Midyear Mayhem 2020 for No-PVP Pacifists - (Mostly) PVP-free ways to get your Event Tickets

VaranisArano

I want to be very upfront about one thing: You cannot avoid the risk of PVP during Midyear Mayhem if you want event tickets. You do not have to fight back or kill other players, but Cyrodiil, Imperial City, and (obviously) Battlegrounds are all PVP-enabled zones. PVP will happen. Players will attack you.
If you queue into a PVP-enabled zone, you are 100% consenting to engage in PVP and should expect that other people will fight you. Do not expect that people will respect questers and you will be pleased and gratified if it happens instead of disappointed when people attack you in a PVP enabled zone

You don't have to fight other players.
There's no guarantee that other players won't fight you if they find you.
We clear?
Good.

However, there are ways to get the Event Tickets without actually having to do any fighting or killing other players, so long as you accept the risk that other players will fight and probably kill your character. There is also one method that will let you get an event ticket without any PVP on your part at all if you are willing to be very patient and lucky.

What you need to do to prepare:
You need to minimize your exposure and time spent doing quests. To that end, prepare in these ways.

1. Queue into one of the lower population campaigns. Seriously, the less people around, the better it is for you. Usually ZOS spins up new campaigns for Midyear Mayhem which are perfect for this. If you can do the questing at non-primetime hours, even better.
2. Use your fast horse. Having a fast horse will allow you to reach distant quest areas faster, escape other players, and complete your quests quicker. It also makes it much less painful if you get killed and have to ride back to your quest area. If you don't have Rapid Manuevers unlocked, do the "Welcome to Cyrodiil" quest you get at your Alliance Base - there's no PVP involved and you'll get enough AP to unlock Rapid Manuevers which is a big speed boost for your mount. If you are new to Cyrodiil, I recommend doing the quest instead of just talking to the Grand Warlord because it explains the transitus shrines to "fast travel" around Cyrodiil pretty well.
3. Get stealthy. Bring invisibility potions or other stealthy gear if you want to avoid other players. Be aware, stealth works on players but players also have means of detecting you! Use line of sight to your advantage. Finally, if you are creeping around in stealth, other players who see you may assume you are a ganker waiting to pounce, so don't be surprised if you do get attacked.
4. Get tanky. For a pacifist run, this may seem odd. After all, you aren't going to fight back. However, gankers often go for low health, squishy targets so by getting tankier, you have a better chance of not getting targeted.

The Quests for Pacifists
Event Tickets are gained from the following methods: https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/57605
Battleground quests from Battlemaster Rivyn
Scouting, Battle, Warfront, and Conquest Missions
Elder Scroll capture and recapture quests
Town quests in Vlastarus, Bruma, Cropsford, Cheydinhal, and Chorrol
Imperial City daily quests (Requires The Sublime Protector)

Scouting: (VERY EASY) Obtained from your Alliance Base quest boards, this quest will send you to a random enemy-controlled resource, where the quest will prompt you to stop, jot down a few notes and return to base. This is easily completed from stealth, usually requires lots of riding.

Battle: Capture a Resource - (MEDIUM) Obtained from your Alliance Base quest boards, the quest will send you to capture a random enemy controlled resource. You can get credit by being presetn when your alliance captured the resource or you can solo a resource yourself. As long as no enemy players show up to defend the resource, this is an entirely PVE fight. There will be guards defending a tower, worker NPCs, and a few wandering guards. You need to kill the guards standing on the flag and stand on it long enough for the flag to change color to your alliance. Other people may have slightly different tactics they can share. When I solo a resource, I typically kill the guards at the entrance to the tower along with any nearby wanderers, go into the tower to kill the mage at the top, then rush out to kill the four guards on the flag. (I save my ultimate for players, but for a pacifist run, go ahead and ulti drop the guards on the flag.) The guards do respawn, so it may take some practice to get the timing right so you can kill them all and flip the flag. Be aware that other players can see on their map (and on PC, their addons) when a resource flag is being flipped by another alliance.

Conquest: (HARD) Capture 9 Resources - same thing as above, just 9 different resources, obtained from the Conquest quest board.

