My day off in vMSA and

Chori

the lag is so freaking bad I feel I'm back in Cyrodiil prime time.

What is going on? I havent completed runs since March when I stopped doing them and now that I wanted to try, the lag on stages 4 and higher makes it unplayable. No FPS issues, just rubberbanding and literally appearing dead out of nowhere.

Does anybody else tried it recently and suffers the same issue?

drumbendrum_ESO

Yep same issues its really bad sometimes!

FriedEggSandwich

Yes I have it too, same sort of wtf moments you get in pvp, mostly character unresponsiveness. I find it better if I play at night or early morning. There have been a few of these threads lately, hopefully zos know about it. I saw a great suggestion in a thread earlier; make MA a client side instance. I'm sure this is much easier said than done and would require robust anti-hack measures, but it would eliminate lag.

Wreuntzylla

Just wait, there will be an announcement. Introducing ultra-hard mode! Includes perks such as short losses of control of your character, for no extra charge! Only available 6-10pm!

Chori

Wreuntzylla wrote: »

Just wait, there will be an announcement. Introducing ultra-hard mode! Includes perks such as short losses of control of your character, for no extra charge! Only available 6-10pm!

Made me laugh and be sad at the same time.

Inklings

I set my alarm for 5am EST on Tuesday mornings and run it when no one is on and the servers are smooth. Isn't it sad I have to set my gaming schedule up like that to play certain content with out lag?

Chori

You know whats the funny thing, its little past 3pm EST and its unplayable again.
What do I have to do zenimax? Do I have to change my sleep schedule so I can enjoy the content I paid for? or should I just assume that your game is unplayable during weekends?

Fix your stuff, not to say *snip*

code65536

I'm on NA/PC, I've almost never had lag issues in vMA, whether it's during off-hours or during primetime. It's actually one of the smoothest pieces of content in the game--much more so than 12-man trials or even just running around town.

I have gigabit Google Fiber, though, so it makes me wonder if people who have vMA issues are really just having network issues. Maybe too many people in your neighborhood are streaming Netflix and congesting a pipe that your ISP hasn't bothered to upgrade?

Chori

code65536 wrote: »

I'm on NA/PC, I've almost never had lag issues in vMA, whether it's during off-hours or during primetime. It's actually one of the smoothest pieces of content in the game--much more so than 12-man trials or even just running around town.

I have gigabit Google Fiber, though, so it makes me wonder if people who have vMA issues are really just having network issues. Maybe too many people in your neighborhood are streaming Netflix and congesting a pipe that your ISP hasn't bothered to upgrade?

When I'm not the only one that has the issue I doubt it's my internet, also when connections to other servers in the US and even to the same location the game server is or to other games are just fine and without packet loss I know the issue is not on my end. A google gigabit connection is a priviledge though, lucky for you.

code65536

Chori wrote: »

When I'm not the only one that has the issue I doubt it's my internet, also when connections to other servers in the US and even to the same location the game server is or to other games are just fine and without packet loss I know the issue is not on my end.

But are those other connections real-time? Websites are not RTC. Streamed videos have buffers to smooth out small problems. And you don't need to have packet loss. Packet delay is just as problematic. Few applications are sensitive to small blips in connectivity--most of the things you interact with online are not sensitive to these things and will not exhibit any problems (unless the problems are more severe).

I've run vMA three times this week. Never had any lag or performance issues. Maybe I'm just incredibly lucky and the server decided to perform perfectly for me this week. And last week. And the week before. Or maybe I just haven't had any connectivity issues.

Earlier today, I was in TeamSpeak with someone who was running vMA and running into lag spikes. And every time he complained about a lag spike, he voice over TS came out distorted.

My point is, a lot of people blame ZOS for their performance issues. And a lot of times, it's warranted: e.g., Cyrodiil. That is definitely ZOS's fault. But that doesn't mean that every performance lapse is the result of a hamster dying at ZOS.

Chori

code65536 wrote: »

Chori wrote: »

When I'm not the only one that has the issue I doubt it's my internet, also when connections to other servers in the US and even to the same location the game server is or to other games are just fine and without packet loss I know the issue is not on my end.

But are those other connections real-time? Websites are not RTC. Streamed videos have buffers to smooth out small problems. And you don't need to have packet loss. Packet delay is just as problematic. Few applications are sensitive to small blips in connectivity--most of the things you interact with online are not sensitive to these things and will not exhibit any problems (unless the problems are more severe).

I've run vMA three times this week. Never had any lag or performance issues. Maybe I'm just incredibly lucky and the server decided to perform perfectly for me this week. And last week. And the week before. Or maybe I just haven't had any connectivity issues.

Earlier today, I was in TeamSpeak with someone who was running vMA and running into lag spikes. And every time he complained about a lag spike, he voice over TS came out distorted.

My point is, a lot of people blame ZOS for their performance issues. And a lot of times, it's warranted: e.g., Cyrodiil. That is definitely ZOS's fault. But that doesn't mean that every performance lapse is the result of a hamster dying at ZOS.

Please do your research and find out I am not the only one.

FriedEggSandwich

code65536 wrote: »

I'm on NA/PC, I've almost never had lag issues in vMA, whether it's during off-hours or during primetime. It's actually one of the smoothest pieces of content in the game--much more so than 12-man trials or even just running around town.

