U21 launch day load times and how you can help

marius_buys

dan958 wrote: »

I have 16,000 thrones in my bank. Hopefully it doesn't have to scan all those individually!

Karma finally caught up with you greedy Cicero's looters.

AlienSlof

Thankfully, patch day is also my big clean day for my home!

Elsonso

clocksstoppe wrote: »

Or how about you do this during the literal maintenance? What does my local download have to do with your server database?

Well, if it is a server thing, then if they did it, all of the players on that server would be waiting while they process hundreds of thousands of accounts. This way, you only wait for you.

If it is also a client thing, well, then you have to be there.

BenevolentBowd

Maybe this update should be renamed Wrathload DLC (Delayed Loading of Characters)... #SorryNotSorry

LuciusOctavio

We are having a fire sale.

GarnetFire17

But my Jewelry crafting writs are going to be worth something someday!

Pevey

My hope is that these backend changes are related to what they mentioned on the eso live before last, trying to improve load times by adjusting how individual items are loaded. I hope we will see some related improvements. It would be worth one long load screen for that.

goldenarcher1

Oh boy....

pod88kk

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Starlock wrote: »

For reference, will this also be the case for the later launches on the console side, @ZOS_GinaBruno ?

Yes, same thing will occur when we launch on console March 12. Similar to PC launch, it'll only be the first time you log in.

That's about the normal time for a pvp loadscreen on Xbox EU at the moment.

PrimusNephilim

Gina is hot

Anhedonie

Actually this is good that you warn people. I appreciate that.

marius_buys

TIME TO SCREENSHOT YOUR INVENTORY

Ciovala

Thanks for the update! But, why not run some backend job to do this so we don’t have to wait? Just curious... cost more, would take a long time, etc.? Or will returning players have an up to 2 hour login forever?

Crixus8000

Thank you for the information

redspecter23

Ciovala wrote: »

Thanks for the update! But, why not run some backend job to do this so we don’t have to wait? Just curious... cost more, would take a long time, etc.? Or will returning players have an up to 2 hour login forever?

I would like to assume that they would if they could. It's practically unheard of to essentially have part of the update worked into a 2+ hour load screen after you log in. There is (hopefully) no way they would ever do that unless it was the only way.

Tasear

SantieClaws wrote: »

It will be a long, long night for this one …

Khajiit also wonders will dumping any furniture in an inventory into a mostly empty space in, say Coldharbour, help at all?

Also storage chests? These count as inventory yes?

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

We can read stories while sit and ponder our habits.

therift

Ahnastashia wrote: »

therift wrote: »

Obligatory 'Can I have your excess stuff' post.

Do you really want that adding to your load time?

I love free stuff, so sure. Send me all your unwanted excess stuff. 48 hour load screen is worth 82,000 deliveries from emptied craft bags. Except that 16,0000 Daedric Thrones guy. He can keep that s**t

Grynnyl

Could just be a lazy way of migrating data to a new location. As characters login, their inventory(possibly other data as well?) is loaded on to a newer/faster/more stable/better for whatever reason location. An easy way to eliminate doing this process for unused accounts would be to have this process occur during the first new login on an account.

I did say easy, not necessarily optimal or most user friendly.

Alinhbo_Tyaka

SantieClaws wrote: »

It will be a long, long night for this one …

Khajiit also wonders will dumping any furniture in an inventory into a mostly empty space in, say Coldharbour, help at all?

Also storage chests? These count as inventory yes?

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

@ZOS_GinaBruno

This is a very good question. If it would save time I could move furniture out of my storage to a house.

I am also wondering if consolidating items into as few inventory containers as possible would help speed things up?

So move furniture out to a house and use that space to consolidate my storage chests into my bank.

MissBizz

So if you're a hoarder collector like me... don't plan on playing Monday after work. Got it. lol. Let my hoarder collector friends know.

technohic

Imagine someone on a break from the game and comes back in a month or 2 or even more. Will have no idea. Will just think the game is ***.

laksikus

@ZOS_GinaBruno
what happens if i disconnect during the loadingscreen?
my internet is not the most reliable.

victory.immortalb16_ESO

Thank you for the heads up, I'll make sure to grab the daily reward just after midnight then start this game off, load up a toon and go hit some golf balls in my back garden whilst it does it's thing.

Hopefully will show up in improvements later.

Epona222

I appreciate the warning...

Could we have some further clarification though @ZOS_GinaBruno - Is this affected by:

Housing storage (coffers/trunks)
Furniture items placed in houses
Guild banks
Items listed on guild stores?

Having this information would be of great help, as it will let us know whether using a house as a storage facility for excess furniture to get it out of the bank/bag during the update would be a good idea, or shifting stuff into guild banks, or listing stuff in defunct guilds that are used as personal guild banks.

Some of those things could perhaps make a significant difference depending upon what is affected by this, but I don't want to spend all weekend shifting stuff about it isn't going to make any difference

SageSecret

It is outrageous that ESO is not responding to all the questions about what exactly they mean by "inventory."

Housing, Craft Bags, Items on Sale at Guilds ?

I am an ESO Plus member - because it gives me more storage in houses and the craft bag - so if there is now a penalty for this we need some kind of reimbursement.

@ZOS_GinaBruno
- Please respond.

Elsonso

marius_buys wrote: »

TIME TO SCREENSHOT YOUR INVENTORY

A wise precaution.

driosketch

Me: hoping with fingers crossed for 5 minutes load screen RNG drop.

Game: Now counting individual gold.....


Kidding of course, I'm going to log in to a character, then leave to go make dinner. Still loading when I get back, fire up the Roku and watch a movie or something.

mandricus

This has been already asked, but an answer has not been provided, so I'll second the question:

Will this be seen as an user activity, avoiding the current session timeout rules (which are, on login phase, quite aggressive)?
Will session time out rules during this login process be changed?
What will happen if during this process we will get a session timeout? My fear is that will we have to restart from scratch just to get another session timeout at some point, entering in an infinite loop.

Sylvermynx

mandricus wrote: »

This has been already asked, but an answer has not been provided, so I'll second the question:

Will this be seen as an user activity, avoiding the current session timeout rules (which are, on login phase, quite aggressive?)
Will session time out rules during this login process be changed?
What will happen if during this process we will get a session timeout? My fear is that will we have to restart from scratch just to get another session timeout at some point, entering in an infinite loop.

Yep, my worry as well.

jainiadral

Welp, looks like I know my in-game agenda for this weekend-- roll a new alt for my "inspiration" items, spend some quality time on my sorc finding treasure chests and doing surveys. Slapping paintings up everywhere in the Villa. Finish jewelry and enchanting on my Argonian.

Here's to decluttering!