Sometimes... The game just flips you the finger.

Illurian

Story time!

I'm in a vMoL progression run and we made it the last boss (after 4 hours). After countless tries on Rakkhat and swapping out our tanks (they had to leave), we finally got Rakkhat down to execute phase. I watch his hp percentage go lower and lower....

20%...
15%...

And the game crashes on me. Jesus effing Christ.

I log back in as quick as I can... Infinite loading screen.

I hear the cheers on discord and know that my night has just been completely and utterly ruined.

Thanks, ESO, for knowing exactly when to crash and completely ruin my night.

Just needed to rant, feel free to share your horror stories!

SirAndy

Illurian wrote: »

feel free to share your horror stories!

That one time i forgot to turn off my webcam ...

idk

It does not help now, but if in the game for hours and spending that much time in an instanced it is best to restart the game (prob machine).

While some addons cause a memory leak that /reloadui takes care of, ESO has had a memory leak in the game itself that requires a restart. When players are swapping out it is a good time to do that.

Of course, that does not mean it would have prevented a crash, but it could help.

Sorry about your bad luck there.

Sheezabeast

This is unrelated, but OP I gotta say I love your username. I have a Breton Sorc that I named Illure, your name and her name are really similar

Lord_Wrath

That happened the other day, I was trying to get the achievement for the event doing a trial. Of course at the end I crash and get nothing. It was difficult enough freezing up during most fights.

IsharaMeradin

Had something similar. My first trial run was nAA as a damage dealer. Wanted to run it so I could get the dremora plunder skull for my magicka warden. Had some lag issues but made it to the final boss. With 8% left on the boss, I crashed. Logged back in but was put at the entrance area. Tried to run back through to see if I could reach the boss and loot. No dice, the last player left the team and I got ported out before I could get there.

I got the chance to run it again a little later and this time made it through without crashing. Unfortunately, while I did not get the loot from the first run, it still considered me as having received the dremora plunder skull.

Lesson learned: doesn't matter if you actually get the drop in your inventory, if the game generates one for you (even unknowingly) the time resets and another cannot be obtained until after.

Pink_Violinz

One of my first vhof completes I disconnected 3 times on the final boss. Start boss, disconnect. Get back in, fight another 10%, disconnect. Get back in again, disconnect at 30%. Wasn't my internet or anything, just ESO being a jerk.

VaranisArano

Cyrodiil. PC/NA Vivec.

Its primetime. Roebeck is AD's last emp keep and its also got EP's Ghartok scroll.

EP sends 3 raids for the dethrone and the scroll. AD defends. DC sends people for the dethrone.

Its a mess. I disconnect after about 5 minutes of fighting, along with half my EP raid. The remainder carry on, fighting and crashing against AD (who are also crashing). I get back in game, port to Alessia, ride to Roebeck and crash again as I see the walls. I do this five times in a half hour while my teammates in voice comms are having a blast.

We eventually get the dethrone and the scroll. This battle, a massive fight for Cyrodiil's most important objectives, is exactly what Cyrodiil is built for! This is one of the highlights of the campaigns.

Its such a shame that Cyrodiil's lag and performance issues prevent it from being as amazing as it should be.

Onefrkncrzypope

I was on a flawless in vma on my sDK main for the first time. Finished round 8 go through the portal get wayshrined lose score and vitality like I logged..... Kms

Illurian

idk wrote: »

It does not help now, but if in the game for hours and spending that much time in an instanced it is best to restart the game (prob machine).

While some addons cause a memory leak that /reloadui takes care of, ESO has had a memory leak in the game itself that requires a restart. When players are swapping out it is a good time to do that.

Of course, that does not mean it would have prevented a crash, but it could help.

Sorry about your bad luck there.

Yeah... Just as I crashed I KNEW I should have restarted... I even had ample time while swapping out the tanks - I just didn't think of it. Regrets were made. Copious amounts of regret.

Sheezabeast wrote: »

This is unrelated, but OP I gotta say I love your username. I have a Breton Sorc that I named Illure, your name and her name are really similar

Haha thank you! And nice name you have for your Sorc as well!

frostz417

I was defending my last emp as emperor and my game crashed so I log back in only to have been dethroned. Gg zos

OrdoHermetica

VaranisArano wrote: »

Cyrodiil. PC/NA Vivec.

Its primetime. Roebeck is AD's last emp keep and its also got EP's Ghartok scroll.

EP sends 3 raids for the dethrone and the scroll. AD defends. DC sends people for the dethrone.

Its a mess. I disconnect after about 5 minutes of fighting, along with half my EP raid. The remainder carry on, fighting and crashing against AD (who are also crashing). I get back in game, port to Alessia, ride to Roebeck and crash again as I see the walls. I do this five times in a half hour while my teammates in voice comms are having a blast.

We eventually get the dethrone and the scroll. This battle, a massive fight for Cyrodiil's most important objectives, is exactly what Cyrodiil is built for! This is one of the highlights of the campaigns.

Its such a shame that Cyrodiil's lag and performance issues prevent it from being as amazing as it should be.

I once missed out on an 80k (!!) defense tick in a fight similar to this because I timed out literally two minutes before the defense was completed. But hey, at least the rest of my group got it...

I rarely swear loudly over what happens in-game, but this was one of those times.

Illurian

Just want to say thanks everyone for all your horror stories, it somehow makes me feel better that I'm not the only one haha.

Misery really does love its company.

ArchMikem

VaranisArano wrote: »

Cyrodiil. PC/NA Vivec.

Its primetime. Roebeck is AD's last emp keep and its also got EP's Ghartok scroll.

EP sends 3 raids for the dethrone and the scroll. AD defends. DC sends people for the dethrone.

Its a mess. I disconnect after about 5 minutes of fighting, along with half my EP raid. The remainder carry on, fighting and crashing against AD (who are also crashing). I get back in game, port to Alessia, ride to Roebeck and crash again as I see the walls. I do this five times in a half hour while my teammates in voice comms are having a blast.

We eventually get the dethrone and the scroll. This battle, a massive fight for Cyrodiil's most important objectives, is exactly what Cyrodiil is built for! This is one of the highlights of the campaigns.

Its such a shame that Cyrodiil's lag and performance issues prevent it from being as amazing as it should be.

Kinda sounds like a typical dethrone in Xbox NA, except for us the DC would be helping the AD defend.

robpr

Me and other healer crashed in vHoF at execute phase causing whole group to wipe and loosing like 40mins of fight.

Hamrb

Illurian wrote: »

Story time!

I'm in a vMoL progression run and we made it the last boss (after 4 hours). After countless tries on Rakkhat and swapping out our tanks (they had to leave), we finally got Rakkhat down to execute phase. I watch his hp percentage go lower and lower....

20%...
15%...

And the game crashes on me. Jesus effing Christ.

I log back in as quick as I can... Infinite loading screen.

I hear the cheers on discord and know that my night has just been completely and utterly ruined.

Thanks, ESO, for knowing exactly when to crash and completely ruin my night.

Just needed to rant, feel free to share your horror stories!

That’s awful man, I’ve seen this happen to many times.
On the bright side, your progression group got the clear! That means more are on the way. Keep it at and you’ll get yours next time ❤️