Activity Finder & Witches Festival Updates

daedalusAI

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Everyone,

Thanks again for your patience during the last few days. We know the frequent instability and downtime was extremely aggravating, and as we mentioned before, we were just as frustrated as you. Now, after a number of fixes, our database clusters are no longer becoming overloaded and the Activity Finder appears to be working as it should. That said, we know there are still some remaining issues queuing for Battlegrounds, and are actively working on getting these fixed.

Due to the recent instability of the servers, we've decided to extend the Witches Festival by one week on all platforms so everyone can still take part and enjoy the event. This means the event will now end on November 11th at 10:00am EST. All aspects of the in-game event will be available including double XP, Event Tickets, Plunder Skulls, and the collectibles.

It's also worth mentioning we were able to implement all the current hotfixes to the console build currently in certification, so the issues seen from the past week shouldn’t occur once Update 24 launches on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 next week. Thanks again for sticking with us while we worked out everything out, and enjoy the extended event.

You can see the "quality" of ZOS considering that information still hasn't been updated in the login-screen, as there it's still 4th of November as the end of the event.

llande

Great initiative, thank you. Appreciate you took up and realised this expectation from the community😁

Melilotta

Thanks for the extension! More time to level up some skills and maybe finally get the one new recipe I still miss.

SpankinDamob

@ZOS_GinaBruno thanks! I know you and your team do everything possible with the with the tools your given.

Threemoons

Is there a comprehensive list of all of this year's recipes? Don't have time to grind boxes this year but do want to buy them at guild traders etc. Thanks!

VaranisArano

Threemoons wrote: »

Is there a comprehensive list of all of this year's recipes? Don't have time to grind boxes this year but do want to buy them at guild traders etc. Thanks!

There's only three new ones, all gold.
Disastrously Bloody Mary
Pack Leader's Bone Broth
Bewitched Sugar Skulls

Hapexamendios

This is good. Now when can we get in game chat fixed on PS4?

russelmmendoza

I just can wait to stare at bg queue screen.

Its like my normal bg match, i cant kill anything.

But tnx to that, i also dont die like a 100x a match.

Tyvm zos.

ZOS_GinaBruno

daedalusAI wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Everyone,

Thanks again for your patience during the last few days. We know the frequent instability and downtime was extremely aggravating, and as we mentioned before, we were just as frustrated as you. Now, after a number of fixes, our database clusters are no longer becoming overloaded and the Activity Finder appears to be working as it should. That said, we know there are still some remaining issues queuing for Battlegrounds, and are actively working on getting these fixed.

Due to the recent instability of the servers, we've decided to extend the Witches Festival by one week on all platforms so everyone can still take part and enjoy the event. This means the event will now end on November 11th at 10:00am EST. All aspects of the in-game event will be available including double XP, Event Tickets, Plunder Skulls, and the collectibles.

It's also worth mentioning we were able to implement all the current hotfixes to the console build currently in certification, so the issues seen from the past week shouldn’t occur once Update 24 launches on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 next week. Thanks again for sticking with us while we worked out everything out, and enjoy the extended event.

You can see the "quality" of ZOS considering that information still hasn't been updated in the login-screen, as there it's still 4th of November as the end of the event.

The text for the MotD will be updated soon - it's currently in localization for German and French.

Girl_Number8

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Everyone,

Thanks again for your patience during the last few days. We know the frequent instability and downtime was extremely aggravating, and as we mentioned before, we were just as frustrated as you. Now, after a number of fixes, our database clusters are no longer becoming overloaded and the Activity Finder appears to be working as it should. That said, we know there are still some remaining issues queuing for Battlegrounds, and are actively working on getting these fixed.

Due to the recent instability of the servers, we've decided to extend the Witches Festival by one week on all platforms so everyone can still take part and enjoy the event. This means the event will now end on November 11th at 10:00am EST. All aspects of the in-game event will be available including double XP, Event Tickets, Plunder Skulls, and the collectibles.

It's also worth mentioning we were able to implement all the current hotfixes to the console build currently in certification, so the issues seen from the past week shouldn’t occur once Update 24 launches on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 next week. Thanks again for sticking with us while we worked out everything out, and enjoy the extended event.

Thnx Gina, for getting back to us this is really great xD

vamp_emily

I've been ( ESO ) sober for 5 days.. which I could enjoy the Double XP

xeha_arwen11

If you're extending the witches festival on PS4 NA, you need to do something about all the people who are cheating and exploiting even more so. They are using an exploit to get a large amount of plunder skulls in very little time. They are exploiting for major personal gain, and they are going against terms of service. Fix this, for goodness sake.

