How to swap alliance at end of campaign?

ThePedge · June 2019

So I disavowed the Alliance 1 (A1) when Faction Lock dropped, so I could play with a friend that freshly got the game and made two Alliance 2 (A2) toons.

However, I want to swap back.

When I tried at the end of last camp it told me I was still locked in.

Do I need to abandon all campaigns before they end, forfeiting my rewards? or can you do it afterwards?

I think I read somewhere if you have a A2 toon logged into cyro on that camp still it will be locked.

So can I just make sure all my A2 toons are out of cyro when it ends, log in, abandon and I should be able to lock in as A1?

JadonSky · June 2019

Yeah there is a bug/flaw right now that if you are still in Cyrodiil and login if the campaign has already reset you are forced locked again. The only way to avoid this is to make sure you exit Cyrodiil after you PVP. Then when you login you can check if its reset then log into the next faction you want.

This would be my assumption based on what iv seen on the forum. I only play DC so hasn't been an issue for me.

psk177ub17_ESO · July 2019

Yes this bug or lack of software design benched 6 of my toons since I could not swap from EP to DC. Thanks

SKYICE01 · July 2019

Thanks for being brain dead zos

Wihuri · July 2019

OK SO HOW THE *** DO I SWAP ALLIANCE? I NEED TO WAIT FOR MY FACTION TO BE POP LOCKED BEFORE I CAN LOG IN ON MY TOONS TO DROP OUT OF CYRO? YOU EXPECT ME TO WAIT UNTIL PRIME TIME?

NBrookus · July 2019

Wihuri wrote: »

OK SO HOW THE *** DO I SWAP ALLIANCE? I NEED TO WAIT FOR MY FACTION TO BE POP LOCKED BEFORE I CAN LOG IN ON MY TOONS TO DROP OUT OF CYRO? YOU EXPECT ME TO WAIT UNTIL PRIME TIME?

If you didn't leave Cyro before the camp ended, yes, you have to wait until there's a queue before logging into any of those characters.

You'll also have to pay 100k AP per character.

Wihuri · July 2019

JK YOU CANT EVEN IF YOU WANT TO! LOL GOTTEM! ZOS PLAYING 4D CHESS WITH MONKEY TURDS GGWP

ThePedge · July 2019

Had no issue this time around.

All my F1 chars were not in cyrodil when Campaign reset, abandoned on all those characters, locked in on F2.

SweepsAllClowns · July 2019

NBrookus wrote: »

You'll also have to pay 100k AP per character.

I like these penalties in any form for players. My personal favorite is the battlegrounds deserter penalty, it's definitely the most fun to crash just before the end of the match so as much as possible time is wasted. Rewards are also great for the forced quitters: 1 free restart and ever fun loading screens, 20 minutes deserter penalty when unable to play bg or receive ap at all even from Cyrodiil, missed ap and xp from the match. Just remember when you must pay some penalty fee, it means you have done something wrong. Sadly I haven't been able to enjoy these great features since my account has been completely stuck for over 4 months now, perhaps I need somekind on penalty...

Shanehere · July 2019

I was still locked to a campaign despite not being in Cyrodiil because I had it declared as a Home campaign for one of my characters.

I needed to abandon that campaign before the start of the next campaign before I could enter it on a different alliance.

Zevrro · July 2019

Shanehere wrote: »

I was still locked to a campaign despite not being in Cyrodiil because I had it declared as a Home campaign for one of my characters.

I needed to abandon that campaign before the start of the next campaign before I could enter it on a different alliance.

You don't have to abandon it before the next one starts. It will say you're locked but if you log into the character and abandon it the lock is removed.

Gatdangmayne · September 2019

I'm a bit confused. I played on ep last campaign, and it reset after i logged off last night.

I was planning on just logging into an ad character first today, and locking on him...are you saying since i didn't leave cyro before logging off, im still going to be locked to ep?

Wtf

ThePedge · September 2019

Gatdangmayne wrote: »

I'm a bit confused. I played on ep last campaign, and it reset after i logged off last night.

I was planning on just logging into an ad character first today, and locking on him...are you saying since i didn't leave cyro before logging off, im still going to be locked to ep?

Wtf

You get 5 minutes to leave Cyrodil if you don't want to be locked into that alliance now

Marcus684 · September 2019

ThePedge wrote: »

Gatdangmayne wrote: »

I'm a bit confused. I played on ep last campaign, and it reset after i logged off last night.

I was planning on just logging into an ad character first today, and locking on him...are you saying since i didn't leave cyro before logging off, im still going to be locked to ep?

Wtf

You get 5 minutes to leave Cyrodil if you don't want to be locked into that alliance now

Props to ZOS for actually listening to the player base and addressing this.

Jabbs_Giggity · October 2019

I'm more concerned that I haven't entered a 30 day in 3 months and still have to pay 150k ap to home a 30day....legit broken af

VaranisArano · October 2019

Jabbs_Giggity wrote: »

I'm more concerned that I haven't entered a 30 day in 3 months and still have to pay 150k ap to home a 30day....legit broken af

That's because your home campaign stays set to home unless you change it by paying the AP or set it to leave at the end of the campaign.

Home campaigns never reset on their own unless you tell them to or ZOS releases all the characters to rehome, as they did with the swap from the Morrowind campaigns to Elsweyr.

Jabbs_Giggity · October 2019

VaranisArano wrote: »

Jabbs_Giggity wrote: »

I'm more concerned that I haven't entered a 30 day in 3 months and still have to pay 150k ap to home a 30day....legit broken af

That's because your home campaign stays set to home unless you change it by paying the AP or set it to leave at the end of the campaign.

Home campaigns never reset on their own unless you tell them to or ZOS releases all the characters to rehome, as they did with the swap from the Morrowind campaigns to Elsweyr.

You used to be able to reset home campaigns for free if your current home campaign ended and you haven't entered Cyrodiil yet in your current home. Let's be clear. I have not entered any campaign, whatsoever, in over 3 months. All I do now is BGs and IC. All characters still have to pay 150k to switch home campaign to 30day..

Ackwalan · October 2019

Jabbs_Giggity wrote: »

VaranisArano wrote: »

Jabbs_Giggity wrote: »

I'm more concerned that I haven't entered a 30 day in 3 months and still have to pay 150k ap to home a 30day....legit broken af

That's because your home campaign stays set to home unless you change it by paying the AP or set it to leave at the end of the campaign.

Home campaigns never reset on their own unless you tell them to or ZOS releases all the characters to rehome, as they did with the swap from the Morrowind campaigns to Elsweyr.

You used to be able to reset home campaigns for free if your current home campaign ended and you haven't entered Cyrodiil yet in your current home. Let's be clear. I have not entered any campaign, whatsoever, in over 3 months. All I do now is BGs and IC. All characters still have to pay 150k to switch home campaign to 30day..

Don't try to abandon a campaign, try to home a new campaign. When you home a new campaign, you get the option to switch now and pay, or switch when the campaign ends for free.

Àdhamh_Creag · October 2019

How to implement a faction lock nobody wanted you ask ?

Oh just make sure it's broken and you can't play the faction you want to play in a campaign, Good work Zenimax

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