Playstation: NA and EU (Gray Host) - This Must Be The Place...

geonsocal

saw a thread concerning update 39 - commenting on how it was going to help with immersion - mitigate nagging quest givers everywhere...

also saw some of the upcoming changes to cyrodiil:

New Cyrodiil Monster Masks

Three new Cyrodiil Monster Masks are being released in this update. The masks and shoulders can be purchased from the Elite Gear Vendor in three new containers for 50k AP each, and Style Pages can be purchased from the War Researcher Vendor as individual pages for 150k AP each.

Jerall Mountains Warchief
1 – Adds 129 Weapon and Spell Damage
2 – Dealing damage applies a stack of Malady to your enemy, reducing Healing Taken by 1% for 5 seconds, up to 35 stacks. You can apply a stack once every 0.5 seconds. Applying Malady gives you a stack of Contagion, reducing Healing Taken by 1% for 5 seconds, up to 15 stacks. You can only gain a stack once every 1 second.

Nibenay Bay Battlereeve
1 – Adds 424 Critical Resistance
2 – When you are forcefully moved via a Pull, Knockback, or Teleport ability, gain a damage shield that absorbs up to 15112 damage for 6 seconds. This damage shield is not affected by Battle Spirit. This effect can occur once every 14 seconds. While you do not have the damage shield from this set, reduce your damage taken from Players by 5%.

Colovian Highlands General
1 – Adds 1487 Offensive Penetration
2 – When you kill a Player, gain a stack of Blood Debt for 0.5 seconds. When Blood Debt expires, you and up to 5 Group members within 28 meters of you gain 15 Ultimate per stack of Blood Debt.

New PvP Face & Body Markings
We’ve also added a new PvP Face and Body Mark Set: the Unfeathered Battle markings. This requires 100,000 AP to purchase and 50 Gladiator Proofs to combine.

PvP Death Notifications
We’ve added a new death notification feature to Cyrodiil, Imperial City and Battlegrounds to give more details about combat and deaths.
This new chat feature will alert you to who defeated whom, around what area the death occurred, and show alliance ranks of those in the battle.

In Cyrodiil and Imperial City specifically, you will also get more information on “crossed swords” showing who’s currently winning in that particular fight.
“Crossed sword” indicators are displayed when there have been 3 or more kills in an area within a short period of time, and last for 30 seconds after their initial creation if no more deaths occur.

While in Battlegrounds, this messaging will be truncated slightly as the area which a death occurred isn’t necessary.
These notifications can be toggled on and off in the Social settings.

very interested in the new death notification and cross sword stuff...

geonsocal

and the update is - holy cow - DC is in first over on the EU server...or were, at least like a day or so ago

when i logged in though - we only had d-claw and winter's...not a good sign for future success - at least for the next few hours or so...

if there's no movement on the map - a lot of times i'll just switch servers...

geonsocal

finally gonna start working on maxing the undaunted skill line for each server...

got a stam dk standing by with a companion at the wayrest undaunted enclave...

plan is to solo what I can...

ugh, I'm like level 5 on each server...I'm curious how long it'll take to accomplish...

also, at some point I need to farm the scavenging demise set...

I absolutely hate that set, one of the few pet procs that I have to pay attention to, without purge it can really do damage...

geonsocal

sooooooo, solo'd a couple of dungeons, and you know what -


way way too long...i'm living the pug life...thankfully it's on normal and no dlc dungeons...easy peasy, lemon breezy...

geonsocal

stopped doing the eso plus thing a few years ago...

I just finally decided to get my inventory situation organized...

now when we have these eso plus events I take the time to go through all 19 toon inventories to clear everything up...

so nice to have all their inventories down around 70 to 90 slots full...

refined a bunch of raw mats, deconstructed a bunch of gear...

what's really helped the most is the "stickerbook" for sets and also the storage chests we are able to set up in our homes...

geonsocal

hello playstation peeps...and those folks who've been around forever and check in every once in a while - in amazement that there are folks still out there in cyrodiil playing and having fun...

time for a Gray Host campaign update...we are almost halfway through the month and as it stands:

EU - EP (43.4k), DC (39.2k), AD (37.9k)

it's weird, although AD is in 3rd, a lot of times when i log on late pacific standard time they have pretty good control of the map...

grouped up with some fun folks on EU today and had a blast with them...they knew how to play and fight...it was cool, split off with another player from the group to go do a town and resources to help the rest of the group go get a keep at another spot on the map...

