Companion naked on spawning and staying so during the entire fight

Grumpycrawler

I was just fighting a Tho'at Replicanum in infinite archive and just before the battle started I switched out my Miri (was leveling her) for Zerith far so he could tank. However on spawning he was in his udnerwear. Now a few days ago when my cahracter spawned ingame Zerith far also spawned in his undies, but after a few seconds the armor en weapon spawned on him.
However when it happend today just before the fight he was in his undies for the whole fight just fistfighting the boss, I also did not see him use any skills (all tho he did get the taunt so maybe they were just not vissible?).
I checked my inventory during the fight, just to be sure the game didn't unequip his gear and weapon, but nothing was there. Stressed that teh game deleted it I was crossing my fingers that in fact he was still wearing everything but the game some how glitched in not showing it and letting him unarmed. Luckilly after the fight Zerith appearantly remembered he in fact did have gear and a weapon and they spawned back on him and when I opend his menu everything was still there.
So did any other players have had there companions getting a bit frisky and wanting to fight the enemy naked head on?

Gabriel_H

I've not had the clothing issue, but the other day in IA Zerith did decide to stop walking and just popped into existence behind me when I got too far away. It remedied itself but did take a couple of minutes.

Tazzy

In ancient times, people also fought naked, for example at the Olympic Games. Supposedly to show off the beauty and symmetry of the body. Zerith has a nice body, so maybe he just wanted to show it off.

It hasn't happened to me yet, but I've heard about it from others. Seems to be a 'special feature' from the Infinitive Archive.

Elsonso

Zerith is somewhat of a free spirit, then? Noted.

Ilsabet

This actually happened to me once, coincidentally also with Zerith, but in that case it seemed to be because I had summoned him right before drawing aggro from some nearby zombies. So I wasn't in combat when I hit the summon button, but I was when he appeared, so I assumed the rule about not being able to equip or swap gear in combat applied to him.

I'm not sure why companions don't have their gear equipped when they first spawn in, but it does make for an interesting moment of exhibitionism after they're summoned. In my experience that only happens when you have an outfit equipped on them (or maybe if they're in their default gear without an outfit), but doesn't happen when they're wearing a costume. In the latter case, it would be interesting to know if their underlying gear is still unequipped initially, and if you get into combat too soon they stay naked under their clothes, so to speak.

Grumpycrawler

Ilsabet wrote: »

This actually happened to me once, coincidentally also with Zerith, but in that case it seemed to be because I had summoned him right before drawing aggro from some nearby zombies. So I wasn't in combat when I hit the summon button, but I was when he appeared, so I assumed the rule about not being able to equip or swap gear in combat applied to him.

I'm not sure why companions don't have their gear equipped when they first spawn in, but it does make for an interesting moment of exhibitionism after they're summoned. In my experience that only happens when you have an outfit equipped on them (or maybe if they're in their default gear without an outfit), but doesn't happen when they're wearing a costume. In the latter case, it would be interesting to know if their underlying gear is still unequipped initially, and if you get into combat too soon they stay naked under their clothes, so to speak.

ow wow yes that's exactly the moment in happend for me! The moment Tho'at spawned I noticed Miri was still skipping around so I changed them while my loyal exploding skeleton was already of to the races to bomb Tho'at. It does sound logically that becuase zerith var was immidiatly spawned in combat he forgot to put his gear on.
To be fair on him, if I was plucked from my sleep I would probably be also naked and cofnused. Not sure if I would be metal enough like him to actually join the fight with my bare hands, but that speaks to his team spirit haha. Atleast he was trying and he did enough to keep Tho'at busy.

I do like to think Zerith is extra prone to this due to his personality haha.

@Gabriel_H Well we can say he has a mind of his own!

@Tazzy Haha can't blame him, he indeed does, and I'll take it as a compliment that he feels save enough around me to show it off. Always nice to know IA (and indirectly then maybe Mora) keeps us on our toes with these kinds of suprises.

@Elsonso well looking at the other reply's in here I geuss we might say so. Also sollodify's why he's my facorite companion!

SilverBride

That happened to me with Azandar.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/664760/azandar-got-naked-when-fighting-an-ia-boss

Grumpycrawler

SilverBride wrote: »

That happened to me with Azandar.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/664760/azandar-got-naked-when-fighting-an-ia-boss

AH good to see the other companions are also not afraid to let lose a little! Since your thread is from 2024 and it still is happening I geuss that means ZOS sees this as a feature and not a bug XD

SilverBride

If it is a bug I hope it's one they never see a need to fix!