Safebox spawn time too long

UltimaJoe777 · April 2016

Did it get ninja nerfed in the patch? Seems like it's longer now than before the patch. Dolmens spawn faster than these things do...

Enemy-of-Coldharbour · April 2016

I used to see them all the time. I haven't seen one in weeks. Doesn't bother me too much since they only contain crap.

UltimaJoe777 · April 2016

That is probably because you don't seek them out and therefore do not see them because others are cracking them open for the Tip Board quest.

I've been sitting in Rawl'kha Bank for at least 30 minutes now and the safebox has not respawned yet. It was not there when I arrived also.

idk · April 2016

As previous post mentioned,'there are quests driving players to get them. I've seen many and they seem to pop just fine.

Nestor · April 2016

They respawn just fine, pretty quickly now in fact, if you got the same patch that the PC got recently. I can go to Davon's Watch and start at one end of the Vendors (who all have lockboxes) and by the time I get to the end, the first ones are spawning again.

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UltimaJoe777 · April 2016

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

As previous post mentioned,'there are quests driving players to get them. I've seen many and they seem to pop just fine.

Well I have now been at Rawl'kha Bank for at least an hour, STILL has not respawned.

Correction: It respawned the moment I posted that sentence lol
Spawned at: 5:03 PM EDT, was cracked by me immediately upon respawn, but I did not force the lock. I will now wait for it to respawn to get a precise time.
Edit: Respawned about 3 - 3 1/2 minutes later. Now that's screwy.

SirAndy · April 2016

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Well I have now been at Rawl'kha Bank for at least an hour, STILL has not respawned.

Correction: It respawned the moment I posted that sentence lol
Spawned at: 5:03 PM EDT, was cracked by me immediately upon respawn, but I did not force the lock. I will now wait for it to respawn to get a precise time.
Edit: Respawned about 3 - 3 1/2 minutes later. Now that's screwy.

From the ESO source code:

if ((Item.Type == ESO_ITEM_SAFEBOX) && (Player.Name == "UltimaJoe777")) {
    ApplyRandomScrewyAlgo();
}

UltimaJoe777 · April 2016

SirAndy wrote: »
UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Well I have now been at Rawl'kha Bank for at least an hour, STILL has not respawned.

Correction: It respawned the moment I posted that sentence lol
Spawned at: 5:03 PM EDT, was cracked by me immediately upon respawn, but I did not force the lock. I will now wait for it to respawn to get a precise time.
Edit: Respawned about 3 - 3 1/2 minutes later. Now that's screwy.

From the ESO source code:
if ((Item.Type == ESO_ITEM_SAFEBOX) && (Player.Name == "UltimaJoe777")) {
    ApplyRandomScrewyAlgo();
}

Hey I just hold the stopwatch I don't write the algos lol

Nestor · April 2016

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Edit: Respawned about 3 - 3 1/2 minutes later. Now that's screwy.

Even back when the Treasure troves were respawning every minute or two, there would be one or two that would not respawn until a significant period of time elapses. This was random because the next day or an hour or two later, they would respawn like all the others. Which is why you can never predict the behavior of an MMO based on one or two events. That kind of applies to most things really if you think about it.

UltimaJoe777 · April 2016

Nestor wrote: »

UltimaJoe777 wrote: »

Edit: Respawned about 3 - 3 1/2 minutes later. Now that's screwy.

Even back when the Treasure troves were respawning every minute or two, there would be one or two that would not respawn until a significant period of time elapses. This was random because the next day or an hour or two later, they would respawn like all the others. Which is why you can never predict the behavior of an MMO based on one or two events. That kind of applies to most things really if you think about it.

Well it's either been this way since ever and I never truly noticed or something is off lol

If it is an issue then at least Zenimax has now been informed