khajiitNPC wrote: »

So — with the exception of the first fight where you hit a terrible lag spike, it looks like you tried (emphasis on tried) to 1vX people who were better than you? 1vX only works on absolute potatoes. If you’re looking for 1v1 just go to the dueling hot spots.

Yep I tried yet most of the people of Xv1ed me have already been 1vXed by me in the video or early on this last week in my other videos. The key point is it's just a lonely lonely road in pvp as a solo player and getting a good 1vX now and then are pretty hard. BUT atleast I still have some wonderful 1v5-1v18 clips especially when they are max levels

All I see you "dealing" with, is getting zerged down because you've made yourself into an annoyance. When you're 1v1 or vs a small group you're wrecking people easily.

Being a solo player also doesn't have to be lonely. Zerg surfing.

ArchMikem wrote: »

All I see you "dealing" with, is getting zerged down because you've made yourself into an annoyance. When you're 1v1 or vs a small group you're wrecking people easily.

Being a solo player also doesn't have to be lonely. Zerg surfing.

Let's just stop right there. Zerg sarfing is not solo play. The amount of times ive been hate whispered by people who claim they "are solo players and not with the zerg" after they got "2v1" by me and my buddy is crazy. If you were standing next to 15 other players you weren't solo and you werent Xv1'd lol.

My 2 cents worth. Why start discussions about soloing in Cyrodiil, when the alliance war was created for large scale combat. Want to tear my hair out every time the phrase zergling is bandied about. 2 vs 1, its a zerg, 5 vs 4, its a zerg, etc Too many ego's when it comes to pvp & cyrodiil. Still remember a former streamer/player who would abuse people in zone chat and put them on ignore before anyone had the chance to reply, after killing the player, because the player was in a group and not roaming solo.

phairdon wrote: »

My 2 cents worth. Why start discussions about soloing in Cyrodiil, when the alliance war was created for large scale combat. Want to tear my hair out every time the phrase zergling is bandied about. 2 vs 1, its a zerg, 5 vs 4, its a zerg, etc Too many ego's when it comes to pvp & cyrodiil. Still remember a former streamer/player who would abuse people in zone chat and put them on ignore before anyone had the chance to reply, after killing the player, because the player was in a group and not roaming solo.

People who complain about zergs are the biggest zergs.
Here is a very recent example:

A fellow AD person I don't know says in zone chat about 30+ DC in front of Brindle and he/she is alone. Like every sane person in the alliance I and plenty other people just port before it is under attack. (not in group or whatever)

Then I see one guy in a PvE guild saying "I am in the middle of a zerged-down right now and dead!"
I recognize the name and check, yup that is the guy we killed. And he is in Cyrodil.
Note that we are maybe 10-15 while they are full 30+
Because it makes sense to die to 10-15 people when you are in a full-pug raid, huh.
Because that is what makes you cool.
How much of a good player you are that you get zerged down.

You just want free AP, free ego boost.
You don't go sieging people's castles and expect to find 2-3 people.
I am not in a group but I follow the map like every reasonable person, most often I don't know the people I am running with and war just happens.
But on a side note, I'd be happy to make more friends and group up with them!

I haven't been in Cyrodiil for actual pvp since Murkmire... But life of a solo player in IC is rather fun Of course it's not always fair fights, many people there zerg too or have no honor. But I've never seen same amount of funny meetings/good fights in Cyrodiil, as I see in IC almost every day.

1) Me and 1 red don't interfere in somebody's fight:



2) I arrived to flag and met 2 blues there. We killed world boss together afterwards, and then 1 blue in Jester costume tried to kill me He didn't succeed, and we eventually parted our ways.



3) Very fun random meeting Everyone had some duels there, except for that blue argonian, whom I suggested to duel in whisper. Eventually we were zerged by some red group.
After time, blue argonian proved himself just another zerg player (who run in group and mow down everyone they see without any thought - same as we were mowed down by red group that day ). The blue player who is staying on the flag proved himself nice player afterwards...



4) ...When I met him and his 2 friends on their red characters some days later, he didn't attack me. His friends started to attack me, but apparently they were on voice chat and he told them to stop, and they stopped to attack Then we also met other blue. There was also one yellow necromancer earlier than I took this screenshot. They had some duels with red necromancer and red templar, was nice to watch. Then yellow necro left, and a yellow magblade arrived. Blue player started duel with me, but then he run away... After few weeks he proved himself just another zerg player, who didn't engage in fight when he was alone, but happily zerged me when few of his allies arrived



5) I met two blue questers (typical PvE DD and healer) and wasn't going to attack them. However, they started to attack me I killed DD first, then had some fun with healer. Some red player arrived and was watching this Blue templar was using Radiant Destruction on me while I was standing at full health. After being interrupted few times, he gave up and resurrected his ally. They continued their questing, but I saw two other yellows killing them afterwards... I think that those 2 blue questers would happily zerg me down if they had more numbers, but that particular day it was sad to see them die very fast.



