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Enodoc · August 2016

Soris wrote: »

Here another!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMzrkRluWbU
Use the same damn thing

They may well use that as a baseline, but I think it's too raw and undeveloped to be used as-is.

Baconlad wrote: »

Don't care for arenas...didnt find them fun before in WoW. Would love battlegrounds, even matched teams.

What's the difference between an "arena" and a "battleground"?

Considering the focus on a 3-way Alliance War, I would like to see 3-way battlegrounds. Since the standard "small group" size in this game is 4, 4v4v4 battlegrounds would be perfect.

BuggeX · August 2016

I say it aigan, dont at fixed teamsize in pvp, Balance is all broken up.

you will see play stamina or gtfo

yea... x4 stamblads with bows or gtfo

kevlarto_ESO · August 2016

This is a good example why the dev's cannot say much, and when they do try to give us a glimpse of things to come, it is almost always taken out of context, either on purpose, poor reading comprehension, or selective reading or hearing. If for some reason things don't work out then the devs are roasted called liars and how much they lied to us, no wonder the devs don't tell us much, I cant blame them, what ever land of rainbows and unicorns where nothing ever goes wrong that some people seem to live in, can I get directions..LOL

Aedaryl · August 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

We're already working on them.

It's the reason why I play eso yet, can't wait playing with fair number of people

Enodoc · August 2016

fastolfv_ESO wrote: »

only game to get bgs right was Daoc, who doesnt have fond memories of Thidranki and Caledonia who played it

I think that bodes quite well for ESO, considering the number of Mythic devs that are at ZOS.

Kaelcifer · August 2016

IxskullzxI wrote: »

Idk why people want battle grounds so much. With how the classes are balanced right now, it's going to be a shite show. People complain on here about "cheese" or "unkillable" builds the way it is. What makes you think arenas will be any different?

to be honest I think with smaller scale pvp it would be easier for the devs to see whats being most played or whos doing what and what really needs reworking plus it would take more of a load off of cyrodil lag if that's even still a thing I'm not sure just coming back to the game. I personally would love arenas I think it would add another depth to the game and when people come up with a new and interesting build it will be cool to test it in a ranked up close and personal setting without worrying about interference from others.

luen79rwb17_ESO · August 2016

Lol this thread and all the posts here are the best examples of the reasons why I love PVP so much. So much passion everywhere!

Can't wait for battlegrounds and arenas! Always have a good laugh even when I'm on the facerolled team Lmao!

And adding the ES flavor to this will be awesome!!!!

Manoekin · August 2016

Enodoc wrote: »

Soris wrote: »

Here another!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMzrkRluWbU
Use the same damn thing

They may well use that as a baseline, but I think it's too raw and undeveloped to be used as-is.

Baconlad wrote: »

Don't care for arenas...didnt find them fun before in WoW. Would love battlegrounds, even matched teams.

What's the difference between an "arena" and a "battleground"?

Considering the focus on a 3-way Alliance War, I would like to see 3-way battlegrounds. Since the standard "small group" size in this game is 4, 4v4v4 battlegrounds would be perfect.

IIRC that arena was just thrown together to showcase, and they had to manually move players into it and everything. Basically there was no supporting infrastructure or anything.

Arena = deathmatch

Battleground = some objective such as CTF, domination capture points, etc. Usually allows more players than arena.

Jules · August 2016

Will there be no CP battle grounds / arenas ? @ZOS_GinaBruno

Samuel_Bantien · August 2016

Quit too many games because of queue times. The game is divided enough as is with the huge split between PvE and PvP. Adding battlegrounds and we fracture our already small PvP community. The ESO PvP community seems to be about the size of FFXIV (about 1000 per Data Center except JP, around or less than 1000 in ESO PC NA). Since there is 3 Alliances just like FFXIV has 3 different Grand Companies (which you can change every 7 days subliminal message wtb this option for this game). I used to wait 15 minutes (Prime Time - 24v24v24) to 3 hours (usually ended up becoming an 8v8v8 match in a 24v24v24 map) per Battleground and those times were during the peak of the game. Queue times suck for small communities.

Also balance the game first.

I would be all up for battlegrounds so we have other PvP options but the community needs to be bigger. Not to mention premades/guilds would completely dominate and destroy pugs making battlegrounds completely boring if you're on the pug team. Would request a cap on group size such as Final Fantasy XIV's 8v8 Feast (only up to 2 people per group queue).

