14 hour maintenance on Monday? Did I read that right?
MorallyBipolar
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It's early and haven't had coffee yet, but doesn't the announcement for PC NA say 3am to 5pm? Isn't that 14 hours and basically shutting down the NA server for most of the day?
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Horace-Wimp✭✭✭✭MorallyBipolar wrote: »It's early and haven't had coffee yet, but doesn't the announcement for PC NA say 3am to 5pm? Isn't that 14 hours and basically shutting down the NA server for most of the day?
Yes you did. 14 glorious hours of ZOS 'working' to make ESO even better than it already is - which is the greatest MMO EVER created. Sure, they could just do a short one hour restart of the servers like every other MMO does but they choose not to and instead give us, the players, the BEST service of ANY MMO ever made!
So, relax and enjoy those wonderful 14 hours and be assured that when they come back up and the game is available again absolutely NOTHING will be wrong with the game. EVERYTHING will be perfect and we can rejoice as we play the BEST MMO currently on the market.28 -
Dojohoda✭✭✭✭✭
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Yes, explained at the link above which mentions cross play development and disabling Vengeance.Fan of playing magblade since 2015. (PC NA)
Might be joking in comments.
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SilverBride✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭MorallyBipolar wrote: »It's early and haven't had coffee yet, but doesn't the announcement for PC NA say 3am to 5pm? Isn't that 14 hours and basically shutting down the NA server for most of the day?
If we live on the West Coast it's back up at 2 pm PDT, so we still have a lot of time to play.
Edited by SilverBride on 25 April 2026 17:19PCNA0 -
valenwood_vegan✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭People have been demanding crossplay constantly. Not surprising that it's going to require some backend work , since the game was not originally designed to support it.21 -
Nordstern✭✭✭They are finally working on crossplay and you guys still complain? Cmon, this will be very good for the game.11
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WhoRU✭✭✭valenwood_vegan wrote: »People have been demanding crossplay constantly. Not surprising that it's going to require some backend work , since the game was not originally designed to support it.
Did I miss the poll on who wants cross-play? Perhaps it's about time ZOS really does find out what the entire community wants...or have they been doing that & I've been missing the polls these past few years?20 -
BardokRedSnow✭✭✭✭✭
✭valenwood_vegan wrote: »People have been demanding crossplay constantly. Not surprising that it's going to require some backend work , since the game was not originally designed to support it.
Did I miss the poll on who wants cross-play? Perhaps it's about time ZOS really does find out what the entire community wants...or have they been doing that & I've been missing the polls these past few years?
in this case it really doesnt matter what the community wants, the game needs crossplay in this landscape.Zos then: Vengeance is just a test bro
Zos now: Do you want Vengeance permanent or permanent...5 -
WhoRU✭✭✭BardokRedSnow wrote: »valenwood_vegan wrote: »People have been demanding crossplay constantly. Not surprising that it's going to require some backend work , since the game was not originally designed to support it.
Did I miss the poll on who wants cross-play? Perhaps it's about time ZOS really does find out what the entire community wants...or have they been doing that & I've been missing the polls these past few years?
in this case it really doesnt matter what the community wants, the game needs crossplay in this landscape.
Apologies...stupidly thought what the 'majority' of players wanted in the game might matter...thankfully plenty of great content to enjoy. Just hope we don't get more bugs and longer and longer maintenance as a result.12 -
SeaGtGruff✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭BardokRedSnow wrote: »valenwood_vegan wrote: »People have been demanding crossplay constantly. Not surprising that it's going to require some backend work , since the game was not originally designed to support it.
Did I miss the poll on who wants cross-play? Perhaps it's about time ZOS really does find out what the entire community wants...or have they been doing that & I've been missing the polls these past few years?
in this case it really doesnt matter what the community wants, the game needs crossplay in this landscape.
Apologies...stupidly thought what the 'majority' of players wanted in the game might matter...thankfully plenty of great content to enjoy. Just hope we don't get more bugs and longer and longer maintenance as a result.
Although I personally have no need for crossplay, since I play on PC and the populations on PCNA and PCEU are decent, the people who play on console have been begging for crossplay for years. And to be honest, it will be nice to be able to finally play alongside console-only players who I've watched playing ESO on Twitch or read posts from in these forums, so that will be cool-- when it happens, which won't be this year. So it's good that this is actively being worked on.I've fought mudcrabs more fearsome than me!4 -
valenwood_vegan✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭valenwood_vegan wrote: »People have been demanding crossplay constantly. Not surprising that it's going to require some backend work , since the game was not originally designed to support it.
Did I miss the poll on who wants cross-play? Perhaps it's about time ZOS really does find out what the entire community wants...or have they been doing that & I've been missing the polls these past few years?
