The Elder Scrolls Online suddenly has 120 minutes of queues

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The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online struggled with long queues last weekend. But where did this come from and why is it just as popular on Google Trends as it was last time in 2021? We’ll tell you.

What happened at ESO? Three things came together at ESO this weekend:

  • From July 20th to July 27th, the ESO base game was free at Epic Games. In general, the MMORPG can now be played there permanently.
  • ESO+ can currently be used free of charge for 7 days. This bonus ends on August 3rd.
  • The Zenithar Zeal event is still running until August 8th, giving you rewards for the first daily quest of the day. As a result, a correspondingly large number of users wanted to log in.

    • These three actions together ensured that there were suddenly queues at the weekend. Players report 30, 80 and sometimes up to 120 minutes that they had to wait for the login. The EU servers in particular were affected.

    Both the release at Epic Games and the queues ultimately led to ESO generating a very high level of search queries. It reached its best value on Google Trends since December 2021.

    However, nothing would have changed in our ranking: The 10 largest MMORPGs in Germany in 2023, according to Google.

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    Is Epic really the reason for the increase? Apparently yes. Because the search volume for the terms “Elder Scrolls Online Epic Games” and “ESO free” was very large. It is also striking that the number of players on Steam has not experienced a notable increase, but is actually declining.

    At the start of the new Necrom expansion, around 30,000 players were still playing at the top, but recently it was more like 22,000 to 24,000 (via SteamDB).

    ESO in global trends. You hardly see the release of Necrom in June.

    In general, Necrom has attracted little attention. Despite the new Arcanist class, the expansion didn’t result in a large increase in search volume or in the press.

    Things have looked a little different over the past few days, with interest hitting its highest level in almost two years.

    What’s next for ESO? On August 21st the MMORPG releases the new update 39 for PC and on September 5th for PlayStation and Xbox. This focuses on some Qualify of Life changes, including adjustments to PvP, new daily quests, and an update to the quest structure in general.

    A special patch will be released at the end of the year. This brings a big innovation for dungeons and breaks out of the old update pattern. But there aren’t many details yet. We have summarized everything here: The MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online will have an endless dungeon in 2023 – we know that.

    What do you think of ESO’s current soaring? Is this deserved and should more people watch the MMORPG in general? Or are you rather surprised where the interest comes from?

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