PC EU Lag?

MountainHound

What ping rates are you all getting from the server whilst playing in the UK in "prime time" and before? In NA server I am getting 150-200 and in primetime constantly 200+ and in most fights 300+.

Just wondering whether it is worth trying the EU server at all? At this moment in time I only play 19:00--00:00 on NA before the lag comes.

Master_Kas

I heard NA was better than EU.

It's really bad in primetime. Specially Azura, but also Trueflame and Spellbreaker are slowly turning to crap.

MountainHound

What is your ping rate though? I m on like Fibre 100mb broadband so i know it is not my end, if the EU server is still located in Texas that sucks, does your ping ever go < 100?

themdogesbite

I hope you like red numbers on your ping bar, it's something you get to see lots of on the EU server.

Master_Kas

MountainHound wrote: »

What is your ping rate though? I m on like Fibre 100mb broadband so i know it is not my end, if the EU server is still located in Texas that sucks, does your ping ever go < 100?

Constantly above 250 (I live in sweden). Tough thats the lowest. It's basiclly unplayable.

Edit: It does go under 100 very late at night/early in the morning. Or on dead campaigns/IC etc.
Rarley happens during primetime tough.

Morostyle

Around noon the ping is 150
Around 3 pm the ping is between 200-400
Around prime time the ping is 300-999+

Docmandu

60-80 in PvE or IC or Cyrodiil when no lag balls are running around.

Once the AoE zerg balls start running, it shoots to 600-1800. Seems people don't care that what they're doing is destroying the game, afterall running around totally lagged out while mashing every AoE button you have is "fun".

Derra

Docmandu wrote: »

60-80 in PvE or IC or Cyrodiil when no lag balls are running around.

Once the AoE zerg balls start running, it shoots to 600-1800. Seems people don't care that what they're doing is destroying the game, afterall running around totally lagged out while mashing every AoE button you have is "fun".

The game can´t handle it - the players rightfully blame zos.

What ZOS has to understand is that their game will probably never handle it. They have to stop working on solutions to make it work (that can still be a longterm goal) but have to alter the game in a way players don´t want to play in a way that´s causing lag (if you can´t fix whats broken in time alter the rules so what´s broken causes less issues).

Sadly they don´t believe it´s possible to alter player behavior (it is - just not with positive reinforcement - they have to punish lagballs in every possible way). My bet is when they realize this the game will have one medium pop campaign left during primetime.

RoamingRiverElk

I pretty much can't play during EU primetime on EU because Azura is way too laggy, there are too few people in the sewers (where it wouldn't be laggy), and on the other campaigns it's pretty trainy.

GhostShadows

350 is my normal in pvp, wen it goes 700+ is time to log off

Robbmrp

MountainHound wrote: »

What ping rates are you all getting from the server whilst playing in the UK in "prime time" and before? In NA server I am getting 150-200 and in primetime constantly 200+ and in most fights 300+.

Just wondering whether it is worth trying the EU server at all? At this moment in time I only play 19:00--00:00 on NA before the lag comes.

It isn't going to matter what server/platform your on. Until @ZOS can optimize the game code and reduce the calculations being done, every server/platform is going to have a high ping. It's the only consistent thing between ALL Platforms, every single one of them is lagging like crazy and has been for the past 4 months(PS4 & Xbox1), for PC it's been lagging for over a year.

Manoekin

I wonder if it's worth coordinating sewer nights at this point. Split the pop into the different servers around prime time. One problem would be if cyro starts working everyone will want to come back up top :P and the mobs in IC.

VoiDGhOs7

Average ping in Azura EU at this time is 450/600 can't even fish in peace imagine trying to fight someone.
Been like this for almost 2 hours already.

Waylander

Why is it continuing to degrade?

I am oceanic time NA. Typically Oceanic players get a ping between 240-300 and whilst you don't get time to react you can still play competitively against all but the best players.

The last 4 days during our primetime (which is early morning for most NA players) ping has sat abotu the 300+ range and spiked whenever there is fighting to the 400-600 range.

