Emperor difficult?

harmsway

So to start off I’ve always wanted to become emperor I felt that it would be impossible to achieve. I had a week off work and decided that when the campaign restarted I would try it for the first time. I don’t pvp much at all but I did read guides going into it. I set my alarm and woke up at the restart of the campaign I started off in 4th place. AD and EP were destroying us all day so no one was able to get it right off. People got tired and so there I took my opportunity I was behind by 400k ap no guild to back me up just solo. but after 24+ hours of straight grinding I got crowned. First timer first attempt. I started this topic because I want to know how hard this is to get. Is it more easy now to get than it was in the past?

Ratzkifal

Not bad. Which campaign did you get it in?

HighKinlady

Is it more easy than in the past ? No. Because bomb blades . However , don’t get discouraged when you don’t see the results you want right away. Keep playing , and make sure you get the AP boost from the delves . You’ll see more time than not , once people get up there on the boards they’ll take some time away from pvp . Just keep pushing.

Edit : I read through that pretty quickly . But if you made it that’s wonderful and a great achievement . It’s not as easy as it has been , but kudos to you for getting it it takes a lot of time and a lot of commitment .

Malamar1229

I don't like the emp system personally. I did the same as you, took a week off...and it made me feel horrible like physically. Hardly any sleep, etc.

harmsway

Ratzkifal wrote: »

Not bad. Which campaign did you get it in?

Shor because it was the only one reseting. I wanted to go for Vivec but that one had some time before reset.

HighKinlady wrote: »

Is it more easy than in the past ? No. Because bomb blades . However , don’t get discouraged when you don’t see the results you want right away. Keep playing , and make sure you get the AP boost from the delves . You’ll see more time than not , once people get up there on the boards they’ll take some time away from pvp . Just keep pushing.

Edit : I read through that pretty quickly . But if you made it that’s wonderful and a great achievement . It’s not as easy as it has been , but kudos to you for getting it it takes a lot of time and a lot of commitment .

Yes I got it. Thank you for that. I was super exhausted after, I didn’t have time to enjoy it lol. I also told myself never again but now thinking about it I really want to do it again.

LadyLethalla

Congrats @harmsway

My first attempt was solo and failed... so I spent 5-6 months preparing a character for Blackwater Blade (the original under 50s campaign).

I don't PvP much but I made sure to get plenty of practice (on other characters so I wouldn't outlevel), made friends, joined a guild. The guildmaster pretty much lived for making new characters just to get Emperor, but I made a deal with him that I'd help him get Emp one week and the next was my turn.

So on campaign reset I was in the top 3; there was another guildie who also wanted Emp but he agreed to help me and wait his turn. I played as long as I could, staying up as long as I could, getting like 4 hours sleep if I was lucky, for I think 4 straight days. Every time we'd get down to 2 keeps required for Emp, an enemy faction kept pushing back, and half the group would go off and do their own thing. But finally... once most of EU had gone to bed... we did it. Man, that feeling of finally having the achievement...

Glad for you that it worked out so easily.

harmsway

LadyLethalla wrote: »

Congrats @harmsway

My first attempt was solo and failed... so I spent 5-6 months preparing a character for Blackwater Blade (the original under 50s campaign).

I don't PvP much but I made sure to get plenty of practice (on other characters so I wouldn't outlevel), made friends, joined a guild. The guildmaster pretty much lived for making new characters just to get Emperor, but I made a deal with him that I'd help him get Emp one week and the next was my turn.

So on campaign reset I was in the top 3; there was another guildie who also wanted Emp but he agreed to help me and wait his turn. I played as long as I could, staying up as long as I could, getting like 4 hours sleep if I was lucky, for I think 4 straight days. Every time we'd get down to 2 keeps required for Emp, an enemy faction kept pushing back, and half the group would go off and do their own thing. But finally... once most of EU had gone to bed... we did it. Man, that feeling of finally having the achievement...

Glad for you that it worked out so easily.

Great story! And thank you ! Mine was easier than some but it still was an exhausting struggle. but the competition was intense a few formers. Also AD and EP were not having it lol. I actually had some of the guys from EP and AD message me when I got it to congratulate me because they knew how hard I was grinding and knew that I wasn’t sleeping until I got it.

harmsway

My main reason for posting this was to just see how hard it is to get it now compared to back in the day.

DeadlyRecluse

harmsway wrote: »

Is it more easy now to get than it was in the past?

Yes and no.

There used to me more campaigns, which helped, but they were more active/people took emp more seriously, which made it trickier.

The easiest time to emp in ESO history was after last year's Midyear Mayhem, when the extra campaigns were open but practically empty.