I mean I don't work for zos, or conduct polling for them. You're free to make a poll or search through the forum history as the subject has been brought up many times. It's not a feature I care about one way or the other. My only point is that people demanded it constantly for years and now there are consequences.6 -
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✭✭✭✭✭BardokRedSnow wrote: »valenwood_vegan wrote: »People have been demanding crossplay constantly. Not surprising that it's going to require some backend work , since the game was not originally designed to support it.
Did I miss the poll on who wants cross-play? Perhaps it's about time ZOS really does find out what the entire community wants...or have they been doing that & I've been missing the polls these past few years?
in this case it really doesnt matter what the community wants, the game needs crossplay in this landscape.
That is a matter of opinion. I am personally against crossplay because I have yet to see any online game go crossplay that doesn't result in consoles getting the short end of the stick. And as someone who plays on PSNA I see no need for it as our population is just fine and thriving.
Unfortunately, those of us who feel this way have no choice in the matter. So the best we can hope for is that ZOS gets it right, and nails it on the first attempt. Anything less, and the end result could very well be catastrophic.17 -
WhoRU✭✭✭DenverRalphy wrote: »BardokRedSnow wrote: »valenwood_vegan wrote: »People have been demanding crossplay constantly. Not surprising that it's going to require some backend work , since the game was not originally designed to support it.
Did I miss the poll on who wants cross-play? Perhaps it's about time ZOS really does find out what the entire community wants...or have they been doing that & I've been missing the polls these past few years?
in this case it really doesnt matter what the community wants, the game needs crossplay in this landscape.
That is a matter of opinion. I am personally against crossplay because I have yet to see any online game go crossplay that doesn't result in consoles getting the short end of the stick. And as someone who plays on PSNA I see no need for it as our population is just fine and thriving.
Unfortunately, those of us who feel this way have no choice in the matter. So the best we can hope for is that ZOS gets it right, and nails it on the first attempt. Anything less, and the end result could very well be catastrophic.
I'm guessing you missed the poll too..lol? Let's hope they do get it right as one thing all platforms probably agree on is that it is a great game...warts and all!0 -
Tandor✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭SilverBride wrote: »They should just merge the consoles and leave PC out of it.
While I agree with that, the problem is that most of the comparatively few players who want crossplay are console players wanting to switch to PC without having to buy the game again and start from scratch. If ZOS had been able to offer free account transfers from console to PC there wouldn't have been calls for crossplay.
My concern is for those console players who don't want to get involved in crossplay but will end up being very lonely on console.
Meanwhile it's clear from the announcement that we're all going to have to put up with a lot of additional crossplay-related downtime over many months - quite possibly a year or more - before crossplay goes live, assuming it does.6 -
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✭✭✭✭✭yeah its unfortunate for ppl that do their thing in the morning, but honestly, better a 14 hour maintenance and the game runs, rather than no maintenance and it doesnt...6 -
CatalinaWineMixer2✭✭✭✭Combining XBox and PS would be a good thing. Bringing PC into it does not bode well13
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✭The only way any of this will ever be worth the time loss to me is if Cross Save is coming with it.
If this is anything like other games I've played, it'll only be on an opt-OUT basis, which means 99% of people will remain in the crossplay environment and the remaining 1% will simply eventually bite the bullet due to community loss. In my experience the non-crossplay environments in most games that have crossplay are effectively dead.My concern is for those console players who don't want to get involved in crossplay but will end up being very lonely on console.
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reazea✭✭✭✭✭
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Yes, explained at the link above which mentions cross play development and disabling Vengeance.
That's unfortunate.
Personally I'd prefer that the PC and game box populations remained separate.16 -
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✭✭Crossplay is not something I have any personal interest in, and the payoff is not until next year. So it feels like an interruption with no immediate payoff.
On the other hand I understand this may help the long-term health of the game. I do wish they waited a couple days so I can just play the new Diablo 4 expansion or FFXIV patch instead.1 -
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✭✭Well, some did wish for downtime and I'm really enthusiastic that they are actually making crossplay happen.3 -
Silaf✭✭✭✭✭SilverBride wrote: »They should just merge the consoles and leave PC out of it.
While I agree with that, the problem is that most of the comparatively few players who want crossplay are console players wanting to switch to PC without having to buy the game again and start from scratch. If ZOS had been able to offer free account transfers from console to PC there wouldn't have been calls for crossplay.
My concern is for those console players who don't want to get involved in crossplay but will end up being very lonely on console.
Meanwhile it's clear from the announcement that we're all going to have to put up with a lot of additional crossplay-related downtime over many months - quite possibly a year or more - before crossplay goes live, assuming it does.
