ESO: Battle Royale?

Remag_Div · September 2017

So if you're keeping up with the latest gaming trends outside of ESO and MMO's in general you will see that the battle royale game PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG) is currently one of the most popular games in the world as an early access game on the PC and soon coming to Xbox One. It's currently the #1 streamed game on Twitch (surpassing League of Legends which had the top spot for 3 consecutive years) and has over 1 million concurrent users playing on Steam. It's incredibly impressive.

For those not in the know, a quick synopsis of the game: Up to one hundred players parachute onto an island and scavenge for weapons and equipment to kill others while avoiding getting killed themselves. The available safe area of the game's world decreases in size over a match, directing surviving players into tighter areas and forcing encounters. The last player or team standing wins the round.

Which got me thinking, why not take a mode like this and modify it to be done within an MMO, and more specifically into a game like ESO? Obviously many things would have to be changed or scrapped to work in ESO but with some effort and tinkering I think it would be a really fun new addition to the game.

- For instance, can't skydive from a plane but maybe choose spawns with magical portals somehow?
- Looting: everyone starts with a basic weapon /armor but can loot better weapons / armor in the game world and take from other players you kill?
- Different types of mounts can be found scattered to use for quicker mobility.
- Solo, Duos, 4-person team modes.

Could it be possible? What are some other ideas for it to work?

DeadlyRecluse · September 2017

Yes

Sounds like a terrible idea that I really want to try.

Turelus · September 2017

There could in theory be a last man standing mode, we could take buffs from vMA as an example of power ups akin to old school FPS games.

The rest I don't think ESO could do without a major overhaul of the systems.

DonWalking · September 2017

No

I'm sorry but I just find this ridiculous, it's like saying Cod is doing great so why not add gun game into ESO

RupzSkooma · September 2017

Yes

I am drunk so by mistake selected yes option .

Remag_Div · September 2017

Yes

DonWalking wrote: »

I'm sorry but I just find this ridiculous, it's like saying Cod is doing great so why not add gun game into ESO

Terrible analogy and wrong, but OK.

Inhuman003 · September 2017

Yes

Would the group be a group of 20 or a group of 40 for Battle Royale?

Mady · September 2017

No

PUBG sucks imo

idk · September 2017

The idea is great for a simple shooter PvP game and it's really just a copy of what I've seen in other games. ESO is not that type of game.

In PUGB everyone starts off pretty much the same with little until they gain more. In ESO we start off with skills available to us which right off the batt creates a very different situation.

There's a solid reason why ESO didn't try to be like LoL and the same stands for not trying to emulate PUGB. ESO should keep working to be like ESO which has made it one of the more popular MMORPGs. We should let simple shooter PvP games be like simple shooter PvP games.

SugaComa · September 2017

No

No, ...as this style doesn't suite ESO ...

I think 4 hour campaigns would be better ... So people can come on and push a campaign for a win or lose battle then have it reset ... Faster you become emp greater points you can gain to maintain a lead, becoming emp doesn't guarantee a win as it's all about points, so strategy comes in ... The game would naturally create the ever decreasing zone as emp pushes for last keep while other team defends or emp defends as other teams work to over throw

eso_nya · September 2017

No

For me, if i want to play pvp, i go for a shooter or moba.

In a mmo, u have to balance around "when im good enough i should be able to kill a higher leveled player in better gear" and "if i spend enough time/money/efford, i should be unbeatable". Or "skill" vs "gear". As mmos r usually focusing around progression in leveling and gearing up, they "should" be weighted more towards gear over skill and that sucks for a balanced pvp game. If they go the other way, it basically questions the purpose of the game itself, cause why bother with gearing up if it doesnt matter in the end?

I could imagine a battleground for 12 players where everyone is hostile, tho imo that "king of the hill" stuff mostly turns into "hide until everyones dead, before backstabing", could argue about how "skilled" is. One thing that should not be done tho: Looting better weapons. "i would have won, cause i was the bestest player, but than i looted an ice-staff." I'll enjoy the pvp forums if it ever happens xD

VoodooWasser · September 2017

Yes

Wouldnt be high on my whishlist but why not?

Also possible if it really takes place in daedric terretory why not be a daedra yourselfe? In an other game i loved the monster arena where you played as a random boss monster against other boss players. Was a LOT of fun. Why not be daedra and be morphed in better daedras? But as i said it would be so low on my list i dont whish to se smt like that in the next 3 years. But always mind for new stuff.

Kay1 · September 2017

Yes

You are asking for a feature?

