Battlegrounds still broken

  • qwjr8989_ESO
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    I'll do a group queue tonight but I'm sure you'll have some other excuse by then xD
  • qwjr8989_ESO
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    TomLukman wrote: »
    lelink88 wrote: »
    Sole queue maybe quite ok. I haven't tested with group queue yet. I did sugest Zos that they should open a new system for group queue

    Only if you love unbalanced matches like 4v3v2 or so.

    All of my matches were 4vs4vs4 but I do know that sometimes it's not - that's not the games fault though.
  • qwjr8989_ESO
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    Miswar wrote: »
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    I started this mission at 5:24 pm CST and am now entering my 5th bg at 6:48 bg - no queue was longer than 6 minutes in total - it's noteven 5pm pst yet.

    Keep in mind to make the videos after everyone I have to close the game and make the video and reopen it.

    Seems to be working as intended.

    Yes it works perfectly. That is why Zos has admitted it isn't working as intended. You have solved it. Everything works and Zos is just lying to us to entertain themselves while they count their money.

    Edits- I also can't help but notice you seem to be solo...

    Except it's not as broken as people claim. There may be some issues but as my 5 videos with time stamps prove. You can get in just fine.

    Try with a group of 3 or 4. Post your results. Prepare for a a very frustrating evening.

    Even solo prime time is frustrating, yesterday i went in 5-6 battlegrounds, then at 8 pm the sistem simply stopped working.
    I've tryed many times after the first (bug) then i've ragequitted.
    In the morning till 5 pm group queue kinda works but it still takes 5+ minutes to get in.

    5+ minutes it not a long time for a battleground queue in an mmo.

    What medication are you on. This is rubbish.

    When you que with full group you will get 20-50 ready checks and than you are lucky to get a match.

    There are very occasion you can get a match in 5min queuing.

    You claim that people don't que properly. Well you hit que... accept ready checks... and what else you propose?

    To put it very kindly the finder is totally broken and how that passed Q&A is beyond joke. Also I'am very doubtful that ZoS can even fix that part since it seems they have incompetent coders fixing stuff or as I said they really don't care a bit.

    ...but to claim that it functions ok??? Come on.. that is utter rubbish.

    You don't know that people are clicking queue. You claim you can see what everyone clicks but you really can't be sure. In fact I wouldn't be surprised about how enraged people get over this if there isn't some dude who logs on everyday at primetime and cancels every pop to troll you.
  • KingJ
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    KingJ wrote: »
    I started this mission at 5:24 pm CST and am now entering my 5th bg at 6:48 bg - no queue was longer than 6 minutes in total - it's noteven 5pm pst yet.

    Keep in mind to make the videos after everyone I have to close the game and make the video and reopen it.

    Seems to be working as intended.
    How much did ZOs pay you for this.

    Pay me to make time stamped videos on their live servers?
    Like we all mentioned try with a group of 3-4 people and you won't get into a match for hours but I like how you ignore those post.
  • qwjr8989_ESO
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    I'll do a group queue tonight but I'm sure you'll have some other excuse by then xD
    KingJ wrote: »
    KingJ wrote: »
    I started this mission at 5:24 pm CST and am now entering my 5th bg at 6:48 bg - no queue was longer than 6 minutes in total - it's noteven 5pm pst yet.

    Keep in mind to make the videos after everyone I have to close the game and make the video and reopen it.

    Seems to be working as intended.
    How much did ZOs pay you for this.

    Pay me to make time stamped videos on their live servers?
    Like we all mentioned try with a group of 3-4 people and you won't get into a match for hours but I like how you ignore those post.

    Yea.....
  • Trashkan
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    I think waiting in a q for more than 5 min is insanity unless you are getting ready checks often. If you are not getting ready checks you will never get a group so don't wait 15 min unless ready checks are happening. After you re q you should get a quicker ready check.
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    Miswar wrote: »
    Tonnopesce wrote: »
    Feanor wrote: »
    I started this mission at 5:24 pm CST and am now entering my 5th bg at 6:48 bg - no queue was longer than 6 minutes in total - it's noteven 5pm pst yet.