Sarannah

Thank you for extending the event for a week. Does this also include the event merchant?
And please update the game's loginpage, and crownstore witch items, to show the new enddate.

There are more end-of-year events coming up, will this instability happen again? (since EU will again be under even heavier load than it was now, due to december) ... If so, please take the server down right after the witchesfestival and make sure this gets fixed ASAP. Not update 25 or update 26, or early 2020, like fix and prevent it ASAP.
This is losing you customers, crownstore sales , and above all customer satisfaction.

StarMightyMaster

Man this game and it endless loading screen you get a LOT in BG que wish they would fix this ***

Hixtory

Env_t wrote: »

will see at Undaunted celebration event....

LOL

Indeed my friend...indeed

StarMightyMaster

5 BG que in a row 5 endless loading screen in a row im happy i pay for ESO+ can't think of a better place put my money


Is BG que broken AGAIN

Chaos2088

BG que is broken....so not fixed.......

russelmmendoza

Still a bg loading screen staring contest.

Cant wait for this vvitch festival to end. Smh.

TequilaFire

Hapexamendios wrote: »

This is good. Now when can we get in game chat fixed on PS4?

We can't even get an acknowledgement there is a problem with game voice chat that the suggested fixes don't fix.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/489698/unable-to-speak-through-eso-voice-channels#latest

SpankinDamob

I know it needs fixed, but does PS4 have it’s own voice chat? I know on Xbox if ESO’s voice chat is broken people just use the Xbox one.

Elsonso

SpankinDamob wrote: »

I know it needs fixed, but does PS4 have it’s own voice chat? I know on Xbox if ESO’s voice chat is broken people just use the Xbox one.

It does. Back when I was playing PS4, it was terminally broken. I mean, the technology worked ok. The players using it were broken. How do you fix that? I fixed it by turning off voice chat.

GreenhaloX

Well, first and foremost, definitely appreciated all the hard work Gina and her crew have done; all their posting, updates and patch information. Also, no doubt there are some talents working at Bethesda and Zen. This game is pretty much enjoyable to me about 75% of the time. So, not bad at all. Please don't ask me how I came up with the 75%. I'm no mathematician or a rocket scientist. It's just my guesstimate as a gamer.

Now, I have to say.. what the hell stability and fixes being portray on this thread? What are these *beep* on about?! Still to today, I'm crashing while logging in/loading of characters; sometime 2 to 3 times in a row. My game is crashing and my toon is just standing there. My game is crashing as I hit a crafting table. My game is crashing as I'm trotting about. My game is crashing from going in a wayshrine, i.e., Gold Coast, CwC and Elsweyr, particularly. I'm not even going to mention the crapshoots in Cyrodiil. Weapon still jacked up at the bottom of your toon's feet (and yes, I'm saying toon and not character .) So on, so on, so on. So, I don't know what the beeping stability fixes you'll are talking about?!

Anyways, witch fest extended. Cool, whatever. Thank you for thinking about the player-base. Not that we need it. Oh yeah, lastly, why the freaking *beep* is just one berry available at the event merchant for this festival event. One freaking berry.. what the hell, man?!

TheRealPotoroo

GreenhaloX wrote: »

Well, first and foremost, definitely appreciated all the hard work Gina and her crew have done; all their posting, updates and patch information. Also, no doubt there are some talents working at Bethesda and Zen. This game is pretty much enjoyable to me about 75% of the time. So, not bad at all. Please don't ask me how I came up with the 75%. I'm no mathematician or a rocket scientist. It's just my guesstimate as a gamer.

Now, I have to say.. what the hell stability and fixes being portray on this thread? What are these *beep* on about?! Still to today, I'm crashing while logging in/loading of characters; sometime 2 to 3 times in a row. My game is crashing and my toon is just standing there. My game is crashing as I hit a crafting table. My game is crashing as I'm trotting about. My game is crashing from going in a wayshrine, i.e., Gold Coast, CwC and Elsweyr, particularly. I'm not even going to mention the crapshoots in Cyrodiil. Weapon still jacked up at the bottom of your toon's feet (and yes, I'm saying toon and not character .) So on, so on, so on. So, I don't know what the beeping stability fixes you'll are talking about?!

Anyways, witch fest extended. Cool, whatever. Thank you for thinking about the player-base. Not that we need it. Oh yeah, lastly, why the freaking *beep* is just one berry available at the event merchant for this festival event. One freaking berry.. what the hell, man?!

Keeping berries scarce forces people to participate in every event to collect them.

