Maintenance is required for the mega servers in the fantasy MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online due to the leap second.
“Yes, we are serious about this,” states the announcement regarding maintenance on the mega servers for The Elder Scrolls Online. The leap second that occurred from last night to today requires maintenance. Since the Earth is rotating slightly slower than it did 180 years ago, the clock did not go from 1:59:59 to 2:00:00 as usual, but instead to 1:59:60 and then finally to 2:00:00.
And for some reason, this now necessitates maintenance. This is peculiar because TESO has already been experiencing increased and lengthy maintenance after the console release, and fans are complaining about it. Now, it’s also due to leap seconds.
Xbox One players in Europe have just completed their maintenance. For PlayStation 4, maintenance started at 9:00 AM our time. PC players will have to briefly go without TESO starting at 10:00 AM. Around noon, the US servers will be affected.
