@RaikaNA

From a perspective of winning I do understand your points and they are absolutely true.

The population of Ravenwatch is so sensitive right now that it does become an issue though. SDC as a guild wants to influence more players to come to this campaign because we believe it has some of the most balanced and smoothest PvP gameplay this game has to offer. But anytime a "new" player logs into this campaign and sees a map all one color it demotes playing in that campaign.

I don't have to explain this to you obviously, I see you and some of your group most nights of the week. But there is only 3-4 active guilds in this campaign and we all make up the vast majority of combat that occurs here. For a truly competitive campaign that needs to change.

Looking forward to the fights tonight though. Win or lose hope both sides are having fun with the challenge.

@RaikaNA

I won't deny it, I'm sure I was at Black Boot. I'm assuming the timing was around when it starts getting active though. I said before I have no issues with "gating" during peak hours (that's how you "earn" a scroll versus stealing the scroll while night capping which DC does too often).

I won't deny that not everyone in SDC agrees with the whole gating issue. Some want to do it so they have more time to react to groups jumping on (but in my opinion if the group wants to dethrone then they'll just ignore the tri-keeps and go straight to the center).

There is also a factor of group size when I'm fighting in the tri keep area. If I walk up solo or in a duo and there are 6+ people trying to take the keep I like to challenge myself and try to stop them. If it's 2-3 people I wouldn't bother and I'd rather let them take the keep. Sometimes I'll even hop on EP to try to help them push out.

But you're not wrong. I should do better about it as well. Apologies.

I mainly play on Blackreach (and occasionally on Grey Host), but I’m getting pretty sick and tired of all the DC ball groups and the constant Dark Convergence bombs from said ball groups. I’m an “old school” ESO player who remembers the fun of actually sieging and countersieging in organized groups, starting and preventing emp pushes, defending scrolls, defending home keeps, etc. — not spending the better part of prime time trying to do those things and instead getting farmed relentlessly by multiple sweaty ball groups that have zero intention of actually playing the campaign. It’s beyond boring being forced to just take resources/cut off transit to “annoy” the ball groups, only to have them undo your work in fifteen minutes tops, so they can get back to farming with ease. I returned to ESO recently after a four year break and the ball groups are honestly completely out of control. It was never this bad in the past.

So… for that reason, I’m interested in trying out Ravenwatch. I play EP exclusively. Are there any decent/fun non-sweat EP guilds worth checking out? And where might I find an up to date list of all the sets that currently work in Ravenwatch?

Lumsdenml wrote: »

Aurielle wrote: »

I mainly play on Blackreach (and occasionally on Grey Host), but I’m getting pretty sick and tired of all the DC ball groups and the constant Dark Convergence bombs from said ball groups. I’m an “old school” ESO player who remembers the fun of actually sieging and countersieging in organized groups, starting and preventing emp pushes, defending scrolls, defending home keeps, etc. — not spending the better part of prime time trying to do those things and instead getting farmed relentlessly by multiple sweaty ball groups that have zero intention of actually playing the campaign. It’s beyond boring being forced to just take resources/cut off transit to “annoy” the ball groups, only to have them undo your work in fifteen minutes tops, so they can get back to farming with ease. I returned to ESO recently after a four year break and the ball groups are honestly completely out of control. It was never this bad in the past.

So… for that reason, I’m interested in trying out Ravenwatch. I play EP exclusively. Are there any decent/fun non-sweat EP guilds worth checking out? And where might I find an up to date list of all the sets that currently work in Ravenwatch?

The Disenfranchised are a fun, non sweaty group that is ep only. We run official groups Thursday and Friday nights and main Ravenwatch. Whisper me in game or do an application!

Thanks! I’ll check you folks out. Hopefully Ravenwatch will be a better fit for me.

Kartalin wrote: »

When I was there Friday before last (on dc this time), it seemed like each faction had one large group roaming around. Sometimes they clashed, sometimes not. AD ultimately had 3 bars versus 2 each on the other faction and used the number advantage to win fights by attrition (as is tradition in this campaign). A good organized group should be able to find some success regardless.

Yeah, AD usually just throws bodies at the problem... That being said, they usually have the bodies to throw.

Aurielle wrote: »

I mainly play on Blackreach (and occasionally on Grey Host), but I’m getting pretty sick and tired of all the DC ball groups and the constant Dark Convergence bombs from said ball groups. I’m an “old school” ESO player who remembers the fun of actually sieging and countersieging in organized groups, starting and preventing emp pushes, defending scrolls, defending home keeps, etc. — not spending the better part of prime time trying to do those things and instead getting farmed relentlessly by multiple sweaty ball groups that have zero intention of actually playing the campaign. It’s beyond boring being forced to just take resources/cut off transit to “annoy” the ball groups, only to have them undo your work in fifteen minutes tops, so they can get back to farming with ease. I returned to ESO recently after a four year break and the ball groups are honestly completely out of control. It was never this bad in the past.

So… for that reason, I’m interested in trying out Ravenwatch. I play EP exclusively. Are there any decent/fun non-sweat EP guilds worth checking out? And where might I find an up to date list of all the sets that currently work in Ravenwatch?

You would be a perfect candidate to join our guild based on what you wrote, but unfortunately, we are an AD guild. If you ever want to play on AD and looking for a guild that focuses on winning the campaign.. give us (Aetherian Avengers) a holler

MoonSugar wrote: »

@Aurielle

I'm not a member of Disenfranchised, largely because I main DC, but even so I hold them in high esteem and recommend them highly, especially for what you've described you're looking for.

I checked them out, and they seem like a great crew! Unfortunately, their groups run a little too late for my time zone (Atlantic Standard Time).

Aurielle wrote: »

MoonSugar wrote: »

@Aurielle

I'm not a member of Disenfranchised, largely because I main DC, but even so I hold them in high esteem and recommend them highly, especially for what you've described you're looking for.

I checked them out, and they seem like a great crew! Unfortunately, their groups run a little too late for my time zone (Atlantic Standard Time).

Yeah, we do tend to run late, especially for eastern NA. It's a rough balance when you have a GM and an officer or two in oceana and the rest of the guild spread out across N America.

Looking forward to seeing you all again (this is bad for you)

I had hoped that the return of proc sets would lead to floods of new people who could help balance the map, but alas. Sometimes when I'm feeling particularly stubborn I log on with an AD or EP toon and take resources until the emp shows up to dunk on me. But then I think, by giving them fights I'm validating their decision to sit and puppy-guard a completely capped map, so instead of making zero difference like I thought I was, I might actively be making the situation worse...