I have noticed this evening that my AI controlled companions are taking odd damage spikes while exploring out of combat. It's most noticable with low HP characters, which will take 2-3 bars of damage out of the blue. In 130ish hours, this is my first time experiencing this. Could this be related to the hotfix at all?In case it makes a difference, I'm playing on Nightmare difficulty, and this is happening in the Storm Coast area. Also, I am on PC, and I have not changed any settings this evening, The only adjustment I made was to change the Origin executable properties, since the workaround is no longer needed after the hotfix, which I did install.

I am playing on normal difficulty, and am having the same issue....just going from place to place (jugging) [still no walking or sprinting-dammit]i'll hear one of my companions cry ouy, or grunt, or make some sort of noise, and i'll look at thier health bar, and it's either 50% or 75% red, even just shortly after being at full health from a regen or health potion.I am also on pc

I have noticed it happens a LOT in Hissing Wastes (where is also happens to random animals, causing them to go red and make the party go into 'combat posture', even if it is a little fox) but it happens everywhere... sudden out of combat massive damage to an uncontrolled character (for example in Emerald Graves just now, Cassandra had full guard and health and suddenly grunts and goes to zero guard and 50% health). Very annoying.I am also on a PC at Normal difficulty.

Yes, it happens a lot. It's like they fall from the sky. Very strange.

I see it a lot as well. Very clumsy companions and fauna. I periodically feel like yelling, "Pick up your feet, for Pete's sake! No healing potions for you, you clumsy oaf"

Was just going to pull a High Dragon and moments before the moment of truth... bam!... my tank squalks and suddenly goes to half strength... grrrrr. At least it does not seem to happen in combat as far as I can tell.

Random companion damage, out of combat

11 Replies

DeltaAgent26
11 years ago
I am playing on normal difficulty, and am having the same issue....
just going from place to place (jugging) [still no walking or sprinting-dammit]
i'll hear one of my companions cry ouy, or grunt, or make some sort of noise, and i'll look at thier health bar, and it's either 50% or 75% red, even just shortly after being at full health from a regen or health potion.
I am also on pc
Anonymous
11 years ago
I have noticed it happens a LOT in Hissing Wastes (where is also happens to random animals, causing them to go red and make the party go into 'combat posture', even if it is a little fox) but it happens everywhere... sudden out of combat massive damage to an uncontrolled character (for example in Emerald Graves just now, Cassandra had full guard and health and suddenly grunts and goes to zero guard and 50% health). Very annoying.
I am also on a PC at Normal difficulty.
Armistan
11 years ago
Yes, it happens a lot. It's like they fall from the sky. Very strange.
Anonymous
11 years ago
I see it a lot as well. Very clumsy companions and fauna. I periodically feel like yelling, "Pick up your feet, for Pete's sake! No healing potions for you, you clumsy oaf"
Anonymous
11 years ago
Was just going to pull a High Dragon and moments before the moment of truth... bam!... my tank squalks and suddenly goes to half strength... grrrrr. At least it does not seem to happen in combat as far as I can tell.
Hrungr
Seasoned Rookie
11 years ago
Yeah, I see this quite regularly as well (PC - Normal Difficulty). Once I did notice one of my companions randomly shooting up into the sky and falling in a split second taking a ton of damage. But I've seen this happen in virtually every region, the Hinterlands being the worst (for me). Sometimes it's just a little damage... sometimes it's a lot. Once in the Still Ruins I had Cassandra at full guard (and high level) instantly die near the entrance.
Anonymous
11 years ago
I'm also having this issue.
Falkras98
11 years ago
Similar bug here, random animals take damage without reason around me and they start running around as hostile. It s a little annoying.. (like a guy said above: especially in Hissing Wastes)
I m on ps4.
Amphrax
11 years ago
Almost a year later and the problem is still there... Hissing waste & storm coast has been the worst for me.. my companions uses all my potions for no reason, having to go back to a camp just to refill.. jeez.
Anonymous
10 years ago
Still having this issue myself. No one area seems worse than any others, just seems completely random. It's really nothing more than an inconvenience, since elfroot is as common as grass, but it's rather annoying at times. You'd think it's something they could/would/should have fixed in a patch by now, though.