PvP Arena Request

thelg · May 2014

WoW/Arena is there just go play it..

Even better play something like Smite.

Improve Cyrodil, create Imperial city/Darkness falls.

joshisanonymous · May 2014

NordJitsu wrote: »

I think the right way to do it is to have the Arena be "fun only" with no Alliance Point or gear rewards.

Or if there are any kind of rewards for the Arena, they should only be able to be used in the Arena.

Like in Oblivion, you could have separate gear for the Arena and make it wearable only there. Advancing your Arena Cred (or something) would give you access to new Arena Gear.

Warhammer Online tried to balance rewards between the two PvP games and it just became an annoying tug-o-war. Not enough players in RvR? Increase the rewards there and decrease the awards for BGs. Not enough players in BGs now? Increase the BG awards and decrease the RvR awards. Once you add that game mode, some people will want it to be the game mode and they'll get frustrated when they're not catered to. It can't even be removed at that point because then you've completely alienated that portion of the playerbase, which you've by that point built up your financial infrastructure around keeping that portion.

Organized small scale fighting can already be done in Cyrodiil. A successful 5v5 event was held on Skull Crusher just last night. We do no need arenas nor BGs. They're a bag of worms and are readily available in every other MMO for those who prefer that playstyle.

pronkg · May 2014

Just a small place or option to fight your friends and train for PvP in cyrodill would be great.

Against other factions/tournament stuff.
Wouldn't want it at this time. I really love small pvp but I have to agree with some people who say this will probably cause imbalance in cyrodiil at this time.

frwinters_ESO · May 2014

no

xylus289_ESO · May 2014

I believe that Arena PvP might be a good addition. So long as it doesn't detract from the bigger scene of PvP in Cyrodiil.

For example, Arena teams would have stats such as Win/Loss Ratio, Dmg Done/Dmg Received in a single match, K/D Ratio, BUT, now this is a big 'BUT'...don't allow there to be any real reward except for the reward of self satisfaction.
Maybe it's just me, but I honestly think this is the solution to not kill Cyrodiil PvP if an Arena were to be added.

xDonMega · May 2014

There is an Arena.. Pick one of these empty servers and go 4v4 until your hearts content..

We have this creation called the internet that allows you to communicate and set things up with people from all around the world.. It's pretty amazing.

Animus0724 · May 2014

I would actually like something like this, it would be nice to get in on a little small group PvP, a nice break away from the large PvP that is cyrodil

Lowbei · May 2014

24 hour timer on arena, so its competitive and doesnt distract from cyrodiil.

there... done... how hard was that?

Nivzruo_ESO · May 2014

Other avenues of pvp is never a bad thing. There will be those that say things like "You can't add any other types of pvp because then less people will play the type I like and people should only like the pvp I like!!!" It's a very selfish view that alot of people have here it seems. If they add Arena & WZ and cyrodill dies then it's a good thing they added those other options cause that would mean zerg v zerg pvp wasn't very popular. They could always reduce the number of campaigns to consolidate all the players that like that style of pvp.

yezhua · May 2014

Please add more choices in pvp. I am already tired of cyrodill. It is so slow and I just don't have the time to spend in it. Options are a good thing. I love the game but without more pvp options I don't know how long I will stay around. Please give us players more Choices. Thanks

Anilahation · May 2014

Zerl wrote: »

If I'm being brutally honest, if Zeni were to succumb to the "requests" for arena then it's going to lose any sort of appeal as far as I'm concerned.

OWPvP is what I truly enjoy PvP-wise, I can't stand how repetitive the whole queueing for arenas is. It's also often the cause of balance issues as people QQ about the FotM builds/ classes.

Going from past experience, it is pretty much certain (in my opinion) that you can kiss Cyrodill goodbye the moment that they introduce arenas.

What I find frustrating, is that you have people on here calling for arenas, when games with PvP centred around arenas are littered all over the place, but there aren't many that you can say a centred around OWPvP. If people are really that intent on playing arena, then perhaps they should have chosen another game (e.g. Wildstar) rather than TESO.

