Considering this thread, a lot.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/439549/oceanic-lag-now-300-400-ms-even-with-a-vpn-was-250-300

Wait for a free weekend and try it yourself.

The game seems to be in a world of pain at the moment due to server capacity issues. This goes on top of the known Oceanic lag as per the thread linked above.

Kamatsu wrote: »

The game is 'playable' in Oceania. The thread linked above is very relevant - I'm on the NBN on the east cost, and my ping/latency is virtually always 310-360ms, which is 'red' lag in the game.

Note - I play on PC NA.

If you're interested in PvE questing for the main story & sidequest's, then the game is 100% fine even with the lag issue's.

If you're interested in PvP, then you will have a lot of issue's/problems due to the higher latency.

If you're into the high-end score/timed runs... then the lag will be a big problem as well.

If you're into high-end group content, it'll be doable... but the lag will hold you back and the group(s) will have to likely compensate for it.

How in the world do you get such high Latency? I'm on the East Coast and I am at 80 to 110 ms all the time for the past 5 years. Are you on a wireless connection? I could not stand that much Latency.

Trinity_Is_My_Name wrote: »

Kamatsu wrote: »

The game is 'playable' in Oceania. The thread linked above is very relevant - I'm on the NBN on the east cost, and my ping/latency is virtually always 310-360ms, which is 'red' lag in the game.

Note - I play on PC NA.

If you're interested in PvE questing for the main story & sidequest's, then the game is 100% fine even with the lag issue's.

If you're interested in PvP, then you will have a lot of issue's/problems due to the higher latency.

If you're into the high-end score/timed runs... then the lag will be a big problem as well.

If you're into high-end group content, it'll be doable... but the lag will hold you back and the group(s) will have to likely compensate for it.

How in the world do you get such high Latency? I'm on the East Coast and I am at 80 to 110 ms all the time for the past 5 years. Are you on a wireless connection? I could not stand that much Latency.

He is referring to the east coast of Australia I am in the same region with FTTH NBN connection & my ping is the same.. around 300-350 is standard & it's always in the red.

using wtf vpn, from south east asian to eu, ping 200+

Your experience may well vary from everyone around you. If you 1) have a quality machine on which to play 2) have a quality connection/ISP in an area with reliable service and understand how to diagnose connection issues and have up to date hardware, firmware and are using a wired connection and 3) employ the use of a routine service like Mudfish or possibly WTFast or some such, then yes you may play the game with a decent level of functionality. However if any one of these areas is faulty you will suffer. It’s also recommended to play on NA server as the EU server has many more issues and downtime, and it’s likely your ping is better to NA.

Jameliel wrote: »

Tasear wrote: »

It will be better after server upgrade in two weeks but this is best MMO for good reason.

Dont listen to people like this. Shes addicted and plays and supports no matter what condition the game is in. This is not an insult, it's a straight fact.

Subjectively speaking with over 3k hours of experience, the ping is horrendous for Oceanic and most Southeast Asia locations. It's nearly impossible to compete in PvP. Vs terrible players with good ping, you simply can't keep up, and vs equal or better, you basically have no chance. In PvE you will always have lower dps no matter how good your gear and rotations are. The ping causes too many skills to not fire off without mashing the buttons multiple times etc. If you just want to relax, craft, and maybe do a bit of casual questing and dungeons, then it's a bearable experience. Beyond that, performance and ping are the absolute worst for a mainstream MMO. I challenge you to find one with worse performance or ping.

ES-Oh wait.

So very, very laggy. You see the red you're already dead 🤨

Look, it's an amazing game. I do love it. And walk a tight rope between turned off by performance and then just pushing on with it. Throwing money at the crown store because I genuinely lack self restraint when it comes to the pretties.

As we don't know what your average connection will be, no one can confidently say you'd have minimal impact but it would be fair to say it'd be okay for solo, and most of the time in dungeons.

If your were interested in all facets of the game though including pvp, then no. Absolutely not.

Personal story - I've always been a staunch anti pvp player for a long time, until i tried Cyrodiil and found a nice guild to pvp with and it changed my perspective completely. I love Cyrodiil.

Thing is though I am so angry half the time knowing that the people I am VSing have 100ms whereas mine is best case scenario 260ms with Mudfish VPN. I burn that this isn't equal footing with latency (please google search Akamai and ESO for more information on routing through Europe to get to Texas server location - that quoted 260 was with direct to location pathing)

If someone had said to me 'Don't because of x,y,z reasons' before I started, then I would have definitely appreciated being saved from the path of disappointment and wishing things were different than to play this game.

Save yourself.