What Type of PvP Appeals to You Most?

Astanphaeus · December 2016

Running in a large group (5-Zerg), defending and attacking structures as one unit.

EsoRecon wrote: »

Sypher has trained me well.

By which you mean pretending you run solo because you don't group up but zerg surfing your faction and then protecting your fragile ego by blaming enemy numbers when you die despite being right next to an equally large friendly force?

Jamini · December 2016

Running in a large group (5-Zerg), fighting other large groups in the wilderness.

Eight players feels like the sweet spot to me.

Normally it guarentees at least one healer, and reliably taking resources/towns without risking getting punked from stealth. Plus reliable heals.

Anything more and things start to fall apart/get zergy. But right around eight players is that sweet spot.

KisoValley · December 2016

Running alone, hoping to find groups of enemy players for 1vX fights.

1vX

Stratforge · December 2016

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Stratforge/video/24571133

Whatever type this is. ^^

Really though anytime it's not laggy and the destro ulti sweatkin have been grounded from their xboxes for the night.

newtinmpls · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

The kind where I don't die before I truly realize I'm being attacked.

silky_soft · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

8-12vMapZerg

mtwiggz · December 2016

Running in a small group (2-4), skirmishing throughout the wilderness.

Curious as to when 5+ players became a "large group" boarderline zerg.

When the game first came out a zerg was considered nearly 60+ people. Around about a year ago a zerg was considered about 30+ people. Now a zerg is anything over 5+ people... or simply any group that outnumbers yours...

Makes no sense.

pjwb16_ESO · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

I prefer to go into sneak with my 24 man raid and zerg solo and 1vX players...

JDar · December 2016

Running alone, hoping to find groups of enemy players for 1vX fights.

If running large groups wasn't so irresponsibly negligent upon the server's limitations, I would say that play style is the most fun.

Most of the old schoolers realized very early on that being in groups where the goal was to stay close and cast AoE's while in coordination with a single decision-maker was hurting others' gameplay experience.

Some people didn't really learn this.

I still vacillate between being angry towards groups who continue to play this ball playstyle, and compassionately understanding them for the poor sports that they are. Sometimes, it's my own faction's guilds doing this that I want to see win. Not always though. I almost never run with these guilds any more, but yes, I've done it before.

One of the wisest suggestions I've seen came from @manny254 : limit group size to 12. Maybe less. I have no clue why they don't do this.

Sadly computer science, physics and IT logistics are such that lag will never be solved. And human nature is such that some people are still going to try and exploit what we know as "ball groups" to get their precious, precious AP. At the expense of others' fun.

Doesn't mean I don't hate you for it.

Edited for clarity. --Jdar

Hulk_VI · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

8-12 man groups is what i usually lead and run every day. Mainly fighting at resources or areas between the other two alliances fighting.

Isellskooma · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

I like to drop 24 destro ults on 2 people that are on there mounts.

geonsocal · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

Isellskooma wrote: »

I like to drop 24 destro ults on 2 people that are on there mounts.

#ibuyskooma...

svartorn · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

Doesn't really matter since I can only seem to fight against the loading screen anymore.

Vaoh · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

Solo play - 1vX

Small group - 2vX

Large group (8-12) vs. significantly larger numbers (40+)

That's what I love in PvP.

Too bad PvP is terrible atm.

Jaybe_Mawfaka · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

Chasing some 3-5 man small scale group all over the map with my 50 man squad of solo players to tbag the *** out of them

pjwb16_ESO · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

Jaybe_Mawfaka wrote: »

Chasing some 3-5 man small scale group all over the map with my 50 man squad of solo players to tbag the *** out of them

True bigboss mentality ✌

Annra · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

Waiting in a castle / outpost for attackers and then defending with ranged weapons.
It's the only way to play this game for me. Because of those crackbrained unbreakable and unavoidable immobilizing skills, in combination with animation canceling, macro users, proc sets and so on, I never survive more then one second if I've been confronted with one or more players in the field.

Kas · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

Would really love battleground-ish pvp. Until then i really love rawl'ka duels (albeit, I spend more time in cyro due to the rewards and higher variety).

Duel guilds are kinda dead for me because of all the CHANGING rules and complaining people. I also hate that several things are OP but I'd rather play where everyone (ab)uses everything the game offers and hopes for fixes by Zenimax than player made rules where few people push an agenda to their own benefit. I'd really love to go back to a time where duel guild rules were something like:

no siege, drop ult before fight, blockjump when ready

now it's pages of *** where someone tries to make sure he disallows everything he ever died to.

