Worst Launch Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

zdarma

We are now day 3 of this game and I have had the privilege to lay out almost 90$ for the game to play for a grand total of 1 hour. Yes, one hour!!!! I am now 1060950 in the queue and I will be connecting in 1 second. Of course, I have been in that place in the queue for the better part of 2 hours; but hey, you know, I'll be connecting in 1 second, so it isn't so bad. On a side note, in the world of Bethesda, how do I convert 1 second to normal time?

Bethesda and everyone associated with this launch should be embarrassed. I have bought every game of this series, but this is definitely the last one I will ever buy. In fact, I am so pissed, I will never buy another Bethesda game again. I'd rather take a 100$ bill and use it to lite a cigar, at least I'll feel like I am getting some value for my money.

Illumous

Someone has never done an MMO release before...

asdf0716

," he says on his way to stand in line for Fallout IV...

nastuug

Illumous wrote: »

Someone has never done an MMO release before...

Preyfar

Worst launch ever? I was there when World of Warcraft launch. Two weeks into the game, I had consistent problems logging in or not being forced into a 2-3 hour queue. Two months into the game there was still severe, crippling lag and broken quests and progress stopping bugs. It was fun, but an absolute nightmare to play.

ESO's original launch was rocky, but worked itself out over time. Lots of bugs, but still in better shape than WoW. The console launch is a few days in, and yes, there are problems, but people are getting into the game, are having fun. It's not perfect, but this by far anything but the "worst launch ever!!!!!!!!".

iamjowens

(Op buys fallout for at release as well) lol and what ^ he said
Calm down. It will get better.

Shunravi

coryevans_3b14_ESO

zdarma wrote: »

We are now day 3 of this game and I have had the privilege to lay out almost 90$ for the game to play for a grand total of 1 hour. Yes, one hour!!!! I am now 1060950 in the queue and I will be connecting in 1 second. Of course, I have been in that place in the queue for the better part of 2 hours; but hey, you know, I'll be connecting in 1 second, so it isn't so bad. On a side note, in the world of Bethesda, how do I convert 1 second to normal time?

Bethesda and everyone associated with this launch should be embarrassed. I have bought every game of this series, but this is definitely the last one I will ever buy. In fact, I am so pissed, I will never buy another Bethesda game again. I'd rather take a 100$ bill and use it to lite a cigar, at least I'll feel like I am getting some value for my money.

When you start with worst launch ever it shows that you haven't been part of many.

Also, it will all be fixed Soon(tm)

After the wii release probably.

Preyfar

Besides, bugs are part of the Elder Scrolls experience. It was impossible to complete Arena and Daggerfall for about 1-2 months after launch for most players given the procedurally generated dungeons tended to never generate the quest items or would just end and drop you off into a never ending void. And back then, ha... good luck getting patches unless you had access to a BBS or went out and bought patch CDs that came with magazines like PC Gamer.

DeanWinchester88

Level 7, and I've had very few issues. There's always 2 sides of the coin, you're on the wrong side, and it sucks. Hang in there, this is an MMO, these games always launch with problems. Did you really believe it was going to be completely flawless with no patches needed on a game that works only when connected to the internet? Come on, stop fooling yourselves. When buying games like these, you should be fully aware of these situations.

SirAndy

zdarma wrote: »

Worst Launch Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!

You clearly weren't around for the PC launch a year ago ...

zdarma

I have played plenty of games at a launch that have had bugs, problems, etc., including a few that were MMOs. However, I have never had a game just not work outright. I have seen games not ready for release, but this is just absolutely ridiculous. Posting messages that everything is fine and we should have fun, is just"insert word that will get me banned". Fix the problem, but don't stick your heads in the sand and say everything is fine. Shut the servers down, fix the problem and come back online; but the way it is now, is just ridiculous.

