Skill / Hero Challenge NPC's bugged [Merged]

[Gaile Gray.6029]

From what the mods and I can see, a lot of people are creating new threads for an issue that is known, acknowledged, and posted about by a dev. Please please check the forum before making yet another thread on the same subject.

[Gaile Gray.6029]

@Achraf Hidouri.8029 said:Sorry for posting a new discussion (i now there is a merged one) but i did some Hero challenges after halloween build (1st one and completed Sparkfly Fen, Mount Maelstrom, Straits of Devastation) and never encountered such Hero Challenge (s) being stopped by its event stuck with it.So i call upon ArenaNet's Tech. team to review and make this bug high-priority because it's both blocking progress and confusing (if someone completed world and have content guide to show events it'll show hero challenges as events) and rest is for you to decide and i know you will.

Do not post a new discussion on the same topic. There is no need to call upon the team to do anything, since a dev already is active in this thread (into which your thread was merged). Always post in an existing thread, when possible, as that helps us see the depth of a problem, as opposed to a lot of separate threads.

[oggemannen.1490]

Hello,

I'm trying to do world completion, and one of the hero points in Brisban Wildlands is bugged. I asked in mapchat and apparently it has been bugged for days. Don't know if it's known or not.

It's by "Restless Arboreal Spirit [Hero Challenge]".

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

It's known, evidenced by the (merged Skill Challenge NPCs bugged) thread with the Dev response.

[totaloverride.3240]

Tribune Sorya Fatekiller not working also/still

[Astyrah.4015]

+1ing this merged thread, reporting about the tengu bridge in caledon forest, the tengu HP npc is bugged as well, couldn't 100% caledon on my new necro alt ^^

[totaloverride.3240]

HP Tribune Titus worked 1 minute ago.

Update: tribune Sorya still bugged

[EnidLarr.1478]

i got that birdman HP problem as well and the hell is, I am now 99.999% completed the total maps, except that HP! LOL I hope that will be fixed before my next character gets to 99.999% done

[Young.6740]

@Dreamy Lu.3865 said:I confirm: We are now with a friend at Owl HP in Snowden Drift. If we talk to the NPC, the orange circle and log tells it is on, but no foes appear. There seems to be another one on same map not working.

metoo

[MorganOneNine.1025]

I just came across this bug in Straits of Devastation, Rally Waypoint: the HP npc only lets you talk and close the conversation; there's no option to actually commence the HP.

@Jeffrey Vaughn.1793 said:Once QA confirms the fix, it'll go into the next content update.

So zone completion will be impossible for another week, at the very least...?

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

@MorganOneNine.1025 said:I just came across this bug in Straits of Devastation, Rally Waypoint: the HP npc only lets you talk and close the conversation; there's no option to actually commence the HP.

@Jeffrey Vaughn.1793 said:Once QA confirms the fix, it'll go into the next content update.

So zone completion will be impossible for another week, at the very least...?

You could possibly use a Proof of Heroics for that last Hero Challenge, if you have some.

Good luck.

[Maria Murtor.7253]

Same problem here: One last Hero Challenge (Swift Atrow, Caledon Forest) missing for 100 % World Completion. Scrolls of Heroics doesn't work. I just get Hero points but no map completion (used more than 10 Scrolls).

[Illconceived Was Na.9781]

@Maria Murtor.7253 said:Same problem here: One last Hero Challenge (Swift Atrow, Caledon Forest) missing for 100 % World Completion. Scrolls of Heroics doesn't work. I just get Hero points but no map completion (used more than 10 Scrolls).

You probably have to enter the map (again, after using the scroll) for it to count.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Or, since Proofs of Heroics complete random Hero Challenges all over Core Tyria, the Hero Challenge in that particular map wasn't completed.You can check the map, and if it was completed, travel to the map for your reward.

Good luck.

[Maria Murtor.7253]

Tried both before: Used it in WvW and on the particular map. No effect.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Um, you can't 'use' a Proof of Heroics in a PvE map. You must exchange them for a Notarized Scroll of Heroics from the Heroics Notary in WvW or the Hall of Memories.

Maybe you meant you used a Notarized Scroll of Heroics, though.

[Abrenuncio.4839]

I've hit so many in the past two days that were bugged, that I had to stop trying to get hero points. The frustrating part of this is that I began focusing on picking up hero points as an alternative to progressing personal quest lines, which are themselves bugged and frequently crash without completing at the very end... forcing a complete redo.

