Persuade/employ someone to be your bodyguard. I figure 500k gold/hour would be quite persuasive, but you might find people willing to do it for 250k/hour, or less. I think it should be no win-no fee though, just to give the buyer some assurance.

No.
You don't -have- to do everything in the game.

Personally I'd like it if they made it so I can get all gear (including trial/dungeon), dyes, styles, achievs from non-PVE sources.
Give players the ability to choose to get everything through PvP or PvPvE.
I don't ask for that because it might hurt other areas in the game. Things other people like.
ESO isn't a solo Skyrim race to achieve everything, and then end the game.
It is a game populated with other people.
ESO is the house we have to live in. Together.
Different likes, different dislikes.
Do the things you like. Try the things you don't know about.
If you don't like it, don't do it. You aren't required to do everything.

I didn't come here for the PvE or "Skyrim with friends",
I came here because Cyrodiil resembles Frontiers
and
Imperial City/Sewers resembles Darkness Falls.
And yes I spent an ungodly number of hours hunting other stealth classes in Darkness Falls, as well as doing the PvE in there.
And doing the same on non-stealth classes.
Dark Age of Camelot was, in my opinion, one of the best games created and the best RvR/PvP game.
Three factions, 40+ classes, 25 races, 12+ World PvPvE zones, too many to count PvE only zones..
Matt Firor was a producer there and he recreated some of their best PvPvE ideas here.
PvPvE was not an afterthought in ESO, it was designed into the game from the beginning.
Cyrodiil - PvPvE,
Imperial City - added later PvPvE
Battlegrounds - added later Pvp with goals.
How many PvE zones are there in ESO again?

Now I must be going, please excuse me I feel like doing some fishing. In Cyrodiil.

Oblivion_Protocol wrote: »

I find it interesting that multiple people keep saying “There’s nothing in IC but gankers”, when I see DKs, Sorcs, Wardens, and Templars all over the place with the occasional Arcanist (Necros are so rare, they might as well be shiny, but that’s an issue for a different discussion). Frankly, I’ve had more straight up face-to-face fights in IC than in Cyro.

This. There are always gankers in IC, but there's always gankers in Cyrodiil too. If you don't wanna get ganked on the door, slot flare and throw it down before stepping through.

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Neat analogy but it dosn't quite work due to the fact that in PvE you don't just randomally get 2-clapped out of nowhere and lose half the gear you've collected up until that point.
Well that and the fact that Imp city dosn't have a "normal" mode to make getting most pieces of gear vastly easier, PvE however, does.

So it's not a matter of being brave and going into IC, it's a matter of looking at it objectivly and going "Am I willing to risk busting my butt to farm up currency for a prize only to randomally lose 50% of it instantly?" a vast majority of people are going to answer that question with a resounding "no", and honestly who can blame them, it's a highly unplesant experience.

Sure, zos tries to lure in more people by adding more and more prizes, but then they also factor in all telvar already floating around from the vets and price the new prizes so highly that the adverage joe will never be able to afford them within any meaningful timespan due to the risks involved, thus they simply don't bother, the few that do, take the risks, lose half their telvar and try again or more likely, give up on it all together.

There is only one bandaid fix that would draw people into Imperial City but the backlash from it could very well lead to the death of the game, and that would be adding in a critical resource that can only be obtained within imperial city and is not lost upon death, like how it was with the Colossus/Corundum/Rubudite ingots back in the day, but as stated, backlash problems from that.

howdy @notyuu ...you know - one of the greatest things about discourse is the opportunity to experience the lives of others...kind of like when you read stories...

you get the chance to see things from the perspective of others...

i would simply say to you:
1). everyone has their own fears and pain points
2). the most valuable commodity in life = time...it's the only thing you'll ever truly "own", even then - you only get a sliver of it for indulgent behavior

i was on the phone with a friend telling her about the depths of malatar...pvp set inside called scavenging demise...one of the very few pet proc sets that actually can do some damage in cyrodiil...

anyways, told her i would need about a month to prep myself to go in there...do research, warm up in other group dungeons...i described it as an "elite" dungeon setting: 4 bosses and a final really hard boss...bunch of mechanics for each to learn...

i can not adequately express the terror and embarrassment i have regarding dying as the tank...you die as the tank with a one shot boss - very good chance the whole group drops...thankfully though - pvp has taught me to adapt to some crazy combat situations...

as far as IC, group up/go stealth/go full tank - do something - adapt...what is that one tool tip you get onscreen when you die:

go get better and come back to fight later...

Imperial City and Cyrodiil - don't expect quarter to be given, where none is required...

IC is where you will find some of the best pvpers in the game - at least that has been my experience since i first set foot in...

heck - i didn't have to worry about other players killing me at first - the flipping npcs used to kill me all the time...seriously, it was torture on my squishy nightblade, i ghosted my way through with my first toon...

there's this one district quest where you have to defeat this daedric titan inside of a fairly confined temple...and the thing shoots blasts of cold-fire at you...

it took me a few years to solo that monster...

i've fought with enemies against the titan many many times...there have been a few times though, where for no reason someone else will start attacking me - while i'm in a room trying to fight a freaking cold-fire breathing fake dragon...

i usually take that kind of stuff personal, i just won't focus any quests for a while...just fight...

having said that - stand your ground...hold block...use your emotes...run...

fight if you have to...there's a ton of objects in the combat area of the districts...use line of sight - a lot...there's another ton of npcs in IC, try to get whoever attacks you to aggro the npcs around you...

i dump my tel var every few thousands or so...sometimes less if i know i'm jumping into the districts while they're under control by other alliances...sometimes it's fun to go just to fight...

number one rule - expect to fight, try to get out of it if you want - but - please, try not to be one of those folks who just start firing away at other players - because you're scared...

and like starting shooting you on sight...i've seen that behavior a lot...

just like dungeon crawling - gear up, learn your role, and do your best...don't let fear get in the way of fun...

Northwold wrote: »

jaws343 wrote: »

Northwold wrote: »

A slight tangent, but in the sewers having just a handful of transit points that you can port back to for a very limited time after you've been killed so you don't have to walk the whole lot again would be nice. I sometimes solo IC, and am fully aware that I'll probably die. But the length of the trek back when you die to wherever you were can make it rather annoying.

Just buy imperial retreats.

Those take you home to base, not to where you were in the sewers, don't they?

They take you out of the sewer/city and put you back home.

It's a way to avoid running back to the door and getting ganked while carrying tel var.

This again. There are two PVP zones in the game with countless PVE zones. Leave them be.