Dungeon Finder not working!!!

Lumenn

I can't help but wonder if there's one tech guy stuck in the basement looking at hundred of miles of twisted cables mumbling to himself " I TOLD them it couldn't handle the load. I TOLD them to wait on the event, it wasn't ready, but NOOO it'll be fine they said.....

DarkCrusader

@ZOS_GinaBruno this is a joke right? Like hey let’s see if we can sabotage this event but still keep everyone interested?

Enigmatic

So after being able to queue for 2-3 dungeons this morning the activity finder is back to being flat out broken.

1. Queue on healer
2. Accept invite to join queue
3. Get to group forms stage; then get someone declined
4. End up getting stuck in "Ready Check" status
5. Give up

Will anything be said @ZOS_GinaBruno or @ZOS_JessicaFolsom ?

Codeman1976

[PS4] [NA] We have tried many times to que for the random daily dungeon solo and in a group. We keep getting the continuous pattern of ready checking and then the message saying someone in the group declined which is not true. It is frustrating for all parties involved when time and again we cannot participate in such events because of the constant problems plaguing the game. It seems counterintuitive to put together an event that has us using things like the grouping tool that doesn’t work during normal hours with no event in the first place. Unfortunately, most of us can only play during peak hours when these problems are most likely to occur. So, in the future, let us participate in such activities that doesn’t require everyone to use broken tools to qualify for said activities.
Thank you
Codeman1976

THEMourningLily

And our premade group of 4 is currently unable to queue.... They need to add some additional days to this event to make up for all the snafu's. This is ridiculous. They know the dungeon finder does not work consistently, why in the actual hell would you tie a broken game mechanic to a limited time event??

BuddyAces

My toons are completely borked today. I, myself, can not Q for a dungeon. I have to be in a group with someone else as a leader to be able to do em today, tested a couple toons and same story across the board. I'm sure this has been posted, but as much as I'd love to read a 30 page thread about the issue, I haven't.

DaveMoeDee

Queue working great for us tonight. Preformed 4-person group running normals on PC/NA. A few fake declines, but we got in after a minute twice in a row.

Bobby_V_Rockit

Been working well for me, queued as a DPS and max wait of 10 minutes. No problems

idk

@ZOS_SarahHecker

PC/NA and EU

Have received the same issue with a full group queuing and it saying someone declined, which they did not, and putting us back in the queue. Each time it goes, In Queue, Ready Check, Forming Group, then someone declined message then repeat.

I have also received a message that I cannot queue at this time. This can go on for awhile.

First time, after receiving the message a few times I changed Zones and was able to queue.

Second time I tried changing zones and that did not work. A few minutes later I was able to.

Third time I got the message once.

With both issues it appears the system is not able to handle the load as it seems to happen mostly during peak times for that server. This does not mean it is a hardware issue as it is likely an issue with the design at the code level.

Edit: I am not on Steam and I am the one who queues the group each time.

Chufu

On EU it worked pretty well for me the last two days, doesn't matter if I queued alone or as a 4 player group. The only problem we always had in the evening was the message "At the moment you can't use the dungeonfinder". But after just smashing the button, the ready check popped up and we could accept and were ported in.

Of course I am sorry for all of you that can't queue! I just wonder why some have a problem and some not since the patch.

Zypheran

Lalayla wrote: »

oxygen_thief wrote: »

Lalayla wrote: »

ZOS is amazing. They stream their own content, play it, know the classes and how they work together, and have an in depth knowledge of the mechanics of the hardest content in the game. Certainly can not be said of some other MMOs.

its a sarcasm isnt it?

Not even a little bit of sarcasm. Try playing a game where the devs don't even play the classes, they create dungeons, raids, and mechanics that they have never run, and won't ever run. A game where they make massive class changes, but none of the developers even play any of those classes. Then you'll understand frustration.

