Battle grounds wont populate again

Hazurko_RaShan · July 2019

And the last time i tried to contact ZOS support they want a video showing the problem and an explanation of what i mean by it wont populate. As though this is a new problem they havent seen before and cant possibly understand what it is i mean.

Passive aggressive much?

Ratzkifal · July 2019

"Won't populate" is not a very clear expression. So yeah, it's completely understandable to not get what you mean. Some people may have never encountered this problem before, so they don't get the right conclusion.
Even I, who had this happen at least three times already needed a minute to think about what "won't populate" means. Population in the context of battlegrounds sound like the queue never pops because nobody is there to play it. But that's not exactly what is happening.

For everyone who doesn't know the issue, this is what is being talked about in here (I think).
Battleground matches sometimes break before they start in a very specific way. Sometimes people get ported into a match and are forced to wait forever (literally, not figuratively) for the match to start. The teams don't get filled to the point where the countdown would start, causing players to leave after hours of pointless waiting, also giving them a penalty to add insult to injury.

Unless this issue is actually caused by the countdown not starting at all regardless of team size (so the teams not filling up would only be a symptom, not the disease), this could be resolved by either not porting people into a battleground unless 12 people actually accepted the queue AND/OR cancelling the match when people have to wait for the match to start for more than 15min without giving a penalty.

Hazurko_RaShan · July 2019

Yes exactly that.

Sitting in the battlegounds and the game wont populate the 12 players needed to start the match.

And to make matters worse, people quit ad then it takes even longer.

I wont wait more than 5 minutes now. What's the point. Then i have to wait 20 minutes before i can queue again. Do a dungeon, come back and try again.

Wastes my food and exp gain scrolls.

thermatico · July 2019

This bug is one of the most infuriating things in this game besides the garbage-water performance in Cyrodiil.

I submit a bug report every time this happens with details on my dissatisfaction.. I have submitted a lot of bug reports.

todokete · July 2019

for me it's fine have you disable add-ons perhaps

Hazurko_RaShan · July 2019

todokete wrote: »

for me it's fine have you disable add-ons perhaps

Are you on drugs? How would any addon I'm using prevent other users from populating into battlegrounds. Please take a moment and read the thread. TY!

Moonsorrow · July 2019

Hazurko_RaShan wrote: »

todokete wrote: »

for me it's fine have you disable add-ons perhaps

Are you on drugs? How would any addon I'm using prevent other users from populating into battlegrounds. Please take a moment and read the thread. TY!

Sorry to laugh, good answer.. and i know it is stuff of nightmares when that happens.. personally got this rule to always wait only 5 minutes, if not start at that time, then i leave, even if taking the penalty..

Hoping this gets fixed finally soon.

Blinkin8r · July 2019

todokete wrote: »

for me it's fine have you disable add-ons perhaps

LMFAO

Blinkin8r · July 2019

Maybe check your internet connection?
*Posts computer specs
*Posts internet upload and download speed
*Casually mentions 4k TV

Kidding.
I logged in last night after not playing for a month. First thing I did was try a BG and this happened. Literally broke my disk in half. Probably won't try this game again.

Hazurko_RaShan · July 2019

todokete wrote: »

for me it's fine have you disable add-ons perhaps

I apologize for being snippy with you. Clearly you didnt understand and i should have been kinder. sorry.

Hazurko_RaShan · July 2019

Blinkin8r wrote: »

Maybe check your internet connection?
*Posts computer specs
*Posts internet upload and download speed
*Casually mentions 4k TV

Kidding.
I logged in last night after not playing for a month. First thing I did was try a BG and this happened. Literally broke my disk in half. Probably won't try this game again.

1 gig. about 950mbps/sec
using cat 6 cables...
just cant afford 4k tv

lol

MojaveHeld · July 2019

This isn't a lack of people queueing, it's an actual bug. What's happening is that occasionally a specific BG will bug and never start the countdown timer, even when teams are full. And then it keeps porting people to that broken instance for a few hours afterwards. Queuing for a specific type of BG other than the type that had the bugged instance will fix the issue for the individual player, but if you're doing randoms, it will keep porting you to the bugged instance.

Shawn_PT · July 2019

I only step into BGs once every two blue moons, but I have noticed this. What is the point of opening an instance and pulling players inside when there is only a handful of people for it? Why do we start as a team of 2, and maybe, just maybe, we'll get the other missing players? Sometimes we do. Sometimes we don't. Sometimes the fight starts with less than 12, sometimes it doesn't start at all until it's actually full.

Makes as much sense as throwing 2 DDs into a dungeon and then letting them wait at the start, because eventually a tank and a healer may pop up. Or maybe not. Who knows. Keep the element of surprise.

Well, you can leave if you want. Oh yeah. You'll get a penalty for it.

It's wrong.