So instead of giving players to enjoy PvP the way they like you would rather force them to play with you till thry unsubscribe.

true2moon_ESO · May 2014

more garbage to take players away from the pvp zone.... that is all we need...

Nijjion · May 2014

Want to hurt or even kill ESO and the RvR it has (though they already done that with target cap/mercenaries/lag pretty much) then add random arena's otherwise don't.

Games that have a random/leaderboard arena are so toxic nowadays. Look at LoL how bad that is, and games that have taken the ELO system like GW2 and CSGO... CS had a pretty good community when I played it back in 1.6, played a few games with CSGO add in the ELO system and bam just like LoL and the bad community.

If you really and I mean really have to add arena styled PvP, do it like GW1 guild vs guild where you have to challenge another guild. At least it will be organised competitive PvP more so than random kids put together who can't be mature enough to be reliable. 8vs8 probably be an good number for GvG like in many other past mmos.

Nivzruo_ESO · May 2014

JoseDelgadoCub17_ESO wrote: »

Zerl wrote: »

If I'm being brutally honest, if Zeni were to succumb to the "requests" for arena then it's going to lose any sort of appeal as far as I'm concerned.

OWPvP is what I truly enjoy PvP-wise, I can't stand how repetitive the whole queueing for arenas is. It's also often the cause of balance issues as people QQ about the FotM builds/ classes.

Going from past experience, it is pretty much certain (in my opinion) that you can kiss Cyrodill goodbye the moment that they introduce arenas.

What I find frustrating, is that you have people on here calling for arenas, when games with PvP centred around arenas are littered all over the place, but there aren't many that you can say a centred around OWPvP. If people are really that intent on playing arena, then perhaps they should have chosen another game (e.g. Wildstar) rather than TESO.

So instead of giving players to enjoy PvP the way they like you would rather force them to play with you till thry unsubscribe.

^ He nailed it, the same argument is used against Arena, that is "QQ it will hurt my aoe zerg spam pvp that I love and adore because people will stop playing what I like to play when something better& more competitive comes along( Like Arena)!" - The most selfish view anyone can have about the topic, disgusting that they don't even realize what they are saying.

Jeremy · May 2014

I'm going to have to say no on this one. Even Blizzard now admits that adding arena to their game was a mistake. And I will explain why.

Firstly: I'm not opposed to the idea of an arena in and of itself. I can be a fun activity. But I would only support one if I was confident Zenimax could resist the player demands that would come about as a result. And I'm not.

You see because of the intense competitive nature that the arena-style PvP brings it causes players to literally obsess over balance. And as a result, it locks the developers into a constant state of nerfing and buffing with a flavor of the month emerging in-between patches. One of the many reasons I quit WoW was because of the way they kept butchering my class to suit the whims and trends of the PvP arena.

So unless I see a signed contract from the head of Zenimax promising not to let the arena influence a single decision made about this game, I am going to fiercely oppose this.

ElSlayer · May 2014

I am against arena until they fix class balance and fix abilities of MY class (NB)

Lorkhan · May 2014

yes! arena! yes ! yes! yes! please
we dont need 10 cyrodill campaings. 1 is enough.
i want arena so bad

Nooblet · May 2014

Players from one alliance should challenge another group from a different alliance. Winner is granted ownership of a requested keep(restricted to emperor keeps). Allowed once per day or every hour or so.

But yes we need serious balance before any type of Arena(Even though I would prefer to never have arena)

I would much rather have something that promotes small scale fights in the 4-8 player range.

I do think if any arena was added, it should contribute something to AvA, not just be a fight between group X and group Y.

quakedawg_ESO · May 2014

A giant NO! This is an Alliance war. Leave the arena junk for World of Warcraft. If you want small battles, go out and find them. If you run into a large zerg, the fun of melting a larger army will stay with you longer. We run with 15-20 and have a blast. I don't want the playing field leveled. Bring on the zergs!

yezhua · May 2014

Do you rvr's know if you don't have stuff for the people that don't like cyrodill that they will stop playing this game and it will die. Also they aren't playing cyrodill anyway. I have tried to play a few times in the last week and it's empty. They better add some new pvp fast or it might be to late.