Capture a Keep/Outpost: (HARD) If you have the quest active and you are on the grounds of the keep or outpost when it is captured by your alliance, you will get credit for the quest, whether or not you participated in the battle. Obviously, there's a high risk of PVP involvement with this one, even though technically you don't have to PVP to complete it.

Conquest: (HARD) Capture 3 keeps/outposts, same thing as above, just 3 different keeps/outposts, obtained from the Conquest quest board.

Conquest: Capture All 3 Towns - (HARD) Obtained from the Conquest Board, this quest requires you to take the flags (or be present when the town is captured for your alliance) at Vlastarus, Bruma, Cropsford. Each town has 3 flags that all need to be turned. Two flags have NPC guards, and the last flag has no guards. Like with resources, the guards will respawn and can turn the flag back to their alliance, so I recommend starting with the non-NPC flag so you have time to kill the others and flip their flags. You may run into enemy players who are questing in the town or enemy PVPers looking to capture the town for their alliance transitus. Bruma has a a Dark Anchor which can also complicate matters. While you can do this method, its one of the harder ways to get your event ticket compared to...

Cyrodiil Town Quests (VERY EASY)
The Cyrodiil Town Quests are easy, entirely PVE objective quests where the real threat comes from other players. Remember that Bruma, Vlastarus, and Cropsford have Alliance flags and matching NPCs who may oppose you if you are the other alliances or help you if you are the matching one. Also remember that even though you are pursuing a PVE quest, the entire zone of Cyrodiil is PVP-enabled and that some PVPers can and will watch these quest spots so they can easily fill their own PVP Bounty quests. In short, its really easy questing unless an enemy player spots you and then it gets really hard
(PVP Flags) Bruma: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Bruma
(PVP Flags) Vlastarus: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Vlastarus
(PVP Flags) Cropsford: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Cropsford
Chorrol: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Chorrol ; https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Weynon_Priory
Cheydinhal: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Cheydinhal

Imperial City Daily Quests (EASY, with Sublime Protector achievement already unlocked)
Complete the Imperial City main quest in order to unlock a daily quest for each of the District. The quests themselves are pretty simple "Kill X enemy to gather Y item and do Z thing" type quests. Like the Town Quests, most of the difficulty is intended to come from other players in the area.
If you don't have the Imperial City Main Quest completed, you'll have to do the entire quest chain to unlock these dailies. See the Story Quests here: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Imperial_City
Note: Imperial City has a lot of miniboss mobs. The quest bosses for the Arena and Temple district quests may be more difficult for solo players to tackle. Imperial City's close quarters and Tel Var also attracts a lot of gankers, so be prepared to be attacked even if you are obviously questing. Items like the "Sigil of Imperial Retreat" purchaseable in your sewer base can be very helpful for getting back to safety quickly.


How to get Event Tickets without any PVP at all on your part (Just a LOT of Patience and Luck)
There is one quest that awards an Event Ticket that does not require you to leave the safety of your Alliance Gates at all.

Capture/Recapture an Elder Scroll

However, it requires a certain about of patience and luck.
You must have the correct Elder Scroll quest and be in Cyrodiil.
Your alliance must capture the Elder Scroll and place it in its Scroll Temple or in a home keep.
When the Elder Scroll is placed in its Temple/Home Keep, everyone in Cyrodiil with the quest gets credit for it.

This method is best used on a populated, competitive campaign, because you are depending entirely on the PVPers in your alliance to go out, captue/recapture a scroll, and share the quest with you (unless you were lucky enough to get it from the Grand Warlord before your alliannce grabbed the scroll). Be aware that once your alliance holds the Elder Scroll, you cannot obtain that quest from the Grand Warlord and it must be shared with you.


What to do when you die (because its PVP and everyone dies)

