Known Issues for Update 5

Ethoir · November 2014

@ZoS_GinaBruno

ZoS_GinaBruno wrote:

•Humanoid monsters now drop more gold, but no longer drop gold 100% of the time.

How about the loot problem? As a side effect of the above patch note regarding loot drops in humanoids, the entire overworld is dropping less loot. Noticeably less loot. I went through solo-play for 4 hours yesterday and got all of 1 loot item (green bracers).

In group delves however (in a group of 3), the loot rates were noticeably higher. In solo-dungeons the "overworld"drop rates seemed to be applied. In the overworld in a group, loot drops strangely felt slightly increased.

The mileage varies from one player to the next. I've landed in the pool of players that are seeing less loot drops, making questing more expensive (for gear repair) than rewarding. Opening chests for the loot seems to have become one of the more critical parts of our adventuring now, since we need the money to keep our gear in top shape but we can't get (more than a fraction of) it from killing mobs in our way now.

Then we get into the new lip movements that were added. Some character's lips meld into each other when talking. It looks weird. For example, General Thoda speaks but while his lips move they never really part and you don't see any teeth.

Ragdoll legs. Occasionally your character (and others) will have their legs go limp below the knee. So while it looks like they are jogging, their lower legs are kind of dragging on the ground like spaghetti noodles.

Now lets cover some mobs doing strange things. Like a Clanfear that decides to charge straight into a large boulder and through it like a ghost, then fall off the world and off the radar. Or the trio of spider bosses in Stormhaven that "walk" through a solid rock wall, becoming untargetable (this happened to me twice yesterday).

Oh and this is an older issue that's been around a while. If you are a Nightblade and you use Sneak Attack (or any of its morphs) from stealth on a mob to stun it and then try to hit it with a resto staff heavy attack, the animation breaks about half-way through and you stop dealing damage at that point (so the mob doesn't get knocked down). When this happens you are stuck in a position where you can't attack again before they recover from the stun.

ZOS_GinaBruno · November 2014

phreatophile wrote: »

@ZOS_GinaBruno‌

I don't see any mention in the OP of the very low quest xp in vet zones. Quests that gave 50,000VP are giving around 7000XP or less, a dolmen in Glenumbra gave me 0XP (there were only 3 of us there, shouldn't be a 'not enough damage dealt' issue). Quests, world bosses, and delves simply do not give enough xp to clear 1 level per zone; and the patch notes claim we should level faster not slower.

I assume the behavior isn't intended, but a lot of us would really like an answer. There are 4 other threads about this very issue (not counting however many time it's been brought up in this one) with no input from anybody official, so a statement of some kind is in order. It seems that we should stop playing Vet characters until this is sorted out.

Just added this issue to the original post (in addition to an issue with Undaunted pledges) but the XP gain in Veteran Ranks is definitely lower than what we had intended. We're aiming to get this fixed for our next incremental patch, which will allow you to progress through Veteran Ranks faster than what you're currently seeing.

phreatophile · November 2014

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Just added this issue to the original post (in addition to an issue with Undaunted pledges) but the XP gain in Veteran Ranks is definitely lower than what we had intended. We're aiming to get this fixed for our next incremental patch, which will allow you to progress through Veteran Ranks faster than what you're currently seeing.

Thank you!

Averya_Teira · November 2014

Nevermind.

Natjur · November 2014

Undaunted reputation which can only be earned from achievement and the new pledges. But if you have earned a lot achievement before patch 1.5 They have not been credited towards your Undaunted reputation.

Any player not at the cap of L5 before patch 1.5 can still earn this reputation from the achievements but those who already did them can not.

Dubah · November 2014

Issue while weapon swapping, it's creating massive lag.

So i experienced this issue first in Darkshade Caverns vet mode. When i swapped weapons a small lag spike started, generally was just a minor snag, swapped again and it noticeably increased. Swapped about 10 more times and turned into a good 2-3 minute game freeze and the time just kept increasing til the game finally crashed. Figured it was just a memory leak or something, then the same issue occured again in the daily pledges yesterday inside of Direfrost Keep. No idea what is causing it. checked CPU while frozen and no increase in CPU usage

Merrak · November 2014

Merrak wrote: »

Absorb didn't make the hotfix.

@ZOS_GinaBruno‌
Can you please confirm if the Patch Notes are written incorrectly, or if the Absorb change didn't get put in as written in the notes?

Per Patch Note:

Absorb (Defensive Posture morph): This ability now absorbs 100% of damage caused, and also heals for 15% of your maximum health.

In Game:

Absorb Magic (Defensive Posture morph): Absorbs 100% of Next Spell Projectile and heals for 15% of your maximum health.

