Ugh, the queue

RDMyers65b14_ESO

My PvP guild is homed on Azura's. We have a 100+ queue. This is not going to work, ZOS.

Maybe you need to adjust a few of the campaigns to reduce the queues.

Starshadw

They need to make more campaigns, period. Five is simply not enough. Not by a long shot. It wasn't enough pre-IC, and it certainly isn't enough now.

Junipus

For the EU PC at least, the vast majority of the new queues are from PvErs heading into Cyrodiil with the remaining sizable chunk being returning players.

It's a right pain at the moment, but within 2 weeks most of the returning players will have left with the laggy mess that IC is currently. Give it another 2 months or so until they release Orsinium, all the PvErs are VR16 and have completed all the quests and the queues will go back to their 1.6 levels and we can PvP in peace.

Adding new campaigns now will simply leave dead ones in 3 months time.

MLRPZ

Queue 177 at 22H CET. Never happend before. i've loged out. what's the point ? paying for something you can't even play..

WRX

Join a different campaign. Its good to have the populations large again, and if it was any less, there would be no PvP currently.

MLRPZ

on EU server, all campaign were full. and i wasn't able to select a guest campaign.
we'll see tonight.

Rosveen

dap_robertb16_ESO wrote: »

For the EU PC at least, the vast majority of the new queues are from PvErs heading into Cyrodiil with the remaining sizable chunk being returning players.

It's a right pain at the moment, but within 2 weeks most of the returning players will have left with the laggy mess that IC is currently. Give it another 2 months or so until they release Orsinium, all the PvErs are VR16 and have completed all the quests and the queues will go back to their 1.6 levels and we can PvP in peace.

Adding new campaigns now will simply leave dead ones in 3 months time.

They can remove additonal campaigns when interest dwindles down. The point is that when they release a new DLC, they need to give people access, not put them in 100+ queue.

LarsS

Azura (EU, DC) had queues yesterday evening, were you needed of the order 1 hour or more to get in. All campaigns were full but I believe Azura was the worst one. If this continues we do need more campaigns with the patch next week.

themdogesbite

All factions on azuras star EU had minimum 100+ queues yesterday and apparently EP were up in the 300 area. Perhaps its time to try and raise population caps?

Psilent

johan.danielsson1994b16_ESO wrote: »

All factions on azuras star EU had minimum 100+ queues yesterday and apparently EP were up in the 300 area. Perhaps its time to try and raise population caps?

Either this or just add a few new campaigns that can be removed when the population does down.

Rook_Master

Not everyone has to be on Azuras.

Join another campaign. You can change it after 7 days.

Merlin13KAGL

Rosveen wrote: »

dap_robertb16_ESO wrote: »

For the EU PC at least, the vast majority of the new queues are from PvErs heading into Cyrodiil with the remaining sizable chunk being returning players.

It's a right pain at the moment, but within 2 weeks most of the returning players will have left with the laggy mess that IC is currently. Give it another 2 months or so until they release Orsinium, all the PvErs are VR16 and have completed all the quests and the queues will go back to their 1.6 levels and we can PvP in peace.

Adding new campaigns now will simply leave dead ones in 3 months time.

They can remove additonal campaigns when interest dwindles down. The point is that when they release a new DLC, they need to give people access, not put them in 100+ queue.

@Rosveen , and don't forget the time lost from the absurdly long loading screens after you'd gotten to the #1 spot.

Rook_Master wrote: »

Not everyone has to be on Azuras.

Join another campaign. You can change it after 7 days.

Not everyone is, but most are close to pop-locked a good portion of the time.

Azura's and Haderus are going to be the two most popular, due the the 'rules' for campaign AP and length of time.

Queuing to the group leader's home campaign does not currently appear to be functioning properly, so your choices are limited to:

• Wait in queue a ridiculous amount of time
• Pick a non-popular campaign and have even fewer grouping options
• Pick a campaign that will not end up giving you any viable campaign rewards after IC emphasis has dwindled some or access rules are implemented again (see Chillrend, for instance).

If there's that much overflow at a given point in time, then obviously there is room for more campaign options.

Not wanting a vacant, PvP free campaign, by any means, but they need to split the difference. (And the PvE dungeons shouldn't count toward Pop count anyway, as it kicks you when you leave, as it is.)

