Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I had horrid writers block this week and couldn't find a topic that I found interesting and want to look into. Recently though I wanted to start looking into why Harmony is so heavily recommend and if it's actually that much more powerful than what I was doing before.
Short answer is yeah its a lot more powerful under certain circumstances. Harmony has the benefit of being a trait while Reduce Cost is an enchant so you can use them at the same time. Along with this Harmony gives Stamina and Health.
One of the other reason Harmony is so strong is Arcanists, they add another 6 person synergy to the game with Runebreak. Giving tanks another synergy to be a little gremlin about.
Also for anyone wondering do I feel bad for stealing your synergy while you are on Alkosh absolutely.......
No! :)
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I had horrid writers block this week and couldn't find a topic that I found interesting and want to look into. Recently though I wanted to start looking into why Harmony is so heavily recommend and if it's actually that much more powerful than what I was doing before.
Short answer is yeah its a lot more powerful under certain circumstances. Harmony has the benefit of being a trait while Reduce Cost is an enchant so you can use them at the same time. Along with this Harmony gives Stamina and Health.
One of the other reason Harmony is so strong is Arcanists, they add another 6 person synergy to the game with Runebreak. Giving tanks another synergy to be a little gremlin about.
Also for anyone wondering do I feel bad for stealing your synergy while you are on Alkosh absolutely.......
No! :)
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Track: Beave - Talk [NCS Release]
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![Dawnbringer | 17:03 / 246,235 | Kynes Aegis Trifecta | Solo Tank
Fun times I blame Glorious or something idk. DB is fun though... without guard its not final boss can take a stinky...
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Track: Shiah Maisel & Clarx - Left With Nothing [NCS Release]
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0:00 - Trash
2:00 - Yandir
3:45 - Trash
5:33 - Vrol
7:04 - Trash
10:05 - Falgraven Dawnbringer | 17:03 / 246,235 | Kynes Aegis Trifecta | Solo Tank](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d3Puzp7jRuA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Curators Champion | Scriveners Hall Trifecta | Arcanist Tank
This was annoying and hard. We really only took like 4 attempts when we started resetting. Getting to the point where resetting felt like it wasnt a waste of time however took a little bit. Overall though the dungeon isnt actually that hard. We did have to drop the 3rd DPS as the Ignite DoT from the final boss was just to annoying to deal with, without a Healer. Kelles stepped up and healed the crap out of this dungeon and it was great.
We had a little oops the other day at around 1% so thats fun :). The biggest reason I have the portal on is because originally I was going to use it to out range the cone but when we got a healer it was no longer needed.
These were the most scuffed versions of these fights that we had basically ever done which is funny but damn we shouldnt have cleared.
Healer PoV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-lDDCotOXk&t=1s
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Track: Warriyo - Mortals (feat. Laura Brehm) [NCS Release]
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Song: Giraffe Squad - Wait For Me [NCS Release]
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0:00 - Riftmaster Naqri
2:04 - Ozezan the Inferno
5:06 - Lamikhai and Valinna Curators Champion | Scriveners Hall Trifecta | Arcanist Tank](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d97u84wbSbg/mqdefault.jpg)
![Oathsworn | Oathsworn Pit Trifecta | Dragonknight Tank
Its finally done hoooooooooooooollllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy carp...
Im going to be toxic for a second. This place is so easy yet Ive seen execute on final boss probably close to 20 - 30 times and have to watch someone fall over... But nah for real though it is a very easy dungeon and honestly its a lot of fun. The first boss my opinion still has not changed on.
Once kelles posts her PoV when we get it I may have her throw a 2% throw in there heh. Only reason for that is because this would have been down 2 days ago lol. Now all I got to do is run this around 5 more times for all the people that helped out with getting this done.
This was not the original strategy that I talk about in the guide this we found yesterday and it makes 50% so easy its funny.
Ill add more later maybe lol idk.
