A question for the Devs who play

Cold91

I will start with some things I know.
So i know that a few (or more) devs play this game. I'm sure some play PvP. For sure the devs have noticed the uptick in threads about the terrible latency lately.
My question is for the devs that play, particularly the ones that PvP, (the latency issues are prevalent in PvE zones too) have you (the devs) also noticed a surge in latency?
If you have, what sort of actions will you be taking to resolve the issue? Do you know the cause, or causes of this rather large increase of latency? Personally I started to notice it about 1 week after the morrowind update, some have experienced it since it dropped, others just in the past week. I look forward to any response from the devs, thank you for your time.
A few dev tags: @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom @ZOS_BrianWheeler @Wrobel

Own

Every platform. Every sever. A lot of people, but not everyone. It's been happening since the last patch. PvE, PvP. Cut outs, rubber banding, 1-5 second skill delays. Lag spikes every 5-20 seconds. Again, a lot have this happening non-stop.

grim_tactics

"I didn't ask you about the bugs - I asked can we ship it?"

ZOS upper management to devs.

lonewolf26

They'll blame it on a DDoS. Or the Fourth of July. Solar Flares.

Cold91

lonewolf26 wrote: »

They'll blame it on a DDoS. Or the Fourth of July. Solar Flares.

I'm really less concerned about what they'll blame it on and more so on what they plan to do about it.
Of course I would still like to know why this is happening.

Speaking of the 4th, I don't really expect i'll get an answer till the 5th or later, if they respond at all.
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Olupajmibanan

I am sorry to take your illusions, but your questions have no recipient.

JackDaniell

The devs don't play PvP if they did we wouldn't have the bugs and ballance issues we do

Bonzodog01

I can assure you, the devs do PvP. Quite frequently as well.

I wish people would stop assuming that they don't know about the issues with severe lag and long loading screens in Cyrodiil.

They are extremely aware of them, but have hit a brick wall over how to solve them short of removing CP entirely and stopping all procs from being used in PvP.

CP and Proc sets (monster sets included) are a good 70% of the cause.

They could significantly reduce it, but the above is currently the only solution.

Imagine if they went ahead and did this...there would be uproar.

Cold91

Olupajmibanan wrote: »

I am sorry to take your illusions, but your questions have no recipient.

Of course they do, the developers and community managers are the recipients.

JackDaniell wrote: »

The devs don't play PvP if they did we wouldn't have the bugs and ballance issues we do

Yes they do, i know for sure that a few play pvp fairly regularly.

Bonzodog01 wrote: »

I can assure you, the devs do PvP. Quite frequently as well.

I wish people would stop assuming that they don't know about the issues with severe lag and long loading screens in Cyrodiil.

They are extremely aware of them, but have hit a brick wall over how to solve them short of removing CP entirely and stopping all procs from being used in PvP.

CP and Proc sets (monster sets included) are a good 70% of the cause.

They could significantly reduce it, but the above is currently the only solution.

Imagine if they went ahead and did this...there would be uproar.

I never assumed they didn't, in fact i know some do play pvp and pve. Further more the cause or causes of the latency has to be a bit more than proc sets and CP, seeing as there has been a steep rise in latency within the last few weeks, where before cp and procs sets existed and yes lag was bad, but not at the level it is now.

The point of this thread is not to antagonize the devs or disparage the game, it is simply to see if the devs acknowledge the increase of ping/latency/lag recently as greater than usual, and to see what if any plans they have to remedy the issue.

JackDaniell

I stand by what I said, have to to see a single dev in pvp worth thier salt. You know who I am devs come prove me wrong.

As for balancing pvp, it's not some great mathematical mystery. It requires good game knowledge of all classes alongside an understanding of the intricacies of pvp and how each skill functions. It's a combat devs job to know these things. Yet here we are with a meta focused on skilless RNG gameplay.

That is why I don't think the devs pvp or understand pvp. If they did they wouldn't dump this *** meta on their players and scare away all the vets. Seriously, I'm running out of friends to play with.

Cold91

I agree that the meta has shifted rather hard towards dmg proccing sets, and I too have lost alot of friends in game because of the balance and ridiculous metas that come out.

None of that however is the point of this thread. This thread is about hopefully getting the devs to come in here and acknowledge the degrading performance of the game, and to explain what they plan to do about it, if anything. I am hoping that we can get some line of communication opened up with the devs, i know its a long shot and unlikely at least until after the 4th. But with the performance only getting worse and affecting more people by the day I figured it was worth a shot to try.