    Keep in mind to make the videos after everyone I have to close the game and make the video and reopen it.

    Seems to be working as intended.

    Yes it works perfectly. That is why Zos has admitted it isn't working as intended. You have solved it. Everything works and Zos is just lying to us to entertain themselves while they count their money.

    Edits- I also can't help but notice you seem to be solo...

    Except it's not as broken as people claim. There may be some issues but as my 5 videos with time stamps prove. You can get in just fine.

    Try with a group of 3 or 4. Post your results. Prepare for a a very frustrating evening.

    Even solo prime time is frustrating, yesterday i went in 5-6 battlegrounds, then at 8 pm the sistem simply stopped working.
    I've tryed many times after the first (bug) then i've ragequitted.
    In the morning till 5 pm group queue kinda works but it still takes 5+ minutes to get in.

    5+ minutes it not a long time for a battleground queue in an mmo.

    What medication are you on. This is rubbish.

    When you que with full group you will get 20-50 ready checks and than you are lucky to get a match.

    There are very occasion you can get a match in 5min queuing.

    You claim that people don't que properly. Well you hit que... accept ready checks... and what else you propose?

    To put it very kindly the finder is totally broken and how that passed Q&A is beyond joke. Also I'am very doubtful that ZoS can even fix that part since it seems they have incompetent coders fixing stuff or as I said they really don't care a bit.

    ...but to claim that it functions ok??? Come on.. that is utter rubbish.

    You don't know that people are clicking queue. You claim you can see what everyone clicks but you really can't be sure. In fact I wouldn't be surprised about how enraged people get over this if there isn't some dude who logs on everyday at primetime and cancels every pop to troll you.

    Quit this [snip]. It was explained multiple times in this thread that teamed up ppl wait to their team member be the last one missing to confirm, he does it, status change to "forming" and after brief wait it returns back to "queue" saying someone decline the inv. Which is physically impossible to do so as video few pages earlier proves clearly.
    [edited for profanity bypass]
    Edited by ZOS_Icy on December 27, 2025 6:43PM
  • HEBREWHAMMERRR
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    I'll do a group queue tonight but I'm sure you'll have some other excuse by then xD
    [snip]

    Group ques are essentially non existent as seen by the 100+ people in this thread. At least this guy is bumping the post for us...
    [edited for baiting]
    Edited by ZOS_Icy on December 27, 2025 6:42PM
  • Arcana
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    I just want to share my experience so that its out there, not that I think anyone from ZOS will read this or it will make any difference. Thanks in advance to anyone who actually takes the time to read this.

    Sorry for the wall of text, TLDR at end.

    I've been playing this game off and on since the second beta. I say off and on because I feel like the content in eso often becomes stagnant. We have had mostly the same pve dungeons for years now and cyrodiil is very hit and miss in terms of actual non gankfest or zerg pvp. As a result, I've spent portions of eso's lifespan playing other games like destiny which similarly has limited pve content but has a much more fast paced pvp experience. I can run around in cyrodiil for 15 minutes and depending on faction, campaign, and time of day i may not come across an enemy player. Dont get me wrong, when cyrodiil works its awesome but when it doesnt its pretty bad. In most games pvp is consistent. You load in, you kill people, you take the zones, and in 15 minutes, you start it all over again. You dont have to worry about "how the map looks tonight". This is why I was so excited for BGs, because it fixed this issue and added consistent pvp content. As a result, when BGs came out I jumped into them right away by myself as the rest of my friends were completing their pvp sets. Let me say this, BGs are awesome. They have some (hopefully) fixable balancing problems but all in all the gameplay of bgs are a huge success. This is because BGs hit on everything that cyrodiil isn't. And as I said, I do love cyrodiil, but sometimes you just want to jump in and fight some people without worrying about running halfway across the continent and bringing down keep walls. As I had been solo queing, I've been telling my friends how great BGs were and how much fun we were going to have when we all get in there.