• Try not to get upset. Everyone dies in PVP-enabled zones, especially if you are choosing not to fight back for pacifist reasons. More power to you for going for the event tickets anyway!
• Rez up at your nearest home keep, ride back and try again.
• If you keep dying to the same person, you've got a couple choices. 1) Try to quest somewhere else. 2) Go to zone chat and say "LFG for Town Quests" or form your own group so you can get assistance and be less of a target, 3) Go to zone chat, say "So-and-so is being a jerk to questers, can anyone help me out?" The PVPers will probably laugh and make fun of both you and the ganker and maybe someone will swing by and clear him out for you or offer to group up and help with the questing.
• Ignore the jerks. Some PVPers can be rude with they kill you. Don't let them stress you out and the best way to deal with them is to ignore them. Telling them you are a quester or replying to or with hate tells usually only makes it worse. If you do receive a tell you think is against the TOS, however, go ahead and report that.
• There are some quest-giver buildings where combat is enabled despite requiring you to pass through a load screen. If enemy players have set up inside those buildings, you might well be dead before you load in. Don't bang your head against a wall trying to pry them out. (This is technically not an exploit, but feel free to inform ZOS anyway because IMO, ZOS ought to fix those buildings.)

I myself am going to be happily PVPing this Midyear Mayhem. For everyone who hates PVP for varied and entirely valid reasons and wants these Event Tickets anyway, I wish you the best of luck during this Event and hope this guide helps you obtain your desire.

Best of luck!


Additional Quests for Players who want to try out PVP
Even though ESO PVP has changed since 2018, this is still an overall solid guide to PVP: Joy's 2018 Advice for Midyear Mayhem

Bounty: Kill 20 Players / 20 Sorcs/Wardens/Templars/etc: (EASY-HARD)
Note: This quest is technically not listed as giving event tickets, but the Conquest version of it is.
The difficulty of this quest depends on your playstyle. If you are new to PVP, here are some tips for scoring easy kills:

• Group up with other PVPers. You'll see plenty of LFG and guild groups picking up players from zone chat. Don't be shy! Strength in numbers is a great thing in PVP when you are new. If you do join a group, try to stick with the group and follow whoever has the crown symbol. Grouping up will also give you credit from your groupmates' kills, though note that you must get the killing blow for achievements like Wrath of the Whitestrake.
• Grab siege weapons and use them when capturing or defending a keep. Oils and Meatbag Catapults are your best siege weapons versus players., along with any coldfire weapons you get from the rewards. Ballistas and Trebuchets are effective against walls. If you are having trouble getting killing blows for achievements, siege weapons are a great tool!

Conquest: Kill 40 Players
Same as above, just more players. I've had issues with this quest before, so if you are grouped up and not getting credit for kills, try fighting solo alongside the group and see if you get credit.

Battlegrounds (EASY-HARD)
Let the Games Begin: Participate in five Battlegrounds matches.
Test of Mettle: Earn one thousand Medal Points in a Battleground (Not necessarily in one match, I believe)
To the Victor: Win three Battlegrounds matches.
Again, the difficulty of these quests depends on your playstyle and the opponents you'll face. A few tips:

• Stick with your teammates. Again, there is strength in numbers. If you've got Heals Over Time, use them proactively, and cross-heal your teammates when you can.
• Play the Objective. If its a Capture the Relic match, don't play it like a Deathmatch. I found it really helpful to read over the different gamemodes before I started Battlegrounds the first time: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Battlegrounds
• Adjust your build for No CP. If you normally play with CP, the biggest difference you'll feel is the lack of sustain. It'll feel like you are constantly running low on resources. So consider using a gear set (in impenetrable!) that boosts your resources as well as food/potions that give you resources.

Again best of luck!

VaranisArano

A note from me:
I used to be a PVE-only player. I came to ESO from Skyrim, so I was totally opposed to the idea that I would ever try PVP. Except I really, really wanted those Master Angler fish!
So I went in to PVP. I didn't prepare. I didn't want to fight anyone. I was prepared to die a lot to get what I wanted.
I died. A lot. Slaughterfished. Ganked. I spent a lot of time ducking and hiding down by that ocean fishing hole right by the AD gates.
I was a pacifistic quester in a PVP-enabled zone. I fully accepted that PVP was going to happen to me if another player found me because that's what Cyrodiil and Impeial City are for - PVP.

Now, I've since gone back to PVP to try it out and have come to love it. I found a great guild and PVP regularly. Not every player comes to love PVP through exposure to it even though I certainly did. There's one thing I've learned from my experience. PVP is an all-around better experience when you prepare for PVP. ESO's PVP has a steep learning curve, its true. Preparing for it make it that less punishing. (Joy_Division's guide linked above has a lot of the info I wish I'd known when I first started to PVP.)

