Are we talking about this week, this month, this year...or since launch? You need to be more specific. -_-

Drakkdjinn wrote: »

Decon98b16_ESO wrote: »

Imo, I think the player base should have an executive message addressing all these issues, bugs being introduced, previous functioning aspects breaking, lag,
unable to login, bugs not been fixed, and how this game is tested prior to releasing content - just to name a few.

I believe that this company needs to own up to what has been happening since the pvp event.

It goes back waaaaay farther than that.

You mean back to the age of the dinosaurs?

What's an executive message?

Is there something that we can do about all these issues, will ZoS listen to us?

And Y T F is there yet another maintenance?

Jamascus wrote: »

Vaoh wrote: »

They can't.

What is there to say? Should they admit they have failed at improving Cyrodill and never will despite their promises? Should they admit their game has become horrendous in game performance and that producing new content to sell far outweighs any incentive to fix terrible game performance/servers? None of this produces cash.

Business-wise, it is better to flaunt how many accounts have been created on ESO, hire streamers to show off content, and push out more content than to fix their deteriorating game. It is likely too late to fix it, and I highly doubt they could even if they tried. Not like you can wave a wand and get stuff fixed. They would have to spend 3-6 months on an "Operation Health" (R6S) type of update to even attempt such a fix meaning no new content and no guaranteed improvements.

No time like the present to start that update.

I agree; as a long term player I would much rather have 6 months of no new content if it meant a lot of these issues were to be improved upon.

My best guess is that they are outsourcing code projects to multiple different external providers. It is really the only reasonable explanation.

ZOS has shown a pattern that they have not learned from of just don't give a crap. That pattern being releasing new content that has not been thoroughly tested and all bugs fixed prior to being put on the live server. They have a PTS but do not effectively use it or fix a majority of the problems being reported during the new content testing. Time and time again when new content has been released issues involving broken content, server down time etc etc have plagued the game. Their response "We will address this or that issue next patch" or "We are taking the server down in response to an ongoing issue". So in a nut shell each update adds more problems to the growing list of problems. It's my opinion its total incompetence on the part of the entire ZOS organization and frankly there is no excuse for it. Until they stop releasing content that is not ready for the live server issue after issue will plague the game.

Remember that time beta was so full of progress blocking bugs that we'd hit walls, and then in the next test, those walls were 1 quest further?

They should but I doubt they will. The experience over the past three weeks has been the proverbial nail in the coffin for me.

Tonight I'm pre-purchasing the GW2 expansion with the money I would have used for my next three month sub. No more crown purchases from me either. I'll deal with the loss of bank space and the craft bag by only logging in to do mount training, writs and crafting research till I'm rank 9. After that we'll see. The onus is on ZOS to claw back an iota of trust before I consider paying them again.

Honest suggestion.

Just quit and find another game, maybe consider returning in late 2018 or 2019

I decided to take a break from PVP so I could focus on the PVE aspects of the game.

Honestly, I was absolutely floored by just how bad the game performs. In PVP you somewhat accept it's just the way it is. In PVE, I wasn't expecting something as simple as a weapon swap to be such a struggle.

OP asks "is it time for ZOS to make a statement" etc...etc...

and I think...No. Why is NOW the time vs any other time?

why should I feel ZOS is somehow obligated to "make a statement" as if my personal comments on the forums were somehow authoritative enough to force some kind of response from the devs

for example
ZOS - the player base "deserves" an official statement about why you won't make a global trading system like so many people have demanded for so long...

well, as it turns out, ZOS !!HAS!! made official statements about not including a global trading AH system. Numerous times, from what I understand. Again and again they've mentioned, in posts, in podcasts, and wherever else it's been coming from, that they WANT the AH system to work more or less the way it is.

Now, of course, there's always been a (possibly large, DEFINITELY vocal) segment of the population that has been unable to accept that answer, because they want a different answer. And EVERY WEEK since launch, sometimes several times a week, there's been a post "demanding" that ZOS implement a feature that ZOS never wanted to implement, as if individual players had any authority or power to demand ANYTHING

do I have PERSONAL desires about what I'd like to see in the game - OF COURSE! I'd love to see lag disappear, I'd love to see the fing crown crates crawl into a hole and die, I'd like to see the "limited time only" crown items knock it the f*** off with this limited time bull and just stick around until I have the crowns I want to buy them...etc...etc...

but I under no circumstance imagine that I'm somehow ENTITLED to the above changes. Sure, some solid performance upgrades "feel" like they oughta be an obvious area of improvement, but you know what - I know 2 *** less than nothing about programming - I have no idea where the lag comes from or how hard it would be to get rid of it, and I'm pretty sure the vast majority of players know as little or even less about it than I do. Watching them come onto the forums day after day and proclaim with divine certainty that such-and-such a problem MUST be fixed because yada yada I want I want bugs the hell oughta me

so no - I do NOT think it's time ZOS made a statement about whatever. ZOS makes statements all the time, and many of the issues you believe they HAVE to make a statement about they have already made statements about - you're just not accepting the statement because it's saying something you don't like to hear

if ZOS *had* to make statements every time the 4 people in the community all posted about something they don't like, I imagine ZOS would be wasting at least as much time and resources on responding to community entitlement threads as they do on the fing crates - and that would be at least twice as much waste as I'm currently comfortable with

so no - I do NOT feel that ZOS owes the player base a statement. They'll make statements when they're damn good and ready, and if I notice them and have a chance I'll read the statement and believe it (or not) and continue playing the game (or not) depending on how far they've gone in one direction or another that I like or don't like

it's their game - I WANT it to be better, I would LIKE it to be more the way I want it to be, but it's their game - I'll play it as long as I like it and when I reach a point when I don't, I'll stop

that is all that ZOS owes me, and all that I owe ZOS, as far as I'm concerned

Lol here is your company statement
"This game is a PoS, we know it is and we won't fix it because the majority of you are casual and those that aren't should be. Better games that make ESO look like the xbox original will be coming out in the next few months, so if you are still playing this that is your own fault"

"Additionally, Our team consists of interns, temporary undergrads and indian coders, so don't ever expect it to function well, we just stick it together with a pritt stick"