    Two days ago we grinded dungeons to finish out everyones pvp sets. It took 7 hours but we're all experienced players who honestly dont mind the grind too much. We golded gear, got abilities leveled, etc. Yesterday everyone was amped up as we finally got to que together as a group for BGs. Twenty five minutes later we were back in cyrodiil because we were unable to get in as a group of 2 and today I am pre-ordering destiny 2.

    The truth is I really love this game and I'd rather play this than the others out there. I enjoy the eso lore, and enjoy both the pvp and pve of the game. BGs were the one thing it was missing to the point that I told people prior to their release that if the BGs were fun (which they are) I probably wouldnt even go play D2 when it came out. With this said, i'm not sure how I am supposed to react to this issue and the response from ZOS in this thread. ZOS has been aware of issues with dungeon ques since the game came out but has never gotten a solid fix on them. Now they have similar que issues which are making it impossible to play an awesome portion of the game with friends and when the community is asking for a response to these issues we're met with responses of "in all fairness. . ." and "we'll have more information soon". Frankly, its like listening to a broken record at this point.

    Honestly, i'm not that mad about the fact that I paid for this xpac with the idea in mind that BGs (with friends) were a feature of the game. I dont care about the money i paid (but understand that many people definitely do). What I dont know is how i can justify 3 months from now paying for eso plus, new crown crates, homes, etc when this problem was not revealed and fixed prior to launch and this is the reaction we get. It shows a lack of attention to detail and empathy for the community by the devs which goes far deeper than the "jesus beam is OP so we're nerfing it into the ground" type changes. Quite honestly if that's what we're dealing with, I may as well give another game a shot at my time and money. You literally released a game mode in an MMO that is unplayable when queing with multiple players. Thats what really disappoints me, that BGs are so great and they do such a good job filling a major hole in the game's content but its meaningless as you can't play it with your friends. Its this lost potential which is so disappointing. At the end of the day, its inexcusable that this wasn't playtested and found prior to release, its inexcusable that it went live with this problem, its extremely inexcusable if this is "working as intended" and what is the most inexcusable is if the ultimate response is anything other than "we are doing X to fix this problem which will be implemented on Y date." Please ZOS, don't make me an "off again" player again, because I don't know if or when I will end up back.

    TLDR: BGs fill a major hole in the game's content and the fact that they went live with que issues considering ESO's history of que issues is inexcusable and I really hope ZOS responds properly to this problem.

  • HEBREWHAMMERRR
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    Well said, can vouch I share a similar experience myself. Unfortunately, less and less of my friends of 2+ years through ESO seem to be logging in to even bother trying anymore. The lack of developer support or even feedback is very discouraging to say the least.
  • Sophieous
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    I started this mission at 5:24 pm CST and am now entering my 5th bg at 6:48 bg - no queue was longer than 6 minutes in total - it's noteven 5pm pst yet.

    Keep in mind to make the videos after everyone I have to close the game and make the video and reopen it.

    Seems to be working as intended.

    You realise we are talking about group queue for BGs right? Solo queue sometimes bugs, but it's still way better than group queue that's completely broken. Noone is complaining, or has ever complained that much about solo queue

    So next time test it whilst grouped.
    How do you know no1 accepts? Since you aren't in a group of 12 i'm assuming?

    What kind of answer is that and with that logic?????? Do you honestly think there would be a single person declining the queue for 3 hours+ everytime people group queued. And if that was the issue, why doesn't it happen when u solo queue. And why would it ONLY be eso to have this issue whereas all other games who indeed have a group finder work?

    And to top it off, if you had actually group queued, you'd know it puts you back in queue after EVERYONE has accepted and you are forming group. Not while waiting for players.

    Stop trying to excuse the inexcusable.

