Do you see pros fighting pros in PvP? Or it is always pros vs average players?

Ankael07 · January 2018

Seeing Pro and DE in the same sentence made my day for sure.

And one of the reasons why skilled players wont duel in Cyrodiil is that the fight is more likely to be interrupted there. So it happens but in remote places

xenowarrior92eb17_ESO · January 2018

90% of the time is 1-2 pros vs 10-30 noobs...obviously the noobs win cuz u know...str in numbers...

Insandros · January 2018

xenowarrior92eb17_ESO wrote: »

90% of the time is 1-2 pros vs 10-30 noobs...obviously the noobs win cuz u know...str in numbers...

You know that 2 pros versus 30 noobs is not any betetr than 1 pro geared up and hundrewds of hours only pving versus a noob, pve geared and totaly crap

life will never be fair to everyone from hte point of view you see it

exeeter702 · January 2018

CarbonX wrote: »

Bislobo wrote: »

Experienced/"skilled" players usually avoid fighting each other in open world because it's a waste of time. In duels and BG's they engage and test their builds to the fullest extent.

What do you mean it's "a waste of time" fighting another pro player and so I then understand it's "not a waste of time" fighting average players?

How about lets ease up on the useage of "pro" please. Most understand what calibur of player you are referring to but calling them (us?) professional is triggering me

DHale · January 2018

The best players know each other and rarely fight open world. They will duel on occasion but fights can be very long.

Calboy · January 2018

If I had 1 gold for every time I've seen two top PVPers from different factions stand next to each other and emote I'd be a very rich orc.

Maura_Neysa · January 2018

Vaoh wrote: »

Well, a lot of times the “pro” 1vXers are well known. I know that if I go into PvP I will basically fight anyone I see unless they’re a friend.

If an enemy is standing still (not attacking) then it’s kind of a known thing in ESO that they’re not looking to fight. Standing still and spamming block is sort of a sign of peace. I won’t engage when players do this unless it’s clearly an act to wait for backup.

Other times when I fight against really good players, we either keep going for 10min straight only to go our separate ways, or one of us gets ganked... these are fun fights but I want to go take resources and fight off groups instead in Cyrodiil. So pro vs pro players tends not to really happen very much except in actual duals and BGs ofc. And really good small groups form to mainly farm large groups of unskilled players for AP rather than each other.

There are also occasions where maybe three EP are fighting 20+ AD, and instead of being a nuisance to them both, I will fight alongside the EP. I try to even odds out because honestly, my gameplay revolves around taking resources, zergsurfing when I’m nearby a keep that’s about to get taken, and fighting in areas where the two opposing factions are. 1vXers tend to have to do that to actually remain playing solo despite going far from their closest spawn point - not very enticing to engage great players that can almost certainly take you down when they run together, since you can just let them pass and continue fighting everyone else.

When I say great btw, I don’t mean some random with a high rank or your typical Stam Warden meta chaser. I mean the players that still play PvP since launch and who are very comfortable with their class. Not too many of those.

^^^^ This, this is exactly how I see all the dedicate PVPers reacting. The great ones do this solo or in like 4 man groups. From there group sizes just reflects total skill in the group of dedicated PvPers. AP thirst comes from people who want to level and get out. Actual war tatics are the hate PVE types.
I do not consider myself particularly great PvPer, I do consider myself a @mn good tank whether in PvP or PvE, and by that I mean group utility. If you see me in Cryodiil you'll focus me or get away from me, fighting around me while ignoring me is a terrible idea. (I only add this because so many have no idea what actually goes into tanking)

Aisle9 · January 2018

Gonna tell you a secret:

Most pros don't play in zergs (ballgroups at most, but that's to farm AP).

If you want to see pros fighting pros, you need to look for the small scale. When you see a resource turning way back into enemy lines, that's most likely some small groups or solo players trying to bait someone.

Or you can find 2 small groups stopping everything to duel in the middle of nowhere.

Pros fight other pros, but unless you're one of the 2 pros fighting you will rarely see them.

Zergs and giant keep fights preclude the possibility to do that, mostly because of the performance dip you have when a large number of players are close by. In that case it's much better to ball up and roll over them.

If you can't swap bar because your framerate drops under 15, you can't play competitive (or w/e the equivalent is in ESO).

Hortator Indoril Nerevar · January 2018

Pros in ESO?