Photosniper89 wrote: »Hoping ZOS can chime in and give some context as to what is happening behind the scenes (without giving away possible unannounced changes).
In recent days there has been a massive spike in PC NA ping/lag. Usually when the servers go down for maintenance the ping/lag improves for a few days but the spike we have seen the last week or so is abnormal. Affected areas are both PvE and PvP - I've experienced it most in PvP, though. Based on zone chat this appears to be a widespread issue and not localized to a handful of players. Things that have been observed are ping spikes to 999+ for an extended period of time (3-5 seconds) followed by massive ruberbanding or simply the game freezing then unfreezing after a few seconds.
Overall the average ping has risen from around the 75ish (for me) to 350ish.
With the Cyro issues a few weeks back that were never explained, then the recent PTS issue, I'm making an assumption that there is a large effort behind the scenes to either refactor some code/networking or some other massive network/DB overhaul that's yet to be announced (which I don't blame ZOS for not announcing these efforts due to the last few attempts not working and the player base going full agro mode).
Anyways, haven't seen a lot of dialogue about these recent issues so wanted to get the conversation going and hoping that someone at ZOS could chime in and acknowledge they are aware and maybe give a hint at some reason behind these aggravating issues as of late.
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thinkaboutit wrote: »ZOS network issue.
thinkaboutit wrote: »Just disconnected again in IC dungeon... timestamps are in EST timezone
thinkaboutit wrote: »
thinkaboutit wrote: »
I don't have QoS enabled FWIW so we can take the "client side issue" off the table from this list.
KaironBlackbard wrote: »thinkaboutit wrote: »
I don't have QoS enabled FWIW so we can take the "client side issue" off the table from this list.
Doesn't have to be your QoS, could be ZOS's. Perhaps their system is overloaded, or not properly prioritizing packets and thus dropping many player packets, causing lag and disconnects.
CrazyKitty wrote: »ZOS doesn't need to investigate this issue because they've known for years and years exactly what's causing these problems. The real question is why is this issue not getting fixed after all these years?
CrazyKitty wrote: »ZOS doesn't need to investigate this issue because they've known for years and years exactly what's causing these problems. The real question is why is this issue not getting fixed after all these years?
@ZOS_Kevin already said the network team is working on this.
Just_Attivi wrote: »You know what ESO needs? more crashes. Ive only had 4 in the last hour, can we get those numbers up? I really just want to log in repeatedly, not actually play.
CrazyKitty wrote: »CrazyKitty wrote: »ZOS doesn't need to investigate this issue because they've known for years and years exactly what's causing these problems. The real question is why is this issue not getting fixed after all these years?
@ZOS_Kevin already said the network team is working on this.
Different ZOS reps have been saying exactly this since at least as far back as 2018. This issue has been impacting PvP players for more than 5 years and it's just now creeping into the PvE portion of the game.
CrazyKitty wrote: »CrazyKitty wrote: »ZOS doesn't need to investigate this issue because they've known for years and years exactly what's causing these problems. The real question is why is this issue not getting fixed after all these years?
@ZOS_Kevin already said the network team is working on this.
Different ZOS reps have been saying exactly this since at least as far back as 2018. This issue has been impacting PvP players for more than 5 years and it's just now creeping into the PvE portion of the game. Maybe they'll drop the PvE pop cap too just like they have for PvP. Who knows. I'm sure the PvE community wouldn't mind a hour long queue during prime time to get into the game......
Just_Attivi wrote: »You know what ESO needs? more crashes. Ive only had 4 in the last hour, can we get those numbers up? I really just want to log in repeatedly, not actually play.
Maybe you've been participating in a stealthed achievement they haven't listed in the patch notes yet.
At this point, almost anything is possible.
Maybe we need a 'kicked' badge.
I'd love to see the title we earn that could be associated with it.
(I'm reduced to random attempts at subtle humor, at this point... it's sad, I know.)
CrazyKitty wrote: »CrazyKitty wrote: »ZOS doesn't need to investigate this issue because they've known for years and years exactly what's causing these problems. The real question is why is this issue not getting fixed after all these years?
@ZOS_Kevin already said the network team is working on this.
Different ZOS reps have been saying exactly this since at least as far back as 2018. This issue has been impacting PvP players for more than 5 years and it's just now creeping into the PvE portion of the game.
Good point, all of this is true.
IDK... I haven't had any luck talking about the lag over the years. @ZOS_Kevin is the first one I've felt like who has made an honest attempt to help.
Theist_VII wrote: »Getting sick of crashing?
Play a different game.
That simple, if ESO isn’t working, don’t waste your time. I’m a few days from uninstalling it, myself.
Theist_VII wrote: »Getting sick of crashing?
Play a different game.
That simple, if ESO isn’t working, don’t waste your time. I’m a few days from uninstalling it, myself.