I concur, I just submitted an identical post. It is awful right now trying to pick pocket. If the pathing was intentional then fine, but at least make the system work. The other issue I am having is the BoW. I tend to use the Pick Pick Stab method and I will get to point where my BoW just simply stops working, no prompt for the synergy, just not an option.

Yeah, I use the pick, pick, stab method, too. Another problem I have is that I will sometimes fall out of the map after killing an npc who was just that little bit too close to a wall. When I have no money to port somewhere else, I have to buy a house with another character, or be permanently stuck there. Really annoying.

I have another problem with the blade. I pickpocket without any problems but when I want to stab I can’t, because only the feed ability from the Vampire skill is active and not the “Use blade of Woe”. I moved to another NPC and still the same. I logged off and still the same. And this was the whole day. Didn’t have that problem the day after though. But it happened for third or fourth time now and it is very annoying.

I've noticed these problems as well, mostly in Vvardenfell. NPCs often get slowed, the detection eye stays permanently open even when the NPC is not aware of me and there's no one else around, and the "out of range" error appears even when the prompt to steal shows a percentage for chance of success. In my experience, sometimes the NPC then rubberbands several meters backward along the pre-programmed path, but other times I will have to back off of the NPC to "reset" it so I can steal properly again, with no rubberbanding involved.

This is specifically a problem when NPCs move as you try to steal from them. Occasionally stealing while moving with them will work just fine, but more often than not something will go wrong with the NPC's pace, detection, or location. Stealing in place does not cause these problems. Unfortunately, many NPCs -- especially in the Morrowind expansion -- seem deliberately programmed to move often as a challenge for would-be pickpocketers, which means that many NPCs are exhibiting this bugged behavior.

I would also like to add a graphics glitch to this list of bugs: when I'm caught, the NPC from whom I'm trying to steal will often rotate slowly in place to face me before scolding me and (eventually) turning back. I've seen certain NPCs react much more realistically: for example, the ones in St. Delyn's Inn act offended and perform some sort of emote (e.g. come get me, finger pointing, helpless hands up). The bugged NPCs continue to do the exact same thing they always do, like the laborer sawing wood on the lower level of St. Delyn's Canton (Gonbubal). If she catches you stealing, she will spin around slowly and scold you verbally but continue to saw -- right into your head. The sound effects persist as well, which doesn't make it any less disconcerting.

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I concur, this has been happening PC-NA since the last patch - and like the above poster said it's most egregious in Vardenfell. NPCs doubling back a few steps, super slow motion walking and "out of range" notice.

Also BoW issues: Sometimes upon activation of BoW - the game will play the "Blade of Woe" sound as if it was a success but the NPC is still there, alive and well.

Or better yet, the NPC will be aggravated because of BoW - happened twice on Saturday for me... use blade from stealth and oh, so now we're in combat w/ bounty... excellent work devs.

Spot on i see it all the time thieving in vivec city. That exact NPC has sawed off my head too..... jerk lol

The detected bubble is a real annoyance. Like literally there is no one around.

Other problem is after a kill with this skill I don't get the speed buff.

Theres another thread on this sadly i can say has seemingly been ignored that i tagged @ZOS_GinaBruno in