I also fully understand that some people do not like and never will like ESO's PVP. There's a ton of varied, absolutely valid reasons for that.

However, I will ask something of the PVE players coming to Cyrodiil and Imperial City for Midyear Mayhem: Don't queue up for a PVP-enabled zone and walk out of the Alliance Bases and expect to avoid all the risk of PVP. Don't walk into a PVP-enabled zone expecting guaranteed safe conduct just because there's an event on - there is no "safe conduct" and that's fully intended by the design of Cyrodiil and Imperial City. Don't leave the safety of your Alliance Base and complain when members of the other Alliances kill you.

Once you leave your Alliance Base, the best you can do is minimize your risk. That's true for all of us, PVEer and PVPer alike. If that's not your cup of tea, there is no shame in staying out of PVP-enabled zones.

I love ESO's PVP now even though I used to hate the very idea. I want everyone to have a good time during Midyear Mayhem, whether you enjoy PVP or if you hate it but want those Event Tickets anyway, just like I wanted those Master Angler fish.

So know what you are getting into, prepare accordingly, and good luck getting those event tickets!

TheFM

Im just waiting for all the people to complain about having to pvp.

Cirantille

I think being all alone out in the open field............

Hmmmm

Staying close to your alliance people sound more logical to me but PvErs will go insist on questing

We'll see the topics in forum

Griefffff....

Linaleah

I would honestly say that unless you have someone coming along to do quests in towns with you - or some kind folks are hanging around, protecting questers from gankers that want nothing more than to ruin your day - stick to scouting missions. they can take a little longer, but they are far safer because towns are obvious gank spots, but scouting locations are too spread out to gank effectively.

but if you don't mind a little bit of pvp, I would honestly say that battleground quests are IMO the easiest way to do it. yes, you will die. a lot. but. its contained, its relatively short and you can zone in and out to reset BG quest until you get the one for 1k medals, and for that one you don't even have to win anything, just participate enough to get those medals. (please do participate to the best of your ability if you chose to go the battleground route. it really sucks for your teammates, when you are choosing to be a deliberate hindrance, not to mention - it will take you longer to get those medals)

P.S. while it does help a LOT to get a pvp set of gear, you honestly do not need to. will you be squishier? yes. will you still be able to participate, especially if you are careful? very much yes.

Karivaa

Cyrodiil is fun!

Minyassa

Very helpful and thorough, thank you. I would also like to add that if you don't want to hear from weirdos who have something salty to say about your very existence, just go into offline mode while you are there getting your ticket and you won't have to read random psycho whispers.

big_ear_midget

Thank you so much for the help and advice it is greatly appreciated but can you share a couple of pvp builds for each class too. Thank you in advance.

Bucky_13

Awesome post, but just a thing about the 3 towns: Cropsford have guards at all 3 flags for some reason, and is the hardest to solo of the 3 towns for that reason.

xenowarrior92eb17_ESO

thx for sharing! now I know exactly what to look for and bring misery and misfortune upon those weaklings...there is no place for the weak within The Imperium!

VaranisArano

Bucky_13 wrote: »

Awesome post, but just a thing about the 3 towns: Cropsford have guards at all 3 flags for some reason, and is the hardest to solo of the 3 towns for that reason.

Yep, that was something ZOS added to Cropsford during the update that added the extra outposts and collapsible bridges/Milegates. Something about extra defense because of the town's placement in EP territory.

Vietfox

xenowarrior92eb17_ESO wrote: »

thx for sharing! now I know exactly what to look for and bring misery and misfortune upon those weaklings...there is no place for the weak within The Imperium!

Let the hunt begin!! 👿

coercer02neb18_ESO

I am not that big of a PvP player myself, but I cringe so hard whenever I see people whining about 'being forced to pvp' or 'looking for ways to avoid it yet still get the reward'. I mean.. just fight some players once in a year? I dont know.. maybe jsut me.

VaranisArano

big_ear_midget wrote: »

Thank you so much for the help and advice it is greatly appreciated but can you share a couple of pvp builds for each class too. Thank you in advance.

I'm afraid I don't do much in the way of theory-crafting. Alcast's builds are generally pretty solid if you want a starting point for PVP. The linked 2018 guide by Joy_Division has some general advice for magicka and stamina builds as well.

