In the Fantasy MMO The Elder Scrolls Online, FPS drops and lags have been causing headaches and bad moods for a week. Zenimax has found the culprit and is addressing it with a hotfix.
Since the “Crypt of Hearts” patch, technicians and players have been scratching their heads about what suddenly went wrong with The Elder Scrolls Online. Everything was running smoothly before, and then suddenly nothing worked anymore. As always, players searched for patterns and discussed it on all channels: One swore that it was only horrible in Cyrodiil, the PvP zone, while another noticed frame rate drops in the Crypt of Hearts as well. One said it lagged for him when playing the Templar, while another had no issues at all. Many suspected a change in a healing spell. It was a mystery.
Now a staff member from Zenimax spoke up in the official forum and said the relieving words: “Hey there everyone. We’re aware that the FPS issue did not get fixed after yesterday’s patch and, in some cases, actually made it worse. Our team has identified what’s causing this, and we are working on a hotfix now. We hope to roll this out for everyone soon, and will let you all know as soon as we do.”
They regret that the problem could not be resolved with the last patch – in some instances, it even worsened. However, they have now identified the issue and want to fix it as quickly as possible with a hotfix.
Under the thread, the howling of werewolves was heard, whose vulnerability to silver did not prompt a hotfix. In the past, players have often been reassured until the next maintenance to address issues that, in the eyes of some – usually those affected – also deserved an immediate hotfix.
Update 11 AM: The hotfix has now been deployed for The Elder Scrolls Online. It requires a 50 MB download. As the German community manager Kai Schober informs, the hotfix should improve performance in many cases, but unfortunately does not offer a complete fix. In the meantime, work is continuing on a solution. Anyone currently in The Elder Scrolls Online will need to log out briefly to download the hotfix.
Update March 7, 1 AM: The hotfix seems to have not delivered as much as originally hoped. They are aiming for a patch date early next week to resolve the issues. If Zenimax sees a way to mitigate the frame rate drops beforehand, another hotfix will be deployed.
