Maelstrom arena issues.

Typical_Tim

Has anyone experienced broken mechanics in maelstrom arena post Morrowind?

I've had mechanics on the 6th round where you kill venomous horvers near the posts to remove the spider webs that do not show the mechanic of having spider webs on them at all. Also on the 7th round the argonian minders which cast a shield on you during the final boss phase have not shown up at all causing you to get 1 shot with nowhere to go.

Pepper8Jack

I've encountered both of these in the past, but haven't seen them in some time. They usually only occurred for me when I had spent a long time (~2 hours or more) in the arena without leaving, and could be fixed by rebooting the game.

The longer you spend in VMA, the more effects and animations start to disappear. My first attempt was around 10 hours long and by the time I gave up, the portal into the arena wouldn't even appear and neither would the Crematorial Guards' fire breath.

My (uneducated) guess is that there's a memory leak in the instance that causes the game to slowly lose these things over time. As I said though, the issues should disappear with a reboot.

Teuton67

Between the lag and the broken dual wield, VMA is a horrible experience that will make you want to uninstall the game. The mobs aren't where your screen shows them and, even if you can connect with a heavy attack, no animations play. That's my experience on XBOX at least.

BigBadVolk

Also, what happened to me a countless time is on certain stages, my game literally froze then got High ping (my fps stayed on normal) then all there waves of the round spawned on me (happened 3 times on Stage 3 and once on Stage 8 at the Flame Knight round)

Teuton67

Well, another day, another horrible experience in VMA. If ZOS developers have any pride at all, they would be hanging their heads in shame at how bad it is right now. If I was one of them, I would lie at parties and tell people I was a speech writer for Trump so I could get more respect.

AdicusDio

Seht's Balcony (stage 2) on vet was lagging so bad on PC I had to just run clock-wise circles following the inner-most blade and let caltrops kill he 3 dwemer ftw. Anything else and the lag kills you.