Props to ZoS for a smooth launch

PigofSteel

Must say it was pretty good...

Pajor

Menu scrolling is very laggy on gamepad mode, movements and combat seem slow as well. But fps is 95.

Starlight_Whisper

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/575501/i-will-be-the-one-to-tell#latest

Perfected dropping on Normal version of new trial

Starlight_Whisper

Crashed to desktop in new trial. Seems to be happening to people each run here in new trial.

Still I admit not bad launch now

Tandor

Only thing I've noticed thus far is that when creating a new character on PC NA its appearance in starting gear was the same as when naked. I haven't created a new character in a while so I don't know if that's a new bug or an old one. The game itself was running smoothly, although the intro video was a tad choppy. No addons.

Gythral

ROFLMAO...

LOST ONNECTION is back again...

BoraxFlux

Patching went well. Removed add-ons before launch. Got one server time-out, but right after that a good connection, gaming went pretty smooth.
Thanks, had a good experience and enjoyed running around with companions in Blackwood sofar

Leslik

Yeah. Pretty smooth launch. Had a full guild group able to do content on release day and that's rare. A few addon related issues but cant blame zos for that.

On a group note all good. On a personal note I paid for Blackwood and have the confirmation email to prove it but the game says no No companions for me yet.

Tandor

Leslik wrote: »

Yeah. Pretty smooth launch. Had a full guild group able to do content on release day and that's rare. A few addon related issues but cant blame zos for that.

On a group note all good. On a personal note I paid for Blackwood and have the confirmation email to prove it but the game says no No companions for me yet.

You have to complete the quests to get the companions, and that's for any character that is intended to use them.

AcadianPaladin

PC NA with a dozen or so addons. No problem loading, going to Blackwood and questing to get one of the companions and kill a WB. Probably three hours play time and all going well. Nice launch!

Leslik

Tandor wrote: »

You have to complete the quests to get the companions, and that's for any character that is intended to use them.

Doesn't help if you bought the chapter but the game says you didn't

Protoavis73

Everything went pretty smooth over here.
Not done anything in Blackwood yet as we had a trial (not the new one) and it also felt quite smooth in there.
It was felt by everybody doing the trial.
Are the new servers active right now?

JamuThatsWho

I've got to say, well done ZOS on this one. Smooth sailing all the way through this evening for me.

Hitting my usual 75fps, 67ms. No major issues or hiccups. Loading screens were quick enough. No lag, dropouts or connection issues. Menus feel snappy and responsive.

Had tons of fun exploring Blackwood and grabbing both companions. Oblivion portals are a blast.

The only thing I did find across, were some nightmare fuel visual glitches with a random world event. I picked an outfit for a Dark Elf NPC and his face literally imploded.

Then there was a weird progress/dialogue loop when deciding what to do with a certain vampire in Deepscorn Hollow. Nothing major, just a trigger oversight most likely. Doesn't hinder you in any way.

Otherwise, solid job. You love to see it.

AnyOldIron

Big round of applause here. Well done team ZoS! Keep up the good work 😁

MirandaSharp

agegarton wrote: »

Now I might be a bit early - maybe I'm jumping the gun, but.......

Congrats to ZoS for what must be the smoothest launch of a new Chapter yet!

The download was fast, initial load was smooth, no major bugs, no crashes, patch notes were early, and you finished and brought the servers up early. Of course, somewhere in an alternate reality @ZOS_GinaBruno is running around with a fire extinguisher in the server room, but here in my reality....... we're all good!

Wanted to press "disagree" on this one because of all the sets that no longer proc...
Just can't find the "disagree" button. -Oh, wait!! There isn't any....

Sylvermynx

For the very first time in three years of play, I had oddball stuff with the download - it completed just fine, but then refused to update the game, then gave me a REPAIR button, which took three tries plus multiple other downloads and Verify cycles as well.

Finally got it right I guess, but the entire thing took me a couple of hours and a total of 10 gigs of download instead of 6.6.... Anyway, the loading screens etc. were pretty fast, and after buying keys for both accounts from CDKeys, I started right in on the new antiquities.

I really love the new music too.

Tandor

Leslik wrote: »

Tandor wrote: »

You have to complete the quests to get the companions, and that's for any character that is intended to use them.

Doesn't help if you bought the chapter but the game says you didn't

Is that through Steam? I've seen a solution to that here somewhere today.

I took your post to mean you'd bought Blackwood and got the confirmation but no companions yet - I guess I missed the meaning of the extra "no" without any punctuation.

Lumsdenml

tonemd wrote: »

So, are we supposed to be seeing a non-blackwood cinematic with no sound?

No

propertyOfUndefined

Props!

Sarannah

Agreed, very smooth! Thank you ZOS!

Gorilla

Thanks for your feedback. Console players are quite interested in early signs of performance boosts, particularly server side.

Veles

I remember every start of every chapter. I remember dlc releases ... Markarth, Murkmire ... Just the thought of it makes me shiver. This time I am surprised and amazed. Awesome! Why couldn't it have been the same before? Great job! Great job!

Brundhila

Updated all addons, still crashing when I try to zone into an instance. So reminds me of the nonsense Blizzard put me through! LOL!

ADarklore

I would say it was smooth UNTIL evening hit. Now there's a login queue, and I had to exit the game because I got stuck at a loading screen just as I was exiting the dungeon doing the quest for Mirri.

ssewallb14_ESO

Block cost is double what it should be and lifesteal apparently has no cooldown. But I can log in I guess.

Leslik

Tandor wrote: »

Is that through Steam? I've seen a solution to that here somewhere today.

I took your post to mean you'd bought Blackwood and got the confirmation but no companions yet - I guess I missed the meaning of the extra "no" without any punctuation.

No not a steam purchase and yes, there was supposed to be a full stop between no and No

RedMuse

The EU server survived the first 24 hours without getting taken downand the game is largely playable for most people, I'll call that a win. I truly had not expected to be able to do more than daily chores until the weekend at the earliest, if even that much.

Youmee

Yes!
Not only this is an outstanding chapter, but also the launch was wonderful, smooth and everything went as planned!

Please keep up the good work and we will never quit this beautiful game!

LalMirchi

Sylvermynx wrote: »

For the very first time in three years of play, I had oddball stuff with the download - it completed just fine, but then refused to update the game, then gave me a REPAIR button, which took three tries plus multiple other downloads and Verify cycles as well.

Finally got it right I guess, but the entire thing took me a couple of hours and a total of 10 gigs of download instead of 6.6.... Anyway, the loading screens etc. were pretty fast, and after buying keys for both accounts from CDKeys, I started right in on the new antiquities.

I really love the new music too.

In general a very good launch day I had similar issues with the download, repair and a little persistence succeeded after three hours.

Addons were the biggest issue but I had a long session disabling all the out of date ones. The error messages then disappeared. I've kept them as it's too early to discard the out of date addons as the API has changed and the addon authors will hopefully update them.

Zodiarkslayer

I had litterally no issues whatsoever.
No server lag, no download issues, the Intro played smoothly and didn't crash me and most if my addons are functional, especially Dolgubons LWC.

But the most impressive thing is: I haven't had such short loading times ever. Like ever ever... I did daily crafting in Leyawin during prime time and it took 10s to 12s to get from character selection to ingame.

10 seconds....