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  • Drdeath20
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    How easy it is to game the population is game breakingly bad.
  • geonsocal
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    Best in Slot - for style :)

    one of these days I need to level my undaunted on some characters...

    you must've run through just about every dungeon in the game by now...
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    Drdeath20 wrote: »
    How easy it is to game the population is game breakingly bad.

    Yep. But the problems run much deeper than that. This is probably my last campaign for a while... I'm just done trying to fight against an absurd number of AD players, and the latest AD-DC push to drop EP to last place yet again. I'm demoralized beyond repair.

    Why is EP so hated on the PS4NA server? I seriously don't get it. I'm not usually a conspiracy-minded person but I have to believe what my eyes tell me. The past 2 days I've watched several instances of DC and AD players working side by side in EP resource towers and around EP keeps to kill EP players and hold ground, and the effect it's had on EP morale is devastating.

    I have plenty of other games to play and other ways to spend my down time, so I'm not really salty about it. But it's strange to me that the developers have designed a game that is inherently unbalanced and have done very little to address that in the years the game has been out. My faction hasn't won a campaign in more than 8 months. So if I want to win a campaign, I have to roll a yellow like so many other EP players have done? Is that it?

    How does that help balance the game? What's my alternative if I want to keep playing? Remain a punching bag on the underdog team and get the least amount of gold for end-of-campaign rewards for the 9th month in a row as a thank-you? Well, no thanks.

    If everyone switched to the winning side, Cyrodill would be pretty boring for the dominating faction - there'd be nothing left to take and nobody to fight.

    I fear a mass exodus of EP players has already begun. Zone chat tells the story. Long time EP players are few, and tired, and I fear that for many of them it's just stopped being fun. I loved the excitement of battles and I'm sad that it's so uneven now.
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  • TequilaFire
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    Could not agree with you more @dotme, I have been playing on Kyne noCP on a new account because of it.
    Even there the hate and double team on EP happens though that server is more balanced usually at 2 bars per alliance.
    Edited by TequilaFire on July 3, 2017 2:07PM
  • Takes-No-Prisoner
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    I don't hate EP, I just wish their guilds would actually participate in prime time :(. PVP should be a three alliance war, not two.

    I'm sorry for EP not playing guys, it sucks to see you guys feeling that way.
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    Due to long queue times, I'll be switching campaigns when this current one ends in a day or so. I haven't been able to log in much due to >120 queue. I just don't have that much time to wait to log in. I have had a blast playing with you all and perhaps I can switch back in the future. Good luck to all my AD fighters. As for you EP and DC guys - You won't have Ballcap to kick around anymore :smiley:
  • TequilaFire
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    I don't hate EP, I just wish their guilds would actually participate in prime time :(. PVP should be a three alliance war, not two.

    I'm sorry for EP not playing guys, it sucks to see you guys feeling that way.
    Unfortunately the EP major guild leaders and long time members are among the fallout @dotme was referring to.
    Give it some time it may turn around and @ZOS_BrianWheeler and company may realize we need at least a 7 day CP campaign to take the pressure off Vivec.
    Edited by TequilaFire on July 3, 2017 7:25PM
  • geonsocal
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    really good post @dotme ...

    not such a great situation for faction balance at the moment...

    obviously when you play is a big factor in determining your campaign experience, but, seems many of us here are experiencing the same thing, and have a very similiar perspective...

    also, it may just be it's going to take me a while to get used to it, but, with everyone congregating in Vivec now and so many new player names to get used to - Vivec feels a lot less personal to me than Scourge and Azura's Star...
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  • geonsocal
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    yea, campaign ends today and it's payday for Vivec...unfortunately because it's a new campaign I'll miss out on the 3.3k "loyalty" bonus for each character, but, I'll still collect about 115k (plus 15 epic pieces of jewelry) for all the characters I have in Vivec...

    not a ton of coin, but, it definitely helps get me back in the black for my bank...

    speaking of coin...since i filled out all my slots for three different guilds i've been able to notice that the guild which i donate 2k (starting this week gonna bump that up to 5k) a week to, the guild which costs me 5k a week - both sell at the same rate as the guild i invest 15k a week in...

