Drawing and sheathing should have nothing to do with casting non combat spells what so ever at all and should be addressed and fixed. Seems like an immature technical issue from beta that wasn't fixed.

Non-combat spells are emotes and mementos.... If its an ability it is a combat spell whether you use it for combat or not.

Why are you using magelight with a 2-handed sword?

And magelight in ESO is a combat spell that reveals stealthed foes. If you are looking for a spell to brighten up the place for RP reasons I'd look into Almalexia's Enchanted Lantern. Lasts far longer and actually lights the place up. As for healing the Psijic heal doesn't have you holding a weapon while it's channeling.

The reason you draw your weapons is because your character is ready for battle. All of those things are for combat.

Vevvev wrote: »

Non-combat spells are emotes and mementos.... If its an ability it is a combat spell whether you use it for combat or not.

My counter example would be Rapid Maneuvers (and yes, I realize this ability is unique in the game). It can be cast while mounted, and it's longest lasting benefit is only applicable while mounted; of course, you can't mount while in combat. Prior to Markarth, it did not force a weapon draw while on foot. Now it does, which is irritating because when used out of combat it just causes a cycle of weapon draw /sheathed animation. Even more baffling, if you have the prevent attacking innocents option on, it will refuse to cast if you have an npc in view, despite neither requiring a target nor doing any damage.