Can't wait to see next Golden Pursuit - Mayhem

DenverRalphy · February 2025

I'm curious as to how the playerbase wil respond to the next GP coming up right after the current one completes.

Because since it part of the Mayhem event, it's likely to be PvP centric. So I wonder how many different types of tasks they can set for it. I can't wait to get some BG's action goin on!

VoxAdActa · February 2025

I'm looking forward to the event, as a newbie PvPer; it'll help give me an even better incentive to get out there and walk face-first into failure some more. XD

I'm not looking forward to the seventeen new forum threads complaining about how unfair it is that a reward is locked behind content they refuse to engage with for even a single moment. Like the people complaining about a Valentine's Day themed event asking people to group for 2 out of 15 challenges, or asking people to do "immoral" things like pick locks or spend a day or two as a vampire.

Erickson9610 · February 2025

I'm personally looking forward to the Golden Pursuits which happen after Update 45 launches. There was a bug fix on the PTS which allows Endeavors and Golden Pursuit tasks requiring players to devour corpses in Werewolf form to work, so after those changes come to Live, there will be a real possibility of a Werewolf equivalent of this Golden Pursuit's Vampire feeding task.

As far as PvP-centric Golden Pursuits go, I'm actually looking forward to the one which will happen during the Cyrodiil Champions (Vengeance) testing week. I'll definitely participate in one for the standard Whitestrake's Mayhem event, though.

JemadarofCaerSalis · February 2025

As someone who isn't a PvPer, I am not really looking forward to it, as I am not sure exactly how much I would be able to get done (and thus how many of the rewards).

Depending on what the tasks are, and what the rewards are, I might actually get into PvP and try some of them.

AcadianPaladin · February 2025

I'm a PvE soloist and delight in the fact that there is so much in ESO that I enjoy doing. The list of things I won't do is substantial but pales in comparison to the list of things I enjoy. I'll take a look at the Golden Pursuit and if it is too PvP centric for me, I won't participate. No complaints regardless as there are plenty of events. Missing one here or there is no problem.

ESO_player123 · February 2025

I will happily skip it since I do not PvP.

katanagirl1 · February 2025

It would seem that the next Golden Pursuits would be centered around PvP, but I hope there are some other option for those who aren’t as interested in it as I. There could be one for healing and repairs, but often players simple refuse to even step foot into Cyrodiil.

I also hope they aren’t all BG related. I will do those but they just aren’t as fun as sieging and fighting at keeps.

whitecrow · February 2025

I don't do much PVP so I'll have to see what they are. I imagine that even they are things I might do sometimes, the number of times might be more than I want to commit to.

Melivar · February 2025

While I am not a big pvp person I have found that the more I do it the more I can actually have some fun while working towards a goal. The biggest thing I found is once you acknowledge that you're just going to be cannon fodder and die to most, the act of being killed didn't cause me nearly the turmoil as it did in the beginning. Respawn and get back at your ticket quest, endeavor or now Golden Pursuit task

I used to just slog through pvp for event tickets only then walk away for the day. Now I actually enjoy the Whitestrike's events as there are a lot less full on PVP folks running around. Sure every now and again you'll find someone who just wants to be a nuisance but most of the time once someone has killed you with little push back out of the larger fights, they just let you pass the second or third time. You can turn in the majority of the town quests without owning the town so don't try to cap it for your side and just get in and out or you'll draw unwanted attention.

VoxAdActa · February 2025

Melivar wrote: »

While I am not a big pvp person I have found that the more I do it the more I can actually have some fun while working towards a goal. The biggest thing I found is once you acknowledge that you're just going to be cannon fodder and die to most, the act of being killed didn't cause me nearly the turmoil as it did in the beginning.

That's been my experience, too. It's scary to dip into that content, and it's frustrating to die so quickly sometimes, but it stopped being so frightening after a few times, once my brain figured out there weren't any significant consequences for failing, lol.

Orbital78 · February 2025

More than likely it will be easy even for pve folks. Even if it is not, I'm sure it can be cheesed.

TaSheen · February 2025

I don't do anything with mayhem - and if the pursuits are pvp-centric, I just won't participate at all since I don't touch pvp in this game.

sans-culottes · February 2025

TaSheen wrote: »

I don't do anything with mayhem - and if the pursuits are pvp-centric, I just won't participate at all since I don't touch pvp in this game.

I don’t see myself finishing this either. I dip my toes into PVP periodically, but it’s like every time I do I’m reminded of why I don’t.

AzuraFan · February 2025

I don't care about the capstone reward (custom mining action), so I won't care about missing out on this one. If any of the guilds I belong to have events, I might get a few items ticked off, but it won't be a priority.

TaSheen · February 2025

sans-culottes wrote: »

TaSheen wrote: »

I don't do anything with mayhem - and if the pursuits are pvp-centric, I just won't participate at all since I don't touch pvp in this game.

I don’t see myself finishing this either. I dip my toes into PVP periodically, but it’s like every time I do I’m reminded of why I don’t.

I actively pvp'd in WoW and RIFT - about a decade+ ago . I never found it fun, but it was one of those things family and friends got me into - and while I got reasonably good at it, I really hated every minute of it.

Just never going there again....

SeaGtGruff · February 2025

I’m looking forward to Mayhem, since I have a fun during that event despite not being very good at PvP.

And I’m curious to see what the endeavors and pursuits will be during the event, since having at least some of them being pertinent to Cyrodiil and PvP should help with getting them completed without taking away from Cyrodiil playtime.

But I do hope that there is enough diversity to give non-PvPers a chance to complete the endeavors and pursuits, otherwise it will not be good for everyone and there will be a lot of complaining about it.

