As reported by Windows Latest, the new Windows 10 update is causing large CPU spikes (30-40%) for some users who have installed it. Some users are even reporting 90% CPU usage and you can see some of the reports here and here. This is reportedly due to a buggy version of Cortana shipped with the latest update and you will see SearchUI.exe taking up way too much of your CPU resources.

I have Cortana disabled. Also, what @Kel said. Unless the issues are experienced only by very few people, the prime suspect should be ZOS. Not your machine, not your add-ons, not your Internet connection. When entire groups get disconnected at the same time, when multiple people crash to the desktop at the same time, those are indications that the game code is at fault.

daemonios wrote: »

Unless the issues are experienced only by very few people, the prime suspect should be ZOS. Not your machine, not your add-ons, not your Internet connection. When entire groups get disconnected at the same time, when multiple people crash to the desktop at the same time, those are indications that the game code is at fault.

I disagree with that logic. If ALL users are simultaneously affected, then it's ZOS, but a single node on the internet can fail, and drop all the users running through it in one event. So it's more likely to be the internet when that happens. Some times a single node failure can be bypassed, and all that happens is a ping spike (and lag), but the unwritten law says you'll get the worst case every time.

WoppaBoem wrote: »

Kel wrote: »

Cool...

Explains nothing about the rampant lag on console in relation to the servers, but eh....this is something.

The consoles aren't suitable for this game thats why. Since moved to Xbox One X, lag like 80% decreased, FPS drops only on major seige battles, crashes maybe 2 in the last 3 months.

The servers isn't the end of all means and the holy grail

That is 100% not true across the board. Your first statement is (Consoles really aren't built for this level of graphics intensity), but the rest is not. I have a One X, and while my FPS is better than many others, before the most recent patch, it was unplayable. The game would actually stutter almost to a stop any time I encountered an NPC or an environmental change, such as rain or snow. Cyrodil was a guaranteed disconnect any time I encountered more than two players at a time. If I was near a keep when it upgraded or downgraded, guaranteed load screen with frequent resultant disconnects. All this with fantastic internet (wired) and a top tier machine. Please don't dismiss the issues many players have been facing for a long time now. It's not helpful.

That being said, this patch has helped revert many of the issues last patch brought on, and it's playable again at least. The native lag is still there though.

TequilaFire wrote: »

WoppaBoem wrote: »

Kel wrote: »

Cool...

Explains nothing about the rampant lag on console in relation to the servers, but eh....this is something.

The consoles aren't suitable for this game thats why. Since moved to Xbox One X, lag like 80% decreased, FPS drops only on major seige battles, crashes maybe 2 in the last 3 months.

The servers isn't the end of all means and the holy grail

You have it backwards, the game is not suitable for consoles if it is not optimized to run smoothly on the platform.

Wow, who cares end result is the same, but thank you for like nothing, good job, you did a worthless thing really well, I am impressed

Kel wrote: »

WoppaBoem wrote: »

Kel wrote: »

WoppaBoem wrote: »

p00tx wrote: »

WoppaBoem wrote: »

Kel wrote: »

Cool...

Explains nothing about the rampant lag on console in relation to the servers, but eh....this is something.

The consoles aren't suitable for this game thats why. Since moved to Xbox One X, lag like 80% decreased, FPS drops only on major seige battles, crashes maybe 2 in the last 3 months.

The servers isn't the end of all means and the holy grail

That is 100% not true across the board. Your first statement is (Consoles really aren't built for this level of graphics intensity), but the rest is not. I have a One X, and while my FPS is better than many others, before the most recent patch, it was unplayable. The game would actually stutter almost to a stop any time I encountered an NPC or an environmental change, such as rain or snow. Cyrodil was a guaranteed disconnect any time I encountered more than two players at a time. If I was near a keep when it upgraded or downgraded, guaranteed load screen with frequent resultant disconnects. All this with fantastic internet (wired) and a top tier machine. Please don't dismiss the issues many players have been facing for a long time now. It's not helpful.

That being said, this patch has helped revert many of the issues last patch brought on, and it's playable again at least. The native lag is still there though.

You can say its not the truth its my truth

Your personal truth is not a universal truth.
I also have fibre-OP and a SSD...still get lag.

Glad you don't, truly. Still doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

You need a mirror? I never said its the universal truth....... People,,, eeeuuughhh

No, you just used the "my truth" line as a way to dismiss a view point that didnt agree with your own.

I agree...people eeeeeeuuuuuhhhh

Glad we can agree on that last part , but really come on this is how strong you came on to me :

That is 100% not true across the board

Relax a little and let other people have their space and opinions, cheers

Kel wrote: »

WoppaBoem wrote: »

Kel wrote: »

WoppaBoem wrote: »

p00tx wrote: »

WoppaBoem wrote: »

Kel wrote: »

Cool...

Explains nothing about the rampant lag on console in relation to the servers, but eh....this is something.

The consoles aren't suitable for this game thats why. Since moved to Xbox One X, lag like 80% decreased, FPS drops only on major seige battles, crashes maybe 2 in the last 3 months.