I have gigabit Google Fiber, though, so it makes me wonder if people who have vMA issues are really just having network issues. Maybe too many people in your neighborhood are streaming Netflix and congesting a pipe that your ISP hasn't bothered to upgrade?

I have the british equivalent of google fibre which is called BT Infinity. 40MB down and 15MB up, resting ping to EU megaserver in germany is 50ms. I get lag in vMA at peak times. The fact that the issues are greater at peak times suggests that either you are right and everyone in my street watching netflix is having an impact, or zenimax server hardware isn't quite capable of handling it's population. Given that the data transfer needed to play eso is minisclule, using tiny amounts of data, my uneducated bet is that the problem lies with zos server hardware. Remember that the PC NA server is the least populated out of the 6 so this might account for your own smooth experience.

Ajaxduo

Being forced into fully charged heavy attacks

code65536

Chori wrote: »

code65536 wrote: »

Chori wrote: »

When I'm not the only one that has the issue I doubt it's my internet, also when connections to other servers in the US and even to the same location the game server is or to other games are just fine and without packet loss I know the issue is not on my end.

But are those other connections real-time? Websites are not RTC. Streamed videos have buffers to smooth out small problems. And you don't need to have packet loss. Packet delay is just as problematic. Few applications are sensitive to small blips in connectivity--most of the things you interact with online are not sensitive to these things and will not exhibit any problems (unless the problems are more severe).

I've run vMA three times this week. Never had any lag or performance issues. Maybe I'm just incredibly lucky and the server decided to perform perfectly for me this week. And last week. And the week before. Or maybe I just haven't had any connectivity issues.

Earlier today, I was in TeamSpeak with someone who was running vMA and running into lag spikes. And every time he complained about a lag spike, he voice over TS came out distorted.

My point is, a lot of people blame ZOS for their performance issues. And a lot of times, it's warranted: e.g., Cyrodiil. That is definitely ZOS's fault. But that doesn't mean that every performance lapse is the result of a hamster dying at ZOS.

Please do your research and find out I am not the only one.

In that case, why do the ZOS servers discriminate against you and not me?

Chori

code65536 wrote: »

Chori wrote: »

code65536 wrote: »

Chori wrote: »

When I'm not the only one that has the issue I doubt it's my internet, also when connections to other servers in the US and even to the same location the game server is or to other games are just fine and without packet loss I know the issue is not on my end.

But are those other connections real-time? Websites are not RTC. Streamed videos have buffers to smooth out small problems. And you don't need to have packet loss. Packet delay is just as problematic. Few applications are sensitive to small blips in connectivity--most of the things you interact with online are not sensitive to these things and will not exhibit any problems (unless the problems are more severe).

I've run vMA three times this week. Never had any lag or performance issues. Maybe I'm just incredibly lucky and the server decided to perform perfectly for me this week. And last week. And the week before. Or maybe I just haven't had any connectivity issues.

Earlier today, I was in TeamSpeak with someone who was running vMA and running into lag spikes. And every time he complained about a lag spike, he voice over TS came out distorted.

My point is, a lot of people blame ZOS for their performance issues. And a lot of times, it's warranted: e.g., Cyrodiil. That is definitely ZOS's fault. But that doesn't mean that every performance lapse is the result of a hamster dying at ZOS.

Please do your research and find out I am not the only one.

In that case, why do the ZOS servers discriminate against you and not me?

Maybe, and just maybe at the time you did your runs the servers were working perfectly fine which I agree PVE wise they mostly do work fine during week days. Now weekend.....Different story.

Again, do your research again because clearly the server doesn't "discriminate" against me only. Mean server shush! How could you!

code65536

Chori wrote: »

code65536 wrote: »

Chori wrote: »

code65536 wrote: »

Chori wrote: »

When I'm not the only one that has the issue I doubt it's my internet, also when connections to other servers in the US and even to the same location the game server is or to other games are just fine and without packet loss I know the issue is not on my end.

But are those other connections real-time? Websites are not RTC. Streamed videos have buffers to smooth out small problems. And you don't need to have packet loss. Packet delay is just as problematic. Few applications are sensitive to small blips in connectivity--most of the things you interact with online are not sensitive to these things and will not exhibit any problems (unless the problems are more severe).

I've run vMA three times this week. Never had any lag or performance issues. Maybe I'm just incredibly lucky and the server decided to perform perfectly for me this week. And last week. And the week before. Or maybe I just haven't had any connectivity issues.

Earlier today, I was in TeamSpeak with someone who was running vMA and running into lag spikes. And every time he complained about a lag spike, he voice over TS came out distorted.

My point is, a lot of people blame ZOS for their performance issues. And a lot of times, it's warranted: e.g., Cyrodiil. That is definitely ZOS's fault. But that doesn't mean that every performance lapse is the result of a hamster dying at ZOS.

Please do your research and find out I am not the only one.

In that case, why do the ZOS servers discriminate against you and not me?

Maybe, and just maybe at the time you did your runs the servers were working perfectly fine which I agree PVE wise they mostly do work fine during week days. Now weekend.....Different story.

Again, do your research again because clearly the server doesn't "discriminate" against me only. Mean server shush! How could you!

I hate vMA, and I run it only for the weeklies to get the weekly leaderboard loot. And because I hate that place, I always procrastinate until the last moment. Which means my vMA runs are always on the weekends.