I think the game would have been better if everyone was placed in the same Alliance, and kept PvP to a very niche and separate aspect outside of the main story and exploration, ala Dueling. But maybe that's just me getting all biased and butthurt over being Ganked whenever I'm trying to go about my business in the Imperial City or in overland Cyrodiil.

To be fair though having everyone in the same Alliance would put more emphasis on Player vs Environment gameplay, which would drive the Devs to create even harder PvE challenges when there'd many more players working together instead of off in Cyrodiil ganking each other. And there's no short supply of people complaining over a lack of challenge.

For any of this to make sense IMO, we should all start off as Mercenaries - we do quests FOR an alliance but without any allegiance or obligation - we do it for fame and money - then One Tamriel would make sense. Nothing in gameplay should have to change bar a few ways NPC's talk up to us. That would also work in Cyrodiil as we would be like hands for hire for a specific faction. Again - nothing changes gameplay wise but it would make much more sense from a lore and story perspective.
By forcing us into a faction and acting as loyal soldiers and even leader's right hands - One Tamriel would totally void that part of the story, yet if they address us something like "You've been a great help to us in the dire times, but I presume your journey with us ends here" and that's where we could frolick away doing the same for other factions without any lore and story contradiction, because that's what mercs do, they are not tied or bound to the alliance, they just do it for the money and fame.
Everyone wins - diehard roleplayers and faction loyalists can still remain with the faction of their choosing, but the rest can explore the world as free spirits - fight for whomever and whatever cause may be.

Remember though, I'm speaking strictly from a lore/story point of view not gameplay as for those that simply don't care - nothing would change to begin with, but would offer some consistency for those of us who like it.

TL;DR
Start off as factionless Mercenaries/adventurers or whatever - decide who to aid or not, in the end have an option to stay loyal to the alliance or remain factionless. Upon entering Cyrodiil - option to choose your faction to fight for as a hired hand or if you chose a faction loyalty - you are already locked to your faction the same way we are now.

This would be my ideal way of doing it, but alas - the decisions have already been made, so oh well...

Daraugh wrote: »

I'd prefer not choosing a pvp faction until I went in to Cyro for the first time.

Totally agree.

PvPers have their area and now they want to take over Tamriel ! A step towards the demise of the game

Open world PVP in PVE areas should begin and end with Duels!

Auto-declinable Duels!

Lorewise, any "enemy" player you encounter in "enemy" territory sees you as a friend, because certain forces are hiding your true identity from them. Therefore, open world faction-based PvP would be lore-breaking, as you wouldn't know they were from an enemy faction.

Enodoc wrote: »

Lorewise, any "enemy" player you encounter in "enemy" territory sees you as a friend, because certain forces are hiding your true identity from them. Therefore, open world faction-based PvP would be lore-breaking, as you wouldn't know they were from an enemy faction.

Isn't one tamriel changing this? Without having Meridia and Cadwell send you to other alliances you aren't disguised in an alternate reality anymore. You'll be able to travel anywhere as yourself.

ravenarc wrote: »

Enodoc wrote: »

Lorewise, any "enemy" player you encounter in "enemy" territory sees you as a friend, because certain forces are hiding your true identity from them. Therefore, open world faction-based PvP would be lore-breaking, as you wouldn't know they were from an enemy faction.

Well to have this many vestiges that saved Nirn is already lore breaking, it's like Nirn has been is being ravaged by Molag Bal for a million times in a single timeline.

Not so. There's only one Vestige, and they only fight Molag Bal once. From the perspective of that Souless One, everyone else is just another Adventurer. This is why the main quest is Solo only.

Typhoios wrote: »

Enodoc wrote: »

Lorewise, any "enemy" player you encounter in "enemy" territory sees you as a friend, because certain forces are hiding your true identity from them. Therefore, open world faction-based PvP would be lore-breaking, as you wouldn't know they were from an enemy faction.

Isn't one tamriel changing this? Without having Meridia and Cadwell send you to other alliances you aren't disguised in an alternate reality anymore. You'll be able to travel anywhere as yourself.

Technically no. ZOS confirmed at PAX that this facet of the story still holds, even if they don't explain how it works until later. As such, we are trying to convince them to implement an 'early explanation' for players who take advantage of One Tamriel's open borders. Rich Lambert said this was an "interesting solution".

Enodoc wrote: »

Update from the floors of PAX (direct from the stream, and second-hand via @Jeancey, who can correct me if I get any of this wrong):

Cadwell's explanation of "Meridia is hiding your true identity" is still the official explanation, as they haven't changed the story and this is still the explanation given by the story. Apparently @ZOS_RichLambert has seen the concerns that this explanation is not communicated to players who travel there via boat/wayshrine before Cadwell explains it to you, and is "considering it". I'm not sure if he was referencing this thread or something like it, but I also mentioned to Jeancey the idea of a Mysterious Light and apparently Rich called it an "interesting solution".

So there you have it. Cadwell's explanation is still canon, and they are considering an early explanation for those who travel to those areas before the story takes you there.

Why can't everyone just get along
Make friends not war

I don't mind the Pact or Covenant coming over to Queen Ayrenn's realm for a vacation. They can wear their alliance badges around town all they want, and show off their prowess in duels.

All I ask is that they be on their best behavior. Likewise, goes for myself when I travel to their lands on business trips.

Would be nice, but i want to be able to kill a fellow altmer as well if i want to
Not going to happen tho, and it's probably better this way. I just don't know what will i do after i'm done with all the PvE. If there's no open world pvp one can only hope for the next dlc.

If it ends up being free for all PvP I think we would lose too much player base , so this is why I can't and hope it never happens , their needs to be clear and defined areas for PvE and PvP

DMuehlhausen wrote: »

Just make it like LotR where it's "good" vs "evil"

And which side are we on? Saving the world one day, murdering half the Gold Coast population the next, fighting one Daedric Prince while serving another...