Because a lot of the group achievements are still bugged and currently don't give skill points and I don't trust ESO to give the skill point retrospectively when they do fix them.

Also a lot of them only update if your the one doing the killing blow which is stupid as that means a single group will have to kill the same boss at least 4 times (if not more if they can't 'trigger' the final blow correctly)

So in summary, too many bugs

Jade_Knightblazerb14_ESO wrote: »

Bots don't do group challenges silly...

What I was gonna say lol.

I would say that it is mostly that many people don't know about group challenges to begin with. They are not clearly identifiable, they don't always spawn, and any clue to their existence is hidden in the achievements tab.

I frankly think its crap that you have to join an actual group to get the skill point. I don't mind grouping; I've had a lot of fun grouping but I enjoy the rather odd free-for-all of the public dungeons/delves.

I do them.:/ I just wait till people come along that are willing to group. iv waited half an hour sometimes. I ignore them if they argue like idiots, as long as they can do the challenge, I could care less about their behavior.

I don't need anymore skill points unless they let us start unlocking skills from other classes... HiNT HiNt!

I am doing them . Currently VR4 and soloed them all until now. As for bosses some of them with help

Kahina wrote: »

ShedsHisTail wrote: »

And, unless they changed it since last week, you don't have to be in a group to get the skill point. I went back and snagged a few I missed solo last Tuesday.

Correct. I did the Bad Mans Hollow snake mother without being in a group and got the achievement and skill point. It wasn't exactly solo as another player came along, but we didn't group.

In TESO that is pretty much a group. The real only advantage of being in a "party" with them is its much easier to see their health bar.

Why don't people do them? There isn't a big glowing arrow pointing them to go there. Honestly, that's my excuse. I just assumed it was a dead end and kept on walking.

That may sound silly, but from the moment you step off the boat you get it burned into your head that you set a quest and follow the arrows. If you see a glowing black arrow while on your travels, go up and check it out. No arrow? Nothing to see here. Keep moving.

I only knew these bosses were a "thing" after I did some research online. I don't blame other new players for having no clue.

Shaun98ca2 wrote: »

BrassRazoo wrote: »

I actually didn't know they awarded a skill point until my mate told me.
So at VR9 I went back and did them all starting at Crows Wood in Stonefalls.
Picked up about 10 skill points in a few hours it was great.
Definitely recommended.
Some kind soul posted some very useful maps here http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/87891/public-dungeons-missing-achievements-missing-skill-points/p1

Im going to say a LOT of people don't know. Most forum goers don't realize that they are a minority that most people playing the game don't come to these forums at all. Then for the ones that do its STILL not well known about the group challenges, as I frequent these forums I just recently a few days ago found out about group challenges also.

So yea your gonna see a LOT of people run in and out of those dungeons without a clue about the free skill point.

I'd say your right. I'm on the forums everyday and didn't know about them till this thread. Guess I missed earlier ones. Thanks to the OP for making this thread, I'm gonna have to check it out when I get home. I can always use more skill points.

This might sound SAD, but my guess is that they don't have a triangle hanging over their heads, so most people don't even realize they are there.

This was always my argument against quest markers. People start running from triangle to triangle and no longer bother to stop and look around once in a while.

I tried the Ratmaster or whatever hes name is. Tried four times and got no update. After the fourth try i just stod a little on the side looking at my map and wondered where to go next. He respawned and bang i got update when some other ppl killed him. I did not throw a singel spell or anything on him.
Made me laugh

games99b16_ESO wrote: »

I tried the Ratmaster or whatever hes name is. Tried four times and got no update. After the fourth try i just stod a little on the side looking at my map and wondered where to go next. He respawned and bang i got update when some other ppl killed him. I did not throw a singel spell or anything on him.
Made me laugh

That is a world boss, not a group dungeon event.

The Group Challenge is usually off the beaten path, but is generally a obvious thing..

in the lost village its the only Deadric Titan in the zone, in a cave room behind a door before the final bit of the dungoen, a door that most zip right by without ever noticing it isnt just more scenery.

I have noticed:

1: the ones that are Triggered interactables are often the most overlooked.

2: the ones that have to respawn the mobs before starting often bug out the most easily.

3: Most of the time people in chat dont even know what you are talking about if you link the achievement.

Add in the factor of how badly bugged achievements are (tried to do crows wood conquerer in vet but NONE of the normal bosses updated the achievement and they were hit and miss for party members with only one actually manageing to get all of them) and we have a great source of skill points that just are not given a thought..


alot of the challenges are fun to, the one in Root Sunder infinite spawns weak skeletons constantly for a minute or so before they try and summon the Bone Giant.

That one was really fun to do at VR1,

I was able to solo the Village of the lost one, since it was just a single mob and i was playing Sorc. Just stood behind a rock and set out pets. if one died i just sent resummoned. Tho i guess i didnt techinically solo as a Templar eventually came when it had 2-3k hp left and pitched in with some DPS (died really fast at that point^^)

Personally dont really care for achievements, and its not like getting skillpoints is so hard, heck by the time you reach level 40 you should be swimming in spare skillpoints unless you put a skillpoint in everything the skillpage has.
But if i see people ask for group achievement, sure ill join, why not if im there, but really not gonna look for it.