The Elder Scrolls Online Update 44 has completely overhauled the PvP mode Battlegrounds. Gone are the 4v4v4 matches, replaced now by 8v8 and 4v4 modes instead. But there's a problem, as many players and streamers are running into long queues and being kicked out of lobbies that struggle to fill.
Update 44 also introduces the game's first non-binary companion.
We spoke to lead combat and PvP designer Brian Wheeler about the changes, and brought up these teething problems. He assures that the team is not only aware, but has a solution in the works.
"It's the growing pains of making massive changes to a system that's [been] established for a while, but we do have a handle on that, and we are working on getting a fix deployed for that queue issue soon," Wheeler tells TheGamer.
It's one of those things where you're making a lot of changes to a lot of front facing systems, and sometimes this stuff doesn't appear until things come under load.
"When that came up, we were like, 'Okay, well, we gotta fix that as soon as we possibly can.' We know that's a big one....
