Alessia Bridge woes

Solariken

@ZOS_BrianWheeler this is a plea to re-evaluate the Alessia Bridge in Cyrodiil.

I understand the value choke-points, but the bridge near Alessia is just TOO chokey. I play on a 1.5mbps T1 connection, and even if the campaign server happens to be low-lag, I often get lagged out and a forced disconnect at Alessia Bridge due to the sheer number of players and abilities being fired on such a tiny area. A hundred meters away from the bridge on either side and my connection is fine. There are other points on the map that can cause similar problems, but this point is in a MUCH higher traffic area.

I believe a very simple but effective fix would be to double size of the entire structure, creating two distinct/separate doorways with separated pathways over the bridge. The doors could also be a little wider.

I would really appreciate some relief at this choke-point. Thanks for reading!

Alucardo

Remove Alessia bridge from Cyrodiil and move it to the battlegrounds next year. Problem solved.

Koolio

#nerfbridge

Telel

They just need to make the bridge randomly explode and take 15 minutes to respawn afterwards.

Khajiit would pay real money for a DLC that did that.

Publius_Scipio

Scipio Construction Corp now presents its plans for a new modern bridge to help take the elves into the new era.

Magus

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

Scipio Construction Corp now presents its plans for a new modern bridge to help take the elves into the new era.

That ramp on the right side is terrifyingly steep. Imagine when road conditions are icy.

Publius_Scipio

Magus wrote: »

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

Scipio Construction Corp now presents its plans for a new modern bridge to help take the elves into the new era.

That ramp on the right side is terrifyingly steep. Imagine when road conditions are icy.

That's why taxes are paid. The Elf Lord Crown through his government collect taxes from the elves and cats and there will be a crew that maintains the bridge, including de-icing in the winters as needed.

Delimber

...I can see it now, 30 players fighting at the top of the arch lol

Ashamray

Delimber wrote: »

...I can see it now, 30 players fighting at the top of the arch lol

it's raining men

Serjustin19

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

Scipio Construction Corp now presents its plans for a new modern bridge to help take the elves into the new era.

I just don't trust bridges. But I really like yours.

Ghostbane

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

Scipio Construction Corp now presents its plans for a new modern bridge to help take the elves into the new era.

Can you slide oil down those fancy slopes?

Minno

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

Magus wrote: »

Publius_Scipio wrote: »

Scipio Construction Corp now presents its plans for a new modern bridge to help take the elves into the new era.

That ramp on the right side is terrifyingly steep. Imagine when road conditions are icy.

That's why taxes are paid. The Elf Lord Crown through his government collect taxes from the elves and cats and there will be a crew that maintains the bridge, including de-icing in the winters as needed.

The dirty elves would only collect taxes from their tree hugging cousins and pet cats. Then they would force them to do there repairs on the bridge, which would only be located in Dirty Elf cities.

FENGRUSH

Alucardo wrote: »

Remove Alessia bridge from Cyrodiil and move it to the battlegrounds next year. Problem solved.

Its one of the only reasons to go to Cyro to begin with!

Solariken

FENGRUSH wrote: »

Alucardo wrote: »

Remove Alessia bridge from Cyrodiil and move it to the battlegrounds next year. Problem solved.

Its one of the only reasons to go to Cyro to begin with!

Haha, some truth to that, but my connection CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH

Zouni

The Alessia bridge symbolizes many players need for a death match type of arena. I persoanlly dont care for such a place but it draws away from the PVP objectives which is causing alot of bickering in zone chat.The bridge fight hurts AD more so than any other alliance IMO.

moonio

The sides of the bridge should be open so Templars can randomly spear people into the water and feed the slaughter fish below, as I cant see that those fish have anything else to live on apart from baby mud crabs..

Minno

Zouni wrote: »

The Alessia bridge symbolizes many players need for a death match type of arena. I persoanlly dont care for such a place but it draws away from the PVP objectives which is causing alot of bickering in zone chat.The bridge fight hurts AD more so than any other alliance IMO.

They could just partition cyro into battleground zones to que into. Then they can add interesting objectives, remove keep doors to encourage map movement, add a ranking system based on kill/death/AP/faction game wins which can also help contribute to an overall faction score. IC can remain the PVE time-sink that it is.

They would have to punish over stacking as well but least they could balance the skills/classes around this setup better than in open cyro (since they can design and control how the players interact with the surroundings at this scale).

Flawlless

But I love the bridge

Kram8ion

Also when all the kids have gone to bed there's some really fun small scale pvp either side too

Sheuib

A 1.5 mbps connection is not that fast at all. You are talking like this is some kind of awesome connection and it would have been about 25 years ago but compared to today's standards that is slow. I have been able to fight at alessia bridge without any problems and obviously many other people can as well.

Sugaroverdose

Solariken wrote: »

@ZOS_BrianWheeler this is a plea to re-evaluate the Alessia Bridge in Cyrodiil.

