Plunder skull Achievement BUG

djuhrmieb16_ESO · October 2016

SteveCampsOut · October 2016

Seriously? Still no hotfix?

Kildayen · October 2016

Not even an update...

esuttonb16_ESO · October 2016

Some of us can't play every day, and we might not be able to complete the achievements due to this bug. We were told that we'd get a hotfix, but that hasn't happened.

Mark me down as being disappointed.

Bronan026 · October 2016

I tend to believe ZOS's definition of 'soon' differs wildly from the accepted definition.

VinnOmniusVeritas · October 2016

The silence from the devs is just unbelievable.... I don't think they truly grasp why this bug and the limited time of the Witches Festival have us so concerned....

leothedino · October 2016

Whoever advises/directs @ZOS_GinaBruno & co to hold their silence really needs to reconsider that strategy. I understand they answer to somebody else, and I respect that the team (tech and community) are doing everything they can, but even if they don't have anything to offer, acknowledging us is a start, heck even telling us they're further delayed would be a major relief. The silence, however, is extraordinarily poor and unprofessional. Opening a forum for the developers to speak with the community completely voids any excuse to keep silence in these matters, especially when they claim it was to be fixed this morning... and then wasn't.

Moloch1514 · October 2016

So disappointing! I have 11 to go and was gonna finish up an alt through the festival end date. Now that looks to be a long grind with (at least) 2 less nights to farm. In this case I think an extension of the event is justified.

stombrewerb16_ESO · October 2016

Right. Bedtime, and call me an eternal optimist, but I wholly expect the bug to be fixed when I get back in, oh, 16 hours or so. Because you wouldn't run a holiday event with a bug for three straight nights. Right, Zenimax?

*puppy eyes*
(blodshot ones, but nonetheless)

Neurosis84 · October 2016

WHAT WRONG WITH YOU ZENIMAX ? WHY ALL ARE ALWAYS SO HAAAAAARD WITH YOU!

No seriously, no news ?

And is so cool , i go in party this week end, the event is *** for me ! Thanks zenimax !

(And if you want know what is the true zenimax silence, go in the french forum lel)

Bronan026 · October 2016

aheck1111_ESO wrote: »

So disappointing! I have 11 to go and was gonna finish up an alt through the festival end date. Now that looks to be a long grind with (at least) 2 less nights to farm. In this case I think an extension of the event is justified.

It'll never happen!

It occurs to me that the reason there is no news as yet on this bug is due to the fact the dev team have absolutely NO clue as how to fix it. This is usual when you skimp on decent coders. One has to wonder why we even bother with this game anymore. It is just one balls up after another. Each maintenence downtime takes longer than it should and every time they 'fix' something, they break something else!

ESO is supposed to be an enjoyable game, but where is the joy when the whole thing is constantly buggered by incomepetent coders, inept managers and a PR department full of people who obviously do not care? Case in point! We were told 'soon' many hours ago, and no news since. This is disresectful to their customers ( us ) and if we had any brains, we would vote with our wallets and cacel our subs ( already cancelled mine ).

ZOS are taking the *** out of us, and like passive idiots, we are letting them do it to us!

Problem is, not enough customers here have the cajones to stand up to it. Too many sycophant fanboi's in the game who see it as their ( somewhat misguided ) duty to defend ZOS at all costs, thus dismissing our concerns and marginalising our complaints!

If anyone feels as I do, feel free to message me. Not enough pressure is put on ZOS about this and we need to do something before ESO is further turned into unplayable smeg!

LexaKomTrikru · October 2016

ugh still happening

sagesourceb16_ESO · October 2016

Bronan026 wrote: »

I tend to believe ZOS's definition of 'soon' differs wildly from the accepted definition.

Ever heard of "Valve time"? It seems to have spread beyond Valve.

Bronan026 · October 2016

sagesourceb16_ESO wrote: »

Bronan026 wrote: »

I tend to believe ZOS's definition of 'soon' differs wildly from the accepted definition.

