Yeah, I'm very frustrated at the time invested for one part of 5 that are needed for the Prowler item. I really looked forward to this quest line and I don't mind the gems that are earned through doing the quests, but these random encounters are really the bane of this entire game. Everyone hates rewards you actually need to have that are locked behind severely low-drop randomness. Each one of these is like an hour's investment of time where mostly you're just standing around and can't even do anything useful. Considering that some of us have done 50 or more of these without the drop, the amount of our time used up feels very disrespectful. Please let it be an activity that guarantees a drop, or guarantees it after enough random tries, like on your 50th chest (or less hopefully) you'll get it. If you think this is going to increase our time in the game, it's actually just increasing our resentment and likelihood of leaving altogether.

@ZOS_Kevin
I am very frustrated. I've done near up to 100 dynamic encounters and I simply can't get it.
This is no fun at all. This is really annoying - why is this that some players get the item already 2x, while others like me are trying to get it that often and don't succed?

What is the issue here? Can you please clarify what to do about this?

This is really a no-go and I really go mad.

Another very frustrated player here. Tried since start to get this gem. The housing parts dropped quite quickly, but nowhere keys and the prowler gem - nothing. I haven't counted but it must be over 50 runs. I echo that this makes the whole thing a resentful experience, where I have to set aside a significant chunk of time to either wait, or port between players to find an encounter, then run with the zerg, just to be disappointed again.

Normally with a low drop rate grind, you have to wait 5 mins between tries, which is bad enough, or the activity itself is fun (like farming for nirncrux etc.) but this is literally just 'wait for 30 mins - can't do anything in case it starts and you miss it' then after you have waited do something super easy (get one hit on one mob) and loot a chest. It isn't fun, and it isn't gameplay.

Things that would make it better:
1. Have a guarenteed drop after x runs
2. Have some sort of popup if you are in an instance where it is starting
3. Increase the frequency the events start at

I don't see why they have to be on a 30 minute timer - what would be the harm of a 5 minute timer? That would mean that we wouldn't all flock to them as though they were rare - which would mean fewer players on each one, which would make it actually fun to play.

I have done one or two that happened at very off peak times where there were only three or so players and they were challenging, and super fun! That makes it all the more depressing when its another 50 player zerg run with no reward.

My 3 accounts have done many DE's all mostly on the character that did or is still doing the new thieves guild questline, main account character finished it, she had done everything but the second part of Solstice ( I have still not forgiven ZOS for that bug fest), no sign of any gem of agility, (but they have 3 finished thieves guild armory stations, so not all bad luck). I have taken to sending different characters out trying to get the gem. Second account has done them the least, but still a lot and almost finished the new questline, nothing. Third account got the thing almost before they even had the amulet itself, same day I think it was, that account has the best luck of the three accounts and have done the least of the new quest line. But the two alt accounts have wanted one more lead for their first armory station for ages and cannot get it to save themselves. They all started at the same time, usually open around the same number of thieves troves each day. I do not mind doing the DE's am about to give up on the Glenumbra thieves troves though.

I've been doing the DEs when up, want the achievement for doing 30 ans casually want the fragments for the vampire and werewolf skill styles.
I'm not sure what gem we are talking about or why we want it. Is it for a new mythic?

Has anyone reported receiving a Gem of Agility after the maintenance today? Now that DEs are on a 15 min respawn timer and supposedly the drop rate was increased?

I did three DEs over my lunch break on my khajiit NB thief wearing the mythic just to be safe but no drops for me.

Finally got my gem!!! After hundreds of DE chests.... Today's update for increased drop rates worked. Only took 6 chests today for it to drop. I don't want to do another DE ever again....

Dalsinthus wrote: »

It improves the prowler's talisman mythic. There are 5 gems to collect to fully max out the buffs. There is an achievement tied to collecting all 5 gems.

I thought it was four upgrades: one from the Thieves Guild Daggerfall story, one from DEs, one from Rumors, and one from the Sage's Vault.

DoofusMax wrote: »

Dalsinthus wrote: »

It improves the prowler's talisman mythic. There are 5 gems to collect to fully max out the buffs. There is an achievement tied to collecting all 5 gems.

I thought it was four upgrades: one from the Thieves Guild Daggerfall story, one from DEs, one from Rumors, and one from the Sage's Vault.

You’re probably right. I wrote that from memory and didn’t check it before I posted.