What did PS4 ever do to you, ZOS? Another story of lag on PS4.

El_Borracho

I was bored and skill point hunting yesterday in Bangkorai on my Petsorc. Did "Storming the Garrison." I've done this three other times on other characters so I knew what to expect. So when I entered the sewer and later the garrison, seeing nobody around, I knew something was up. It was lag disaster. My pet, invisible. My lightning staff, sputtering like a dying fluorescent bulb. Adds, appearing, dying, teleporting their corpses to other areas. FPS, a choppy mess. Sounds completely out of sync. Summoned the storm atro, he never showed up, but his damage did. King Emeric, never there, but the prompt to talk to him was. Saw only one other player in the garrison. Checked to see if I was missing an update, nope. Checked my connection, everything running perfectly fine.

Weird part? Gave up, went back to my Stamblade, ran trials, no problems whatsoever. Well, except for the part where voice chat is broken again, but it wouldn't be ESO on PS4 if voice chat worked when you wanted it to.

I have no idea what to expect anymore. I really like this game, but its getting harder and harder to trudge through nonsense like this. Lag in non-dolmen overland content [that is not dolmens in Alik'r] is inexcusable.

jircris11

Not just ps4 lol. Though consoles do make it hell to send updates due to their verification process.

usmguy1234

jircris11 wrote: »

Not just ps4 lol. Though consoles do make it hell to send updates due to their verification process.

I think this is a pretty common misconception that gets spread around. They do have the ability to implement hot fixes that bypass the verification method. Like for instance the hotfix that pc got for bashcro cheese could have easily been pushed to console but Zos chose not to.

Hotdog_23

They did acknowledge that the performance on the base console is not up to standards and they were going to work on it but when and how much is anyone's guess.

ApostateHobo

Yep that kind of stuff is exactly why I've been taking a break for the past month. Game isn't really enjoyable when you can't hear or see half of what's going on.

hellcatlizzieb16_ESO

Yeah similar issues for me random quests glitches out massively etc. All I've done in last month is claim rewards, list in guild stores/do guild admin and housing stuff as can barley play anything else in game

Devanear

Hotdog_23 wrote: »

They did acknowledge that the performance on the base console is not up to standards and they were going to work on it but when and how much is anyone's guess.

Errr....: https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/56681

Turns out, no need to guess

therift

Vet HM pledges last night were pure hell.

I apologized to my group for my nearly constant invective about the... lag, but they said they agreed with every word.

House decorating is presently the only trouble-free content in the game.

Wolfpaw

therift wrote: »

Vet HM pledges last night were pure hell.

I apologized to my group for my nearly constant invective about the... lag, but they said they agreed with every word.

House decorating is presently the only trouble-free content in the game.

You can always tell when a combat mmo is going downhill...they add housing.

therift

Wolfpaw wrote: »

therift wrote: »

Vet HM pledges last night were pure hell.

I apologized to my group for my nearly constant invective about the... lag, but they said they agreed with every word.

House decorating is presently the only trouble-free content in the game.

You can always tell when a combat mmo is going downhill...they add housing.

...which can not be satisfactorily decorated because the volume is far too large for the number of interactable objects the game can safely support.

Zer0_CooL

This might help:
https://digitaltrends.com/gaming/how-to-delete-games-on-ps4/

Onefrkncrzypope

Wolfpaw wrote: »

therift wrote: »

Vet HM pledges last night were pure hell.

I apologized to my group for my nearly constant invective about the... lag, but they said they agreed with every word.

House decorating is presently the only trouble-free content in the game.

You can always tell when a combat mmo is going downhill...they add housing.

The true joke is that as my spouse is an avid decorator and I spend hours watching(ish) the amount of issues there are just as numerous and embarrassing.

TragedyOA

Consoles are too weak.

phileunderx2

On PS4 for the past 3 months I just log on do a few delve dalies and then log off. Game is too messed up to run any group content. I no longer sub and have not purchased the new chapter. It's pretty sad that zos let the game get this bad.

Veinblood1965

It's probably consoles in general with each console types servers being better or worse, PS4, XBox etc since consoles seem to be the biggest culprit. I'd think ZoS has to route information through the consoles servers first then down to the consoles. Not seeing a lot of posts from PC lovers.

BozzyTheDrummer

It's just as bad on Xbox, believe me.

Aurielle

TragedyOA wrote: »

Consoles are too weak.

If a game is supported on console, then the onus is on the developer to ensure the game continues to perform well on console. We didn’t have these issues on console two years ago when I first started playing ESO on PS4, which suggests that the issue has less to do with hardware than it has to do with poorly coded, rushed, barely tested content. If you need a top of the line gaming PC with maxed out bells and whistles to run a five year old game that once ran with barely a hitch on current gen consoles, then you’ve got a prime example on your hands of developers who aren’t optimizing their product well. Blame the devs, not the consoles.

therift

Veinblood1965 wrote: »

It's probably consoles in general with each console types servers being better or worse, PS4, XBox etc since consoles seem to be the biggest culprit. I'd think ZoS has to route information through the consoles servers first then down to the consoles. Not seeing a lot of posts from PC lovers.

PC players have filled every section of the Forums with reports of performance issues.

This is a game issue, not a hardware issue.