Zerging! What is...

generalmyrick

EDIT = IS A ZERG A ZERG IF ITS IMPERIAL CITY OR CYRODIIL?

STUFF got heated the other night, when this group of 6 was killed by, "15 yellow zerglings!" Which got me thinking! What is a zerg? I bring before this illustrious community the poll and can't wait to hear what a zerg is!

What is a zerg? Is a zerg measured by its ratio or by sheer numbers?

example:
if 1 person is killed by 6 is that a zerging?
if 6 are killed by 24 = is this zerging?
if 12 are killed by 60 = is that zerging or zerg on zerg love?

DuskMarine

other???!!!!

a zerg to me is about 60+ which ep has on a concurrent scale 24/7. a raid is 10-24, a group is 5-9. and solos are normally 1-4

Drakkdjinn

other???!!!!

Any group that kills me is a zerg, even if I'm in a larger group than them.

Source: I'm a salty 'smallscaler'.

thegreat_one

A group big enough to exploit the server crash bug, Put enough people of your faction in one area and the lower population in the same area will crash. Ep has known about this for a very long time. Zos apparently has decided to let the rest of us know.

Gilvoth

More than 24 is a zerg.

it takes alot people make a zerg

Judas Helviaryn

other???!!!!

A zerg is a mindless group of players, somewhere above the 12 man range, who chase any and every source of AP, no matter how tiny, and cannot survive for long individually against their peers.

Not to be confused with a raid, which is a similar sized, organized group of players working under clear direction towards the same goal, who are more likely to be individually self-sufficient outside of the group.

BigBragg

These, and a lot of them. Now where is my cookie?

MLGProPlayer

A group larger than your own.

Judas Helviaryn

other???!!!!

BigBragg wrote: »

These, and a lot of them. Now where is my cookie?

Vapirko

other???!!!!

Zerging is simply out numbering your opponent in a significant way. Whether that be 5v1, 20v10, or 12v2. Everyone does it sometimes but many are guilty of doing it to a disgusting extent most of the time and can’t hold their own in an even fight or even a relatively close fight

VaranisArano

IMO, a zerg is one or more organized raids + PUGs.

I've also seen that a zerg changes based on server. On PC/NA Shor primetime, I was called a zerg in a group of just 12 players, no PUGs around. On PC/NA Vivec, that'd be a small group in primetime.

Sylvermynx

Back when I played WoW and RIFT, zerging was overleveling the content enough that you could pretty much just run through any given instance without worrying about mobs.

I used to zerg level 60 instances solo on a level 90 hunter in WoW, trying for mount, pet, or armor for transmog. Ran several every day. Got the stuff I wanted - about the time I got tired of Blizz's crap. I'd played WoW for eight years, paid 7 subs, and quit. Haven't ever been back.

[My daughter just reminded me that it also referred to a guild run with a bunch of 90s through current content, where anyone who couldn't keep up.... well.... it wasn't pretty....]

JumpmanLane

1 person is Solo. 2 people are 2 manning. 3-4 is small man. Anything over 4 is a Zerg.

It was explained to me like this by a well known 1vXer. When you’re in a group over 4 the game tells you that your group is now large. Less than 5, it tells you “your group is no longer large.”

ANYTHING over 4 is a Zerg. I know people who generally won’t run more than 4.

1 person vs 1 person is a 1v1. 1 person vs 2 or more is a legit 1vX. 2 people or more vs 1 is an Xv1. 5v1 is getting Zerged down. 5v4 is getting Zerged down. Etc etc.

PlagueSD

other???!!!!

Zerg is a slang term for a group of low-level gamers who depend on overwhelming numbers to achieve victory, rather than relying on technique or strategy. The term is most often used in the context of online role-playing and strategy games, but it also applies to multiplayer first-person shooters. Gamers essentially team up and agree to attack a specific opponent at the same time. By forming a zerg, the gamers can usually kill an enemy while taking general – but not fatal – damage as a group. This strategy itself is known as zerging.

Zerg is also used to refer to a single player in a strategy game who uses enormous numbers of basic fighting units during the initial stages of the game to attack and defeat comparatively small-sized, but higher-level enemy units.

