randconfig wrote: »

ESO's server issues are better than all the MMOs I've played in my life, and I've played at least 10 or more. Still it doesn't change the fact that the down time sucks, I really wanted to play ):

Are you for real? Would be rly interested about input of what MMORPGs you played since I played many myself and have never encountered even at all the slightest or worse or even same server issues than ESO had and still has in any other MMORPGs I played.

Don't get me wrong but your statement sounds so much pro zos that it makes it taste like you are advertising for this game with possible worst server performance in MMORPG history or you may rly work for this company. No front but that's one of the biggest problems ESO has, the denial of accepting the truth of esos performance state and kinda lying to the community about literal facts which are plaguing ESO since almost beginning till now which is the performance .......

Renalds wrote: »

AardvarkMcG wrote: »

So how do ZoS become aware of the issue? I assume noone is scanning the forums looking for issues like this. I tried raising a support ticket but got bogged down in the awful FAQ circle on the support side

Live service games have a live-ops department that's responsible for keeping the game online 24/7.
They have monitoring systems and stand-by engineers to resolve issues like the one we're experiencing right now.
Given that this game has NA and EU servers I'm 100% sure there's a department on both sides of the continent able to resolve issues like these.

So no worries; they most likely already knew something was wrong the moment people got booted from the game.

Thing is knowing the issue is there and acting on it, communicating with the community, compensation given out for outage and such, the knowing ZOS does, everything else they fall flat on their face and fail every time unfortunately. Which if you ask says a lot about stuff but that just my view.

I'm interested in what MMO to switch to. Any new one out there that I've missed? I have tired of this lack of communication when there is an issue. And there often are issues. Only thing always working is the store and the moderators removing complaints.

To add my voice to the chorus:



This game is completely and utterly broken. I really regret purchsing the last expansion, or pass, or whatever they want to call it.

Balance in ESO can be summed up with a GIF of a knee jerk kicking a ball on string.

You can actually enjoy the game without being meta, you know. My original character has been obsolete since about 2015 apparently. Good job no-one told me then or I'd never have had any fun at all.

SkaraMinoc wrote: »

My main character, the one I've done all quests on and discovered all points of interest, found all skyshards, learned all crafting, etc. is now obsolete thanks to Subclassing. The builds that I need to stay competitive are no longer possible on my main class, so I must reroll another character and start fresh. Either that or buy skill lines from the crown store and switch characters anytime I need something crafted. You get the idea.

It's also been said before but Subclassing has distilled combat down to maybe 5 skill lines for the serious high-end competitive gameplay.

"oh wow, you're playing XYZ... how original" etc

this is the case in every single game. Stop playing/chasing the meta. You can clear content in this game playing a build you want to play, that's what I've done and what I'll always do... Subclassing makes classes vastly more interesting to me and improves on the build variety the game already offered through its extensive gearing system/other passive trees/etc.

If you have all skyshards you don't need to reroll a character.

Just use your free armory station and make builds. It saves subclasses too now. You can switch between you competitive build and your fun build with the click of 1 button and back.

Since you have all the skyshards, you won't have any troubles unlocking stuff.

CrushDepth wrote: »

This is a durn game, and one made up of little 1s and 0s at that. I can not see getting concerned about being "maximally competitive" at or in it, sorry, I just can not.

Get out in the real world, join the Military and perhaps serve your country,(I did not say serve your Government by the way so do not even whine about serving or not serving it) and try that for excitement and adventure. Playing chicken with a Ruskie boat at test depth while answering a Full bell will get that competitive blood rushing.

This is a great bit for a game of darts or billiards at the pub too, "you guys think youre so good, wanna play a REAL game tonight?"

But yeah most of us would rather be on a submarine for sure theyre just way too expensive

La_Croft wrote: »

randconfig wrote: »

AardvarkMcG wrote: »

Versalium wrote: »

Anyone here who plays other MMOs? Do they have the same server issues as ESO?

Most MMOs experience server issues every now and then but never as many as ZoS and ESO

ESO's server issues are better than all the MMOs I've played in my life, and I've played at least 10 or more. Still it doesn't change the fact that the down time sucks, I really wanted to play ):

Really? I've probably had just as bad issues with WoW, but in Guild Wars 2 i barely had server issues AND they do maintenance without taking the servers offline!

Yeah this is your periodic reminder that Guild Wars 2 essentially NEVER goes offline. last time was in 2020 I *think*.