#OpenWorldPvPMasterRace

Also...

Why are we adding battlegrounds first instead of the highly requested dueling?

RadioheadSh0t · August 2016

I don't understand how anyone who has played this game since launch or beta, like I have, couldn't be sick to their stomach about Cyrodiil. Sure, I've had plenty of fun there, but that's between the FPS drop bug, constantly latency, the extinction of quality small scale PVP, etc.

It used to be that I could find some action when 1vXing, now it's a maybe 1% chance I run into someone who isn't in a large raid.

And don't get me started on IC... If BGs are anything like IC (heavily PvE related, not a real PvP update) I'm officially quitting.

Force-Siphon · August 2016

They should be no CP

EsoRecon · August 2016

IxskullzxI wrote: »

Idk why people want battle grounds so much. With how the classes are balanced right now, it's going to be a shite show. People complain on here about "cheese" or "unkillable" builds the way it is. What makes you think arenas will be any different?

obviously never played in arenas

James-Wayne · August 2016

fastolfv_ESO wrote: »

only game to get bgs right was Daoc, who doesnt have fond memories of Thidranki and Caledonia who played it

And some of those developers now work on ESO

Xsorus · August 2016

......You guys realize when you're talking about DAOC battlegrounds you're talking about basically a Smaller Map of Cyrodiil right?

That's all DAOC Bg's were, usually it was just a Keep in the middle with an area around it (like 3 bridges)...

Basically the thing a vast majority of people complain about, people all stacking and fighting in one keep.

you can do the EXACT same thing already in game usually in Imperial City.

Magus · August 2016

Xsorus wrote: »

......You guys realize when you're talking about DAOC battlegrounds you're talking about basically a Smaller Map of Cyrodiil right?

That's all DAOC Bg's were, usually it was just a Keep in the middle with an area around it (like 3 bridges)...

Basically the thing a vast majority of people complain about, people all stacking and fighting in one keep.

you can do the EXACT same thing already in game usually in Imperial City.

I think the appeal of a BG or arena is that it will be equal numbers. So if you're in a group of 6, you aren't fighting 48 people that refuse to unstack from each other. Worse case scenario in a BG, if it was 3-way, then the two other could team up on you 12v6 but those are still manageable numbers. The grossest part is that those 48 people in cyrodiil will still use siege on the group of 6.

No siege, no CP sounds good to me for BG/arenas.

Minno · August 2016

Force-Siphon wrote: »

They should be no CP

Agreed. But then again this will probably be a purchasable DLC so most likely CP enabled.

Xsorus · August 2016

Magus wrote: »

Xsorus wrote: »

......You guys realize when you're talking about DAOC battlegrounds you're talking about basically a Smaller Map of Cyrodiil right?

That's all DAOC Bg's were, usually it was just a Keep in the middle with an area around it (like 3 bridges)...

Basically the thing a vast majority of people complain about, people all stacking and fighting in one keep.

you can do the EXACT same thing already in game usually in Imperial City.

I think the appeal of a BG or arena is that it will be equal numbers. So if you're in a group of 6, you aren't fighting 48 people that refuse to unstack from each other. Worse case scenario in a BG, if it was 3-way, then the two other could team up on you 12v6 but those are still manageable numbers. The grossest part is that those 48 people in cyrodiil will still use siege on the group of 6.

No siege, no CP sounds good to me for BG/arenas.

Yea ummm..DAOC Battlegrounds didn't have a Cap on its numbers.

If you're wanting Arena's just know your skill level will decrease dramatically once you go out in Cyrodiil.

Once you become use to only fighting a set number it becomes hard to manage once ya go past that.

Magus · August 2016

Xsorus wrote: »

Magus wrote: »

Xsorus wrote: »

......You guys realize when you're talking about DAOC battlegrounds you're talking about basically a Smaller Map of Cyrodiil right?

That's all DAOC Bg's were, usually it was just a Keep in the middle with an area around it (like 3 bridges)...

Basically the thing a vast majority of people complain about, people all stacking and fighting in one keep.

you can do the EXACT same thing already in game usually in Imperial City.

