Movement Speed Bug

Eormenric · May 2019

I am getting this bug all the time with the Boneyard morph (Unnerving Boneyard). Here is what I experience for others to share their account:

I find the ability is unstable in group settings (dungeon parties of 4 and even participating solo in dragon encounters with other players). This ability will simply not cast when other abilities are able to be used. Once the ability finally is able to be cast, your character will incur what feels like an 80% movement speed reduction. The only way to remove the effect is to die or relog.

This issue is near-identical to a 2014 bug in this forum thread: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/64759/my-character-is-permanently-walking-running-slowly-after-main-story-quest

Perhaps it is this ability or server issues with the launch. Having just ran Spindleclutch I with a group, even non-Elsweyr locations can cause this. (There was a second Necromancer in the party, but they did not use this spell to my knowledge.)

Thanks.

Thunderclap · May 2019

Can confirm. Run in the same bug. I fight some bears in bangkorai. Now i can run only slow. pressing my fast run key has no effect. I see only that my commandbar is gray out. Also using my mount has no effect, it runs also slow.

Reloadui dont help. Going in a delve or zone change remove the bug.

BRogueNZ · May 2019

Frequently getting the constant slow after npc cc. Only logging out or death seems to fix it. Rather annoying I have to say.

meekmiko · May 2019

I get the same problem. Had it happen to me in one of the delves in Elsweyr, a delve in The Rift, and also out in the Overland in The Rift throughout the day yesterday. Holding shift will give me a teeny tiny small boost forward and then back to super slow a half second later. I have to relog to fix or port out of wherever I am.

I'm also having the abilities not firing bug. I had a friend tell me I might be light attack weaving too fast, buuuut if I'm hammering the Life amid Death ability on a glowing corpse, end up giving up and try to use Illustrious Healing instead with it still not doing ANYTHING, swapping bars and attempting Ricochet Skull with no luck I don't think light attacks are the problem.

And another thing I've been getting is the character running with weapon through head bug almost nonstop since Elsweyr dropped. Character runs like they don't realize they're holding a weapon and it just bobs through their head. Reequipping your weapon will fix it for a little bit, but it always comes back.
PC NA

Lady_Rosabella · May 2019

Had the bug yesterday on my Necro toon, do not have Boneyard on my bar, but am stuck in slow walk and mount run is slow. Got so frustrated after logging off and then back on....quitting game completely and logging back in, and doing /stuck. I ended up quitting the game because this is ridiculous. Got in game just now and went to my Necro toon and I CAN'T EVEN MOUNT. I get the message "You cannot mount right now." This is happening right after I logged in and I haven't done anything but collect my daily reward.

@ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom please help! I can't even play my new Necromancer.

Eormenric · May 2019

meekmiko wrote: »

I get the same problem. Had it happen to me in one of the delves in Elsweyr, a delve in The Rift, and also out in the Overland in The Rift throughout the day yesterday. Holding shift will give me a teeny tiny small boost forward and then back to super slow a half second later. I have to relog to fix or port out of wherever I am.

I'm also having the abilities not firing bug. I had a friend tell me I might be light attack weaving too fast, buuuut if I'm hammering the Life amid Death ability on a glowing corpse, end up giving up and try to use Illustrious Healing instead with it still not doing ANYTHING, swapping bars and attempting Ricochet Skull with no luck I don't think light attacks are the problem.

And another thing I've been getting is the character running with weapon through head bug almost nonstop since Elsweyr dropped. Character runs like they don't realize they're holding a weapon and it just bobs through their head. Reequipping your weapon will fix it for a little bit, but it always comes back.
PC NA

This is not from light attack weaving "too fast", otherwise we would have seen this pop up throughout the years. Some abilities will just stop being able to fire off and with the expansion launch, something from that event is causing it.

Hopefully we get this figured out quick! I've since stopped using Boneyard and haven't had a single issue.

