Seriously. Every time some trivial event strolls by the game becomes borderline unplayable just because a mere 50+ people stand by a World Boss (and only top 12 get loot. smartest decision ever by the way! Especially during an event. Much logic, much awestruck) or because of double loot in a zone and more people are lag-running around desperately fighting for that one node because they aren't client-side. The game is so much fun when you get ridiculous latency and ping spikes and lag, or when you get kicked to the log-in screen with NO error message whatsoever.
Oh, sure, you can blame it being the weekend. Sure... But for a game that has taken a day out of the week for almost 5 years in the name of "megaserver patch maintenance" ought to be able to handle an event by now--especially a tiny one like the Clockwork City. But no, instead we got (in my opinion) a server that has gotten progressively worse over the years and ZOS hasn't shown a single thought or care for that.
Let's neglect the game itself; ignore fixing pre-existing bugs that have been in-game for a long time, let's not take the time to fix and improve server stability (that weekly "maintenance" is a joke). Ignore PvP (content and perfomance-wise) completely. Let's not communicate with the community as much as we should. Let's not increment smaller balance patches more frequently BUT let's use our Class Representatives as a scapegoat tool. Little note here: I personally think Class Reps are being under-utilized and taking the brunt of hate when it comes to ZOS' own balancing decisions.
Instead their priority comes across as dishing out content as fast as possible, no matter what. Just dish it out. Put more re-textured stuff in the Crown Store, introduce new Gamble Crates with an already bloated reward table, and cram as much stuff possible in the Store. Or nerfing everything into Oblivion because it's over-performing, rather than buffing the under-used/under-appreciated/underwhelming sets, skills, passives, whatever. This is how I feel ZOS rewards the people who support them. I don't understand why they have such askew priorities and are incapable to focus on the important things.
Anyway, this is just my two cents on it. And ZOS won't read it, I already know that much. Criticism and ZOS are like water and oil, their past behavior is a testament to that.
P.S. Before Mr. and Mrs. Smartie Pants come in here all "just git a better pc bruh" or "i want ur stuff pl0x" - don't waste my or your time doing that. I'm sure you'll still get your e-peen forum points for writing that elsewhere.
Oh, sure, you can blame it being the weekend. Sure... But for a game that has taken a day out of the week for almost 5 years in the name of "megaserver patch maintenance" ought to be able to handle an event by now--especially a tiny one like the Clockwork City. But no, instead we got (in my opinion) a server that has gotten progressively worse over the years and ZOS hasn't shown a single thought or care for that.
Let's neglect the game itself; ignore fixing pre-existing bugs that have been in-game for a long time, let's not take the time to fix and improve server stability (that weekly "maintenance" is a joke). Ignore PvP (content and perfomance-wise) completely. Let's not communicate with the community as much as we should. Let's not increment smaller balance patches more frequently BUT let's use our Class Representatives as a scapegoat tool. Little note here: I personally think Class Reps are being under-utilized and taking the brunt of hate when it comes to ZOS' own balancing decisions.
Instead their priority comes across as dishing out content as fast as possible, no matter what. Just dish it out. Put more re-textured stuff in the Crown Store, introduce new Gamble Crates with an already bloated reward table, and cram as much stuff possible in the Store. Or nerfing everything into Oblivion because it's over-performing, rather than buffing the under-used/under-appreciated/underwhelming sets, skills, passives, whatever. This is how I feel ZOS rewards the people who support them. I don't understand why they have such askew priorities and are incapable to focus on the important things.
Anyway, this is just my two cents on it. And ZOS won't read it, I already know that much. Criticism and ZOS are like water and oil, their past behavior is a testament to that.
P.S. Before Mr. and Mrs. Smartie Pants come in here all "just git a better pc bruh" or "i want ur stuff pl0x" - don't waste my or your time doing that. I'm sure you'll still get your e-peen forum points for writing that elsewhere.