Kellesabelle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v NorX9jJsa8
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Track: Rival x Jim Yosef - Gone For Good (w/ Alaina Cross) [NCS Release]
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Track: Arcando & ThatBehavior - Ghost Town (feat. Vanessa Campagna) [NCS Release]
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0:00 - Sluthrug the Bloodied
0:35 - Rethelros and Malthil
1:31 - Bolg of Wicked Barbs
2:30 - Anthelmirs Construct
3:44 - Grubduthag Many-Fates
4:27 - Aradros the Awakened Oathsworn | Oathsworn Pit Trifecta | Dragonknight Tank](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dI0JpGImzi8/mqdefault.jpg)
![Endless Archive | Thoat Replicanum | Final Evolution
The final version of the glass boss in Endless Archive. You have to get to the boss 4 times to see the final version. This was a great run overall and was a lot of fun. I have some opinions on the activity below.
Its a lot of fun for the first ~1 - 2 hours. Once you get past that point the Verses no longer matter and its entirely up to how good of a player you are which can be a good or bad thing. My biggest issue with it is at the beginning the feel like they dont matter because everything dies to quickly. Once you get to around Act 3 stuff has a crap ton of health and the offensive verses dont seem to scale well later on.
Some of the bosses seem to be bugged ATM and dont do their mechanics or do them to frequently. Yolnahkriin for example will cast his cataclysm and spawn like 25 fire atronachs that dont fight back or move really. Dont know whats up with that but its interesting for sure.
Another issue I have is Visions specifically can just screw you and only seeing 2 at a time its just kinda rough. I know there is a way to get 3 but I dont think it will be enough. Im not actually sure that this is an issue but just seems to be annoying when the game just says no.
Lastly the scaling in this place is beyond weird. One round nothing hurts everything is fine and then you fight 2.8 million health Yolnahkriin with a 1 shot mechanic. This isnt actually that bad what is though is some times you can be in the same room and all of sudden adds seem to gain like 10k resistances or something. This could very well just be a bug or I suck dont know just weird.
Even with these issues Ive run into, its still a great activity and will probably be a lot of fun to score push though eventually someone is going to get a record that will just take way to long to beat. The random bosses can be a lot of fun if some themselves are frustrating.
A couple of bugs Id like to add here.
Only seems to happen with Yolankriin or at least more frequently with him, you can end up just not being able to progress and the chest just never spawns.
Theres is a quite funny bug where your teammate will not be able to move but can on their screen however they cant damage anything on their end. We found that if you put stuff in front of the person on your screen the can cast stuff and actually hit them. (This was worded terribly and I cant think of a better way to word it so....)
Probably wont be any other videos from PTS as Ive now done what I wanted to with the PTS. Will still test stuff and send Bug Reports but other than that now Ive done everything I wanted to.
I dont know why this video did so well in terms of views, it was made the first day Endless was out on PTS so this run kinda sucks.
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Track: Egzod, Maestro Chives & Alaina Cross - No Rival [NCS Release]
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Track: Egzod, Maestro Chives, Neoni - Royalty [NCS Release]
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![The Class Identity Problem | Class Survey | Elder Scrolls Online
You know its not fun making this sort of content but with the state of the game and well community I do feel like its something that needs to be talked about. I enjoy making stupid videos about random tech we find or just generally stupid things that happen.
But when the game for 90% of the population I play with isnt fun then well instead of trying to make the fun we end up just being annoyed the entire time while playing.
This video is no where near the number of complaints I know about everyone seems to have a slightly different issue with the system. It all stems from Subclassing killing Class identity... and no its not because we force it, we dont make the rules we play by. You make content that we want to finish in a reasonable amount of time and this is usually the meta un changing for years at a time.
At least before subclassing you could switch between support, parse, support dps, tank, healer roles now its just the same thing everywhere. Anyway unless I find a way to explain my opinions in a way that isnt 2 hours long or makes any amount of sense then well Ill probably never make that video.
Quick Note if people read this, I dont hate the way the games going if ZoS puts time into some of these systems they could be cool but we just kinda get ignored it feels like. I also want to say the Survey is the correct direction its just hard to believe anything they do because half the time its just like ok well do this 2 years late oh yeah that uh we forgot...
