Is PvP fun?

Naughty_Ryder

I am yet to explore the PvP aspect of ESO. Can anyone tell me if it's worth doing, is it fun? I play Magblade / Templar Healer in PvE. I like honest answers

White wabbit

Unless you run heavy impen then no and even then too much proc sets in there it can be fun sometimes but other times it's just horrible

SanderBuraas

Currently, no.

Buffler

If you love no skilled scrubz killing you because of pure luck proc sets and constant lag, buildings not appearing, ppl running with 35k hp as minimum, constant load screens when more than 2 people visible on screen, ultimates that seem to blow up zos servers and kids spamming abuse in zone chat then you will love it!

Naughty_Ryder

Hmm.. It all sounds so wonderful! I think I will give it a miss on that note.

Thanks anyway!

mr1sho

Asking about PVP on the forums is a bad idea just go play it and make your decision

Dasovaruilos

As a Templar Healer, you can have fun if you have an organized group. Then you can use your heals for strategic purposes and people will try to protect you. Solo healing in PvP is not fun, IMO.

But be prepared to change almost everything from your build... From light to heavy, from destro do sword and shield, from divines to impen, remove a bunch of useful skill for PvE that are just not that useful in PvP.

I don't know about magblades since it has been a while since I've seen one in PvP. I recently leveled a NB but stam for PvP and it was fun, even me being a terrible, terrible offensive player in PvP.

In the end, I think that playing with a somewhat organized group that you know is what really makes PvP fun, even if you are (like me) terrible at actually PvPing.

Dymence

Subjective question.

Try it and find out.

White wabbit

Hmm if he try's it he might be scared for life

Dymence

White wabbit wrote: »

Hmm if he try's it he might be scared for life

Live 'n learn.

akl77

Yes, cos it's new to what you've been playing as pve. New things to learn, new strategy, new ladder to climb.
After 150 hours you'll get over the fun.

Bislobo

Yes if you don't take it seriously.

deevoh1991

only if you're in a large group with over 9 people Otherwise it feels boring and pointless.

DannyLV702

It's the only thing keeping me playing. It's a choice you should go and find out for yourself. If I would have listened to the forums' negativity I never would have stepped foot in cyrodiil, yet here I am having fun

Mojmir

Define fun.

Wollust

Find out for yourself. It's a question the forums can't answer objectively.

kevlarto_ESO

It depends if you have friends a small guild, I run with 4 to 5 people we have a blast, it can be awesome fun and it can be hair pulling madness, depends on what you are looking for, still a lot of exploiters and cheaters in pvp , combined with the proctard groups can tend to suck the fun out of things, but if your running into other groups around your size that are out there to play and have a good time you can fun.

Keep sieges can be a hoot riding into to battle with your faction sometimes make me think of the riders of Rohan.

Don't be fooled there are many problems in pvp my biggest beef with ZOS is they just leave to many broken things in the game for to long and are not hard enough on cheaters.

If large scale pvp is not for you might want to try dueling.

Darethran

The PvP is royally broken. From mages that one-shot you the moment you land an attack, to procsets that will end you in two hits at most, ZOS have succeeded in making a successor to Dynasty Warriors.

Which is bad, by the way.

The fun is to be had with siege. Sure, run some a'ight PvP gear and tackle the occasional Altmer, but you're going to be sorely disappointed and frustrated if you go in, guns a-blazing, and you are slain in the next second and a half by a sneaking Night Blade.

See if you can mooch a few fire ballista off one of the old guard, and then tag along with the main zerg force. You won't be in the thick of it, but god damn it feels good to burn those yellow-bellied aristocrats.

Alucardo

mr1sho wrote: »

Asking about PVP on the forums is a bad idea just go play it and make your decision

Probably one of the wisest things I've ever read

KingYogi415

Yes, and keep in mind some of the people here trash talking pvp probably still spend half their life there.

If a 3k extra burst from viper was ruining your day, your not playing pvp right.

Cheers!

Enslaved

PvP is fun if you can stand being killed a lot.

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Alucardo

KingYogi415 wrote: »

Yes, and keep in mind some of the people here trash talking pvp probably still spend half their life there.

