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PC EU Hardware upgrade isn't happening in 2022 is it?
FelisCatus
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Despite being told it would happen in spring, then summer and now it's winter and yet nothing.
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Malkiv✭✭✭✭✭I'm honestly going to side on ZOS with this one to give them the benefit of the doubt. With that said, let me give some context; I am critical of ZOS - of the direction of ESO - to the detriment of my own account at times. So, the reason I say I'm giving ZOS the benefit of the doubt? Things like regulatory issues, logistic issues, and bureaucracy in-general can all lead to equipment acquisition issues, or deployment issues. I don't know, honestly, but ZOS is a US company doing business in other countries, and that comes with so many challenges. Maybe the German forum professionals could better explain the climate regarding tech, logistics, and IT deployment setbacks they may be having - or not! I honestly don't know! But this is the first thing that comes to mind.PC-NA | PvP (Gray Host & BGs) | PvE (vTrials & vDGs)4 -
Aislinna✭✭✭✭✭The last update I remember from ZOS set March 2023 as the expectation.
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Malkiv✭✭✭✭✭The last update I remember from ZOS set March 2023 as the expectation.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/616021/pc-eu-hardware-update-august-2022ZOS_MattFiror wrote: »The last time we gave you an update, I mentioned that timelines to order, prepare, and configure this amount of hardware would take many months, and unfortunately those timelines have only gotten longer. Even though we ordered the hardware for PC EU long ago, we still are waiting for some critical parts, some of which are foundational to the whole service.
I figured it would be something similar to this. Almost nailed it with logistics! It's definitely not ZOS's fault, even though they're easiest to get angry at. Deploying hardware at that scale is - to reuse my own words - challenging.PC-NA | PvP (Gray Host & BGs) | PvE (vTrials & vDGs)2 -
FelisCatus✭✭✭✭✭The last update I remember from ZOS set March 2023 as the expectation.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/616021/pc-eu-hardware-update-august-2022ZOS_MattFiror wrote: »The last time we gave you an update, I mentioned that timelines to order, prepare, and configure this amount of hardware would take many months, and unfortunately those timelines have only gotten longer. Even though we ordered the hardware for PC EU long ago, we still are waiting for some critical parts, some of which are foundational to the whole service.
I figured it would be something similar to this. Almost nailed it with logistics! It's definitely not ZOS's fault, even though they're easiest to get angry at. Deploying hardware at that scale is - to reuse my own words - challenging.
Challenging maybe for indie devs but ZOS is owned by Microsoft is it not? With that kind of money and those connections it shouldn't be that challenging should it?6 -
Malkiv✭✭✭✭✭FelisCatus wrote: »The last update I remember from ZOS set March 2023 as the expectation.
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/616021/pc-eu-hardware-update-august-2022ZOS_MattFiror wrote: »The last time we gave you an update, I mentioned that timelines to order, prepare, and configure this amount of hardware would take many months, and unfortunately those timelines have only gotten longer. Even though we ordered the hardware for PC EU long ago, we still are waiting for some critical parts, some of which are foundational to the whole service.
I figured it would be something similar to this. Almost nailed it with logistics! It's definitely not ZOS's fault, even though they're easiest to get angry at. Deploying hardware at that scale is - to reuse my own words - challenging.
Challenging maybe for indie devs but ZOS is owned by Microsoft is it not? With that kind of money and those connections it shouldn't be that challenging should it?
It is that challenging. You do not understand logistics and regulatory/compliance gates when a multinational company is sourcing from other multinational companies at any scale. And that's fine, but please don't try to argue like you understand by using poor examples.PC-NA | PvP (Gray Host & BGs) | PvE (vTrials & vDGs)2 -
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✭✭✭✭✭I think it's more likely to be the global microchip shortage causing problems than some sort of regulatory issue. Zenimax was a multinational company in it's own right before being bought by Microsoft and had a datacentre and offices in Germany since before ESO launched, including running the EU servers. It's not like they're new to any of this. Secondly it's not normally difficult to get computer parts in Europe, even imported ones, and if what they need is made or sold anywhere in the EU there's no restrictions on shipping it at all.PC EU player | She/her/hers | PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!
"Remember in this game we call life that no one said it's fair"2 -
Lebkuchen✭✭✭✭✭I do not have my homework because the bus was too late. I am late because of traffic. The food is not ready, because the oven is old and not hot enough. I look like a mop at my wedding, because the hairdresser did not have time for me. I am tired because i drank too much yesterday...
A multi million (billion?) dollar company should be able to think ahaid, instead of always always always be behind, too late and too slow with everything.
Hardware and software should have been replaced and improved years ago, and everyone knows that. They had plenty of time.5 -
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✭✭Is there ever going to be a good time? Certainly not over the holidays, I can foresee a week or two of turmoil when the changes occur.
So maybe in the summertime when I have better things to do!
(It's like pulling teeth, you put it off even though you know things will be better afterwards...)0