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Queue is broken
Flangdoodle
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I don't know what happened after the last edition of Whitestrake's Mayhem, but ever since then the queue for Gray Host is broken. Friday night (2/20/2026) was the worst I've seen it since the old 200+ "Midyear Mayhem" days. Everyone was talking about how the queue was ridiculously long (even for a Friday), and worse - took FOREVER to get through. I myself started in queue at 4:30pm PST at #72 aiming for a 6pm PST guild raid, and it took me over an hour and a half to get into Gray Host. Other people in guild chat talked about being in queues of over 100 and some missed the raid entirely. How are people supposed to plan for a scheduled raid like this? And while Friday was the worst it has been - it's been somewhat like this every night.
It's not as though there are hundreds of new people coming into Cyrodiil - at least not as evidenced by the names I see 1) when fighting 2) in my kill feed, and 3) in zone. It's the same names as usual for that time slot. If there are, great and congratulations, but it doesn't seem like it. What happened? My armchair theory is that the pop-cap must have been expanded for Mayhem and when the event was over it was brought back to pre-testing levels or something, but I have no idea. Anyway if you guys could fix whatever broke it'd be great.
Cheers.
It's not as though there are hundreds of new people coming into Cyrodiil - at least not as evidenced by the names I see 1) when fighting 2) in my kill feed, and 3) in zone. It's the same names as usual for that time slot. If there are, great and congratulations, but it doesn't seem like it. What happened? My armchair theory is that the pop-cap must have been expanded for Mayhem and when the event was over it was brought back to pre-testing levels or something, but I have no idea. Anyway if you guys could fix whatever broke it'd be great.
Cheers.
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Flangdoodle✭✭✭UPDATE
It has been 1 month since I posted this, and as I type I have been in queue for Gray Host tonight (3/20/2026) for 1 hour and 25 minutes.
I started at #107 and now I am at #50. This is ridiculous. Fix what you broke. A queue like this on a non-PVP event weekend is unacceptable.0 -
Theignson✭✭✭✭✭
✭Queue is completely broken. Last night at 1:30 AM (EST) I queued up and the queue was 25 players!
Then, when I got in (EP as always), there was a huge AD zerg but EP was way outnumbered despite supposedly poplocked with a queue.
The only thing happening on the map was AD zerg taking everything
The queue has been broken since MYM I agree
For a long time there have been rumors that people are creating free alt accounts and logging in to clog the queue/ and/or inflate the opponent population. Players obviously have no way to prove this
However something is seriously wrong
Unfortunately this PvP forum has died so no one reads it4 GOs, and General, and bunches of prefects etc-- all classes...I've wasted a lot of time in PVP over the last 8 years0 -
YandereGirlfriend✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭There's no conspiracy, the new patch and direction of the game is good and old players are returning.
More players are simply in the queue and wanting to PvP than before. This is a good thing.0 -
Flangdoodle✭✭✭YandereGirlfriend wrote: »There's no conspiracy, the new patch and direction of the game is good and old players are returning.
More players are simply in the queue and wanting to PvP than before. This is a good thing.
Agree there's no conspiracy - and rumors are ... well rumors, and not helpful. However, something has definitely changed since the last MYM, and as I said, I'm seeing the same people both in-game, and in zone chat. There's been nothing to explain this sudden bump in people queueing if there in fact is one. We expect it during events, or when there is some bonus to be gained for coming into Cyrodiil, but TMK there's been nothing that would otherwise cause it?
I'm EP. Is it happening on the other factions as well?0 -
YandereGirlfriend✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Flangdoodle wrote: »YandereGirlfriend wrote: »There's no conspiracy, the new patch and direction of the game is good and old players are returning.
More players are simply in the queue and wanting to PvP than before. This is a good thing.
Agree there's no conspiracy - and rumors are ... well rumors, and not helpful. However, something has definitely changed since the last MYM, and as I said, I'm seeing the same people both in-game, and in zone chat. There's been nothing to explain this sudden bump in people queueing if there in fact is one. We expect it during events, or when there is some bonus to be gained for coming into Cyrodiil, but TMK there's been nothing that would otherwise cause it?
I'm EP. Is it happening on the other factions as well?
Yes, PC-NA all three factions have Disneyland-like queues basically every day of the week now.
Gotta queue-in like two hours early if you want to make it in during prime time.1