Ever heard of "Valve time"? It seems to have spread beyond Valve.

New species have evolved faster.

Epona222 · October 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

We'll have some news regarding the fix for this soon - hang tight for a little bit longer.

Sorry to seem impatient @ZOS_GinaBruno, but 6 hours have now elapsed since this message was posted, it's been more than 24 hours (nearly 36) since this bug was reported, and I see nothing new on the Dev Tracker.

Can we please have some information to update us on what is being done?

Bronan026 · October 2016

Face facts! They have no intention of fixing the bug. They want the 'holiday season' to pass and it will all be a long forgotten exercise in ineptitude never to be mentioned again.

Epona222 · October 2016

I don't actually have a massive problem with bugs - these things sometimes happen. But the lack/timeliness of some communication grates somewhat.

Abeille · October 2016

esuttonb16_ESO wrote: »

Some of us can't play every day, and we might not be able to complete the achievements due to this bug. We were told that we'd get a hotfix, but that hasn't happened.

Mark me down as being disappointed.

Yep that's me. There is a big chance that I won't be able to complete this achievement if I the counter isn't fixed by Thursday.

Kaibeth · October 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Ok guys, we've identified where the issue is and plan to hotfix it tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow done come and gone.

Slurg · October 2016

Kaibeth wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Ok guys, we've identified where the issue is and plan to hotfix it tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow done come and gone.

A few hours left in the day. I just crashed after being stuck in a loading screen after guildies complained about some bad lag. Maybe they are doing Something?

RevenantPulse · October 2016

Bronan026 wrote: »

aheck1111_ESO wrote: »

So disappointing! I have 11 to go and was gonna finish up an alt through the festival end date. Now that looks to be a long grind with (at least) 2 less nights to farm. In this case I think an extension of the event is justified.

It'll never happen!

It occurs to me that the reason there is no news as yet on this bug is due to the fact the dev team have absolutely NO clue as how to fix it. This is usual when you skimp on decent coders. One has to wonder why we even bother with this game anymore. It is just one balls up after another. Each maintenence downtime takes longer than it should and every time they 'fix' something, they break something else!

ESO is supposed to be an enjoyable game, but where is the joy when the whole thing is constantly buggered by incomepetent coders, inept managers and a PR department full of people who obviously do not care? Case in point! We were told 'soon' many hours ago, and no news since. This is disresectful to their customers ( us ) and if we had any brains, we would vote with our wallets and cacel our subs ( already cancelled mine ).

ZOS are taking the *** out of us, and like passive idiots, we are letting them do it to us!

Problem is, not enough customers here have the cajones to stand up to it. Too many sycophant fanboi's in the game who see it as their ( somewhat misguided ) duty to defend ZOS at all costs, thus dismissing our concerns and marginalising our complaints!

If anyone feels as I do, feel free to message me. Not enough pressure is put on ZOS about this and we need to do something before ESO is further turned into unplayable smeg!

I've been playing this game since beta, and I had hope that there would be some sort of change in the development and maintenance process. This is the first MMO title that ZoS has published so I gave them the benefit of a doubt and understood that there would be a learning curve for their developers and the whole team. It's been three years, and they still don't have a stable work flow (maintenance included). Some might say that they probably don't have the funding to hire more employees (developers, Q&A, customer representatives, GMs, etc.) ever since ESO switched from subscription to free to play, but the thing is that is simply not true. The business model for free to play with an online game store is more lucrative than having a business model that relies on subscriptions. That being said, ZoS has no excuse on that front.

I also understand that they just released One Tamriel which re-vamped a lot of major game mechanics. As a game developer, I totally get that alone is a huge undertaking. However, they might have released it a little too soon. It is simply a bad idea to release such a massive patch only a week away from a NEW holiday event. Was One Tamriel properly and extensively tested with the new holiday event? Given ZoS' current track record, we as the consumers, might never know. Yet again, this reflects a poor work flow and lack of proper quality control (what are your quality testers doing?).