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![Mitigation is Overly Complicated
This was started before PTS and the banner skill was being added thanks Zos. This was also started in response to the last video I made. Looking back at it stuff wasnt 100% explained how I wanted it and this is far more in depth than that one. As a whole I have a lot better understanding of Mitigation at this time. I try to do as much research in these videos a possible.
This video overall took my by far the longest time to create than anything else. Most of this time was making sure my understanding of how the system worked was where I believe I wanted it. This video is also probably a little confusing just due to how the system overall works. Parts are purely multiplicative and some parts are weird ZoS multiplication and some are additive still.
I learned a lot in this video and I want to make a couple more videos on more specific topics within mitigation like when is Undeath worth it if ever now. Where is the cut of f a diminishing returns at with mitigation and so on.
The other thing I used this video for was improving on editing. I wanted to make the graphics feel a bit better overall I think I got something Im happy with.
SparkRips Calculator - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZDnmtfHZ_xudB5MJovryVMOovwn_Vtz-Pe550rxpygI/edit?usp=sharing
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2 quick things before explaining some stuff Im in the process of working on. This video wouldnt have been possible without the enormous amount of work SparkRip had to do. The calculator saved me days on trying to figure this out 100% on my own. As well as this finding out the rounding system helped a ton as well.
Back to what is in the works. More PB stuff :D MM and some funny progression things Im working on.
Video project wise after recent conversations I have an opinion on Major Resovle I would like to share. Mainly I want to see what other tanks think of it.
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0:00 - Intro
0:10 - Testing
2:00 - Quick History pt1
2:30 - Multiplicative Buffs
4:40 - Quick History pt2
5:30 - ZoS Funny Math
9:15 - Additive Penalties
11:20 - Additive Mitigation
12:00 - Outro Mitigation is Overly Complicated](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e7mhkw-G_Ac/mqdefault.jpg)

![Azureblight Got Nerfed... Maybe
Azureblight got the stinky throw it into the sun treatment... Or did it even after making this video Im not 100% sure. Azure lives and dies based on the number of enemies within the proc. Some stuff I want to talk about in the video is the biggest issue with the way I and most people seemingly tested it is things in ESO die and or dont stand still. Azure isnt just going to be hitting 5 things for 30 minutes it will change during the fight... Other than that AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH testing this was a pain in the butt. I am not good with Google Sheets and my brain was already mush when I started this so trying to make a google sheet not suck is rip.
I also learned some stuff about Weapon and Spell damage that is annoying as heck. There are some invisible weapon and spell damage buffs and they scale weirdly from what Ive found. Im now going to be looking into that for my own curiosity...
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Relequen is the best AoE set in the game idc what you tell me its the best... As well as any other set people say is Single Target only they just dont see the vision. Or Im blind not sure but oh well.
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![Lep Seclusa | Hardmode Guide | Elder Scrolls Online
Lep Seclusa or known to Varkari as the dungeon that kills his computer. Overall this is probably the harder of the two. But I hope you enjoy the guide and idk get the trifecta or sumthing.
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0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Garvin The Tracker
5:45 - Noriwen & Birb
9:24 - Orpheon
13:02 - Secrets Lep Seclusa | Hardmode Guide | Elder Scrolls Online](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eOXyAk9a5M8/mqdefault.jpg)
![Exiled Redoubt | Hardmode Guide | Elder Scrolls Online
Exiled Redoubt is one of the 2 new dungeons coming with the Fallen Banners update for ESO. Exiled Redoubt is one of the easiest dungeons released recently. This doesnt mean its easy however some people might find the difficulty of the new dungeon underwhelming.
It however does offer some unique mechanical challenges not really seen before in a dungeon. Also vanderallen does be a thing.
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0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Executioner Jerensi
6:22 - Prime Sorcerer Vanderallen
12:37 - Tiny Taleria
21:30 - Secrets Exiled Redoubt | Hardmode Guide | Elder Scrolls Online](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/epWOJjctjSg/mqdefault.jpg)