Justice31st

At this point in time you just have to roll with them punches man. ESO staff has shown that stuff will be fixed when they damn feel like it. Just kick back and grab that big ol' bucket of kernels.

izenkim_ESO

Must not have tried the 2013 version of SimCity. Or as others pointed out, different MMO's I'd add to the list such greats as Ultima Online (after finally connecting your progress would be wiped again and again and again), Everquest, or The Sims Online.

coryevans_3b14_ESO

izenkim_ESO wrote: »

Must not have tried the 2013 version of SimCity. Or as others pointed out, different MMO's I'd add to the list such greats as Ultima Online (after finally connecting your progress would be wiped again and again and again), Everquest, or The Sims Online.

WOW simcity. Ya that one was bad.

Korah_Eaglecry

zdarma wrote: »

We are now day 3 of this game and I have had the privilege to lay out almost 90$ for the game to play for a grand total of 1 hour. Yes, one hour!!!! I am now 1060950 in the queue and I will be connecting in 1 second. Of course, I have been in that place in the queue for the better part of 2 hours; but hey, you know, I'll be connecting in 1 second, so it isn't so bad. On a side note, in the world of Bethesda, how do I convert 1 second to normal time?

Bethesda and everyone associated with this launch should be embarrassed. I have bought every game of this series, but this is definitely the last one I will ever buy. In fact, I am so pissed, I will never buy another Bethesda game again. I'd rather take a 100$ bill and use it to lite a cigar, at least I'll feel like I am getting some value for my money.

Embarrassed because you cant get in the game while hundreds of thousands of others are?

Amsel_McKay

izenkim_ESO wrote: »

Must not have tried the 2013 version of SimCity. Or as others pointed out, different MMO's I'd add to the list such greats as Ultima Online (after finally connecting your progress would be wiped again and again and again), Everquest, or The Sims Online.

Everquest? Come on I could play the same day, I could not get any mobs for about a week because of all the people in the starter zone, but WoW had the login queues for about 3 months. At least with EQ you could get on. UO I got wiped twice... but it was one of the firsts.

coryevans_3b14_ESO

Amsel_McKay wrote: »

izenkim_ESO wrote: »

Must not have tried the 2013 version of SimCity. Or as others pointed out, different MMO's I'd add to the list such greats as Ultima Online (after finally connecting your progress would be wiped again and again and again), Everquest, or The Sims Online.

Everquest? Come on I could play the same day, I could not get any mobs for about a week because of all the people in the starter zone, but WoW had the login queues for about 3 months. At least with EQ you could get on. UO I got wiped twice... but it was one of the firsts.

OMG You are LYING.

EQ1..I was part of the launch. The servers were down for most of the first week.

Amsel_McKay

coryevans_3b14_ESO wrote: »

Amsel_McKay wrote: »

izenkim_ESO wrote: »

Must not have tried the 2013 version of SimCity. Or as others pointed out, different MMO's I'd add to the list such greats as Ultima Online (after finally connecting your progress would be wiped again and again and again), Everquest, or The Sims Online.

Everquest? Come on I could play the same day, I could not get any mobs for about a week because of all the people in the starter zone, but WoW had the login queues for about 3 months. At least with EQ you could get on. UO I got wiped twice... but it was one of the firsts.

OMG You are LYING.

EQ1..I was part of the launch. The servers were down for most of the first week.

Rallos never crashed the first week of EQ or in Beta.

I also dont trust you for a second because last night you siad the server was locked in PvP when I logged in to check you were wrong on every level. In some posts you say you are a "network admin" on others a "game developer", You also create post after post (that are getting locked as a rate faster then you can type them). I have a feeling you are just a 16 year old who wishes he was around during the golden era of MMOs

Elsonso

I was here in early April 2014. No one can convince me that the ESO console launch is the worse launch ever.

coryevans_3b14_ESO

Amsel_McKay wrote: »

coryevans_3b14_ESO wrote: »

Amsel_McKay wrote: »

izenkim_ESO wrote: »

Must not have tried the 2013 version of SimCity. Or as others pointed out, different MMO's I'd add to the list such greats as Ultima Online (after finally connecting your progress would be wiped again and again and again), Everquest, or The Sims Online.