I may have understood the wrong ting but shoulden't this new implementation allow players on all platforms to play togheter without a transfer?
This sounds demanding since it would require all the megaservers to be fused somehow... so i may be wrong.0 -
Tandor✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭SilverBride wrote: »They should just merge the consoles and leave PC out of it.
While I agree with that, the problem is that most of the comparatively few players who want crossplay are console players wanting to switch to PC without having to buy the game again and start from scratch. If ZOS had been able to offer free account transfers from console to PC there wouldn't have been calls for crossplay.
My concern is for those console players who don't want to get involved in crossplay but will end up being very lonely on console.
Meanwhile it's clear from the announcement that we're all going to have to put up with a lot of additional crossplay-related downtime over many months - quite possibly a year or more - before crossplay goes live, assuming it does.
I may have understood the wrong ting but shoulden't this new implementation allow players on all platforms to play togheter without a transfer?
This sounds demanding since it would require all the megaservers to be fused somehow... so i may be wrong.
Yes in theory to playing together without account transfers, but that doesn't mean all console players will want to play with PC players (and vice versa) because we don't yet know how it will actually work in practice. Different guilds and traders, different economies and I imagine probably different addons - how will that work out, and what about different populations across the servers, what servers will this happen on - special crossplay servers or instancing or what? What about competitive things like leaderboards?Edited by Tandor on 26 April 2026 17:578 -
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✭✭What @Tandor said above.
Cross play is something that has never interested me, but I am concerned that consoles playing with PC will not be a level playing field and actually make a lot of things far far worse.
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✭✭SerafinaWaterstar wrote: »What @Tandor said above.
Cross play is something that has never interested me, but I am concerned that consoles playing with PC will not be a level playing field and actually make a lot of things far far worse.
I think there are significant cultural divisions between people who choose to game on PC and those who choose to play on game boxes. I believe that ESO on PC has suffered dramatically due to being dumbed down enough to run on a game box.6 -
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✭I really do not understand what all the whining is about cross play. Some of the best pvpers and pvers use controller, and some dont even use addons except for the odd one here or there. So this is just whining for the sake of whining.
It is a win win situation across the board.4 -
Jammy420✭✭✭✭✭
✭SilverBride wrote: »They should just merge the consoles and leave PC out of it.
While I agree with that, the problem is that most of the comparatively few players who want crossplay are console players wanting to switch to PC without having to buy the game again and start from scratch. If ZOS had been able to offer free account transfers from console to PC there wouldn't have been calls for crossplay.
My concern is for those console players who don't want to get involved in crossplay but will end up being very lonely on console.
Meanwhile it's clear from the announcement that we're all going to have to put up with a lot of additional crossplay-related downtime over many months - quite possibly a year or more - before crossplay goes live, assuming it does.
I may have understood the wrong ting but shoulden't this new implementation allow players on all platforms to play togheter without a transfer?
This sounds demanding since it would require all the megaservers to be fused somehow... so i may be wrong.
Yes in theory to playing together without account transfers, but that doesn't mean all console players will want to play with PC players (and vice versa) because we don't yet know how it will actually work in practice. Different guilds and traders, different economies and I imagine probably different addons - how will that work out, and what about different populations across the servers, what servers will this happen on - special crossplay servers or instancing or what? What about competitive things like leaderboards?
It will just all be merged. It is not that difficult to grasp.1 -
Ingenon✭✭✭✭✭
✭I really do not understand what all the whining is about cross play. Some of the best pvpers and pvers use controller, and some dont even use addons except for the odd one here or there. So this is just whining for the sake of whining.
It is a win win situation across the board.
I play on PS/NA.
I sell stuff on guild traders. I have looked up prices on PC versus PS. Order of magnitude differences for some items. Stuff just costs more on PC. Including the prices to win a trader spot. The guilds I belong to will go broke quickly trying to afford the bid price for a trader spot. And I have seen folks post "Oh, just join all new guilds once the ones you belong to now fold". Doesn't sound like win win to me.
Oh, and the gold I have banked now is plenty to cover me playing on PS, but I understand it would be considered chump change on PC. So, I get to grind gold until I catch up. Doesn't sound like win win to me.
Groups that I do trials with mostly use PlayStation Network (PSN) voice chat. Because the ESO built in voice chat can be "glitchy", while the PSN voice chat usually just works. How does this work with cross play? Maybe PSN voice chat will connect with PC players voice chat and Xbox players voice chat. What if it doesn't?
And I could keep going, but this is already a wall of text.
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Grafahel✭✭✭Hey it looks like they're starting EU maintenance actually during our nighttime so that's cool, hope we'll see more of that in the future!2