6) Just a few days ago, I arrived in Memorial district and accidentally observed some epic blue group vs red group fight. At first I thought somebody will simply zerg me down, but I wouldn't have any fun if I was cowardly avoiding people in IC One blue sorc (who was dueling with red player on my first screenshot) light attacked me. But we met each other few times before, and even killed world boss together, so he didn't attack me more.
I was wathing their fight for few minutes. Blue sorc and blue warden eventually were last men standing versus outnumbering reds, I even thought that their fight is lost. But then rest of blue players joined, and they could kill red group. Then blue warden approached me, and I mentally prepared to be zerged down finally - from observing good fight in awe to being dishonorably outnumbered... But he only performed cheering emote. I did this as well, and we parted our ways with blue group. Then I met two of them again, and had some mounts showcase with one of them



And it's just a very little of all the fun meetings and fights I had there So in my opinion, solo life is the best - no zerg mentality pressure, freedom of choice.

Playing duo and in group can be fun, but only if we fight same amount of enemies. Unfortunately I was able to participate in good duo/group fights only 3 times during this 3 years Once in IC, I joined other player specially to kill particular enemy duo. They had flag guards on their side, but it didn't help them... It was very fun and satisfying (especially since those two reds often run in larger group and mow everyone down)

People who stick to a “zerg” will not fully know how to play as good as a solo player. “Solo players“ know how to properly los and utilize there own sustain. I personally prefer to go “small scale” groups or even 2vX due to the mass amounts of zergs. Im particularly talking about 12-24 people chasing one person across the whole map.

They definitely can. Most solo players play smale scale. Typically you wont see those players zerg because of the lack of competition. Some exceptions are last emp keep or a push for scroll. Other than that its pretty boring spamming randoms skills and executes in a 24 man group. My opinion.

Also zergs are very important to take the map... Just not as much skill needed.

Fischblut wrote: »

I haven't been in Cyrodiil for actual pvp since Murkmire... But life of a solo player in IC is rather fun Of course it's not always fair fights, many people there zerg too or have no honor. But I've never seen same amount of funny meetings/good fights in Cyrodiil, as I see in IC almost every day.

1) Me and 1 red don't interfere in somebody's fight:



2) I arrived to flag and met 2 blues there. We killed world boss together afterwards, and then 1 blue in Jester costume tried to kill me He didn't succeed, and we eventually parted our ways.



3) Very fun random meeting Everyone had some duels there, except for that blue argonian, whom I suggested to duel in whisper. Eventually we were zerged by some red group.
After time, blue argonian proved himself just another zerg player (who run in group and mow down everyone they see without any thought - same as we were mowed down by red group that day ). The blue player who is staying on the flag proved himself nice player afterwards...



4) ...When I met him and his 2 friends on their red characters some days later, he didn't attack me. His friends started to attack me, but apparently they were on voice chat and he told them to stop, and they stopped to attack Then we also met other blue. There was also one yellow necromancer earlier than I took this screenshot. They had some duels with red necromancer and red templar, was nice to watch. Then yellow necro left, and a yellow magblade arrived. Blue player started duel with me, but then he run away... After few weeks he proved himself just another zerg player, who didn't engage in fight when he was alone, but happily zerged me when few of his allies arrived



5) I met two blue questers (typical PvE DD and healer) and wasn't going to attack them. However, they started to attack me I killed DD first, then had some fun with healer. Some red player arrived and was watching this Blue templar was using Radiant Destruction on me while I was standing at full health. After being interrupted few times, he gave up and resurrected his ally. They continued their questing, but I saw two other yellows killing them afterwards... I think that those 2 blue questers would happily zerg me down if they had more numbers, but that particular day it was sad to see them die very fast.



6) Just a few days ago, I arrived in Memorial district and accidentally observed some epic blue group vs red group fight. At first I thought somebody will simply zerg me down, but I wouldn't have any fun if I was cowardly avoiding people in IC One blue sorc (who was dueling with red player on my first screenshot) light attacked me. But we met each other few times before, and even killed world boss together, so he didn't attack me more.
I was wathing their fight for few minutes. Blue sorc and blue warden eventually were last men standing versus outnumbering reds, I even thought that their fight is lost. But then rest of blue players joined, and they could kill red group. Then blue warden approached me, and I mentally prepared to be zerged down finally - from observing good fight in awe to being dishonorably outnumbered... But he only performed cheering emote. I did this as well, and we parted our ways with blue group. Then I met two of them again, and had some mounts showcase with one of them



And it's just a very little of all the fun meetings and fights I had there So in my opinion, solo life is the best - no zerg mentality pressure, freedom of choice.

Playing duo and in group can be fun, but only if we fight same amount of enemies. Unfortunately I was able to participate in good duo/group fights only 3 times during this 3 years Once in IC, I joined other player specially to kill particular enemy duo. They had flag guards on their side, but it didn't help them... It was very fun and satisfying (especially since those two reds often run in larger group and mow everyone down)

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What i don't get why people complain about zerg? Cyrodiil is about massive battles as teams and not solo dueling. I can understand that people want that and yeah there is the true skill. If you wanna do solo duels then go duel and don't go to cyro. You also don't have the performance problem there. Or is it that you wanna go 2vsX? Then you are a bit of a zergling yourself too no?