They would have charged anyway of course, but it was one of those fun moments.

With One Tamriel Jerric takes the skull and crossbones seriously. I guess they're called Group Bosses now? In this last fight right at the end everyone but Jerric and the guy directly behind him went down at the same time, and they only survived because Jerric happened to be casting a healing spell when the wave hit them. I've never seen so many people pop up as resurrected shades at the exact same instant, lol. He wasn't so lucky today against a titan called Zandadunoz the Reborn in Wrothgar. The entire group died multiple times, which resets the boss's health to 100%.


ADDED: D'oh! I forgot to say, Jerric spent some outstanding time in Malabal Tor closing Dark Anchors for the Fighters Guild. He got from one to another by swimming the entire length of the Xylo River. Anyone want some crocodile skin boots?

Buffy found herself inadvertently running with a herd of about ten for a time the other day. There is a dolman and world boss very close together in Stonefalls. Well the informal group would close the dolman then, while waiting for it to respawn, jog over to the world boss (a giant troll) and take him down. Then back to the dolman, wash, rinse, repeat. It was a fun chance for Buffy to practice her up and coming healing abilities. She quite loves the ability to heal and buff up others. Oh, and she got quite a nice collection of magicka-supportive set rings and amulets for her efforts.

Last week we cleared a different dolman several times with a gang of about 15. One fellow got everyone there to join his group (apparently the xp goes up in you're in a group). One unexpected benefit was that someone had their banker out and someone else had their merchant summoned. And anyone in the group can use a groupie's banker/merchant! Close dolman, sell loot, wash, rinse, repeat. It was kind of fun for a few cycles.

She found a nice spot by the water today that was a fishing hole. She doesn't fish but, in true Buffy fashion, doffed her clothes to go swimming. She confessed that she sort of hoped that a naked elf would be the kind of bait that would attract Jerric to the same spot. . . .

Oh, I just did Zandadunoz the Reborn three days ago! I thought we were doing good and then suddenly he started doing some AOE thing that was killing us left and right. I resurrected and switched to bow, it was the only way to survive him for my character, :lol.

I recently got "Snipe," and it hits from quite a range. Combined with Reaper's Mark (which also has great range) it does quite a huge chunk of damage and Misa was able to stay clear of that creature and actually be of help taking him down.

Yes, the days of single-handedly taking down the skull and crossbones spots are over since One Tamriel. I wish they hadn't ruined that and just kept it the way it was where you could eventually grow into being able to take them on alone.

Urgh, Haa-Rei and I still haven't managed to take Zandadunoz down. We've done most other Orsinium bosses but you need a good group of players for that one - he hits so hard! Usually it's mobs we have to worry about rather than the actual boss.

There's a skull and crossbones thing in Covenant lands, which is actually three werewolf bosses that you have to fight simultaneously - I didn't manage to clear it until Haa-Rei was Veteran 16 and even then it was a close fight. World bosses just aren't meant for solo players for the most part.

Those bankers and merchants are great. It cracks me up when Jerric is standing around in some dangerous, foul pit about to engage in mayhem, and someone's banker makes a calm remark to him.

Snipe and Reapers Mark are on Lil's bar always. She got them both at pretty much the same time, and they changed everything for her.

Jerric is not a natural ranged fighter and his spells have only recently started to do more than tickle since he got Pelenil's Aptitude in five slots, so he tends to charge when he should hang back. It takes him a few mistakes to learn what those AOE attacks are going to do so he can "Stay out of the Stupid (red zones)," as they say. He has a sweet Ice Staff, but he needs to respec before he tries to use it. He just loves his Stamina too much to readily switch.

Lildereth has bundled up in Nordic furs and headed into Wrothgar to use up Clothing Surveys while the nodes are still yielding double. She has four pieces of Night Terror these days, and she's having some fun with it. She can sneak up behind a bear so close she trips over its dingleberries.

hazmick, you must have been posting while I was leisurely typing mine, lol. I didn't see until now! If that's the werewolf camp right by a dolmen in Glenumbra, Darnand got a very big surprise there. It may have been his first world boss.

mALX, one of my guys has a Daedric damage battleaxe, but since he's parked in Vulkhel Guard he only fights when that dark anchor drops. It's always such a mosh pit there I can't tell if there's any extra effect going off. I'd guess that Daedric damage is paired with some kind of (rare) resistance, but I have no idea what. I've never seen a "Resist Daedric Damage" glyph, unless I'm missing something really obvious. (Which is likely, lol.)

Jerric is stalking Stormhaven for another piece of Night Terror for Lil so she can see the 5 piece effect. He found her a bow that she loves, but it is not from one of her sets. She's also wearing Briarheart, which as far as we can tell has never done its trick. The Briarheart bow was hideous. It had a weird skull on it.

Darnand wants him to go back to Craglorn for more Martial Knowledge gear. Darnand is not a fan of Craglorn. He hates it when dust sticks to his sweat.

Lildereth loves Wrothgar. I'm scratching my head over that a little. She is not easy to predict.

Change the style to Imperial! That is a great idea!! That also solves the truly hideous greaves and boots that Lil made for Jerric. They have bones sticking out of the knees and weird, un-dyeable fur on the boots. Oops. (Maybe she's getting back at him for the series of huge horse-embellished belt buckles he made for her while she was leveling.)

Lil uses the bow Ultimate against group bosses when stealth is just not an option. It's nice that you can move while it's still shooting arrows, otherwise it would be a quick way to get killed. I'm not sure how effective it is compared to the other weapon Ultimates, but it makes her feel like a badass.

hazmick, thanks! Now I'm sure she's never gotten it, because golden vines would be hard to miss. We'll try some things differently tomorrow and see what happens.

Yes, I can change things to the Imp style as well - and often do since overall, the Imp style is a nice-looking one.

Regarding the bow ultimate - it is a solid ability and can be quite helpful. I suppose it boils down to what other ultimates you have available and how they compare. While the bowsorc likes the bow ultimate, she prefers the storm atronach on one bar and suppression field (one of the dark magic sorc ult morphs) on the other.

If she gets swarmed and can maneuver, the atronach is the answer for her. If she gets swarmed without room to dance, she hits surge, hurricane, volley and suppression field all on top of herself and opens fire at point blank range. That keeps her pretty safe, heals her and puts out a ton of damage. If that one trick pony doesn't work, she's dead though. Lol.

Isn't Briarheart a 10% chance one? I was really concerned about using up 5 slots on a set that only gave me a 10% chance on the effect; so got rid of all my Briarheart stuff I picked up.

I'd love to hear your impression of the bow ultimate after you use it awhile. I guess in the bowsorc's case, she feels she needs the distraction/safety the other ults provide more than just burst damage. An archer with better healing/defense might very well prefer the bow ultimate.

Yep, 10% chance on crit. So it's a chance of a chance, but as I said with abilities like Arrow Barrage you're pretty much guaranteed to activate the briars.


As for the bow ult, Haa-Rei has it on his main bar. We have the Toxic Barrage morph, which does poison damage (and thus benefits from our champion point arrangement) so it works quite well, and can chop off a good portion of a boss's health (which is the only time we use ults).

Currently installing ESO for the Xbox One.

Who has ESO for that platform?

Not me, I'm on the PC.


But WOO HOO !!!! Awesome that you will be playing !!!!

Yay DE! I'm on the PS4. Glad you're going to be playing!

I think I'm the only other Xbox One player here.