What really irritates me is the lack of transparency ZoS has with its customers. The vague maintenance messages, patch notes being released AFTER the patch, the lack of maintenance time frame (mainly how long a maintenance service will take), vague hot fix messages from community managers, lack of official responses to unscheduled down time messages and issues in the ESO social networks, the lack of messages directly from developers concerning past and current issues... All this is really just the tip of the proverbial ice berg. However, every MMO out there addresses these things. I cannot fathom why ZoS does not.

I'm currently in the process of putting together a show piece for SMOSH games that will focus on ESO, ZoS and these ongoing issues as well as an article for IGN and Destructoid. Hopefully, this will make future consumers think twice about purchasing this game until ZoS gets their act together. The ESO community as a whole deserves a little gratitude from ZoS for our patronage, and I'm not talking about getting free in game items for all the crap that's happened (although I'm sure many of us here would not complain)... I'm simply talking about better customer relations and service. Talk to us. A little transparency goes a long way.

Immortal_Dark410 · October 2016

Bronan026 wrote: »

I tend to believe ZOS's definition of 'soon' differs wildly from the accepted definition.

Ya lol its true because now its like 8:30 PM EDT and no recent update on this lmao and the festival ends Nov.1st and were going on OCt.26th now, so almost 2 whole days without being able to fix this issue lol

alu-fleurb16_ESO · October 2016

the thing i don't get is: "we know where and how to fix it" but they didn't do it... i hate being lied to. just admit you know [Snip] and can't bring it up to work again....
telling crap is a punch in the face of every single player... sub or f2p.
in addition to the extended (ha ha) maintenance on monday this issue and the intel output about it is simply embarrassing.
i would love to ask the peeps responsible for troubleshooting if they know the meaning of "to EARN their money"....

[Edit to remove profanity]

Sou_rou · October 2016

My suggestion, extend the event until November 9. Something about Witches Festival including Election Day 2016 seems right to me. (Not aimed at any one candidate!)

MasterSpatula · October 2016

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

We'll have some news regarding the fix for this soon - hang tight for a little bit longer.

I think we've been ghosted.

flubber77 · October 2016

still bugged. where are the NEWS??? do i need to watch tv?

RevenantPulse · October 2016

Well, some good news if you guys don't already know. They are extending the event by another week.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/300030/update-on-witches-festival-achievements-for-pc#latest

Tevalaur · October 2016

RevenantPulse wrote: »

Well, some good news if you guys don't already know. They are extending the event by another week.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/300030/update-on-witches-festival-achievements-for-pc#latest

Oddly I've been reloading the Dev Tracker page all day and nothing after Gina's 9:18 a.m. (Pacific Time) post showed until after I clicked that link and read the announcement through your quote (now at 6:20 p.m.). Then all the sudden it shows on Dev Tracker.... things are really odd here.

And yes, they're extending it by a week because they won't bother fixing it until Monday...

RevenantPulse · October 2016

Tevalaur wrote: »

RevenantPulse wrote: »

Well, some good news if you guys don't already know. They are extending the event by another week.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/300030/update-on-witches-festival-achievements-for-pc#latest

Oddly I've been reloading the Dev Tracker page all day and nothing after Gina's 9:18 a.m. (Pacific Time) post showed until after I clicked that link and read the announcement through your quote (now at 6:20 p.m.). Then all the sudden it shows on Dev Tracker.... things are really odd here.

And yes, they're extending it by a week because they won't bother fixing it until Monday...

That is pretty weird... I don't know, it seems to me like the whole ESO system is slowly shifting in Sheogorath's realm. It really doesn't make sense, but don't get me wrong, I love the Shivering Isles.

Star_Wanderer · October 2016

I have just picked up my 5th Plunder Skull at a dolmen today and none of them have counted towards my collection total.