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The Astoundingly Amazing Arbortetum [Haderus]
I have played since open beta. I play mostly PvE; however I have been putting a lot more time into PvP lately, mainly because PvE can get stale after two years.
For PvP I have mostly doing above world PvP in groups both small and large. I have also occasionally done some TV farming in the sewers and upper IC.
For the past two nights I have been playing in the Arboretum, and I honestly have to say it the most fun I have had in this game since launch. PvP in the Arboretum is how PvP in this game should be. Let me go through the highlights:
Anyway, I would like to thank both AD and EP for a great time (and my 150 kill streak) and for helping to make PvP enjoyable again!
Cheers and good hunting.
For PvP I have mostly doing above world PvP in groups both small and large. I have also occasionally done some TV farming in the sewers and upper IC.
For the past two nights I have been playing in the Arboretum, and I honestly have to say it the most fun I have had in this game since launch. PvP in the Arboretum is how PvP in this game should be. Let me go through the highlights:
- It is true AvA - i.e. there is no Team Orange as has been the case in Cyrodiil lately. Every alliance truly attacks each other.
- The AP gains are fantastic. I think this is mainly due to the quick respawns in upper IC, no keep sieging, etc. Bascially you hop down fight, kill, and probably die.
- You can gain TV stones as well with the element of PvE that is in IC and also small gains from player kills (If you walk in there with a buttload of TV stones, then you need counseling or you are a very charitable person (Merry Christmas).
- It is urban warfare. As opposed to the numerous players who like to dance around rocks in Cyrodiil (so annoying), the terrain in the Arboretum is better suited for good PvP. You can still use trees and such for defense but it is nowhere as annoying as it is in Cyrodiil.
- For some reason there is less butthurt when you die in the Arboretum than if you die in the sewers with 2k stones on you or if you your group keeps getting wiped by zergbad zergballs in Cyrodiil.
Anyway, I would like to thank both AD and EP for a great time (and my 150 kill streak) and for helping to make PvP enjoyable again!
Cheers and good hunting.
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allen-iverson✭✭✭i find ap gains to be kinda low down there cause you just kill the same foes over and over again until they are worth nothing at all*Marcel Rigmond voice* "Filthy casual."
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allen-iverson wrote: »i find ap gains to be kinda low down there cause you just kill the same foes over and over again until they are worth nothing at all
I guess it is relative to what you are used to, but in primetime I only see a few 0's on occasion similar to what I see in intense Keep sieges, etc.
I think it's the perfect mixture between the TV system in IC and AvA.0 -
OdinForge✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭AP gains are quite poor, AP gain drops versus recently killed targets.
Arboretum has been quite "fun" though, the mobs can't even stay alive long enough to cause issues. There is no reward (either TV or AP) to mindlessly kill there, but if you want to escape lag conditions it isn't bad.
The Age of Wrobel.0 -
rfennell_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭AP gain is average. It's not terrible, but you can get a lot more in cyro with an org group... a lot more.
It's another situation where AD is screwed though, as they get pushed to their plat from both sides and the other factions have isolated jump down points that don't get surrounded.
It's constant action though and it's a great place to work out your survive.0 -
kadar✭✭✭✭✭
✭I agree it's really fun for like 5-10 minutes. But after that it's super boring. I disagree that that is how the rest of PVP in ESO should be. There is no risk, no reward, no death penalty, no reason to not mindlessly throw yourself at the enemy faction (which is what half the people there are doing) to be honest. Unless you consider a nice looking Kill Counter streak a reward, I suppose.0 -
To each their own.
@rfennell_ESO
I can see what you mean by AD getting sandwiched. Many times they try to snipe from the upper platform but just get chained down anyways. Unless they come out en masse, they can get pushed back easily.
The reward would be PvP experience, AP, and occasional TV stones. I turned in 2k last night, which wasn't horrible.
It is incredibly fun trying to fight back the elite roaming boss while PvP'ing at the same time, though I suspect it will take much less effort with the DB patch and the IC mob nerf.
Throwing yourself at the enemy is what happens in zergbad zergfest in Cyrodiil anyways.
Three cheers for the Audaciously Amazing and Astoundingly Amalgam of All Things PvP...the Arboretum!0 -
Morbash✭✭✭✭Went there last night for a couple of hours after being forced into IC due to the lag in Cyrodiil. It was a ton of fun."War doesn't build character; it reveals it."0 -
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