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Do you prefer PVE or PVP?
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Eirinin✭✭✭✭PVEPve now. I used to pvp a bunch in other games, but I don't find enjoyment in a lot of it. Epic pvp battles at sea or with thousands of players fighting for a new landmass were fun and exciting. But murdering little pve overlanders just trying to harvest some flowers or tend their pumpkin patch makes me feel hollow. -
Cously✭✭✭✭✭
✭PVPI'd love more pvp modes like 1x1 arenas, battle royales, etc. Hate end game PVE, boring repetition. Do love the quests and stories though, will only complete it once. -
Kalik_Gold✭✭✭✭✭I like both play styles and try to spend time in eachBoth.
PvP is more exciting and edge of my seat. Also enjoy the theory crafting of making your own personal build. PvE is more research and planning, but revolves around a meta driven environment.
I play all aspects of the game.Ras Kalik | Redguard - Templar | The Vestige, Ahkahtuz | Champion 1000+ | PS4/NA | ESO+ Cancelled | DC PVPPvP Combatants:
Aurik Siet'ka | Redguard - Necromancer
Cee Fôr | Redguard, Vampire - Nightblade
Cacique the Sage of Ius | Redguard - Warden
Jux Blackheart | Redguard, Lycan - Nightblade
Goliath of Hammerfell | Redguard - Dragonknight
Uri Ice-Heart the Twin | Reachman, Nord - Warden <No CP>
Movárth Piquine | Nord, Vampire - Necromancer <Tank/Support>
Kaotik Von Dae'mon | Breton half-Redguard* - Sorcerer <Healer/Support>
PvE Adventurers:
Herzog Zwei the Genesis | Breton - Templar <Healer>
Cinan Tharn | Imperial, Vampire - Dragonknight <Tank>
Tyrus Septim | Imperial - Sorcerer <Lightning/Shock Damage>
Bates Vesuius of Dawnstar | Imperial - Dragonknight <Fire Damage>
mmoRPG personal lore:Ras Kalik the Vestige, a renown Redguard Paladin and the wielder of Chrysamere; He has been blessed to save Tamriel from Molag Bal’s destructive Planemeld while reuniting the Five Companions. His further accomplishments after defeating Molag Bal, has been to stop the destruction of Morrowind, the Clockwork City, return order to the isle of Summerset and create a new king in Wrothgar and a queen in Elsywer. These events have made him a living legend and continue to lead him into new adventures throughout Tamriel, as well as into the hearts of many ladies including the Elf Queen, Aryenn. (not only Sai Sahan has a secret snowflake!) Over many years of adventurous travels, Ras Kalik had become a loner, until he re-visited his homeland of Alik'r.
Alik'r and it's cities were overrun by the undead Ra-Netu and therefore he made an allegiance with Alik'r's own Ash'abah tribe. These Ash'abah with his help, cleansed the city of Sentinel in Alik'r desert and it's surrounding areas of the undead brought to life by the Withered Hand. After rescuing Sentinel from undead, King Fahara’jad’s personal bodyguard the Goliath of Hammerfell, who was given this name by Imperials in the region; asked to assist the tribe after learning of the defeat of the Withered Hand to the Ash'abah. Kalik promised Goliath he would task him with fighting enemies on the battlefield if he so desired. Goliath being from Hammerfell, and a Redguard wields two massive swords in respect to the Ansei. Not many soldiers are able to wield double two handed weapons, but Goliath loves to get up and personal in a fight.
Jux Blackheart a master thief that was frequenting the Sisters of the Sands inn for pilfering during this time. Jux was known to infiltrate any bank vault he came across and even delved into Ayelid ruins without detection. Kalik can vividly recall the night he met the famed thief. Jux found himself rummaging thru a slightly inebriated Kalik’s pocket for too long, on a full-mooned night and because of this and the glimmer of his golden armor in the moonlight and his greed. He lost two fingertips as a lesson! But in return, he gained a new friend, as it was his first time since a child being caught...
