Do We Deserve Free Game Time After 1.2.3-4 Rendered the Game Nigh Unplayable?

Darkstorn42

Why do so many people think they deserve things to them when they don't get what they want? Yes, they broke ***, yes they are trying to fix ***. The game is playable, just not to your standard. You want them to stay open and keep fixing things? Pay your sub.

nerevarine1138

Will we probably get some form of compensation (game time or otherwise)? Yes.

Is it deserved? No.

OrangeTheCat

No.

Be grateful for what you have and be honest about the genesis of MMOs. That's what I try to remind myself. If you don't like it, LEAVE.

Atreyu

Yes.

I'm not even logging in because I CAN'T play. I want to play, I want to go to cyrodill but I CAN'T, playing with 5-10 fps is not playing.
I had to relog like 20 times per session these days (true/sad story). Unbelievable.

It would be all fine if it were just a 2-3 days problem...but this problem has lasted for a bit more than a week, and it will probably reach 2 weeks before being fixed.
We are paying a monthly for a service, I'm not doing charity here.

I say we totally deserve free game time.

Zabalah

granty2008cyb16_ESO wrote: »

i think all the no votes are employees of eso!! im done with this game anyway already moved to wild-star game has been in dev for same amount of time and the amount of stuff it has is unreal would take you months just to figure it all out unlike eso to top lv in 1 months seems like they have worked on eso for 1 year not 5 and there is still major issues after 3 months its seems to get worse every-time the release a patch update and they expect you to pay for it in my eyes this game is failing fast and to think i waited for 2 years and was relay excited about it coming out and they destroyed all my hope in this game

So, don't let the door hit you in the arse. Get off these forums where your opinion no longer counts, because quite frankly, you no longer have a vested interest in the game.

BTW, I understand there are some GREAT online English programs you can spend your time in! It's a great summer pastime activity to prepare you for your next grade level in the fall.

You can always come back to gaming after you graduate.

Justin_s94_ESO

The last I was credited time for a mmo, because of downtime, was WoW-2005

Tamanous

I can only assume pvp is rough since patch as I keep hearing it. I won't enter until the pre-vet Cyradiil is added though. PVE is perfectly fine for me. I notice few issues other than the rare glitch/bug. Most annoying is my character freezing mid-swing in combat which leads to death as I cannot fight back. Only happened 3 times so far though. Some new quest bugs are apparent too.

Grim13

OrangeTheCat wrote: »

No.

Be grateful for what you have and be honest about the genesis of MMOs. That's what I try to remind myself. If you don't like it, LEAVE.

Seriously?

Paying $15 a month to be grateful you even have a broken game to play!?

LOL Wow!

OrangeTheCat

Zabalah wrote: »

granty2008cyb16_ESO wrote: »

i think all the no votes are employees of eso!! im done with this game anyway already moved to wild-star game has been in dev for same amount of time and the amount of stuff it has is unreal would take you months just to figure it all out unlike eso to top lv in 1 months seems like they have worked on eso for 1 year not 5 and there is still major issues after 3 months its seems to get worse every-time the release a patch update and they expect you to pay for it in my eyes this game is failing fast and to think i waited for 2 years and was relay excited about it coming out and they destroyed all my hope in this game

So, don't let the door hit you in the arse. Get off these forums where your opinion no longer counts, because quite frankly, you no longer have a vested interest in the game.

BTW, I understand there are some GREAT online English programs you can spend your time in! It's a great summer pastime activity to prepare you for your next grade level in the fall.

You can always come back to gaming after you graduate.

LOL, yeah. That person is unaware of the function of basic punctuation like the period.

ers101284b14_ESO

I voted no because I have already gotten 10 free game days and have not had any issues. But if they give out free game time I'm cool with it. I wouldn't be surprised if they did hand out free time, but also wouldn't be surprised if they didn't.

ferzalrwb17_ESO

I know I haven't played in days and many, many PvPers have cancelled their subs and haven't been playing. Giving that free time may just entice those people to play after a fix again, get hooked again and stay.

We do not need yet more people cancelling their subs. So this isn't just a gesture of goodwill, IMO, it's required.

Note: I wouldn't care one way or another if it were just about me.

Atreyu

The upcoming fix to FPS drops should work for every people who voted YES.

The rest can have this bug up and running, they seem fine with it, and deserve another month of it.


And while you are at it, I would suggest buying a jar of vaseline and bend 90º to make Zenimax's work easier.

Fairydragon3

doesn't effect me so is not golbaly game breaking. this doesn't need to be something like the free 5 days like last time. If you have an issue with that, then you would need to bring it up with CS. they will not publicly award game time unless all are going to receive the game time. Since I still see plenty of people function well, this would not be a sound business plan, since zos needs funds to actually perform these fixes,

the more people keep screaming for game time, the longer it will take for fixes to happen, and the quality of the fixes will also drop.

Say zos does start adding more to the bug team, "welp we ran out of money to pay everyone" so now we have to lay off some people"

Now say they recover, and hire people again, Some of these people may not have been there before. Do you have any idea how hard it is pick up someone else's work. it's one reason I do not want to be a programmer

Grim13

ferzalrwb17_ESO wrote: »

I know I haven't played in days and many, many PvPers have cancelled their subs and haven't been playing. Giving that free time may just entice those people to play after a fix again, get hooked again and stay.