For now, a bit of everything makes my day. Some solo / 1vX (small X) for good fights, some solo YOLO bombing against masses to just collect some AP, grouping up with 1-3 or 10++ people of my guild - whatever, anything is more fun than doing the same thing all the time

God_flakes · December 2016

Wilderness skirmishes and also aiding large groups by watching breaches and helping at resources.

Manoekin · December 2016

Running in a small group (2-4), turtling captured structures.

God_flakes wrote: »

Wilderness skirmishes and also aiding large groups by watching breaches and helping at resources.

You forgot zerging players down relentlessly PM style.

KisoValley · December 2016

Running alone, hoping to find groups of enemy players for 1vX fights.

Manoekin wrote: »

God_flakes wrote: »

Wilderness skirmishes and also aiding large groups by watching breaches and helping at resources.

You forgot zerging players down relentlessly PM style.

Wow he does that? Smh

Drummerx04 · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

Manoekin wrote: »

God_flakes wrote: »

Wilderness skirmishes and also aiding large groups by watching breaches and helping at resources.

You forgot zerging players down relentlessly PM style.

For all the anti-zerging hate whispers I receive, I have 15+ players chase me down, spam gap closers, ultimates, and unblockable CC to make sure I can't escape in the open field and then surround my rock/tree and beat on me until I'm dead, and this happens regularly.

I have been running some smaller scale groups (6-12) lately and these have proven to be rather enjoyable for defending and open field battles. Bringing together a good 24 man group and we can battle half a faction at a keep and still take it.

TrueGreenSmoker · December 2016

Solo, Small group 2-5 max, solo get Xv1d also Solo vs Lag

Manoekin · December 2016

Running in a small group (2-4), turtling captured structures.

Drummerx04 wrote: »

Manoekin wrote: »

God_flakes wrote: »

Wilderness skirmishes and also aiding large groups by watching breaches and helping at resources.

You forgot zerging players down relentlessly PM style.

For all the anti-zerging hate whispers I receive, I have 15+ players chase me down, spam gap closers, ultimates, and unblockable CC to make sure I can't escape in the open field and then surround my rock/tree and beat on me until I'm dead, and this happens regularly.

I have been running some smaller scale groups (6-12) lately and these have proven to be rather enjoyable for defending and open field battles. Bringing together a good 24 man group and we can battle half a faction at a keep and still take it.

It happens. I've had many situations where I intentionally ignore solo players or groups of 2-3 only to have them join the fight when the odds seem suddenly in their favor. Not all, but some function that way for some reason and thus have zero reason to complain about numbers at all.

12man and anything up is pretty much godmode this patch if you do it right.

God_flakes · December 2016

Manoekin wrote: »

God_flakes wrote: »

Wilderness skirmishes and also aiding large groups by watching breaches and helping at resources.

You forgot zerging players down relentlessly PM style.

I admitted to helping large groups. Try not to run from me next time I zerg you down. It might be good for both of us.

arkansas_ESO · December 2016

Running alone, hoping to find groups of enemy players for 1vX fights.

mtwiggz wrote: »

Curious as to when 5+ players became a "large group" boarderline zerg.

When the game first came out a zerg was considered nearly 60+ people. Around about a year ago a zerg was considered about 30+ people. Now a zerg is anything over 5+ people... or simply any group that outnumbers yours...

Makes no sense.

They lowered the population caps in Cyrodiil two or three times, and the guilds behind the megazergs of old have mostly stopped playing. 12 people is a zerg IMO

The-Baconator · December 2016

Running in a large group (5-Zerg), defending and attacking structures as one unit.

Would love to meet an eso player that has either never ran in a 5 man group or ran beside at minimum 4 friendlies for an extended period of time. I would bet they are as rare as deer in cyro...

MrSinister213 · December 2016

Other (since there are too many permutations to list here)

CU PvP appeals to me the most. Its almost here I'm so excited to play a game with a competitive player base again, much like this game had in 2014.

LOL at all the NA PC zerglings in this thread trying to convince I dont know who, console or EU players, that they are solo/small group players. Thanks for the laugh zerglings.

IxSTALKERxI · December 2016

Running in a large group (5-Zerg), fighting other large groups in the wilderness.

A wild zangief appears.

MrSinister213 wrote: »

CU PvP appeals to me the most. Its almost here I'm so excited to play a game with a competitive player base again, much like this game had in 2014.

Yes, I can't wait for CU either. Although it is meant to be an 18 month beta which hasn't even been announced yet, so probably won't be out till like 2019...

I'm not sure I can stomach another 2 years of ESO.