Virus?

Saucy_Jack

We all know pies are the only known cure for diseases.

HUZZAH!

Agenericname

VaranisArano wrote: »

Given the state of communication with ZOS about how well ESO works (or doesn't work) on a daily basis, are you really expecting them to be proactive about telling the playerbase how the coronavirus is going to affect their day-to-day operations?

Um, you are rather optimistic.

Personally, I just expect everything that ZOS was working on to take longer to produce, given that just because a lot of tech things can be done remotely doesn't necessarily mean that those things can be done as well or as quickly as they could be done on site.

Nerfs will be delayed by 2-4 weeks.

idk

xbobx15 wrote: »

It is sad how irresponsible media can be at stoking fears and not giving more sound, accurate advice.

Right now you got people raiding grocery stores with many hour lines - crowded. (not smart)

for what? There is absolutely ZERO reason to do this and this is because of the media. And the more the media covers it the more people go nuts.

Nations on virtual lockdown. States of emergency. Major sports closing shop. Disney closing theme parks. Falsely blaming the media is absurd as people just need to look around and see major reactions.

But yes. People are making quick and irrational reactions like preventing travel to and from most EU countries to their nation when the WHO has said that it is pretty much useless to restrict travel in that manner.

dazee

Restricting travel would have helped if done earlier, but by now the virus is at every landmass.

MurderMostFoul

Nemesis7884 wrote: »

i mean i think the full impact hasnt hit the US yet...but brace yourself...europe is basically being shut down...

and yes i know its just a game and not essential but

a) some people are planning to take off days around chapter launches and the such so if something got postponned i'd be nice to know in advance and

b) a lot of people might suddenly have a lot more time and cant really leave the house because everything is shut down (or shouldnt because they are a risk group) so being able to be online still would be nice


ps: it is fully expected that 60%+ of the population will be infected with the virus, no one tries to "stop" it, just to slow it down so hospitals can handle severe cases one after the other without being overwhelmed.

Correct, people should prepare for a fairly significant disruption to daily life.

xbobx15 wrote: »

1. it is not fully expected, it is just people tossing out numbers that just scare people and make the issue worse. no one really knows.

Actually, epidemiologists use reliable models to calculate these projections, some of which have the number as high as 70% of the US population. Consider the following 3 factors:

1. No one is immune, this is a novel virus, everyone is at risk.
2. Based on current data, the average infected person infects between 2 and 3 other people.
3. A person can be infected without symptoms for up to 2 weeks, but can still spread it to others.

Based on the foregoing, it's not hard to see that this virus can spread widely and quickly. If you are still skeptical, spend some time looking into the current situation in Italy, where the healthcare system, every bit as good as the US's, is overburdened by this pandemic to the point of simply letting higher risk cases die to deploy limited resources in the most effective way possible.

rumple9

I'm waiting for @Alcast Covid19 stamblade disease build

VaranisArano

Agenericname wrote: »

VaranisArano wrote: »

Given the state of communication with ZOS about how well ESO works (or doesn't work) on a daily basis, are you really expecting them to be proactive about telling the playerbase how the coronavirus is going to affect their day-to-day operations?

Um, you are rather optimistic.

Personally, I just expect everything that ZOS was working on to take longer to produce, given that just because a lot of tech things can be done remotely doesn't necessarily mean that those things can be done as well or as quickly as they could be done on site.

Nerfs will be delayed by 2-4 weeks.

*sings*
"Always look on the bright side of life!"

vamp_emily

I was traumatized today and just want to put this out there so people are aware:

The average cough expels about 20 000 viruses, which can potentially infect a number of people.

Remember every time you cough without covering your mouth you maybe infecting someone.

p00tx

Nemesis7884 wrote: »

are game developers really working that remote? because i often find that for a lot of companies - even technological ones - remote work seems often more fiction than fact

I work on a college campus, and I'm currently packing up my office to work from home for the remainder of the semester since they shut down the campus. A lot of places are doing it now.

Brandathorbel

idk wrote: »

xbobx15 wrote: »

It is sad how irresponsible media can be at stoking fears and not giving more sound, accurate advice.

Right now you got people raiding grocery stores with many hour lines - crowded. (not smart)

for what? There is absolutely ZERO reason to do this and this is because of the media. And the more the media covers it the more people go nuts.

Nations on virtual lockdown. States of emergency. Major sports closing shop. Disney closing theme parks. Falsely blaming the media is absurd as people just need to look around and see major reactions.

But yes. People are making quick and irrational reactions like preventing travel to and from most EU countries to their nation when the WHO has said that it is pretty much useless to restrict travel in that manner.

I am in canada. Trust me, the media is the cause here. we have 150 infected people over 34 million. The media was pushing people to stock up, we had someone arrested with a gun. Now you are going to have people that couldnt get to the store with no food.

its irresponsible. There was no reason to stock up on food like that. yes places are shut down, but not everything. its not like you cant leave your house. those places that are shut down are next to impossible to constantly keep clean.

the flu is very contagious and every year we have a flu season and it never even remotely comes to the point for 70% of a country gets it and zero precautions take place not like what is going on now.

snoozy

i expect a lot more traffic on the servers now that lots of people will stay home

Tommy_The_Gun

Agenericname wrote: »

Nerfs will be delayed by 2-4 weeks.

JamieAubrey

Someone had to make this thread at some point

MurderMostFoul

xbobx15 wrote: »

the flu is very contagious and every year we have a flu season and it never even remotely comes to the point for 70% of a country gets it and zero precautions take place not like what is going on now.

It's unwise to equate Covid-19 to the flu. The case fatality rate for COVID-19 appears to be between 10 and 30 deaths in 1000 cases. For comparison, flu kills roughly 1 in 1000 cases.

One factor we look at for “contagiousness” is the R0 “r-naught” (transmission rate). The R0 is how many people one sick person will infect. For coronavirus it appears to be somewhere between 2 and 4. If we estimated a conservative R0 of 2.6, a group of 5 people would infect 368 people in 5 cycles. The R0 of flu is 1.3. In 5 cycles of that 5 people would infect only 45 people.

StormeReigns

How does it compare to tuberculosis on a global and local scale (with in the last year) on infecting and spreading?

Whats the morality rate compared as well?

Raisin

shameless repost

Praise Peryite! May your throats run dry and your sinuses be stuffed with his blessings! May you drown in phlegm and puss! His crown be upon us! Hail!

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