ushanshek · June 2014

I think you should add arena. Cyrodiil is a great desing for pvp, but for some players it just isn't enough. Two campaings would be enough to keep them populated and only cyrodiil would provide rewards. If you dont add arena, many of players will leave TESO because of lack of pvp modes.

heitor · June 2014

They could implement wars between guilds. Since we have 5 guilds to join and a guild store that IMO that breaks the loyalty of the guild mates. At least make some guild pride. Open certain zones trough Tamriel just to pvp between guilds, since that would compensate the lack of duel, Arena and Battleground systems in my opinion. By that you could make an interesting system too, I mean, like for example, every state of each province like in Skyrim we have East March, The Rift, The Reach, Whiterun, etc... It could have like 3~4 zones that would allow guild pvp (or at least make all of tamriel to be a stage of the guild pvp if you want). Each guild would control one state, just like in Cyrodiil, each guild can claim a keep, but here your guild could control a state by wining against another guild (that was controlling that same state before).

At the begining, when you open this system I suggested, the original owners of the state, would be NPCs (lore-wise NPCs). The best player in the field would turn into Jarl or some sort of influenced noble or so if his/her guild claimed that state. By that you could implement new Skill lines (like we have the emperor skill line) i.e. Jarl Skill line that could be very useful both in pvp and pve. That would prevent the frustration of some players that work hard to be emperor but they can´t... With this, my intention is not to take away players from cyrodiil, neither make more easy to be a king, if it is done right, more ppl can be crowned, thats true, still loyal to lore - right and it would kill the boredoom in pve areas, where ppl are stuck just only to make pve things. At least it wouldn´t hurt the faction pride, because it would be guild wise. And by that it would add a new layer to guilds that IMO is lacking so much and that is guild pride.

Just a crazy suggestion from a crazy minded player :P

frwinters_ESO · June 2014

no

JbSmooth · August 2014

Yes for arena

kevlarto_ESO · August 2014

no intrest in fighting in a shoe box myself, if they can add this option and not hurt the population in Cryodil why not have the option for the people that want it, it is a fine line for things like this, Maybe when the Imperial city gets opened up and the fighting in the districts happen should open up a whole new way to play..

Lowbei · August 2014

4v4v4 arenas are coming.

pve arenas too, but nobody cares about pve

frosth.darkomenb16_ESO · August 2014

Dragonstar arena, if I remember correctly, will be a form of hero defense with a group fighting against increased waves of monsters.
If it is anything like the Magicka challenge mode, it will be a fun pve activity.

For PvP arena, I am against implementing them if they aren't tied to AvA.
It should be a reward for winning AVA, as part of the imperial city, and if you want in, you should care about your alliance.

In addition, as it would be a district that can be sieged, it means you could be fighting your 8v8 or whatever, when all of a sudden a siege engine breaks the doors and you have to defend the district with your previous opponents and the spectators against players of other factions.

Could be an iconic image of bonding over a common enemy.

kg6ooo · June 2015

I'm a huge elder scrolls fan and the arena in cyrodil was my favorite part of oblivion and would love to go 1v1 2v2 with my friends not that the epic battles in the campaigns now aren't a blast

kg6ooo · June 2015

NordJitsu wrote: »

I think the right way to do it is to have the Arena be "fun only" with no Alliance Point or gear rewards.

Or if there are any kind of rewards for the Arena, they should only be able to be used in the Arena.

Like in Oblivion, you could have separate gear for the Arena and make it wearable only there. Advancing your Arena Cred (or something) would give you access to new Arena Gear.

Agreed

Makkir · June 2015

xCLAYWIZARDx wrote: »

I'm making this post because I love arena in WoW, and would like to see the same in this game, not only the imperial arena, but developers could make several arenas to represent each faction, updating and adding new arenas with each patch, Arena could also serve as good PvE content, pitting players against interesting fights, and new creatures each fight. If this was to be implemented I would like to see it updated with each patch.

No.

Some of us are here because we played WoW for 10 years and are tired of it. If you love arena in WoW, then you have WoW to get that arena fix.