For players who are really new to PVP, my general advice is that the best class for you to play is the one you are most familiar with. Its hard enough to get used to PVP without throwing in trying to learn a new class on top of everything else. Then approach PVP like you would approach Vet Maelstrom if the mobs were intelligent enough to heal themselves and walk out of your AOEs - you want to be tanky enough (Impenetrable trait gear helps), have proactive self-healing, and be able to deal damage.

xxthir13enxx

https://youtu.be/wCfWHqrYUqo

FrancisCrawford

A couple of tips I use for even better PvP avoidance:

1. The female quest giver in Bruma has about five quests she'll give you, and if you drop one and try again she gives you a seemingly random new one from the list. One of the five can be done without leaving the building you picked it up in. Another can be done a very short walk away. These are the fastest and easiest repeatable quests in all of Cyrodiil, assuming that you can get to Bruma easily and safely in the first place. (Bruma is in the north, near the border between the DC's and EP's natural territories, and is commonly controlled by one of those two alliances.)

2. You can do quests in different campaigns than you picked them up in. That can make scouting quests a lot faster than they otherwise would be.

ShawnLaRock

During 5th Anniversary Cyro Week, I had the absolute BEST experience!

Aaaaaaand - this is coming from a (“painfully obvious” at the time) PVE’er rockin’ the big, blue, “hey - come gank me!” Hatchling’s Shell shield bubble proc’d most of the time! Haha. True story.

It was completely hectic - slappin’ into towns, full Rapids; dive-rolling into Daily Quest Givers, and blastin’ out to complete missions.

Even with my “neon-sign” Main & lowbie mule Alts - I managed to grab 225+ boxes. Even with the multiple Reds using the, “Play Dead” emote - lying in-wait around Chey, for instance. I got SCHOOLED - and loved it! Haha.

Cyrodiil broadens the scope of this game immeasurably.

Super-exhilarating awesomeness!

S.

Mr_Walker

I look forward to people bragging about how awesome they are for camping inside doors in Bruma, doing their best to make sure noobies experiences are completely miserable, then seeing the same people complaining because zos won't allocate scarce resources to fixing cyro performance.

Kurat

This event is great for gankers, griefers and pvp noobs who cant get any kills fighting PVPers any other time. Now they get to kill pve players and feel big. Lmao

Nerouyn

Good advice but I think you missed a few.

Low population isn't the only consideration.

Look at the relative population of different factions and also the map.

Once you've set a campaign as your home one you can open the map at any time and navigate to Cyrodiil / Imperial City. If your faction currently dominates then that's generally a safer time to pop in if your goal is avoid pvp.

Heimpai

Kurat wrote: »

This event is great for gankers, griefers and pvp noobs who cant get any kills fighting PVPers any other time. Now they get to kill pve players and feel big. Lmao

It's also great for people grinding out AP

StormWylf

@VaranisArano Great post thank you!

Tommy_The_Gun

If you want to minimize the risk of being ganked or simply the risk of "pvp" in this event (idk, if you hate pvp and stuff) but you want to get just event tickets, here is what I recomend:
- Do only the scouting quests from the mission board.
- Use Vesture of Darloc Brae set (you can sneak permanently with this set).
- For the other set use Night's Silence or Shadow Dancer or (if you are vampire) Dark Stalker passive. All those things remove sneak speed penalty.
- The sets I mentioned are either overland or crafted so it is easy to get them via guild traders.
- You can pair it with 3x swift jewelry for aditional speed boost and if you are a nb you can slot Concealed Weapon for aditional speed in stealth boost.

Congratulations, you are now a Cyrodill ghost - of - a - tourist !

As long as you wont use popular & often used routes & main roads - you should be fine. Also try to pick least populated campaign.

snoozy

thank you very much for this helpful post

Unfadingsilence

I truly cant wait until midyear mayham later on today
https://youtu.be/RRte61dVwAo

Curious_Death

VaranisArano wrote: »

I want to be very upfront about one thing: You cannot avoid the risk of PVP during Midyear Mayhem if you want event tickets. You do not have to fight back or kill other players, but Cyrodiil, Imperial City, and (obviously) Battlegrounds are all PVP-enabled zones. PVP will happen. Players will attack you.
If you queue into a PVP-enabled zone, you are 100% consenting to engage in PVP and should expect that other people will fight you. Do not expect that people will respect questers and you will be pleased and gratified if it happens instead of disappointed when people attack you in a PVP enabled zone

You don't have to fight other players.
There's no guarantee that other players won't fight you if they find you.
We clear?
Good.