Really?

Here?

The 90% of this forum wants no patch notes, no chapter, no new class, no dlc, no skins for anything, no special mounts, and I can keep going for maybe 10-20 minutes easily and give you a full list.

I don't care what they add as long as it is content, something the kiddos in this forum will never understand that's why we've been for more than 6 months without any REAL content.

Leogon · September 2017

No

PUBG is garbage. It became popular only because streamers made it popular. They started playing PUBG and then guess what happened? The sheep followed.

driosketch · September 2017

Future realm of Boethiah DLC perhaps.

PlagueSD · September 2017

No

You can even get a stacking buff depending on the number of players you kill. We could call this "Highlander" mode.

MasterSpatula · September 2017

Wow. This sounds absolutely awful to me. But I'm in no way against allowing players who would enjoy such a thing do it, if ZOS could even make it happen.

Jarbear28 · January 2018

Instead of picking up new armor and skills. You should start with the same armor and skills you have, but your armor is common. And you pick up rare, epic, and legendary upgrades. That way it's not a copy and paste version of pubg. And you can control your build.

When the game starts you should start in a "waiting room" with daedra. That way while you wait for you're time to jump in the portal, You're doing something. Its still timed and you get to choose anywhere on the map to jump to.

I also think you could have legendary bosses that drop a legendary upgrade that you can fight for, scattered through the map. You could have 3-5 legendary. And 5-10 epic.

And we're talking about eso here, where it's designed to have a lot of players on the screen. So I think you split cyrodiil into the 3 sections and each one is a map. And instead on 100. Its 200. Bigger and better. Each keep could have a legendary boss. And chests that have upgrades. Healing doesn't need to be nerfed, it part of the game. Again you don't want to copy and paste pubg.

Instead of medpacks you could find food, drink, and instant potions. And winners get a new separate passive skill line just like the emporer. Not crowned emp, because that's cyrodiil.

This isn't hard to do for Zenimax. The maps are made, the item sets are equipped. And they would make a ton of money if it was their next expansion.

Smmokkee · January 2018

No

Its called Cyrodiil

Ruckly · January 2018

PUBG is by far the highest played game on steam yet has low player ratings. It is a love/hate kind of game. I prefer death match myself or CS 1.5/1.6 style game play. Or ESO style game play. A battle royal RPG with eye of the flame would be a mess.

NewBlacksmurf · January 2018

No

So.....there’s this place Cyrodil i think, and it’s like team PvP cause that’s how many play it so if that’s not largely popular due to other issues, nope, won’t work

Tasear · January 2018

No

Doesn't not seem like eso

but cydrolli is probably close enough.

Carbonised · January 2018

No

If you want to play those types of games, then go play those types of games. ESO has plenty of PvP options, from large to small, in Battlegrounds, Cyrodiil and IC.

I, for one, would like to hold on to the last shred of RPG identity in this game.

If you want to dress up in a silly costume and arena fight other people with a thin veneer of RPG elements spread on, I hear there's this thing called Overwatch.

DieAlteHexe · January 2018

No

Carbonised wrote: »

If you want to play those types of games, then go play those types of games. ESO has plenty of PvP options, from large to small, in Battlegrounds, Cyrodiil and IC.

I, for one, would like to hold on to the last shred of RPG identity in this game.

If you want to dress up in a silly costume and arena fight other people with a thin veneer og RPG veneer spread on, I hear there's this thing called Overwatch.

Sums it up for me.

RupzSkooma · January 2018

Yes

Voted YES by mistake lol
This happened twice now.

Jade1986 · January 2018

No

I would love free for all, but it just wouldnt work. People would be forced to play dps toons.

HatchetHaro · January 2018

Yes

Not factoring in the amount of work needed to put together something like that as well as the inevitable buggy mess, why not? It would be a fun thing to try out.

JahneeO · January 2018

No

Not every game needs to play the same way. Looking for a battle Royale? Go play one.

CavalryPK · January 2018

Yes

Anything that involves any sort of pvp... I upvote.

ParaNostram · January 2018

Yes

Can't be worse than chaos ball and crazy king. Those are seriously the two worst game modes I have ever played on an MMO with PvP.

Bax · January 2018

DonWalking wrote: »

I'm sorry but I just find this ridiculous, it's like saying Cod is doing great so why not add gun game into ESO

You got it all wrong. It should be "CoD is doing great so why not add first person view into ESO and maybe some PvP mode simulating war between factions". Yeah you are right, that would never exist in... OH WAIT!

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