    ugh, a bit of a dilemma...since i can first remember figuring out what giuld stores were - i had always wanted to be a member of an "elite" trading guild - which is what i saw Back Alley Trading as...unfortunately though - from a merchant perspective - it just doesn't make much sense kicking in 15k a week - when i can potentially sell twice as much for about 10k a week (for SVER True Bloods and Morning Star, both exceptional EP guilds)...

    had both of my new wardens just hit level 20...i was going to speed up their level process by using all training traits on their gear and grinding them up a bit...i've decided now though to try to slow their leveling pace...once i hit 100k AP with them in Vivec - i'm going to start playing them in Kyne...i'm interested to see what it'll be like to pick on folks closer to my own level :)
    Edited by geonsocal on July 5, 2017 6:42PM
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  • GreenSoup2HoT
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    Hey gang!

    We are going to be closing the Almalexia (7 day No-CP) Campaign and opening Shor, a new 7-day CP enabled campaign on all platforms. This will occur on the maintenance of July 10th (PC) and the July patch for consoles. Players assigned to Almalexia will be given free home reassignments and any leaderboard rewards will be granted if the campaign is mid-duration when shut down just as if it had completed naturally.

    Thank you for continuing the battle in Cyrodiil!

    -Wheeler

    Good bye Vivec/Old Scourge and hello Shor! So happy we get 7 day cp campaigns again. I hope many of the players in this thread come with me. :)
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  • Takes-No-Prisoner
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    I will be there for sure.
  • Ballcap
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    @GreenSoup2HoT I'll see you in Shor!
  • TequilaFire
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    Dang you changed the title again!
    Had to look twice. lol
  • geonsocal
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    Dang you changed the title again!
    Had to look twice. lol

    howdy @TequilaFire ...hope life is going well for ya and wherever in the country ya might be you're staying cool :)

    yeah, needed to remove the whole Vivec thing from the title...

    when it comes to most of the folks whom kick in here on the thread - i think of you all as more "end game" pvper's...

    folks whom have a really good understanding of pvp, and the different types of gamestyles that exist...and, have a good idea of exactly the type of pvp experience you're looking for...

    i kind of see you you all as more pvp - "connoisseurs"...

    truth is - Vivec is basically a pvp buffet - and, not exactly like one of those high end vegas style buffets...more in line with a buffet place you'd take young kids to :#

    which is to say - a place which many folks with a little better taste and understanding may not want to go to...

    point being - there's probably a very good chance that i may be one of the few folks here whom actually end up spending much time in Vivec...

    fortunately with the ease now for earning AP, there's a good chance that once i've hit tier 3 on my characters i'll take them to some of the other maps to check out...i'm going to level my two new wardens (both level 20 at the moment) really slow - cuz, i'd like to bring them in to Kyne (so i can pick on folks closer to my own level :p)...
    Edited by geonsocal on July 6, 2017 10:35PM
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  • geonsocal
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    just thinking about playing my low level characters in Vivec makes me smile - I have to imagine it freaks out/surprises some folks when some low level player comes at them super aggressively (one of my favorite zerg v zerg tactics) :)

    I can still remember the first time I saw something like that it kind of caught me off guard...even more so when I noticed the low level player was doing pretty well...

    I notice it all the time with my low level characters - enemy players always seem to try to target them...normally I'll do a bunch of blocking and dodge rolling backwards to drag those enemies back to some allies and things won't end well for them...

    I get it though - once you have someone in your sight that you think you can kill - it's awfully hard to back away...
    Edited by geonsocal on July 6, 2017 10:45PM
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  • geonsocal
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    you rock prisoner...been away at a conference my company hosts each year...this year I took my ps4 with me :) , but, haven't had much time to play :(

    wow, quite a few significant changes...still making my way though all the notes...

    that's very interesting what they did with the mundus stones...gonna have to re-think which stones i use on my different characters (most of them currently use the thief)...looks like they're trying to get folks to use some if the other stones...