However, there are ways to get the Event Tickets without actually having to do any fighting or killing other players, so long as you accept the risk that other players will fight and probably kill your character. There is also one method that will let you get an event ticket without any PVP on your part at all if you are willing to be very patient and lucky.

What you need to do to prepare:
You need to minimize your exposure and time spent doing quests. To that end, prepare in these ways.

1. Queue into one of the lower population campaigns. Seriously, the less people around, the better it is for you. Usually ZOS spins up new campaigns for Midyear Mayhem which are perfect for this. If you can do the questing at non-primetime hours, even better.
2. Use your fast horse. Having a fast horse will allow you to reach distant quest areas faster, escape other players, and complete your quests quicker. It also makes it much less painful if you get killed and have to ride back to your quest area. If you don't have Rapid Manuevers unlocked, do the "Welcome to Cyrodiil" quest you get at your Alliance Base - there's no PVP involved and you'll get enough AP to unlock Rapid Manuevers which is a big speed boost for your mount. If you are new to Cyrodiil, I recommend doing the quest instead of just talking to the Grand Warlord because it explains the transitus shrines to "fast travel" around Cyrodiil pretty well.
3. Get stealthy. Bring invisibility potions or other stealthy gear if you want to avoid other players. Be aware, stealth works on players but players also have means of detecting you! Use line of sight to your advantage. Finally, if you are creeping around in stealth, other players who see you may assume you are a ganker waiting to pounce, so don't be surprised if you do get attacked.
4. Get tanky. For a pacifist run, this may seem odd. After all, you aren't going to fight back. However, gankers often go for low health, squishy targets so by getting tankier, you have a better chance of not getting targeted.

The Quests for Pacifists
Event Tickets are gained from the following methods: https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/57605
Battleground quests from Battlemaster Rivyn
Scouting, Battle, Warfront, and Conquest Missions
Elder Scroll capture and recapture quests
Town quests in Vlastarus, Bruma, Cropsford, Cheydinhal, and Chorrol
Imperial City daily quests (Requires The Sublime Protector)

Scouting: (VERY EASY) Obtained from your Alliance Base quest boards, this quest will send you to a random enemy-controlled resource, where the quest will prompt you to stop, jot down a few notes and return to base. This is easily completed from stealth, usually requires lots of riding.

Battle: Capture a Resource - (MEDIUM) Obtained from your Alliance Base quest boards, the quest will send you to capture a random enemy controlled resource. You can get credit by being presetn when your alliance captured the resource or you can solo a resource yourself. As long as no enemy players show up to defend the resource, this is an entirely PVE fight. There will be guards defending a tower, worker NPCs, and a few wandering guards. You need to kill the guards standing on the flag and stand on it long enough for the flag to change color to your alliance. Other people may have slightly different tactics they can share. When I solo a resource, I typically kill the guards at the entrance to the tower along with any nearby wanderers, go into the tower to kill the mage at the top, then rush out to kill the four guards on the flag. (I save my ultimate for players, but for a pacifist run, go ahead and ulti drop the guards on the flag.) The guards do respawn, so it may take some practice to get the timing right so you can kill them all and flip the flag. Be aware that other players can see on their map (and on PC, their addons) when a resource flag is being flipped by another alliance.

Conquest: (HARD) Capture 9 Resources - same thing as above, just 9 different resources, obtained from the Conquest quest board.

Capture a Keep/Outpost: (HARD) If you have the quest active and you are on the grounds of the keep or outpost when it is captured by your alliance, you will get credit for the quest, whether or not you participated in the battle. Obviously, there's a high risk of PVP involvement with this one, even though technically you don't have to PVP to complete it.

Conquest: (HARD) Capture 3 keeps/outposts, same thing as above, just 3 different keeps/outposts, obtained from the Conquest quest board.

