Console needs to be taken down asap (freezes + Updated with message from Zos)

Exodium · June 2018

Ok this is absolutely ridiculous. The freezes are server wide right now across both Pve and pvp. People are reportedly stuttering for 20 seconds or coming to complete freezes regardless of where they are.

Dragon bones introduced eternal loading screens in Cyrodill, which sucked but at least you could generally avoid cyrodill.

Now these freezes are happening EVERYWHERE which are devastating people's gameplay.

The game should be taken down and this needs to be addressed straight away. How are people supposed to do trials, dungeons, pvp or anything when the servers cant handle this?

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_Wrobel @ZOS_MattFiror

TequilaFire · June 2018

Does it on PC as well, they are aware.

LadyLethalla · June 2018

Happened to me too but I just assumed it was because I was in Summerset at the time and the zone was overrun. But yes, PLEASE FIX ASAP.

TheUndeadAmulet · June 2018

Lol should be expecting this from ZO$ too busy making more overpriced mounts for their gambling boxes to fix their game

Cadbury · June 2018

It's like the Morrowind launch all over again

idk · June 2018

TequilaFire wrote: »

Does it on PC as well, they are aware.

If the behavior is the same then it is not likely related to the enhancements that were PC related.

jerj6925 · June 2018

This is why I didn't Pre-Order, more and more games are being released broken because they don't need to release a working game because so many are willing to give their money so quickly. Now if everyone would wait until the game releases to see if it works or not and don't buy it until it works this kind of crap wont happen anymore.

I log in and see the game is not working just like with all their other expansions and simply closed app and moved on to a game this is working. ESO is working as it should be I might buy it then but I wont be paying them to fix what should be already working.

All those who pre-ordered... you are all chumps.

Exodium · June 2018

TequilaFire wrote: »

Does it on PC as well, they are aware.

so umm...were the three weeks delay between PC launch and Console launch not enough for them to figure out the issue and release the game on console without the stuttering/freezes?

N2woR · June 2018

It’s bad but playable, just FPS drops

FloppyTouch · June 2018

Every 10 steps I thought I was going to disconnect so I just turned of the game and enjoyed the rest of the day.

I'm sure that's what ZO$ wants us to do anyways, not play.

Exodium · June 2018

N2woR wrote: »

It’s bad but playable, just FPS drops

Playable in overland maybe. But in a trial, dlc dungeon, pvp, those stuttering or freezing means death. That to me isn't playable.

Kel · June 2018

Exodium wrote: »

N2woR wrote: »

It’s bad but playable, just FPS drops

Playable in overland maybe. But in a trial, dlc dungeon, pvp, those stuttering or freezing means death. That to me isn't playable.

It's weird, but I haven't seen much lag in PvP. (PS4) But as soon as I go anywhere in overland, and I mean anywhere, not just Summerset, I'm getting 3 to 10 second freezes.
Not game breaking, just annoying.

LittlePinkDot · June 2018

I didnt get lag in the dungeons. Only brief freezes or a stutter when traveling quickly overland

THEDKEXPERIENCE · June 2018

I had very little lag all day except in extremely busy quest pick up areas. I’m on XBox. Best launch I’ve seen to be honest.

Gythral · June 2018

When the Crown Store suffers from it
ZOS will fix the issue

Karivaa · June 2018

This has been their best launch for sure! The stutters are annoying for sure! I went to cyrodiil and had it a ton too, it is game wide. I just spent the time exploring after they got bad. The more people online, the worst it got.

Mz_Jo · June 2018

Launch day of any game especially peak times you're going to have lag and stuttering... This has been a best launch for ZOS to date... Load screens have been far worse than this in the past!

Don't play video games on launch day for any game maker... Because you are going to be disappointed then.

Queen_Havoc · June 2018

After my game froze completely for the 3rd time in Vivec on ps4 NA, I just turned off the game. Its literally unplayable at this point. I thought these fps fixes were going to help, seems like it broke the game...again...just like every other patch. Smh.

FloppyTouch · June 2018

Gythral wrote: »

When the Crown Store suffers from it
ZOS will fix the issue

I couldn't buy crown crates bc of lag please fix!

24hrs later lag has been fix game runs smoothly.

Fast someone make a topic about this!

geonsocal · June 2018

jerj6925 wrote: »

This is why I didn't Pre-Order, more and more games are being released broken because they don't need to release a working game because so many are willing to give their money so quickly. Now if everyone would wait until the game releases to see if it works or not and don't buy it until it works this kind of crap wont happen anymore.

I log in and see the game is not working just like with all their other expansions and simply closed app and moved on to a game this is working. ESO is working as it should be I might buy it then but I wont be paying them to fix what should be already working.

