Can't even play the game tonight

malistorr · January 13

I was on Xbox NA in Cyrodiil (Blackreach) with probably about 100 other players of all colors and the servers just kept kicking us over and over and over again. Most players just rage quit and went to bed, having the end of their weekend somewhat ruined by a game that doesn't even allow people to play it. We tried to get in many times and each time we'd play for maybe a few minutes tops and be kicked again. I went to the bank in Alinor (Summerset) and was kicked again. So this isn't even just a PVP issue apparently. The game servers for this game simply aren't functioning right now. What is the official reply from ZOS? Are you going to fix your servers or simply tell us you had a power outage again even though we know better?

ZOS_Kevin · January 13

Just following up here. We've noticed a spike in malicious activity targeting our servers. So we made some adjustments to counter this. You may experience decreased game performance while these adjustments are in place.

We’ll continue to monitor and adjust as needed. Thanks for your patience.

Ode2Order · January 13

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Just following up here. We've noticed a spike in malicious activity targeting our servers. So we made some adjustments to counter this. You may experience decreased game performance while these adjustments are in place.

We’ll continue to monitor and adjust as needed. Thanks for your patience.

I'm only seeing this because of the dev tracker, but it might be worth putting this somewhere on the forums when it happens. Maybe the banner? It'll save everyone some frustration when players know what the cause is.

Orbital78 · January 13

I had to give up on playing last night too, unfortunate. Feels bad for any cores and such that were running last night and interrupted.

kiheikat · January 13

Ode2Order wrote: »

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Just following up here. We've noticed a spike in malicious activity targeting our servers. So we made some adjustments to counter this. You may experience decreased game performance while these adjustments are in place.

We’ll continue to monitor and adjust as needed. Thanks for your patience.

I'm only seeing this because of the dev tracker, but it might be worth putting this somewhere on the forums when it happens. Maybe the banner? It'll save everyone some frustration when players know what the cause is.

Agreed. For some content, unstable servers that randomly kick or lose progress are annoyances that slow down progress. For some achievements (no death/timed instances) an unstable server indicates a break is warranted.

malistorr · January 13

Thank you for the reply. It's one of the few I've had across 7ish years of playing this game on PC and Xbox. I'll try to pass along the info to my guilds. The issue did seem to be resolved after about an hour but by then most players had logged off for the night in frustration.