Ishammael

I honestly cannot complain about 5 campaigns pop-locked even though I have to wait to get in.

ESO PvP hasn't been this active since launch. Its amazing.

Lord_Draevan

It's really irritating when you get stuck in a infinite loading screen in the Imperial City, wait 15 minutes hoping it'll load, then Alt-F4 when it doesn't and wait in the 100+ queue to get back in

Leandor

johan.danielsson1994b16_ESO wrote: »

All factions on azuras star EU had minimum 100+ queues yesterday and apparently EP were up in the 300 area. Perhaps its time to try and raise population caps?

As posted in the other thread, I had 351 when I tried to join at 11pm as EP on Azura EU. I don't even want to know what was the length during prime time.

Also, for EP, all campaigns were still pop locked at 11pm. Probably shorter queues, but a queue nonetheless. I should have known it would be this way and chosen another campaign to home, but the guys I run with all homed there...

I would have loved to have two 30-day and two 7-day, two sets of scoring rules (not 4), although the latter is only influencing campaign score, not individual score - not that much of an issue after having lived through 4 seasons of getting nightzergduo'd (to bring in all relevant clichés).

As it is, the majority of TB's population seems to have switched over to Azura. I just hope I get in often enough to level to V16 reasonably fast...

ZOS_BrianWheeler

Discussions are already underway about how many and which campaigns to fire up gang. We'll post as soon as they're decided upon and available.

MissBizz

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Discussions are already underway about how many and which campaigns to fire up gang. We'll post as soon as they're decided upon and available.

Fantastic! An extra campaign for the weekend would be fantastic!

Leandor

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Discussions are already underway about how many and which campaigns to fire up gang. We'll post as soon as they're decided upon and available.

Woohoo! Thanks for that one, mate.

Can we get a new free change then, to actually populate those new ones quickly? (You know, give us an inch and we take a mile )

T@rty

Tried to join my home campaign (EU Azura's) at 5pm GMT yesterday, I was 254th in the queue...................

Psilent

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Discussions are already underway about how many and which campaigns to fire up gang. We'll post as soon as they're decided upon and available.

Thank you! Really enjoying IC and would be upset if I had to wait in a queue this weekend!!

ZOS_BrianWheeler

Also note that if you group queue while having an offline member, your position will get stuck so make sure all members of your group are online before you queue. This is a bug we are aware of and not "working as designed".

Maulkin

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Discussions are already underway about how many and which campaigns to fire up gang. We'll post as soon as they're decided upon and available.

Dammit Brian, I was just designing a Bad Luck Brian meme with your face photoshopped, when you commented

Caption:
- "Designs new PvP content"
- "No one can play it because of queues"

Maotti

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Discussions are already underway about how many and which campaigns to fire up gang. We'll post as soon as they're decided upon and available.

@ZOS_BrianWheeler , also have you guys also discussed the possibility to be able to leave a campaign or the possibility to have characters from all alliances in one campaign? For me the last one is very frustrating.

Darlgon

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

Discussions are already underway about how many and which campaigns to fire up gang. We'll post as soon as they're decided upon and available.

Well then..let me be the first to ask for:

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Alliance War
General
We have closed the Veteran Campaign Bow of Shadows, and have opened a new 30-day standard Campaign, Azura’s Star. This campaign is available on both the North American and European megaservers.

Bow of Shadows back please.......

Sincerely, GUILD of SHADOWS.

Recremen

Man I hope this hype lasts. It feels good, man.

ZOS_BrianWheeler

We're looking at a different old school name actually...

Ishammael

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

We're looking at a different old school name actually...

@ZOS_BrianWheeler

WABBAJACK?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!??!?!
DAWNBREAKER?!?!

Psilent

ZOS_BrianWheeler wrote: »

We're looking at a different old school name actually...

The suspense is killing me!

Lord_Draevan

I vote for the Fork of Horripiliation as a campaign name.

Garion

@ZOS_BrianWheeler, as mentioned by people above, have you also considered raising population caps? They feel very low in some campaigns in particular and in the coming weeks as people spread between IC and open world PvP, this is going to become more and more noticeable.

Have you also considered that your new stringent rules on campaign hopping may make it very difficult for a lot of players to reach any new campaigns? Perhaps consider making it so any reassignments to the new campaign are free for the first week?

Shaggygaming

Wabbakack 3.0!