Per the most recent performance improvement update, they have fixes for at least some of this abysmal input lag in their internal development environment that were supposed to be included in the PTS. But as far as I’m aware, nothing further was mentioned as to whether it was actually included in the most recent PTS update or whether it is still on track to be included in the live build of Update 26.

https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/56681

Edited: grammar

Hotdog_23 wrote: »

The article mentions a lot of improvement coming in update 27. Let's only hope it does.

Expect failure.

I do not expect any major improvements for performance, just hope, it will not deteriorate more. Also, I cured most of my vampires, including my main vamp healer, that was vamp for over 5 years as preparation for new skill line. Farmed sets to be just as stealthy, and without movement penalty, so I am all set. I bought cheapest version of Greymoore, will probably have atleast 2 weeks of fun after launch.

The animation canceling change made the lagg 10x worse, but ZOS is refusing to realize this and won't revert it, they steam on with plans to fix it later, but we all know what that means, its here to stay. Sadly.

paul.olesonb14_ESO wrote: »

While I personally am I excited for the expansion, i'm extremely concerned that Zenimax Online and/or Bethesda have no current plan to restore functionality and correct the ever growing latency issue developing in Cyrodiil.

In the past I would queue up with my guild and friends for Battlegrounds to avoid this issue, but with that gone, really the only way we can PvP together is in Cyrodiil, and oh my goodness, the state of Cyrodiil is absolutely horrendous.... Point is, i'm very concerned that this expansion is going to launch on Tuesday with no real fix or even an attempt at it.

Why is this even an issue or a problem you may ask? Well a lot of people i've talked to have said this chapter is their proverbial "last straw", and if it isn't addressed then they will just quit. Also think about it, as new players pick this expansion/game up the second they try to queue up with their friends for a battlegrounds or queue up for Cyrodiil and they discover how bad it is, do you think they will be happy?

I honestly feel like this type of experience is going to cause a whole lot of negative public relations for this game and company to the point where they might not be able to make it back from this. Sure, this game will survive in a sense for the niche community, and that's fine if that's all you want, as for me, I enjoy the combat, build diversity, and overall feel of the game and would love to see it succeed and do well.

I guess we won't know until next Tuesday, best of luck to the PvP community.


PS. Does anyone have any links to comments, posts, tweets etc that discuss any good news regarding said issues? Just asking for a friend ...

So far not a single reply with any good news to look forward to, this makes me hopelessly sad.

As much as I like ESO and I truly do, I believe this game does need some bad publicity. All I ever read about ESO from gaming media is how good it is, maybe the best MMO on the market right now. At heart this statement may be true. It is still highly subjective if you like the game or not though.
On the surface everythings seems great. A journalist probably plays through some quests, does some crafting, plays some low level dungeons etc. and there is nothing wrong with it. They don't have unlimited time to write an article and can just offer a broad overview to catch the interest of players.
But it is the endgame activities like PvP, vet Dungeons, or Raids that are having these massive problems. So if I were a interested player I would think I am about to play the total package. And for many, many players that remains true. The majority of players don't take part in endgame content and I know, endgame is what you make of it. It can be housing, questing, fishing, you name it. And in these parts of the game you don't have huge problems, everything runs rather smooth.
And here lies the big problem. If the media doesn't touch on the massive problems of the endgame like PvP, raids and dungeons, ZOS will always think "Hey, we are always getting good ratings from the media, so everthing is fine. We are doing a great job". If some reviews woud finally dig deeper into the game and highlight its problems, maybe ZOS would understand that it is not acceptable to leave your game in a catastrophic state for months.
ESO needs a steady influx of players. That's how money comes in. These new players don't know about the flaws yet. Milk them while you can.
ZOS really needs a wake up call to get their act together. They don't listen to the communities feedback, they have their "vision" for the game and won't stray from that path but maybe if they get enough criticism from outside sources, they will see that they should do something about how they handle their game.

It's embarrassing.

Your missing the other date.

Can't wait for Greymoor! Not because I'm gonna buy it, but because servers are gonna reboot and my stuck character will finally get unstuck