Hey everyone,
I came back to ESO a couple of weeks ago when I really got fed up with the state of WvW / AvA and Guild Wars 2 in general. At first I enjoyed playing some nice PVE here again and created a new toon to get a feel for the combat system. So far I really enjoy being back in a TES game and a couple of days ago I first stepped into a Cyrodiil campaign as I never experienced it before I left at all.
I have been exclusively playing Word versus World in GW2, got really hooked with the community and playing with other guys/gals for "our" server Riverside. I even became a part-time commander/ group leader for our server.
With that in mind, stepping into Cyrodiil for the first time was kind of a shock. The huge map really boggled my mind, since the GW2 equivalent is tiny in comparison. But I thought...hey it will essentially be the same....so be a noob and just get on with it.
During my first 3 days I could see a lot of differences which i still need to get used to. Siege for one thing is totally different than what I knew from GW2. In GW2 only the commander places the siege and it has to be build with supplies that are carried by the players. So seeing so much siege being placed by all players around me was a surprise. Or that you have to repair the damage made to the structure after you have taken it....was surprising too.
Needless to say I then went to the siege merchant guy and bought some repairkits and siege and soulgems to be of some kind of use for my alliance/group
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But besides learning some basics as I went along... I still am kind of at a loss if I'm doing the right thing.
Concerning siege: should anyone really place and operate siege no matter what? Or should there always be enough people around defending the siege-user?
Communication always seems to be restricted to the zone or group chat. In GW2 nearly every "server"/faction uses a
community teamspeak, even if not every player will use it. But it really is better for leading a group as a commander. Using the chat is a fundemental disadvantage I think...so are there any community teamspeak server for Azura Star / Dominion alliance....or are only guilds using these sort of things? I kinda miss yelling "Inc from behind" and talking to our guys while running around. And actually leading my group around.
Now
fighting other players is still a real challenge for me. I have a V6 Nightblade and I have tried to use "proper" gear (hundings and nightmother) but I seem to really be at a loss to evaluate my damage output versus other players. Does my gear and my rank and those CP really matter so much that in the end my V6 stamina NB is just a twink and cannon fodder for everyone around?
I really don't mind dieing but I don't want to be a burden for my team also. So is blue V6 gear garbage while fighting with the "big boys"? Should I level my first toon to v16 instead and then come back with proper gear?
I really enjoy playing in Cyrodiil regardless. And I do believe that GW2 World v. World pales in comparison. If only the lags...but okay, GW2 has them too.
Anyway, I would really appreciate it if any of you could help a newbie out. Any yes....another NB running around in Azura. But: I made this toon way back when NB were really not that common and hated
Cu around and don't teabag my noob-corpse please