NA - DC (44.0k), AD (41.8k), EP (41.0k)

getting ready to play my redguard vamp stamblade...right now for some reason i'm wearing 1pc balorgh, 1 pc oakensoul, 5 pc markman's crest, 5 pc hawk's eye...

yeah, i've gotten seriously bored playing my stamblade...

i think i may take off the oakensoul and go back to a 2 bar setup with this toon...

geonsocal

this month's campaign is winding down...5 days left...

EU - EP (85.2k), AD (73.3k), DC (72.9k)

my EU stam arcanist just turned 25...I've added silver shards and dawnbreaker to my rotation...

still wearing a set of mara's balm, getting ready to update my set of Hunding's Rage...

just had my first 1 v 1 victory against some cp600 something toon...

my weapon damage is starting to slowly creep up...

no doubt within the next 5 levels I should be getting a lot stronger...gonna start actually using the right enchants and traits on everything...

geonsocal

2 days to go...

NA - DC (95,k), EP (83.6k), AD (82.5k)

Marcus684

geonsocal wrote: »

2 days to go...

NA - DC (95,k), EP (83.6k), AD (82.5k)

As a mainly DC PvPer since 2014 I've seen our fortunes rise and fall over the years, and have thoroughly enjoyed the fact that we are winning most campaigns lately, but I've often wondered why that is. The few times I log in in the morning DC is often gated or at least pushed back to our trikeeps, but by prime time we have usually recovered and are either in the lead or close to it, this in spite of all 3 factions being pop-locked.

Here's my observations on the DC side:
1) We seem to have an almost complete lack of actual pug leaders (NOT zone generals, we have plenty of those, including everyone's favorite) to direct the mass of solo players. Rarely do I see anyone grouping in zone chat.
2) In spite of this we seem to do a fairly good job responding to calls to defend or focus on retaking a keep, despite that fact that 90% of DC won't drop a siege weapon when attacking a keep.
3) Zone chat trolls seem to be pretty scarce which keeps things positive most times, and we communicate well in zone chat most times.
4) AD and EP ball groups, especially AD, like to PvDoor our trikeeps on a regular basis during prime time and farm for awhile, although most times we manage to eventually wipe them, with some notable exceptions.
5) I hear rumor of DC ball groups occasionally and see them every once in awhile when they feel like clearing a nuisance ball from a trikeep. Our guilds seem to have a hard time filling full groups.
6) Watching the new kill feed in chat is either super hilarious or depressing, depending on how you feel about watching your side get ruthlessly farmed at Bleaks or Ash milegate.
7) Resource farmers are an absolute plague, with a steady stream of solo DC feeding them over and over again.

I'm curious to hear if things are different in the other 2 alliances. I haven't played an AD or EP character in the main locked campaign in at least 5 years so my experiences are outdated.

geonsocal

awwwww, thank you so much for stopping by @Marcus684

couple of questions for you please...

- what is your usual "playstyle": solo, grouped, objective fighting, small scale?

- do you play on both platform servers? or even multiple platforms?

- how many toons do you have?

I started off DC back in June 2015, got in to cyrodiil in September 2015...

I was playing a Breton stamblade and about the only thing I had going for me was being good at hiding in bushes...

I have 19 toons now across both servers, not too long after the recent faction lock in the main map I moved 8 of them out of the aldmeri dominion and ebonheart pact...

