I'm of the opinion ZOS should spend the next 6-12 months on QUALITY OF LIFE updates for the game rather than adding or changing anything on the game's ecosystem.

Everything from building a proper launcher comparable to that of Blizzard to actually going through each subsystem of the game with a fine-tooth-comb and fix everything to a proper acceptable level... and then, and only then, add anything new.

...but that's just me thinking as a fellow software developer...

Bugs noticed so far (on PC, NA, using 64-bit client from launcher):

• Ruins of Mazzatun: the final reward urn drops a level ONE item (doing the dungeon first time in NONVET mode, scaled to cp90). Gorgeous dungeon otherwise, but I'd hate to get that sort of slap in the face if I had done it in vet mode. Update: apparently a hotfix was put in on August 3.
• Ruins of Mazzatun: final audio dialogue after killing final boss is repeated for each person in group, and the audio overlaps - very messed up (but cosmetic).
• My altmer Sorc has a new intermittent purplish glow around them, which can disappear or reappear after rezoning or going through doors. It looks a bit like the dromathra skin effect (but I do not have anything like that, and also not wearing any Maw gear). Another sorc in a group dungeon also reported the same visual effect, but I could not see it on him.
• Various NPCs (bankers, merchants etc) that I have interacted with seem to sometimes default to having a frowny face, mouth corners turned down. This goes away if you interact with them a second time.
• Various NPCs (bankers, merchants etc) STILL won't look at you, unless you exit interact with them a second time - same bug that appeared during the DB DLC. It is not quite as consistent as before; I don't know if any work has been done on a fix.
• My Templar auto-sheathes weapons unexpectedly sometimes. Has not been fatal yet, fortunately. This is new to update 11, for me.

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Dojohoda wrote: »

If my toon has dyed a costume, it might also obtain a very sour expression on its face. The corners of the Toon's mouth are turned down.

Asata wrote: »

The patch appears to have made my DK a total sourpuss.

Which costume are you guys using, and which dyes?

My main seems to be stuck in a perpetual scowl now, as well. Not using any costumes on her, just dyed Breton robes.

(Ironic, because I've spent two years wishing I'd made her smile a little more at character creation (which I couldn't see very well because she was my second character created and I couldn't zoom in on her during creation), waited two years to tweak her smile, got really excited about finally having the opportunity to fix this, then found out that the cost of doing a tiny tweak was the same as a full overhaul. I decided not to do the change, as the idea of paying for a full overhaul for a tiny tweak is absurd--and something I can't believe you guys can even defend to yourselves, much less justify to us.

Now, this happens, and it's like you guys are just F-ing with me.)

A few things I'd like to share as well.

1: This has been happening since DBH release, and I waited for this new update to see if it fixed it, but it's still happening. When using the Blade of Woe on an enemy who is close to an object that shouldn't be passable (Closet, Cabinet, etc), with certain animations (mainly the one where you quickly move behind the individual for a back stab), your character will end up being placed within the un-passable object and will be stuck there. I have some photos below of me being stuck. I was in 3rd person view during this, btw, but the camera being stuck in the cabinet with me in this one placed me in 1st and all sorts of other messy positions.

2. When originally receiving Enlightenment bonus, you'll just see a transparent outline of the amount of XP you'll receive on your XP bar, and if it crosses into the next level, you won't see how far it is until you level up. Now, however, it bugs out at times (mainly after logging in, or entering a new area). Instead of seeing the transparent bar fill your XP up to indicate where your Enlightenment ends, the bar fills up, and levels your Champion Level, almost as if instead of giving you the Enlightenment XP bonus, it's straight up giving you the XP for free. For example, I was CP 501, but multiple times today, the XP bar would fill up and level me up to CP 502 on it's own instead of just showing me the Transparent line. Note that this is just a visual glitch, as it does re-adjust itself to show the transparent Enlightenment bar and puts me back at CP 501 instead of CP 502.

In regards to people who are having the DK facial issues, I can't say for sure, but I don't think it has anything to do with DK's in specific. I know my DK had it, but that was because I was using the Furious personality beforehand and even though my characters body changed back to normal after removing the Personality, the face remained the same, and would sometimes go on and off again. It wasn't until I put on the Assassin Personality (whom has a regular facial express) and then removed it, did it also remove the Furious face.

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Huh. Which dyes did you use? Wonder if it's tied to a specific dye, for whatever weird reason.

