WarlordGrievous wrote: »

I'm proposing this question"Will/Do you think the new Tel Var Stones system will start up buff servers again?"
Or will the new core pvp updates here stop them? http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/180480/pvp-update-june-2015/p1

"Will the system start buff servers, or will the updates stop them"

If I answer yes, does that mean it will start them AND stop them?

If I answer No does that mean it won't start them, but it won't stop them?

It might be me but your question is worded weirdly.

The people who play on the empty servers are sooo bad one person could kill 2 bars of their population by standing still and casting steel tornado 5 times (I'm exaggerating a little but you get the idea). Anyways people can go farm on a buff server but all it takes is 1 good player to go in and take all their stones. It'll be like stealing candy from a baby.

Plus there is only like 2 dead servers atm and population will probably skyrocket when the update hits. So yeah, I doubt there will be anywhere to hide... Plus people will probably spread out across the campaigns because I think it'll be too chaotic to play in a crowded imperial city.

Actually this post will have a huge impact on the balance of imperial city and servers:

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/2024746/#Comment_2024746

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Enodoc wrote: »

So a question for either @ZOS_GinaBruno or @ZOS_BrianWheeler - does the paywall mean that ownership of specific keeps in Cyrodiil to gain access is no longer on the agenda?

On PTS we will be testing access the following access rules and deciding if certain campaigns have different Access rules or be universal across all Campaigns:

• Everyone has Access
• Access granted by owning your native 6 keeps
• Access granted by owning your native 6 keeps + 1 enemy keep
• Access granted by owning the majority of keeps

For clarification, "Access" means the doors in Cyrodiil around Lake Rumare (non slaughterfish side) that let you into the Sewers/City will let you click on them to go into the Sewers/City or not. These entrances will also be highlighted on your Cyrodiil map.

- If everyone has access, like I said in my previous post - no one will be safe. Unskilled players who choose to play imperial city on a 'buff server' won't be safe. Good players will have access to come in and kill them.

- However if there is a keep requirement, players could cap all keeps on the map creating a buff server and then they would be safe to farm imperial city with no danger until they lose some keeps.

- The problem with everyone having access though I think the popular campaigns imperial city has potential to become overcrowded chaos (this is just my speculation). Keep requirement is also a good way to balance out competitive servers.

Just my initial thoughts, I guess we'll just have to wait and see how it balances out.

@IxSTALKERxI
Another way to look at the potential keep requirement is a great means of griefing PvErs in the most satisfying way possible: cutting their access off by taking and holding 1 keep. After all these months of buff servers, serious PvPers have a lot of steam to blow off.

But it also has strategic value, as PvErs in Cyrodiil will prioritize the captured keep over any other push somewhere else in the map...



Wheeler mentioned they can set the access restrictions on a campaign by campaign basis, so in theory ZOS can actively fight IC servers by granting all the subdued alliances unrestricted access. If they're rule set allows them to go so far as assigning entry restrictions on a per alliance basis within each campaign... IC servers will never last, if they even begin.