Taking the form of trebuchets, ballistas and battering rams, you can purchase siege weapons and equipment from special merchants located in each friendly keep, costing you either gold or the currency you earn from competing in PvP. To even get in the castle, you have to break down one of its gates or walls, and this is where player-operated siege weapons play an important role.
Taking on castles themselves is a long and involved process that requires a great deal of effort from the players involved, and can actually be a dull experience – at least at first. If you’re on the offensive trying to capture a castle, it’s an important strategy to capture these areas first to deprive the enemy of bonuses or reinforcements. For example, Lumber mills help strengthen nearby walls and doors and can even auto-repair them over time, while farms can boost the armor and health of friendly NPCs in the area. All of the keeps are surrounded by three additional locations a lumber mill, a farm, and a mining site, each of which provide bonuses based on how long they’ve been under your (or your enemy’s) control. Surprisingly, there’s a good deal of strategy involved in conquering or defending a keep beyond just capturing a flag or control point. While there are various bounty boards that offer minor quests like killing a set number of enemy players or scouting out a location, the primary goal of PVP in The Elder Scrolls Online is to capture and secure the various keeps that dot the map. Plus, it’s much more satisfying to take down a squad of high-level NPCs with a mixed group of other people than trying to take them on alone. Higher level characters may be able to take down one or two NPCs without much problem, but much like other team-based MMOs, it’s almost a requirement that you stick with other players.
You won’t have much fun if you jump into Cyrodiil at the minimum level (10), and you’ll likely last about 10 seconds should you decide to pick a fight with one of the neutral Imperial camps or try to take on a patrolling NPC from a rival faction on your own. Going off by yourself or attempting to capture any of the objectives solo is tantamount to suicide, as all of the hostile NPCs you’ll encounter are maxed out at level 50. Patience is definitely needed, especially if you’re the type of PvP player who prefers jumping right into the action.Ĭyrodiil is definitely designed for players to experience while in a group or guild, so if you’re not the social type, you’re probably going to feel left out. There is fast travel between friendly locations via a wayshrine system, but you still should expect to hike your way around the map. Traveling anywhere by foot can take a long time, and you might want to wait until you’ve been able to invest in a horse before jumping in. The most important thing to note here is that Cyrodiil is big. PvP takes place in Cyrodiil, a triangular shaped region with multiple castles and locations evenly spread out across the map, and a homebase for each faction located in the corners. With the The Elder Scrolls Online, ZeniMax Online has decided to go with something potentially epic in scale, though ultimately requires a great deal of player involvement. Sometimes its small groups of opposing players fighting in a small arena, like in World of Warcraft, objective based warzones like in Star Wars: The Old Republic, or it’s on nearly the entire time, like with Eve Online.
Player combat in MMOs takes on many forms.
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