Is PvP Active?

EricGraham1987_ESO

Looking to pvp in this game is it a viable end game option?

Weberda

Depends. How's your tolerance for rage and frustration?

technohic

Umm, Yes; it is active. XP can be a good bit thinner than grinding but hopefully that gets addressed but I won't hold my breath.

EricGraham1987_ESO

Well I mainly pvp in all the MMO's I play. Right now I am playing Archeage.

Roechacca

ThatNeonZebraAgain

PvP is the most active it's been since last summer. Chillrend gets pop-locked on weekday nights, and the other servers (outside of Thornblade) commonly have 2 bars as well.

I have been playing Thornblade for months, and switched to Chillrend a couple days ago. Lag is way, way worse on Thorn, so I'm gonna be staying in Chill for the foreseeable future.

Viable for post-50 Vet or Champion leveling? Only if you don't mind getting steamrolled and it taking you at least five times as long as questing or grinding.

Weberda

Roechacca wrote: »

LOL........how many people are going to feel that way when they read the OP's original post..

EricGraham1987_ESO

I still don't know what that means.

Weberda

EricGraham1987_ESO wrote: »

I still don't know what that means.

Read the thread by Paul Sage on performance in Cyrodil at the top of the main page.

Roechacca

EricGraham1987_ESO wrote: »

I still don't know what that means.

I guess it depends .... Do you enjoy lag , mental abuse and complete frustration ? If so The PVP here is just for you ...!

EricGraham1987_ESO

I didn't lag back when the game first launched. It got worse? Mental abuse? Frustration is part of pvp. And I cannot find that post Weberda

technohic

EricGraham1987_ESO wrote: »

I didn't lag back when the game first launched. It got worse? Mental abuse? Frustration is part of pvp. And I cannot find that post Weberda

Wll; I think most players point to a patch where they did some changes to lighting as when it started happening. Since then, they have even reduced the population caps of Cyrodiil and removed deer (yes deer) to try to help it among some other things and it only seems to have gotten worse.

Roechacca

No it just crashed at launch . Now you get all the fun of crashing after the lag .

Weberda

EricGraham1987_ESO wrote: »

I didn't lag back when the game first launched. It got worse? Mental abuse? Frustration is part of pvp. And I cannot find that post Weberda

Sorry. It's listed in the category "Developer Discussion". It's at the top of the page.

jaebdub

ZOS might even call PvP "too active".

jaebdub

EricGraham1987_ESO wrote: »

I didn't lag back when the game first launched. It got worse? Mental abuse? Frustration is part of pvp. And I cannot find that post Weberda

But to be fair, PvP is an amazing part of this game when it's not lagging from fights advertised to be supported. On some days you get lucky and performance holds out while there are big fights.

Ezareth

EricGraham1987_ESO wrote: »

Looking to pvp in this game is it a viable end game option?

PvP is the singular reason I play this game. The combat system is the best RPG PvP Combat system I've played bar none. There are interesting unique choices that you make that determine your success along with a steep learning curve that will continue to reward players who accept that no matter how good they think they are there is always something new to learn.

On the flip side the game is buggy as all hell, the developers think of PvP as an afterthought instead of the main course as it was presented (although they may indeed be surprised by this view), and the lag in massive battles is infuriating and frustrating. To top all of this off the PvP game itself hasn't changed since launch.

All in all you either love it, hate it, or like most of us both love it and hate it at the same time. This game could be so much better than it is with a little time actually devoted to the PvP, and that to us is the most frustrating thing of all.

Welcome back and we'll see you in Cyrodiil.

EricGraham1987_ESO

I am torn between this and Archeage.

Teargrants

No need to let ppl discourage you, eso PvP is loads better than arch age.

TheBull

Yes. 12 months in and it's all I and many others do. You wont find better.

Panda244

It is the only endgame, unless you want to run the same crappy trials over and over for loot that isn't any good, as @Ezareth said, you love it or you hate it. Or both. Personally I think it's great, just laggy, buggy, glitchy, defected, malfunctioning and imploding.

Still great though!

Lava_Croft

Even with all of it's horrible bugs and awful performance, ESO PvP is simply amazing.

Just imagine it without bugs and with good performance! Hint, hint.

jnjdun_ESO

Did you buy the game yet? If you have, then give it a go. Level a character up to around 15 or 20 and take your new bright-eyed and bushy-tailed little nooblet into the non-vet campaign.

That will give you a really good idea of what it's like.

Oh, and if you haven't bought ESO yet you should probably do so, because …. Archeage is ewww YUCK! I think you will be happier here if PvP is your main thing.

EricGraham1987_ESO

jnjdun_ESO wrote: »

Did you buy the game yet? If you have, then give it a go. Level a character up to around 15 or 20 and take your new bright-eyed and bushy-tailed little nooblet into the non-vet campaign.

That will give you a really good idea of what it's like.

Oh, and if you haven't bought ESO yet you should probably do so, because …. Archeage is ewww YUCK! I think you will be happier here if PvP is your main thing.

Yeah I bought it upon release.

sSolutionSs

I decided to Re install SInce this game is not worth a Sub fee. I am vr1 nightblade and I am just as unhappy and frustrated with this game as i was when it launched. This game is not even worth the 80$ I payed for the collector box copy. This is a PVE game. IDK how any can call this Clunky, Laggy, Bug infested, Unbalanced, Zerg Fest a pvp game. I will be uninstalling once again. good riddance

EricGraham1987_ESO

I found the pvp fun and not laggy at all. What performance issues was everyone talking about?

WraithAzraiel

EricGraham1987_ESO wrote: »

I still don't know what that means.

Yes, PvP is active.


The game has several CAMPAIGNS which are separate instances of Cyrodiil. Each campaign is it's own Cyrodiil.

Within Cyrodiil, there are 3 factions fighting over keeps, resources, the Emperor title, and Elder Scrolls. The control of the majority of these assets garners points for whichever faction holds the most. Faction with the most points at the end of the CAMPAIGN, wins that campaign.

WraithAzraiel

EricGraham1987_ESO wrote: »

I found the pvp fun and not laggy at all. What performance issues was everyone talking about?

Are you PvP'ing on Thornblade on the North American Megaserver during primetime or whenever the Ebonheart Pact tsunami decides it wants something and is intent on using every single possible particle effect the game has to offer, in order to get it - inevitably causing the server to have an embolitic stroke and proceed to fizzle pop and drool all over itself?

WraithAzraiel

sSolutionSs wrote: »

I decided to Re install SInce this game is not worth a Sub fee. I am vr1 nightblade and I am just as unhappy and frustrated with this game as i was when it launched. This game is not even worth the 80$ I payed for the collector box copy. This is a PVE game. IDK how any can call this Clunky, Laggy, Bug infested, Unbalanced, Zerg Fest a pvp game. I will be uninstalling once again. good riddance

Can I have your stuff?

Also, did you every think that maybe it's not the game's problem? It could possibly be your rig, your ISP, unrealistic expectations or any combination of things.

Skafsgaard

EricGraham1987_ESO wrote: »

Looking to pvp in this game is it a viable end game option?

No, sorry to bust the bubble, but the short answer is no.

sSolutionSs

75/75 mbps Up and Down. 16GB ram, 8GB nvidia BF4 and Hardline have no problem . Not the rig its the game. I have no problem with pve on eso . eso is a pve game lets face it eso will not be an e-sport.