I forget, I think it cost me like 30 dollars to do that...

it was worth it...

it's funny, talk about perspectives - DC was in last place on the EU server, but first on the NA server:

and I swear, it felt like we were constantly getting hammered by both sides all the time...

truth is though - in the gray host we were leading in, we were rolling the map all the time...

and it felt good...

geonsocal

I need to stop being so lazy and start uploading screenshots and vids...

got my level 26 EU imperial stam anarchist all geared up:

max mag: 18.7k, recovery 1.6k
max health: 31.7k, recovery .4k
max stam: 32.3k, recovery 1.9k
spell damage: 4.2k
weapon damage: 4.6k
penetration: 3.6k
resistance: 17.5k
crit resistance: 1.5k

SnB: tome-bearer's inspiration, cascading fortune, cephaliarch's flail, arcanist's domain, pierce armor, and dawnbreaker

Bow: silver shards, cascading fortune, pragmatic fatecarver, impervious runeward, focused aim and dawnbreaker

yeah man, I'm ready to roll now...still go against players better than me and lose, or get zerged over - it's a fight now though with most folks below 2500 cp in a 1 v 1 situation...my health bar doesn't move too easily...

i get it, in a big battle who are most folks likely to target...i mean, do you go after the cp 2000 something enemy, or the level 20 something enemy...ha, i was playing in some large scale stuff today - i got leaped sooooo many times...leaps don't really do anything to me now...

it normally leads to whoever the enemy player it was over committing with their ult, and then getting swarmed and killed...that bow ballista ult ain't messing much with me either...

wearing 5 pc mara's balm, 5 pc hunding's rage, 2 pc nocturnal's ploy...

it feels like I may have a stats advantage against players under a 1000 cp...

I am very much enjoying this build...

i need to finish maxing my undaunted skill line so i can add the undaunted 3% resource pool stat increase passive...

right now my fighting style is getting up close...

too funny, i know it weirds me out a bit when some low level toon bum rushes me

geonsocal

okay, so with the NA level 27 argonian mag arcanist:

max mag: 32.0k, recovery 1.8k
max health: 30.4k, recovery .7k
max stam: 19.0k, recovery 1.4k
spell damage: 4.1k
weapon damage: 3.7k
penetration: 3.9k
resistance: 16.7k
crit resistance: 1.0k

Destro: unstable wall of elements, cascading fortune, destructive reach/weakness to elements, arcanist domain, escalating runeblades, and soul strike

Resto: tome-bearer's inspiration, combat prayer, pragmatic fatecarver, impervious runeward, escalating runeblades and soul strike

wearing 5 pc mara's balm, 5 pc law of julianos, 2 pc akatosh's law...

i don't have the same finishing ability yet like the stam version...this build plays similar to my mag warden, a good support character...

geonsocal

howdy, quick campaign update...11 days to go:

EU: EP (56.8k), DC (55.0k), AD 54.2k)

geonsocal

9 days to go...

NA: EP (62.8k), DC (61.9k), AD (59.5k)

just noticed both servers are pretty close in score...nice

Twohothardware

Does anyone track who won the Gray Host Campaign the last 12 months on PS NA? I know AD's win in July was the first in a while.

geonsocal

howdy @Twohothardware ...I hope all is well for you...

good question, i don't keep long term track of that stuff...

looks like EP is going to win this month on both servers...

to be honest, i can't really remember AD winning too many campaigns over the last year or so...

hopefully someone out there though is tracking this stuff...

wazzz56

Well I can only speak for myself and my AD friends.....we don't really care about the score...some AD do, but I only care about AP and having a laugh or two. Hope all is well with you guys

geonsocal

who ever, where ever - EP Lord Byron you rock!!!

having a blast on the NA server...haven't kicked in on the campaign for about a week...

just been taking a break...my health (anxiety/ptsd) caught up to me a bit, so taking time away from work to focus on health, family and home...

all that to say - i spend a lot of time meditating these days...

i'm much more sith than jedi - but i'm needing to change...evolve

also just bought my level 27 argonian anarchist the undaunted skill line and some more skyshards...

my mag is 33.9k, my health 32.4k, even my stam is 20k...

it's about the same situation for my level 27 imperial stam anarchist over on the EU server...better damage (weapon) armor rating though...

i've already caught a few folks off guard on the EU...

i'm using soul assault for the execute on the mag version...just isn't putting out the same kind of damage

my spell damage is on 3.9k, but I can buff that...crit is really low at 17%...armor is at 26k, crit resist at 1k...

i'm gonna get another crazy bump at level 30...

i can work with that, really well...eventually when they hit level 50 - most likely i'll go to a 1 bar build with oakensoul...

it's just much easier to manage 19 active alliance toons with some standardization...

managing 6 skills is just way easier, definitely not better, just makes playing a lot of toons much simpler...

ha, in the time i took to write this out - EP snatched both our scrolls, saw 'ol lord byron there snatching alma ruma...

oh man...depending on the time you play much different experiences...

when i checked on the EU map earlier it was all:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNxeF4KMsY

geonsocal

hello fellow campaigners

about 10 days to go...DC is in front on the EU server...EP is leading the way on NA...

geonsocal

howdy all - quick checking in...we're a little more than halfway through this campaign...