    I hope all is well for everyone...
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  • geonsocal
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    howdy all :)

    having an absolute blast fighting at bleakers - EP has chalman and AD has aleswell and I'm putting in work for our "very underwhelming" king emeric...

    in all fairness to my breton liege lord emeric - it has been a while since I've gone through the daggerfall storyline...

    hard to compete though with a statuesque altmer queen and a true warrior champion nord...

    at times both of the other factions have been inside the outpost - at the same time...not sure what group or other randoms I've been here fighting with - but, they were most definitely defensive siege proficient :smiley:

    last night was on my stam blade...he uses 2H and bow...found a really nice perch to defend from at chalman mine - the rocks northeast of the flag...his bow is pretty buff, so he's able to take resources fairly easy (up to level 3, level 4's and 5's take a little longer)...

    eventually - somebody better always comes along though...had a chance to stay there and fight for quite awhile...made me think about finding some other "ideal" resources to defend/snipe at...

    4 out of the 10 characters I use rock a bow...i don't really think of it as that great a pve weapon, but, in pvp - it does wonders...

    well - the evil red horde has come and taken my spot...
    Edited by geonsocal on July 15, 2017 8:39PM
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  • geonsocal
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    update from my little happy place - Vivec...

    as of now - we have a yellow emp, sanj...earlier in the day though red had it with nikoli...

    with 19 days to go in the campaign: AD up with 12.2k points, DC next with 11.7k, and EP with 11k...

    high score is sanj with around 11 million - that's just mind boggling...happy to say i haben't helped contribute :p ...haven't run into sanj recently while I've been playing blue...

    congrats to @reiverx for getting up there on the big board - 5.6 mil...very nice...you and the missus must be having quite a bit of fun :)

    what type character are you using?
    Edited by geonsocal on July 16, 2017 10:46PM
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  • jroc699_burr
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    @genosocal in vivec my magplar and stamina sorc are there !
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    @genosocal in vivec my magplar and stamina sorc are there !

    what color banner(s) do you fight for?
    Edited by geonsocal on July 16, 2017 10:49PM
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  • reiverx
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    geonsocal wrote: »
    update from my little happy place - Vivec...

    as of now - we have a yellow emp, sanj...earlier in the day though red had it with nikoli...

    with 19 days to go in the campaign: AD up with 12.2k points, DC next with 11.7k, and EP with 11k...

    high score is sanj with around 11 million - that's just mind boggling...happy to say i haben't helped contribute :p ...haven't run into sanj recently while I've been playing blue...

    congrats to @reiverx for getting up there on the big board - 5.6 mil...very nice...you and the missus must be having quite a bit of fun :)

    what type character are you using?

    I had a few days off last week so was able to put some time into making some AP. I'll probably fall off the leader board this week.

    I'm halfway through Grand Warlord grade 2 with my mDK. When I hit Grand Overlord I'm thinking about switching to a mag sorc for a change of pace. I have one fully leveled. All my other characters except for a dungeon/trials tank aren't above level 25.

  • Takes-No-Prisoner
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    I re-did my stam Templar

    With continuous attack, SPC, rally she sits ontop of 4000 weapon damage, 1700 stam recovery And 35k stamina with 22k health(24k with emp buff)

    :*:* She was fun to play yesterday mind gaming people with PoTL is fun when you're surfing zergs
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    I re-did my stam Templar

    With continuous attack, SPC, rally she sits ontop of 4000 weapon damage, 1700 stam recovery And 35k stamina with 22k health(24k with emp buff)

    :*:* She was fun to play yesterday mind gaming people with PoTL is fun when you're surfing zergs

    those are some beastly numbers @Takes-No-Prisoner ...are you still playing out of Shor???

    the queue times have mercifully decreased quite a bit in Vivec since Shor went live...

    had some absolutely epic battles against AD yesterday...tried unsuccesfully 4 or 5 different times to capture faregyl...once even made it to the flags before getting wiped :#

    Edit: I like using PotL along with radiant oppression on my stamplar - some skills are just too much fun not to slot - number one being the jesus beam, followed closely by the javelin knocking folks way the heck back :)
    Edited by geonsocal on July 17, 2017 5:57PM
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  • Takes-No-Prisoner
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    I do get onto Shor occasionally. But like you I am also busy IRL. Getting into sculpting again with my significant other. So I'll probably be on hiatus til the weekend.

