wheresbes wrote: »

I've been once to a delve in Cyrodiil in my PVE gear and I noticed that I took slightly longer to kill things (because of battle spirit maybe?)

Yes, battle spirit (or being in a non-CP campaign)

Are IC districts controlled by alliances?

Yes, but that only impacts which district you can resurrect in, how much Tel Var you earn up top, and which color of NPCs guards the flag. If you can solo the bosses in IC, you can definitely capture the districts — but it might draw attention from the other alliances

How to stand a chance if I'm attacked by another player?

Start by accepting that in ESO, there will always be someone better than you, or at least someone able to beat your build. You're gonna die a lot, so just try to learn and experiment on the way. Foster a good attitude

For concrete advice, I personally keep a "kill bar" and a "buff bar" on magblade. My frontbar has everything I need to kill someone — stun (Flame Clench), execute, spammable, Inner Light (for the buff), and Grim Focus (you might want a heal/damage shield there instead of an execute). Grim Focus can be hard to land, but is important for bursting people down. The best times to stun people IMO are when you're about to kill them (so they can't heal), or when they're about to kill you (so you can heal). I keep my bars this way so that I don't waste a precious second bar swapping when it's a bad time to

I've been using Steed Stone, Ring of the Wild Hunt, and Bewitched Sugar Candy Skulls and I feel pretty survivable in PvP*, even in no-impen light armor (not recommended lol. you should absolutely use impen). Movement speed is super key in IC to avoid & pick fights. Health recovery isn't halved by Battle Spirit

I used to use Harness Magicka, and found it works well with all the heal-over-time Nightblades have

for the time being I get things done in rattlecage jewels and weapons (quite redundant, I know) and mother's sorrow.

Mother's Sorrow is bad for PvP because Critical Resistance drastically reduces your crit damage. I recommend War Maiden as a damage set, because it buffs most skills nightblades use, and is cheap/easy to get. People usually pair a damage set with a survivability set or a sustain set for a well-rounded build

I run an aggressive no-cloak glass cannon build and I only consider myself medium skill. So that's the grain of salt for this advice (New Moon Acolyte, War Maiden, Ring of the Wild Hunt, ~700 Magicka Recovery)