Everquest? Come on I could play the same day, I could not get any mobs for about a week because of all the people in the starter zone, but WoW had the login queues for about 3 months. At least with EQ you could get on. UO I got wiped twice... but it was one of the firsts.

OMG You are LYING.

EQ1..I was part of the launch. The servers were down for most of the first week.

Rallos never crashed the first week of EQ or in Beta.

I also dont trust you for a second because last night you siad the server was locked in PvP when I logged in to check you were wrong on every level. In some posts you say you are a "network admin" on others a "game developer", You also create post after post (that are getting locked as a rate faster then you can type them). I have a feeling you are just a 16 year old who wishes he was around during the golden era of MMOs

I was alt tabbing last night and wrote down exactly what I saw, so I wasn't making it up.

I could be wrong about Rallos, and it was my last year in the service and I was playing it from Japan so some of that could be affecting the issue and my memory.

izenkim_ESO

Amsel_McKay wrote: »

Everquest? Come on I could play the same day, I could not get any mobs for about a week because of all the people in the starter zone, but WoW had the login queues for about 3 months. At least with EQ you could get on. UO I got wiped twice... but it was one of the firsts.

EQ went down quite a bit. Not as bad as Ultima Online, but it had it's share of launch week/month issues. I remember crashing multiple times only to pop up alone and under-leveled in the middle of the ruins in Qeynos Hills or worse in the depths of Blackburrow.

michaelb14a_ESO2

nastuug

coryevans_3b14_ESO

Had to throw the panda in again. Even though it's a fake, it haunts me.

BigM

LOL no not laughing at you OP, I have said never so many times my head is going around like the girl in Exorcist! You have only one problem. Once you do get in game (and you will) it will grow on you, where like me you will cancel resubscribe cancel and so on. The game has problems yes but the game also has one other thing. The power to pull you back in and replay it over and over, role play if you like in the one game that was made for role players. Or just be the explorer you always wanted to be, or that book worm you are in real life. Heck craft till you make the one thing that sets you a part. That my friend is Elder Scrolls Online!

When I say you will in the long run fall in love with the game I do not mean like a lot did in WOW, nope this is a different type of love and the game is different which makes it so great.

izenkim_ESO

Whoa... stepping out of the @coryevans_3b14_ESO vs. @Amsel_McKay bit. Now it's popcorn time.

lsneakl

DeanWinchester88 wrote: »

Level 7, and I've had very few issues. There's always 2 sides of the coin, you're on the wrong side, and it sucks. Hang in there, this is an MMO, these games always launch with problems. Did you really believe it was going to be completely flawless with no patches needed on a game that works only when connected to the internet? Come on, stop fooling yourselves. When buying games like these, you should be fully aware of these situations.

Should be aware that you would get disconnected every 5-10 mins and then need to repeat the queue on a console? Sorry I know there is issues and I will give them some time but I feel a lot of this is from poor planning on server power needed. There is this thing called outsourced servers like Azure and AWS where ZOS could have moved some of the workload to help avoid the issues but they chose not to.

I can care less about queue time but once connected a disconnect should not follow shortly after loading in pretty much every time unless I am playing at 4am.

PS looks like there is over 1million players on XBox NA, I would bet 3-4 million in sales then between Xbox and PS.

coryevans_3b14_ESO

izenkim_ESO wrote: »

Whoa... stepping out of the @coryevans_3b14_ESO vs. @Amsel_McKay bit. Now it's popcorn time.

LOL

Zhoyzu

ZoS and Bethesda arent the same developers. what is so hard about this that people just cant grasp?!?!?!?

King Bozo

They usually do weekly patches on Mondays on the pc. I bet they will do maintenence on console as well to smooth out some issues. I noticed I can play in the morning no problem but come 5 o'clock the servers fill up quick. I saw all servers today pop locked on pvp.