Even though I got writhing fortress to work today, I do believe the abysmal state of its playability does warrant some sort of compensation. I understand things don't always work out, but given that some of these issues were on the PTS and not worked out before going live is something that stings somewhat. Minimal bugs are one thing, having to cycle through instances until you find one that works is another. I did enjoy the writhing fortress once I played a working instance, but that shouldn't have been preceded by me cycling through bugged instance after bugged instance until I gave up and went to sleep last night. In my eyes, it costs nothing to send players a little care package of some sort, but it costs good will from your player base not to.

There have been a lot of tips I have read about here, but the one I use multiple times every day is the one about using R2 and L2 to quickly scroll to the next category in the UI menus.

It saves a lot of wear and tear on my fingers and hands.

Known issue: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/683994/writhing-wall-event-known-issues#latest

If you got all of the WSolstice skyshards before U48 dropped, then the game assumes you have the ESolstice ones as well. It will be fixed in a future incremental

its a known bug, if your character completed all western skyshards before east solstice opened, they wont be visible to them

can finish the achievement by doing skyshards on alts, or wait for the bug fix

it always just blows my mind how they drop big updates and casually go on weekend, leaving community with 3 days of broken content they payed for. smart move to sell it early so no one can refund. maybe it was better to "adjust" metrics that way that phase 3 would have started on Monday?

Wow. I have never experienced something as much of a mess as the Writhing Fortress is.

First off, even before getting in there I saw Prince Azah by the Meridian Lens talking about what a great victory it was - so that's weird right off the bat.

Then getting in there with everyone else in the middle of battle, I had no idea what really was happening. I heard Raz talking about levers and others talking about stones, but I didn't even see what those were. So I feel like I was missing most of the story going on around me.

I apparently got the title of Wall Breaker, but I have zero idea what I actually did to achieve that.

This weekend, the Golden Vendor offers:

• Automaton's Necklace (Necklace, Robust, 200,000 gold / 375,000 AP)
• Death-Dancer Amulet (Necklace, Robust, 125,000 gold / 225,000 AP)
• Icy Conjurer's Necklace (Necklace, Arcane, 200,000 gold / 375,000 AP)
• Kargaeda Set (Guise / Mask / Visage, Infused / Impenetrable, 100,000 gold / 200,000 AP)
• Nazaray Set (Guise / Mask / Visage, Infused / Impenetrable, 100,000 gold / 200,000 AP)
• Necklace of Morihaus (Necklace, Healthy, 125,000 gold / 225,000 AP)

So... after relogging, doing several reloadui, relogging again, leaving and re-entering the instance, relogging, dying, relogging, leaving the instance, shopping at the lux furniture trader, relogging and re-entering the instance... I finally managed to find one that worked.
Now Skordo isn't in the camp to finish up... >.>

To be clear, I want more engaging content. I don't want more one-time locations. It seems like a waste of development effort when there's less permanent content being released.

Reading through all kinds of ESO forums, it's clear that the community (TESO) is often very skeptical about Zenimax's announcement that it will implement cross-play after all – contrary to earlier statements that this was not technically or economically feasible.
Players are questioning whether this new commitment is credible, especially after trust was further shaken by the recently criticized in-game event.

Where exactly are the technical and structural hurdles?
Crossplay naturally requires a fundamental restructuring of the game architecture, as the game was not originally designed for it. Merging the platforms, each with two regions (NA/EU), involves a massive technical effort.
I see potential name conflicts as well and server stability after the merge as particularly critical issues.

We accuse ZOS of not being transparent enough. Why...? Should be clear:
Although it has been confirmed that crossplay is being worked on, there are no concrete details or timelines. Many players perceive this as a delaying tactic. The long history of non-responses and vague statements has severely damaged confidence in the development.

And what economic and social consequences could this have?
A potential cross-play server could further deplete the console player population, as users could switch to PC -especially if cross-save or item transfer is enabled. There are also concerns that PC players would have an advantage with add-ons, which could lead to imbalances in PvP and the economy.
So what are my realistic expectations?
Although crossplay is now considered technically feasible, i expect that implementation will take a very long time - comparable to other complex updates such as the swimming horse feature, which took nine months.

I think a complete migration to PC servers would be sad and radical, but it would be a much simpler solution and probably one that would work better.
As usual: just my2cents