Character Becomes Unresponsive

xryanvb16_ESO

Sometimes randomly it seems but frequently as of late, I will be in combat and Have enough resources for the skill I'm using, I will not be under any CC effect yet I'm unable to use any abilities. One time i died in this state and when i rezzed, I was walking extremely slow and unable to fix it by toggling walk run or anything else, this was fixed upon reloging.

Beyond this bug I also noticed that there are times like when you need to block or do something else but are unable to because your stuck in a long animation like Rapid Strikes, and further it seems to queue spells that you cast in this time till after the animation is finished this is really annoying and causes a feeling of lose of control of the character.

eetwast

Having the same exact issue. Very frustrating.

Wildflower1

Yes, last night I was having some lag issues where I could not perform certain actions...then all of them would kick in at once. Not certain if this is my local server or game.

eetwast

lol just happened again and got me killed. I rezzed and the issue has been going on for about 5minutes now. unable to move at a normal speed even when mounted. I tried sprinting and my stamina drains but my player still moves like a snail. No lag in chat, etc. so its not a lag issue. I also checked to ensure that my walk was not toggled on so that is not the issue either. Very frustrating bug as I used to just rez and it would go back to normal; however it seems dying is not fixing it anymore so the game is currently unplayable

Kilandros

Same. My character is basically completely unresponsive during any mid-sized fight

Ail

Oh this happened to me in Cyrodiil a couple times. Never happened before last night, but during a battle it happened twice within about 10 minutes.

babylon

The fix for this is to press Esc twice or open and shut any UI window (like bag or character).

Hope they hurry up and fix this bug, it's a pretty bad one.

copperlocke_ESO

I have this same issue. Oftentimes, I find moving 50-60 feet away will fix the issue. It seems like the terrain is bugging my character out, and if I get away from the area I started the fight in, I can finish the fight.

A permanent fix so I don't have to play 'kite three mobs without getting adds' would be nice!

babylon

copperlocke_ESO wrote: »

I have this same issue. Oftentimes, I find moving 50-60 feet away will fix the issue. It seems like the terrain is bugging my character out, and if I get away from the area I started the fight in, I can finish the fight.

That's interesting, maybe it's part of the desyncing issue (we walk over a bump in the ground or into an object and server loses us for a moment).

ranncoreb14_ESO

babylon wrote: »

The fix for this is to press Esc twice or open and shut any UI window (like bag or character).

Hope they hurry up and fix this bug, it's a pretty bad one.

Well at least I know what to do when it happens now. Yes this happens to me quite often and it's pretty crippling. I'd say about once an hour. Can't pin down what is causing it... except that I'm in combat every time. I can't tell if that's just the only time I notice it though

RKLimes

Same problem as the OP for me as well. Cant use an ability, attack, block, or anything. I'm only able to move, and take hits. It's not something I can recreate, but it happens occasionally, and results in death almost every time.

Relogging seems to work.

Also, I can no longer summon my mount on one of my characters. very strange. If I attempt to summon a mount while autowalking, the character stutter-steps as if to perform an action, then just carries on walking.

Several reboots, relogs, and deaths later, still no mount.

Tai

I am experiencing the same issue.

ashley-jamesb16_ESO

Same here 9/10 it's when i'm in combat

Loxy37

best way is to run our of combat and use /reloadui. I know its annoying, I didnt have it in any beta, only since EA.

1111scornneb18_ESO

i never had this before but since two days and i use the same skills

chmeee

I've had this happen several times. I've used /reloadui to "fix" it, but will try the "ESC twice" method the next time it happens.

Very annoying. Never saw it in beta.

ItsTommyGun

I came here to see if there was a fix for this. I will try the loading and exting the menu thing... hopefully that helps.

Felgor

This is happening ALOT to me as well. Also, my character seems to get stuck in "Walk" mode even though i have that action unbounded. Only way to fix both these issues, is to open my inventory and then close it. Very annoying.

wpgsux

this seems to only happen with dual wield nightblades. Never happens on my sorc. Slow movement and unable to use any hotkeys. disabled all addons.
temp fix: toggle character screen and back to normal. spent around 5k in repairs so far from this bug.

