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Occasional combat bug, unable to attack monsters mid-fight

  • 7Montana7
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    This happens to me 3-4 times a day.
    Really annoying but it can be fixed by opening the inventory and closing it again quickly.

    I've died to this bug soo many times before figuring out the inventory thing, an it still kills me occationaly evan now.
  • Perseas
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    can u type ur weapons u experience it? it may help them...
  • Tai
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    Perseas wrote: »
    can u type ur weapons u experience it? it may help them...

    Dual wielding.
  • Evergnar
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    I get this all the time. Some times my dual wielding NB's arms will get stuck in the air but he can still move and dodge. He just looks stupid.
  • 7Montana7
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    Tai wrote: »
    Many threads about this, i am beginning to believe that it is somehow related to lag. I posted into the known issues thread, but got no official answer yet :(
    It's not lag, open and close your inventory. It fixes it instantly.
  • Estwing
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    Has ZOS commented on this bug yet? I seem to get it more often in public dungeons but as I work my way through VR content it is becoming more annoying since not having your skills available is death on larger pulls where you don't have time to press ESC twice to fix it.
  • KaosApezb16_ESO
    I have the same problem. However it only accured when I used my quick strikes of the dual wield abilities. When I cast this and I am not close enough my character will still use the skill but misses everything. After this, the bug comes in. I use the double ESC tactic to remove it.

    PS: No addons involved.
    Edited by KaosApezb16_ESO on April 15, 2014 5:08PM
  • Zxaxz
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    Happens to me 2-3 times everyday. I have no run speed, It switches me to walk (I do not have walk or auto run bound to anything). I all I can do is block. No skills, no light/heavy attacks, only block till dead. The only fix for me is a log out/in and everything works again.

    Pretty lame to die several times a night for no reason.

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    Edited by Zxaxz on April 15, 2014 5:16PM
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  • Tai
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    7Montana7 wrote: »
    Tai wrote: »
    Many threads about this, i am beginning to believe that it is somehow related to lag. I posted into the known issues thread, but got no official answer yet :(
    It's not lag, open and close your inventory. It fixes it instantly.

    Inventory, map, ESC, all work, i just would like that the issue was noticed by the Devs.
  • IronMaiden_burnout
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    I get the same bug and someone told me to quickly toggle the map on/off. Works like a charm.

    It's a mob effect stun/silence by the time you open and shut map or like some reloadui the effect has worn off its only a few sec

  • Tai
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    I get the same bug and someone told me to quickly toggle the map on/off. Works like a charm.

    It's a mob effect stun/silence by the time you open and shut map or like some reloadui the effect has worn off its only a few sec

    I do not think so, if i do not open a menu the effect never wears off.

  • Arwyn
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    Happened to me first time today, thought i was losing it.
  • Innocente
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    Yes, same here. Happens to me on a Nightblade when warping into a fight. Nothing works except movement keys. My theory is that the client is getting out of sync with the server, so nothing other than movement (which is usually shown locally) is handled. Pretty bad.
  • m2super_ESO
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    Glad I stumbled across this post, I thought I was going crazy. I did notice if I had 2 mobs and switched to the other attacks would start to work but when I had 1 it was over. I will try the open/close map solution.
  • Enkshar
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    Been experiencing this quite a lot, thought it might be lag spikes, but truth is i can see other players move and i can write on chat with no problems.

    I can play well all day and suddenly i get this and every 3-4 encounter for at least 20/30 min. Its one of the most annoying thing that ever happened to me while playing a MMO hope they fix it soon
  • zeuseason
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    Zxaxz wrote: »
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    Well there's ur problem. It just ain't big enuff.
  • Baxter2064
    I've encountered this issue repeatedly in beta, pre-launch, and post-launch. Reported it once and heard nothing back. I'm using the "esc" option as a workaround, but they really have to fix this issue.
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  • BaKaNoOB
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    fast /reloadui , cros fingers you don't die in meantime and its ok
    Edited by BaKaNoOB on April 15, 2014 6:11PM
  • bearcalypse
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    I've pretty much given up on my Templar because of this annoyance and playing my Nightblade instead. The other night this happened while I was healing a dungeon group on my Templar.. gg poor tank.
  • galelf
    galelf
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    Nightblade, wood elf, Grahtwood, I have this issue every 5-10 mobs, I have to hit my windows key and it's pretty much the most annoying thing about this game atm. Not quite game quitting worthy, but close and if it isn't fixed and I find other issues then it may be the catalyst to make me stop playing.

    Fix it please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :'(
  • Anoteros
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    One of the reasons I dumped my NB for a Sorc then dumped that for a DK and then just dumped the game all together.
    Combat and this crappy engine just don't synergize together.
  • saki
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    It is happening to me all the time. When fighting multiple mobs combat is just lame and slow. I have also tought that it was DK but tried templar and sorc and it is same. Just bad.

    What is worse, I think that is unfixable. Engine is bad and now it is too late and cant do nothing.
    Edited by saki on April 20, 2014 9:26AM
  • DanteYoda
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    Perseas wrote: »
    can u type ur weapons u experience it? it may help them...
    Sword and Shield
  • Hestia
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    Seems like this bug has been around for many people... Why no fix?
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  • babylon
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    Perseas wrote: »
    can u type ur weapons u experience it? it may help them...

    I've experienced this bug on a destro staff, resto staff, and dual wielding (all classes as well - sorcerer, templar, dk, and nightblade).

    Edited by babylon on April 20, 2014 11:55AM
  • saki
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    Perseas wrote: »
    can u type ur weapons u experience it? it may help them...

    Tried on: great sword, sword and shield, dual wield, destro staff, restoration straff.

    Have it on all I tried.

  • Carnage2K4
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    Yeah, just had this, Was unable to use:
    Weapons
    Weapon Swap
    Abilities
    Run or Sprint
    Had to re-log to fix it... Even after death my Char was walking funny and not sprinting or running...
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  • Pyr0xyrecuprotite
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    I'm still having this issue occasionally on my NB (2H weapon), even though I think one of the recent patch updates was supposed to fix an issue something like this for Nightblades. I'm getting used to going into mail and back out again to get the UI active again tho. (Somehow pressing Esc just gets me confused, and I die before I can get back into fighting).
  • Pyr0xyrecuprotite
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    Note: April 28 patch 1.0.6 supposedly included this fix - maybe it has broken?:
    Combat & Gameplay
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    Fixed an issue that caused some Nightblade abilities to become unresponsive when you were engaged in combat with a large number of enemies.

    Crossposting another recent report of what seems like the same or similar bug:
    forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/96330/character-will-not-attack
  • FrauPerchta
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    Tap "esc" twice. It clears the problem till the next time.
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