Would you sacrifice new content in order to get bugs fixed?

Lava_Croft

In other words, what is more important to you?

Stovahkiin

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

What's the point of having more content if the previous content is often too buggy to enjoy.

ScardyFox

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

Absolutely - the amount of bugs after this many years is laughably pathetic. Honestly, how can they not be embarrassed at this point...

Mettaricana

Other.

I'd say rather than sacrificing dlc that maybe we should get live fixes entirely through development time of dlc soon as a fix is made live it don't hold it back til a quarterly dlc

craybest

New content is more imprtant than fixing bugs.

no. both things are important, but a MMO with no new content gets rapidly stagnant and that leads to its sure death. MMOs need constant new content to keep people interested.

BlackguardBob

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

I have answered in the way that I did to conform with the poll choices, i.e. yea or nay, so in my case, yea to bug fixes.

But why do polls have to be mutually exclusive with their choices?

A proper answer from me would be yes, let's get the bugs fixed before we launch more content (which may already be bugged to some extent), but let us prioritise this.

So, we would have more content to keep the game fresh/raise more revenue to keep the company solvent, but the priority would be to fix all known bugs and reported bugs, glitches and performance problems with existing content.

Problem is that one of these costs the company (more) money while the other makes the company more money.

There is a greater incentive to produce more content than there is to fix previously bugged content from the producers point of view.

To the customer, it is a no brainer, as can clearly be seen by the way this polls has voted so far.

These are opposing views that can come into conflict. I can only hope for common sense prevailing on both sides of the poll choices and results.

WhiteCoatSyndrome

New content is more imprtant than fixing bugs.

I survived the previous content drought, I did not enjoy it. I do not want to survive another one. I concur that they should be able to do both.

altemriel

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

bug fix absolutelly!!

SlayerSyrena

Other.

New content generally brings new bugs. It's the nature of the game and I know they'll eventually be fixed. I hope the new content continues to be released at the pace it has been this year because it's been fantastic!

Lord_Eomer

Other.

This is not first pool on this topic, developers nedd money to continue support this game, they can not stop new contents.

tryia3b14a_ESO

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

They just added new content that requires grouping when there is a bug that causes plays to be unable to group. There's also a bug that prevents people from doing Orsinium at all without getting thier character into an unplayable state. Personally, I bought this game on pre-order and I've never finished the main quest because I hit the Molag Bal fight bug so many times that I just gave up.

I think game breaking, show stopping bugs needs to take priority over new content or what's the point? Players need to have confidence in the product or they won't buy it.

dennissomb16_ESO

Other.

fixing bugs is an ongoing issue in every MMO especially when they introduce content every quarter like this game. Even if they stopped all development, concentrated on existing bug fixes it would not mean a lot. I mean that not from the satisfaction of having a decent bug free game but because the second they went back to development it would mean back to new bugs.

What they really need is better coding, better test system, and most importantly far far far better reaction time to fixing bugs as they appear. This crap of waiting until "next DLC" to address bugs like multiple mundus stone is unacceptable and really the biggest issue with the game right now

Vipstaakki

New content is more imprtant than fixing bugs.

Definitely more content.

magnusthorek

Other.

I do believe that the number of content should be reduced in favor fo bug fix, but the game is a commercial product aiming profits, money, and if there's no new content at all, ZOS will have less in their pockets and thus, less content and less bug fixes later on.

SolarCat02

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

Some bugs don't matter so much in the scheme of things, but other bugs do.

The existing content needs to be playable before new things are added.

I don't care if my characters frequently turns purple. It's frustrating but not a huge deal when a side quest is bugged and therefore cannot be completed.

But the constant crashes, invisible enemies, and places that eat your character and won't let you load that character again because of their location in game? There are more and more of these issues, and they are getting worse. This makes people quit, more than any dlc drought will. Those need fixed if you want people to stay.

Tandor

Other.

Different teams do content and bug-fixing so the premise of the poll is false. ZOS will continue to work on both. In any event, while we all eventually run out of content we don't all suffer from bugs or other issues.

Amorpho

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

The game has enough content for ZOS to take a step back and sort out what makes this mmo so unique and keeps players entertained even after the content is mainly finished - PVP in Cyrodiil and imperial city. If they focused just 1 quarter to fix all these things, they could then go on to implement new things.

leepalmer95

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

Makes sense to have a stable foundation before you start adding layers.

Orchish

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

I am sick of the bugs in this game.

INVERZ3R

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

I would personaly love to see grass rendering or grass draw distance improved... i mean cmon SWTOR did it ... yes you read it right .... IF SWTOR COULD FIX THEIR DRAW DISTANCE, ESO CAN ASWELL.. and even better

kevlarto_ESO

Other.

Bugs are new content..LOL I think they have plenty of time between content updates, they need to focus on fixing things then, this game is in dire need of more content.

Dubhliam

There is one of these threads after each and every major update.

The reality is, bugs will ALWAYS be an issue, and ZOS will NEVER push a bug free update, no matter how long we have to wait for it.

So far, 3 months seems to be enough time for them to deal with the most pressing bugs.
Usually.

Sometimes...

Who am I kidding?

Darlon

New content is more imprtant than fixing bugs.

Choosing one over the other is just not an option. New content needs to keep coming, but bug fixing should also be a priority... One thing does not exclude the other...

Elfbait

Tandor wrote: »

Different teams do content and bug-fixing so the premise of the poll is false. ZOS will continue to work on both. In any event, while we all eventually run out of content we don't all suffer from bugs or other issues.

I'm so glad that someone else here actually understands this. Good lord.

Icy_Waffles

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

Oh please. Fix the game you have before you add content and make it worse. Add all the new content you want but if ylthe game doesn't play well new content won't matter.

Unsent.Soul

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

tryia3b14a_ESO wrote: »

They just added new content that requires grouping when there is a bug that causes plays to be unable to group. There's also a bug that prevents people from doing Orsinium at all without getting thier character into an unplayable state. Personally, I bought this game on pre-order and I've never finished the main quest because I hit the Molag Bal fight bug so many times that I just gave up.

I think game breaking, show stopping bugs needs to take priority over new content or what's the point? Players need to have confidence in the product or they won't buy it.

Hit the nail on the head. There's dlc that we've paid for, that's unplayable.... that's the issue.

I love new content but more testing needs to be done. Every update there's usually a game breaking bug found within the first 72 hours.

CJohnson81

Other.

You really can't have one or the other. Just the other day I was reading a complaint thread that the new zones haven't been big enough. Imagine if ZOS just once broke their quarterly DLC promise... the world would collapse.

Yolokin_Swagonborn

If you are a PvP player, that's what you have been doing for the last three years. Sacrificing content to get PvE and console bugs fixed.

Lord_Draevan

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

I would say that after 5 DLCs in a year, ZOS could focus the next 6 months or so on patches before adding a new DLC.
I don't think they will, but it'd be nice.

KramUzibra

New content is more imprtant than fixing bugs.

Bugs will always be here. I think they should continue to do both. Add content and fix bugs

Ulfgarde

Fixing bugs is more important than having new content.

Lava_Croft wrote: »

In other words, what is more important to you?

Quality of Life >>>>>> New content patches that break other stuff

As some have said above, ZOS needs to space out the DLCs more rather than releasing them in random bursts.