DoctorESO

harmsway wrote: »

So to start off I’ve always wanted to become emperor I felt that it would be impossible to achieve. I had a week off work and decided that when the campaign restarted I would try it for the first time. I don’t pvp much at all but I did read guides going into it. I set my alarm and woke up at the restart of the campaign I started off in 4th place. AD and EP were destroying us all day so no one was able to get it right off. People got tired and so there I took my opportunity I was behind by 400k ap no guild to back me up just solo. but after 24+ hours of straight grinding I got crowned. First timer first attempt. I started this topic because I want to know how hard this is to get. Is it more easy now to get than it was in the past?

24+ hours of grinding? That does NOT sound fun at all...

Darkmage1337

I'm the current Ebonheart Pact Emperor on the Shor Campaign on PC-NA and I can tell you firsthand that getting Emperor (on Shor, at least) is not that hard, granted that you have 2-3 days of free-time. 'Grindy,' yes. But difficult? Not so much. Just time, and a little bit of luck (faction population, scoreboard, map/objectives color, etc.) It really comes down to your faction's coordination and if same-faction players get along and work together to strategically play the map and capture objectives, begrudgingly or not, many players hate people on their own faction than the other enemy factions themselves, (at least, that's how it seems in EP zonechat sometimes. Lmao.)

Swims-Among-Slaughterfish, my EP Argonian MagWarden (Healer/AoEfrostCCer) is my second time ever being Emp. The first time being Emp was on my first character, my MagSorc, The Dark-Mage, which I got Emp on him also on Shor PC-NA, 3 days before Hurricane Irma hit (Sept. 2017), and I held it on and off for a good duration before being dethroned IRL by a hurricane, lol.

Anyway, my MagWarden (is my 9th character), is very new and I only recently leveled it up and specc'd it out during the Jester's Festival event. Not really doing anything special or fancy with it, just experimenting around with different builds and combos.
It was created to be my EP PvP Healer since I have 5 EP characters (1 of each class) and 3 are DPS and 1 is a Tank, so I needed 1 Healer, especially since I PvP the majority of my playtime, and one can never have enough Healers.

All 9/9 of my characters are homed on Shor, when I started playing Shor on my EP MagWarden in this campaign duration it was already 18 hours in; so by no means was I camping Shor's Campaign Reset timer or racing and rushing to get Emperor.
My goal was to just level my Alliance War skill-line to unlock the passives (which greatly benefit Healers and ranged DPS).
The last few Alliance-War skill-line passives are unlocked midway through PvP Rank 13 (Sergeant Grade 1), which takes 1,158,000 earned Alliance Points, for each character. My original goal was to just play and unlock those passives, not go for Emperor.

It took me one evening of grinding from noon to midnight EST (typical Shor activity/primetime), to get placed in the Top 10 of my faction's leaderboards (at the time, the top 3-5 EP players already had 500k-800k AP earned) whereas I was at 275k-ish, but still in the Top 10. I would check the leaderboard every so often to see who's AP score went up or didn't move, to gauge whether or not that person was actively farming AP or offline/not in Cyrodiil. I passed several people, including 2 guildies, 1 of which I helped farm with to get Emp.

At that point, I was like "wow, I could totally go for Emp. Why not? I got nothing going on the next few days" (and Shor only lasts 7 days). I also had a slight grudge from before on when Hurricane Irma dethroned me 9 months ago, from the first time I got Emp (I had taken a long break from ESO from between now and then).
So, I got Emp on my MagWarden literally the next day, lol (2 days of farming AP). I grinded again from noon to midnight EST (I earned 275k-ish Alliance Points on both times on Day 1 grind and Day 2 grind, mind you, I started the campaign 1 full day later than everyone else, so it was Day 3 for them). I was crowned Emp at 550k-ish AP. And I held onto Emperor for about 20 straight hours or so, so almost a full day. I had a great, fun time playing with it and defending it!

TL;DR: Attaining Emperor takes time, dedication, coordination, and a bit of luck.

teiselaise

Congratulations man, I think it was easier a while ago, when we had a 7d no cp campaign. It was literally empty and even I managed to stay first place for a while. Never became emp though.

Smasherx74

I'd imagine getting emp now is a lot harder than it used to be. I was once 2nd place for emp but came short because I had a life to attend to.

SugaComa

My employer push was similar

36 hours of play ... Had an employee abdicate which made it even harder, and I've made some friends on the opposing factions who came out in force to stop me

Luckily I had a great guild behind me who helped me get there ... It's still one of my favourite screen shot trophies as it really captures the hard work put in by all not just me, those aiding and those try to prevent

harmsway

Darkmage1337 wrote: »

I'm the current Ebonheart Pact Emperor on the Shor Campaign on PC-NA and I can tell you firsthand that getting Emperor (on Shor, at least) is not that hard, granted that you have 2-3 days of free-time. 'Grindy,' yes. But difficult? Not so much. Just time, and a little bit of luck (faction population, scoreboard, map/objectives color, etc.) It really comes down to your faction's coordination and if same-faction players get along and work together to strategically play the map and capture objectives, begrudgingly or not, many players hate people on their own faction than the other enemy factions themselves, (at least, that's how it seems in EP zonechat sometimes. Lmao.)