Can't say the exact color by name, because I'm at work and can't check, but I can say my color scheme is nothing like @Asata's. Mine is a teal and gold pattern.

It's not a huge change. Like I said, I've spent years thinking she was just a little too serious-looking, but now she's scowling. Subtle but noticeable. I might be able to get a before/after screenshot up this evening, if it's any help at all.

Mandragora wrote: »

Did you do some crafting?

Yeah, I crafted for writs and later deconstructed the day's loot.

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but along with Mannimarco's costume being undyeable, the headpiece cannot be hidden and my toons lose their hair after a few minutes of being online.

@ZOS_GinaBruno A couple of things I didn't see mentioned. I may be blind though....

Kari and Spencer Rye (the repeatable quest givers for the Thieves Guild) both have stiff plastic looking facial expressions now and don't lip sync their audio anymore. Plus the audio itself is now significantly delayed when talking to them.

Dark Cloak sounds terrible. Like someone dragging a large object through water or something.

Last night a guildmate and I were trying to set up to group for the silver Undaunted pledge. We tried for a good 10 minutes to group together and no matter what he did, he could not form the group. It kept telling HIM that I immediately left, but would show me that we had grouped and that he was leading. So I ended up doing it.

It took 4 tries once that was done to pass lead over to him, and then we tried to queue up for the dungeon finder. Spent almost an hour trying to get that to work but it simply got stuck every time and did nothing.

Then after we gave up, he disbanded the group and it told him that failed while succeeding on my end. We spent the rest of the night stuck in a quasi-grouped state because of it.

Pyr0xyrecuprotite wrote: »

• Ruins of Mazzatun: the final reward urn drops a level ONE item (doing the dungeon first time in NONVET mode, scaled to cp90). Gorgeous dungeon otherwise, but I'd hate to get that sort of slap in the face if I had done it in vet mode.

This issue has been noted by ZoS in this thread, and will be hotfixed at some point. In the meantime, if you complete the two new (Shadows of the Hist) Group Dungeons and get the quest completion reward Urn, save and DO NOT OPEN IT.
Update: hotfixed on August 3.

milesrodneymcneely2_ESO wrote: »

Hortator Indoril Nerevar wrote: »

I cant group with anyone at all
When I inv people it does not work
When they inv me it normally does not work
When I finally get into a group they can not give me crown

Started a thread about it... troubleshooted like 9 different ways. Spent money on the game and was kicked and couldnt get back on for ages, finally get back on and cant group to play the game anyways.

FUN

I'm having the same issue.

On two separate occasions when I accepted a group invitation I was placed in group with another person.

My UI showed me being in a group. However, no one else was actually IN the group, even though their names were on my group frames and in the party window.

I was also unable to LEAVE this pseudo group. Doing so requires a game restart and exiting the group once I log back in.

Not to mention the group finder seems to be busted again.

Group tool is very messed up. All day having problems with it in my guild. Invisible thing is a big bug.

Was able to confirm distorted high pitch ringing when a skill is activated. Difficult to describe but my Evasion and Merciless skill for my nightblade has distortion to those skill sounds. I had two other people confirm this is happening on their end as well. My nephew also plays a Nightblade on ESO for Xbox One and he does not have those sound distortions for those skills. So I believe the culprit is the new patch that was released.

To be certain I reinstalled audio drivers and also logged onto eso using my mac and its the same case. Like I said before had two other people confirm this. This may not seem like a big deal but I use Astro a50 headset and its clearly audible and it gets extremely annoying. My nephew also owns Astro a50 for his xbox one console and this is not happening to him because he hasn't installed the new patch yet as this update will be released mid August for console users.

I got this yesterday on my Orc Stamina Templar - a permanent glossy effect covering all my character.


Here the odd looking hair:

No special effects active:

With pulse from Rally (2H)

this:

I_killed_Vivec wrote: »

I had a weird freeze effect. I could run around but I couldn't interact.....

and this:

kip_silverwolf wrote: »

Uncle Sheo's been helping again, hasn't he...

(PC NA)

Also some random crashes. All post-patch.

The wayshrine text is cosmetic, the first one, once more is another classic 'bug-fix-that-introduces-new-ones' that we've despairingly come to expect from zos poor coding/lack of proper testing. The game freezes happen frequently and require game shutdown restart....then freeze...ad nauseaum.

Servers down 1 day for patch which once more breaks the game. servers down for another day for 'maintenance'.

Can you please just stop 'fixing' things in the game that actually work?