https://urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zerg

The joke answer is "enough to kill me"/"More than in my group" etc etc

The real answer is very dependent on the server, time, location, etc.

I'd argue that taking 15 people to a random resource in Shor at 11 AM is kinda zergy, while taking 24 to a resource in Vivec at 9 PM really isn't.

In ESO term its an huge group of players mostly in PvP but it is also used on dolmen groups.
It can be an organized group as in an raid group but its mostly use of random pug groups with low coordination and skill who make up for it in numbers.

To me a Zerg is a group of players, more than 4 to 6 in size, that is grouped for a purpose.

Tryxus wrote: »

https://urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zerg

I like this definition...although not always basic equipment or lower level...using numbers rather than strategy is so true.

The origin of the word has been linked so I will merely describe how I feel it is best used in the context of ESO.

A Zerg is a group(as in multiple people nearby, not as in being part of the same party) of players, usually more than the small group size of 4 and with no upper limit, who engage in an activity with only a target/objective as coordination. For instance a large group of 12 players attacking a keep with no leader to direct timing of abilities or pre-discussed plan of attack. Or a group of 8 who merely run into a fight follow the leader style and spam cast their aoe abilities. Being amongst many allies does not necessarily mean you are in a Zerg, but having a severe lack of coordination does.

Do to how flashy ESO abilities are, and how quick combat can be it is easy to see a large group no matter the level of coordination as a Zerg in many situations so it is often used to describe any group in pvp above 4 players. Since we cannot see how enemy teams are grouped it is also very easy to see "PUGs" near a coordinated party and think "Zerg", hence why the word is thrown around so much in zone/whisper/twitch chat/youtube comments/ etc

We are the Zerg, resistance is futile. All your XP and AP are belong to us.

Simple:
N +1 = zerg
Where "N" is the number of players in your group.
Unless ur 1vXing with friends, then its 2

What EP was doing last night 11PM EST XB-NA Vivec. I swear their entire server was at Ales simultaneously.

Zergs win campaigns...

A mob.

It's also used as a dismissive insult though, much like "scrub" and that doesn't necessarily have a literal, consistent definition. I've known solo PVPers who go out looking to 1vX and get super salty if they get hammered by the X they went looking for, at which point five people "zerged" them. I've also known people who run in ball groups who get very snotty if people call them out for being part of the 40-man ZERG that rolled five defenders, because they're a formal, disciplined, awesome group and obviously above such things.

So, it depends.

Zerg = numbers - big numbers - a swarm.

imo, anything more than a 24-man raid in one place = a Zerg. At Primetime, a faction can usually only have 1-2 zergs running at a time - they're just that big.

Often people call organised guild raids or ball-groups of 10-15 a zerg - but they're not. The zerg is usually the 30+ strong mass that they are fighting against.

It comes from the old StarCraft race who's playstyle was to massively outnumber the opposition with poor units - as opposed to other races that generally have smaller numbers of better troops.

Here is a screenshot of a zerg.



Two of us took the flag, then this group showed up.

And yes one of them is teabagging me.