    I did see you at Fare Farm yesterday around 2pm EST. You were with a couple of other blue trying to get back to Fare but we had people sticking around to push back. I tried focusing you twice but you ran back into the sea of smurfs.
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    But like you I am also busy IRL. Getting into sculpting again with my significant other. So I'll probably be on hiatus til the weekend.

    that is waaaay cool and definitely sounds like fun...good for you madam :)
    I did see you at Fare Farm yesterday around 2pm EST. You were with a couple of other blue trying to get back to Fare but we had people sticking around to push back. I tried focusing you twice but you ran back into the sea of smurfs.

    right on - I try to keep an eye on my death recaps to see if a friend shows up :)
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    so far this campaign my character rotations have gone surprisingly smooth: magsorc > stamblade > stamdk > stamplar...

    my last two characters I played both are werewolfs...been having a blast with them...

    the stamdk is a proctard with veli, viper, red mountain...

    the stamplar wears 7 heavy (plague doctor, black rose and selenes) - when I wolf out he's super tough for enemies to bring down (although it sure feels like every enemy on the map is solely targeting me :p)...

    @davey1107 had some seriously timely and sage advice regarding target selection and just basically being smart about which fights to engage in...

    as a general rule for the first 15 to 20 minutes of play I'm usually rezzing a bunch due to sheer over aggresiveness...

    once I calm down a little and satiate my blood lust - I don't normally die much...

    I've reached the point where all my characters are built in a way to make them fairly easy to play and compete with...

    however - as always success usually comes down to picking the right fights and positioning yourself correctly in the action...
    Edited by geonsocal on July 17, 2017 7:56PM
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  • Serjustin19
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    The Story of SerJustinIAm visit to Vivec PS4 NA


    There once was a DK, from AD whom decided to visit Vivec Ps4 NA, for 1hr before going back to PS4 EU. SerJustinIAm wanted to see how bad was lag, but sadly same as EU.

    SerJustinIAm however was well pleased to be used again, more or less. Since he was the original character from PC before switching To PS4 NA, with that 1 platform time switch long long ago.

    He has yet to get married sadly, but SerJustinIAm was well pleased all the same. Henceforth SerJustinIAm has a story to tell of interesting things he saw "besides being teabagged twice during his short visit, lol"

    SerJustinIAm meant someone, or something, named * Bradley D. *Bradley D, was and is an *Active Player, whom was *eating nachos. Sadly *Bradly D was interrupted and *Da.it" *Bradley D cried afoul with a fist in the air. Or if *Bradley could?


    *Bradley D started to go in a keep, after putting out a sign outside, saying "*Nobody Home" SerJustinIAm thought it was very strange, until he saw the reason why when he saw the *Army Of Pharaohs came a knocking; while holding *Salty Lemons.


    Behold then came 2 newcomers. * xxChampionsxx of Cyrodiil and The *Southern Blood Wolves. Both of the new comers stared at each other with glee. Some Dedra might call them *Inglorious Bast...s and or *Ebonheart exploitation*.

    Many Dedra Might agree, but SerJustinIAm later dismiss the claim. But before the. * thrassian plague, came and went. There was a group called *Thunder Slugs. SerJustinIAm was very interested to see what they have. So he took a look.

    The *Thunder Slugs was in a *back alley Trading, to be more precise, they had *Damaged Goods from *Wal-Mart. *Wal-Mart! SerJustinIAm explained allowed with confusion. "Of all the places, Cyrodiil has a *Walmart! It couldn't get any better!"

    But turns out it did, when SerJustinIAm became even more speechless when *Fox News Network showed up, reporting this mysterious *Wal-Mart. These where the, * Happy Times; SerJustinIam remembered before he was gone alas. To *F.U. Blues. Which SerJustinIAm thought it meant Fun University Blues.




    * Please Note, All of these names refer to Keep Names in Vivec PS4 NA As of July 18, 2017 Apro: 12:00 PM PDT- 1:00 PM PDT


    Edited by Serjustin19 on July 19, 2017 2:05AM
    Formerly Serjustin19, Save for Forum Of Course.... Fiery_Darkness (PC NA) currently.
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