Random Speed Variation Bug

KalyanLazair

For the past several days I've observed a weird random speed variation is my character's speed when not on horseback (on foot). I've not noticed a direct pattern between action executed and the bug. How the bug plays out is that, for no apparent reason, character starts moving way faster than it should and what it is normal for it on normal circumnstances. It seems to affect sprinting, but I can't say it with absolute certainty.
Character is bosmer, which does have Hunter's Eye that grant's speed, but the passive is applied constantly, so there should not be any noticeable speed variation as the one observed.
It is a NB with bow usage, so it could be attributed to Hasty Retreat bow passive. However, the character moves still faster than with the 30% increase from Hasty Retreat and there is no animation (Hasty Retreats creates green glowy lines under the character's feet).
Hasty passive from the Fitness tree is at 8 points, which means a 2% increase in speed, but again, that should be applied constantly and the bug triggers randomly with the speed variation going from normal to way too fast.
Character has Steed's Blessing at 40 which I'm unsure whether it affects horses or not (don't think it does) but it is not slotted. It would still not explain the astounding increase in speed as it grants right now a 16% speed incresae, which is less than Hasty Retreat's increase, and yet the perceived speed is much faster than the latter.

It is not a gamebreaking glitch but it has made me fall off high places as the sudden burst of speed has made my character lierally fly off edges before I could take control of it.

Exquisition

Are you sure that there are no other players around trowing speed boosts?
When I am having a sudden increase in speed, that normally happens when I am playing in a group and someone else's passive (or active) is giving me a speed boost as well.

HowellQagan

Exquisition wrote: »

Are you sure that there are no other players around trowing speed boosts?

There are only a few skills that give a speedbuff to other players (nb shadow heal aoe, assault's
Maneuver but this is only to group members, and the frosty portal for wardens when player uses the teleport synergy). And it gives the same buff as the bow passive on roll dodge so those won't stack.

KalyanLazair

Exquisition wrote: »

Are you sure that there are no other players around trowing speed boosts?
When I am having a sudden increase in speed, that normally happens when I am playing in a group and someone else's passive (or active) is giving me a speed boost as well.

Yes, I'm sure. Was soloing through a vanilla delve and there was nobody else with me. I don't know about other cases though, but right when I decided to report this as a possible bug I was completely alone.

KalyanLazair

Still happening, which it to be expected. I've noticed it also happens after dismounting so I presume the variable that determines speed might be obtaining value from somewhere, or adding up where it shouldn't.

Fennwitty

I had something similar but only once on my Nord with no speed bonuses. After mounting up, the animation played a little but the horse didn't spawn. Then I was permanently able to run at mount speed, and sprinting took my character's stamina not the horse stamina.

I tried walking under a building that normally dismounts, but the speed stayed.

Finally went away when I harvested a water node.

This was during the Jester Festival 2021, in Stonefalls.

Celephantsylvius_Bornasfinmo

I have had this too. Perhaps it was fixed with today's patch.
Indeed, for some reason it seems that major is/was available even on foot. I could go at amazing speeds on food...faster than my friends on mounts. It cancels out after a while, but I'm not sure what triggered it.
It would be nice if it has been or will be fixed, because this could be a bit game breaking in PvP if exploited.