Fix it immediately I am too lazy to relog to undo this

did vLoM as tank. Seems fine. Meditate -> block works ok too.

There’s no specific way that I’ve found to force it to happen; and it can happen to anyone

Gonna keep editing this message as I'm testing more stuff

I've had people report it to me that block can now be broken by:
-bar swapping while sheathing/unsheathing (this one I managed to replicate myself)
-bar swapping while entering/exiting water (this one I managed to replicate myself)
-bar swapping while opening doors (unconfirmed)
-bar swapping while getting knocked back (unconfirmed)

I've also had someone tell me that people who used Oakensoul in his group never got this bug so most likely it's always about bar swapping in combination with another action. Some people also say that they had this bug happen to them mid-combat so there's gotta be more causes than what I listed. I've made a video where I'm replicating the issue by bar swapping while sheathing/unsheathing - https://youtu.be/Oo3r7htWAx8

After I made the video I learned about way easier method of replicating the bug (it was posted by Damsik in Nefas' esoU discord) - try to light attack with your weapons sheathed and instantly barswap

At least the old bugs you could work around but this you cannot. Unironically wish the old ones were back over this nonsense.

What am I supposed to do mid combat? What about PvP, Arenas, Dungeons, Trials? Just log off and reset the run if I want an achievement? Have everyone relog just in case? Old bugs were the matter of learning to go around them but this you just can't work around. You're no longer dropping block for 0.2s and putting it back up. You have to first - finish the fight then log off then log back in.

Hyperioxes wrote: »

-bar swapping while getting knocked back (unconfirmed)

Getting knocked back when barswapping last night in a dungeon got my character into a state where not only could he not block or barswap, but he couldn't light attack, heavy attack, roll dodge, or use any abilities. (They were all grayed out.) He could sheathe and unsheathe his weapons and walk around. Nothing else until I ported out of the dungeon. (ReloadUI did not fix anything.) Looking at the inventory screen, I saw that the weapon swap button was also grayed out with the red message "cannot swap weapons in your current state" - exactly as it might look with Oakensoul or in werewolf form.

So that part of the block bug might be more widespread and not be related to the specific fix from today's patch. On the other hand, it could be, if it's related to being in gamepad mode.