It's because to many people are trying to log in at same time servers are over populated

So ZOS made a post about this found here:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/467936/pc-eu-server-update-april-11

Might want to save the website for future information on the game. The developers tend to make their official statements and announcements on the official forums for the game and not Steam.

The gist of the post it that over the last couple months they have experienced a large influx of new players causing the player base to grow faster then anticipated. In order to ensure that the servers don't have any issues they had to turn on a login queue as a temporary measure as they work to add more to their servers to accommodate everyone.

Nice... growing population... but really i need wait over 15 min to login ( i have ESO plus - and wait more. )

Same, 15 min queue that's a lot, hope new players enjoy it as I do xD

So, they had a peak on player on January and now on May they finally adress it and announce that they will fix it....

Men I tell you, somedays I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hate to be such an TES fan, I´ve allow Bethesda and Zenimax to ♥♥♥♥ me at every change in ways I wouldn´t allow to any other dev/publisher.

its not growing population its more growing botulaton. they still not showed any numbers so its clearly a lie and they knew it since january ....

12 min

Moaning an groaning wont do any good if you do not like whats going on then quit the game an get a life
Have an awesome day

Zenimax Online Executives NEED to understand that the gamers ARE THEIR CUSTOMERS.

Soon we will leave for some other MMO and buy games from other companies, not because the games are better but that we are fed up with getting less than promised at every step of the way.

Increase in playerbase = more money. Upgrade and expand that damn servercluster then!
If you are trying to squeeze out a few more bucks of profit by decreasing server capacity, the players will leave for sure.

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So ZOS made a post about this found here:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/467936/pc-eu-server-update-april-11

Might want to save the website for future information on the game. The developers tend to make their official statements and announcements on the official forums for the game and not Steam.

The gist of the post it that over the last couple months they have experienced a large influx of new players causing the player base to grow faster then anticipated. In order to ensure that the servers don't have any issues they had to turn on a login queue as a temporary measure as they work to add more to their servers to accommodate everyone.

Yea, it has passed a year since this article was written. I do not see changes in the overall situations. The logging queue is still present, still long and they joke with you telling every time: ''30 seconds aproximately'', while you've been waiting for 20 minutes...
This company keeps disappointing me under several aspects and I agree with people changing MMO, because there's no respect for costumers. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.i.n.g. B.a.s.t.a.r.d.s.....