I understand the value choke-points, but the bridge near Alessia is just TOO chokey. I play on a 1.5mbps T1 connection, and even if the campaign server happens to be low-lag, I often get lagged out and a forced disconnect at Alessia Bridge due to the sheer number of players and abilities being fired on such a tiny area. A hundred meters away from the bridge on either side and my connection is fine. There are other points on the map that can cause similar problems, but this point is in a MUCH higher traffic area.

I believe a very simple but effective fix would be to double size of the entire structure, creating two distinct/separate doorways with separated pathways over the bridge. The doors could also be a little wider.

I would really appreciate some relief at this choke-point. Thanks for reading!

As you said, your connection is bad, try to fix it firstly.

If you'll get kicked at last emp keep siege, what would you ask?

Wollust

The bridge is holy lands. Don't you dare touch it.

Delimber

Sheuib wrote: »

A 1.5 mbps connection is not that fast at all. You are talking like this is some kind of awesome connection and it would have been about 25 years ago but compared to today's standards that is slow. I have been able to fight at alessia bridge without any problems and obviously many other people can as well.

My connection is currently averaging 20 KB/s lol Hence why I'm not playing at this time....not until my data plan refreshes at the end of the month....

Needless to say, patch days and server down times all of a sudden aren't a big deal when you have to wait 3 weeks to play again lol.

Normally my connection is 5-10 MB/s as that is what I can afford.

1.5 MB/s sounds painful to try and play this game with.

But if you can't get faster internet there are 2 other bridges to cross further south if you don't mind the sight seeing tour.

Kutsuu

You can very easily bypass the bridge to either side by jumping over the water. I only step foot on that bridge when the fighting is nowhere near it.

God_flakes

Zouni wrote: »

The Alessia bridge symbolizes many players need for a death match type of arena. I persoanlly dont care for such a place but it draws away from the PVP objectives which is causing alot of bickering in zone chat.The bridge fight hurts AD more so than any other alliance IMO.

Finally someone I agree with. That 24/7 bridge fight is nothing but asinine e-peen flexing and an utterly chaotic mosh pit. I feel dirty every time I get dragged over there by my group. It's awful.

Solariken

Sheuib wrote: »

A 1.5 mbps connection is not that fast at all. You are talking like this is some kind of awesome connection and it would have been about 25 years ago but compared to today's standards that is slow. I have been able to fight at alessia bridge without any problems and obviously many other people can as well.

@Sheuib you drunk brah? Would I be here complaining if I thought my connection is awesome? True broadband providers won't run service to my area (capitalism at its finest) so I am forced to pay 5x the price for 1/100th of the speeds offered by Comcast et al.

With that said, 1.5 mbps is more than enough to play anywhere else on the map while simultaneously watching Netflix/YouTube and browsing the web on other monitors. It's not like the client is swapping nudies with the server (as far as I know...) so I don't have any other complaints about it, but those damned bridge fights can be brutal.

Almighty @ZOS_BrianWheeler, hear my plea. Save us from the bottleneck ability spam.

Delimber

I like the idea of the bridge blowing up and taking everyone with it...

Manoekin

It's the perfect place to test builds for everyday cyro play, and to warm up your group. If Battlegrounds ever are added, the bridge should be the first one. Adding iconic battle areas of cyro would be an obvious choice.

Solariken

Manoekin wrote: »

It's the perfect place to test builds for everyday cyro play, and to warm up your group. If Battlegrounds ever are added, the bridge should be the first one. Adding iconic battle areas of cyro would be an obvious choice.

For sure @Manoekin! I have a feeling that people who play battlegrounds will know better than to stack 7 pools of Caltrops on the doorway. I always laugh at the silliness right before I cry over a disconnect

Alucardo

Manoekin wrote: »

It's the perfect place to test builds for everyday cyro play, and to warm up your group. If Battlegrounds ever are added, the bridge should be the first one. Adding iconic battle areas of cyro would be an obvious choice.

Heh, not actually a bad idea. Some of the best fights I've ever had weren't around keeps, but were

- Trying to capture the flag at a resource
- When we took a scroll into the mountain and fought for it in there
- Fights for control of Bruma and Cropsford
- Alessia Bridge

I literally have no memorable fights at keeps, because it's usually just trying to avoid enemy siege before running inside.

Solariken

Alucardo wrote: »

Manoekin wrote: »

It's the perfect place to test builds for everyday cyro play, and to warm up your group. If Battlegrounds ever are added, the bridge should be the first one. Adding iconic battle areas of cyro would be an obvious choice.

Heh, not actually a bad idea. Some of the best fights I've ever had weren't around keeps, but were

- Trying to capture the flag at a resource
- When we took a scroll into the mountain and fought for it in there
- Fights for control of Bruma and Cropsford
- Alessia Bridge

I literally have no memorable fights at keeps, because it's usually just trying to avoid enemy siege before running inside.

Aww, that's sad @Alucardo. Keep fights can be super fun! Just a couple days ago on TF sub-primetime I was with AD defending Roe from simultaneous DC and EP assaults. Well over 100 players in total, it was an all-out blood bath.

I should also mention my connection was fine and the server was running like a champ. Earlier that day though at Alessia bridge, every time the tug-of-war bottlenecked at the door, my connection imploded.