what is taking so long?

Hypertionb14_ESO

what the title says.

There has been no news or anything for update 6, not even the road ahead thing they were doing...

sorry but the game is in a really messy state still, half a year from launch...

Sharee

Road ahead is planned after thanksgiving.

JoeCapricorn

Geeze, it's still their holiday weekend. They won't be having maintenance on the main servers tomorrow probably also because of it. We might get a Road Ahead then and maybe 1.6 on the PTS later this week or sometime next week.

It would be nice to have 1.6 go live by Christmas but maybe it's not such a good idea to rush things.

Palidon

Hypertionb14_ESO wrote: »

what the title says.

There has been no news or anything for update 6, not even the road ahead thing they were doing...

sorry but the game is in a really messy state still, half a year from launch...

They game is not in a messy state it is falling apart. Cyrodiil is a total mess. Delayed sound effects, Crashes, Serious Lag, and I could go on but what is the point. Patch 1.5.6 messed a bunch up. And to think we are paying for this.

Cody

i imagine this or next week now that the holidays are coming to an end.

recently i have been having sound delays..... thats nice. its not distracting and very annoying at all! no no...

kijima

I'd rather them fix what's on offer as content right now than introduce more bug ridden content, and the PvP that doesn't work and full of lag, or more areas which are focused on grouped content rather than solo.

But that's just me, I'm a simple man.

fuzzbunnies

I would place money on them just doping the update on live in the next 2 weeks.

Frenkthevile

I want something before christmas holidays !

Enodoc

Frenkthevile wrote: »

I want something before christmas holidays !

Really though? If they churn out Update 6 within three weeks, with at most two weeks on PTS, it won't be tested enough and would likely collapse ESO over Christmas due to the inevitable bugs which slip through the first update. Then they'll all go on holiday and it won't be fixed until January, leaving the whole holiday period without any working ESO at all.

They should get Update 6 on PTS soonish, fix a bunch of stuff that still needs to be fixed on Live before Christmas, and then roll out 6 in January after it has been thoroughly tested over the holidays.

fuzzbunnies

Enodoc wrote: »

Frenkthevile wrote: »

I want something before christmas holidays !

Really though? If they churn out Update 6 within three weeks, with at most two weeks on PTS, it won't be tested enough and would likely collapse ESO over Christmas due to the inevitable bugs which slip through the first update. Then they'll all go on holiday and it won't be fixed until January, leaving the whole holiday period without any working ESO at all.

They should get Update 6 on PTS soonish, fix a bunch of stuff that still needs to be fixed on Live before Christmas, and then roll out 6 in January after it has been thoroughly tested over the holidays.

Or they just pump it out monday and spend their time till holidays fixing it which is where my bet is going.

yodased

rophez_ESO

Judging from the lack of activity on the dev tracker, I'd say a long Thanksgiving break is what's taking so long

Mettaricana

yodased wrote: »

feels like it most days i been checking daily for a disappointing amount of nothingness

LonePirate

rophez_ESO wrote: »

Judging from the lack of activity on the dev tracker, I'd say a long Thanksgiving break is what's taking so long

I am glad somebody else noticed this besides me.

I would like to think numerous ZOS personnel who normally patrol the forums have been busy prepping for Update 6. However extended time off around the holidays and the possible usage of accumulated vacation days that would otherwise be lost after December 31 could be contributing to the delay as well. The ZOS team deserves their time off like any other employee for any other business.

The rumored massive size of the update could also be a factor in the delay. More time is needed to implement (and test -haha!) this update if it indeed contains everything people have been speculating - Champion System, Imperial City, Provisioning overhaul, skills update, etc.

kevlarto_ESO

I think the new road is http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608018042073776564&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0

Pyatra

Turkey poisoning, everyone dead or feels like it.

Mettaricana

so are they on thanksgiving break til next thanksgiving...?

Frenkthevile

Pyatra wrote: »

Turkey poisoning, everyone dead or feels like it.

Give this man a medal.