Alamakot

strict number does not matter that much. behaviour, yes.
Zerg is a "train" of players running through oponents using just brutal force. imagine 25 AD defending inner of Ash keep against 25 DC. through breached outer and inner MGs arriving group of speedbuffed 30+ EP, smashing all possible targets on their way through keep ground floor, then top floor, no matter whom, no mater if flags flipped or no, going out to one of corner tower, wait inside for a minute to get some opponents resurected by mates and repeating train through keep again. this is typical behaviour of zerg

DanteYoda

more than 5x your group is a zerg ( your group = 6, you were zerged if killed by 60+)

Zerg = more than you..

CyrusArya

Anything above 4 is a Zerg. The game says so itself, by asking if you wanna form a large group at 5.

PlagueSD

other???!!!!

CyrusArya wrote: »

Anything above 4 is a Zerg. The game says so itself, by asking if you wanna form a large group at 5.

Group is 4.
Raid is 12.
Zerg is 13+.

Ackwalan

According to webster,


A ZERG is any group that is at least 1 person larger then your own group.

Jameliel

If you played Starcraft you would know that a zerg refers to using relentless swarms to overwhelm the opponent. There isn't an exact number. It's more about keeping constant pressure up through however many soldiers you can at a time.

Gilvoth

More than 24 is a zerg.

Ackwalan wrote: »

According to webster,


A ZERG is any group that is at least 1 person larger then your own group.

according to Google Zerg definition:
Zerg is a slang term for a group of low-level gamers who depend on overwhelming numbers to achieve victory, rather than relying on technique or strategy. The term is most often used in the context of online role-playing and strategy games, but it also applies to multiplayer first-person shooters.

Gilvoth

More than 24 is a zerg.

in zone people ask how many i saw coming to a certain area, i will report as follows ...

"is about 15 DC inc chalmen"

or if i see 25+ i will say:

"DC Zerg INC chalmen"

ArchMikem

More than 24 is a zerg.

It was funny, one day in chat someone said "2 or more is a Zerg".

Everyone knows, or should know if they use the term, that a Zerg is supposed to be a group of people "too many to count". There are groups, and there are zergs. Groups of 4 or 8 are not Zergs. It'd be the coolest thing ever though to see Zerglings and Hydralisks tearing people up across Cyrodiil.

JamieAubrey

A Zerg is at least 2 people in a group ( according to DC/EP )

I run solo now but I do follow players around so If I stumble on Big Boss and his group ( I've been part of it before ) chasing one guy, I'll join in because its KILL ALL and I'd get a rage whisper with why you in a zerg chasing 1 guy etc tetc

d3adkid

other???!!!!

Whenever you feel helpless and a strong urge to runaway from a group of enemy players but unable to do so, you are witnessing a zerg.

edit : spellcheck

FloppyTouch

More than 12 is a zerg.

Simple a big group I say a group is big at 6 but feel it's more a zerg at 12+

back in the day we use to make jokes about our group when it got to 5-6 ppl that we where zerging. Use to say stupid things like everyone arm proxy stack crown and push even though we didn't do any of the zerg stuff.

But has nothing to do with my size of a group vs there size it's just a large number of players being mindless. I say mindless bc I remember the 1st zerg I was in of 24 people had 4 healers was standing in the middle of a fight and it didn't matter wat I did I could not exist and it wouldn't change the outcome. Was taking no damage due to all the heals and was doing no damage be of the other side healers.

Turelus

For me it's always been a large disorganised group.

Zerg - Large number of players not following a plan and just swarming the battlefield.
Large group - organised zerg
Train - highly organised group which stay close to one another.

Maura_Neysa

other???!!!!

It is what it always was. I species in Starcraft that uses overwhelming numbers rather than skill and tactics to defeat its enemies. That species came to Tamirel but it still uses overwhelming numbers rather than skill and tactics to defeat its enemies

Etaniel

other???!!!!

Zerging means employing an unnecessary and ridiculous amount of people to achieve an objective.
An objective being either a physical one like a ressource or keep, or enemy players.

A zerg is a large group of players, to me it would be around 30 people minimum. They can be organized or not, when you reach those numbers, it doesn't matter > zerg.
With that said, you don't have to be in a zerg to be zerging, if that makes sense.
10 people don't constitute a zerg in my opinion, but if they chase down a duo, they are zerging them.

Skall66

other???!!!!

For me a zerg is not defined by the number of players, a zerg is players who never move more than a few meters appart from each other so they can stack aoe.
So 6 players can make a zerg, and 50 players covering a large area aren't.

Chrysa1is

other???!!!!

it's a viable strategy that leaves its victims with furrowed brows.