Q4 new PvP thing….just an observation on what it might be…

Grendalism · July 10

I might be wrong, but I vaguely remember earlier in the year that the 2024 ‘roadmap’ had a new PvP thing in Q4.

Obviously the ‘usual sites’ now have u43 info in them, which includes future crown store items.

I find it interesting that there are 2x mounts both with “Jouster” in their name….

..Is this a subtle hint that the new PvP activity will be jousting? (Maybe some for of 1st person view involving riding speed, timing and cursor positioning)
…?against another player and obviously if dismounted then continues as standard dueling?

Just a thought, that’s all…but what do you lot think?

Militan1404 · July 10

That actually sound kind of somewhat fun, always wanted battles on horseback in eso. I know it was never gonna happen but what i was hopening for was a new pvp zone like Imperial city, but since IC wasnt a sucsess guess that aint gonna happen.

vsrs_au · July 10

But... the 2 jousting players would technically be in combat, but they'd also be mounted... uh... uh... <head explodes>

fizzylu · July 10

I'm going to laugh so hard if it's jousting.

gronoxvx · July 10

It would mean that zos fixed the stuck in combat bug. Which wont ever happen. Sorry to kill your vibe.

Seraphayel · July 10

This sounds like a Tales of Tribute level feature nobody ever asked for. I for sure hope this is not it.

Poss · July 10

We don’t want anything new, fix Cyrodiil and keep updating it

divnyi · July 10

Jousting in a game with horses as responsive as in ESO?
They'd have to screw everyone up just to balance it up, do we really want it?

Anumaril · July 10

That's way too good an idea to be implemented. More likely is they'll be a reward for some random event in Cyrodiil, maybe a High Isle anniversary event.

React · July 10

Poss wrote: »

We don’t want anything new, fix Cyrodiil and keep updating it

Speak for yourself. It's been a decade of cyrodiil, and it's performed well for maybe 1-2 years maximum out of that decade, including the 6 months or so after the hardware replacement. It is quite clear that they are not capable of fixing those issues, so at this point I'd much prefer they stop wasting time on it and instead develop something new and interesting for us to engage with.

Honestly I'd be happy with them removing all but one cyrodiil campaign and then introducing a new, smaller group oriented PVP zone that takes care to avoid the things which cause the majority of the cyrodiil lag (12 man group size, objectives which encourage faction stacking, etc).

Reverb · July 10

The predictions about a Duel Finder being the new feature seem more realistic than jousting.

Joy_Division · July 10

After what the update turned out for housing, I really wouldn;t get your hopes up.

Photosniper89 · July 10

Reverb wrote: »

The predictions about a Duel Finder being the new feature seem more realistic than jousting.

After seeing their new housing "system" is this exactly where I would put my money at.

React · July 10

Reverb wrote: »

The predictions about a Duel Finder being the new feature seem more realistic than jousting.

Did they tease TOT as pvp content before announcing it? I actually can't remember.

Veinblood1965 · July 10

Reverb wrote: »

The predictions about a Duel Finder being the new feature seem more realistic than jousting.

Lol because clearly there is a quite a demand. People are duelling everywhere all the time(sarcasm btw). I sincerely hope that is not it. Now the ability to rush into a battle on a mount and do damage jousting like would be fun.

ragnarok6644b14_ESO · July 10

My prediction:

Opt-in-only overland PVP

*ducks*

Drammanoth · July 10

It won't be any thing spectacular, so don't get your hopes up high.

ZOS has to hype us up before revealing something that may not be as EXTRA-ULTRA-HYPER innovative, so bear this in mind.

But ofc, if they DO announce something jaw-dropping, I'll edit this post, saying I WAS WRONG.

SkaraMinoc · July 10

Jousting should've been a mini game at Castle Navire in High Isle.

tomofhyrule · July 10

I very much think it'll be ranked duelling. After all, the current duelling in the game gives, what, 30 total achievement points, a title, and the ability to buy one furnishing? That's not much. Give it a queue, reward boxes, a leaderboard, a daily quest, and it'll feel like much more of a thing instead of just something to do when you're bored (or, as some people think, something to do when you want to annoy people in the middle of cities with effects spam).

For anyone who's thinking the new mode will be anything more than that, I do wish you the best. But one thing that I think a lot of PvPers forget about is that PvP is - generously speaking - less than popular among the greater playerbase. Sure, PvP is widely overrepresented on the forums, but there are already forum threads complaining about primetime PvP not being able to even get to max population on some servers. If you make another whole mode, where is it going to get players if not by stealing players from the other PvP modes? I have a feeling that, even if this new PvP mode was the greatest thing since sliced bread, people would be unhappy because then they'd be 'forced' to play the new mode since the population in the other three modes just isn't there.