I've been playing this game for a year now, and I find that the Community Managers and developers communicates class changes clearly, *and* gives reasons for those changes. They have patch notes that clearly lay out changes, instead of hiding things they change from the playerbase. They answer questions, and have an entire group of players on a special council to give class feedback. And, they play, and stream their own game often. That's impressive to me. Big time.

Have you ever watched a Bethesda stream where 12 devs from ZOS do the hardest raids in the game, or Vet HM runs of 4 man content, or VMA? It's obvious they care about the game, know the classes, and how they work together. It's a vast improvement over what I'm used to - and both educating, and entertaining to watch on Twitch.

When a business has to defend itself by pointing to the fact that some of the competition is even worse, it's a bad sign!

Oberstein

Unable to queue, is this the fix? Why can't everyone just press and join dungeon peacefully without any problem. Somebody is not doing his job right. FIRE HIM!.

Cambruin

This is false advertising and they should be sued over it.

Sanctuary_Reaper

PC-EU

Everytime i click join queue i get a message up saying "unable to queue at this time" have they taken dungeon finder off or something?

Really frustrating.

Malem_Benign

Oberstein wrote: »

Unable to queue, is this the fix? Why can't everyone just press and join dungeon peacefully without any problem. Somebody is not doing his job right. FIRE HIM!.

Looks like it's already done and that's the problem why there is no job done.

Katheriah

Kaputttt...

No issues Saturday + Sunday. Did it on 15 chars then.

Decided that today I'd do the same in the hope that I'd finally get something worthwhile from the boxes. It took me frigging over an hour to get in one dungeon.

Gralor

Group Finder is still not working when it comes to Battlegrounds.



1st: Your so called “fix” for the group finder to just shut out players entirely is dirt cheap and you know it.



2nd: Even if you manage to get in eventually, you’ll still face countless error messages. The screenshot was taken 10 min. ago and your game is still puking the same message right now.

zula_the_bear

Trying to queue is infuriating. The fact that the queue system hasn't been fixed after 4+ years is absolutely inexcusable. The event itself should be reworked to be tied to pledges and extended.

ThorinOakenshield86

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Seriously, I start looking for other game to replace the elder bugs online. You guys are so dud and can't fix anything. I can't trust you anymore. You don't deserve people to pay you for eso plus anymore.

Aelendil

PC-EU

FreshlyB8ked

It's clear they are done addressing this issue. Even if they do, let's not pretend that this hasn't been an issue for years now.
An update on this should have been the first thing out of them this morning, but instead we were treated with a crown store preview.
Why on earth would you link rewards to a system you know isn't working?

FlyingSwan

FreshlyB8ked wrote: »

It's clear they are done addressing this issue. Even if they do, let's not pretend that this hasn't been an issue for years now.
An update on this should have been the first thing out of them this morning, but instead we were treated with a crown store preview.
Why on earth would you link rewards to a system you know isn't working?

ZOS don't care if the game works or not, they care if the Cash Shop is up and bursting to the gills with tawdry trinkets.

I doubt this thread will even be revisited by a token forum drone. The event will soon end and the fact a key tool in the game is broken can be swept under the carpet for another year. Meanwhile the forums will become filled with complaints about balance, thereby diverting from the fact that we're still waiting for the game to exit beta-testing 4 years after so-called 'release'

Bhaal5

FlyingSwan wrote: »

FreshlyB8ked wrote: »

It's clear they are done addressing this issue. Even if they do, let's not pretend that this hasn't been an issue for years now.
An update on this should have been the first thing out of them this morning, but instead we were treated with a crown store preview.
Why on earth would you link rewards to a system you know isn't working?

ZOS don't care if the game works or not, they care if the Cash Shop is up and bursting to the gills with tawdry trinkets.

I doubt this thread will even be revisited by a token forum drone. The event will soon end and the fact a key tool in the game is broken can be swept under the carpet for another year. Meanwhile the forums will become filled with complaints about balance, thereby diverting from the fact that we're still waiting for the game to exit beta-testing 4 years after so-called 'release'

Pretty much spot on, this thread will go along side the one similar last year which, until this date, Nothings has been done.

