

valenwood_vegan · February 8

Can always try other ways of forming a group, such as asking in guilds (or joining one if not in one), putting a run up in group finder, asking people in random groups if they'd like to run again (and if you find like-minded players, it's good to try and get them on your friends list), even asking in zone chat in popular areas such as craglorn or zones with the undaunted questgivers... it's a mmo, one will have more success trying to be social.

If able, making yourself available as a tank or a healer will increase the odds of getting a group too, as those are always in short supply compared to dps.

Trying to run several times when the desired dungeon comes up as a pledge is good advice also.

The dungeon queue is kind of a fallback tool and it can help, but the thing is it's random and it just throws groups together - it's not really great for completing a very specific task like repeating a dungeon for gear. As mentioned above, the pool of people in the random finder will include some who don't have access to that particular DLC, or players who just don't want to run a longer / more difficult DLC dungeon - especially with an unknown group where there is no certain outcome of success.

Out of curiosity, which dungeon is it? Some DLC's are difficult for PuG's or are a slog without a good group and it's just going to be harder to find people wanting to do those, unfortunately. But other options too are that some can be soloed, and pretty much any of them can generally be completed without a *full* group on normal.

Orbital78 · February 8

rockDokRock wrote: »

Anyone else have this issue? Solutions?

Make a solid tank build, even if it is selfish. Supply your own heals, purge, etc. and most standard vet dungeons will be a breeze. Assuming you can get a group dps that isn't that of one person. You could also do a healer, though those slots seem to be pretty over saturated as of late.

Though the true best option is making friends/guild mates and using discord, it makes communicating mechanics and roles much quicker and easier in my experience. If everyone knows what they are doing, it is less of and issue. Especially when not doing hard modes.

Network and find communities on twitch and other sources. JimmyJJShabbadu does a community night dungeon open queue with chat/viewers. I have made multiple hard mode clears that way. Gandork usually one of the team and he is a solid dps, Cnedra is a real good tank but I think they have been doing other things as of late. You can fill any role your comfortable with. Just a suggestion if you're on PC-NA. I'm sure there are others that do similar, I know FtC on PC-NA/discord has a monster helm lfg/help area as well.

rockDokRock · February 9

Yeah, all good responses. I don't really want to hassle people into doing a dungeon over and over. It's the one with the Gryphon equipment set, I wanted to try a new build but it looks like it's more hassle than it's worth. Just wish they'd fix it. If people select "random dungeon" I don't know why they don't get assigned to my request if they have access to it. When I do random dungeons I end up with some right slop but I'll play along.

virtus753 · 5:18PM

rockDokRock wrote: »

Yeah, all good responses. I don't really want to hassle people into doing a dungeon over and over. It's the one with the Gryphon equipment set, I wanted to try a new build but it looks like it's more hassle than it's worth. Just wish they'd fix it. If people select "random dungeon" I don't know why they don't get assigned to my request if they have access to it. When I do random dungeons I end up with some right slop but I'll play along.

I don’t know that it’s broken just because Coral Aerie — assuming you mean Gryphon’s Reprisal — doesn’t fill in a timely manner. (It’s definitely broken in other respects, just hard to prove this one.)

Keep in mind that dungeons are DLC, so only those who bought that particular pack or who have ESO+ have access to CA. That cuts down on the pool.

Characters under level 45 are ineligible.

Many people who do randoms preferentially queue with lower level characters (grabbing a friend, guildmate, or random from zone if necessary) or people who don’t own DLC so they can get an easier base game dungeon. That keeps otherwise eligible players out of your specific queue.

Many players I know also explicitly avoid the dungeon finder due to bad experiences and run with guildmates or friends. Many are happy to run content if asked, especially by guildies, but won’t be found randomly in queue. They learn to solo, duo, or run with guildies.

The dungeon finder is really not intended to be the only option to run dungeons. It cannot reasonably do all that heavy lifting itself. If you plan to get into any sort of endgame content, you will need to work with groups anyhow, so finding a guild to get started really helps in terms of gearing, meeting people, doing group activities, etc. Many guilds, even social ones, offer LFG channels for people looking for specific content like farming. Many guilds are happy to help if you ask. It is not at all a bother just to ask! We know that waiting for people to come to you randomly inevitably takes so much longer. Even if not everyone wants to run as many times as you want right then, some may be willing to run once or twice and then others may want to run after that or on another day. That’s what the social element of an MMORPG is for. You have more people out there willing to help if you make that connection and they have more of a social investment beyond random pugs.

redlink1979 · 6:04PM

As suggested before, if you're part of any guild you can ask guildies/friends for help. It will be the fastest/safest option.
You can also create aa group in the group finder, you might find ppl who want to run the same dungeon you need to run.
Waiting for the dungeon to be a plege is the other option but it can take a while.
Random dungeon? You might be lucky. Or not.

Horace-Wimp · 6:18PM

rockDokRock wrote: »

I've been trying to do a specific dungeon for weeks to grind for some gear...

Since no one else asked, what specific dungeon? Maybe someone reading this thread will want to join you for the farm.