These tests are killing PVP

Katahdin · October 2020

The test fatigue is real

Seriously, everyone is sick to death of these tests. No seems to want to play.
We had 3 poplocked factions in Grey host tonight, a Saturday night but the map barely moved most of the night.
It was literally dead most of the time. Couldnt get more than 10 people to even try and take a keep.
I dont know what results are going to be achieved when hardly anyone wants to engauge each other.

SgtNuttzmeg · October 2020

This is something I have noticed to.

Joy_Division · October 2020

I wouldn;t say it's test fatigue.

It's more like the tests themselves make the game incredibly unfun to play. I've been "fatigued" since the start.

If these tests were something that held promise, I'd be in Cyrodiil every night.

Ackwalan · October 2020

Looked like everybody just did a faction stack. AD was parked at Alessia, DC parked at Chal and EP on the bridge.

Iskaldt · October 2020

i feel like these population bars are fake. I can jump into a 3 bar/locked server and run for ages before finding anyone. theres barely anything happening anyhere.

And also, me and the guildmates noticed the population bars show different numbers for us. I can see a campaign have 3 bars, while my guildmates see 1 bar. and the other one see 2 bars. This has happened more than 2 times.

And me personally, barely playing Eso these days. An ocational IC run with the guildmates is all i do these days. And that gets boring real fast only having IC.

ShortTripToHell · October 2020

I must admit, I play on PC AD grayhost and noticed the same thing.
Running a group ( guild or random ) is just not fun. I run a smallscale group and whenever we set something UA the whole server turns up and it's piew piew all evening.

I also noticed what is mentioned above that the bars are fake. No way the servers are capped and I can get a full group in without a queue.

For me and many others I am glad when this is over and please, to all Gods that this may never be implemented.

Zpook · October 2020

Ofc something will be implemented. Knowing Zos it might all be something thats coded in to the game as a permanent cycle.

techyeshic · October 2020

Its not just the testing. I mean, I haven't been able to really play my main but I have enjoyed giving other classes some attention; yet it does suck to see others enjoy reaching ranks while my main is stalled out.

Thats ok, but then I'm not a fan of this meta thats growing where I just see masses of light attacks, PI, and gap closers making numbers just mindlessly win while I still cannot activate abilities or potions to even resist meta and run a stat build I enjoy. Also keep an eye out as I see people using alts to place for bombs due to obscene VD numbers now. Check health of allies, Start reporting.

Then the bugs to go along with the rubberbanding and heath desyncs, I have noticed you can die and the total hitpoints you lost are less than what you had. You get to where you can't sprint at all, mounted or unmounted; and you can then break free animate and cost with nothing around to CC you, and you get immunity but it doesn't work.

Basically, it's a combination of things. Tests that are gameplay altering yet do not dent the lag, and TBH; I'm not sure it really is lag in the traditional sense. Could be they just don't know how to code as the game seems to just guess.

Vanagrand · October 2020

Yep, in my guild nobody went cyro last week and nobody will go this week. Only if you are a NB Stamina is fine to go.

Vizirith · October 2020

Just roll stamina nb like zos wants you to.

Elo106 · October 2020

Vanagrand wrote: »

Yep, in my guild nobody went cyro last week and nobody will go this week. Only if you are a NB Stamina is fine to go.

^ This entire 500 man guild took a break until tests are over.

chloriscloudysky · October 2020

This killing of the population as a result of the test is working for zos. Kill off pvp solve problem. claro

vamp_emily · October 2020

I don't think many people are playing PvP. I play a few minutes on the weekend an I'm no. 212 on the leaders board.

212? Maybe killed 2 people and helped capture a few keeps.

Hexvaldr · October 2020

I know at least four guilds in Blackreach from all three alliances that are not running in Cyro this week because of the severity of the extended aoe testing.

Gaggin · October 2020

Everyone dont worry, testing like this is normal and will end once the beta is over and the game goes live.

Jaimeh · October 2020

Joy_Division wrote: »

I wouldn;t say it's test fatigue.

It's more like the tests themselves make the game incredibly unfun to play. I've been "fatigued" since the start.

If these tests were something that held promise, I'd be in Cyrodiil every night.

This. The tests make playing unfun. I went in last week with a stamplar character for tier 1 rewards, it was awful to cast 1 skill and then see the entirety of my bar greyed out. It was like that to varying degrees for most of other my characters. PvP is not meant to be so slow and unintuitive.

NeillMcAttack · October 2020

I’m not certain of the NA population. But on EU, when the tests end,
Cyro will be just as unplayable as it has been since U25. Really is nothing to look forward to....

Kwoung · October 2020

Blackreach is dead. AD did their normal take the whole map overnight and no one even cares to go take it back now.

nk125x · October 2020

I think you should rename the thread

"These tests have killed PVP"

Xarc · October 2020

Joy_Division wrote: »

I wouldn;t say it's test fatigue.

It's more like the tests themselves make the game incredibly unfun to play. I've been "fatigued" since the start.

If these tests were something that held promise, I'd be in Cyrodiil every night.

I agree with you and with OP.
And i'd add : people, today, only play for AP. only AP is the motivation to log to cyrodiil.

And AP search is ruining every faction gameplay. Just an exemple : I see people always taking ressources before keep in my faction. They know they will be detected in the case of a surprise attack, but they're responding "AP is AP". Theses words.
This is also why DC go to KINGSCREST keep. No point to go here, in term of strategy, it's not even a guild trying to get a place to defend in order to farm AP... no, they just want offensive tic then leave.

Theses tests ruined cyrodiil.

Sanct16 · October 2020

At this point I think ZOS strategy is simply "We can't fix lag ever, so let's make PvP so *** for 2 months that players will be happy when we return to the laggy mess we have always had".

KhajiitLivesMatter · October 2020

no test = cyro stays bad as it is = players cry
tests to improve performance = players cry
...
just let them do there tests finaly

nk125x · October 2020

Xolog4mer wrote: »

no test = cyro stays bad as it is = players cry
tests to improve performance = players cry
...
just let them do there tests finaly

LOL, obviously you don't venture in Cyrodiil

KhajiitLivesMatter · October 2020

nk125x wrote: »

Xolog4mer wrote: »

no test = cyro stays bad as it is = players cry
tests to improve performance = players cry
...
just let them do there tests finaly

LOL, obviously you don't venture in Cyrodiil

im pvp rank 41 i know cyrodil...

RDMyers65b14_ESO · November 2020

Tests are over today. However, I am sure that ZOS will choose something to 'fix' that won't fix anything. I crashed multiple times during the testing, still had lag, ping through the roof.