    [snip]

    Still no reply as to what is actually going on NEARLY 8 WEEKS AFTER BGS WERE RELEASED @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom @ZOS_BrianWheeler
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    Edited by ZOS_Icy on December 27, 2025 6:44PM
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  • Hoked_on_ponix
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    It is like an onion, they just have a few layers to go guys then it will all be fixed. Should be any day now just like when they fixed the lag in Cyrodiil.
  • Skoomah
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    Queues are still broken. Does ZOS make enough money to pay for coders?
  • LordSlif
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    Refund
  • Lord-Gibson
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    It seems that after some research that I have conducted in game; the idea to get rid of the ready check is what everyone wants. It truly does make sense that if you que up you are ready and there is no reason to ask again and again and again. I really love BGs but cannot play as a group cause I can join que super fast if I am alone. I agree and stand by the idea to remove the ready check from BGs. I would to see someone do a poll just to see the numbers. I am going to do one in game with my guild and a few others.
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  • BigES
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    Okay everyone. I have a solution.

    What if, like, ZoS made a SECOND Ready Check system. Right? Right?

    Okay so you queue up for Battlegrounds.You're ready to play. But then, what if 60 seconds later, you're NOT ready? We have the Ready Check system for that, right?

    ... BUT, what if... you're not even ready to ready check?

    ZoS, its entirely too much to ask of me to be ready to ready check. So we're going to need you to install a second tier system that will allow me to weave ready checks in-between the existing ready checks.
  • qwjr8989_ESO
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    Okay me and my 4 man group are in our first 4 man bg - 3 queue pops 4 minute queue.

    Video posted after.
  • qwjr8989_ESO
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    Okay here it is - 4 man bg - 4 minute queue - 3 queue pops

    http://plays.tv/video/5954663d4451910525/4-man-bg

    Any other excuses?
  • vyndral13preub18_ESO
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    Okay me and my 4 man group are in our first 4 man bg - 3 queue pops 4 minute queue.

    Video posted after.

    Odd question. When you post your video, what do you think it will prove? You said earlier that it proves that it is still broken but isn't as broken as people say? Is that the case?

    Then what do the videos that show the problem prove? That it is still broken and it is as bad as people say? I mean if one person posting videos of it working clearly proved it isn't as bad as people say. Then one person posting videos of it not working clearly shows it is as broken as people say.

    I guess I'm just confused by what you are trying to prove? That the game queue works sometime? That is a heck of a tag line. Come try BGs our queues work sometimes! If that doesn't move copies I don't know what will.

    I mean I guess over all it is good for you that you can play the game the way they intended. Im not sure why you seem so intent on taunting those that can't.

    But maybe I'm overly sensitive. Ive been dealing with the broken dungeon finder for months. We use to post problems. Groups instantly kicked. No rewards. Stuck in queue. And you know what would happen in all those threads? Some chucklehead would come in and say, 'works fine for me. There is nothing wrong with it.' That never Fixxed my dungeon finder.

    So I guess be glad it works for you. Im not sure why you seem upset that it doesn't work as well for others.
    Edited by vyndral13preub18_ESO on June 29, 2017 2:43AM
  • qwjr8989_ESO
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    Okay me and my 4 man group are in our first 4 man bg - 3 queue pops 4 minute queue.

    Video posted after.

    Odd question. When you post your video, what do you think it will prove? You said earlier that it proves that it is still broken but isn't as broken as people say? Is that the case?

    Then what do the videos that show the problem prove? That it is still broken and it is as bad as people say? I mean if one person posting videos of it working clearly proved it isn't as bad as people say. Then one person posting videos of it not working clearly shows it is as broken as people say.

    I guess I'm just confused by what you are trying to prove? That the game queue works sometime? That is a heck of a tag line. Come try BGs our queues work sometimes! If that doesn't move copies I don't know what will.

    I mean I guess over all it is good for you that you can play the game the way they intended. Im not sure why you seem so intent on taunting those that can't.

    But maybe I'm overly sensitive. Ive been dealing with the broken dungeon finder for months. We use to post problems. Groups instantly kicked. No rewards. Stuck in queue. And you know what would happen in all those threads? Some chucklehead would come in and say, 'works fine for me. There is nothing wrong with it.' That never Fixxed my dungeon finder.

    So I guess be glad it works for you. Im not sure why you seem upset that it doesn't work as well for others.

