Is there going to be world pvp?

zenimax has said that the only PvP that will be allowed is in 1 instanced place (cryodiil) wich i am totaly against .. thats why im here on these forums to request we have atleast a "flagged PvP on/off toggle" and to allow us PvP anywhere any time with the toggle on/off PvP option

World pvp will attract many players from different mmo's to play, also it's always fun grouping up with some friends and hunting others.

I'am trying to decide on what to eat for dinner. Sick of turkey leftovers from Christmas Day and think I'll order out.

Oh, world pvp not gonna happen.

INb4 the usual...

The game will fail, I'am mad now that I can't play with my friends Bobby and Billy Joe with different races. Its a WoW clone. Darkfall has it and it works great. EvE can do it why can't every game. Its not a ES game. The lore doesnt match. The art style is not correct. I want beast legs. I want dragons. Game should only have FPV. I want F2P, I want P2P and I want B2P. Here goes another one of the same threads with the same people, I tried to get them all in first so hah I win next thread.

Everything you just said has nothing to do with pvp, and half the games you mentioned i have never heard of... Maybe the vanilla version of eso won't have world pvp, but maybe another patch will implicate more pvp content.

...I know that what you wrote here is meant to be sarcastic, but - man - after reading that I can't help but now feel that ES:O is in for some serious complaints at launch. =/

You've been around long enough to know Cyrodiil isn't just a little instance for PvP. Making things up is hardly constructive.

Cyrodiil will be a massive continent where yes all the PvP/RvR will happen, but also PvE and raids and dungoens as well.

To answer the OP, Yes ESO will have Open World Pvp, in Cyrodiil. its not an instance, its not small, its not only for PvP. Its an Open World zone where the RvR as well as tons of other content will take place.

. Good to know bro!

Everything you just said has nothing to do with pvp, and half the games you mentioned i have never heard of... Maybe the vanilla version of eso won't have world pvp, but maybe another patch will implicate more pvp content.

Yeah sorry, wasnt much help there. There is limited information out about the game and alot is hear say and speculation. But there will be no PvP outside of Cyrodiil where the war is being faught for the throne. If you havent read up much on the game yet this is a good place to start, I'll link a video the folks at Tamerial Foundry put to together that explains what we know so far. http://tamrielfoundry.com/2012/12/misconceptions-regarding-eso/ The official video of Introduction or Elder Scrolls Online. http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en/news/post/2012/11/07/watch-the-introduction-to-the-elder-scrolls-online-video

There is other information about the game but you have to dig around to find it. I would check for interviews that are written and also youtube for video interviews.

Thanks for the information man!

There will be a major huge area where you can pvp, that will not be instanced. But it will not include ALL the world. There will be pve zones where there is no pvp. So basically plenty of world to pvp in, but unable to gank noobs that dont want to pvp.

Not so sure about major huge open world PvP area. Simply because... how? We already know the game is designed to show approx 200 characters on screen and be able to run smoothly. This sound like a lot and usually it would be at least enough, but with the megaserver technology where every single player is playing on the same server, this number is really small.

I have read recently that they plan on having players sign up for campaigns revolving around fighting for various zones in Cyrodiil. I have also read that players will be penalized for "switching campaigns". Does this mean Cyrodiil will in fact be heavily zoned? Will players be able to enter Cyrodiil on their own, without signing up for a specific campaign? There is a big difference between being able to choose to help your faction by participating in a huge battle or by roaming the land hunting for targets of opportunity, and being forced to participate in specified circumstances.

And if players will be able to just go to Cyrodiil and do their own thing, what is preventing impromptu armies of players just duking it out in the open and, eventually, overloading the capacity of the server/graphic engine?

So basically, the more I think about what can and cannot be done in the context of the megaserver idea, the less I believe there will be open world PvP in the sense people think of it. To this date, only EvE Online managed to pull off the "megaserver" technology, but that game still is relatively niche and even with the relatively low number of concurrent players (~10,000 playing at the same time) and a huge playing area (~8,000 star systems), massive lagfest battles were and are common, and there have been PvP battles involving literally thousands of players.

One could only imagine how quickly things would go down the drain with the popularity ES games enjoy (and subsequently larger player base for ES:O), if there really was open world PvP area available to ALL interested players on the megaserver. So what I think we will get instead is a "gated" faction warfare system, where Cyrodiil will not be accessible to players at large, but only via campaigns, so that you will be able to fight only in your designated area. Campaigns will likely have player caps, so that you will not be able to just hop in any one you like, but will have a choice between waiting in a queue, choosing a less busy campaign or they will simply instance campaigns to accommodate all players (the last one is a *really* bad idea because it would totally demolish any sense of accomplishment for players).