I think the appeal of a BG or arena is that it will be equal numbers. So if you're in a group of 6, you aren't fighting 48 people that refuse to unstack from each other. Worse case scenario in a BG, if it was 3-way, then the two other could team up on you 12v6 but those are still manageable numbers. The grossest part is that those 48 people in cyrodiil will still use siege on the group of 6.

No siege, no CP sounds good to me for BG/arenas.

Yea ummm..DAOC Battlegrounds didn't have a Cap on its numbers.

If you're wanting Arena's just know your skill level will decrease dramatically once you go out in Cyrodiil.

Once you become use to only fighting a set number it becomes hard to manage once ya go past that.

Oh I'm not worried, I was just surmising why people would want this. If I'm ever stacked within 40 people, I go somewhere else or play a different faction. I'm used to fighting outnumbered.

Daggerfall_Bones · August 2016

Yep, this is the game killer for me. Going to drop with about 80 others if this this happens and move on to something else. ESO has an almost unique PvP experience and when these BG's drop the game has officially jumped the shark. You could do so much more with Cyrodill than instanced BG's. What a waste.

Ashamray · August 2016

Actually Imperial City is closer to BG. Yeah, you still can be zerged, but in my experience I often deal with fair pvp. That's why I like it.

Darnathian · August 2016

Daggerfall_Bones wrote: »

Yep, this is the game killer for me. Going to drop with about 80 others if this this happens and move on to something else. ESO has an almost unique PvP experience and when these BG's drop the game has officially jumped the shark. You could do so much more with Cyrodill than instanced BG's. What a waste.

Not to mention taking away resources from fixing whats broken already.

If anyone doesnt see this as confirmation they cant fix the lag then i dont know what will.

I mean seriously. HOW CAN YOU SPEND MUCH NEEDED RESOURCES DOING THIS ZOS WHEN WHAT U HAVE IS COMPLETELY BROKEN?

Soris · August 2016

I hope they will create an intelligent matchmaking system that if you queue as group, then it would match you with other groups. Or they could just disabe queuing as group though it wouldnt be so good.

Otherwise it would just premade vs pugs which is boring for both sides.

I dont even want any objectives or fancy moves. I just want lag free, zerg free, gank free fair small scale pvp in 60 fps.

Daggerfall_Bones · August 2016

What is really discouraging is the abadonment of Spellcrafting and the Justice system. Those would have been great unique experiences but yet here we are with plan for dank BG's. I was actually considering sticking with this game being they slowly seem to be improving Cyrodill. But here we are with BG's and of all things housing, instead of the Justice system and Spellcrafting.

Sallington · August 2016

Kilandros wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Synozeer wrote: »

So some time next year we'll begin discussing battlegrounds, then set a date to start working on it, begin programming it, and in maybe 2+ years it will be done?

We're already working on them.

To be fair, you guys were "working" on spellcrafting once too.

And the PvP Justice system

Sallington · August 2016

And if they were able to fix Cyrodil performance and get things moderately balanced, no one would even ask for BGs. At least, no one was prior to the lighting patch when performance started going to hell.

Aedaryl · August 2016

False, there is people tired to play outnumbered, and fall on zerg bus.

I'm tired to search fair number fights, it's take ages.

IxSTALKERxI · August 2016

Soris wrote: »

I hope they will create an intelligent matchmaking system that if you queue as group, then it would match you with other groups. Or they could just disabe queuing as group though it wouldnt be so good.

Otherwise it would just premade vs pugs which is boring for both sides.

^This.

It would be a complete waste of time for a group to queue into battlegrounds and be against a pug group with even numbers... If they wanted to fight a pug group they'd go into cyrodiil and continually wipe groups of them lol.

I'm concerned that there will be little pre-made competition with the guilds that are left in this game. Like who will enter?
K-hole, Haxus, Team Fengrush etc and like a couple of other groups. There won't be competitive groups in there at all times, might end up having to arrange times to fight in there with each other.

Soulac · August 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Synozeer wrote: »

So some time next year we'll begin discussing battlegrounds, then set a date to start working on it, begin programming it, and in maybe 2+ years it will be done?

We're already working on them.

What about Willows Path?

Rage_Killin · August 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Synozeer wrote: »

So some time next year we'll begin discussing battlegrounds, then set a date to start working on it, begin programming it, and in maybe 2+ years it will be done?

We're already working on them.

CONFIRMED BATTLE GROUNDS IN THE MAKING