I know this bug has been around for a long time but to put things into perspective - it is way worse than it used to be. When I came back to play a bit for the holidays it was unbearably bad. Once night I was literally in combat as soon as I got into Cyrodiil and on more than one occasion combat persisted for the entire night even when I'd take breaks to make coffee and make a quick dinner. Listen, if they don't want us swapping gear mid-combat then fine. Make it so that loadouts have to be chosen at the entrance of the dungeon and within the alliance bases in Cyrodiil. And as for the mounting thing - we've all suggest it at least once in the last tens years. Let's say it together now. "Let us mount in combat with zero mount stamina."

Anyway, I wanted to suggest a slight workaround that also has the potential of forcing more attention on the issue. Every time I am stuck in combat. And I do mean every single time. I stop and fill out /feedback requesting that I be let out (be sure to select random categories for the dropdowns). This serves two purposes. Well, three actually. The first being that it is quite cathartic for me. But it also actually seems to work sometimes. At least half the time being in one of those menus does actually seem to cause combat to drop off for whatever reason. Even when it won't drop off by otherwise doing nothing for minutes at a time. Finally, it will also fill up the ticket request queue with lots of annoying messages about the exact same thing which forces ZoS to either deliberately ignore a whole lot of tickets building up in the system (which will be auto ignored anyway due to their automation system, but hey, at least there will be a backlog they need to account for) or actually start to acknowledge that this is a real issue that actually can't be swept under the rug forever.

Do you guys have more infos on this bug?
It looks like there are two different complaints with "in combat" state taking waaaaay too long to come back to off and "in combat" state NEVER coming back to off.
Also I have questions:
- Does this bug happen when grouped / solo? In what proportion?
- Does this bug happen more in Cyrodiil or is it the same for all PvP modes? In non CP campaign? In what proportion?
- Does this bug happen with PvE content? In what proportion compared to the PvP?
- Can the "in combat" state be switched on by another player healing you? If yes which healing skill is it?
- Are there players who never encountered this bug with a character? If yes, what gear/skills do they have on that character?

In most cases it seems to be if you apply a status effect like burning and it gets stuck on the target for 49xxx days you get stuck in combat till you or the enemy dies or logs out.
Happens a lot with fire siege.
If you are near enough to the enemy you can see the red dot on them.

Kite42 wrote: »

Ease off the excessive caps and punctuation. Then, give us some insight into how and why the bug happens, and how much development time would be required to fix it.

Otherwise surely the answer is just 'yes, in an ideal world this bug wouldn't exist'. I mean, no one *wants* the bug.

Agreed, although I'd also like to know why they haven't fixed it. Perhaps it's because it relates to an exploit or simple cheat, perhaps it's because they did fix it internally but their testing produced unintended consequences. All sorts of reasons why some bugs persist.

Nonetheless, some communication on the subject should be possible, and would clearly be welcomed.

As far as in dungeons it's not a bug. I've timed it and basically every dungeon with doors don't pull large groups. They always get stuck somewhere and keep you in combat.

As for PvP meh nobody is worried about fixing something for an add on

Honestly at this point, I feel like if they could fix it, they would. It also leaks into PvE sometimes, which is the main focus. So can't even make the 'PVP' excuse at this point.

I really do enjoy many aspects of this game. I just don't understand why this particular issue has not been resolved. It hinders gameplay and is just infuriating to many players. Being "in combat" prohibits so many areas of our time here.

The "cannot mount" aspect is one major obstacle that does not seem to do anything, but slow down the movement and progression of combat. Why should we not be able to mount? I have full mount stam, speed, champ points, but have been stunned while riding, or some other weird "hocus pocus" that has managed to kill me. Why not give us the chance to mount while still giving our enemies the opportunity to knock us back off?

Why should we not be able to read mail? What does mail have to do with combat? Even if I had someone send me potions or gear, so? It takes time to equip those items anyway.

Why should we not be able to put different siege into our quickslots? There are not enough slots for all of the items we have to carry on the field, so we are in combat when we need to equip a different siege. Yes, yes I know, come prepared.. most of us do, but again, we do not have enough room for all of our siege to begin with.

There are enough frustrations with regards to other issues that I will refrain from bringing up here, but not being able to mount when I have been out of combat for twenty minutes, is absurd, I'm sorry. With the ease that any one of us can be put into combat, why is it so difficult to get out?

Let us mount at our own risk.

At the very least, please explain why you will not, or cannot resolve this issue. It should not be any big secret. Many of us have been longtime subscribers and have supported your game from the very beginning. All we are asking for is support from you in return.

Ok if nobody answers my questions I guess the goal here is to complain, not to fix it.
My goal is to gather data on the bug so it can help them fix it.
There's obviously a communication problem on this bug, maybe something they don't want/can't tell, if we gather the info/data here and they can read it and find a fix without having to give us the unallowed info/words then we have it fixed and everyone is happy, right?

I have another question:
When you have the combat state starting to be long to switch to off in Cyro while grouped and no enemies are around, has a group ever tried to stop healing each other to see if it switches to off faster?

@Masteroshi430 Your efforts in all honor I do not know anyone in the last 10 years who did not have the bug and do not count the threads or comments anymore.

Mostly Cyro
Cyro CP/no cp - no difference
Healing/Cleansy - no
pve - possible (had that only in early days)

In my opinion there are two types of Combat bug. One maybe gone away if travel to other places places, the other one will stay endless. You has to log-off (what you cant cause of cb) so you need to close your game. After closing the Game and restart, refresh bonus getting shown.

It appears for players who start the game via client as well as for players who start the game via .exe. For me it occurs 100% of the time when I fight against high-end small groups or in ballgrp.

As a healer, it is enough to cast a healing skill in combat for it to occur.

Very often in combination with addons (libaries), but also without.

Seems like some kind of programed endless-spaghetti-loop is triggert.

Good luck with your work