paulsimonps wrote: »

bulbousb16_ESO wrote: »

frostz417 wrote: »

Somebody who runs in uncoordinated PvDoor groups larger than 8.

Well, the problem here is that "PVDoor" is a meanglingless buzzword itself, but the rest of your description explains where you are coming from.

Most zerglings are bad players since most zerg blobs are a bunch of noobs who cannot hold their own in a 1v1 or fight outnumbered. They typically get 1vX’d and complain about said 1vX’er and claim they run super broken sets when in reality they’re just better players.

A true good player can hold their own in a 1v1 and can fight outnumbered and play solo without having to rely on his 23 other group members to fight enemies for them.
So yes, it is a derogatory term.

I get it now. "Zergling" is a derogatory term used by min-maxers and 1vXers to denigrate the people who play Alliance War the way it is meant to be played - in a large scale group battle.

Pretty much, 1vX ers and small group PvPers hate it when they face zergs but I love it. Used to played Warhammer online where the fights were constantly 50+vs50+ prefer the larger fights and to troll the people that hate them.

The best is when you fight 1 AD toon and you accidentally stumble upon 15 more AD. Then they chase you across the map because you t-bagged one of them last week in a 4v1 fight lol.

That is a zergling

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Sandman929 wrote: »

bulbousb16_ESO wrote: »

driosketch wrote: »

large enough to where their victory is seen as solely the result of numbers, irrespective of the skills of any members of the group (zerg)... Given that skill level is irrelevant to a zerg win, the assumption is therefore that the skill level of any given zergling is minimal.

That sounds like a sour grapes assessment from a losing side. "They sucked, they just had more people".

It is. Even when I'm muttering it to myself. The truly annoying people will go out of their way to make sure that you share in their anger/self-consolation by whispering you.

and often times they do that while you are unknowingly a part of their LIVE stream.
i consider it a form of harrassment.
even if someone plays solo and pulls others into a zerg or uses any method or means to kill another player, calling them a "zergling" actually has no real basis, and there is zreo proof that person was even a member of the zerg, and has no actual definition other than to simply insult someone and be used as a taunt in retaliation because they died and they dont want to admit they were outskilled, no matter what actually killed their character.
as their character lay dead on the ingame ground they decide to whisper at random or even target one specific player and proclaim:

"YOUR A WEAK ZERGLING, YOU HAVE ZERO SKILL, AND YOU NEED OTHERS TO HELP YOU BECAUSE YOU CANT WIN, I KNOW FOR A FACT I AM BETTER THAN YOU"

seems to be considered by many actual value and truth, when infact there is no truth in that comment at all, and there was and is no way to actually proove that person has no skill, OR that they were even part of that zerg.

INFACT: the person that died was killed by the hand and skill of that other player yet he/she does not and cannot admit it happened and they were killed because they were outskilled no matter how they died.

not if they dont want to duel you or 1 v 1 you openly.
infact: IF the fight allready took place earlier, 2 people fought, and one of them died.
the winner is the person that did not die, yet the looser allways does not want to admit that took place.

you have healers and tanks that need more damage to them to kill them, and you use any means available to do so including perhaps taunting them off of a High fall or even caught under some oil.

I'd like to add another example based on an experience I just had. Again, fake made up names here.

Chadwell fights for the Daggerfall Covenant. Chadwell is not the brightest, nor the most skilled warrior so he has no idea what to do when his group isn't nearby. After initiating combat with Chadwell, the first thing to happen is to throw an ice wall of elements at me. This isn't a good move Chadwell. This is Cyrodiil, I can walk out of this. When Chadwell realizes this, he goes for the permafrost. Nice try Chadwell, but you're a tank, so that didn't hurt. After Chadwell realizes he can't kill me with his frosty boi, he attempts to run. But chadwell is slow, because again, he is just a tank. Chadwell died that day... a worthless tanky boi. But his legend lives on in a lorebook called Zerglings of Cyrodiil: A memior of how to be trash at PVP. Rip Chadwell.

Zerglings are a zerg warrior strain which serve as the swarm's frontline assault troops. They're a smaller type of zerg. About the size of a large dog. If you run one over with your truck, you might be under the mistaken impression that you mashed some poor fellers dog. Before their genetic code was assimilated into the swarm, they were known as dune runners and we're native to the planet Zz'gash.

bulbousb16_ESO wrote: »

frostz417 wrote: »

Chadwell is not the brightest, nor the most skilled warrior so he has no idea what to do when his group isn't nearby.

Interesting one-perspective story. Who exactly is Chadwell fighting?

Blinkin8r wrote: »

Mages=mag sorc whom have mostly single target and are very tanky and hard to kill with shields and pets. Basically a strong ass class in 1v1

By "Mages", I am not referring to any single class, rather to anyone primarily using Magicka skills, i.e. Templars, Sorcerors or others focusing on Mages Guild skills. Most of which have AoE.

Archer... not really sure what you mean except snipe spammers who only spam snipe and have 0 aoe. But most are extremely squishy glass cannon and die easily.

I mean anyone using a Bow as their primary weapon. If you don't think the Bow line has an AoE skill, then you obviously don't play this game.

So, explain to me how a heavy infantry-type defeating an archer type shows ANY skill whatsoever? They simply aren't built to go 1 on 1. If you think you are good as a frontline fighter defeating support characters, then you're the noob.

But again, it clears up the use of the term. You can be highly effective as a ranged combatant and/or a healer, but if you die when caught 1 on 1, then somehow you are a low-skill "zergling".

Cyrodiil is an Alliance war zone. It takes all roles to form an effective force. This isn't Street Fighter.

You absolutely butchered those quotes just saying.

Savos_Saren wrote: »

I do think that the exception to the whole "Zergling" concept would be PVP healers. (I don't run any healers) But they're most likely going to be with groups wherever they go... and I don't think dedicated healers will squirrel off to fight anyone. I'd say they get a pass on the Zergling concept.

I run a lot of healers and you would be correct there. Healers tend to have team-based builds with fewer offensive abilities slotted (or at least mine do), so they're not very effective by themselves. If I'm lucky, I can maybe solo an undefended resource, but that's about it.

Zerglings are a zerg warrior strain which serve as the swarm's frontline assault troops. They're a smaller type of zerg. About the size of a large dog. If you run one over with your truck, you might be under the mistaken impression that you mashed some poor fellers dog. Before their genetic code was assimilated into the swarm, they were known as dune runners and were native to the planet Zz'gash.

Could've just googled it, but OP wanted to get a rise out of the community and express a personal opinion under the guise of neutral curiosity like many that came before OP.

OP is a forum zergling.