There have been other threads asking this specifically, I have also submitted a ticket to customer support over 24 hours ago asking this very specific question. ZOS appears to not want to comment on it at all. No one is getting a response.
Also, if they could clarify that this now affects NPC's as well (we know it does, but would be nice if confirmed). That statement in the patch notes is very vague. Thanks
There have been other threads asking this specifically, I have also submitted a ticket to customer support over 24 hours ago asking this very specific question. ZOS appears to not want to comment on it at all. No one is getting a response.