Swims-Among-Slaughterfish, my EP Argonian MagWarden (Healer/AoEfrostCCer) is my second time ever being Emp. The first time being Emp was on my first character, my MagSorc, The Dark-Mage, which I got Emp on him also on Shor PC-NA, 3 days before Hurricane Irma hit (Sept. 2017), and I held it on and off for a good duration before being dethroned IRL by a hurricane, lol.

Anyway, my MagWarden (is my 9th character), is very new and I only recently leveled it up and specc'd it out during the Jester's Festival event. Not really doing anything special or fancy with it, just experimenting around with different builds and combos.
It was created to be my EP PvP Healer since I have 5 EP characters (1 of each class) and 3 are DPS and 1 is a Tank, so I needed 1 Healer, especially since I PvP the majority of my playtime, and one can never have enough Healers.

All 9/9 of my characters are homed on Shor, when I started playing Shor on my EP MagWarden in this campaign duration it was already 18 hours in; so by no means was I camping Shor's Campaign Reset timer or racing and rushing to get Emperor.
My goal was to just level my Alliance War skill-line to unlock the passives (which greatly benefit Healers and ranged DPS).
The last few Alliance-War skill-line passives are unlocked midway through PvP Rank 13 (Sergeant Grade 1), which takes 1,158,000 earned Alliance Points, for each character. My original goal was to just play and unlock those passives, not go for Emperor.

It took me one evening of grinding from noon to midnight EST (typical Shor activity/primetime), to get placed in the Top 10 of my faction's leaderboards (at the time, the top 3-5 EP players already had 500k-800k AP earned) whereas I was at 275k-ish, but still in the Top 10. I would check the leaderboard every so often to see who's AP score went up or didn't move, to gauge whether or not that person was actively farming AP or offline/not in Cyrodiil. I passed several people, including 2 guildies, 1 of which I helped farm with to get Emp.

At that point, I was like "wow, I could totally go for Emp. Why not? I got nothing going on the next few days" (and Shor only lasts 7 days). I also had a slight grudge from before on when Hurricane Irma dethroned me 9 months ago, from the first time I got Emp (I had taken a long break from ESO from between now and then).
So, I got Emp on my MagWarden literally the next day, lol (2 days of farming AP). I grinded again from noon to midnight EST (I earned 275k-ish Alliance Points on both times on Day 1 grind and Day 2 grind, mind you, I started the campaign 1 full day later than everyone else, so it was Day 3 for them). I was crowned Emp at 550k-ish AP. And I held onto Emperor for about 20 straight hours or so, so almost a full day. I had a great, fun time playing with it and defending it!

TL;DR: Attaining Emperor takes time, dedication, coordination, and a bit of luck.

One day I hope I’ll become this good. It was my first shot at it and I achieved what I wanted. I actually got crowned on PC NA Shor but dropped from campaign to give others a shot for it. You guys are putting a hurting on us.

harmsway

teiselaise wrote: »

Congratulations man, I think it was easier a while ago, when we had a 7d no cp campaign. It was literally empty and even I managed to stay first place for a while. Never became emp though.

Thank you! And all I can say is keep trying man it felt impossible for me but it happened.

DoctorESO wrote: »

24+ hours of grinding? That does NOT sound fun at all...

It was awful and I felt miserable. Afterwards I kept telling my self never again but now I have an urge to keep doing it.

Ufretin

I disagree on the "it's harder than it used to be" part. Ever since they buffed offensive ticks to 6k+ it's quite possible to emerge #1 on one's alliance after one or more nights of PvDing empty keeps without even having to win fights against other players. Even when the map is at high population I'm seeing more ap farming techniques that don't involve killing players these days (resource flipping etc).

Jierdanit

LadyLethalla wrote: »

Congrats @harmsway

My first attempt was solo and failed... so I spent 5-6 months preparing a character for Blackwater Blade (the original under 50s campaign).

I don't PvP much but I made sure to get plenty of practice (on other characters so I wouldn't outlevel), made friends, joined a guild. The guildmaster pretty much lived for making new characters just to get Emperor, but I made a deal with him that I'd help him get Emp one week and the next was my turn.

So on campaign reset I was in the top 3; there was another guildie who also wanted Emp but he agreed to help me and wait his turn. I played as long as I could, staying up as long as I could, getting like 4 hours sleep if I was lucky, for I think 4 straight days. Every time we'd get down to 2 keeps required for Emp, an enemy faction kept pushing back, and half the group would go off and do their own thing. But finally... once most of EU had gone to bed... we did it. Man, that feeling of finally having the achievement...

