Spirit Armor Buff, what is it ? and how do i make it go away?

fuglsangxb16_ESO · April 2014

Complaining about free armor buff... People these days, lol.

Gibber · April 2014

It's from the Wilderking quest afaik, a reward on completion. Has anyone left the zone and still had it?

Sarahyuki · April 2014

yupp my character have it from day 2 on early access and i still have it.

Kraun · April 2014

You chosen battlegroup in Cyrodiil, your alliance holds the said Elder Scrolls perhaps?

michaelpatrickjonesnub18_ESO · April 2014

I'll take that buff off your hands.

Unless it has an incredibly ugly graphical aura, in which case I'll take two.

Spidermonk · April 2014

Kartec wrote: »

Same here,
I think this buff came when I persuaded the Wilderking to help me fight.
Now I still have it and the visual effect annoys me to...

Give this guy a cookie!

Gibber wrote: »

It's from the Wilderking quest afaik, a reward on completion. Has anyone left the zone and still had it?

And this one a cookie too!

It does indeed come from the Wilderking, his way of helping you while you stay within the home territory (you would of had to persuade him to do it).

I have no clue how to get rid of it and haven't yet seen if it goes away (like it should) outside of the AD home territories.

Rotherhans · April 2014

Can somebody point out a video showing this effect?
If it isn´t too annoying I can imagine working with it from a RP point of view.

Though thanks for finally pointing out how to get it, and avoid it.

Sounds like the typical "unfixable" Zenimax bug.
Similar to disguises for certain areas that disappear by themselves after engaging in combat but one can keep wearing them after that.

misstwo · April 2014

I know one she has 5 disguises

gregrwb17_ESO1 · April 2014

Have any of you checked your character sheet to see if you still have the disguise (costume) on from the Wilderking quest line? I can see by the OP screenshots that the flower is in their hair from the costume.

Rhoric · April 2014

I have this buff and it isn't annoying. And it certainly isn't from Cyrodiil cause I have not touched PvP. I am using the veiled heritance disguise so it isn't from the disguise from the wilderking quest line

lesso · April 2014

My only complaint about the buff is the graphical swirling colours that make me stand out on the battle field of Cyrodiil being a healer I'm already a priority target and I don't really like painting another target on my chest plate.

Craig81 · April 2014

I've had this for a week now. I also put in support tickets but had no reply. Although the armor buff is nice, the graphical effect is really annoying.

perikk · April 2014

I dont have a problem having this buff but i thing i can no more take buff from ayleid wells because of it. I'm not sure if that's the case but i would like too see it fixed if it is

Nyxx · April 2014

Spidermonk wrote: »

Kartec wrote: »

Same here,
I think this buff came when I persuaded the Wilderking to help me fight.
Now I still have it and the visual effect annoys me to...

Give this guy a cookie!

Gibber wrote: »

It's from the Wilderking quest afaik, a reward on completion. Has anyone left the zone and still had it?

And this one a cookie too!

It does indeed come from the Wilderking, his way of helping you while you stay within the home territory (you would of had to persuade him to do it).

I have no clue how to get rid of it and haven't yet seen if it goes away (like it should) outside of the AD home territories.

All of this^^

It was from a quest you guys completed. There is no way to get rid of it as far as I know. There should be an option to turn it off or remove it. I personally adore the little lights floating around and would be pretty sad it they took away entirely lol

lucianmatei81eb17_ESO · April 2014

well it's visually irritating...

loeffler.florianb16_ESO · April 2014

Same issue here. Had this effect ever since I persuaded the wilderking to help me in the fight. My help request (NOT bug report) was completely ignored. ZoS Please fix this and stop ignoring your players paying customers...

galdor123 · April 2014

I have this too. I don't really mind, it's a (very small) buff, and the lights are not too distracting for me... But it's obviously a bug.

Still, please fix the numerous other bugs (I'm stuck on a main quest for 4 days now) first!

Z0MBiEjaw · April 2014

are you guys really complaining about a +5% armor buff? ridiculous.

ramasurinenpreub18_ESO · April 2014

We're not complaining about the stat buff itself, just the visual effect that comes with it. It's hugely distracting and irritating, especially in first person mode, and it's *always* on.

If there were no non-stop visual effect getting in our way, believe me we wouldn't be complaining!

Rirenraejir · April 2014

No one here is complaining about the stat buff, at most, people are pointing a clear bug out.

What we ARE complaining about is this infuriating visual effect that has plagued some of us for more than a week now and is getting really tiresome to look at. Nothing else in the game frustrates me more than this effect.

Nyxx · April 2014

Pretty sure it's meant to stay. I don't think this one is a bug. You had a choice in the storyline and the choice that was made gave you the buff and the lights that come along with it.

They should add in an option to turn off the visual though. Hopefully they don't get rid of it completely when they find out some people are upset because of it.

Or perhaps they should make it so it's not visable in first person? Seems like it would only really bother people with that setting.

Maxium · April 2014

I got it from the quest in... Greenshade I believe? You are meeting that Wilderman guy or whatever for the 1st time. You click his stone, and if you have persaude, you can ask him to buff you for the next fight. Then you keep the buff.

At least I think that's what it's from. And if I'm correct, it should have just been a buff for that mini-boss fight for the quest. Wouldn't surprise me if it's bugged.

Lasse · April 2014

I actually got a reply from Zenimax. They said it was working as intended.

Sarahyuki · April 2014

Lasse wrote: »

I actually got a reply from Zenimax. They said it was working as intended.

I wana see that answer, it sounds really stupid.

Snit · April 2014

If it were working as intended, nearly every character above a certain level will have the swirling leaves effect. That seems unlikely. At best.

Quiveringpotato · April 2014

Obviously not a high priority bug to fix, but it is indeed annoying, can any of the devs/CS people acknowledge this?

Nox_Aeterna · April 2014

hah , that is nothing , i used some weird flower armor item , and now my char got a bunch of white ugly weird things around her , it is REALLY annoying , and it gives me no buff at all , it just makes the char horrible lols.

By luck it was on an alt i was lvling ... not lvling my DK anymore.

Arsenic_Touch · April 2014

Working as intended? to give a single faction a defense boost while leaving the other factions out in the cold? hm.

RhapsinBlue · April 2014

It's not a bug... if you choose to [persuade] the wilderking to lend you aid, then he will place this buff on you.

Now, everyone tell the wilderking thank you, and start reading the quest dialogs from time to time. (TBH - I only read it today because I'm just in the mood for immersion)

ramasurinenpreub18_ESO · April 2014

Lend you aid yes, temporarily, not for the rest of your character's existence, especially since he's now been dead for awhile! And nowhere in the description did it say what the "aid" would be. Also you can only get this if you've unlocked the mage's guild persuade ability. I wish I never had now.

There is no way this is meant to be permanent. I'm positive it was meant to be like the buffs you can get from those fire braziers in Grahtwood, which give a temporary 1 hour boost.

I've exchanged 5+ emails now with ZOS support, to try and get this stupid effect removed, and all I get is the same rehashed "try /camp" or drop quest etc. It's like talking to a wall. I've filed a support ticket with a request for a callback now. Maybe I'll even get one.

This is just getting stupid. ZOS, *please* either get rid of it, or give players the ability to cancel ALL buffs on their characters, "beneficial" or not.