There was a thread a bit ago that essentially asked that question: how can we get PvErs and casuals interested in PvP? And the answer was... honestly nothing. Most of the pure PvErs and casuals who answered said they would never jump into PvP. (It also didn't help that some of the PvErs claimed "I don't like the toxicity" and then some PvPers responded with something along the lines of "that's because you suck at the game.") Knowing that, if people want more people to play PvP, then there's little hope of a new PvP mode inspiring a bunch of ESO players to jump the fence, it'd have to be something that inspires PvPers to come join ESO from other games. Otherwise, if you take a small population and spread it thinner... it's starting to look like a reasonable thing if the new Q4 update is something that doesn't remove many people from the existing modes and gets them out quickly to go do other PvP.

tsaescishoeshiner · July 10

React wrote: »

Reverb wrote: »

The predictions about a Duel Finder being the new feature seem more realistic than jousting.

Did they tease TOT as pvp content before announcing it? I actually can't remember.

No, but they have referred to player-versus-player ToT matches as "PvP" sometimes (because it is), and sometimes people bring it up to blame ToT for no new PvP content. It would be pretty hard to confuse ToT for what happens in battlegrounds lol.

RomanRex · July 11

Q4 jousting = Q3 new housing feature

more junk no one wants or asked for

Twohothardware · July 11

The greatest thing they could ever do for PvP is find a way to bring Crossplay. The PvP player bases are too small split up between three platforms and two different regions. One Alliance always has double or more numbers late at night and caps the whole map.

Alaztor91 · July 11

They are also adding 2 new Companions with the Q4 update right? and I guess the first ones to be base game/non-Chapter related. This obviously leads to one simple conclusion...

¡¡COMPANION vs COMPANION!!

Fight for honor and glory in this epic brand new PvP mode for The Elder Scrolls Online. Pick the best equipment and carefully plan what skills your loyal follower will use and test them against other players in this exciting new game mode!!

To start a match simply approach another player and use the interaction menu to select the new ''CvC'' option. If the other player accepts your request a 10s countdown will begin to allow you to choose which of your Companions will fight(will default to the last one used if none is picked)

As you hone your strategy and compete against others, you’ll earn new companion skills and gear, furnishings, cosmetics, Transmute Crystals and more!!

Looking for a relaxed match for fun and profit? Queue up in the Activity Finder for a casual game against another player!!

Ranked Seasons with hefty rewards and leaderboards will be available in the following months.

but seriously it's probably just ranked dueling/dueling queue

moderatelyfatman · July 11

The new PvP feature is a bonus deck for Tales of Tribute.

DreadKnight · July 11

jousting? if so, how are we expected to mout when we're STILL STUCK IN COMBAT?

LunaFlora · July 11

moderatelyfatman wrote: »

The new PvP feature is a bonus deck for Tales of Tribute.

it is not as we already get that anyways.

Muizer · July 11

Drammanoth wrote: »

ZOS has to hype us up before revealing something that may not be as EXTRA-ULTRA-HYPER innovative, so bear this in mind.

To be frank, ZOS have been doing pretty much the opposite of hyping. The only thing I've heard is a single statement that there would be "something for PvP" which was downplayed in the same breath with "but not for Cyrodiil". Then silence.

RaddlemanNumber7 · July 11

Medieval "jousting" tournaments involved a lot more than jousting. Perhaps there will be other tournament activities, e.g battle royale.

Sleep724 · July 11

Prolly time to accept Cyrodill will never be fixed. Better off shutting it down, converting it to a PvE zone and create a new zone in oblivion for a large scale PvP.

If it actually is jousting, lol.

Lmao.

xylena_lazarow · July 11

If the entire PvP update was AP tripots that probably wouldn't even be a bad thing. Hoping for FFA though.

CameraBeardThePirate · July 11

React wrote: »

Poss wrote: »

We don’t want anything new, fix Cyrodiil and keep updating it

Speak for yourself. It's been a decade of cyrodiil, and it's performed well for maybe 1-2 years maximum out of that decade, including the 6 months or so after the hardware replacement. It is quite clear that they are not capable of fixing those issues, so at this point I'd much prefer they stop wasting time on it and instead develop something new and interesting for us to engage with.

Honestly I'd be happy with them removing all but one cyrodiil campaign and then introducing a new, smaller group oriented PVP zone that takes care to avoid the things which cause the majority of the cyrodiil lag (12 man group size, objectives which encourage faction stacking, etc).

This.

Take IC for example. Despite all its faults, the PvP in IC works and runs 10000x better than Cyrodiil, even when heavily populated during events.

They can still have the feel of open world PvP with a smaller instanced map like IC. If there was more reason to go to IC, I'm sure more people would.

I'm not getting my hopes up for anything, because I'd bet my savings that the "feature" is going to be something as silly as a duel finder, but I would absolutely love something along the lines of IC - open world-ish in a smaller instanced map, and good rewards that actually encourage people to go there and PvP, not just PvDoor or sit in spawn heavy attacking mobs.