EU Gray Host: EP, AD, DC

NA Gray Host: AD, DC, EP

the first place alliances each have about a 3,000 point lead over second...

i've mostly just played NA this month, just been busy...also making my way through Ghosts of Tsushima...

awesome game, finally upgraded the memory on my ps5 and was able to add a game...

eso is a lot of space

played my bosmer stamsorc, very squishy...finally had to slot radiant magelight and suppression field...

normally i like to stay more offensive and execute minded with the build, but there weren't many people playing, and the folks that were playing were super deadly...

lots of 💣 "s

geonsocal

things are wrapping for this month's campaign:

EU: EP (86.4k), AD (77,6k), DC (74.8k)

NA: AD (86.5k), DC (79.5k), EP (76.8k)

2 days left...

geonsocal

gotta love those arcanists

on the EU server with very few folks on. It looks like a bunch of red have turned yellow - cause there are a lot of yellow on the map now.

Anyways won two 1 v 1's against cp 2000 plus toons. Yep, with my level 29 (30 now) arcanist.

In all fairness - on one of the fights I used some help from my resource guards, and the other fight, some ally was shooting a cold fire ballista in the area I was fighting in.

Still in all - pretty darn cool.

One of the folks I got, got me back...was on my horse riding somewhere - and they hit me with a meteor. Oh well

geonsocal

Finished last night (early this morning 😊 ) playing on my NA arcanist. Level 30 also - but, even more powerful than my stam version of the same class.

That's funny, the same thing is true for my wardens and dragonknights. The mag versions are all stronger.

Ha, those 3 classes are way tuned up.

geonsocal

interesting - was playing yesterday on the EU server...

was receiving a total of 6.6k per resource captured, 26k AP per keep...

the low pop bonus was active, but it was like having pelinal's war buff plus the low pop bonus...

geonsocal

got back in to action last night...haven't been playing so much recently...this kind of stuff just goes in ebbs and flows...

started this campaign off with the acranist i have on each server...they're at level 32 now...i need to update the crafted gear they're using (Hundings/Julianos)...i'm replacing their mara's balm pieces as i open rewards of the worthy bags...

using a 2 piece jewelry set from the other pvp sets - akatosh's law provides a weapon/spell damage 2 piece bonus...

one peice of really good news - very shortly i will have the mount's for these new toons leveled - yay

geonsocal

howdy and back again

actually logged on just to whine and complain about the dang lag thr last couple of days...both servers...

i like to use siege a bunch when fighting, getting off and on siege during laggy combat is a sure recipe for having to either get rezzed or rez somewhere else...

UGH!!!

that and preventing death by running out of health before being able to heal or drink a potion is a pretty regular occurrence the last couple of days...

hopefully it'll improve...a bit frustrating for sure...

wazzz56

@geonsocal when are you typically in gh on NA these days?

geonsocal

howdy wazzz...

seeing as how i am no longer working (took time away last year to work on health stuff - still in progress ) - i'm on different times...usually though for NA GH i'll log on around 11pm p.s.t. time...

a lot of times before 10pm or so they'll be a queue...sometimes i do wait for the queue though...

are you planning to spend some time there?

geonsocal

almost forgot, was on today EU GH and thank goodness, lag was low and i was able to pull out catapults and ballistae in all sorts of battle situations...

it was cool, a bunch of crazy large alliance versus alliance versus alliance taking place in keeps, out in the middle of nowhere and around outposts...

it was pretty wild and fun...

wazzz56

@geonsocal Yeah I spend most all my pvp time in there now as br is was too empty. I will have to look out for you, I will be most likely on my magblade frantically healing myself whilst being chased around a rock. I get way too much fun out of that nowadays.....I hum circus music to myself as I run around like an idiot..it's good times