Skyrim Patch Makes Dragons Fly Backwards

[Char-Nobyl]

My only real issue prior to the patch was with two dragons that didn't give me souls, but I've got a surplus of those anyway.

But a consistent problem for me is storage chests in my house: putting in/removing things is unbelievably laggy if you've got enough stuff inside it. I'm still waiting for the Legion/Stormcloak quest that lets me buy the house in Windhelm, but until then, stashing loot from dungeon raids is an exercise in annoyance.

And why aren't chests classified...well, with any sort of subcategory? Vendors have them, you have them...so why can your inventory be split among Weapons, Apparel, Potions, etc, but chests are just 'Chest'?

 

[duchaked]

it's not a bug, it's a new feature!

dragons now sometimes experience headwind

 

[Roxas1359]

Great...as if they weren't hard enough to shoot whiling flying. Now they fly backwards! DX
OT: Can't say I'm not surprised. I was actually talking with my friends today and we were all saying how Skyrim was the least bugiest game we'd played. Way to prove me wrong Bethesda; I still love you, but cone on now you Giants already defy the universal law if gravity so you don't need for dragons to break physics even more! Either that or the dragons are now trolling me with how I can't get their souls!

 

[Ruwrak]

It's not new, I've had this one on the xbox with the very first dragon I saw. Flew in circles backwards, spewing fire like a carousel on fire. Was hilarious to see. Then it died.

Never seen it after =/

 

[Captain Pirate]

I haven't encountered many problems at all, both pre and post patch, except for today, now that I have it, I can't recharge enchanted weapons. Like, at all...
Pressing 'T' doesn't do anything, so I had to entirely re-make my Firey Ebony Blade.

 

[Warachia]

I'm certain there's a great "in Soviet Russia" joke in here somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.

I've found it, in Soviet Russia, Bethesda releases finished games.

Still this is a fuck up on a whole new level, and it's also why you beta test and delay games as opposed to releasing this shit.

 

[Warachia]

This is only moderately surprising. Bethesda has never been able to make a remotely bug-free game.

However, I'm fully expecting some modder to do some creative patching to keep this feature in the game.

I too am waiting for Bethesda to give up, release the creation kit, and let modders fix the game for them again.

 

[Strazdas]

This patch actually break multiple quests for mages. beware.

 

[(LK)]

Now when Bethesda releases a game in kind of unstable condition we can think up some rationalizations to excuse them for it. Huge game, QA nightmare, etc. When your focus is finishing a vastly large game it's logical problems will sneak into the finished result.

But when they release a patch that doesn't fix most of the things it claims to fix, and adds a whole bunch of new bugs in the bargain... is there really any excuse you can extend them for that at all?

The former problem can be explained by sheer mind-boggling workload and human frailty. The latter is people specifically setting their sights on a short list of problems, failing to actually fix them, and breaking other stuff in the attempt. I can't think of an excuse for that, that's just a humiliating own-goal.

 

[IronFrog]

Step 1. - Release CK already.
Step 2. - Modders fix the bugs themselves, as they did with Fallout and Oblivion.
Step 3. - Find a way to give mods to console users... or maybe just let them suffer for sake of fairness.
Step 4. - Everyone is happy.

It's all about having CK. We got it with Oblivion day before release... why it takes so long with Skyrim.

QFT

also .. @ OP

Does this mean the dragons can fart fire!?

I was scared to death of being killed by flaming dragon flatulence the first time I encountered one of the directionally challenged dragons. Oddly enough while in that state the dragon wouldn't attack me no matter what I did to it.

 

[Derek_the_Dodo]

the only bug that i have had (other than my dog randomly hovering every now and again) is one which randomly gave me unlimited magic. it would be awesome except im roleplaying a nord nomad barbarian and magic doesnt really fit into it.

 

[SonicWaffle]

Seriously, why are people saying this is Game of the Year again? Doesn't a game have to be, you know, complete for it to qualify? Or at the very least be playable for an extended period of time?

Well, I'd say it's a GoTY because people really, really enjoy it. I mean, look at how many people have mentioned bugs, glitches, issues and then just kept playing anyway because they're having so much fun.

Me, I've had a couple of freezes, and that's been about it. That said, it's only been about 80 hours, so I'm not sure you'd count that as an "extended period of time" considering how much longer others have played for. Longest I've done in one stretch would be about 12 hours, no issues.

The short version is that the game is so damn good that problems are, for the majority of people, forgivable.

 

[Vault boy Eddie]

How is a mythical creature with so much skill that it can fly backwards a bug? The only thing that would make it better is if the dragon could deliver all the best lines by Liam Neeson in Taken.

 

[The Dutchess]

I love how Bethesda continously get away with releasing such broken games. How on earth are you supposed to be immersed in this fantasy world if every 5 seconds a mammoth falls out of the sky or a dragon starts doing the funky chicken?

 

[Quiet Stranger]

That's not a bug! They're just adapting! Best AI ever!

All jokes aside though, I really do feel bad for laughing at Bethesda whenever they try to patch a game. Especially as I know how hard it is to code even tiny little programs.

Oh good sir, you have made me laugh today, I congratulate you.


Yeah i'm still getting the lag problem, it's fucking annoying.

 

[Kaisar]

Dragons are too weak IMO. I've seen one get distracted and try desperately to kill a frost troll. They need a physical attack that doesn't require them to land. The breath and jaw snapping needs a major strength boost. I only play on Very Hard (Master) as the game was meant to be played.

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

Either Im the luckiest sonofabitch or I just dont notice these bugs or hell any bugs in Bethesda games...

I am playing 360 tho so(?).... About the most the new patch did was break my bookshelves...Oh and the whole woodcutters hands becoming logs or having firewood stuck to them..but thats always around.

 

[Al-Bundy-da-G]

-Offer a sacrafice to the Norse God Loki

Okay, I got everything else done and I'll call mother in a hour or so. But first what do I sacrifice to Loki?

A virgin? A goat? The soul of a PC gamer?

You really shouldn't skimp on important details.

OT: So no one is going to bring up that the dragons breathe fire out their asses when they fly backwards? PS3 it only does fire shitting dragons.

 

[similar.squirrel]

This is great. Almost as good as the moonwalking horse glitch.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

Nobody really seems surprised. It's Bethesda, guys. I think the reason nobody calls them out on their buggy mess everytime is because we've started to expect this sort of crap from them and for some reason people are ok with it.

Personally i haven't bought the game due to my massive back log of games and finals coming up, but i doubt i'd have bought it on release date anyways for this exact reason. I mean, i wasn't expecting them to make matters worse, but i was expecting quite the stew of bugs and glitches.

All i really wanna say to those who thought otherwise is:

Spoiler: So much for hype