There is a world of difference between what the patch notes imply and what is currently in game. If this is not a bug, please let us know so we don't expect something else.

WraithAzraiel · November 2014

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Below is a list of known issues we've identified since rolling out Update 5.

Miscellaneous
There's currently an issue where you are not gaining as much XP as intended while progressing through Veteran Ranks.
STATUS: Potentially fixed in patch 1.5.3

In all honesty, this should not wait til 1.5.3. This should be hotfixed as soon as the location where the math went wrong is discovered.

This is preventing people from playing. Several people are even going to the point of letting their subscriptions lapse.

So unless 1.5.3 is coming out sometime this week, expect a massive outcry.

CPT_CAPSLOCK · November 2014

When u swap your weapon to a greatsword or 1h&s, you now have a 1-2sec cooldown for light and heavy attacks. This only happens with these two types of weapons.

eliisra · November 2014

Merrak wrote: »

Per Patch Note:
Absorb (Defensive Posture morph): This ability now absorbs 100% of damage caused, and also heals for 15% of your maximum health.

In Game:
Absorb Magic (Defensive Posture morph): Absorbs 100% of Next Spell Projectile and heals for 15% of your maximum health.

There is a world of difference between what the patch notes imply and what is currently in game. If this is not a bug, please let us know so we don't expect something else.

Curious about that as well. Tested it out and it definitely only absorbs spell projectiles. Not sure if it's worth slotting, since there's already multiple skills doing simliar things. Scales and Annulment, for example.

Than again maybe there was a typo in the patch notes? Spamming a skill that absorbs any type of dmg, would be a little to good.

smee_z · November 2014

You and your buddies are in a group in Cyrodiil. Your buddies say goodbye and log out. You're left alone now and suddenly miss them. But somehow you can always check your map of Cyrodiil and see their group markers they left behind on the location where they logged out. They're probably still there in spirit it appears.

Srugzal · November 2014

Kevinmon · November 2014

PLEASE HOTFIX weapon swap breaking out of stealth PLEASE...

Kronuxx · November 2014

m12d12_ESO wrote: »

1. Customer Service is very bad in this game - Listen to your clients instead of ignoring the feedback - whether via email or other forms of discussion

PVP- I realize Forward Camps were a huge form of hostility with the Cyrodiil crowd - But removing them with no transportation replacement was bad.
It not only made no sense and has made the game more frustrating than ever.

Fix the broken stuff BEFORE u go and make changes that create more broken stuff.

ASK US every now and again - what we want in the game we pay for (I pay for two subscriptions) - send it in our private emails -not the forums. Many ppl never go to the forums so you can get the majority view.

When we write u asking questions - don't simply send us to the forum or repeat what we told you --- CUSTOMER Service Begins with LISTENING to US.
Sometimes - we even get rude or snarky responses. I thought we, the paying public, paid your wages.

Lastly - I love this game but not happy with some of the elements surrounding the game. I just wished ZOS would ask us what we want instead of just dumping these changes on us - u are not listening to us very clearly.

I get the feeling sometime u really don't care if we continue to subscribe or not.

I actually feel like the opposite. First of all customer service is light years better than a lot of the other mmo's out there (dcuo, yes AA, Wildstar, etc.). In addition, perhaps they are not listening to you specifically but they have been listening to the player base in regards to changes. Not sure if you read the patch notes, but buffing of WW, buffing of stamina skills (still needs work but at least they've been working on it every patch), adding vr dungeon content, making npcs more believable like Face FX (yes there are people who asked for this). Perhaps instead of looking at several negative issues within a game, try to look at the positives. I know the game is buggy and yes I agree communication is key, but it can be very frustrating for the development team, programming team when people don't acknowledge the work they've been doing despite the bugs that may follow with it.

Tierbook · November 2014

When questing in Stonefalls at the Volcano where you seal the second bone construct the map seems to be stuck on the first crypt that you enter to kill the daedroth within, when you enter the second crypt the map returns to the placement of the first crypt rather than acknowledging that you are in a different crypt.

Also when is the interactive map going to be updated to show upper Craglorn?

Isbilen · November 2014

There's a very serious bug regarding the low population bonus in Cyrodiil. AD is receiving +508 points for owning four keeps and three scrolls. DC who owns eight keeps and two scrolls only receive 176 points, even though both factions have the same population.

If this isn't fixed very shortly this 30-day campaign that just begun will be destroyed.

AureateRN · November 2014

AaronMB wrote: »

Srugzal wrote: »

-Add on settings box is empty. I cannot change any add on settings via the settings box.

