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Logged out in Cyrodiil, cannot play the game now

teddscofield
teddscofield
Soul Shriven
I made the mistake of logging out in Cyrodiil earlier today (well, more correctly, I gave up on loading screen every time I zoned when I had to go do family stuff) and haven't been able to get logged in all evening so that I can get my character out of Wabbajack.

If I may suggest a possible remedy, when queuing players like this, give them an option to back out of the queue instead of keeping them stuck like they are currently experiencing. If keeping track of the last zone the player was in proves to be too troublesome you could send them to a PvE wayshire automatically.

As your current system stands you are trapping players in an overcrowded zone (i.e. where all the fun is) without giving them any kind of cancel button. It pretty much goes without saying how bad of a user experience this is.

In addition to improving the queue system to the point where the player is back in control of their game time, I would also like to request that you employ mechanisms that encourage players to play on the underpopulated PvP instances. While I think most can understand some of the rationale behind making it cost to switch your home campaign, the solution for that problem appears to inadvertently be causing a much bigger problem.

Clearly players are congregating in one or two campaigns with no impetus to switch to a different one. They are in fact discouraged to move to the low population campaigns: it costs to move (your home campaign at least) and more importantly it is just not fun to play on the underpopulated instances.

So when a queue mechanism that allows me to back out is implemented, you could improve the situation by doing things like allowing me to move my home campaign for free (when my home is on a high population instance); offering a guest campaign that is low population; or even offering a reword such as a one-time payout of campaign points for moving.

Thank you for reading this and for producing such a fun game that I'd take the time to provide this feedback. It is my sincere hope that you will make addressing the poor user experience a very high priority. Based on the other posts I've read on this forum it is very widespread and a pro-active response would be most appreciated by your customers.

See you in Tamriel (I hope)!
  • roneman
    roneman
    Soul Shriven
    I'm stuck on loading screen of Cyodiil Wabbajack as well. Last time I played I made the mistake of logging out in there.

    I just would like a way to play my character again so make a way for me to load in to Daggerfall or something.
  • teddscofield
    teddscofield
    Soul Shriven
    FWIW I did finally make it in. Only took about two dozen close/log in attempts over the course of six hours on-and-off.
  • robroeb14_ESO
    robroeb14_ESO
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    is CTRL ALT DEL the only way to shut down the spinning dragon circle of death screen? my computer isn't too happy with me end processing it every 5 minutes to try and get my ass out of Cyrodiil

    Edited by robroeb14_ESO on April 14, 2014 11:44PM
  • ReindeerEmu
    ReindeerEmu
    Soul Shriven
    I'm in the same boat as well. Since I logged off in Cyrodil, I cannot access my main character. I'm able to login with my other characters who are not in the PVP area just fine. Help!
  • revanghost
    revanghost
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    Customer service standard response to this issue is "roll another character and have fun in another faction's area." Or, at least until you can't log into that character either.
  • JeffKnight
    JeffKnight
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    Yeah, the Cyrodiil loading screen seems to be the toughest boss in the game.
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