Kaotik Von’Daemon is an outcast, and a half-caste between a Breton mother and a Redguard father. Kaotik become a pariah due to his conjuration of Daedra pets. He was taught healing magic during his childhood years by his Breton mother. His father due to Redguard customs exiled him from the desert, sending him by wagon caravan to be a soldier in the war in Cyrodiil. He happened to meet Kalik while traveling from Alik'r, during this long caravan ride the caravan he was in was ambushed in Bangkorai by a group of bandits. Kalik by chance was also traveling thru this area on his Auridon Warhorse (which was bestowed to him by his friend, Darien Gautier). During this ambush, Kalik was able to rescue five hostages from the bandits. Kaotik was the first rescued, and Ras Kalik also recruited him to be in the Ash'abah tribe. These core Ash'abah tribesmen may never be seen together in travel as they partake in their own adventures but they always know what each other is doing; as they frequent a hideout in northern Bankorai. Their hideout an old Orc castle ruin, is kept watch by Nuzhimeh and she passes messages written between them, and frequently they also enjoy her company and her bed.
The other men rescued were a Dunmer banker, a Breton monk and two Imperial soldiers. One of the Imperials claimed to be related to Abnur Tharn the Battlemage of the Imperial Elder Council (Ras Kalik's mentor in the Five Companions). Cinan Tharn is really Abnur's drunkard treasure hunting illegitimate son, that was caught smuggling artifacts out of the Ayleid ruins in Cyrodiil and the elder of the two Imperials was Tyrus Septim a retired battle-mage soldier and guard to the Tharn family. As much as Abnur Tharn hated his half-sister Euraxia, he dislikes his bas†ard son more. Tyrus now a ruffian and privateer had been paid by Abnur Tharn to watch over Cinan as much as possible. Cinan Tharn is also a master of disguise, and uses his disguises while he robs various delves and dungeons for relics to sell on the black market. Tharn also runs an illegal gambling ring...
The Dunmer captive shackled to the Imperials looked familiar to Kalik from his time in Morrowind.... and he recognized him as Tythis Andromo a House Telvanni slave-owner and banker from Vvardenfell. During a rough interrogation to Tythis, Ras Kalik learnt why the bandits accosted him. The racist Dunmer was providing slaves as soldiers for the Three Banner War. The bandits were trying to negotiate a lucrative ransom for Andromo and the Imperials.... Kalik did not need any of this gold and he could never set Tythis free as he did with the two Imperial soldiers. His past involvement with slavery and war crimes, made Kalik's blood boil. He chose not to execute Tythis, as he figured the worse punishment for this former rich and opulent slave owner, is to now be an imprisoned servant for Ras Kalik and the tribe.
Herzog Zwei the Genesis a Breton and also a prominent monk of the Cult of the Ancestor Moth, was seeking to purchase an artifact from Cinan Tharn, before their capture. This artifact being the Ayelid artifact; the sword Sinweaver. After their rescue and the exchange of gold to Cinan for the sword he decided to slip away before Ras Kalik could question who he was, and why the Ancestor Moth cult worshippers wanted that sword. Herzog was headed to Nagastani — An Ayleid ruin in eastern Cyrodiil. He had read in scrolls that the Sword would give him magical powers, if he performed an Ayleid ritual at an old shrine hidden there. Equipped with the artifact sword, he was off to start his own adventure. Ras Kalik did indeed notice the sword however, and instead sent a letter to Jux Blackheart (whom also was interested in Ayleid treasures), to attempt to find Herzog and acquire the sword. (*Azani Blackheart in Elder Scroll's Oblivion is Jux's descendant some 747 years later)
And so the Redguard, Imperial and Breton men have parted ways for now... While Ras Kalik is off to Elsweyr to encounter the latest threat to Tamriel, with Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan - - DRAGONS!! Little does Kalik know a few people are awaiting him in Senchal besides Sai. A necromancer survived his attack on the Withered Hand, while in Alik'r. The one known as Auriek Siet'ka is also following him to the land of the Khajiits and Cacique the Sage of Ius a Shaman mystic who has become attuned spiritually with Tu'whacca (a Redguard God) and Ius (the Animal God), after being burned severely by the escaped dragons, is awaiting his arrival also.