This has just begun to happen to me as well after initially working "okay" despite some lengthy error messages immediately following the patch installation Monday.

As a longtime gamer I LOVE this fresh game; it's absolutely one of a kind and I truly hope it does not continue to adopt too many of the "usual" MMO staples, like the crafting leves, I mean ...oh whatever ESO calls them.

Also sometimes I think the complete lack of open beta has made paying beta testers of us all, as even more than the usual number of issues seems to arise on a regular basis.

So far it's worth the hassle, but...

Kronuxx · November 2014

Some quest characters suddenly go haywire with their neck/facial animation and this is the result: NIDEDpy.jpg?1

Nightreaver · November 2014

@ZOS_GinaBruno

The Restoration staff ability "Regeneration" and its morphs are not healing pet.

The first two problems reported in the thread you started were regarding pets and yet nothing has been mentioned. Can we get someone to at least acknowledge that there is a problem and that they are working on it?

This was working fine before the update.

WraithAzraiel · November 2014

Srugzal wrote: »

WraithAzraiel wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Below is a list of known issues we've identified since rolling out Update 5.

Miscellaneous
There's currently an issue where you are not gaining as much XP as intended while progressing through Veteran Ranks.
STATUS: Potentially fixed in patch 1.5.3

In all honesty, this should not wait til 1.5.3. This should be hotfixed as soon as the location where the math went wrong is discovered.

This is preventing people from playing. Several people are even going to the point of letting their subscriptions lapse.

So unless 1.5.3 is coming out sometime this week, expect a massive outcry.

Well said, @WraithAzraiel. My subscription runs out at the end of this week, and this is exactly what I'm thinking. Needs a hotfix, if not a backfill.

Agreed, my wife isn't returning to the game until this has been fixed. And I'm sure that's the case with plenty of other folk who read and pay attention to whats going on in the game they enjoy.

I hope either it gets hotfixed in or 1.5.3 is out by week's end.

prajish83 · November 2014

Throne of Wilderking quest bugged, unable to use bundle of roots to move underground. Also there are some missing sound effect, like duel-wield skill Blinding Flurry.

Zed · November 2014

Kronuxx wrote: »

Some quest characters suddenly go haywire with their neck/facial animation and this is the result:

That's another one of the older bugs. When they'll fix it is anyone's guess.

VarilRau · November 2014

I am missing a lot of my undaunted achievement points, will these get fixed or is the pledges the only way to level up undaunted now?

Xsorus · November 2014

eventide03b14a_ESO wrote: »

TheBull wrote: »

NB Cloak seems to breaking often again. I know, I know, but it feels just about like it was before the fix patch.

It still breaks if you have a dot on an enemy. Not sure about all dots but definitely was breaking for me. Why they thought that anything should break a 2.5 second spell at all is beyond me. Just make the darn thing unbreakable to anything already. I swear ZOS thinks it's a lot better than it really is.

So you want to give nbs the ability to escape every fight with ease?

Kronuxx · November 2014

@ZOS_GinaBruno‌,
1) I noticed that almost everyone I run by has this weird run animation, almost as if they are rollerskating or skiing on land. It's funny at first but it is immersion breaking.

2) Also PLEASE don't forget that the Werewolf and Vampire quests are bugged in the sense that despite the WW timer for the quest running out after being bitten i could still complete the Vampire quest and come back and finish the WW quest as well since the quest never truly disappeared. I've also seen another player with both WW and vampire skill lines as he demonstrated using both mist form and then afterwards he was using the WW ultimate to turn into a werewolf.

Seravi · November 2014

Nightreaver wrote: »

The Restoration staff ability "Regeneration" and its morphs are not healing pet.
Other staff heals work, only the Regeneration ability stopped working on pets.

Guessing this has something to do with the change that it also no longer randomly heals full health NPCs.

I am having the same issues. Had to remove it since it would not heal other players, just me. Not cool to be in a group and others depend on you to heal them and bam..so sorry no healing for you!

Turelus · November 2014

Factions with low population scoring more points than would be possible with 100% map control.

Thread with pictures and angry players http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/138225/low-population-bonus-300-points

xaraan · November 2014

Our group noticed something tonight running scaled up dungeons that might be of interest in dealing with all the varied stories about how difficult they are. We think it might not just be that they are scaled up, but that the power level is getting scaled up wrong when character levels are too varied.

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/138617/might-have-figured-out-the-problem-with-scaling-in-dungeons

Merlight · November 2014

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

You can now press the "." (period) key to enter mouse mode while using siege weapons.

Doesn't work for me.

TehMagnus · November 2014

[bug] Taunt is not working anymore.