Companions stop fighting multiple times mid-battle.

vivisectvib16_ESO · November 2021

PS5 NA Performance mode

Both companion's will constantly stop fighting, sometimes even saying their 'battle over' lines. They run back to the player, sheath their weapons, and then unsheath them and go back to the fight. Especially annoying if you're using a companion as a tank.

Is this a known issue?

Bl4ckR3alm93 · November 2021

vivisectvib16_ESO wrote: »

PS5 NA Performance mode

Both companion's will constantly stop fighting, sometimes even saying their 'battle over' lines. They run back to the player, sheath their weapons, and then unsheath them and go back to the fight. Especially annoying if you're using a companion as a tank.

Is this a known issue?

I've definitely noticed this and its very annoying

Fennwitty · November 2021

Seems to happen more on specific enemies. Things that teleport or sink into the ground for a moment before re-emerging.

Noticed mainly at world bosses which have mechanics and phases. And at dolmens when all mobs are dead and the new ones haven't fallen from the sky yet.

Not exclusively, I don't fully understand it.

I'd guess when the companion loses it's target for any reason, it assumes the fight ended. Even though the player has some kind of 'still in combat' signal, the companion doesn't have the same information?

EDIT: There was a similar issue with summoned temporary pets, sometimes the companion would stop what they were doing to 'mourn' the dead/unsummoned pet. I don't tend to use pets don't know if it was fixed.

EDIT 2: You might be right that it's mainly a tank thing, or maybe a 'Bastian' thing. I definitely seem to remember hearing it happen more with him -- but then I generally dislike his corny voice lines so they stand out more to me. I haven't tried Mirri as a tank.

vivisectvib16_ESO · November 2021

I had originally had my Bastian set up as sword and board tank, using Provoke. I switched him to the Inner Fire type taunt, with a 2 hander, and that's when I started noticing he was stopping mid-fight to come back to me and then go back to the fight.

I thought that swapping him back to the original build I had would fix it, but he's still doing it.

Mirri also does it as a ranged/staff DPS, most often. She also does it as a dual wield, but definitely not as much.