The recent lag has made PVP unplayable

Nathanbreakfast · January 4

Did something get seriously damaged involving the server crash a couple of weeks ago? The game hasnt been the same since. There's a persistent delay in the game inputs even in smaller scale fights. This is happening in all PVP content Cyro, BGs and IC. My connection to everything else game related is more than good. Is anything being done to address this? I hear from 90% of the people that I play with they are experiencing the same thing, same time table.

Nathanbreakfast · January 4

Nathanbreakfast wrote: »

Did something get seriously damaged involving the server crash a couple of weeks ago? The game hasnt been the same since. There's a persistent delay in the game inputs even in smaller scale fights. This is happening in all PVP content Cyro, BGs and IC. My connection to everything else game related is more than good. Is anything being done to address this? I hear from 90% of the people that I play with they are experiencing the same thing, same time table.

Edit correction: My connection to everything else non-game related is good**

React · January 4

I've been having a persistent issue as well, since the date that the servers had that outage. Every single night that I've tried to play in cyrodiil or imperial city, I have had these intermittent server freezes/rubberbanding incidents. The game will "freeze" in the sense that inputs will entirely stop moving and everyone will stop moving, then moments later the game will rubberband and catch up. Almost as if I'm losing connection to the server for a brief moment - however I have verified this is not the case. I do not have issues on other games, I do not have issues with streaming services, etc. Other people I've spoken to have experienced the same exact issue, and players I have been grouped with for PVP whilst also in voice chat together have seen my character freeze and then rubberband, without losing connection to the voice chat or anything of the sort.

This has essentially made PVP unplayable for me. There is no point in even trying to have enjoyable fights when multiple times per hour I am freezing for 5-15 seconds at a time. This never once occurred prior to the server outage, and has happened every single time I have tried to play since.

Here is a link to the thread where I reported the issue and provided examples, along with multiple examples from other users experiencing the same exact issue since the outage. It is quite clear that something is not working properly.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/670960/pc-na-constant-game-freezes#latest

Nathanbreakfast · January 4

React wrote: »

I've been having a persistent issue as well, since the date that the servers had that outage. Every single night that I've tried to play in cyrodiil or imperial city, I have had these intermittent server freezes/rubberbanding incidents. The game will "freeze" in the sense that inputs will entirely stop moving and everyone will stop moving, then moments later the game will rubberband and catch up. Almost as if I'm losing connection to the server for a brief moment - however I have verified this is not the case. I do not have issues on other games, I do not have issues with streaming services, etc. Other people I've spoken to have experienced the same exact issue, and players I have been grouped with for PVP whilst also in voice chat together have seen my character freeze and then rubberband, without losing connection to the voice chat or anything of the sort.

This has essentially made PVP unplayable for me. There is no point in even trying to have enjoyable fights when multiple times per hour I am freezing for 5-15 seconds at a time. This never once occurred prior to the server outage, and has happened every single time I have tried to play since.

Here is a link to the thread where I reported the issue and provided examples, along with multiple examples from other users experiencing the same exact issue since the outage. It is quite clear that something is not working properly.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/670960/pc-na-constant-game-freezes#latest

Iv had this happen as well, but mostly I have very bad input lag. Also other strange things will happen like menu UI glitches, audio abnormalities, all sorts of crap that obviously indicates the game is BROKEN. I hear people in game talking about it alot but nobody seems to be taking it seriously.

blktauna · January 4

The input lag has made me rage quit on more than one occasion.

moo_2021 · January 7

My character started to keep doing heavy attacks on air by itself a few minutes into any BG game, after Dec 27 or 28. I don't do any heavy attacks. And no light attack on enemy was turned heavy accidentally according to combat metrics, at least when I checked.

There might also be input lags but hard to confirm. My ping is 60-80 all the time.