Yes, we do. The performance issues bug me the most though. If you're a PVEr, imagine trying to run dungeons with 400-999 ping every day while ZOS did absolutely nothing about it. They keep telling you they are working on fixing the issue, but it never happens. Imagine feeling like they've completely abandoned PVE and every bit of new content went into Cyrodiil.
I understand a larger portion of the player base is PVE related, but I'm just trying to give some perspective so you can see why PVPers complain so much. We complain because we enjoy the PVP in this game, but for the most part, it's unplayable.

Sa0n

People still don't get it. At this point, you're choosing not to get it, really. You couldn't actually be that stupid.

Let there be as many stupid armor procs, prayers from whatever gods, potions of "health" that also give you a huge *** that will impregnate all the women in the world while also spraying happiness, gold tempers and money on others, weapon ultimates the size and magnitude of an ***'s ego, whatever confusing crap you want to bloat it with,

the main reasons why someone would not like PvP at this moment still remain the same:

Lag, temporarily invisible players, temporarily invisible structures, the occasional ridiculously long loading screens, remaining stuck in combat for 5 minutes after the last battle

I can deal with being ganked, zerged or outplayed. I accept that I'm not a good player, but I want to learn.
What is preventing people from learning properly, is the game itself that turns into an unresponsive slideshow when you're supposed to react.

Imagine fighting in a ring at ZOS HQ. You don't know crap about fighting. You can prepare yourself by reading, watching or listening to professionals. But in this case, every time you're supposed to use what you've learned and the fight is about to start, they force you to down a bottle of vodka.

Good luck.

MishMash

PvP can be fun!

However, I would not suggest you run into PvP and expect to do well. PvP and PvE are two VERY different things for various reasons. Your current PvE build might be amazing, but if you bring it and your current bar/skills into PvP it might be awful!

The only way one can really prepare for PvP is to get in there and fight.
I would suggest you first start off with running with a small group. Join a guild or go into PvP and type in zone LFG, and hopeful a group will pick you up.

Alucardo

Sa0n wrote: »

People still don't get it. At this point, you're choosing not to get it, really. You couldn't actually be that stupid.

Actually if you look above I said one of the main issues was performance. Not gonna lie, I'm a little hurt.

nine9six

It can be, but everyone running around wearing Proc Sets takes some of the fun out of it. Funny how we all agree they are cancer but keep running them anyway...

W0lf_z13

@Tranquil_Fairy PvP CAN be fun... its a hit or miss really.... some days its fun as hell and you feel like you are actually accomplishing things in the game... other days u feel like ur getting ur ass handed to you ... if you are playing with friends on teamspeak/discord the dialogue can make for a VERY entertaining day/night

Reverb

ESO pvp is both the most, and least, fun I've had in a game.

Biro123

Obviously PVE-ers will generally say no, pvp-ers will generally say yes.

I have a lot of fun - and that is mostly soloing (often with the zerg). But there ARE times when its really frustrating. I don't have too much of a problem with lag except for massive battles at primetime.

BUT, and this is a big but. (and speaking from experience) If you are planning on trying it now for your first time - when almost everyone else has been Pvping for a while, has had a lot of practice and has builds especially for PVP which they are used to playing - you WILL be frustrated. You will die a lot. You will hardly get any kills and you will be scratching your head and wondering why. Unfortunately it does have a steep learning curve - especially in terms of simply surviving.
That doesn't mean you can't PVP - it just means you may have to be prepared to take a lot of lumps before you start seeing some nice results - even so you will still get bad days.
I'd suggest first trying with a sub-50 character on BWB. The time to kill is much longer there, giving you more chance to react - also it is more pug-friendly, you are more likely to fight others who are just as bad (but there ARE a lot of experienced players who prefer BWB). I'd also suggest going with something tanky - just so that in each combat, you have more 'play-time' before dying - which means you have more time to learn how to PVP. That was my problem when I started.. A combination of no tankyness in the character - and no idea how to play equalled lots of insta-deaths - which didn't give me a chance to learn.
And bind roll-dodge to a separate key. Double-tapping is too slow!

Sa0n

Alucardo wrote: »

Sa0n wrote: »

People still don't get it. At this point, you're choosing not to get it, really. You couldn't actually be that stupid.

Actually if you look above I said one of the main issues was performance. Not gonna lie, I'm a little hurt.

Well, then you're obviously one of those who seem to notice a general lack of about 40 fps and a ping of >300ms on their screen, so don't be hurt.