Tonight I was kicked off the EU server just minutes after logging in (an error has occurred. Wait a few minutes before retrying.), logging back in I saw the people around me vanish.
So managed to do part of a couple of quests, then turned my attention to the latest Fighters Guild quest, Will of the Council. Bad idea. After going through the portal to the Earth Forge, it took several minutes before I could interact with Merric. But each time I tried to click a next line, it wouldn't react, or after minutes of waiting, it would go through several parts of conversation in high speed.
Then I couldn't click anymore and I was kicked off the server again. (an error has occurred. Wait a few minutes before retrying.) Waited some minutes, retried. Logged in and found myself staring at a UI error. Clicked that away, and sat for several minutes through the ssssllloooowwww conversation again, as again I could not progress. I wanted a greatsword, and was only allowed that after I had to click Goodbye (the only thing that worked) and restarting the conversation from the beginning. Having chosen the greatsword, it then took more minutes to get past the end of that conversation. I never saw it, I was waiting for it and poof, Merric gone, a deadric portal open, and a greatsword waiting for me on the anvil.
So I got the sword and went through the portal to the next room. Getting the sword was problematic already, but putting it into my quick buttons proved almost impossible. After many tries, it went. Then I tried to close my inventory screen, only to notice that at some time my keyboard settings had reset again.
I hate having the close button on Alt, so I changed that to Tab right from the beginning. Tab for all closing, Alt for sprint, Shift for roll, F10 for screen shots. All had reset to default. That happens every two weeks, it seems, on those evenings that I'm unceremoniously dropped off the server.
Anyway, so reset all that, went through the portal and found that I couldn't wield the sword without severe lag. Press mouse, and, wait for it, a little longer, wait, wait, swing! With two NPCs at your side not fighting much, that's not going to help much. Then I found that the interact button 'E' would totally not work anymore, I couldn't talk to anyone, I couldn't browse bookcases, couldn't loot the daedra, they disappeared before I could try again to loot them ('R' didn't work either).
And so I gave up. Apparently the game doesn't want me logged in tonight, so I'll go spend the rest of the evening on the couch watching some bad Asylum or Syfy movie. That's probably better time spent than fuming at a server.
I have a 150Mbit/15Mbit connection, that according to Speedtest is almost reached (147.8/14.6), so I shouldn't have to sit through these extreme slow downs, if all is well. It felt like using a 56k connection again.
Jord.
As I burn down and murder, I know that God forgives.
'Spite all the things I've done my soul yet forever lives.
And all those caught in the shadow of my wings have cause to fear.
I swear on all I've done, no evil shall linger here.