Nodes Disappearing As I Click to Harvest them

SeveronSylvana · April 2014

This seems to be getting more and more prevalent. I find a node, and the second I click E to harvest it, it disappears on me. Just now, Three times in a row, they all just disappear. The third time I waited a few seconds before clicking to see if it vanishes without me doing anything.
Is this a bug? Are these bots who somehow manage to grab the node the very second I click on it. Three times in a row within the space mere minutes as well?
It's extremely frustrating.

siuolly · April 2014

I encountered the same problem too. When I see a mining node, walk there, click "E" to interact and it just vanish. Another problem I encountered is when I play with my wife, she see a mining node (or rune, or anything that can harvest) but I can't. I have to logout and log back in to be able to see the SAME node.

nudel · April 2014

If this is what I think it is, it is an issue with nodes placed near the edges of phases. I have already experienced this several times. Walk up to the node and it disappears before you can hit E. Now back up, still looking at it. It will reappear. It's on the edge of a phase. So when you are far away in one phase you can see it. As soon as you go to activate it, you step into a phase where it does not exist.

This same thing affects players as well. I have seen a player that was losing a battle. I went to heal him, but he backed into a phase where I could no longer see him. Then he came out of it, rematerializing just in time for me to save him.

Dragonheart013 · April 2014

Yeah, it's a phasing thing. Sometimes also has to do with players in other phases to yourself harvesting them before you get there, so they disappear as you go to activate them, as the game realizes you can't use it.

Also, Keen Eye can help with spotting which ones are going to disappear. If you can see the node, and are close enough for Keen Eye to take effect, but there's no glow, then it's just going to disappear.

SeveronSylvana · April 2014

I dont think this is a phasing thing, because this was happening alot in the goblin village in Shadowfen. Now unless little pockets of areas within the village are phased, this isn't what this is.
And like I said, I'm standing right next to, practically on top of it and I can still see it. The moment I click E, it disappears. This doesn't happen to all the nodes I've come across, but it's happening more frequently that it's starting to annoy the hell out of me.

Mephane · April 2014

I also don't think it is a phasing problem because I have experienced this very issue on numerous occasions in Cyrodiil, too.

Sorpaijen_ESO · April 2014

Whether or not the phasing thing is the ONLY issue, it certainly CAN be an issue --- I noticed this last night when a Fire Atronarch just APPEARED as I started to mine a node. I started fighting and it just vanished. I went back to the node and BOOM there it is again. I killled it, but when I went to loot it, it vanished again. I backed up and I could see the body with the I-have-loot glow, but I could not inch close enough to loot it without it vanishing.

Squishy · April 2014

In the game's option, there is one for the distance of objects drawn, put yourself where the rune is not visible, and play with the slider.

I had this issue often, mostly in Bangkorai though, for some odd reason. The slider allowed me to see runes, although I would only see the glow and not the node itself.

Tabia · April 2014

This was happening to me a lot last night too. After seeing 4 or 5 nodes glowing with keen eye but nothing there to harvest, i logged out and back in. Once back in all those nodes were fixed but 10 minutes or so later, same thing.

Relogging constantly so i can gather is a pita and i feel very close to the exploit line. I did a feedback on it on game.

Censorious · April 2014

You sure you haven't got autoloot on?

Tabia · April 2014

Yes i am. Wouldnt matter though, the problem is i see the glow from keen eye but no node to access. Relogging then shows the node and allows harvest. Has nothing to do with what the node produces, its accessing the node to begin with thats the problem.

Squishy · April 2014

Like I said earlier, if you look in the options of the game (escape, then options), you will see a slider for distance. Play with it, and the node will appear. It seems to be zone specific for some reason, as I only really had this problem on a large scale in Bangkorai.

Tabia · April 2014

i am going to play with that tonight, hopefully it will help, ty! Just weird that its happening now after all this time playing. I was in a new area though.

dahl.lucas_ESO · April 2014

It is a problem. I think they do relocate in time and sometimes that gets bugged when we try to harvest them. It's an issue/bug it seems and it's annoying for me to find a node after a while of searching.

Gillysan · April 2014

Tabia wrote: »

This was happening to me a lot last night too. After seeing 4 or 5 nodes glowing with keen eye but nothing there to harvest, i logged out and back in. Once back in all those nodes were fixed but 10 minutes or so later, same thing.

Relogging constantly so i can gather is a pita and i feel very close to the exploit line. I did a feedback on it on game.

This is a known issue, it's been going on for awhile. Some times it hits me hard and some days it rarely happens.

Phasing I'm not sure, but since beta I reported the problem where you step close to a node it would disappear. Step away from it and it reappears. I have very rarely seen this occur.

Teleporting Bots - now this one is interesting and some times it's been really bad, then other times it's practically disappeared. You can tell it was a bot because you run up to a node and it disappears. Briefly you see the F interact with a player, but there is no player visible and you see a name like "adfadf", one of those atypical botter names. This is why this add-on exists...
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info181-FastReport.html

It has been made to quickly report any Teleport-Hacker (and similiar) without having to type their Name manually.

Locke_ESO · April 2014

This happens with chests as well. I remember thinking a GM was trolling me when I first started the game because I could see a chest I wanted to go unlock but every time I got close to it then it would vanish...