The past several special-effect weapons ZOS has released have all had issues in some way or another.
I'm really beginning to wonder if they do any QA at all on them.
Given the state of this chapter release - I mean, they don't even have outfits displaying properly on many of the druids and main characters in this chapter release - plus all the other bugs and issues that have popped up... I don't think QA is a big part of their program, if at all.
ZOS can't even design $100+ player homes that have centered and aligned structures.
That being said, for everyone who got this item, I really hope they fix it - but I wouldn't hold my breath.