Cardhwion wrote: »

Maitsukas wrote: »

It's likely to be another case of DDOS attacks.

Sorry, but like with POE I am not buying it anymore. Week long sustained, continued DDOS attacks on a game server? What the heck would be the sense of it?

Since they have akamai in place, DDOS shouldnt be an issue

that said, Akamai is one of the worst providers for this sort of thing in the world

I asked Gemini about ZOS servers, here's the answer:

Mystery Solved: Unraveling the Ownership of ESO's German Servers
Frankfurt, Germany – The European megaserver for the popular online role-playing game, The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO), is located in Frankfurt. While ZeniMax Online Studios, the game's developer, operates the server, the physical infrastructure is widely understood to be housed within data centers owned and operated by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

ZeniMax Online Studios is a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, which in a landmark acquisition in 2021, became a part of Microsoft. This places the ultimate ownership of the game and its operations under the umbrella of the technology giant. However, for the crucial task of hosting the vast world of Tamriel for its European players, ZeniMax appears to entrust the robust infrastructure of AWS.

While neither ZeniMax nor Amazon Web Services have made a formal public declaration detailing their specific hosting agreement for ESO, the evidence strongly points towards this arrangement. The consensus within the ESO player community, often derived from network data and latency-tracing discussions, consistently identifies AWS's Frankfurt facilities as the server's home.

Further bolstering this conclusion is the significant presence of AWS in Frankfurt. The city is a major hub for the cloud computing giant in Europe, boasting multiple, highly secure data centers. For a massive online game like ESO, which demands high levels of stability, low latency, and scalability, leveraging a leading cloud provider like AWS is a logical and common industry practice.

ZeniMax Media also maintains a corporate presence in Germany, with an office in Frankfurt. Additionally, id Software, another ZeniMax subsidiary, has a studio in the same city. This establishes a clear operational footprint for the parent company in the region where the European server is based.


In essence, while the intellectual property and the day-to-day operation of the Elder Scrolls Online's European server are in the hands of ZeniMax Online Studios (and by extension, Microsoft), the physical servers that power the game for millions of players across Europe are located in and managed by Amazon Web Services in Frankfurt.

BlackAxiom wrote: »

Synaptic wrote: »

No worries fellas. Just power through the 20minute loading screen and if by some miracle you do get in game you'll find that summoning companions simply doesn't work, guild traders don't work either because the listed items simply won't load and you can't list any of your own either and forget about trying to travel to another zone or dungeon because that would mean another loading screen or likely a trip to the log-in screen.

Good times.

2,5hours into loading Northern Elsweyr

That's what happens if you take the cheap carriage, mate.

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Just to give a bit more insight into the recent issues, there is a stability problem with the connection between DFW (North American datacenter) and FRA (European datacenter). FRA relies on that connection heavily to remain up and we're working with our provider to investigate and resolve the stability issues.

Probably the new Tariffs on data transfers

Hope that's the reason for the high cpu usage lately also.
Its not my pc. Before june 25th i had stable 100fps almost everywhere except pvp where it could dip to 50fps around ballgroups.
After june 25th i have 80-100fps with random drops to 15/20fps in auridon vulkhelgard. In pvp i have 80fps but drops to 5/10 around ballgroups. If i change graphics from high to low i gain 5-10fps maybe. if i disable addons i get the same 5-10fps gain maybe. If i do both i might get 10-15fps gain, but, when i meet ballgroups i see no difference from high to low or addons on/off....
Cpu is steady 100% when fps drops. Gpu is on steady 50% the whole time.
RTX 4060
i5 12400F
16gb ram

Issues again on EU
Can't switch zone. Infinite loading screen and then disconnect.

Vahndamme wrote: »

Not sure how long I can keep holding on.. this is getting beyond ridiculous. 2nd time this week I want to play and have free time for it and getting this.. Not to mention ESO+ days lost, daily rewards lost, endeavours lost (living in Belgium so only way of getting crate stuff), mount skilling lost and so on... Brilliant, just brilliant. Start rolling out compensation for those hit ZoS, it's the only way. Ps. I'm not talking about some lame free non-combat pet or whatever. -- talking crowns, ESO+ days compensation, ...

