Can we talk about phasing?

Tinolyn · August 2016

By phasing, I mean the change of the environment as you complete quests. In some areas, we're talking about all the angry mobs disappearing and being replaced by friendly or neutral ones, for example.

My issue: Having locked chests spawn in a phased area. I can cite one specific instance (the edge of Jackdaw Cove in Bangkorai) where I can clearly see the chest, which disappears when I get in range of the phasing.

I've seen materials nodes make it through the phasing, but chests...forget about it.

Is this something that annoys you? Does Zenimax consider this an issue?

Nestor · August 2016

There are 2/3 of these chests/nodes I have seen in game, one is in Greenshade, it goes away as you approach it. I forget where the other one is, maybe it is the one in Bangkori that you talk about. Out of the 1000's of chests in the game, it is not a huge issue in my mind, nor something I worry about.

For instance, the Guild Trader in Greenshade near the final quest area would not be accessible if you finished Greenshade. You could see the cart, but the NPC was not there. They fixed this after about a year.

Just do a /bug on the chest so they know about it. They can't fix things if they are not made aware of it. Note, be near the chest or object when you do the /bug as they get information about where you are in the report.