Stacks of ((877677)) on the Chop-It-All Logging Axe

I haven't used the Chop-It-All in a long time. I got the unbound magic set as soon as they were available and used those until volatile magic was a thing, now I buy those with karma every day on a few key characters (but still share the UM tools with everyone else).

Since I got a free 50% faster, I thought I'd try it with that old axe and something happened which I 'know' it never used to do.

First, I get these stacks of ((877677)). They last for 60 seconds. One time I got 3 stacks. Another time 6 stacks. What is that all about?

Second, it puts a big static bubble around me for that duration? I don't want to be in a bubble. I really don't like things that obfuscate my character for very long...like, the duration of a short thing, maybe 3-5 seconds. Certainly not something I want to have to stare at for another minute running around.

So what happened to my old chop-it-all axe? :/

I am experiencing the same effects. I assume that it is some sort of bug which will, hopefully, be sorted out.

@Ashen.2907 said:I am experiencing the same effects. I assume that it is some sort of bug which will, hopefully, be sorted out.

I'm not crazy though, right? Besides the weird buff, that axe just used to have a little lightning is all, right? No bubble?

I noticed this too. It is the only permanent axe I have, so was really evident. I can add that the stack continues to go up from where it timed out, as long as you are in the same map, Got to a stack of over 20 or something while in my homeinstance, despite it having ended between different wood nodes. It reset when I changed map.Did not notice anything besides the visual "stormbubble", which I actually kinda like. But it is a bit odd indeed.

@notebene.3190 said:

@Ashen.2907 said:I am experiencing the same effects. I assume that it is some sort of bug which will, hopefully, be sorted out.

Not crazy. This started with today's patch.

It's a confirmed bug https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/8b9gfv/chopitall_logging_axe/dx4ynm5/

It was probably going to be one of the possible bonus/glyph effects. Also it is tied to the item and not the skin.

It's happening to me too. It's definitely new and I'm pretty sure it's a bug. The name of the buff is a big hint, generally random numbers in double brackets are unfinished things we're not supposed to see.

Ah! So that is what it is. I figured it is something we were not suppose to have quite yet.