    I think there is a very very very rare occurence when a bg is not working as intended. The rest I think people are running into is an intended part of the process which is just 1 of the 12 people declining the queue pop.

    The old group finder is different. The old group finder was a half and half thing it was a random grab bag of it not working and it working. However I have been doing bgs every night since morrowind came out and it has been working fine. Someone declining an invite is not a "bug" it is in their right to not decline if they don't want to and that means the queue resets until there are 12 people ready for a bg.

    I would have my view very different if someone could post a video. Not a screenshot. A video of a ticking time queue over an hour and a half. Otherwise I simply don't believe it.

    It reminds me of this picture.
    i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/562/544/0b4.jpg


    I convinced my friends who never did bgs tonight for this 4 man group and my friend who hasnt done a bg in like 4 years back when he quit tor the queue popped and first thing he says is "omg wow thats faster than swtor"

    6 minute queues are not abnormal either - go onto wow you'll get very similar times or at least you did when I played in cata and mop. They could often be 10 minute+ swtor had 25+ minute wz queues. SWG 3-4hours+

    I've done all 3 of those queue times - eso is some of the fastest.
  • qwjr8989_ESO
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    Also the group dungeon queues often weren't not just a queue time - they were reward bugs and getting kicked early. A lot less serious than claims that you can't physically queue pop.
    Edited by qwjr8989_ESO on June 29, 2017 3:18AM
  • vyndral13preub18_ESO
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    Also the group dungeon queues often weren't not just a queue time - they were reward bugs and getting kicked early. A lot less serious than claims that you can't physically queue pop.

    Unless of course you were doing the dungeon for the reward....
  • qwjr8989_ESO
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    Also the group dungeon queues often weren't not just a queue time - they were reward bugs and getting kicked early. A lot less serious than claims that you can't physically queue pop.

    Unless of course you were doing the dungeon for the reward....

    Still not as serious as claims that an entire part of game content being unaccessible. What people are claiming are the equivilent that you are unable to enter group dungeons at all.
  • qwjr8989_ESO
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    I can see the argument that people would only play eso for 4vs4vs4 bgs you can't get anywhere. I doubt anyone plays for an rng attempt at willpower rings.
  • vyndral13preub18_ESO
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    Also the group dungeon queues often weren't not just a queue time - they were reward bugs and getting kicked early. A lot less serious than claims that you can't physically queue pop.

    Unless of course you were doing the dungeon for the reward....

    Still not as serious as claims that an entire part of game content being unaccessible. What people are claiming are the equivilent that you are unable to enter group dungeons at all.

    If I couldn't get a reward or complete the dungeon, I'm not sure why I would want to go into a dungeon...

    Sure go ahead a do this quest. You just can't finish it. Don't worry that part isn't as important....
  • qwjr8989_ESO
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    Also the group dungeon queues often weren't not just a queue time - they were reward bugs and getting kicked early. A lot less serious than claims that you can't physically queue pop.

    Unless of course you were doing the dungeon for the reward....

    Still not as serious as claims that an entire part of game content being unaccessible. What people are claiming are the equivilent that you are unable to enter group dungeons at all.

    If I couldn't get a reward or complete the dungeon, I'm not sure why I would want to go into a dungeon...

    Sure go ahead a do this quest. You just can't finish it. Don't worry that part isn't as important....

    Achievments? Pledges? Gear drops? House trophies? Everything that isn't a 1% chance for willpower rings?
  • zergbase_ESO
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    Yeah still broken wanted to BG today and Queue pops and nothing. I have yet to step foot in a BG.
  • vyndral13preub18_ESO
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    Yeah still broken wanted to BG today and Queue pops and nothing. I have yet to step foot in a BG.

    It is fun. Forming group... no nevermind.
  • qwjr8989_ESO
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    Can you guys post some videos of you're really long queue times?
  • qwjr8989_ESO
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    Yeah still broken wanted to BG today and Queue pops and nothing. I have yet to step foot in a BG.

    It is fun. Forming group... no nevermind.

    The foruming group happens when someone doesn't accept the queue - you'll get it at most 4 times normally.
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