Lets give zos a little christmas gift by cancelling your subscription, not buying any crowns and leaving the "christmas showcase" alone. Maybe in the new year they may fix something.

Sanctuary_Reaper

I must say @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom @ZOS_Wrobel

This new and improved communication with the community that was spoken of in a previous post, is so good, it's almost like it used to be, just even worse.

Thrasher91604

Solution for me was to spam the join queue button until it worked.

Terribly *** design ZoS.

FlyingSwan

Bhaal5 wrote: »

FlyingSwan wrote: »

FreshlyB8ked wrote: »

It's clear they are done addressing this issue. Even if they do, let's not pretend that this hasn't been an issue for years now.
An update on this should have been the first thing out of them this morning, but instead we were treated with a crown store preview.
Why on earth would you link rewards to a system you know isn't working?

ZOS don't care if the game works or not, they care if the Cash Shop is up and bursting to the gills with tawdry trinkets.

I doubt this thread will even be revisited by a token forum drone. The event will soon end and the fact a key tool in the game is broken can be swept under the carpet for another year. Meanwhile the forums will become filled with complaints about balance, thereby diverting from the fact that we're still waiting for the game to exit beta-testing 4 years after so-called 'release'

Pretty much spot on, this thread will go along side the one similar last year which, until this date, Nothings has been done.

Lets give zos a little christmas gift by cancelling your subscription, not buying any crowns and leaving the "christmas showcase" alone. Maybe in the new year they may fix something.

Yup. I used to sub for 6 months at a time but last time it came up for renewal (about 14 months ago now) I didn't renew it. I essentially like the game, but ZOS manage it so badly and with such little respect for the customer, that they don't deserve a penny from me. No Crowns, no sub, no Crown Store tat, no nothing from me.

weedgenius

FlyingSwan wrote: »

FreshlyB8ked wrote: »

It's clear they are done addressing this issue. Even if they do, let's not pretend that this hasn't been an issue for years now.
An update on this should have been the first thing out of them this morning, but instead we were treated with a crown store preview.
Why on earth would you link rewards to a system you know isn't working?

ZOS don't care if the game works or not, they care if the Cash Shop is up and bursting to the gills with tawdry trinkets.

I doubt this thread will even be revisited by a token forum drone. The event will soon end and the fact a key tool in the game is broken can be swept under the carpet for another year.

I wasn't playing at the time so I just did a quick forum search. Sure enough, November/December 2017:
Break your queue system during event that needs the queue
Random queues PS4, Still broken.. extend event?
Dungeon Finder is not working
Dungeon Finder Broke already (first comment: "This has been happening for many months." )
etc...
They event had an emergency group finder fix maintenance! Talk about deja vu.
Update on Grouping Issues, Mysterious Reward Boxes & Maintenance Announcement

Did they just cross their fingers and hope that this time all those problems wouldn't happen? Or maybe they made (futile) changes on the back end that they hoped would rectify this problem sometime in the last year...

Jazz_Funk

Since this game started Group Finder has had issues. A lot was done to improve it but it has never been stable. For ZOS to even consider basing an event on it was crazy and a disaster waiting to happen. No one should be surprised at the hit and miss end result.

Jaraal

FlyingSwan wrote: »

I doubt this thread will even be revisited by a token forum drone. The event will soon end and the fact a key tool in the game is broken can be swept under the carpet for another year.

This reminds me of the outcry over the giant nag ads upon login. People got tired of complaining about them and now everybody just accepts them. They are waiting for people to get tired of complaining about the broken group finder, and hoping to soon put this issue to bed for another year.

idk

After about 10x getting the message we cannot queue at this time, and then going through the cycle of forming group, back in queue, etc. I realized what I stated before seems to be correct.

Before I hypothesized that the issue with the queue is the related server is overloaded.

I realized tonight that the quasi fix Zos implemented a few days ago was to prevent a total overload of the queue hence we get blocked from queueing.

So the question is, will Zos actually fix this?