Why is it that it seems AD just doesn't care about their standing at all anymore?

Aerius_Sygale · May 2016

In nearly if not all Campaigns, it seems like AD never puts a solid bunch together in any of them to take anything over, one night Haderus is almost exclusively full of DC controlled Keeps, then the next -day-, it is a bunch of EP controlled Keeps. AD just lets everyone else traipse all over them, I'm tired of being at the bottom of the barrel, wanting more but can't have it because I don't have allies of any meaningful number, just a few!

A little while ago was telling, it is seemingly largely made up of not all there players, trying to pass through a door of an enemy controlled Keep for all too much time, I'm surrounded by simpletons, outside of my closest inner circle of friends! >_< When the option to switch Alliances becomes a thing, I'm seriously considering it... DC or EP? I seem to see DC as a significant presence in a fair number of Campaigns if memory serves, hmm...

Edit: Talking about on the PS4 platform, NA megaserver.

Humphie · May 2016

Hey, might help to say what campaign and so...cause I was just like...eeeeeeh? Not where I play.

Aerius_Sygale · May 2016

Well, Home is currently set as Haderus, but the other campaigns in general on average much more significantly have any population other than AD in them, it is like there isn't even an Aldmeri Dominion strong campaign, it is like there is no right choice, and it is getting very frustrating and honestly depressing...

mtwiggz · May 2016

Must be speaking of EU server, would help if you state that as well. As NA server Had is nearly always AD, TF is usually always EP. DC has some real good pushes on both servers at times.

SneaK · May 2016

Are you talking about Xbox One NA??

Aerius_Sygale · May 2016

Not even close, I'm talking PS4 NA. How could anyone say it is nearly always AD? That...blows my mind. In the past yeah, but for the past while it seems they just don't care about AvA anymore, like they either left the game altogether, only do PvE, or live in the Imperial Sewers/City or something.

Satiar · May 2016

On TF NA, AD won't have roe or Alessia but they'll be up at Bleaks farming.

It's a weird world, but there is little reason to care about points atm.

SneaK · May 2016

Satiar wrote: »

On TF NA, AD won't have roe or Alessia but they'll be up at Bleaks farming.

It's a weird world, but there is little reason to care about points atm.

They need to rethink how the leaderboards work, and reward playing the objective more than farming outposts on the other side of the map. A simple change to making home keep bonuses a much bigger deal would make farmers more attune to holding their own keeps, thus healthier PvP.

Aerius_Sygale · May 2016

I know it sounds stupid, but I really friggin' want the Legate's Black dye. >_< Overlord's Purple some day would be nice too, but don't know if that will happen, let alone Legate. I -need- player cooperation in Cyrodiil, and AD is never ready, willing, maybe not even -able to give it anymore. My main is currently Sargeant Grade 1, recently finished getting Assault and Support to 10.

SneaK · May 2016

Aerius_Sygale wrote: »

I know it sounds stupid, but I really friggin' want the Legate's Black dye. >_< Overlord's Purple some day would be nice too, but don't know if that will happen, let alone Legate. I -need- player cooperation in Cyrodiil, and AD never, ready, willing, maybe not even -able to give it anymore. My main is currently Sargeant Grade 1, recently finished getting Assault and Support to 10.

That's not the issue though. Those Legates didn't get those ranks by winning campaigns, in fact it's probably the exact opposite. Unless your in the emp group, best farms are in outnumbered (losing) campaigns. <<---which is the problem

Aerius_Sygale · May 2016

So wait, are they just...holding a Scroll almost indefinitely at Bleakers Outpost to get AP, or how are they "farming" AP there?

Aerius_Sygale · May 2016

So wait, are they just...holding a Scroll almost indefinitely at Bleakers Outpost to get AP, or how are they "farming" AP there?

Stupid PS4, wish I could fix the double post it screwed up and made... >_>

SneaK · May 2016

dbl post

SneaK · May 2016

Aerius_Sygale wrote: »

So wait, are they just...holding a Scroll almost indefinitely at Bleakers Outpost to get AP, or how are they "farming" AP there?

That's one way. There are many ways to farm AP, which is the problem. AP is like skooma, and for some odd reason people believe it to be the end-all-be-all currency/status ranking in ESO. The way AP is divvied out has absolutely no relevance to how the placing of each alliance ranks in the campaign. You could farm 10 million AP in a campaign and your alliance could still lose. There is currently no incentive to play the objectives, unless you've already farmed the most AP in your alliance and want to become Emperor. See how vicious this cycle is?

Aerius_Sygale · May 2016

Yeah, not pretty... So wait, what methods other than the Scroll thing? Hmm...

Moglijuana · May 2016

Idk what campaign you play on, but AD is usually the dominating faction...in multiple campaigns.

As far as cooperation goes, join a PvP guild if you want to be competitive. A lot of the top players don't really play for the campaign win anymore either because there is no real reward (Cheers to YOU ZOS, I'm sure people LOVEEEEEE getting a gold MARKSMAN RESTORATION staff). Hoarding AP is more useful to them. Forward camps = more farming = more AP

Aerius_Sygale · May 2016

How do Forward Camps specifically get you more AP? And how good of AP does holding a Scroll give, is it pretty crazy, or comparable to repairing Keep Walls?

Moglijuana · May 2016

Aerius_Sygale wrote: »

How do Forward Camps specifically get you more AP? And how good of AP does holding a Scroll give, is it pretty crazy, or comparable to repairing Keep Walls?

Forward camps let you keep on farming zergs if you manage to get over run. So instead of re-spawning at a nearby keep (which costs time = AP lost), you can instantly re-spawn on a forward camp (that is super close) to get right back into the fight and continue mowing down hoards of zerglings.

My guild farms scrolls every now and then. A good night of 2+ hours farming a good number of people usually yields anywhere between 200k-400k AP.

Takes-No-Prisoner · May 2016

Haderus for a couple of months was controlled by one or two AD guilds. Seems like its gone by the way side. Seems to me you just need to swap campaigns. Thornblade has some good small scale right now, Azura's Star is mostly yellow and Chillrend is hit or miss when it comes to finding a good fight. Try your luck in Thornblade.

If you're looking to unlock those dyes OP, you just gotta run with the right people. Stay for the D-ticks and get in there and fight like a beast. Being at the right place at the right time ranks you up really fast. I'm almost Lieutenant 1 on my EXP cake baby StamNB.

Aerius_Sygale · May 2016

Thornblade huh? May be something to think about. Haderus has just gone to crap for Eagles, for the most part. <_< Is there specifically any AP farming guilds, or is it just general PvP? Also some say healing other players is really good AP, yet others say it isn't. Is that worth giving much priority, or should I just worry about when somebody really needs it?