I hate Imperial City on general principle and because my last time there was... a pretty terrible experience. Even realizing going in that it would be a terrible experience.

That being said, I held my nose and went in this time because I figured a quick district daily in a campaign where my alliance looked strongest would be faster than a dungeon run.

And I have at least two positive takeaways, as a casual PvE carebear in a cruel PvP world.

The first was total joy in finding a campaign early yesterday morning where my alliance had all districts under control and kept them under control (mostly). That actually, finally, allowed me to actually complete the quest lines in each district plus the overall PvE storyline - something I never, ever thought would happen. Was just lucky and good timing, like getting the skyshards in Cyrodiil behind the enemy gates. It also allowed me to rack up pre-done district dailies that I can just pop in, hand in, and immediately leave again for the next few days.

The second was the one time during all that questing when red got enough of a group together to battle for control of Elven Gardens. I was LITERALLY on the final "you can tell you are turning in the main quest and finishing it for that district" part of the district story. And ZOS, in its infinite wisdom, decided to place that turn-in in a sewer underneath the flag area folks stand on to claim the district. Of course, there is a group of EP standing there (I'm AD). I make it a point to avoid them and go around just desperately trying to get into the quest door. But because I am taking damage, I am locked out from interacting with the door. Despite the fact that I am standing right next to a quest door down in a ditch with my shield up, OF COURSE all the EP drop down from the flag and 10-to-1 slaughter me even though I didn't attack, was clearly by a quest door, and had my shield up because "LoL KiLl ThE yElLoW PvE PlAyEr I sO SkIlLeD!"

As I lay there contemplating my options - do I attempt to revive somewhere else and try to run back in to the slaughter? Do I leave and try to turn in the quest another day, even though I was ONE STEP AWAY from finishing it and moving on with the PvE storyline? - I notice someone wanting to revive me. I'm shocked. How, in a sea of red, is there a yellow reviving me? But I accept it gratefully and it looked like they had maybe also been questing and stepped outside from the quest door to see my corpse laying there... so close, but yet so far... and took pity on the poor quester, revived me, and then surely went upstairs to slaughter.

It was just enough to squeeze me in the door and hand in the quest. And was literally the difference between me completing the entire IC storyline or not yesterday. That one random act of kindness felt so wonderful.

If you just want your tickets and gold loot box,you can get it pretty easy,jsut takes a little longer.Just goto arena area,get quest,and stay at the area on top,don't go off platform.There's always ppl to save by killing dremora,jsut takes longer,but alot less worries about dying.Also,jsut dump your telvar as often as possible,and atleast if smeone kills you,they get almost nothing.

I don't do PvP for this event and I'm close to end both motif collection.. Dunno why people complain, just play the game.

Ryath_Waylander wrote: »

Nairinhe wrote: »

Just to share my routine:
1. Turn in 1-2 of the dailies done beforehand.
2. Pick whatever dailies there are to pick.
3. Go to Arena - this is the 'guaranteed' daily I pick and do, just in case it's too uncomfortable to get into the districts. There are spawn points you can poke from base exit, and they respawn pretty fast. If it's quiet - just jump into the district.
4. Try to do the dailies you picked earlier
5. The fun part: lfg or just find a group and tag along. This will also get you some event boxes from mobs, bosses and chests while you are running around.

There are ppl in "wild hunt mode" who try to kill anything that moves
There are ppl who won't care for a solo enemy unless they attack
There are ppl who will help you with a boss regardless of your alliance

Just leave your base with the thought that you're already dead and treat every minute you're not as a bonus. And don't forget to bank your tel vars and that queuing for empty Cyro campaign is a fine alternative to retreat sigils.

Well said. This is the routine I use as a PvE player. That and I built a Bow/2H Vamp Stamblade wearing Darloc Brae Easy peasy. Be a pessimist, expect to die, understand PvP is focussed on killing you and not everyone plays the way you do. It's all about getting your tickets and 1 daily coffer.

If you are not a PvP player, planning to get rich on Tel Var/Motifs etc, is going to make you miserable. Have a laugh when they only get 18 Tel var off your corpse and be glad of a quick port home. Rejoice that the price of Xivkyn motifs and Style pages is freefalling in the guild stores. With a sneaky build, I'm getting credit for Boss kills merely by hiding in the background and doing one snipe, if its enemy players hitting it. Then hide in the corner and wait for the blue flash of your screen that tells you it's dead. If you are tempted to take a shot at an enemy player, accept the hell that could rain down on you. Stay out of choke points and run along the sides of tunnels.

If all this seems unfair to you, it's not, it is just how the other side plays. It is a tiny zone, PvE has the rest of Cyrodiil and all other events barring MYM. I now know what actions are getting me killed. I have the right equipment, I am a poor pvp player but it is taking slightly longer to kill me and sometimes I'm even escaping. Speaking for myself, the more I play, the more fun I'm having, regardless of how quick I die.

As a old PvP player I salute you! This is how every PvP player started. By being cunning and smart, you don't have to be best PvPer to feel the thrill of victory. Sometimes getting away is more rewarding than the kill, one day you may even get rage whisps because you are so good at escaping Have fun, and let the tel vars flow!

I do not like PvP but on the first day I did go into IC. I got my Tickets, Gold Box (including a Style Page) but it took me forever.

Since then, I have pugged WGT - twice on vet, the rest on normal. Each day I have got my Tickets, Gold box & 3 or 4 Purple boxes from either Mini Bosses, Treasure Chests or Mobs.

I have had at least 1 Style Page every day but usually 2 or 3, albeit a fair few were duplicates.

If one goes early in the day, WGT on normal is very quick and there are no long waiting times for the Dungeon finder - only 1 - 3 minutes.

At the end, I come out with more Tel-Var than I would in IC - to keep me self-sufficient in Hakeijo for the foreseeable future - and without any frustrations or stress.

For PvE ers, I would recommend WGT over IC's Dailies.

[snip] (ICP or WGT). Also this is one of two pvp events per year. The other 60 are pve...See ya in the districts all you sweet sweet VD procs. ; )

[Edited to remove Baiting]

Jaimeh wrote: »

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