SavageHenry

This also happens me, no matter which character I use, and has happened in side and out of combat

aipex8_ESO

This is happening to me as well (dual wield Nightblade). It's been happening occasionally up until last night where it happened almost every fight I was in. I'll try the ESC twice method to break it, but wow I died a lot because of it! Like I should be compensated for the repair bill! LOL. It's quite embarrassing to be killed by a banekin that is 3 levels lower than you because you can't attack or run away!

Zuvla

Zuvla wrote: »

not sure if your issue is the same as mine was but i had something similar happen in beta...
for now the best I can tell you is try command+tab (if mac) and I THINK control-tab (for PC) and quickly do it again...other things that might work would be hitting esc 2 times, going to your mail and exiting, anything else that does a soft ui reset...

if that doesnt work and you are walking slow you can try rolling away which usually is not affected by speed decrease (double click W A S D)

i believe its actually alt-tab for windows (i dont use my pc for anything but gaming so i dont use that as often >.<)

jrhiattjrb14_ESO

I can not have 2 weapon sets anymore. I can switch weapons as long as it is 2 dual wield stes. other wise. It wont let me switch even with empty bags.

bearcalypse

Oh thank FSM it's not just me! I posted about it earlier today http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/74060/hotbar-graying-out#latest

My hotbar grays out and then unless I hit ESC successively it stays grayed out. If I die while the hotbar is grayed out, when I rez I run like I am in molasses. A reloadui does not fix this, I have to exit the game and relaunch it to. So far only affecting my dual wield Templar and not my 2hand Nightblade. I saw one other comment above that said it was affecting their dual wield Nightblade, so I'm now curious if this is only affecting dual wield users?

This is one thing that is absolutely destroying my enjoyment of the game. If they can't fix this, I am gone at the end of the month.

AlchemyDevil

Opening ANY UI window will break this bug, inventory, mail, guild, journal, map, even just hitting the Alt key, once the UI window has been opened use any method you like to close it (Alt, Esc or just simply moving your character) and the bug will be cleared.

riverdragon72

Same issues here.

jimfopao2

Ditto
Dual wield dragon knight.

Relogging will remove the slow walk thing. This is a recent development for me but the non responsive thing is not new to me.

It happens every few hours at least. Except for one time when I jumped off a dock into water I have died. Dying used to reset things. Now it does the slow walk.

Sometimes I am locked onto the target. Running away makes me face the enemy and I cannot get out of melee range although I can circle it.

It's bollocks. I have wasted thousands in repair bills from this bug.

The last few times have been on stairs/steps so I wonder if the height/level difference between mob/player has any impact. I don't recall being on different levels every time but I don't record this sort of data so I dunno.... Just tossing this point in to confuse things.

bearcalypse

This is definitely a dual-wield thing. When it started happening to my Templar last night, I unequipped my dual weapons and equipped a 1h/shield and did not have the issue again for the rest of the night.

Is there a real bug report forum for this game? Because obviously ingame and in-forum customer support doesn't seem to exist.

djodars

babylon wrote: »

The fix for this is to press Esc twice or open and shut any UI window (like bag or character).

Hope they hurry up and fix this bug, it's a pretty bad one.

Can confirm this, I had the same problem and found that doing this fixed it 100% of the time.

tlainya_ESO

The issue isn't limited to dual wield, it happened to my Templar with a fire destruction staff, she's never dual wielded.

Sandhya

I experience this too, very often, and almost always in combat. There is no real lead for me on what causes it, but the simplest idea I think is server lag/latency issues, something else I think might be related is the use of the SHIFT key in relation to it blocking the use of the ability bar: the 'Shift' status suffers from latency and this causes an argument when communicating with the server.

Regardless, fixing this mostly works far quicker than /reloadui so I thought I'd share: I just hit ALT or ESC twice to go in menu and back to the game. This has fixed the issue every single time for me, and is even doable in most combat situations. Immediately after returning to the game the character is functional again.