The Imperial City is set to enhance PvP in the Fantasy MMO The Elder Scrolls Online. It resembles Darkness Falls, a dungeon from the genre classic Dark Age of Camelot. However, it will not be a copy but rather an evolution. It could bring about such a significant change that players will experience a completely different TESO after its introduction.
Access to the Imperial City in Cyrodiil, a PvP dungeon, will be determined by the power dynamics in Cyrodiil. When the dominance in the PvP zone changes, so does the right to access the Imperial City.
The Imperial City is such an attractive spot because players will find numerous bosses, mini-bosses, and events here. It can be assumed that a successful visit to the Imperial City will be quite lucrative. Additionally, repeatable PvE quests are planned. And there will be new craftable items with the “Imperial Daedra” armor.
The city is divided into districts. An alliance can control one of the districts at any time, which rewards them and allows them to respawn in that district. Each district will have a different basic theme. There will be an arena, a temple district, a market place, and an arboretum, resembling a park.
Access to the city will be through the sewers, a tribute to Morrowind. Each alliance will have its own access point. The channels are arranged to create a large intersection, allowing alliances to meet and battle in the sewers.
Mein MMO thinks: The most interesting outstanding question: “Will more than one alliance have access to the Imperial City at the same time?” So far, we have assumed that, as in the spiritual predecessor of the Imperial City, the Dark Age of Camelot dungeon “Darkness Falls”, only one alliance will be allowed in the Imperial City at a time. The three separate sewer entrances with the intersection suggest a different solution.
It is conceivable that an alliance only needs to possess its “normal” fortresses to gain access. Then, with a balanced map, all three alliances could have permanent access. In any case, the variation with the division of the city into districts allowing respawns is a critical deviation from the “Darkness Falls” concept. The question is whether respawn will also be allowed when the player’s alliance no longer has access to the Imperial City.
In our view, the Imperial City will completely reshape PvP in Cyrodiil. Depending on how lucrative a visit here is, the place could also establish itself as the most important leveling area. We are very curious about the answers Zenimax will provide to the currently open questions.