Smitch_59 · February 2025

If it's anything more demanding than "get killed x number of times in PvP" then it's outside my skill set and I'll probably sit this one out.

SeaGtGruff · February 2025

Smitch_59 wrote: »

If it's anything more demanding than "get killed x number of times in PvP" then it's outside my skill set and I'll probably sit this one out.

1) Get killed 1 time by an enemy player in PvP.
2) Get killed 5 times by enemy players in PvP.
3) Get killed 25 times by enemy players in PvP.
4) Join a ball group in Cyrodiil and get killed by an enemy bomber.
5) Try to defend a friendly keep in Cyrodiil and get killed by enemy players.
6) Try to PvDoor an enemy keep in Cyrodiil and get killed by the NPC guards.

I can do these!

spartaxoxo · February 2025

I think there's going to be a lot of complaints that it's unfair to have a PvP pursuit even though we've just had more PvE ones. It seems to be the case quite often with the Midyear Mayhem event.

shadyjane62 · February 2025

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

Smitch_59 wrote: »

If it's anything more demanding than "get killed x number of times in PvP" then it's outside my skill set and I'll probably sit this one out.

1) Get killed 1 time by an enemy player in PvP.
2) Get killed 5 times by enemy players in PvP.
3) Get killed 25 times by enemy players in PvP.
4) Join a ball group in Cyrodiil and get killed by an enemy bomber.
5) Try to defend a friendly keep in Cyrodiil and get killed by enemy players.
6) Try to PvDoor an enemy keep in Cyrodiil and get killed by the NPC guards.

I can do these!

Perfect response!

Finedaible · February 2025

It's whatever. Hopefully there's nothing too time-consuming in the next Golden Pursuits, but the main reason I got into PvP was the event styles back with Midyear Mayhem (now Whitestrake's Mayhem) so maybe that will get other's to try out PvP.

I loathe BGs though, Imperial City or Cyrodiil is where it's at.

the1andonlyskwex · February 2025

I like BGs and IC a lot, but I already know I'm going to hate the next golden pursuit. How do I know?
1) Past history says that I'll also have to go to Cyrodiil or do some other trash activity to get the full rewards.
2) Events that exploit FOMO to control player behavior stress me out.

MrGarlic · February 2025

I hope there are no 'Kill X amount of players'

That would give other players the ability to actively prevent me achieving Golden Pursuit completion. That would be just plain rude.

JemadarofCaerSalis · February 2025

AzuraFan wrote: »

I don't care about the capstone reward (custom mining action), so I won't care about missing out on this one. If any of the guilds I belong to have events, I might get a few items ticked off, but it won't be a priority.

oh no... I want more custom actions, and probably would like this one...

I hope it is like the list of tasks given (get killed by pretty much everyone and their horse) as that I can do :P

Tandor · February 2025

spartaxoxo wrote: »

I think there's going to be a lot of complaints that it's unfair to have a PvP pursuit even though we've just had more PvE ones. It seems to be the case quite often with the Midyear Mayhem event.

I think it mainly depends on what the rewards are. As someone with no interest in ESO's PvP at all, I'm personally delighted if PvPers get more content aimed at them, but if the rewards are PvE-based then I can understand a degree of frustration if non-PvPers feel they are being denied decent rewards by being pushed into content they have no interest in.

Faerugue · February 2025

TaSheen wrote: »

sans-culottes wrote: »

TaSheen wrote: »

I don't do anything with mayhem - and if the pursuits are pvp-centric, I just won't participate at all since I don't touch pvp in this game.

I don’t see myself finishing this either. I dip my toes into PVP periodically, but it’s like every time I do I’m reminded of why I don’t.

I actively pvp'd in WoW and RIFT - about a decade+ ago . I never found it fun, but it was one of those things family and friends got me into - and while I got reasonably good at it, I really hated every minute of it.

Just never going there again....

No WoW here but Rift ... yeah, those were the days, and it was 'one of those things' indeed... and so far my feelings about PvP in ESO are exactly that: not going there ...

But, who knows, we'll have to see what they prepare for us...

the1andonlyskwex · February 2025

Tandor wrote: »

spartaxoxo wrote: »

I think there's going to be a lot of complaints that it's unfair to have a PvP pursuit even though we've just had more PvE ones. It seems to be the case quite often with the Midyear Mayhem event.

I think it mainly depends on what the rewards are. As someone with no interest in ESO's PvP at all, I'm personally delighted if PvPers get more content aimed at them, but if the rewards are PvE-based then I can understand a degree of frustration if non-PvPers feel they are being denied decent rewards by being pushed into content they have no interest in.

How do you even define "PvP rewards"? I would bet quite a bit that most, if not all, of the rewards will be cosmetic. Are cosmetics PvE rewards in your mind?

It's hard for me to imagine what could possibly count as a PvP-only reward while still inducing the FOMO that golden pursuits are designed to produce. What in the world could be unique (so not anything you can ordinarily farm/buy), PvP-only, desirable, and also not massively unbalanced?

Ilsabet · February 2025

The siege weaponry ore-smashing animation seems hilarious to me, so I'll definitely get it on my main account at least. If it's tied to activities I'd be doing during Mayhem anyway, so much the better, but I can put myself through some BGs if the swag is fun enough.

Bekkael · February 2025

Honestly, I think the PVP events should be entirely PVP focused. Not just the activities but the rewards too. They could do new war themed motifs, weapon styles, emotes, or even mounts would be good since there's so much riding necessary in Cyrodiil.

I'm a PVE only player, (though I've tried all the PVP stuff over the years, it's just not something I enjoy). But I think it's unfortunate that PVP events don't solely celebrate and emphasize those portions of the game for the players that prefer and love them.