Glad for you that it worked out so easily.

I also got emp in Kyne about a month ago, ( i play main in Kyne tho) i was just not clever enough to level a new char for my push...... so i had to play on another char as soon as i got #1 and knew that #2 had stopped playing.

Took me about 4 days to get emp, because EP didnt manage to get emp.

Recremen

Waaaaaaay back in the day it was apparently easy as heck to get because there were like 20 campaigns. These days it's a bit harder but still not impossible, even for less experienced players. The trick is to actually have time to go out and DO it, to time it properly with a campaign reset, and to get people organized to flip the keeps. Assuming your faction doesn't have constant control of the campaign you're trying it on, of course.

Ectheliontnacil

Emperorship is a no life contest. Skill matters very little, since zergsurfing is one of the best ways of earning ap.

Hurtfan

Ectheliontnacil wrote: »

Emperorship is a no life contest. Skill matters very little, since zergsurfing is one of the best ways of earning ap.

Harsh way to put it, but truth.

SugaComa

Ectheliontnacil wrote: »

Emperorship is a no life contest. Skill matters very little, since zergsurfing is one of the best ways of earning ap.

Not entirely true , I would say true for 97% of players it is, we still have some good players who make emp and only play in small groups and work hard to stay in the running and get apposition not just from apposing factions but from their own faction just being jerks

TheValar85

harmsway wrote: »

So to start off I’ve always wanted to become emperor I felt that it would be impossible to achieve. I had a week off work and decided that when the campaign restarted I would try it for the first time. I don’t pvp much at all but I did read guides going into it. I set my alarm and woke up at the restart of the campaign I started off in 4th place. AD and EP were destroying us all day so no one was able to get it right off. People got tired and so there I took my opportunity I was behind by 400k ap no guild to back me up just solo. but after 24+ hours of straight grinding I got crowned. First timer first attempt. I started this topic because I want to know how hard this is to get. Is it more easy now to get than it was in the past?

i achived my empship on almalexia, took me away 12 hours. it was funn

Then i helped my boyfriend, but that took a bit more on shor / pc /eu due to the fact of teh emp slaes, it was the 4th day when he got the crown. It was a constant battle against the blues, no resting and hardly even a good group of people. but at the end he got it with 6 people at 5:00 AM :P

Jierdanit

Ectheliontnacil wrote: »

Emperorship is a no life contest. Skill matters very little, since zergsurfing is one of the best ways of earning ap.

True.... I had to change the whole way im playing to get emp because you just can't keep up with the people that zerg and take keeps if you Play solo / smallscale trying to 1vX.

KingYogi415

It’s way easier then in then past.

Simply rolling up to a keep and resource before it flips gives you huge AP.

Before killing other players was the only way to stack AP fast.

DoctorESO

Darkmage1337 wrote: »

At that point, I was like "wow, I could totally go for Emp. Why not? I got nothing going on the next few days"

"You have that luxury!"

DoctorESO

How many bucket list points is ESO Emperorship worth?

DanteYoda

harmsway wrote: »

teiselaise wrote: »

Congratulations man, I think it was easier a while ago, when we had a 7d no cp campaign. It was literally empty and even I managed to stay first place for a while. Never became emp though.

Thank you! And all I can say is keep trying man it felt impossible for me but it happened.

DoctorESO wrote: »

24+ hours of grinding? That does NOT sound fun at all...

It was awful and I felt miserable. Afterwards I kept telling my self never again but now I have an urge to keep doing it.

Fight that urge as its really bad for you and will cause issues later in life as a result.. Trust me on this i pay for it now..

DoctorESO

DanteYoda wrote: »

harmsway wrote: »

teiselaise wrote: »

Congratulations man, I think it was easier a while ago, when we had a 7d no cp campaign. It was literally empty and even I managed to stay first place for a while. Never became emp though.

Thank you! And all I can say is keep trying man it felt impossible for me but it happened.

DoctorESO wrote: »

24+ hours of grinding? That does NOT sound fun at all...

It was awful and I felt miserable. Afterwards I kept telling my self never again but now I have an urge to keep doing it.

Fight that urge as its really bad for you and will cause issues later in life as a result.. Trust me on this i pay for it now..

What do you mean you pay for it now?

harmsway

Jierdanit wrote: »

Ectheliontnacil wrote: »

Emperorship is a no life contest. Skill matters very little, since zergsurfing is one of the best ways of earning ap.

True.... I had to change the whole way im playing to get emp because you just can't keep up with the people that zerg and take keeps if you Play solo / smallscale trying to 1vX.

This was my first time and solo

kts

How did you farm ap solo if I may ask? Were you a nightblade? What was your routine like(take keep and resources only or did you just kill players etc)?

I ask only because Im a solo player too and don't PvP much myself but I do have an interest in going for emp one day