Conquest: Capture All 3 Towns - (HARD) Obtained from the Conquest Board, this quest requires you to take the flags (or be present when the town is captured for your alliance) at Vlastarus, Bruma, Cropsford. Each town has 3 flags that all need to be turned. Two flags have NPC guards, and the last flag has no guards. Like with resources, the guards will respawn and can turn the flag back to their alliance, so I recommend starting with the non-NPC flag so you have time to kill the others and flip their flags. You may run into enemy players who are questing in the town or enemy PVPers looking to capture the town for their alliance transitus. Bruma has a a Dark Anchor which can also complicate matters. While you can do this method, its one of the harder ways to get your event ticket compared to...

Cyrodiil Town Quests (VERY EASY)
The Cyrodiil Town Quests are easy, entirely PVE objective quests where the real threat comes from other players. Remember that Bruma, Vlastarus, and Cropsford have Alliance flags and matching NPCs who may oppose you if you are the other alliances or help you if you are the matching one. Also remember that even though you are pursuing a PVE quest, the entire zone of Cyrodiil is PVP-enabled and that some PVPers can and will watch these quest spots so they can easily fill their own PVP Bounty quests. In short, its really easy questing unless an enemy player spots you and then it gets really hard
(PVP Flags) Bruma: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Bruma
(PVP Flags) Vlastarus: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Vlastarus
(PVP Flags) Cropsford: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Cropsford
Chorrol: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Chorrol ; https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Weynon_Priory
Cheydinhal: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Cheydinhal

Imperial City Daily Quests (EASY, with Sublime Protector achievement already unlocked)
Complete the Imperial City main quest in order to unlock a daily quest for each of the District. The quests themselves are pretty simple "Kill X enemy to gather Y item and do Z thing" type quests. Like the Town Quests, most of the difficulty is intended to come from other players in the area.
If you don't have the Imperial City Main Quest completed, you'll have to do the entire quest chain to unlock these dailies. See the Story Quests here: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Imperial_City
Note: Imperial City has a lot of miniboss mobs. The quest bosses for the Arena and Temple district quests may be more difficult for solo players to tackle. Imperial City's close quarters and Tel Var also attracts a lot of gankers, so be prepared to be attacked even if you are obviously questing. Items like the "Sigil of Imperial Retreat" purchaseable in your sewer base can be very helpful for getting back to safety quickly.


How to get Event Tickets without any PVP at all on your part (Just a LOT of Patience and Luck)
There is one quest that awards an Event Ticket that does not require you to leave the safety of your Alliance Gates at all.

Capture/Recapture an Elder Scroll

However, it requires a certain about of patience and luck.
You must have the correct Elder Scroll quest and be in Cyrodiil.
Your alliance must capture the Elder Scroll and place it in its Scroll Temple or in a home keep.
When the Elder Scroll is placed in its Temple/Home Keep, everyone in Cyrodiil with the quest gets credit for it.

This method is best used on a populated, competitive campaign, because you are depending entirely on the PVPers in your alliance to go out, captue/recapture a scroll, and share the quest with you (unless you were lucky enough to get it from the Grand Warlord before your alliannce grabbed the scroll). Be aware that once your alliance holds the Elder Scroll, you cannot obtain that quest from the Grand Warlord and it must be shared with you.


What to do when you die (because its PVP and everyone dies)

• Try not to get upset. Everyone dies in PVP-enabled zones, especially if you are choosing not to fight back for pacifist reasons. More power to you for going for the event tickets anyway!
• Rez up at your nearest home keep, ride back and try again.
• If you keep dying to the same person, you've got a couple choices. 1) Try to quest somewhere else. 2) Go to zone chat and say "LFG for Town Quests" or form your own group so you can get assistance and be less of a target, 3) Go to zone chat, say "So-and-so is being a jerk to questers, can anyone help me out?" The PVPers will probably laugh and make fun of both you and the ganker and maybe someone will swing by and clear him out for you or offer to group up and help with the questing.
• Ignore the jerks. Some PVPers can be rude with they kill you. Don't let them stress you out and the best way to deal with them is to ignore them. Telling them you are a quester or replying to or with hate tells usually only makes it worse. If you do receive a tell you think is against the TOS, however, go ahead and report that.
• There are some quest-giver buildings where combat is enabled despite requiring you to pass through a load screen. If enemy players have set up inside those buildings, you might well be dead before you load in. Don't bang your head against a wall trying to pry them out. (This is technically not an exploit, but feel free to inform ZOS anyway because IMO, ZOS ought to fix those buildings.)

