The Elder Scrolls Online currently has the strongest player numbers ever. This was reported by the Game Director of the MMORPG. However, the strong numbers are also leading to technical problems.
How is ESO doing? According to Game Director Matt Firor, the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls currently has more players than ever before. Reasons for this are likely the current Corona situation, the free weeks at the beginning of April, as well as the anticipation for the new Skyrim expansion Greymoor.
ESO was able to set a record on Steam in April.
However, with the increase in player numbers, technical problems are also accumulating. However, the developers are already working on these, Firor reported.
Input delay as a problem, more server capacity as a response?
What kind of problems are there? A major problem in ESO right now is input delay. This causes keystrokes not to be recognized at all or the desired actions to be executed only after a delay.
This is particularly a problem during large player gatherings, such as during castle sieges on the PvP map Cyrodiil or large PvE events.
What are the developers doing about it? In an initial action, according to Firor, the server capacities for PCs in Europe have recently been increased. The growth of players seems to be the greatest there. In addition, performance issues are still being investigated so that they can be addressed.
Generally, ESO struggles with various technical hurdles that have repeatedly caused problems in recent years. Therefore, a plan was released in September 2019 that aims to improve the MMORPG technically with each update.
Already with Update 24 in October 2019, the memory management was improved and the group search was completely redesigned. With Update 25, there was a significant reduction in the client size. With Update 26 and the release of Greymoor, there are to be further technical improvements.
ESO is one of the most successful theme park MMOs
What makes ESO so successful? The Elder Scrolls Online offers a vast game world with rich lore, many outstanding quests and plenty of tasks. Furthermore, it is very beginner-friendly and allows you to play anywhere in the world without restrictions since Tamriel Unlimited.
Another significant advantage is that it is one of the few MMORPGs on consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One. Many players are active there as well.
However, ESO was not always this successful. At launch, many things were different, as MeinMMO author Jürgen Horn remembers. He summarized his release experiences in a column.
