Library of Dusk - jumped and died

Moonshadow66 · May 2015

Like the title says, I died after that jump, never happened before with any of my characters. Is this normal?

The difference to my other previous characters was that this time I was far zoomed out in 3rd person and saw my character "from below" instead of looking downwards. Since it was my last character, I was just curious how it looks like and tried something new^^
Not a big deal since the wayshrine is just right there, so I didn't have to waste a soulgem. But since when does the "camera" take damage (or, catch the actual character's damage)? lol

Merlin13KAGL · May 2015

What jump?

Echo_Silence · May 2015

Lol that is weird I was thinking it may be cause you might not have enough attributes in health but then again they wouldn't do something like that.

Fleshreaper · May 2015

The Library in Coldharbor. After you finish the quest you just step off the ledge and you are supposed to "float" down.

Maybe some little glitch were you didn't wait long enough after the quest.

Psychobunni · May 2015

I died on one character too, but I'm always in 3rd person zoomed back as far as I can go. I just attributed it to a buggy game, not jumping within the right parameters or something

Moonshadow66 · May 2015

Fleshreaper wrote: »

The Library in Coldharbor. After you finish the quest you just step off the ledge and you are supposed to "float" down.

Maybe some little glitch were you didn't wait long enough after the quest.

I forgot to mention that my character was floating (slowly in that purple bubble), everything worked as it should.. until I just died for no reason after landing on the ground.

Psychobunni wrote: »

I died on one character too, but I'm always in 3rd person zoomed back as far as I can go. I just attributed it to a buggy game, not jumping within the right parameters or something

I guess it was a bug, yes. I did jump from where I always did, headed to the direction I would be landing (where we talk to the NPCs afterwards near the wayshrine). But interesting to see I'm not the only one..^^

Valymer · May 2015

Well you got to the ground faster, right?

Moonshadow66 · May 2015

Valymer wrote: »

Well you got to the ground faster, right?

Nope, just floating slowly like I should, that's the odd thing..^^

Too bad I forgot to open the death/damage window afterwards, I bet there's a lot of fall damage.

Valymer · May 2015

Moonshadow66 wrote: »

Valymer wrote: »

Well you got to the ground faster, right?

Nope, just floating slowly like I should, that's the odd thing..^^

Too bad I forgot to open the death/damage window afterwards, I bet there's a lot of fall damage.

Strange...just another day in Tamriel I guess

Moonshadow66 · May 2015

Valymer wrote: »

Moonshadow66 wrote: »

Valymer wrote: »

Well you got to the ground faster, right?

Nope, just floating slowly like I should, that's the odd thing..^^

Too bad I forgot to open the death/damage window afterwards, I bet there's a lot of fall damage.

Strange...just another day in Tamriel I guess

Hehe, yes

Nyghthowler · May 2015

You shouldn't eat all that moon sugar candy. Apparently even magic bubbles have a weight limit before they fail...

Loves_guars · May 2015

Not enough faith

Nestor · May 2015

On a side note, if you pop a shield like Hardened Ward, you won't suffer as much, or any, Fall Damage.

They fixed this. Or it was a UI issue

Moonshadow66 · May 2015

Nestor wrote: »

On a side note, if you pop a shield like Hardened Ward, you won't suffer as much, or any, Fall Damage.

Should not have been needed for this particular place, but now I pop a shield when skiing down cliffs.

I started using that Ward only recently and with 3 characters of which 2 are VR14 already (as a matter of fact, not long after someone on the forum complained about it, so I thought this must be a strong thing I haven't tried up to this point^^), but the thought to use it when "skiing down cliffs" never came up. This sounds like an awesome idea, thank you

Bookwyrm · May 2015

You just forgot to miss the ground, that's all. It happens when you're not properly distracted.

Attorneyatlawl · May 2015

Moonshadow66 wrote: »

Nestor wrote: »

On a side note, if you pop a shield like Hardened Ward, you won't suffer as much, or any, Fall Damage.

Should not have been needed for this particular place, but now I pop a shield when skiing down cliffs.

I started using that Ward only recently and with 3 characters of which 2 are VR14 already (as a matter of fact, not long after someone on the forum complained about it, so I thought this must be a strong thing I haven't tried up to this point^^), but the thought to use it when "skiing down cliffs" never came up. This sounds like an awesome idea, thank you

It doesn't absorb fall damage,

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Moonshadow66 · May 2015

Bookwyrm wrote: »

You just forgot to miss the ground, that's all. It happens when you're not properly distracted.

Haha, that one is awesome lol

Actually, I was distracted^^ First I was looking upwards (3rd person), then I saw another player coming down in that bubble and I watched him instead.. until got the death window lol.. I didn't even see the ground when I died^^

Moonshadow66 · May 2015

Attorneyatlawl wrote: »

Moonshadow66 wrote: »

Nestor wrote: »

On a side note, if you pop a shield like Hardened Ward, you won't suffer as much, or any, Fall Damage.

Should not have been needed for this particular place, but now I pop a shield when skiing down cliffs.

I started using that Ward only recently and with 3 characters of which 2 are VR14 already (as a matter of fact, not long after someone on the forum complained about it, so I thought this must be a strong thing I haven't tried up to this point^^), but the thought to use it when "skiing down cliffs" never came up. This sounds like an awesome idea, thank you

It doesn't absorb fall damage, .

Not even a bit, like when the healthbar goes down a bit when jumping from a rock? This is too bad then^^ But I'll try it either way, just in case

Nestor · May 2015

Attorneyatlawl wrote: »

It doesn't absorb fall damage, .

It does not as it appears. Either it was something that was enabled on patch and fixed on another, or it was a UI issue. But I was taking some falls that should have damaged me and they were not for a few days. I usually get down a cliff safely so I had to pop a ward and jump tonight and see. Got damaged.

Nestor · May 2015

Moonshadow66 wrote: »

Not even a bit, like when the healthbar goes down a bit when jumping from a rock? This is too bad then^^ But I'll try it either way, just in case

I had to test it tonight, and yep, no help there. But it seemed that it did for a while, see my post above. Sorry about that. My bad.

@Attorneyatlawl you were right, my bad.

Moonshadow66 · May 2015

Nestor wrote: »

Moonshadow66 wrote: »

Not even a bit, like when the healthbar goes down a bit when jumping from a rock? This is too bad then^^ But I'll try it either way, just in case

I had to test it tonight, and yep, no help there. But it seemed that it did for a while, see my post above. Sorry about that. My bad.

@Attorneyatlawl you were right, my bad.

No problem, it's very nice of you coming back just to tell me this, so.. thank you, though

Attorneyatlawl · May 2015

Moonshadow66 wrote: »

Nestor wrote: »

Moonshadow66 wrote: »

Not even a bit, like when the healthbar goes down a bit when jumping from a rock? This is too bad then^^ But I'll try it either way, just in case

I had to test it tonight, and yep, no help there. But it seemed that it did for a while, see my post above. Sorry about that. My bad.

@Attorneyatlawl you were right, my bad.

No problem, it's very nice of you coming back just to tell me this, so.. thank you, though

Props for going to check since you were unsure @Nestor!

I still like @Bookwyrm's explanation best, however.

Epona222 · May 2015

I know the quest you refer to, but it seems safe transport (whether in a magical bubble in Coldharbour, or wayshrine to wayshrine elsewhere) is a thing of the past - I fall through miles of sky to a horrible death at least once a day when using wayshrines to travel - I think they should come with a health warning.