Picking it will actually prevent it in most cases (but Nirnroot in Skyrim does grow back... So every time on visits the cell... one has to check if they can pick it otherwise the glow will indeed stack.. )
Why hasn't it been fixed..? I don't have a clue, technically. It shouldn't be that hard to fix (though the pc fix, is not a patch but a mod!) .. It is a bug which impact is limited to people who invest (let's say) plus 50 hours.. Strange as it sounds (for people being on a forum) it does imply that for a majority of the gamers the stacking remains somewhat unnoticeable.. (thus somewhat explaining the lower priority..)

You'd think that BS would fix this issue as they have said themselves that this game has many, many hours worth of gameplay. I have played for 80 hours without doing any factions or main quests...so....I cannot keep on playing as it will certainly crash completely. I wonder what BS is thinking though...come one, fix it or at least acknowledge that you're going to.

The majority of consumers will not invest, even if it is hard it is to believe, not that amount of time.. That it is why they will invest more time on visual and base game stability issues.
Let me be clear.. that is an explanation for the choice, not my way of justifying it.. I feel that the issue for true fans (people investing a lot of hours 50+ hrs) has become such an obvious issue that at least acknowledgement would be the least they could have done..
(But like caleb has said there are threads about this issue and let's not make this another pro vs. discussion)

On Topic:
Having restarted..
-Proper leveling of followers
-Equiping better bow for followers are two issues I am slightly peeved about..

I went to the Nirnroot farm...and O MY GODDD.....!!!!! It was lit up like a nuclear disaster...all the 10+ nirnroot had such a bright glow together that it was 2 persons high.

However, I expected a huge drop in performance but....it never happened, when I looked from a distance and even when I stood right in front of it and even amongst it...how could this be? Is it possible that the nirnroot glitch will not destroy my game in the end?

My big priority is fixing the Animal Extermination glitch. Having killed the sabre cat may levels and many saves ago, I cannot go back without restarting. Seeing a floating arrow pointing to nothing and Aela being useless is quite annoying. It has pretty much frozen the Companions storyline and has really soured this game for me.

I can forgive all the little glitches like dead men's swords floating in the air or quest items getting stuck in the inventory but these storyline stopping glitches should be sorted now.

My game recently started crashing about every 5 minutes. I'd love for that to be fixed. see more here: (http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1370060-game-suddenly-crashing-constantly/#entry20693574)

But also, the inevitable nirnroot stacking bug is pretty bad.

Fix the dragon seekers glitch iamstuck with vilkas and i cant get a new follower,cant complete the quest or anything,Hope i will not be stuck with vilkas forever

Not a bug... but I'd like to see them add some damage scaling to Destruction.

uhhmm the only thing im really having a problem with is:

1. fix the shrouded armor, cosmetically its broken.
2. fix the damn bows you cant shoot as far as you should and sometimes the arrow just falls out even though youre fully drawn.

Is it confirmed that the Nirnroot bug ALWAYS happens? Are there people who have started a character with 1.5 and have not had this bug? Any info on this?

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