Please explain what I should expect in Cyrodiil.

Salvas_Aren

APs look like dollar bills for a reason.

In Cyro nobody needs your crap money made from pure gold. (LoL) You can buy things there. Most wanted things are probably the items *the Golden* sells. She is a Khajiit merchant who sellst golden jewelry and two monster pieces (head and shoulders) on Saturdays and Sundays.

Lokirules

Davor wrote: »

LordTareq wrote: »

Davor wrote: »

@LordTareq Thank you for your reply. I have a new question now lol. Why would I ask for an invite? I don't get it. As I said I don't know the purpose of how campaigns are suppose to work, so why would I need an invite? Still learning.

Why would you ask for an invite? To get invited into a group, I thought that would be obvious? You could also ask in your guild etc. but just asking in zone chat in Cyrodiil works.
You don't 'need' a group per se. But roaming alone in cyrodiil without prior experience will be an abysmal experience for you, plus in a group you learn how the cyrodiil game works. Just follow the instructions of the leader.

It's not obvious for me, because I don't know how MMOs are suppose to work, and what is expected. I guess I have been playing single player games almost all my life which all started with Masters of Orion, Civ I and The Elder Scrolls: Arena. So never touching an MMO, I have no idea how it works. I guess that is why I didn't like ESO on launch day. Didn't know what to expect, no manual to read, so I am at a total loss.

I really appreciate your opinions. I guess from what I like, I will not be in Cyrodiil long, but I will try and see learn. I am socially awkward, especially when it comes to online with stragners, so not I will try a guild. I hope the guild search will come pretty soon.

BomblePants wrote: »

Also, if you are part of a group Davor, you earn the Alliance Points (ap) with the group, which is much easier way to earn ap than when going alone in PVP land....

What are Alliance Points for? Only thing I know is you need them to change campaigns. What if you don't change campaigns. What can I use them for? Really wish there was a manual. Lots of google searching is from a year or more ago so not sure what is current nd what is not.

Ap can Buy Siege,Alliance Pots,Food,Soul-gems Motifs Overland base game sets. Specialized Pvp gear sets Gold rings and Necklaces every weekend Monster helms for the Pvp plebeians who only pvp Enchanting runes. That’s all I can think of off the top of my head right now

barney2525

Death...


and fish

Lokirules

barney2525 wrote: »

Death...


and fish

Don’t forget Courage and Honor Battle-Brother

Davor

@Salvas_Aren and @Lokirules thank you for that. Now I see a purpose for trying Cyrodiil out more now.

Canned_Apples

Cheese builds, lack of any real balance, and zergs.

Davor

Canned_Apples wrote: »

Cheese builds, lack of any real balance, and zergs.

Zergs? Are we playing Star Craft now, or is that a term I am not familiar with?

Salvas_Aren

Zerging, or zergballing is the art of hitting your enemie like a truck in the face. A wave of 40 ppl will roll you.

Some time ago team red was accused of doing this on master level, but nowadays, all colors are experts in doing so.

Davor

Thanks @Salvas_Aren . So 40 vs 1? Curious, where is the fun waiting for that one person? Maybe because I am in a campaign that is not populated a lot, but I can't see how 40 or what ever number of people try and wait for one or few people to attack.

Or is this done when defending a keep or something? Then I can see why it's done.

Salvas_Aren

All sorts, like the barrel carrying that name in the pirate movies.

Some zergballs roll over cities, some roll over keeps, some roll over scouts, some roll over questers, some roll over zergballs.

Unless it's the last scenario, it does not need skill, just a server with not too many lags.

Can be quite fun though, rolling over troll builds and cheaters happens as well.

TheShadowScout

Davor wrote: »

What are Alliance Points for?

Earning them earns you PvP rank, which comes with a skill point per rank and nifty titles and dye unlocks.

And you can spend them on stuff. Buy PvP gear. Buy motivs. Even buy monster shoulders and helmets every weekend from avisiting "golden" vendor... that alone makes it worthwhile to PvP a bit now and then, even tho I wish they would give out AP to the loosers of the fights as well, so casual PvE players like me had more incentive to go and feed their frail builds into the PvPlayer furnace... it would make things a lot lesspainful if you at least got a "you tried..." reward for all the gankings!

Salvas_Aren wrote: »

Zerging, or zergballing is the art of hitting your enemie like a truck in the face. A wave of 40 ppl will roll you.

Hey, as comrade josef said, "Quantity has a quality of its own"!
(and its pretty much the only way those who did not yet "git gud" as PvP experts can have any success on the battlefield)

Davor wrote: »

Curious, where is the fun waiting for that one person? Maybe because I am in a campaign that is not populated a lot, but I can't see how 40 or what ever number of people try and wait for one or few people to attack.

Attacking a keep, usually. The zergball storms the front doors, plows under the guards and swarms the flags. Then move to the next keep, rolling over the resources and everything else in their path.
With so many targets, the defenders often cannot well concentrate their attacks, and thus the chance of survival is great even for low skill players - also, you are likely to get a rez from your fellow zerglings if you fall right away, which saves you from all those travel times.
Its a great way to get AP without needing good skills, but... you will face the most dreaded enemy in cyrodil - more lag!

misfitmanic

Not sure why I expected anything different, but I just ventured into Cyro and was getting such horrible lag that light attacks were stuttering... BGs were't much better. Server performance is at an all time low. Happy anniversary ZOS