Are you kidding? I absolutely enjoy how my Enforcer character can gank criminal scum in the streets and ...


... oh wait.

I just wish traveling wasn't such a *** in Cyrodil. The map is too big and there aren't enough players to utilize it. In that, there's only like one battle going on in the entire zone.

dalldubspell wrote: »

I just wish traveling wasn't such a *** in Cyrodil. The map is too big and there aren't enough players to utilize it. In that, there's only like one battle going on in the entire zone.

Are you using the port stone to port to keeps in your supply line? from there it only takes a few minutes to ride your horse to the next keep. Upgrade your horse riding skill every day and your horse gets much faster.

If you dont like the big army battles dont go to them. Go to the towns on the map and do their quests. You can also go to teh enemies territory and hunt enemy players doing the quests in their towns.

Also since everyone can sneak you can wiat at key locations on the road and pick off enemy players

If you are under level 49 make sure you are in a NON vet campaign.

dalldubspell wrote: »

I'm really struggling to see how it is fun. All that ever happens is dozens of people from two teams running at each other, and usually it's whoever has the most people wins. Siege engines are a joke because seeing exactly what you are hitting with them is difficult.

Yes, a lot of players like working in large groups, but there is still skill involved in those battles, and it's not always the greater numbers that win. If you don't like that style of fighting (which is something I too don't particularly like) there are still smaller-scale battles that can be found around the edges or these 'zergs' and elsewhere. One just has to be a little clever.

It's true that siege engines take a little to get use to, and in some situations it can be very difficult to see what you're hitting. However, with a little practice I believe you can overcome this problem. Like anything they're a skill that can take a little time to master. They can be very useful in Cyrodiil.

dalldubspell wrote: »

Also, you spend most of the time running around trying to get to the one battle that's happening on the gigantic map. And when you die, you have to run forever to get to the battle again. I'm very disappointed in the PvP.

At present this is the main consequence of dying in Cyrodiil. Your spacial dislocation from the battlefront, and subsequent riding back to where the action is, is intended. It's an important mechanic which without it would make such things as taking territory/forts/etc extremely difficult as well as completely trivializing the value of your character's 'life'.

dalldubspell wrote: »

Anyone else agree? If you disagree, maybe you could shed some light as to what makes pvp fun in this game.

It's true PvP is not perfect. There are some gross mechanic imbalances still and when the lag hits inevitably in large battles, the game is often unplayable. It can however be extremely enjoyable too. It's best to try and keep in mind that PvP is interacting with/against other players and as such the experience is unpredictable; you have to take the good with the bad.

At the end of the day, like everything else, PvP in Cyrodiil is not for everyone. If you've found that through experience you do not like it, then it's probably best to not take part in that aspect of the game.

dalldubspell wrote: »

Anyone else agree? If you disagree, maybe you could shed some light as to what makes pvp fun in this game.

Sorry I missed this and didn't address it.

I love the fact that I am constantly having to do the classic OODA loop. I play a magicka nb and most of the time I wander around the back lines looking for targets. So it's always Observe, Orient, Decide and then Act. The game requires that you really hone your situational awareness. There are so many intricacies to your build and how it interacts with other builds.

Strategically the game is well designed to focus player combat along the inner ring and then into the back home keeps/scroll temples. Having three factions with the symmetrical layout provides an nice negative feedback mechanism to keep play balanced assuming that populations are balanced as well. I think it speaks a lot for the design that each side is convinced that the other two are always forming a choose your color alliance against them.

Right now on Azura, EP was making a Chalamo last stand against the combined AD and DC forces so they could keep their emperor on the throne. EP had intercepted a DC scroll retrieval and brought the scroll to keep as well. High drama. I had to get off because of the tyranny of netflix and dsl but it was really fun fighting off wave after wave of smurfs and bananas. I hope they held. Countless stories like this one have been told around the campfires since the game launched.

Finally, the game is beautiful. I love the gritty aesthetics of the armor. I take time off from pvp to just go fishing and admire the scenery. Finally caught that blue Rainbow Zendar!

Honestly, if it wasn't for those seemingly endless damage shields and roll dodging(yes, I know roll dodging is going to be nerfed), I think PvP might be a bit more enjoyable. It still has potential, it just needs some changes, well, maybe more than some.

CMG138 wrote: »

Honestly, if it wasn't for those seemingly endless damage shields and roll dodging(yes, I know roll dodging is going to be nerfed), I think PvP might be a bit more enjoyable. It still has potential, it just needs some changes, well, maybe more than some.

I don't find roll dodging a problem, it is a bit of an annoyance, but you can overcome it. Damage shields are hard on sorcs though I must admit.

ScruffyWhiskers wrote: »

The pvp in this game is the best in an mmo to date that I have ever played. And I'm an old gheezer (over 50). Started out playing UO back in 97. Back in my day we had to run uphill to go retrieve our corpses....both ways!

Seriously, the look, feel and game play of the pvp is second to none in my opinion. I really hope this game has a long run.

same - started on UO, and then EQ, quit MMO's took a 15 year break. back on ESO - the pvp is very good/fluid/skill based not like archeage/WoW/other mmo's where you just click on rotation 1 - 30 on timers... yes it does suffer form lag and occasional glitches but better than anything else out there. I moved to PS4. much better experience than on PC

You give me an arena for my small time fix (which I badly need), you fix the lag in Cyro when i feel like zerg surfing, and im golden for a decade.