ZOS, you have failed to come through on many of your pre-release promises. Miserably, in some cases. The Mega Server was supposed to give us a Lag-Free gaming experience. This, I think, more than anything else may be what is driving people away. I won't go as far to say that I feel as though I was lied to (because you are new to this MMO thing and probably just naive and over-optimistic), but come on guys! What you have delivered pales in comparison to what you said you would provide.

PvP used to be vibrant. Now it is reduced to pretty much one Campaign. Even with the hard core guilds sticking it out, people are still leaving in droves because of the lag in Cyrodiil. It is *so bad* at peak hours, it is virtually unplayable in areas of even the slightest density. The serious players in my guild are having to look at odd-hours for PvP events because the lag has been so horrid. Unfortunately, that excludes many others who can't log on at those times. And this is for a premier PvP guild.

In addition to PvP lag, this problem with skills not going off is just out of control ridiculous. If you try doing anything in a tight fight where more than a couple of mobs are present, it's a toss of the coin whether you live or die. For a game that was supposed to rely on player skill, reflexes and Finesse (remember that?), it fails miserably. Not only do skills fail to activate on my skill bar, but things like block and interrupt suffer from this as well. I'm a Nightblade. I walk into a group of 2-3 mobs. I stun lock one then quickly attack a second. I see the third powering up a spell or a heavy attack. If I don't do my block or interrupt right when they are starting their animation, I get hit full force. If I try to do a move or two and then block/interrupt while the animation is still going, but maybe near the end of it, I'm toast. This is absolutely *NOT* skillful play. It is almost as bad as point and click play in some cases. Combat *really* needs to be tightened up.

I really like the game, but you are making it hard for me to love it any more. I *used* to love it. Now it's more of a Love/Hate relationship. I took out a 6 month subscription at early access, because I know you will have some growing pains. I'm willing to stick it out until then, but you have a long, uphill battle on your "Road Ahead". If you can't get your sh*t together is 6 months though, I can't see anybody taking you seriously any more.

I realize it is extremely unlikely anybody of any usefulness will see and read this post, but I guess if I add my voice to all the others, you may listen. Somebody at ZOS may hear us and actually do more than pay lip service with banal Public Service statements. I really would like to be a fly on the wall in the dev offices, because really- it seems like you've given up and are letting a couple people on the PTS direct you in what needs to be done. Your reasoning astounds and confuses me.

But more than anything, ZOS, PLEASE fix the LAG!!!!!