I myself am going to be happily PVPing this Midyear Mayhem. For everyone who hates PVP for varied and entirely valid reasons and wants these Event Tickets anyway, I wish you the best of luck during this Event and hope this guide helps you obtain your desire.

Best of luck!


Additional Quests for Players who want to try out PVP
Even though ESO PVP has changed since 2018, this is still an overall solid guide to PVP: Joy's 2018 Advice for Midyear Mayhem

Bounty: Kill 20 Players / 20 Sorcs/Wardens/Templars/etc: (EASY-HARD)
Note: This quest is technically not listed as giving event tickets, but the Conquest version of it is.
The difficulty of this quest depends on your playstyle. If you are new to PVP, here are some tips for scoring easy kills:

• Group up with other PVPers. You'll see plenty of LFG and guild groups picking up players from zone chat. Don't be shy! Strength in numbers is a great thing in PVP when you are new. If you do join a group, try to stick with the group and follow whoever has the crown symbol. Grouping up will also give you credit from your groupmates' kills, though note that you must get the killing blow for achievements like Wrath of the Whitestrake.
• Grab siege weapons and use them when capturing or defending a keep. Oils and Meatbag Catapults are your best siege weapons versus players., along with any coldfire weapons you get from the rewards. Ballistas and Trebuchets are effective against walls. If you are having trouble getting killing blows for achievements, siege weapons are a great tool!

Conquest: Kill 40 Players
Same as above, just more players. I've had issues with this quest before, so if you are grouped up and not getting credit for kills, try fighting solo alongside the group and see if you get credit.

Battlegrounds (EASY-HARD)
Let the Games Begin: Participate in five Battlegrounds matches.
Test of Mettle: Earn one thousand Medal Points in a Battleground (Not necessarily in one match, I believe)
To the Victor: Win three Battlegrounds matches.
Again, the difficulty of these quests depends on your playstyle and the opponents you'll face. A few tips:

• Stick with your teammates. Again, there is strength in numbers. If you've got Heals Over Time, use them proactively, and cross-heal your teammates when you can.
• Play the Objective. If its a Capture the Relic match, don't play it like a Deathmatch. I found it really helpful to read over the different gamemodes before I started Battlegrounds the first time: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Battlegrounds
• Adjust your build for No CP. If you normally play with CP, the biggest difference you'll feel is the lack of sustain. It'll feel like you are constantly running low on resources. So consider using a gear set (in impenetrable!) that boosts your resources as well as food/potions that give you resources.

Again best of luck!

The strongest side - content of Elder Scrolls Online are AWESOME players who try to help others to create equally awesome community - these players are motivated not by money or gold or crowns... motivated by love for the ESO lore, FUN and gameplay. Well done sir!

TheTwistedRune

Unfadingsilence wrote: »

I truly cant wait until midyear mayham later on today
https://youtu.be/RRte61dVwAo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIIuR-HjFho

zaria

Nerouyn wrote: »

Good advice but I think you missed a few.

Low population isn't the only consideration.

Look at the relative population of different factions and also the map.

Once you've set a campaign as your home one you can open the map at any time and navigate to Cyrodiil / Imperial City. If your faction currently dominates then that's generally a safer time to pop in if your goal is avoid pvp.

This is the most important part i say.
All events tend to have an frenzy start, unless in an guild run stay away from the towns the first day. Do an scouting mission if you don't want to do pvp.

After a few days the overflow campaigns tend to be one purely red, one yellow and one blue.
Making them pretty safe to go in and farm town quests. Other factions can still go here but if they die they will end up back at their border fort and have to ride back so few bother. This is also an good time to get the skyshards.

The color of the PvE campaigns tend to flip a bit since some will want to take all the undefended keeps and its an easy way to become emperor too

Maxx7410

FIGHT OR DIE

Hotel6

Wtf is pvp pacifits

iALEXi

This is actually a really nice idea of you!
Might be very helpful for players and may reduce some complaining on forums eventually.
Like the grades from easy-hard, good work and agree.
Nice