Genuine PvP nub questions.

neiljwd · October 2014

So despite my initial resistance, I've done a tonne of PvP now, Esha(DC), on Eu Thornblade, I'm still pants, but I get by. Some questions.

What are defence ticks?
-Mostly I see them discussed on these forums, rather than chat.

How is an emperor crowned?
-Ownership of the 6 central ring keeps, and all 6 scrolls? Top AP earner on the faction gets it?

Do you get More AP per action on the 30 day servers, compared to the same action on a 7 day campaign?

When I heal a keep wall, why do I get more AP with my resto-staff equipped than other weapons?

Additional 'discussion question' Why are all the quests kill quests? I know healers get killcredit in kill groups, but is there not call for I dunno, a "Heal 50,000 points" quest?

Cody · October 2014

"defense ticks" are AP points you receive for defending a keep/outpost.

An emperor is crowned by the claiming of all 6 of the inner keeps for your faction. The number of scrolls your faction has is irrelevant to emperor crowning. The player with the most AP will be crowned emperor.

To de-throne an emperor/ress, all 6 of the inner keeps have to be captured from the faction with the emperor. ALL of them, not just one or 2.

All servers grant the same amount of AP. Servers with longer duration simply have more opportunity to be competitive than servers with a short duration.

the 4th question I don't know. I have never even heard of this. im sure someone else can answer this question.

As for the quests in PvP, you have the quest hubs, which are 5 towns that are spread out across cyrodill. There are more towns than just these 5, but these 5 are the general hubs. They are:

cheydinhall, EP territory

valestros(something with a V) in ADs territory

Weynon Priory and chorrol. Near DCs territory

Bruma, Northern part of the map, near FT. Dragonclaw.

Cropsford, in the middle of AD and EPs territory

the quests you receive at the main gate of your alliance are:

Scout mission, where you go to a set location and press "E" to write a scout report.

Bounty mission, where you have to kill 20 enemy players. it can be just to kill 20 players, or kill 20 of a specific class.

You have a mission where you have to capture a set resource

You have a mission where you have to capture a set keep(By set I mean designated, should have just said that, but im too lazy to go back thru and change it. lol)

And you can receive "Scroll missions" from the commanding officer of your alliance, where you have to recapture a stolen scroll, or capture an enemy scroll.

There are no "heal for <blank> amount of points" missions.

Hope this helped.

JamilaRaj · October 2014

I guess healer quests without additional checks would be super easy to complete without ever leaving safe zone.

As for APs in 30 day vs. 7 day campaigns: while the AP awarding algorithm may be same and it is not strictly matter of duration, 7 day campaign, which is lower pop, yields much lower AP gains, as there are simply no (or rarely) meat grinder camp-spam sieges, basically awarding people for dying stupidly (assuming they clashed with another zerg of same mindset).

neiljwd · October 2014

Yeah I was disappointed that 2 hours with an organised PvP guild capturing keeps and resources fgor 2 hours, earned less AP for me, than an hours idiot -all-out-assualt- at a keep we never take.

So how often do these defense ticks happen?

Sharee · October 2014

neiljwd wrote: »

So how often do these defense ticks happen?

AFAIK a defense(or offense) tick comes when the fighting is over - either the keep is captured or attackers are repelled and the keep no longer shows under attack ('on-fire') on the map.

Yusuf · October 2014

Sharee wrote: »

neiljwd wrote: »

So how often do these defense ticks happen?

AFAIK a defense(or offense) tick comes when the fighting is over - either the keep is captured or attackers are repelled and the keep no longer shows under attack ('on-fire') on the map.

80 seconds after the last enemy-player dies within the radius of the location you're defending.

neiljwd · October 2014

Oh coolio, cheers ty.

MiyaTheUnbroken · October 2014

There's may not be quests for healing in pvp, but there is an achievement for it. I do wish they'd acknowledge that people do more than kill in Cyrodiil. For instance, I ninja'd around DC's troops and burned 9 of their siege weapons before being spotted. I think that's a pretty nice accomplishment, but you don't get rewards for being a ninja, only for killing them.

neiljwd · October 2014

I have another nub question.
Do I earn different AP per action on my home server vs my guest server?
Or is a kill on my home server the same AP as guesting?

FluffiestOne · October 2014

neiljwd wrote: »

I have another nub question.
Do I earn different AP per action on my home server vs my guest server?
Or is a kill on my home server the same AP as guesting?

Same

Merlin13KAGL · October 2014

FluffiestOne wrote: »

neiljwd wrote: »

I have another nub question.
Do I earn different AP per action on my home server vs my guest server?
Or is a kill on my home server the same AP as guesting?

Same

AP is the same, but does not count towards your Home Alliance's overall ranking.

That is, you will level your Alliance rank via AP you earn, but guest instances do not credit points for your faction standing.

You only help 'the cause' when you are in your home campaign. I believe the tooltip/pop up mentions this when opting to enter or set a guest campaign.