The journey to Senchal will also put him on a path to meet a strange man which was infected with an untreated Peyrite disease and also was the exiled from the Order of the New Moon cult, due to his sickness. He originally joined the cult to worship Laatvulon, the green dragon, mistakenly thinking it was the Daedric prince Peyrite. This confused and suffering cultist is only known as "the member C-4", as he gave up his born name when joining the cult. Cee Fôr is on a path to spread the disease as he was infected in Orccrest while recruiting members there. Can Ras Kalik and the shaman Cacique cure this poor soul, only time will tell. Little does Cee For know, the infection is tied to Vampirism, but eventually the need for blood, will take over.
Movárth Piquine - a former vampire hunter (now infected) within the Fighter's Guild (and a secretive necromancer) was in Skyrim working with the Morthaal Guard. On a patrol mission he was caught in the Frewien's ice curse outside of Morthaal with the frozen undead. Movárth's vampiric infection kept him from becoming an undead minion to the curse. He was able to use necromantic ice-magic to encase himself safely until he was freed with Freiwen, when the Vestige Ras Kalik broke the curse.
Bates Vesuius of Dawnstar - grandfather of Silus Vesuius.
Uri Ice-Heart - twin of Urfon Ice-Heart. Twin sons of Atli and Oljourn Ice-Heart that are originally from Markarth but are now residing on the Jerall Mountain range near Cyrodiil, their younger sister Araki has also relocated but she is in Windhelm currently. The twins joined the Reachmen while living in Markarth. Urfon pushed east to Hammerfell with the Winterborn Clan, leaving his family behind. Uri sent his parents and sister to live in the family cabin for safety to avoid the Vampire plague infiltrating the Reach. (but he doesn't know his sister has moved on to Windhelm to join the Fighter's guild). After hearing of Urfon's death... Uri left the Reach and is seeking vengeance. -
ayu_fever✭✭✭✭✭PVEpve all day everyday!!!!
but not vet stuff.
its scary in there!
i dont care for pvp in video games. my brain is not wired for the concept of competition.
pvp has its place though, it just isnt for me.
i do sometimes go to cyrodiil only on my healers and spam mutagen just to get 25k AP in mere minutes and then avoid it like the plague until the next month.
when ZOS puts transmutation crystals in the crown store, i will NEVER step into any pvp content ever again.
i would buy so many of those things too....
dont you want my money ZOS?PS4 NA
all characters are members of the ebonheart pact master race
BLOOD FOR THE PACT
main character:
Rebekah Straight-Fire, breton templar healer: THE FATEBRINGER (dungeons, trials, pvp)
—MERIDIA’S LUSTRANT— 1100+CP; alliance rank 21 (major grade 1); Rebekah is the most devoted and loyal follower of the lady of infinite energies and the highest ascendant of meridia’s purified legion and was forged from meridia’s brilliant radiance of purity.
other meta toons-
Alexa Straight-Fire, breton warden healer: THE ALCHEMIST (dungeons, trials)
Sasha Straight-Fire, nord dragonknight tank: THE UNBREAKABLE (dungeons, trials)
Ororo Straight-Fire, dark elf magsorc pet dps: THE SHOCKWAVE (dungeons, trials)
Michonne Straight-Fire, redguard stamDK 2H/bow dps: THE EVISCERATOR (dungeons, trials)
just for fun toons-
Rhea Straight-Fire, wood elf warden stam healer: THE RANGER
Morgana Straight-Fire, dark elf necromancer solo play: THE DEATHSINGER
Lucille Straight-Fire, high elf nightblade solo play: THE VOIDWALKER
Diana Straight-Fire, nord templar tank: THE CLERIC
Freyja Straight-Fire, nord warden ice mage: THE CRYOMANCER
Falsetto Straight-Fire, orc stamsorc werewolf: THE THUNDERHOWL -
Starlock✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭PVEI haven't been into competitive gaming for many years now, but when I was, I played quite a few games of those types. With those experiences at my back, I can safely say that the PvP in this game is the worst I have ever experienced by a significant margin. So much so that I have a hard time comprehending why anyone bothers with it. I could not believe how bad it was. Virtually any other game would offer a better competitive gaming experience for PvP than ESO.
