Inter-Alliance Co-Op?

Flexar

Has anyone (ZOS or fans) brought up the idea of being able to play PvE alongside members of other alliances? I was rather disappointed to find that there were three separate Coldharbours, one for each alliance, when it would have made perfect sense for players from different alliances to fight alongside one another in one Coldharbour. It also seems that there are three separate Craglorns (if the trials leaderboards are anything to judge by), despite the fact that Craglorn is neutral and the same level for all players (like Coldharbour). I for one would like the opportunity to play alongside members of other alliances without having to make new characters and grind them for ages.

AlexDougherty

Nay

Sorry misread the OP. Ignore this.

Raash

AlexDougherty wrote: »

It would render the whole point of factions useless. I get where you are coming from, but if you have factions then they need to be enemies, or at least not allies.

Some would debate why there is alliances anyway, its not like it has any other impact then being "different servers" keeping people apart. You can never ever see people from the other alliances in the game world unless you do the minigame pvp in cyrodil.
And with the explorer pack having people create all kinds of races into whatever alliance didnt really improve on the alliance vs alliance vs alliance theme... So why not open it all up and just skip the alliance jazz?

AlexDougherty

Nay

Raash wrote: »

AlexDougherty wrote: »

It would render the whole point of factions useless. I get where you are coming from, but if you have factions then they need to be enemies, or at least not allies.

Some would debate why there is alliances anyway, its not like it has any other impact then being "different servers" keeping people apart. You can never ever see people from the other alliances in the game world unless you do the minigame pvp in cyrodil.
And with the explorer pack having people create all kinds of races into whatever alliance didnt really improve on the alliance vs alliance vs alliance theme... So why not open it all up and just skip the alliance jazz?

OOPs just reread the OP, sorry I thought it was about PVP.

PVE is a different story, being able to meet up with friends would be a good idea. Sorry I can't take back the vote, this is one of the reasons I hate polls, you can't edit it and remove the silly vote.

Auralia

Yay

I think for pve areas you should be able to play with other factions and just have factions to fight against in pvp Cyrodil.

Flexar

Yay

AlexDougherty wrote: »

Raash wrote: »

AlexDougherty wrote: »

It would render the whole point of factions useless. I get where you are coming from, but if you have factions then they need to be enemies, or at least not allies.

Some would debate why there is alliances anyway, its not like it has any other impact then being "different servers" keeping people apart. You can never ever see people from the other alliances in the game world unless you do the minigame pvp in cyrodil.
And with the explorer pack having people create all kinds of races into whatever alliance didnt really improve on the alliance vs alliance vs alliance theme... So why not open it all up and just skip the alliance jazz?

OOPs just reread the OP, sorry I thought it was about PVP.

PVE is a different story, being able to meet up with friends would be a good idea. Sorry I can't take back the vote, this is one of the reasons I hate polls, you can't edit it and remove the silly vote.

Funny you should misread it like that; I initially mistyped it as PvP instead of PvE and almost submitted it like that.

Goibot

Nay

If it would work it would be great, however with their whacky vet system it wouldn't work. For example if I grouped with another person in another alliance, say to do Banished cells. I'm AD and the mobs in Auderion (sp?) are lvl 1- 12 or so but to them they are V1 or V6. Do you see what I mean? How could this work with the restraint of the Vet system? The only place I could see it working is cold harbor and Craglorn

ninjajucerb14_ESO

Yay

DAoC did this and it was a mixed bag. For example, you could travel to any realm at any time, the pvp areas had npcs owning the keeps and they were viciously difficult. It did give players a way to explore different factions, but it wouldn't work in ESO.

The veteran system already gives access to the other areas and quests, the whole point of cyrodil would be wasted and decidedly unfun. While there may be more players, it just would not work in this setting. It would be nice to have more people, but I feel the game needs to be fleshed out a bit more first (ie a justice system, actual trade channels, AH, and possibly region specific crafting ingredients).