Drakhaoul Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Hey guys, I'm playing a Sword 'n Board warrior type character. Currently I'm level 30 with 62 block, 82 one-handed, 70 Heavy Armor and 82 Smithing. I have every block perk available as well as every useful heavy armor perk. Up until about 2 hours ago everything was normal and I was playing through the game as expected; when ran into a bunch of enemies it was a nice little challenge but if I played smart I could take down anything. Then all of the sudden for apparently no reason everything got super hard, creatures started totally destroying me, even in 1v1. A couple of things I've noticed: -I'm taking WAY too much damage from single hits, I'm wearing full Ebon armor including the shield which is enchanted with elemental resistances - I should NOT be taking this kind of damage.-Second and most importantly is that I can't seem to stagger anyone with my shield. One of my most useful tools has always been shield bash; I'd use it to interrupt mages casting spells at me, archers from firing arrows, and of course staggering melee opponents to get in a couple hits. All of the sudden NO ONE gets staggered by my shield bash - it doesn't interupt mage casting or archery fire either, everyone just ignores it and takes the damage from it with no other effect.-Lastly my shield isn't blocking any arrows even though I have the deflect perk. Does anyone know what the hell is wrong with my game? It's seriously pissing me off - I might as well be running around with a 2-handed weapon right now for all the good the shield is doing.
Thoreai Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) Hmm sounds strange, have you tried some earlier save if it works there...it could be your character got bugged indeed.Also try to lower game difficulty, usually if difficulty is high, some enemies with lvls above you could ignore completely your staggering attacks becouse of that...but god knows, the game can come up with some surprising bugs. Edited December 8, 2011 by pavy
Drakhaoul Posted December 8, 2011 Author Posted December 8, 2011 I just pushed through it for a couple hours before growing frustrated enough to make this thread, that being said I really have no save points to revert to. I don't think difficulty is the problem because I've tried shield bashing EVERYTHING. Even regular Bandits (no prefix/suffix) don't get staggered. I also can't interrupt dragons using a breath on me.
deathjam Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 I experienced this problem too. Seemed to only happen when I changed into a werewolf, died, then reloaded the game. In fact, the shield bashing instead gained the elemental properties of the weapon I had in my other hand! Every time i failed as a werewolf, this bug would happen. Had to quit to main menu and reload my save. May also want to check your active effects as my 1 handed weapon skill dropped by about 50 points at the same time for no reason. Did this bug happen in a certain quest or area because for me, it only happened in a particular quest.
Drakhaoul Posted December 9, 2011 Author Posted December 9, 2011 I did die as a werewolf earlier...I can't really remember if the problem started directly after that since I didn't even connect that to the problem...Like I said this was several hours ago so I have no place I can load from prior to when it started, do you know of any other way to fix it? I've already tried restarting the game without luck.
Thoreai Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 On 12/9/2011 at 12:27 AM, Drakhaoul said: I did die as a werewolf earlier...I can't really remember if the problem started directly after that since I didn't even connect that to the problem...Like I said this was several hours ago so I have no place I can load from prior to when it started, do you know of any other way to fix it? I've already tried restarting the game without luck.Try to change back to a werewolf and see if that wont fix it...could be the game still thinks you are a werewolf.
Drakhaoul Posted December 9, 2011 Author Posted December 9, 2011 On 12/9/2011 at 12:38 AM, pavy said: On 12/9/2011 at 12:27 AM, Drakhaoul said: I did die as a werewolf earlier...I can't really remember if the problem started directly after that since I didn't even connect that to the problem...Like I said this was several hours ago so I have no place I can load from prior to when it started, do you know of any other way to fix it? I've already tried restarting the game without luck.Try to change back to a werewolf and see if that wont fix it...could be the game still thinks you are a werewolf. Good idea, I'll give it a shot.
Drakhaoul Posted December 9, 2011 Author Posted December 9, 2011 It worked! Thanks Pavy and Death, both extremely helpful :)
Thoreai Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 On 12/9/2011 at 12:47 AM, Drakhaoul said: It worked! Thanks Pavy and Death, both extremely helpful :)You are welcome, glad it solved your problem. :thumbsup:
cikuwh Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 hmmm,do bashing with a shield or two-handed weapon increase block skill??or just blocking damage is the only way to increase them??
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