Dunno if I by mistake toggled some slow mo walking or something but all my guys walk like they have shat their pants(nope we are not encumbered) even in combat which ofc makes it unplayable. And nope not stealth or anything like that either, they just all of a sudden started moving really infuriingly slow for some reason. :-/

The game does mention in the tutorial a slow mo option for combat, but its not bound to anything, check your control settings and see if yours is bound

Encumbrance? Have you been collecting loot? The group can carry a certain amount of weight.

In the Config you can disable that encumbrance affects movement, if you want.

Hmm, there is also an option that makes all party members match the slowest character. If you have a plate wearer/dwarf everyone is slow.

This happens to me randomly. And no its not encumbrance or stealth, they simply start walking instead of running, usually conversation or area change fixes it

Yea... I think walking (out of combat) is slow in general, though I have noticed some inconsistencies (not related to encumerance).

There is another thread about it, it seems that party walks slower under rain.

Nah, sometimes its bugged, i think.
You walk somewhere and suddenly, they are super slow. In my case this vanish after some time. And no: weather and surrounding is absolutly normal then.
Yes, in rain and a few other things, the group walks slower.

It is super annoying, when you get it in some fight:
Before the fight is triggered, the chosen character is really fast. Then the fight starts and suddenly he/she/it walks super slow, while the enemy comes fast behind and kills the character.

The game is just still really bugged in parts. Its just bad, that the big game in general is super addictive. Otherwise i would have thrown it away already.