We do not need yet more people cancelling their subs. So this isn't just a gesture of goodwill, IMO, it's required.

Note: I wouldn't care one way or another if it were just about me.

That's just it. These issues have squashed PvP. I was playing several hours of PvP a night, getting my money's worth (for the most part)... now... now, I can't even bring myself to play 1 hour every several days.

I'm only here for the PvP... and I cannot play it because ZOS broke it. I'm still paying, though... so it only seems fair to be compensated.

AND, like you say, throwing the suffering PvP community a bone would go a long way in restoring their faith in this product... and possibly reverse some cancellations.

Like mine.

snowmanflvb14_ESO

I have been playing the game fine along with my group mates since the patch.

Atreyu

snowmanflvb14_ESO wrote: »

I have been playing the game fine along with my group mates since the patch.

let me guess. Low lvl players? Fully devoted to PVE content? Must be it.

Mortosk

Soloeus wrote: »

No.

LoL, no I don't want a discount, I insist on paying!

Hypertionb14_ESO

i have not played since 1.2.4 because of these issues..

abilitys lag, enemys lag, im lucky to go a hour without going somewhere that suddenly starts sapping my FPS away untill there is nothing left..

Half the time i dont know if i am doing anything or if my abilitys are working...

if you watch you see that many of the enemies attacks are suffering the same problems.. hell i had a fireball shoot out of a dead caster type mob... and a thrown dagger appear seconds after i KILLED the mob that had thrown it, who was alive seconds more after he used the ability...

the first moments of the anchor when the first deadra started to drop i confused the hell out of me..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mBODxoIwzM

And sadly this was some of the better gameplay i had experienced in a while..

if this is not fixed by next week, that means that a full week of my paid subscription was unplayable due to issues introduced by a patch pushed by zenimax..

its far more than enough to warrant a refund of lost game time...

for those who say no, let me ask you this..

if you suddenly cant play for a week or more after a patch changed something that made the game not work for you, dont you think you would be pissed off too?

Exarch

Hypertionb14_ESO wrote: »

for those who say no, let me ask you this..

if you suddenly cant play for a week or more after a patch changed something that made the game not work for you, dont you think you would be pissed off too?

Sure, but that hypothetical is not what the poll asked us; those of us for whom the game is just as playable as before can't be expected to say that we deserve compensation for issues we're not having.

Grim13

There needs to be an achievement for this... I'm thinking:

"I survived the fps drop - 2014!"

jello

i cant play but im paying. so yes, they should give gametime back.

thorntk421

Except for a few minor problems the game works fine for me..so No.

Hypertionb14_ESO

Exarch wrote: »

Hypertionb14_ESO wrote: »

for those who say no, let me ask you this..

if you suddenly cant play for a week or more after a patch changed something that made the game not work for you, dont you think you would be pissed off too?

Sure, but that hypothetical is not what the poll asked us; those of us for whom the game is just as playable as before can't be expected to say that we deserve compensation for issues we're not having.

if they gave free time to people who cant play, but not the people who could the people who could would complain about that. Saying stuff to the effect of "why do they get it but not us?"

its happened before...

Since this is a MMO, in a way having some players unable to play due to problems impacts those who dont simply by having less people to play with and against, weakening the experience overall.

the poll really doesn't specify if everyone or just the people who are having the problems should get compensation. I would say yes in both situations.

if you say no simply because it doesnt affect you, then you are basically saying the people who are affected should be either...

Swordguy

how is the game unplayable? did someone chop off your arms and you cannot press one key on your keyboard at a time with your stubs... or you cannot use your mouse with your face?

I do enjoy these silly threads. please keep them coming, they make my day.

BrassRazoo

Sissies.

Gilvoth

im happy with paying monthly subscription, i do not think we should get a discount. this should not be a continuing thread.

Fuzzylumpkins

Grim13 wrote: »

OrangeTheCat wrote: »

No.

Be grateful for what you have and be honest about the genesis of MMOs. That's what I try to remind myself. If you don't like it, LEAVE.

Seriously?

Paying $15 a month to be grateful you even have a broken game to play!?

LOL Wow!

No one is forcing you or anyone to pay. You have the GD choice to unsub until it is up to your standards but you deserve nothing but to put effort into things YOU want. If it isn't working, don't play. If you paid up your sub then you have gotten exactly was the ToS has stated. You can log in. Whether or not you do or can do anything is your problem.

demonlkojipub19_ESO

sure should.

MrBeatDown

It depends on how long it takes them to fix it as to the amount of time I think im deserved extra. If it takes 7 days for them to fix it then I feel like they owe me 3 more free extra days. If it takes 2 weeks then I feel like 6 days would be good. Its not totally unplayable, but if I get tired of PVE and I want to go fight players im currently not able to do it. I Love pvp also, so im about 50% PVE 50% PVP player and currently unable to enjoy 1 half of the game. That's just my personal opinion though.

RinaldoGandolphi

I went into cyrodiil a few minutes ago, first battle was a slideshow, heck cyrodiil was a slideshow...i then tekeported out said I'm not messing with that.

I'm not going to demand free stuff, but I hope they fix it. The rest of the game seems fine.

I gotta admit though I got a good laugh out of it. Hopefully they fix it soon