In The Elder Scrolls Online, the Maelstrom Arena will soon be added to the game. It is set to provide a real challenge for solo players. Are you ready for the arena?
The Maelstrom Arena is similar to the Combat Guild in World of Warcraft. It is a solo challenge that becomes increasingly tricky over time.
The Maelstrom Arena will arrive with the Orsinium DLC for PC players this Monday evening, and for TESO players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in two weeks for The Elder Scrolls Online. Currently, it is expected that the patch for PC players will be available to download starting Monday at 4:00 PM. It is anticipated to be quite hefty.
The Maelstrom Arena is likely intended as a single-player replacement for the Trials, the previous PvE endgame. The next trial is expected to be available only in early 2016.
9 different arenas – it’s not just about brute strength
Nine different arenas await, each posing various waves and multiple rounds to the hero. At the end, rewards await.
In the Maelstrom Arena, it’s not just about pure strength; agility, mobility, and cleverness also count. Various power-up symbols function as buffs and give players an advantage.
According to Zenimax, the 4 seals include:
• Seal of Defense: Reduces damage taken from all attacks and reflects physical and spell-based ranged attacks.
• Seal of Haste: Increases your regeneration and grants you the enhancement “Greater Speed”.
• Seal of Healing: You receive powerful healing over time.
• Seal of Power: Increases your weapon power.
The arena will be available in a normal version and one for veterans. While players can exit the “normal version” at any time and retain their progress, they must start from the beginning in the veteran version.
The arena should be fun … and rewarding
To enhance the fun of the arena, The Elder Scrolls Online will introduce several leaderboards for VR-16 players – each class will have its own. Speed will be rewarded here, and players will also earn points by forgoing seals, the special buffs. Additionally, particularly strong rewards will be sent to the top 100 players.
Some of the golden “master weapons” for the top players can be seen here, extracted by data miners on Reddit. Whether all of this will actually go live is not guaranteed:
This is what the Maelstrom Arena looks like in TESO – Tips and Tricks in the video
If you want to watch a run through the arenas on normal and pick up some tricks along the way, we have a video run for you here. The YouTuber Delitas Gaming recommends approaching the arena like PvP, utilizing AoE damage and numerous options to stay alive as long as possible:
For more about Orsinium, the last DLC of 2015 for The Elder Scrolls Online, we have these articles for you:
