[The Bug Notes] Compendium of current Bugs / Exploits

Personofsecrets · July 2017

Assembly General (Halls of Fabrication) - As a Maintank it is possible to run away from his right hand knockback animation. If you then run back to him he will start it again since it is coded in a way that it must go through and is not possible to be avoided in any way. By keeping running away you can get the boss stuck in a loop of this knockback animation preventing him from doing anything else.

I don't see how this is an exploit.

Many enemies have the built in mechanic that causes them to retry completing a specific attack if they were out of ranged during some part of the attack channel. It just so happens that most enemies can catch up to the tank so the out of range strategy becomes inconsistent on those more mobile foes.

Personofsecrets · July 2017

Face when no extended chains bug mention

Personofsecrets · July 2017

Alcast wrote: »

it is possible to despawn the mantikora on the serpent fight as shown here
https://youtu.be/p4ARWv8Fd6o

This is another mechanic that applies to all of the enemies in the game. When an enemy cannot attack, find a path to it's target, or find a path back to it's spawn, then this happens.

I bet this would be a useful trick in a lot of other dungeons.

Alcast · July 2017

Puryfing light overwrites Power of the Light, resulting in no damage from POTL. Prolly same issue as Puryfing Light overwrites another Puryfing Light from another player if used on same target.

In this video, at 00:57 you see the POTL explode on the target, but no 25-26k damage (usually in the video it hits for 25-26k dmg). Check the timer of POTL on the right side over the bosses health bar and then pause it when it went off, no damage tick on the boss at 00:57. Most of time it works. Seems the last person that applies POTL/PL will get the damage.

https://youtu.be/-ZmMWD0CEIo?t=53s

CM from my buddy, he uses POTL every 10 seconds, so once every rotation. And you see, it got applied 12 times but only 7 times it exploded.

EgoRush · July 2017

Alcast wrote: »

Puryfing light overwrites Power of the Light, resulting in no damage from POTL. Prolly same issue as Puryfing Light overwrites another Puryfing Light from another player if used on same target.

In this video, at 00:57 you see the POTL explode on the target, but no 25-26k damage (usually in the video it hits for 25-26k dmg). Check the timer of POTL on the right side over the bosses health bar and then pause it when it went off, no damage tick on the boss at 00:57. Most of time it works. Seems the last person that applies POTL/PL will get the damage.

https://youtu.be/-ZmMWD0CEIo?t=53s

From my tests it's the first person to apply PL that gets the damage. First person applies the damage store making the target immune to any subsequent damage stores, like someone trying to CC a target that already has been CC'd. I will test to see if PotL is working the same way.

InvitationNotFound · July 2017

if not mentioned already I have here two IC exploits (both reported, one of them including video material (incl. names of the offenders)):

- It is still possible to directly respawn at the location you got killed in IC.
- It is possible to one-hit mobs in IC and let them instantly respawn, which lets you gain huge amounts of tv stones and keys.

Zaldan · July 2017

PC/Mac Patch Notes v3.0.5 (Morrowind & Update 14)

Piercing Javelin: Increased the knockback range of this ability and its morphs to 8 meters from 5 meters.

My Aurora Javelin rank IV says 8 meters on toll tip, maybe they forgot to update the base skill tooltip lol

edit: Just checked Piercing Javelin rank IV tooltip also says 8 meters

Caff32 · July 2017

Dual Wield animation is bugged on Xbox and you wind up only seeing light/heavy attack animation. The skills all go off at once when you swap bars (like the old macro-slice bug)

Xantaria · July 2017

Personofsecrets wrote: »

Assembly General (Halls of Fabrication) - As a Maintank it is possible to run away from his right hand knockback animation. If you then run back to him he will start it again since it is coded in a way that it must go through and is not possible to be avoided in any way. By keeping running away you can get the boss stuck in a loop of this knockback animation preventing him from doing anything else.

I don't see how this is an exploit.

Many enemies have the built in mechanic that causes them to retry completing a specific attack if they were out of ranged during some part of the attack channel. It just so happens that most enemies can catch up to the tank so the out of range strategy becomes inconsistent on those more mobile foes.

He does not do anything else if you do this, completely negating all his other mechanics. I have talked to @ZOS_Finn about it and we are getting a fix on monday.

About chains - I added it. don't forget I deleted all old bugs and restarted from scratch. It was in there before.

Magıc · July 2017

Alcast wrote: »

Skip Queue for Cyrodiil PVP. Even with a locked queue, you can still enter.

You (EP) group up with a faction that is not locked (AD for example). That AD dude queues for you BAM 400 queue instantly pops and you are in. That way you can skip literally a queue of 400 people and also prolly cause huge imbalances as you still can enter EVEN THOUGH the faction has already reached the limit.

This has been around for ages. Did not test it myself, but I read some complaints about it so it prolly still works. (Maybe someone can confirm)

Not how it works. Should probably test yourself lol.

blnchk · July 2017

I don't suppose you care for textual errors in this particular thread? Been seeing a couple here and there, although I realise they're comparatively trivial.

Xantaria · July 2017

ovinnik wrote: »

I don't suppose you care for textual errors in this particular thread? Been seeing a couple here and there, although I realise they're comparatively trivial.

It's rather unimportant as those are not gamebreaking

Xantaria · July 2017

Everything should be up to date for now, although there is probably still a lot missing on this list. Let's see what fixes / new bugs we get today

Asmael · July 2017

Creeping Ravage health poisons only tick once, regardless of tooltip duration.

Xantaria · July 2017

Group Finder, Battlegrounds - Fixed or not? Let me know!

also a lot of other fixes today! Progress!

@InvitationNotFound I wonder if '•Fixed an issue where you could farm some groups of monsters in unintended ways.' is about the Tel Var farming Exploit in Imperial City.

@Asmael Also seems like your Poison Bug got fixed right away.

Everything updated for now.

Judgedread101071 · July 2017

Don't know if it's already in here but you can have both pets summoned without having them on your bar.
Volatile familiar does his melle damage and the twilight is doing the "zap" ability once you attack a target.
Also a friend of mine reported a player for having 2 volatile familiars at the same time and both doing pulse damage.
If this is not game breaking i don't know what else to say!!

BrightOblivion · July 2017

I'm wondering if (and fervently hoping that) the point regarding removing quest items from inventory to not block progression will fix the "Can't start 'The List' quest" bug I've been fighting for the past month now.

You know, the one where Tappo's journal page doesn't actually -do- anything.

Will check it out when I can get in-game.

EDIT: No. No, it didn't. It still does absolutely nothing, no matter how many times you left-click it, and there's no right click option involving reading or using it. In other words, you still can't get the quest, because it's still broken.

Xantaria · July 2017

BrightOblivion wrote: »

I'm wondering if (and fervently hoping that) the point regarding removing quest items from inventory to not block progression will fix the "Can't start 'The List' quest" bug I've been fighting for the past month now.

You know, the one where Tappo's journal page doesn't actually -do- anything.

Will check it out when I can get in-game.

EDIT: No. No, it didn't. It still does absolutely nothing, no matter how many times you left-click it, and there's no right click option involving reading or using it. In other words, you still can't get the quest, because it's still broken.

I really wonder where exactly this quest is etc. I have done all quests in this game atleast I think I did. And this quest just doesn't ring a bell. I'm sure you tried restarting it ... just wondering if you are the only one having this issue.

Eidt: I checked your threads and found the information I was looking for. I see others are having the issue as well. I'm gonna add it.

Xantaria · July 2017

Judgedread101071 wrote: »

Don't know if it's already in here but you can have both pets summoned without having them on your bar.
Volatile familiar does his melle damage and the twilight is doing the "zap" ability once you attack a target.
Also a friend of mine reported a player for having 2 volatile familiars at the same time and both doing pulse damage.
If this is not game breaking i don't know what else to say!!

It is already in here and also how it is caused.

BrightOblivion · July 2017

Xantaria wrote: »

I really wonder where exactly this quest is etc. I have done all quests in this game atleast I think I did. And this quest just doesn't ring a bell. I'm sure you tried restarting it ... just wondering if you are the only one having this issue.

Eidt: I checked your threads and found the information I was looking for. I see others are having the issue as well. I'm gonna add it.

Thank you. And I'm sorry my post comes off as grouchy (at least to me). I'm just really frustrated with this. The exact location is north of Farragut in the EP section of Cyrodiil. I even checked the guide here (http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:The_List) to make sure there wasn't a prerequisite quest I was missing (it's happened before), but there doesn't appear to be.

What really bugs me is that, because I can't actually start the quest (because the item is bugged), I can't even use the quest support system thing, and the options regarding items are along the lines of "I'm missing crowns," "I'm having problems with a crown store item," "I lost my item," "I can't get the item I need/want" - none of which are accurate.

What probably bugs the lore hounds is that, because the item is bugged, they can't get (or at least I don't think they can get) the Eidetic Memory item "It's the Hunt that Counts." Because that's what the Journal Page actually is.

Xantaria · July 2017

BrightOblivion wrote: »

Thank you. And I'm sorry my post comes off as grouchy (at least to me). I'm just really frustrated with this. The exact location is north of Farragut in the EP section of Cyrodiil. I even checked the guide here (http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:The_List) to make sure there wasn't a prerequisite quest I was missing (it's happened before), but there doesn't appear to be.

What really bugs me is that, because I can't actually start the quest (because the item is bugged), I can't even use the quest support system thing, and the options regarding items are along the lines of "I'm missing crowns," "I'm having problems with a crown store item," "I lost my item," "I can't get the item I need/want" - none of which are accurate.

What probably bugs the lore hounds is that, because the item is bugged, they can't get (or at least I don't think they can get) the Eidetic Memory item "It's the Hunt that Counts." Because that's what the Journal Page actually is.

I see ... I wonder if the quest worked in the past and I did it long ago, I will have to check now anyways.

Katinas · July 2017

Templar's Restoring Light skill line passive Master Ritualist gives same benefit when you spend 1 or 2 skill points.

Gives you a 50% chance to fill an empty Soul Gem after each successful resurrection.

Although this is a very situational passive it still makes no sense why it should have identical properties whether you spend one or two skill points.

S1ipperyJim · July 2017

Exploits and cheats should NOT be posted to general forums, this will spread the exploits to other players. No one in the forums can help fix or stop these issues, you need to use the in game report function or contact ZOS directly such as via PM.

I repeat: posting cheats and exploits to public forums here is a very bad idea will make the issues worse - it's literally explained in the first stickied post if you care to read it.

Xantaria · July 2017

S1ipperyJim wrote: »

Exploits and cheats should NOT be posted to general forums, this will spread the exploits to other players. No one in the forums can help fix or stop these issues, you need to use the in game report function or contact ZOS directly such as via PM.

I repeat: posting cheats and exploits to public forums here is a very bad idea will make the issues worse - it's literally explained in the first stickied post if you care to read it.

Wrong. This thread spreads awareness around mechanics that are not working as intended for both the players and the developers. And if you go through the thread you will see the positive responses from ZOS going through all the issues and giving feedback to them. The Exploits explained here are of the 'harmless' not bannable kind and no gold exploits etc. Those more delicate exploits will still be mentioned but with the note that ZOS can contact me, or the person with knowledge about it directly for more information. I have direct contact to ZOS and we can get them aware of issues and get fixes faster, especially if it is something extremely gamebreaking. Very often ZOS doesn't know about exploits since the elite that knows them keeps them secret. This thread works as an instrument against that. But in general this thread mainly compiles bugs into one thread. Exploits are the minority.

This thread was maintained for many months and started almost two years ago. Never has it received a negative response from ZOS side.

A lot of the issues mentioned in this thread are getting fixes in Horns of the Reach. I will try to update everything as soon as I know if the fixes work.

Jonno · July 2017

On Rare occasions after using the levitation sigil on 2nd boss vHoF the portal doesnt close at all leading to certain death

Xantaria · July 2017

Just a Heads-up for all Nightblades that the following bug will be stealth FIXED on the next DLC! Scathing Mage will thus no longer be the Best in slot Set.

•Path of Darkness (Nightblade) - This skill and it's morphs are incorrectly treated as direct damage and are affected by Passives that affect direct damage. This one is a hard one to just fix without any compensation because Nightblades are heavily relying on this skill (incorrectly) proccing the Scathing Mage Set. Although this set should not even activate from Path of Darkness this skill is still barely making them viable and also providing the set a unique usage and promoting individual setups for Nightblades. On the other hand it is a bug and bugs need to be fixed in one way or another.

SilverWF · July 2017

Weapon Damage Enchantment (increase weapon and spell damage by XXX for 5 sec) doesn't proc on weapon skills - only on light and heavy attacks.

Dual wield weapon skills doesn't proc enchants form one of weapons: most of skills procs main-hand enchants only and Twin Slashes procs off-hand enchant only.

Enchants on inactive weapon are stopping to work after swapping, but enchants from active weapons starting to proc, even with inactive weapon skills.
I.e. fire Volley with bow, swap weapons (i.e. to dual wield), do nothing else (no 2w skills or attacks), and 2w enchants would proc with Volley.
Not sure if it's real bug, but Maelstrom destro staff enchants correctly working even after swapping: cast Wall of Elements with vMA staff, swap to another (non-vMA) weapon and target still would get increased damage from light and heavy attacks.

Expanded post with tests

Asmael · July 2017

Sometimes, you can be stuck in a battleground waiting room.

The match will show up as "waiting for players", and will not actively seek to fill the empty slots, only replace existing ones:

Waiting room POV:

Initial matchup as I entered, and after about 5mn (after more time, some people will leave and get replaced, but the empty slots never get filled):

EDIT: This one seem to happen regardless of match mode, as I had this issue both with Domination and Deathmatch.
This seems to be strictly an issue with the way teams are formed as leaving players properly get replaced.

Asmael · July 2017

Gap closers have been broken in multiple ways for months and months, so... Here goes.

All gap closers seem to be affected, be it Take flight, Critical Rush, Toppling charge, Shield charge...
Gap closers can still be exploited to enter keeps. You can contact @Ch4mpTW or myself about this.
You may randomly be stuck in a loading screen while using one, which ends up either in you dying to fall damage for absurd values (50k+ usually) or your character actually just stick there and becomes an easy target for enemy players or mobs. You can see an example in the spoiler below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9KdkvDcDHw

What is commonly referred to as "Macro slice", visible in the spoiler below. It randomly occurs, usually in laggy situations, and ends up in your char staying in position, stuck in charge animation. Difference is: you can still cast abilities, even tho those are not visible, and will be queued on the server's side, however, for both clients (the caster and the target if targeting a player), none of those abilities will be visible, which can be used to kill someone without giving any chance to react. You can see the caster's view in the spoiler below. From the perspective of a target, you'll see someone gap closing and casting abilities extremely fast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YLzWXqcQ9U

Asmael · July 2017

Quickly tapping the block button while casting Spell Wall (or any morph for that matters) will cancel it early. It is seemingly due to Spell Wall having a hidden cast time, however small (a bit like Relentless Focus from NBs). See video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqm1RvmPoFg