Raids are nearly unplayable since Harrowstorm because of the "performance fixes" in the first place. So far the attempts of fixing the completely self created and unnecessary mess have made it even worse. I really can't give them any praise even if they are now communicating a bit more and hopefully actually fixing it, because the problem should not have been created in the first place.

Off cycle PTS testing is certainly a step in the right direction, but it does not at all address the core issues of ESOs update system. It is still the same often quoted "sledgehammer" approach. Communication is still non existent. The developer comments are mostly vague and meaningless. There are no proper explanations why and with that I mean hard facts, statistics, math and not some digression into their personal ethics and believes. And no actual discourse at all, no answers to player suggestions or questions what so ever. Don't even get me started on class reps, they are nothing but a meat shield to fend off community interaction at this point.

I voted other - for now.

I can't say whether I'm satisfied or not because as of yet, they haven't adequately addressed the elephant in the room, which is the games degrading performance issues. Lag, FPS drop, and other game performance issues in both PVE and PVP are my #1 issue, and while they seem to be working to try to address this issue, it is clear that this is still a work in progress and thus, you can't really judge them re: the direction of the game in that regard until you see that they have success.

I will say that performance issues seemed less severe, but then the Jester and Jubilee events occurred, and combined with additional server load from free-to-play ESO week, the performance issues have made much of the content in the game unplayable during peak hours.

I accept that the game and combat will change/evolve so the other proposed changes and whether they go through or not are less of a big deal. I'll adapt to whatever changes they make. But you can't really adapt to degrading performance unless you step away from the game, which I'm definitely not ready to do.

Nightblades!

10th day with dungeon queue bug, Nah I don't think any of what you have said is correct or even near correct.

It’s a small step in the right direction.

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Game performance should be the number one priority. The fact that they let it slip this far is a slap in the face to the people who pay their wages.

What makes you think it isn't?

Or are you one of those who would be happy to know that the people who design new skins have been diverted to deal with server coding or network issues?

No company runs on one operating line alone, and just as I wouldn't want the technical guys responding to a ticket about a billing mistake on my account I don't really want the content artists working on the server issues!

All that's missing that would make me happy:

• Housing update
• Thieving update
• Unlock all doors in Tamriel update
• Even better, a combination of all three

I'm not happy with what they've been accomplishing.

I do not know all the challenges they face, but it often seems like they are adding to their trouble with tinkering more than they should.

For example, while they are rolling out these several patches of performance improvements, they also seem to be adding to the problem with new bugs by changing things like block. Maybe it was a big performance help to change it, I don't know; but it doesn't seem like it was. The performance of the game actually got worse since they've started these.

And for all those saying the teams that work on one part of the game don't do the work to the performance. I find it hard to believe that they don't use the same tech guys. Sure, art, writing, reg staff, etc. don't work on the performance, but I'd bet the same guys that are trained to input all the coding for temporary PTS patches and the like are the same guys that know how to do the other work with coding for performance.

I will say, I liked the idea of a PTS that was actually a test. BUT, it started off so flawed with the math that it was never a real test and was just a waste of time. If the numbers actually made sense, we could have actually learned something from it instead of everyone that knows the game just having to prove what was already obvious from looking at the numbers. I'd also be weary of completely reworking core parts of the game years into it's release AND in the middle of a bunch of performance patches.

I'm also concerned about the game getting too dumbed down. They've nerfed DLC dungeons over and over again, and just looking at their idea with the LA/HA changes concerns me. I've already watched PvP turn into a mindless playstyle, and most of PvE is already, now it looks like they are coming for the harder content as well. I'm glad they aren't going forward with the changes as they were, but the idea wasn't completely bad. I just wish I trusted them more (not that it matters, I'm not in charge of anything).

Then there is the concern of power creep. Which I think is unavoidable to a degree otherwise players feel stalled out. BUT when you add a set that gives everyone a major buff and frees up 8 DPS to run different gear b/c they no longer have to give themselves that buff - that's additional power creep that wasn't needed. Just putting that buff on the set for the caster would have been enough to have a new nice set to acquire.

No not happy in the least bit, I actually have no clue what direction they are trying to take this game because it seems to me like they are intentionally trying to destroy their game. It's the only thing I can come up with as to why they would make such a beautiful gaming experience just to RIP the guts out of it with some of the most braindead adjustments that break the game. I have stopped playing end game after this ps4 patch nothing fires, I cant bar swap stam regen bugged so bad I have 0 stam regen in Cyrodil, dots killing u before u even know they have been applied, its nearly impossible to play even the simplest dungeon. It's sad that what was such an amazing game has been reduced to a product they should be ashamed of. Its bad

I'm happy to be happy with something ZOS is doing for once. It feels like quite a while since I was lol. That having been said, I really really would love for them to calm their anxious busy selves and simply stop doing "new" things to combat ect. Adding new stories, DLC, items, even crown store items? sure all that is great and fresh. But that is it. Until performance can be reasonably improved, I'd much rather no new skill, combat, or other changes. As I posted elsewhere; when I'm having to literally sit completely still for one full second in order for a potion to activate in a battle, when i'm having to click my execute 3 to 4 to even 5 times (all the while its stopping my animation halfway through) in order for it to finally fire, when i'm having to run and hide behind a rock for my ward to activate because running seems to cause it to not respond when i hit the button multiple times, then I don't care what new shiny changes they add if it means dead on the ground every time.

I understand ZOS are trying to make the game better but in the last few years the game's performance & combat balance only got worse, even more so in the last year(not to mention there are multiple bugs).
There is a long way to go until major aspects of the game will improve, if at all.

ZOS can and should do a lot more to fix the game...
The question is if they are committed enough to the cause.
It is not too late, a major improvement can go a long way for both the studio and the player base.

The prioritization of tasks needs to change... better overall performance & combat balance should be #1 priority.
Best of luck! ZOS, you will need it

Extreme potential is what comes to mind when I think of eso. Their direction with the game works so well it brings in more players each year, but this is at a loss since it hinders performance and ZOS refuses to prioritize that.