Ever since last night, maybe around 10~11pm PDT, my stamina necromancer has been having issues with combat and buffs. I have listed a few other forum posts that have similar issues, but I created a new bug report because I am also having issues in combat that the other ones do not mention. Please see References section at bottom of the post for the other forum posts as well as some image references.
I first noticed these issues while running dungeons yesterday, I think vSpindle2 or vDirefrost was the first I noticed the block issue in, and vVoM was the first one I noticed the synergy issues in. This is on PC NA.
- Stuck with the block symbol always up in front of my character, even when not blocking. Ref #2 mentions this bug. Ref #5 is the image of my character with the block symbol stuck on it.
- How to reproduce: hold block and then rolldodge. It might take a few times, but I was able to reproduce this twice after relogging. It does not happen on any other characters.
- Cannot sprint while mounted -- it starts to sprint but then stops a split second later, and the sprint meter takes only a small dip and returns to full. Refs #1~#3 all mention this bug
- Using Rapid Maneuver while mounted does not apply the buff. The animation and sound goes through, but no speed boost is achieved. Ref #3 mentions this. I was able to use it a few seconds later after I dismounted, but it only applied Major Expedition, not Major Gallop.
- Unable to use synergies, such as energy orbs, 90% of the time. The animation and sound goes through, but the synergy is not activated and the resource return/buffs/debuffs are not applied. The synergy cooldown is not applied either, so I end up spamming X on a stream of orbs but none of them pop.
- Buffs are all kinds of bugged. I tried to parse on the 21m HP Iron Atronach dummy, and the buffs and synergy application was very inconsistent:
- Self buffs were inconsistent in application. For example, the Hawk Eye buff from bow skill line only continuously applied 1 stack, even though I was spamming only bow light attacks at the dummy. It is supposed to stack up to 5 times for a 5 second duration.
- Iron Atronach dummy buffs were also inconsistent. When I enter combat with the dummy, I am supposed to receive multiple buffs such as Major Force, Major Courage, Minor Berserk, Aggressive Horn, etc. at 100% uptime. However, in actuality, I only received some of the buffs, and it seems like more of them were applied when I swapped bars. As seen in the Combat Metrics parse (Ref #4), I had the correct uptimes for Minor Prophecy/Berserk/Brutality/Savagery/Sorcery, but had very low uptime on Aggresive Horn, Major Force, Major Courage, and probably more down the list that don't fit in the window.
- The provided shard synergy did not work correctly. I am supposed to get the shard synergy almost immediately after starting combat, but in some attempts it only showed up later, and in some attempts it didn't show up at all. In addition, when I activated the synergy, just like in issue #4 above, it did not apply the resource return, I did not get the synergy cooldown, but the animation showed that the synergy had been taken. Interestingly, the synergy's green circle went away, only to drop on me again after about 5 seconds -- so this is definitely not client side. The server is recognizing that I "used" the synergy, but for whatever reason then thought I didn't, because it gave me the synergy again. If it wasn't bugged, it should be providing the synergy every 20+ seconds, 5 seconds doesn't make any sense at all.
- My damage is almost halved. This may be due in part to the above 3 sub-issues, with the lack of buffs, but I should mention anyway. In the parse in Ref #4, I obviously did not finish the parse because the buff and synergy issues were abysmal, but notice that I was in combat for 1:46, so not including the time that I stopped trying, there was about 1:30 mins that I was actually parsing. My usual parse with this character is 90k if completing the dummy. I haven't reached execute with the 1:30 of course, but at 1:30 into a parse on the stam necro I'm usually looking at around 80k DPS, and it rises to 90k in execute phase. The 40k I am getting here (should adjust the number a bit because of damage falloff while waiting for combat to end, but the point stands) is about half of the DPS I would normally be expecting. I don't believe that the lower uptime on buffs accounts for ~40% of DPS, because there are still several important buffs like Minor Berserk at 97%, and the 21m dummy should be giving about 1.5x the DPS compared to a 6m dummy with no raid buffs.
- Food buff didn't apply for several tries. I tried to eat Lava Foot Soup-and-Saltrice 2~3 times, and it did not increase my stats, even though the food was consumed. It eventually worked, I think possibly after I relogged, but even with the relog, the other issues above persisted.
I don't recall getting these issues on other characters, and I also tried logging off of the stam necro, then did a parse on my stam nightblade with the same gear, which gave the correct amount of DPS. Then I swapped back to stam necro and the bugs were all back again.
I recorded several of these issues but am not at my PC to compile them right now, I can upload something in about 11 hours from now.
Ref #1 mentions that dying might fix the issue, I will try that when I get home and update this thread.
References:
[1] https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/475544/necromancer-unplayable-issue-cant-sprint-mount
[2] https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/479502/cant-sprint-only-occasionally-mount-and-block-symbol-always-up
[3] https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/479521/can-one-character-be-bugged-when-the-others-are-ok
[4] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/468836797305061382/587934832953131009/unknown.png
[5] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/468836797305061382/587934616397283339/unknown.png
Edited by Kyzeragon on June 12, 2019 3:53PM