Queue'd for game, board didn't open

SilverBride · June 2022

I queue'd for a ranked game and clicked to enter but the board never opened. I tried to requeue but it said I couldn't queue while in a match. I logged out but when i came back I had the deserter penalty.

Is there a way to get the board to open if this happens again?

milkbox · June 2022

This has happened to me twice, now. First time, I waited it out (not too long) and the other person left. Just now, I got the blank board and decided to leave. Got the penalty and lost rank.

Now that I know this can happen, I guess it's a standoff when it happens again.

Going to file a bug report & check back here to see if someone has a workaround.

SilverBride · June 2022

I will file a bug report too if it happens again.

Necrotech_Master · June 2022

this seems to only happen when playing against other players through the queue, ive only been playing against NPCs and never had this happen yet

its possible it could be related to that weird de-sync bug that happens and you dont port into a dungeon and shows your group as offline

dinokstrunz · June 2022

yeah happens to me occasionally

NeKryXe · June 2022

Most of the time when I accept a game after queue on game finder I get stuck on a screen with no cards, no options and no player (like shown in the screenshot). It takes around 10 to 20 minutes until it returns to the game.

I also reported many other problem with the activity finder for ToT. The game is great but the activity finder seems to be very broken.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/607770/cannot-queue-through-activity-finder-while-in-a-tales-of-tribute-match

cyclonus11 · June 2022

This has happened to me twice now, and both times I was in my mail window when I got the popup and pressed F.

Which is terrible, because I queue for the next match as soon as I los... err, the previous match ends, and after a few seconds, the rewards arrive. I open my mail to get the rewards, and the match approval popup happens.

cyclonus11 · June 2022

cyclonus11 wrote: »

This has happened to me twice now, and both times I was in my mail window when I got the popup and pressed F.

Which is terrible, because I queue for the next match as soon as I los... err, the previous match ends, and after a few seconds, the rewards arrive. I open my mail to get the rewards, and the match approval popup happens.

I'm guessing this was the "exploit"? Glad I figured it out after only a couple of occurrences or I might've been banned?

Oddemus · June 2022

This has happened to me 6 or 7 times, now, and it sucks.

Paulytnz · June 2022

I just had a game that didn't even take me to the card table, came up with an instant defeat and deserter penalty. I can't help but think there is still an exploit or 2 happening.

Also a guildmate of mine told me that anytime he is in a party with someone or tries to join a party with them, somehow his game invites that player to a game of TOT when he tries to whisper them. I have a feeling this may be related to that exploit or perhaps another? Maybe if you invite a friend to a game while you are in queue, it auto kicks that person out of the queue when their friend accepts the TOT invite or something? Definitely something fishy going on with their invite systems somewhere.

DinoZavr · June 2022

also experience the same
Already filled a bug report and posted the similar discussion, but at the Bug Reports forum
link: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/609286/tales-of-tribute-empty-screen

Here is my screenshot of the issue

Unfortunately, it is not uncommon. I consider this a bug, as i get deserter penalty FOR NOTHING.

cyclonus11 · June 2022

Weren't they supposed to have fixed that on Monday?

Ginge · June 2022

This has happened to me twice. Both times I waited about 5 minutes then left and took the rank penalty and 10 minutes in the sin bin.

I really don't have a problem with people resigning if the game is going badly. I play a lot of chess and always resign if I lose a piece. To keep the game going wastes the other player's time.

This does not get exploited in chess because the ranking system in chess means that rank gained is dependant upon the relative rank at the outset so winning to a low ranked player may not gain them any rank at all. By the same token a beginner losing to a high ranked player will not lose rank - if anything they will stay the same.

DinoZavr · June 2022

@cyclonus11 there was no patch on Monday, just a regular maintenance.

Naomi_K · June 2022

@DinoZavr They applied a hotfix during maintenance on Monday.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/609214/tales-of-tribute-exploit-account-bans#latest