Log out in Cyro, login out of Cyro

LadyLethalla · September 2017

Apologies if this has already been asked/answered (I'm a frequent forum lurker and I've seen no such topic).

@ZOS_GinaBruno Please could we get an explanation for why with HOTR when I have a character in Cyrodiil whom I log out of, when I log back in he's back in the open world? Was it done to improve performance? (though I don't know how that could work...)
It's just a bit annoying if, for example, I'm farming TelVar and I leave my character in the Sewers base, log out - then when I log back in to do a bit more he's back in Mournhold and in the meantime the entire map's changed colour so that it's a lengthy ride from my faction base.

thanks.

SHADOW2KK · September 2017

You are taking up a slot in the campaign pop, so if you are logged out, then your space should be made available to another.

And this has been in effect for years, not with HOTR.

kargen27 · September 2017

Did it happen on a popular campaign? I don't think this is anything new. Sometimes when I log back in I am still in Cyradiil but that happens in a campaign that has few people in it. If the campaign is a popular one with a lot of people in it back to the PvE world I go. I haven't logged out while in the Sewers but I've always assumed if I did I wouldn't be there when I return to the game?

LadyLethalla · September 2017

Uhhhh no, at least not on PS4. I could log out in the middle of the Cyro map, in the Sewers, in my faction gates and when I logged back into that character, they would be just where I had logged out. I had a couple of characters in BWB for months.

Now I'm in Xarxes or Kastav, which are low pop campaigns, and when I log back in I won't be in Cyro any more.

If that character is not logged in, how can it take up a slot...?

TyroneShoelaces · September 2017

OP is correct, this is a fairly recent change, it appeared at about the same time as the PvP event. It doesn't matter which campaign, or if they are full or empty. All previous threads about it have been ignored. It sucks.
Hope they fix it.

AJ_1988 · September 2017

Happened to me with MSA, I ended up back in the middle of the ocean lol, stupid that if you are in the sewers you go back to pve, especially if you come back when your faction has no keeps lol, xb1 eu lucky to get to get more than 1 bar per faction most times.

DoccEff · September 2017

You used to be able to log back into Cyro when the campaign wasn't poplocked. But it seems that has changed, and even when you log out of an empty campaign you end up in the open world.

lillybit · September 2017

This isn't new, or at least it's how it's worked on PS4 for as long as I can remember. If there is a queue for your campaign/faction when you try to log on, you'll be put back in the main zone where you left from.

All depends on when you log in. I've left my crafter parked in Imperial City for weeks when I've only been popping on during the day; first evening or weekend I try, I'll be taken back to Mournhold.

nikigwil · September 2017

PS4 EU it used to be only when campaign was pop locked in evenings/weekends but since update its irrelevant how busy the campaign is you are removed after logout.

AlMcFly · September 2017

Not to sound like a broken record, but this has been in place for years. This is nothing to do with HOTR. It's there for Player Queue reasons and should not be changed.

TyroneShoelaces · September 2017

It's ok, broken records can't read either. :-p

WhiteMage · September 2017

For me it started... when they released Morrowind, I think.

(Yes ZOS, you released Morrowind, not launched it. The term launch is reserved for when you open the game up to the public for the first time. The console launch was a thing. The Morrowind "launch" was not.

This is why I hate marketing departments. Words are supposed to mean things, you know.)

Morgul667 · September 2017

Lol guys, OP is right, this is actually new. It happened with the Pelinal Event. The minor update before it.

Before that : when a campaign was not pop locked, you could relog your char directly in cyrodill or IC. Since that update, it does not work anymore and is quite annoying.

I wish it was possible again.

Also today you cannot join your group leader home campaign, if you are in his group. This forces people in and out of the campaigns to TP them in the right campaign. This is quite annoying as well.

In terms of QoL this is going backward.

LadyLethalla · September 2017

nikigwil wrote: »

PS4 EU it used to be only when campaign was pop locked in evenings/weekends but since update its irrelevant how busy the campaign is you are removed after logout.

Exactly. And while from time to time I have gone weeks without visiting Cyro, I don't recall it happening prior to HOTR,

Also I'm asking for their reasoning, not crying for change.