"Hundreds of thousands" is a big exaggeration I think (does this game even have hundreds of thousands of real players???). But some would certainly quit, yes, even if only for a relatively short amount of time.

But there's really no point in everyone putting their tin foil hats on over this issue. It's pretty unlikely that Zeni will allow it to go on for an extended amount of time. But even if it did, I doubt that there would be THAT many people that leave because of it.

runagate wrote: »

It's been really exciting missing out on everything due to constant disconnects in Cyrodiil! I love spawning back at the gates - 9 times.

count yourself lucky.

i usually respawn dead or in some area overrun a hostile alliance.

PC NA has been pretty bad the past several days, even crashing at least once, if not a few times, on Friday.

And yes, between broken DLC stuff and the lag, I've set my sub to not renew on Monday - though willing to let it renew if incoming maintenance fixes the lag issues and assuming some acknowledgement and solutions for broken DLC content are forthcoming (missing NPCs for DB).

I do tend to be a bit of a fickle player and move between games without a second thought based on a number of factors including performance, content, changes, friends...and while I've played some for games years, I've never been one to play the same game month after month after month for years, certainly not with content droughts mixed with performance issues.

The game was incredibly laggy and crashed often over the weekend. The lag caused by PVP seemed to have bled into PVE land and when PVP players began to crash, so did some guildies out in PVE land. It is unclear if the lag/crashes caused in PVP land subsequently caused the same to happen in PVE land, but the evidence is all there. I remember the few times that some of us crashed in Cyrodiil, almost every time I would read guild chat as people said, "crashing" or "lagggg". Realising what was going on, I quickly jumped to the guild tab and typed in their names: they were indeed scattered across all of Tamriel. PVP lag bleeding into PVE is a major problem that should be addressed quickly.

Like with any laggy/buggy game, it's almost guaranteed as we move further into the year that many players will drop off to pursue the new releases of this year as there are a few that look interesting, but I can't see the lag and the occasional crashes being the number one reason for a large exodus of players.

I'd be a week further away from completing VMA?

To be honest, this holiday break wasn't too bad but I'm darn sure in years past when Zos took winter holidays it WAS this bad for a week. I just carry on... With anything but VMA.

Heck. I recorded videos even with the disconnects. Just edit them out!

Out guild has lost a lot of players that were very active over the past month. We still get into Discord and talk but are playing other games. Some will jump on and play the night we run trials but then usually get right back out. Very few are spending the amount of time they were even three months ago.

I would have bailed on the game long ago if it weren't for my guildmates.

MakeUcrazY wrote: »

I actually was a subscriber from day one. I knew there would be issues with so many people coming online and I know that new servers often can't handl the pressure.

I went with it and fell in love with the game.

After about a year playing with server issues, DC's lags, etc, got too much to handle and I cancelled my sub.

Left the game for quite a while and just started back about two months ago. Everything seemed fine (except for having to respect everything because of all the changes) but that didn't last.

Craglorn is a nightmare now. Constant lags and DC's (I have fantastic internet and no other game has issues)

I don't want to quit again but having to constantly restart the client is a real headache and I find myself drifting to other games when I'm too frustrated to fight the logon game.

"You must have a valid internet connection" and "you have exceeded your message limit and have been kicked" messages are a real kick in the teeth.

This is exactly how I feel.

I want to continue subbing as I do love the game, but it gets harder and harder to do so when I cant even log in to the game for long enough or consistently enough without being booted and getting all those server error messages.

I'm even happy with the constant Australian 300 ping latency, I just wish I could actually play without disconnects.

I've seen it like this before but if it continues I'll just go play something else again.

Stovahkiin wrote: »

"Hundreds of thousands" is a big exaggeration I think (does this game even have hundreds of thousands of real players???). But some would certainly quit, yes, even if only for a relatively short amount of time.

But there's really no point in everyone putting their tin foil hats on over this issue. It's pretty unlikely that Zeni will allow it to go on for an extended amount of time. But even if it did, I doubt that there would be THAT many people that leave because of it.

I suspect you are underestimating the power of frustration to PvE players.

I lagged out in the middle of a solo boss fight yesterday. It was easily one of the most frustrating things I've ever experienced in a video game, because it seemed like he was teleporting around and there was absolutely nothing I could do to hit him. it made what should have been a very easy 15-second fight into a minute-long nightmare while I frantically spammed my heals (which only worked half the time) and watching his health bar stutter down when I managed a hit, until finally he killed me with a shot I literally never saw coming.

I resented the damage that boss did to my gear, and I resented the time I wasted on a fight that would have been simple if the servers had been working. I play this game to relax. Losing a fight I know I should have won is not relaxing.

I have subscribed since early access, because I love this game. But if this doesn't get fixed soon, I will not be able to play without worrying about random lag spikes adding to the frustration. Frustration = not fun. Not fun = no willingness to play.

But I do think you're right... there's no way they're not going to do everything they can to figure out what's going on and fix it. It's just a question of how many people will move onto other things in the meantime.

One week later ...

Stovahkiin wrote: »

"Hundreds of thousands" is a big exaggeration I think (does this game even have hundreds of thousands of real players???). But some would certainly quit, yes, even if only for a relatively short amount of time.

But there's really no point in everyone putting their tin foil hats on over this issue. It's pretty unlikely that Zeni will allow it to go on for an extended amount of time. But even if it did, I doubt that there would be THAT many people that leave because of it.

Three days covering a weekend qualifies as an extended period in 2016-17. 1997, not so much, but now it does.