I relented and had my first ever duel / pvp last night

Suter1972 · October 2016

Well I opened up ESo for the first time last night since OT went live on PS4. I thought I’d give it a day or so to calm down.

I logged in where I left off at the wayshirne in daggerfall and oh my!!!! WTF has happened?

This wayshrine used to be a peaceful place. Now it’s a duel fest!. Surprisingly from reading the various posts the bank and workshops are duel free.

So I stood there, watching what was going on. Within the first 3 minutes I’d had 4 duel requests. One guy was literally running around to anyone that landed and sending them duel requests.

Ive never done PVP so declined most, until one guy got on my nerves so I accepted. Didn’t know what to expect as he was a CP level player too, (was dual wielding swords) so I just dealt with it as I would a pve boss with my ‘rotation’.

I took him out in 4 button presses and even got a little achievement. He came close so I punctured sweep first, he got a hit in, which didn’t do much as I was buffed so had 20K health and 20K mag. I used the throwing spear thing which set him backwards. He then ran away so I used the jesus beam on him twice. And that was it. I was well pleased.

Trouble is its now got me wanting to do pvp as its given me false illusions that im now a pvp pro hahaha

Alucardo · October 2016

Ohhhh someone got bitten by the PVP bug. PVE setups work alright in duels (I use one myself with flurry, high crit, skoria, twin slashes, etc), but in open world pvp things can get a little different. You start taking damage from various different sources - not just one guy.
Having said that, if you haven't already, go try out Cyrodiil and see if you enjoy yourself. Or just continue dueling around Tamriel. At least now you can get your PVP fix wherever you are, so if you're more comfortable dueling, you can do just that.
Glad to hear you had a good first experience with it.

Mayrael · October 2016

This is how it starts

few succes in PvP and you realize that you sir can do this and tbh its not as hard as you thought it can be. Just follow the meta and you will be on the top most of the time

when you feel youve learned enough you can start to try something different and unique

If you will start in other way you prolly will feel that its not your cup of tea, but thats wrong. Current meta killed real PvP skills, now you can just like use one skill and proc 3 or 4 things of it and kill someone with just that one key press... Use it, hate it and maybe there will be a day when skills will matter again.

WhiteMage · October 2016

I love it when a carebear comes over to the dark side (and I mean that in the most loving way possible). I hope you can get into enjoying it. If you're interested, meta builds are a good starting point, but don't end there. Try it and adjust what feels the most wrong about it to you, then try it again. Eventually you'll work out a great fit for you, but don't shy away from discussing build options and strategies with knowledgeable folks.

I remember starting off in PvP... I always knew I wanted to play it and when I finally got out there... I discovered I was a terrible, absolutely terrible sorc. I don't even want to remember...

Then I discovered magplar and began by making a build out of transmutation, but after following the advice I gave above, it slowly morphed into a Kag's and willpower build that has high sustain and steady damage, but where it really shines is in its mobility and recovery capabilities.

It's off topic, ik, but your little story made me remember the good old days of just starting out in the world of PvP.

Suter1972 · October 2016

guys I gotta admit, I have no idea what your talking about when you say 'meta builds and proc this and that'

Alucardo · October 2016

Suter1972 wrote: »

guys I gotta admit, I have no idea what your talking about when you say 'meta builds and proc this and that'

A meta build is basically a standard build every man and his dog is running. Right now, that's usually like Heavy armor, S+B, Tremorscale, viper, black rose, things like that.
Proc sets are armor sets that deal damage for you, like Viper's Sting, Widowmaker, Tremorscale, Velidreth, Selene's, Red Mountain.

Suter1972 · October 2016

Alucardo wrote: »

Suter1972 wrote: »

guys I gotta admit, I have no idea what your talking about when you say 'meta builds and proc this and that'

A meta build is basically a standard build every man and his dog is running. Right now, that's usually like Heavy armor, S+B, Tremorscale, viper, black rose, things like that.
Proc sets are armor sets that deal damage for you, like Viper's Sting, Widowmaker, Tremorscale, Velidreth, Selene's, Red Mountain.

Ah right thanks. Im still running with Julianos

leepalmer95 · October 2016

Suter1972 wrote: »

Alucardo wrote: »

Suter1972 wrote: »

guys I gotta admit, I have no idea what your talking about when you say 'meta builds and proc this and that'

A meta build is basically a standard build every man and his dog is running. Right now, that's usually like Heavy armor, S+B, Tremorscale, viper, black rose, things like that.
Proc sets are armor sets that deal damage for you, like Viper's Sting, Widowmaker, Tremorscale, Velidreth, Selene's, Red Mountain.

Ah right thanks. Im still running with Julianos

Just wait until someone light attacks you and kills with proc's.

Mayrael · October 2016

Dont worry:) You will get all of that pretty quick

One thing you need to remember. Cyrodiil is far from duels. There is no rules, you will often fight alone against multiple enemies, you will have to flee, sneak and retreat, you will die a lot, you will wonder why siege this keep not the other and with time youll get it all... And youll love it, because even though there is so many broken things in pvp, there is always way arround it, to overcome it and there is no one right way. The meta is the easiest way, but there is so many other that its hard to imagine. This is what makes pvp so unique. Each fight is different. And one more thing. In pvp there is no elitism. Everyone counts, even newbie can grab a siege and thtow boulders at enemies, we love any help. Even those 3 skills you throw before death matters. Yeah sometimes it gets nasty but most of the time its epic. Nothing can be compared to full siege 20/20 on a keep with missles flying everywhere.