I took place in a large keep defense where there were lots of trebuchets, catapults, and ballistae on both sides firing, then they broke through and there was fighting in the keep and on the walls. I logged off after dying because I needed sleep so I don't know who won, but apparently we were getting double teamed for taking an elder scroll.
It felt like DAOC on a grand scale like I always wanted that game to be. In DAOC you really just bash keep walls, go kill the lord, run into other groups and have 8v8 PvP. No way in ESO. Many more players per keep battle, you can't see their names (at least yet, enemies have a symbol above their head and that's it) and there's lots of siege weapons used.
The difference between Cyrodiil and the main lands is like night and day. It feels like two different games. The very beginning of the game is sort of slow and feels like it's on rails, once you get to your main land it opens up considerably, then at level 10 you can start PvP. You'll suck and be ineffective but you can start it.
I can't wait to see the media reviews of this weekend's PvP. So far it's all been about the PvE and the reviews are mixed at best. PvE is generally lackluster in MMOs anyway, especially low level PvE.
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