Exploit - Caltrops the Arena Door

ACHILLES 343i · September 2015

I've noticed from a couple days of Imperial City play that people are using Caltrops to prevent opposing factions into the arena. It goes like this: whoever is inside will constantly throw Caltrops at the doorway, and since you cannot access the entrance in combat it is virtually impossible to enter. Is this working as intended?

OGLezard · September 2015

Lolololol it is not an exploit

Elsir · September 2015

I'm not going to say it's working as intended, but I will say that if there are people in there preventing the ability for an enemy to enter, then the person trying to enter is probably trying to do so with the intent of being in the way or a general nuisance in the first place. Again, not saying it's intended, but it definitely puts on hold any interruption from kill-stealers, quest gankers, etc etc.

dlepi24 · September 2015

I bet when you're in there you're probably yelling at everyone to get caltrops on the door. However, when you can't get in it's an exploit, right?

ACHILLES 343i · September 2015

I actually don't care too much about it. Just wanted to slaughter the yellows inside, but it was perma-caltrops lol I'm a pvp player bud, the guys camping inside are PvE farmers

Levo18 · September 2015

Yeah me and guildies already filled support Tickets its ridiculous that some idiots preventing me to enjoy my PAID content. Ill cancel the sub if @ZOS doesnt do something about it

Xendyn · September 2015

Maybe we should call it a Chickensploit?

r.jan_emailb16_ESO · September 2015

Yeah it's ***.

ACHILLES 343i · September 2015

Look guys, im not blowing it up to be a OMFG EXPLOIT NERF PLOX. I just wanna see all 3 factions in that *** battling it out!

driosketch · September 2015

I noticed this the first day regarding doors and combat. Had just gotten a chest when someone jumped me. Was close to base so tried to escape home. No good, even tried to escape through the dungeon which ultimately got me killed in the tunnel. Felt like those days when keep doors were constantly bugged and you would het killed wasting time trying to get through them.

Personally, I don't think combat should prevent you from accessing any door in PvP. PvE either for that matter, including banks when fighting a guard.

Shader_Shibes · September 2015

I wonder if those 5 pact players wish they done that today to prevent me from interrupting their fun xD

ACHILLES 343i · September 2015

all i gathered from that is: i can 1vX get on my level kid! :P

Recremen · September 2015

PvEers can use it to get their achievements in if they're worried about PvP (or even PvE) zergs coming in and overwhelming them. PvPers can use it to gate fights so a losing enemy can't just keep spawning up and jumping back in. Really, unless someone is there spamming it for hours I don't see how this is inappropriate. Unless you happen to have been part of the blue zerg my friends and I got the other day using this method. Then I could see a reason to be mad.

ACHILLES 343i · September 2015

Yeah, but this isn't your typical posting up in a resource with daedric mines, caltrops, batswarm, etc. This is just plain closing the door with a single button... lol

Recremen · September 2015

ACHILLES 343i wrote: »

Yeah, but this isn't your typical posting up in a resource with daedric mines, caltrops, batswarm, etc. This is just plain closing the door with a single button... lol

Well, unless they're all on that one quest, they need to leave the same way they came in eventually. You could stealth to the side and bomb them when they eventually try to escape!

Emma_Overload · September 2015

The problem here isn't Caltrops (or the players using it), the problem is the fact that you can't open doors in combat. This never affected me before, but it's terrible in the Imperial City.