[BUG] "(Immune) De-Werewolf" or constant werewolf form

draeganb16_ESO · March 2015

I know the title sounds weird but let me explain what it stand for :
It might sound like heaven for werewolf player but I found a bug that make you impossible to go back in human form. (unless you relog or change zone)
I studied this bug for a day before making a topic on the forum. This bug happen very easily, just make any action that focus your camera to something else like lockpicking or talking to an NPC while transformed and wait long enough until your timer run out. When you recover your "normal" camera, you are still a werewolf.
If you use an add-on to improve your HUD like FTC, you can see running on your screen every second a (Immune) De-Werewolf.
To recover your soft skin, you need to relog or travel to another area.
The "immunity" to "De-Werewolf" tic every second and stop every actions you started UNLESS you get timer back by devouring (hard to achieve) or taking damage with Blood Rage passive.
So when this bug "tic", it very difficult to use your skill (especially the pounce) unless you have taken damages.

(Immune) De-Werewolf in a screenshot :

This make me think about something else, does this bug was a remnant of a try from developers to make werewolf permanent or toggable ?

CP5 · March 2015

Odds are this is caused by the game not correctly providing cc to the player while they are busy (in the same sense that you are sometimes restricted from using items and the game will say "You are busy"). I would like to think that the toggle idea received more attention but regardless interesting find.

Mumnoch · March 2015

draeganb16_ESO wrote: »

I know the title sounds weird but let me explain what it stand for :
It might sound like heaven for werewolf player but I found a bug that make you impossible to go back in human form. (unless you relog or change zone)
I studied this bug for a day before making a topic on the forum. This bug happen very easily, just make any action that focus your camera to something else like lockpicking or talking to an NPC while transformed and wait long enough until your timer run out. When you recover your "normal" camera, you are still a werewolf.
If you use an add-on to improve your HUD like FTC, you can see running on your screen every second a (Immune) De-Werewolf.
To recover your soft skin, you need to relog or travel to another area.
The "immunity" to "De-Werewolf" tic every second and stop every actions you started UNLESS you get timer back by devouring (hard to achieve) or taking damage with Blood Rage passive.
So when this bug "tic", it very difficult to use your skill (especially the pounce) unless you have taken damages.

(Immune) De-Werewolf in a screenshot :

This make me think about something else, does this bug was a remnant of a try from developers to make werewolf permanent or toggable ?

So can you use the WW abilities? Like can you just run around as a WW attacking things forever? Could be fun.

SLy_Kyti · March 2015

I've heard of bugs if wearing disguises, were you wearing one?
Thanks for reporting the issue, it's a weird one.

draeganb16_ESO · March 2015

@Mumnoch : I can use my werewolf ability randomly, the "tic" of (Immune) De-Werewolf interrupt my skills almost everytime but when I get timer with Blood Rage (or sometime when devour work), I can fight normally without any problem.

@SLy_Kyti : Nope, I'm not wearing any disguise. I didn't try while wearing one.

Mumnoch · March 2015

draeganb16_ESO wrote: »

@Mumnoch : I can use my werewolf ability randomly, the "tic" of (Immune) De-Werewolf interrupt my skills almost everytime but when I get timer with Blood Rage (or sometime when devour work), I can fight normally without any problem.

@SLy_Kyti : Nope, I'm not wearing any disguise. I didn't try while wearing one.

ok, so if you feed which in normal WW extends your time you can then atk normally during the extended time. Do you generate Ult while you are perma WW?

This could be not so much as bug as a "unplanned feature" lol. I personally think WW should be a toggle ability anyways, would make it more fun instead of a "race" every time you wolf out.

draeganb16_ESO · March 2015

@Mumnoch :Exactly, you can light/heavy attack or sprint normally while under the influence of the "bug" but your skill are interrupted every seconds.

I don't generate any ultimate as I'm still a werewolf, I don't loose my form (visually or technically).

I roamed inside Riften in WW form and the guards greeted me, seems legit xD

Mumnoch · April 2015

draeganb16_ESO wrote: »

@Mumnoch :Exactly, you can light/heavy attack or sprint normally while under the influence of the "bug" but your skill are interrupted every seconds.

I don't generate any ultimate as I'm still a werewolf, I don't loose my form (visually or technically).

I roamed inside Riften in WW form and the guards greeted me, seems legit xD

nice lol. Now to figure out how to use this "unplanned feature" to actually do good DPS as a perma-wolf!

draeganb16_ESO · April 2015

@Mumnoch : I don't think this bug could really be usefull and could be see as a bug exploit by ZOS.
Plus, you need to engage to use plainfully your skills but every 3s you need to take damage again. By the way, I was able to fully replenish my timer while under this bug and the werewolf worked perfeclty. I was just unable to cancel the ultimate to go back to human form.

Mumnoch · April 2015

draeganb16_ESO wrote: »

@Mumnoch : I don't think this bug could really be usefull and could be see as a bug exploit by ZOS.
Plus, you need to engage to use plainfully your skills but every 3s you need to take damage again. By the way, I was able to fully replenish my timer while under this bug and the werewolf worked perfeclty. I was just unable to cancel the ultimate to go back to human form.

Ehh, I wouldn't actually use this as I don't have WW on my main. It was really a jab at Zenimax and their "unplanned features". Sides they didn't kick anyone while people was exploiting the Nirnhoned bug, why would they for this? There still busy counting their money and wondering what game series they are going to wrec...errr expand on next.

Zachy_B · June 2015

I found a bug that's been happening to me since the new patch on ps4, wondering if anyone else is having this problem. I would get my ultimate up and right when I would pop werewolf it would do about half of my transformation and keep me a human. And it would waste my whole ultimate. So then I would have to build it up again and it would do it again. Happened 4 times before I finally could transform. This is on ps4 btw, don't know if it's happening on other platforms.

tyronebarreb17_ESO · July 2015

I have been experiencing this bug constantly since returning to ESO last week. running on the PC version of the game.

I have experienced everything the OP has listed but i when i am in the 'perma werewolf form' i also have issues with left click light attacks not working but heavy attacks often do. I can no longer interact with NPC's reliably or quest items (i assume because of the camera change needed for those actions?) Devouring works sometimes but not always but this may be the same as the abilities getting interrupted by the constant 'target immune' spam.

Such a shame this bug exists, i love my werewolf!

antmck2011rwb17_ESO · August 2022

It's now August 2022 and I'm getting this bug. I only get this when I'm doing Undaunted dungeons. Not every time but often enough to be really annoying. I can only use light or heavy attacks and nothing else - can't pounse , can't use by bleeding claws and can't heal. I can't kill the final boss this way. Using /reloadui doesn't work and dying doesn't fix it either. I have to leave the dungeon and start again. Not happy Jan!