Elsonso

TheRealPotoroo wrote: »

GreenhaloX wrote: »

Well, first and foremost, definitely appreciated all the hard work Gina and her crew have done; all their posting, updates and patch information. Also, no doubt there are some talents working at Bethesda and Zen. This game is pretty much enjoyable to me about 75% of the time. So, not bad at all. Please don't ask me how I came up with the 75%. I'm no mathematician or a rocket scientist. It's just my guesstimate as a gamer.

Now, I have to say.. what the hell stability and fixes being portray on this thread? What are these *beep* on about?! Still to today, I'm crashing while logging in/loading of characters; sometime 2 to 3 times in a row. My game is crashing and my toon is just standing there. My game is crashing as I hit a crafting table. My game is crashing as I'm trotting about. My game is crashing from going in a wayshrine, i.e., Gold Coast, CwC and Elsweyr, particularly. I'm not even going to mention the crapshoots in Cyrodiil. Weapon still jacked up at the bottom of your toon's feet (and yes, I'm saying toon and not character .) So on, so on, so on. So, I don't know what the beeping stability fixes you'll are talking about?!

Anyways, witch fest extended. Cool, whatever. Thank you for thinking about the player-base. Not that we need it. Oh yeah, lastly, why the freaking *beep* is just one berry available at the event merchant for this festival event. One freaking berry.. what the hell, man?!

Keeping berries scarce forces people to participate in every event to collect them.

I don't think that is the case. Each event adds one of the four berries. The earlier berries, from the same Indrik upgrade, are not removed. If Witches Festival is the only event you do, you will only get the first berry. At the end, you should be able to buy all four of them.

At least, that is my recollection. I stopped collecting berries since I was not interested in the upgrades.

redlink1979

BalticBlues wrote: »

Thanks ZOS. Could be please also release the next berry for the new Indrik?
Otherwise, I would not know what to do with all the event tickets until Nov, 11.

Alternatively, releasing the berries of the last Indrik again would also be cool.
Because I did not manage to get the last berry during the last event.

Sit very comfortably and wait. lol

Don't worry, at some point berries will become CS available...

Elsonso

redlink1979 wrote: »

BalticBlues wrote: »

Thanks ZOS. Could be please also release the next berry for the new Indrik?
Otherwise, I would not know what to do with all the event tickets until Nov, 11.

Alternatively, releasing the berries of the last Indrik again would also be cool.
Because I did not manage to get the last berry during the last event.

Sit very comfortably and wait. lol

Don't worry, at some point berries will become CS available...

I learned as I was just playing while waiting for the next event that I was still going to be collecting Event Tickets. I did not want to stand next to the Event person every day turning in tickets when I hit 12, so I just let them go down the toilet. Something to be aware of, if a person decides to "sit comfortably and wait," while still playing.

GreenhaloX

TheRealPotoroo wrote: »

GreenhaloX wrote: »

Well, first and foremost, definitely appreciated all the hard work Gina and her crew have done; all their posting, updates and patch information. Also, no doubt there are some talents working at Bethesda and Zen. This game is pretty much enjoyable to me about 75% of the time. So, not bad at all. Please don't ask me how I came up with the 75%. I'm no mathematician or a rocket scientist. It's just my guesstimate as a gamer.

Now, I have to say.. what the hell stability and fixes being portray on this thread? What are these *beep* on about?! Still to today, I'm crashing while logging in/loading of characters; sometime 2 to 3 times in a row. My game is crashing and my toon is just standing there. My game is crashing as I hit a crafting table. My game is crashing as I'm trotting about. My game is crashing from going in a wayshrine, i.e., Gold Coast, CwC and Elsweyr, particularly. I'm not even going to mention the crapshoots in Cyrodiil. Weapon still jacked up at the bottom of your toon's feet (and yes, I'm saying toon and not character .) So on, so on, so on. So, I don't know what the beeping stability fixes you'll are talking about?!

Anyways, witch fest extended. Cool, whatever. Thank you for thinking about the player-base. Not that we need it. Oh yeah, lastly, why the freaking *beep* is just one berry available at the event merchant for this festival event. One freaking berry.. what the hell, man?!

Keeping berries scarce forces people to participate in every event to collect them.

Ha ha.. I doubt it that's the case. Well, lag, crashing, long loading and glitches aside, every events typically offer new stuff and other goodies. Those are most likely folks are participating in the events.

redlink1979

@lordrichter We shouldn't waste tickets but ZOS bringing now past berries it just won't happen.

I will use my tickets on feathers even if I'm still missing memento parts, I think. I got everything else.

Or maybe I'll buy some more writs so that my sorc can have the witch title either.

Odovacar

More witches festival is great news. ty zos! Definitely my favorite ZOS event of the year. Good luck everyone and hopefully the ones who were most affected can catch up.

curtis337

ESlOad