Funny bug, wielding a staff like a greatsword :D

Major_Lag

I just had the funniest bug happen to me today.

While I was levelling the 2-handed skill line on backbar during questing on my magblade, suddenly he became tired of swinging the trash 2-handed maul I had him equip for the purpose, and kept wielding the frontbar destro staff instead on backbar
(so now visually using a destro staff on both bars, even though inventory shows the maul as still equipped)

While in this state, he was using the 2-handed attack animations while holding the destro staff.

This is awesome ZOS, I want this to be an actual thing
I want to be able to just whack enemies in melee with my staves

It's kinda hard to screenshot the effect, but here's one of the frames of the light attack animation:


And here's a screenshot of the inventory screen (cropped to remove the irrelevant parts) - note the maul still being equipped, and how my character is holding the "staff":

StormeReigns

Oddly enough, there are some Staves that look more like axes and maces than some of the two handed axes and maces.

Bekkael

Major_Lag wrote: »

This is awesome ZOS, I want this to be an actual thing
I want to be able to just whack enemies in melee with my staves

As much hate as Dragon Age 2 got, they did an awesome job with combat, and added melee animations for mages when enemies got close. Instead of running away like so many other magic users are forced to do, Hawke could whack and club the enemy with her/his staff, which makes much better sense in a fight. I mean, who wouldn't use a giant stick of wood to beat an aggressor if they got too close?

Glurin

Bekkael wrote: »

Major_Lag wrote: »

This is awesome ZOS, I want this to be an actual thing
I want to be able to just whack enemies in melee with my staves

As much hate as Dragon Age 2 got, they did an awesome job with combat, and added melee animations for mages when enemies got close. Instead of running away like so many other magic users are forced to do, Hawke could whack and club the enemy with her/his staff, which makes much better sense in a fight. I mean, who wouldn't use a giant stick of wood to beat an aggressor if they got too close?

A lot of that hate was undeserved IMO. DA2 was a pretty decent game on it's own. I think the problem was mostly that it wasn't good as a sequel. But yeah, I loved the way staves were handled so they were actually weapons rather than the way most other games up to that point portrayed them. That being little more than a big stick that you wave around in a panic if an enemy ever got close to you.

Bekkael

Glurin wrote: »

Bekkael wrote: »

Major_Lag wrote: »

This is awesome ZOS, I want this to be an actual thing
I want to be able to just whack enemies in melee with my staves

As much hate as Dragon Age 2 got, they did an awesome job with combat, and added melee animations for mages when enemies got close. Instead of running away like so many other magic users are forced to do, Hawke could whack and club the enemy with her/his staff, which makes much better sense in a fight. I mean, who wouldn't use a giant stick of wood to beat an aggressor if they got too close?

A lot of that hate was undeserved IMO. DA2 was a pretty decent game on it's own. I think the problem was mostly that it wasn't good as a sequel. But yeah, I loved the way staves were handled so they were actually weapons rather than the way most other games up to that point portrayed them. That being little more than a big stick that you wave around in a panic if an enemy ever got close to you.

I agree that hate wasn’t deserved. Yes, they reused maps big time, but they made that game in barely a year and a half, so clearly they were forced to cut corners. It’s actually my favorite single player game of all time, and people usually hate on me for liking it, but I preferred the combat and characters to DA:O or DAI.

I’d like to see Bethesda try to make a game that good, and without bugs in just 18 months. 😂 It would never happen. Poor BioWare. 😢 I miss them.

ZonasArch

I play a pelinal build lighting staff/2h sword and I have this happening all the freaking time. I highly dislike it since the coolest part of the build is actually showing off both weapons.

(Build is actually effective, if nothing to boast about. Over 20k on either bar, 25k or so if I get both on rotation. Decent sustain too. Good players could do a lot more.)

Hapexamendios

lol

I’ve been fishing before and gotten interrupted. The fishing pole temporarily became one of my duel wield weapons.

MartiniDaniels

Yep, happened to me too when I was experimenting on Moon hunter lightning/2H hybrid best bug ever, ZOS definitely should make it a feature, and allow 2H to look like staves and staves like 2H.

LuckyLuke

I think this is a known feature:
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/431331/weapon-visual-bug-invisible-or-wrong-weapon

To keep it that way, the trick would be to stay on back bar when switching zones

Saril_Durzam

Glurin wrote: »

Bekkael wrote: »

Major_Lag wrote: »

This is awesome ZOS, I want this to be an actual thing
I want to be able to just whack enemies in melee with my staves

As much hate as Dragon Age 2 got, they did an awesome job with combat, and added melee animations for mages when enemies got close. Instead of running away like so many other magic users are forced to do, Hawke could whack and club the enemy with her/his staff, which makes much better sense in a fight. I mean, who wouldn't use a giant stick of wood to beat an aggressor if they got too close?

A lot of that hate was undeserved IMO. DA2 was a pretty decent game on it's own. I think the problem was mostly that it wasn't good as a sequel. But yeah, I loved the way staves were handled so they were actually weapons rather than the way most other games up to that point portrayed them. That being little more than a big stick that you wave around in a panic if an enemy ever got close to you.

Main issue was that DA 1 was suberb. DA 2 was just fine, had good NPCs, not bad story... but pales comparing it with DA awesomeness.

WeerW3ir

Glurin wrote: »

Bekkael wrote: »

Major_Lag wrote: »

This is awesome ZOS, I want this to be an actual thing
I want to be able to just whack enemies in melee with my staves

As much hate as Dragon Age 2 got, they did an awesome job with combat, and added melee animations for mages when enemies got close. Instead of running away like so many other magic users are forced to do, Hawke could whack and club the enemy with her/his staff, which makes much better sense in a fight. I mean, who wouldn't use a giant stick of wood to beat an aggressor if they got too close?

A lot of that hate was undeserved IMO. DA2 was a pretty decent game on it's own. I think the problem was mostly that it wasn't good as a sequel. But yeah, I loved the way staves were handled so they were actually weapons rather than the way most other games up to that point portrayed them. That being little more than a big stick that you wave around in a panic if an enemy ever got close to you.

id prefer Inquisition. >:(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAVgDND0PKE

Major_Lag

SkerKro wrote: »

Oddly enough, there are some Staves that look more like axes and maces than some of the two handed axes and maces.

In one of the crafting motifs (Dark Brotherhood or Thieves Guild staves) it even explicitly says that the staff should be made like a 2-handed maul, so that it can be used as one in a pinch

Hapexamendios wrote: »

lol

I’ve been fishing before and gotten interrupted. The fishing pole temporarily became one of my duel wield weapons.

I've had a similar thing happen on my magplar - somehow I got interrupted mid-Sweeps and he ended up wielding the spear of light instead of his destro staff

Edit: Lancer class (or weapon skill line) - make it happen ZOS