BRogueNZ · May 2019

Interesting @Eormenric , although I've had this on classes other than necromancers.

ZOS_GinaBruno · May 2019

Thanks everyone, confirming we've seen this thread and are investigating.

CristiC · May 2019

It's a recurring bug, all classes are affected. To fix it, light/heavy attack a target.

maboleth · May 2019

I had this slowness bug so many times in Imperial City CP enabled. I'm a mag sorc and my walking is incredibly slow. Sometimes it fixes itself (heavy attack, dying, etc.), sometimes I have to change zones/relog.

Just an example - One time I got it was - we killed enemy players and NPCs (playing solo with others, but not in the group), I got some telvars and after that I was painfully slow.

PC EU.

maboleth · May 2019

Now this got to the point that almost every single kill of NPCs at IC ends with me being slow.

At least until I use light/heavy attack.

React · May 2019

This bug happens in wrathstone too. Sprinting causes your character to move even slower in this "snared" state.

Merlight · May 2019

CristiC wrote: »

It's a recurring bug, all classes are affected. To fix it, light/heavy attack a target.

Yea, I'm walking slow-mo all the time on sorc. Sure-way to trigger it, barswap in the middle of resto heavy attack. In order to get normal speed back, I have to swap back to resto and "finish" the heavy attack. I don't need target, just heavy into the air works, but light doesn't, neither does light/heavy with destro (if bug triggered on resto).

maboleth · May 2019

I have also noticed that while you're slowed down, picking items and looting is delayed, meaning there's no option to loot for some time.

Wycks · May 2019

yep this suck mount is also slow only way to break it is kill something.

FearlessOne_2014 · May 2019

I'm also continuously getting this game breaking bug.

ZOS, please fix with due haste, thank you!

maboleth · May 2019

Playing a healer in dungeons is seriously affected by this bug too. Slowed all the time.

stuartx13 · May 2019

I hope this bug get fix soon i cant even pvp with this BUG.

Feanor · May 2019

The Graveyard also very often locks my whole skill bar. Can’t cast anything then, only a dodge roll fixes it.

maboleth · May 2019

@ZOS_GinaBruno Please bump this bug to the devs. It's so annoying and it's happening everywhere, PVE, PVP... you name it.

Pretty please with moon sugar on top.

Ohtimbar · May 2019

Still happening, Still infuriating.

Thunderclap · May 2019

Yeah not fix. very uncool to lock off each dragon fight. ;/ What a "great" gaming experience. ;/

Chaos2088 · May 2019

Yeah in pvp and going a t a crawls pace....only way to sort it is to die.....then have to ride all the way back to where i was....not really fun.

Firstmep · May 2019

Heavy attack even without a target usually fixes this.

maboleth · May 2019

Don't forget that this also prevents looting. You need to wait a bit after this for an object to be interactable.

scorpius2k1 · May 2019

It seems to exist in cc/snare, so far I've only experienced it in Delves/Dungeons here is a video that captures this issue:

https://youtu.be/KhY2mekbScM

maboleth · June 2019

Any news on this? @ZOS_GinaBruno Have any of the fixes from 5.0.7 got this fixed as well?

I'm counting on "Ground targeted abilities will now work after weapon swapping while still channeling a Lightning or Restoration Staff heavy attack." though I haven't tried it yet.

daemondamian · June 2019

maboleth wrote: »

I have also noticed that while you're slowed down, picking items and looting is delayed, meaning there's no option to loot for some time.

The fix or new ESO 'feature' lol that I've discovered for looting without waiting is to bring up my inventory screen & close it - then I'm able to collect loot.

kypranb14_ESO · June 2019

Yeah, this bug is still there. Now it usually only lasts a few seconds, and seems to be triggered by casting ground targeted abilities, bar swapping, AND killing an enemy.

maboleth · June 2019

Damn, hopefully they will be able to fix it next week or so. This is the only bug I experience that makes the gameplay a bit frustrating.