How much more we have to wait till the game is playable?

gefstyle · March 2016

Tell us ZOS...

MaxwellC · March 2016

No ETA

Lenikus · March 2016

the game is playable.
If you find it enjoyable or not, honestly nor Zeni's problem.
go ask for a refund, and come back when you see good angry reviews on youtube.

Cadbury · March 2016

Umm....Taco Tuesday?

mb10 · March 2016

Very playable on ps4 with no problems at all. Must be you?

Phinix1 · March 2016

It is playable in the sense that it loads. However for myself and other, the audio issues in both 32bit and 64bit clients make combat unplayable.

We rely on synced audio for combat queues and to react to the environment. The cut-outs and lag in combat, plus the missing dialogue, out-of-sync music and other effects make it too frustrating to enjoy at the moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X0xgi6Wkb0

Sa0n · March 2016

To answer to the stupid question above - no. He is not alone. You are the one with your head buried in the sound of a PS4's cooling fan.

I would like to play again as well, but sadly all abilities seem to have a 1-3 second delay.

nordsavage · March 2016

Didn't they tell you? ESO is still in beta. Full version to be release . . . soon.

SmalltalkJava · March 2016

It's playable for me. I guess I don't pay that much attention to a lot of the things that irk some people.

Katahdin · March 2016

Also playable for me (PC) most of the time.

Selstad · March 2016

nordsavage wrote: »

Didn't they tell you? ESO is still in beta. Full version to be release . . . soon.

Not sure if you were a beta tester, but I was, and the game during beta was a lot worse than the game is today. The game isn't perfect but what game is anyway. It's not about perfection, but living with the imperfections that the game has and enjoy the good moments. If you can't find any good moments then perhaps this is the wrong game, maybe try Angry Birds?

Hoylegu · March 2016

I've been binging on ESO for three weeks straight w/o any probs at all (with the 32-bit client, the 64-bit is still in beta).

Ipso facto if you're having problems with the game, it's you, by definition.

Toxic_Hemlock · March 2016

I get patches myself. I go along at over 50 FPS (my rig that is good), then I hit 10FPS or lower for a few minutes. Needless to say it is quite annoying when you are faced with numerous enemies. It used to be just an occasional occurrence, but lately it has gotten much worse, making fights less fun.

Please fix you hardware ZOS, the game is more fun when I can actually play it.

Selstad · March 2016

Technically, the FPS drop is a software issue, not a hardware issue, had it been a hardware issue, then it would have been your computer that had the problem, not the game.

My guess is that they have some memory leaks that are triggered under certain circumstances. Per example, I had a drop in FPS today from 80+ to 9 just as a Templar walked by, spamming some flashy abilities, so it might seem that the particle addition to the game causes the overall engine to leak. Though it might not be a memory leak, it might be bottlenecking, in terms of the CPU, GPU and RAM not operating on the same page and firing the same pistons under certain circumstances, which also might lead to these FPS drops.

I would suggest that as soon as you notice this problem, stand still and /bug in chat. Then write exactly what was going on at the moment of the FPS drop, and check of for a screenshot as well. This way, Zenimax can retrace the area where it happened and try to replicate the issue.

RealFurion · March 2016

Well its your lucky day. The game is playable.

Toxic_Hemlock · March 2016

Selstad wrote: »

Technically, the FPS drop is a software issue, not a hardware issue, had it been a hardware issue, then it would have been your computer that had the problem, not the game.

My guess is that they have some memory leaks that are triggered under certain circumstances. Per example, I had a drop in FPS today from 80+ to 9 just as a Templar walked by, spamming some flashy abilities, so it might seem that the particle addition to the game causes the overall engine to leak. Though it might not be a memory leak, it might be bottlenecking, in terms of the CPU, GPU and RAM not operating on the same page and firing the same pistons under certain circumstances, which also might lead to these FPS drops.

I would suggest that as soon as you notice this problem, stand still and /bug in chat. Then write exactly what was going on at the moment of the FPS drop, and check of for a screenshot as well. This way, Zenimax can retrace the area where it happened and try to replicate the issue.

Hardware/software/chipmunks on a treadmill/ monkeys on typewriters, whatever it is that got worse, please fix it!

edit: I'll do a /bug when I can, thanks.

tinythinker · March 2016

Three.

Tandor · March 2016

I can't speak for the OP, but I've been playing it without any problems since PC launch.

Volkodav · March 2016

SmalltalkJava wrote: »

It's playable for me. I guess I don't pay that much attention to a lot of the things that irk some people.

That's the same with me.I dont even notice if there is any problems.I go along playing just fine.If I get a hangup,I just wait a sec until it lets go and smash my enemy.
It just doesnt not register in my mind to even question it,or complain.

nordsavage · March 2016

Selstad wrote: »

nordsavage wrote: »

Didn't they tell you? ESO is still in beta. Full version to be release . . . soon.

Not sure if you were a beta tester, but I was, and the game during beta was a lot worse than the game is today. The game isn't perfect but what game is anyway. It's not about perfection, but living with the imperfections that the game has and enjoy the good moments. If you can't find any good moments then perhaps this is the wrong game, maybe try Angry Birds?