The servers isn't the end of all means and the holy grail

That is 100% not true across the board. Your first statement is (Consoles really aren't built for this level of graphics intensity), but the rest is not. I have a One X, and while my FPS is better than many others, before the most recent patch, it was unplayable. The game would actually stutter almost to a stop any time I encountered an NPC or an environmental change, such as rain or snow. Cyrodil was a guaranteed disconnect any time I encountered more than two players at a time. If I was near a keep when it upgraded or downgraded, guaranteed load screen with frequent resultant disconnects. All this with fantastic internet (wired) and a top tier machine. Please don't dismiss the issues many players have been facing for a long time now. It's not helpful.

That being said, this patch has helped revert many of the issues last patch brought on, and it's playable again at least. The native lag is still there though.

You can say its not the truth its my truth

Your personal truth is not a universal truth.
I also have fibre-OP and a SSD...still get lag.

Glad you don't, truly. Still doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

You need a mirror? I never said its the universal truth....... People,,, eeeuuughhh

No, you just used the "my truth" line as a way to dismiss a view point that didnt agree with your own.

I agree...people eeeeeeuuuuuhhhh

Plus its weird in all party / group chats I am in I tell my good experience always hater jump on me same as you did, people want to hate and be negative about a game tell play so much, Kinda f-ed up really, says a lot.

I am towards happy and positive about the game, if not (it happens) I log off and do something else.

Severe lag started upon U23 release across all platforms and servers. Before that windows update.
And, consoles don't use Windows 10...

WoppaBoem wrote: »

Kel wrote: »

Cool...

Explains nothing about the rampant lag on console in relation to the servers, but eh....this is something.

The consoles aren't suitable for this game thats why. Since moved to Xbox One X, lag like 80% decreased, FPS drops only on major seige battles, crashes maybe 2 in the last 3 months.

The servers isn't the end of all means and the holy grail

Hold on. The game has been out for years on consoles. The excuse that "its meant for PC" doesn't work anymore. Especially since there are dozens of online games on PS4 which run infinitely better than ESO. GTA Online immediately comes to mind, where the graphics are phenomenal, there are thousands of NPCs, its open world, there are dozens of lobbies with 20+ players in them, and group instanced content. No lag whatsoever. Oh, and voice chat ACTUALLY WORKS. All the time.

I'm not a techie, but I can tell you that when an entire faction at a fight in Cyro all disconnects, its not an "us" problem.

Yeah sometimes, there is probably some degree of something we could do on our end to lessen the nonsense, but oftentimes there is not a dang thing we could do to make our playing experience better. Other than go do something else.

People need to stop acting like it's the player's fault. I have seen multiple people act like everything that's happening is 100 percent the player's fault. The PS4 HAD handled the game fine for me. Not perfect, but fine. We don't have these problems just because we're console peasants on an inferior machine.

I am on PS4 NA, and I've had NO major lag issues with my game until Elsweyr dropped. My gameplay experience was smooth and enjoyable with only the usual broken stuff this game suffers from. The vast majority of problems now came with Elsweyr and the patches.

Since Elsweyr dropped, I have experienced the following:

• Delayed audio
• super frequent loading screens: Had 6 loading screens in 3 minutes one time.
• Infinite loading screens
• frequent blue screen crashes
• unloaded shadow people for more than a minute
• broken gameplay like opposite telegraphs from enemies
• MASSIVE LAG
• teleporting to a wayshrine causing lag so bad it's like a slideshow
• etc etc

Some of this, like the teleporting lag and shadow people, is just much worse than it was. Other things are brand new problems.

I know that sometimes players may need to fix things on their end. I'm aware of that and have had to do so in the past infrequently. However, the vast majority of new and inflamed problems of the present, for those who experience them, are not caused by the players or their consoles/computers.

@xeha_arwen11 Exactly. I had the occasional lag here and there when Summerset came out, but that was mostly PVP or confined to HRC, and even then you could almost predict when it would hit as it was high traffic times (NA server). After Elsweyr, the game is a mess. All of those issues you listed I encounter on a regular basis.

Overland questing has become laggy. VMA is a nightmare. But the biggest offender is Sunspire. Its almost funny how many glitches you encounter in there, if you are one of the lucky people who are able to breach its impenetrable port in.

El_Borracho wrote: »

@xeha_arwen11 Exactly. I had the occasional lag here and there when Summerset came out, but that was mostly PVP or confined to HRC, and even then you could almost predict when it would hit as it was high traffic times (NA server). After Elsweyr, the game is a mess. All of those issues you listed I encounter on a regular basis.

Overland questing has become laggy. VMA is a nightmare. But the biggest offender is Sunspire. Its almost funny how many glitches you encounter in there, if you are one of the lucky people who are able to breach its impenetrable port in.

So true. VMA has an unbelievable amount of problems now, Sunspire is atrocious, and when I do Cloudrest I've crashed multiple times trying to get into that trial as have many of my trial-mates. Problems seem to be piling up more and more. There's a lot to enjoy in this game so it's quite upsetting that things have gotten to this state.