I've also noticed latency spikes in PvE that are felt by all players in the group more prevalent recently.

We didn't have maintenance this week, which may contribute to the degradation.

Jura23

I visited Azura late tonight because I needed to grind last couple of thousand AP. Very painful experience, I'm not coming back anytime soon. Spellbreaker is still so much better.

Docmandu

Derra wrote: »

Docmandu wrote: »

60-80 in PvE or IC or Cyrodiil when no lag balls are running around.

Once the AoE zerg balls start running, it shoots to 600-1800. Seems people don't care that what they're doing is destroying the game, afterall running around totally lagged out while mashing every AoE button you have is "fun".

The game can´t handle it - the players rightfully blame zos.

It is for ZOS to fix it, ofcourse... but what I don't get is WHY people keep doing the stuff that is known to lag out the servers. Do people that AoE spam in a ball really have no fun at all if they don't ball up and AoE spam?! Is being able to get XXX AP per hour really THAT important, so important as to ruin the fun for everyone else for their own selfish reason?!

In some ways, many of the modern day MMO players really are self centric egotistical people with a total lack of empathy for others.

Still remember the good old days when this wasn't the "standard". (pre-WoW mostly :P )


Executive summary:
- ZOS fix it
- players could work around the current issue by altering playstyle

both are very unlikely to happen

kevlarto_ESO

Docmandu wrote: »

Derra wrote: »

Docmandu wrote: »

60-80 in PvE or IC or Cyrodiil when no lag balls are running around.

Once the AoE zerg balls start running, it shoots to 600-1800. Seems people don't care that what they're doing is destroying the game, afterall running around totally lagged out while mashing every AoE button you have is "fun".

The game can´t handle it - the players rightfully blame zos.

It is for ZOS to fix it, ofcourse... but what I don't get is WHY people keep doing the stuff that is known to lag out the servers. Do people that AoE spam in a ball really have no fun at all if they don't ball up and AoE spam?! Is being able to get XXX AP per hour really THAT important, so important as to ruin the fun for everyone else for their own selfish reason?!

In some ways, many of the modern day MMO players really are self centric egotistical people with a total lack of empathy for others.

Still remember the good old days when this wasn't the "standard". (pre-WoW mostly :P )


Executive summary:
- ZOS fix it
- players could work around the current issue by altering playstyle

both are very unlikely to happen

I agree 100%

Septimus_Magna

Docmandu wrote: »

Derra wrote: »

Docmandu wrote: »

60-80 in PvE or IC or Cyrodiil when no lag balls are running around.

Once the AoE zerg balls start running, it shoots to 600-1800. Seems people don't care that what they're doing is destroying the game, afterall running around totally lagged out while mashing every AoE button you have is "fun".

The game can´t handle it - the players rightfully blame zos.

It is for ZOS to fix it, ofcourse... but what I don't get is WHY people keep doing the stuff that is known to lag out the servers. Do people that AoE spam in a ball really have no fun at all if they don't ball up and AoE spam?! Is being able to get XXX AP per hour really THAT important, so important as to ruin the fun for everyone else for their own selfish reason?!

In some ways, many of the modern day MMO players really are self centric egotistical people with a total lack of empathy for others.

Still remember the good old days when this wasn't the "standard". (pre-WoW mostly :P )


Executive summary:
- ZOS fix it
- players could work around the current issue by altering playstyle

both are very unlikely to happen

I think it has more to do with being able to accomplish stuff in a group, this has little to do with the joy of spamming AOE.

The problem is that you cant accomplish anything if your group gets wiped all the time by better/bigger groups.

This causes players to group up so they have the numbers to their advantage, often to compensate for the lack of individual player skill.

Master_Fluff

I got 250 just from standing in the High Rock gate area doing absolutely nothing.

Cinbri

ulrik.igerupb16_ESO wrote: »

I got 250 just from standing in the High Rock gate area doing absolutely nothing.

Standing in Deshaan with 450 latency..Doing pledges with 700 latency.