All those who pre-ordered... you are all chumps.

you have a very good point...

except for the chumps part - that was a little weird

nonetheless - us eso enthusiasts/chumps probably aren't exactly getting the best of products at the moment...

such a shame - so many different zos teams are doing amazing work...

more and more I feel like their server equipment is pure dog poop...

if it was a coding thing, seems like they would have figured it out by now...

gotta imagine it would be super expensive to replace the equipment - otherwise - how in the world can the game have such significant issues so long after initial release...

Vapirko · June 2018

jerj6925 wrote: »

This is why I didn't Pre-Order, more and more games are being released broken because they don't need to release a working game because so many are willing to give their money so quickly. Now if everyone would wait until the game releases to see if it works or not and don't buy it until it works this kind of crap wont happen anymore.

I log in and see the game is not working just like with all their other expansions and simply closed app and moved on to a game this is working. ESO is working as it should be I might buy it then but I wont be paying them to fix what should be already working.

All those who pre-ordered... you are all chumps.

Yes you’re absolutely right and this will be the first and last time I pre order anything. Mistake made, lesson learned. This game doesn’t deliver, I know I’m a minority primarily m PvP only person, but it’s just not worth it anymore. Can still play/win with gear I’ve aquired. Jewlery crafting is dumb and too much of a grind. If they want to go P2W in the future I’m done anyway. Makes no sense to spend money on ESO anymore.

Neyane · June 2018

I stopped playing and chose a different game. Stuttering all the time, screen freezing. It's bad in PvE but in PvP it's dreadful. I'm taking a break until they fix this...

Violynne · June 2018

Exodium wrote: »

The freezes are server wide right now across both Pve and pvp. People are reportedly stuttering for 20 seconds or coming to complete freezes regardless of where they are.

The influx of players returning to the game for Summerset is the cause. ZoS doesn't improve its server capacity during these times so everyone now suffers the consequences.

In about 6 weeks, this will all die down. People will get together and share items to rank up JC quickly, sell items in the store to help others out, and once the new skill is maxed out, they'll leave and the game will settle back down.

I can't really blame ZoS here: they won't invest in additional servers because the player base spike will leave once they're done, and my recollection of AWS is they don't rent server space by the hour.

I will admit the freezing is annoying. Take 20 steps - freeze. Take 20 more - freeze.

I got busted stealing 3 times yesterday because of these glitches. LOL. I can't even recall the last time this character was caught stealing.

dotme · June 2018

Violynne wrote: »

The influx of players returning to the game for Summerset is the cause. ZoS doesn't improve its server capacity during these times so everyone now suffers the consequences.

I can't say I can agree with this. Game has been heavily populated before with new releases, but what PS4 players experienced last night is new. Everything just freezes... you can't hit Options - nothing works, game just gets frozen in time.

Sometimes, after 3-5 seconds, it comes back to life. But often, you'll look at a frozen screen for up to 3 minutes, then you're tossed out of the game completely and have to reload/restart.

PvP Zone chat last night was full of people complaining about getting kicked out of the game every 20 mins or so due to screen freezes. Definitely worse in areas with heavy combat (FPS drops too) and each faction only had 2 bars.

sevomd69 · June 2018

For me it only happens overland....Cloudrest was fine, so was Cyrodill...greatly improved after midnight (EST))...so seems to be related to server load...

AnviOfVai · June 2018

PS4 EU - It is also happening to me. I thought it was just because the new area I was in has loads of players running around, but no matter where I am i'm getting constant stop and freeze lag ):

Sparr0w · June 2018

Think it's related to the multi-core support (at least I think that's what I read).

They're aware of it and are working on a fix.

Plus 50% of the population being in one zone probably didnt help the servers.

SASQUATCH0 · June 2018

On Xbox na, everywhere I went had the stutters. REALLY bad in Summerset. Cyrodiil was probably the worst, DCd every ten minutes. And if you didn’t dc you are frozen for a good 10 seconds. Only 2 bars an alliance. Will be unplayable with full bars.

Bonzodog01 · June 2018

Just so people know, this is not a server thing, this is a client side rendering freeze. There is a serious problem with how the client renders stuff now, but it does get a lot worse in busy areas due to the client waiting on messages back from the server for positional rendering of other players as well.

TequilaFire · June 2018

idk wrote: »

TequilaFire wrote: »

Does it on PC as well, they are aware.

If the behavior is the same then it is not likely related to the enhancements that were PC related.

I believe it has to do with the changes in the way that textures are loaded which is common to all platforms.
If you remember they tried to roll this change out once before had problems and had to reverse it.
If I move slowly into a new area I rarely get the freezes, but if I am moving fast running or on mount I get them on PC and PS4.

Yzalirk · June 2018

I have not experienced any major gameplay issues on PS4 NA. Weird.