Hey Meshlg,

No problem, it's my pleasure. You know, I've been playing ESO since around July 2018, and I've clocked around 10k hours thus far, and I have noticed plenty of changes in that time, some good and DEFINITELY some bad. I'm guessing you have also noticed your fair share, seeing as you've clocked over 25k. I think the servers are particularly old, and each patch ZoS releases can sometimes feel like placing a plaster over a gunshot wound.

When I was experiencing issues with my ping, my game would just boot me from the server for no reason, and even just walking around Alinor, it would feel like Cyrodiil on a weekend during the White Strake's Mayhem event, lol, so I definitely understand what you mean.

What I will do is log into ESO now, and I'll screenshot the current settings I am using that have helped me overcome a lot of the issues I was facing (I will upload those screenshots ASAP and label them "@Mashlg"; then you can always try them and see if it resolves the problem for you). I hope that the settings are the problem, as that would be an easier fix than trying to identify if it is a server, addon or anything else.

I think the biggest problem is identifying what the exact problem could be. Ping could very well be the problem (or it might not be), but typing in "/Latency" the same way we do when we "/reloadui" might identify, or potentially rule out, any ping problems. I don't know where exactly you're located, but if you are playing on the EU server, that server's location is in Frankfurt, Germany. I am located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, so I am approximately 1,209 km away from where the server is located, so my ping will never be as great as those living in Germany or even Belgium, the Netherlands or even France. But let's say you're not actually located in Antarctica (LOL) and you are currently in, say, Moscow, Russia; you'll be even further away from ESO's server home (I believe it is approximately 2,400km away). The further the distance, the higher the ping.

I know you mentioned that you don't seem to experience this problem when playing CSGO, where having low ping is indeed critical for obvious reasons, but Counter Strike has numerous server locations spread out across the world (they have EIGHT server locations in Europe alone, 7 in Asia, 9 in North America, 2 in South America, 1 in South Africa and 1 in Australia), meaning they have 28 different server locations for you to choose from, whereas ESO literally only has either the NA servers located in Texas or the EU servers in Frankfurt… that is it! With over 27 million accounts registered to The Elder Scrolls Online, having just TWO servers is SHOCKING, so it's not completely out of the realms of probability that the problems you're unfortunately experiencing are directly related to ping/latency/server problems. I am not suggesting it is 100% a server/latency issue, but it can't hurt to see what your ping is like, can it? Even if it's just to rule the problem out.

Anyway, check out my screenshots that I'm about to upload in regard to the current setting I am using. I'll even screenshot the latency I get as well. You have spent 25,343.4 hrs on record in ESO, so it is fair to say that, like me, you have a deep love and appreciation for ESO. It would be an absolute tragedy if you were unable to play a game you clearly love (and, from my own selfish perspective, deprive me and the ESO community of seeing all the beautiful screenshots you post).

Warm regards,

Gray Fox, aka AyleidRoyalty on PC/EU.

Hi, thanks for the reply! Yeah btw about disabling PCIe socket and drivers I had a similar story too, but with the new driver it seems to have solved that problem. But most of the other bugs and problems with the game, about which I wrote (with dungeons, store, etc), this in my opinion, is purely technical faults on the part of the game or servers, has nothing to do with pc players.

And it's the same situation with the ping. I'm pretty sure it's not the quality of my connection, because in other games like CS2 (where low ping is critical) I'm doing fine. In addition high ping does not appear all the time, but most often during some events, during peak hours on servers or in Syrodiil. This seems to me to be a direct indication of server side problems.

Hey Mesh,

There could be a few issues you're experiencing. My games were recently crashing for no reason, only for me to find out it was the last Nvidia driver, 576.02 (driver 576.28 seems to have sorted the problem out).

Also, I found that my GPU kept disconnecting from the PCIe socket and thus causing the game to crash. If you're playing at 1080p, try to play in windowed mode, as that solved a lot of problems for me (full screen, not bordered). Finally, try to bring your settings down a touch; that should help a bit (I don't think all the beautiful screenshots you post will be affected too badly).

If you want to check if you're experiencing ping issues, simply type /latency and you'll see your ping in the bottom left corner. My latency was between 80 - 240 (so, you can imagine what healing dungeons or trials was like, lol). I upgraded to 500 Mb/s, and now my latency is around 50 - 60.

Gray Fox