Learn what a joke is nephew. I never said anything about not enjoying the game. Are some of your personal feelings bleeding through? I used to be a blind fan-boy like you . . . then I took a long beta test and more than two years of game-play in the knee. Perfection aside this game has a ridiculous amount of widespread and persistent issues. I expect a game with the Elder Scroll brand and a high end publisher behind it to not be held together with duct tape.

Loves_guars · March 2016

I was waiting BEFORE this DLC (having horrible fps drops and sound stutter), so yeah, I guess I'll wait forever lol.

Palidon · March 2016

There is one word to sum up the horrible game performance in Cyrodiil with the lag, ping rates, low fps, crashing, complete loss of audio and load screens. Its called PATHETIC. If you do not believe me then go into Cyrodiil during peak times and experience exactly what I have just said.

ZOS has had two years to fix the problems in Cyrodiil and have not done a thing so if you think they are going to fix the mess they created with the new dlc good luck.

Vaoh · March 2016

It already is playable. If you mean balanced, most of the game-breaking bugs fixed, less lag.... Probably in a year or more. Or never. I've come to realize that this company has no qualms about neglecting key components of their game (all of PvP).

MarrazzMist · March 2016

Hu, for me it's been playeable close to two years now. Sorry if you haven't been as lucky.

GrimMauKin · March 2016

It's playable, but it's certainly not playing as it should. The game's pretty bug ridden and there are a lot of fairly fundamental bugs in skills and controls (as in key presses simply not working) that have been there since day one! I'd love ZOS to do some serious bug fixing but it hasn't happened yet (expect dozens more cosmetic crafting motifs instead).

JadeNaria · March 2016

Till threads like the one I made won't be removed out of convenience.

They are wild, unethical and don't follow the laws of the United States!!!!! Its.................ZeniMax However We Want To Do It Regardless Of The United States Law Online!!!!!!!!! Lag on!!!!! Regardless of the what we show you could have been....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTrXl0UPuoI

Reevster · March 2016

Have not stopped playing , like others have said, if you don't like it move on. Most if not all online games have "issues" some are easy to fix and some are not, some companies are faster to "try" and fix issues and some are not.

Honestly though ESO is free to play, even if you bought a few DLC its still dirt cheap entertainment. maybe some peoples expectations are too high.

GrimMauKin · March 2016

Honestly though ESO is free to play, even if you bought a few DLC its still dirt cheap entertainment.

Can't argue with that, I just find it a great shame that ZOS can't put the same level of care into their code that they do with all other aspects of the game; it could be so much better.

ArchMikem · March 2016

The good thing about Consoles? Everyone has the same hardware. What works for one, works for all. PC's on the other hand have many different components that don't always work the way others do and vice versa. Then again I'm positive you knew this. Sorry your audio is cutting out and lagging but that's not a game breaking bug. Give it time for a patch that may help, I don't know.

Selstad · March 2016

nordsavage wrote: »

Selstad wrote: »

nordsavage wrote: »

Didn't they tell you? ESO is still in beta. Full version to be release . . . soon.

Not sure if you were a beta tester, but I was, and the game during beta was a lot worse than the game is today. The game isn't perfect but what game is anyway. It's not about perfection, but living with the imperfections that the game has and enjoy the good moments. If you can't find any good moments then perhaps this is the wrong game, maybe try Angry Birds?

Learn what a joke is nephew. I never said anything about not enjoying the game. Are some of your personal feelings bleeding through? I used to be a blind fan-boy like you . . . then I took a long beta test and more than two years of game-play in the knee. Perfection aside this game has a ridiculous amount of widespread and persistent issues. I expect a game with the Elder Scroll brand and a high end publisher behind it to not be held together with duct tape.

Can't say I remember you at the family gathering but, you might not have been there and are in fact a long lost relative.

Not a blind fan-boy; long time gamer who've learned to ignore certain things if the overall experience. If I were to get my head in a twist every time the game had a few flaws, I wouldn't be a gamer. And yes I think the problems with this game is extremely exaggerated. The way you describe the game, you should think it's barely functioning and has a crash statistic of 99%, with game-breaking bugs all over the place that makes the game unplayable. But if it's so unplayable, why are you still around? Why are anyone around? A game as unplayable as many of you make out, should never have managed to survive for 2 years, yet alone the transition from beta to live.

And if you're to look at it from an Elder scrolls perspective; Every Elder scroll game has its kinks and bugs, problems and issues. If it was developed by Bethesda, it was sure going to be a strange experience (just look at Skyrim). But the overall product is good to play, which is the exact same thing here. The odd bugs here and there and some issues, but on the overall a fun game to play. If it's not fun then, why are you here?

Nerouyn · March 2016

On PC 32-bit it's been occasionally glitchy but entirely playable for me.

I occasionally hear snippets of dialogue in the wrong place, seemingly coming out of thin air. Had a visual glitches. Somehow summoned 2 clanfears one day. Nothing game-breaking.