That's not to say that the PvP in ESO can't be fun. When I've run some sieges with guilds, I've generally enjoyed it. But between the terrible balancing issues, terrible frame rates, terrible input lags, terrible texture loading, crashing, and all that... it's just garbage. It's deeply flawed on almost any dimension I could measure. The PvP for this game never should have been developed with the same systems as the PvE environment and separating them would fix about half of that game mode's problems.I play ESO on XBOX NA
Remember: Elder Scrolls Online appeals to a diverse customer base that view and play the game in different ways.
Regardless of how you play, be aware Elder Scrolls Online is play-to-pay game.
Use at your own risk and learn at https://www.psychologyofgames.com -
Imryll✭✭✭✭✭I like both play styles and try to spend time in eachPve now. I used to pvp a bunch in other games, but I don't find enjoyment in a lot of it. Epic pvp battles at sea or with thousands of players fighting for a new landmass were fun and exciting. But murdering little pve overlanders just trying to harvest some flowers or tend their pumpkin patch makes me feel hollow.
PvP is only about "murdering little PvE overlanders" if you choose to play that way. Also, being a "little" PvE overlander is a choice. It's not as though the game's best gear is locked behind PvP ... If you choose to enter PvP zones unprepared that's on you--just as it would be to enter a dungeon or trial without appropriate preparation. -
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✭I like both play styles and try to spend time in eachI lean a little more towards PvE but love PvP.Father of 3 ESO player - Daily late night logins ; )
RIP my Eldest son Aiden who we lost to brain cancer 7/13/20.
If you want to achieve higher rewards it will not be easy, at first. Never give up on yourself IRL or in-game!
PS4: NA & EURemember to have fun because at the end of the day that's what this whole gaming thing is about. -
Ashtaris✭✭✭✭✭
✭PVEWhere are the options for "PvE, and I'd prefer PvP not to exist" or vice-versa?
I would much prefer a game where I don't have to do any PvP whatsoever, and don't have to endure duels in the towns etc. It would allow proper balance, too.
I wanted to avoid the mud slinging as much as possible and try to just keep it factual. PVP is part of the game and I was curious on how big of a part it plays in the grand scheme of ESO, which is larger than I thought it was originally.
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fgoron2000✭✭✭✭PVEdon't like PvP at all, did only enough to unlock the skills, and even then, I did that primarily through Battlegrounds during the mayhem events
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✭✭I like both play styles and try to spend time in eachBoth. Depends of mood, how I feel, and what is going on. -
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✭PVEWhere are the options for "PvE, and I'd prefer PvP not to exist" or vice-versa?
I would much prefer a game where I don't have to do any PvP whatsoever, and don't have to endure duels in the towns etc. It would allow proper balance, too.
No reason to wish a game mode you don’t personally enjoy didn’t exist at all IMHO. If the homogenizing of class skills I’ve been reading about is driven by balancing PvP then I do certainly wish those game modes were balanced separately.
I don’t think that duels are a problem at all! I decline them for now because I’m a newb but I loved dueling in SWTOR. What does bother me in town is seeing a non-combatant NPCs murdered.
Maybe I’m weird, but I’m into going around saving people and punishing those who abuse their power so... Actually, I wish that attacking non-enemy NPCs made a player targetable by others, but that’s another topic I suppose... -
Ozzymandius✭✭PVPPVE and PVP are group activities in terms of end game. I have just started getting into PVP and I am really enjoying it. Unfortunately I am playing it solo as I don’t know anyone who plays eso. None of my friends are gamers. I got into RPGs fairly late the first one I played was ultima VII when it first came out. It would be great to meet up with like minded people but in the 3 years that I have played this game I haven’t found anyone. -
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✭✭I like both play styles and try to spend time in each70:30 to PVE though.
There's only so many whispers/messages about 'oH 1v1 mE bRuH'... If you want 1v1s,go dueling. If you're going to complain about being 'zerged down' go to battlegrounds. Cyrodiil is designed to be large scale, if you don't like it go somewhere else
