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• PC/Mac: EU megaserver for maintenance – September 9, 22:00 UTC (6:00PM EDT) - September 10, 16:00 UTC (12:00PM EDT) https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/682784
Last time this happened it fixed itself magically when they did their Monday maintenance. I haven't been able to log in since Saturday morning, really making me think twice about ordering Morrowind or even continuing my sub. I only really can play on weekends so this really puts a *** in my play time.
Using a vpn I can get immediately back on from time frames ranging from 10 minutes to 1 hour....I've tried every city in my vpn list short of a foreign country....Getting really tired of this crap, you advertised to us to come play your damn game, then you have this happen? Gold edition or not, if I had known this a week ago I would of enjoyed my demo, and called it a rap at the door. This is not the way I wanted to experience my first week of learning the game.
Still seeing others in other discussion threads saying this works for them. Not sure if it will for everyone, but it did for me:
Close both the game and the launcher
Open the game installation directory
Open the folder named "Launcher"
Inside the "Launcher" folder, there is a folder named "ProgramData"
Rename the "ProgramData" folder to "ProgramDataBackup"
Open the launcher and download update
Click "Play"