My coop partner and I are in a similar situation.

We both cancelled our ESO Plus this evening; it was due to auto-renew very soon.

We're not likely to want to play without the sub, so will just get to work on our back catalogue of other games. It's a shame as the Elder Scrolls setting is great, but if we can't reliably play in the small sessions we get together, that's just the way things are.

Wait it’s down again? That’s actually the third time this week

I didn’t even noticed, I’ve started playing other games at the weekend

DrogB wrote: »

Mathius_Mordred wrote: »

I asked Gemini about ZOS servers, here's the answer:

Mystery Solved: Unraveling the Ownership of ESO's German Servers
Frankfurt, Germany – The European megaserver for the popular online role-playing game, The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO), is located in Frankfurt. While ZeniMax Online Studios, the game's developer, operates the server, the physical infrastructure is widely understood to be housed within data centers owned and operated by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

ZeniMax Online Studios is a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media, which in a landmark acquisition in 2021, became a part of Microsoft. This places the ultimate ownership of the game and its operations under the umbrella of the technology giant. However, for the crucial task of hosting the vast world of Tamriel for its European players, ZeniMax appears to entrust the robust infrastructure of AWS.

While neither ZeniMax nor Amazon Web Services have made a formal public declaration detailing their specific hosting agreement for ESO, the evidence strongly points towards this arrangement. The consensus within the ESO player community, often derived from network data and latency-tracing discussions, consistently identifies AWS's Frankfurt facilities as the server's home.

Further bolstering this conclusion is the significant presence of AWS in Frankfurt. The city is a major hub for the cloud computing giant in Europe, boasting multiple, highly secure data centers. For a massive online game like ESO, which demands high levels of stability, low latency, and scalability, leveraging a leading cloud provider like AWS is a logical and common industry practice.

ZeniMax Media also maintains a corporate presence in Germany, with an office in Frankfurt. Additionally, id Software, another ZeniMax subsidiary, has a studio in the same city. This establishes a clear operational footprint for the parent company in the region where the European server is based.


In essence, while the intellectual property and the day-to-day operation of the Elder Scrolls Online's European server are in the hands of ZeniMax Online Studios (and by extension, Microsoft), the physical servers that power the game for millions of players across Europe are located in and managed by Amazon Web Services in Frankfurt.

nope. Francoforta managed by Hetzner. AI is not an oracle XD

A quick search lists these as the current servers for Hetzner

Data Center Park Nuremberg, Germany
Data Center Park Falkenstein, Germany
Data Center Park Helsinki, Finland
Data Center Ashburn, Virginia, USA
Data Center Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
Data Center Singapore, Singapore

You willnote they are NOT in Frankfurt which is where ZOS servers are located.

oussebon wrote: »

Vahndamme wrote: »

Not sure how long I can keep holding on.. this is getting beyond ridiculous. 2nd time this week I want to play and have free time for it and getting this.. Not to mention ESO+ days lost, daily rewards lost, endeavours lost (living in Belgium so only way of getting crate stuff), mount skilling lost and so on... Brilliant, just brilliant. Start rolling out compensation for those hit ZoS, it's the only way. Ps. I'm not talking about some lame free non-combat pet or whatever. -- talking crowns, ESO+ days compensation, ...

My coop partner and I are in a similar situation.

We both cancelled our ESO Plus this evening; it was due to auto-renew very soon.

We're not likely to want to play without the sub, so will just get to work on our back catalogue of other games. It's a shame as the Elder Scrolls setting is great, but if we can't reliably play in the small sessions we get together, that's just the way things are.

Aye, exactly my thought. I cancelled my ESO+ as well and I'm going to get to the list of games I always wanted to try.

the lag in the game is unbearable, especially during combat key inputs dont register, its like EU server act like relay to NA server and all our connections are processed in NA.
im getting ping from 150 to 230 on EU, which seems its an NA ping rate, while on other games i have steady ping of 80 from Germany servers

and they are back, cannot log into character

I'm stuck in a loadscreen too. Restarted in case it was just a crash and stuck again straight away