Now I know a lot of people probably already have hate in their blood by just looking at the title.
But this needs to be said.
Night capping is just Horrible for PvP. And recently it seems like less and less people play during the day or night time (18-22) and more during Early morning times like 1-5 AM
PvP at launch used to be a beautiful Expierience that no other game could ever recreate, this is why this Night capping is infuriating me beyond expression.
For the PvE'ers and the ones that do not know, Night capping is when the enemy PvP'ers in Cyrodiil, ON PURPOSE Change their sleeping schedule so that they wake up at about 4-6 AM just so they can get a full group to capture all the defencless keeps to get their (IMO) Un deserved Emporer to the throne, and to take the scrolls of the opposing factions.
This is a really sad and pathetic thing to, which should stop a lot of people from doing so. BUT there will always be the odd few that will do this just so they can win PvP. Right now PvP just seems to be a game of who can stay up the latest and who can have the most poeple online during 4-6 am.
This has to be fixed some way or another because honestly this just ruins the PvP experience, since (Actual example that happend) a faction like the Dc can just win the whole Campain because the nightcapped emporer and Took scroll with a full zerg and 5 am (Multiple times during the Campaign of course). Has PvP really come to just night capping?
Now I know @ZoS Has mentioned that they are aware of the countless amounts of Night caps and how it is ruining the PvP experience of players.
Im not sure what they are planning to do to fix this but I've heard a couple of suggestion on Zone chat.
A good Way to fix this would be to Buff the NPC's so that you would NEED a full zerg to kill them (of course this has its flaws aswell as you can kill anything with a couple of ballista bolts)
Another way I found to be not too bad was to Limit how many keeps can be Capped during a night cap, so lets say during 3-8 am only the EP keeps untile Arrius can be capped and no further. This is not too bad of a way but I could see this also causing some problems one way or another.
I've heard lots of other good Ideas on BWB campaign and im sure lots of people have good ideas on how to fix this PvP breaking issue! And if you have one you can always tell it down below!
I hope Zeni will soon fix this as I hate this Night capping BS and it just makes me so mad (even if my faction does it, and will get mad at the people who do it in my faction). Whatever way Zeni will aim to fix this, I hope it is a good flawless way that wont hinder the normal PvP experience and that it will be put into place soon!
Enjoy your New Year!
Thalia, I live in NZ but I'm not sure when I am allowed to play. Could you please pay my sub and let me know? Thanks.
Jessica Folsom wrote:It's a very grey area.
Huckdabuck wrote: »What about them pesky morning cappers and then the worst ones who are prime time cappers? If a map is a solid color it only means one thing......the other two factions got out played (doesn't matter what time of the day it is). End of story and please just stop with the QQ as it's not even worth mentioning 2 years after launch.
Huckdabuck wrote: »What about them pesky morning cappers and then the worst ones who are prime time cappers? If a map is a solid color it only means one thing......the other two factions got out played (doesn't matter what time of the day it is). End of story and please just stop with the QQ as it's not even worth mentioning 2 years after launch.
I must say,
My faction got really outplayed at 5am in the morning when suddenly 2 zergs of 'aussie players' (sarcasm) came online at only 1 faction...... dont act like night capping doest happen and that we just got 'outplayed'
Jessica Folsom wrote:It's a very grey area.
Didn't you say you are asleep when this happens?I dont think it would just be a couples of Aussies playing at our night time when in the morning every keep is taken....
If it was just a couple of Aussies playing at that time it might be just like 2-3 keeps more (couting in defences of the other Aussies, NZ etc) that are playing on the other factions.
Didn't you say you are asleep when this happens?I dont think it would just be a couples of Aussies playing at our night time when in the morning every keep is taken....
If it was just a couple of Aussies playing at that time it might be just like 2-3 keeps more (couting in defences of the other Aussies, NZ etc) that are playing on the other factions.
Then how do you know it's "just a couple" of players from other timezones?
I'm pretty sure the whole countries of Australia and New Zealand can manage to get 20 players in a group during their prime time. Which would be plenty to take your keeps and scrolls.
Heck, they may even have opposition and real battles and sieges and duels, all while you're counting sheep ...
This argument is pathetic just be happy that Cyrodill always has action at some time, even if it's minimal if a group of Australians want to play and have fun and cap the map then who cares, it's the only time they can play, I'm sure it doesn't matter when it hits prime time and gives people something to do.
get a grip
Didn't you say you are asleep when this happens?I dont think it would just be a couples of Aussies playing at our night time when in the morning every keep is taken....
If it was just a couple of Aussies playing at that time it might be just like 2-3 keeps more (couting in defences of the other Aussies, NZ etc) that are playing on the other factions.
Then how do you know it's "just a couple" of players from other timezones?
I'm pretty sure the whole countries of Australia and New Zealand can manage to get 20 players in a group during their prime time. Which would be plenty to take your keeps and scrolls.
Heck, they may even have opposition and real battles and sieges and duels, all while you're counting sheep ...
It's a 24/7 server and campaign, and not everyone lives in North America. Your 4AM could be someone else's prime time. Anyone has the right to pvp whenever they want as much as they want.
If you don't like the way that the map looks when you wake up in the morning, flip it back! It's what the oceanic players did when they woke up and logged on
Nobody seriously expects players in different time zones to respect their map gains... do they?
Didn't you say you are asleep when this happens?I dont think it would just be a couples of Aussies playing at our night time when in the morning every keep is taken....
If it was just a couple of Aussies playing at that time it might be just like 2-3 keeps more (couting in defences of the other Aussies, NZ etc) that are playing on the other factions.
Then how do you know it's "just a couple" of players from other timezones?
I'm pretty sure the whole countries of Australia and New Zealand can manage to get 20 players in a group during their prime time. Which would be plenty to take your keeps and scrolls.
Heck, they may even have opposition and real battles and sieges and duels, all while you're counting sheep ...
But it seems strange to have so many more players on one faction than the other. So much that they can litereally do whatever the hell they want....
Didn't you say you are asleep when this happens?I dont think it would just be a couples of Aussies playing at our night time when in the morning every keep is taken....
If it was just a couple of Aussies playing at that time it might be just like 2-3 keeps more (couting in defences of the other Aussies, NZ etc) that are playing on the other factions.
Then how do you know it's "just a couple" of players from other timezones?
I'm pretty sure the whole countries of Australia and New Zealand can manage to get 20 players in a group during their prime time. Which would be plenty to take your keeps and scrolls.
Heck, they may even have opposition and real battles and sieges and duels, all while you're counting sheep ...
But it seems strange to have so many more players on one faction than the other. So much that they can litereally do whatever the hell they want....
How do you know how many each faction has on? You are supposed to be sleeping. Maybe your factions off hour players suck.
In all seriousness, we know that nightcapping, morning capping etc happen, but you can't really stop it without being unfair to people who don't share your prime time. And even if it is your primetime, what do you do when it is obvious that you have the population advantage? Do you stop PvPing? Do you make sure everything is fair and balanced before you take keeps? How many enemy players have to be on for you to be okay with taking their keep? Or are you just mad that people play with your toys when you aren't there?
Your nightcap is Aussie's primetime.