I may have to take a break for a while in hopes that some of these quality issues can be resolved while I do something else.

[deltzzzz.2405]

I was trying to do map completions so I could get some Black Lion Keys and get some Halloween goodies but maybe this bug has conveniently appeared so I'd have to buy some keys instead?

[Tom.9516]

Been bugged for a week now, Anet please hotfix this shit.

[Alester.7063]

@Lilodelacroix.8714 said:

@Jeffrey Vaughn.1793 said:This morning I fixed a bug that was affecting several skill challenges where if you ran away after starting the skill challenge, the NPC would turn friendly but leave the event active, so they wouldn't respond to new challengers. Once QA confirms the fix, it'll go into the next content update.

can we just get ONE good reason why a progression-stopping bug like this isn't treated like the gamebreaking bug it is? Why is the fix, as it is apparently finished, not shipped as a hotfix? How can it be okay that Map completion, trait-progession and leggy-crafting is literally blocked, while the fix is ready?

It really gives a feeling as if you guys just aren't interested in the experience of players anymore :/I am very disappointed. :-1:

QA has to make sure, that the bugfix does not break something else. Releasing a fix for what seems to be a small thing may have unexpected consequences, it's not as easy as it seems to be.

To be fair, it's nowhere near gamebreaking. It's not cool and would better be fixed soon, but gamebreaking is something, that hinders you to acctually play the game. This hinders you to complete maps yes, but you still can play the game. Most likely it's even possible to complete all specializations without these HP's.

[Hitoshura.3560]

Since this is an issue affecting not just a few players but the entire playerbase.Can we expect this to be fixed in a week, a month, or the next 3 months?The next content update is a clue but still pretty vague considering the recent release schedules.@Jeffrey Vaughn.1793 @Gaile Gray.6029

[SpinDashMaster.5680]

@Lilodelacroix.8714 said:

@"Jeffrey Vaughn.1793" said:This morning I fixed a bug that was affecting several skill challenges where if you ran away after starting the skill challenge, the NPC would turn friendly but leave the event active, so they wouldn't respond to new challengers. Once QA confirms the fix, it'll go into the next content update.

can we just get ONE good reason why a progression-stopping bug like this isn't treated like the gamebreaking bug it is? Why is the fix, as it is apparently finished, not shipped as a hotfix? How can it be okay that Map completion, trait-progession and leggy-crafting is literally blocked, while the fix is ready?

It really gives a feeling as if you guys just aren't interested in the experience of players anymore :/I am very disappointed. :-1:

Because, to be fair, it's not "progression-stopping" in any sense of the term. Leveling to 80 gives you all the hero points you need to fully rank up all core specializations. The only things Tyrian Hero Challenges really do for the player is accelerate the process slightly. As for elite specializations, hero points in expansion maps are the desired places to earn Hero Points as you earn 10x the amount, and they're not broken.

The only thing being halted is Map completion. That can wait for the next update.

[Pirindolo.9427]

@SpinDashMaster.5680 said:

@Lilodelacroix.8714 said:

@"Jeffrey Vaughn.1793" said:This morning I fixed a bug that was affecting several skill challenges where if you ran away after starting the skill challenge, the NPC would turn friendly but leave the event active, so they wouldn't respond to new challengers. Once QA confirms the fix, it'll go into the next content update.

can we just get ONE good reason why a progression-stopping bug like this isn't treated like the gamebreaking bug it is? Why is the fix, as it is apparently finished, not shipped as a hotfix? How can it be okay that Map completion, trait-progession and leggy-crafting is literally blocked, while the fix is ready?

It really gives a feeling as if you guys just aren't interested in the experience of players anymore :/I am very disappointed. :-1:

Because, to be fair, it's not "progression-stopping" in any sense of the term. Leveling to 80 gives you all the hero points you need to fully rank up all core specializations. The only things Tyrian Hero Challenges really do for the player is accelerate the process slightly. As for elite specializations, hero points in expansion maps are the desired places to earn Hero Points as you earn 10x the amount, and they're not broken.

The only thing being halted is Map completion. That can wait for the next update.

If you are trying to craft any of the legendary weapons of the first generation, tell me how are you going to get your required Gift of Exploration.

[Linken.6345]

@Pirindolo.9427 said:

@SpinDashMaster.5680 said:

@Lilodelacroix.8714 said:

@"Jeffrey Vaughn.1793" said:This morning I fixed a bug that was affecting several skill challenges where if you ran away after starting the skill challenge, the NPC would turn friendly but leave the event active, so they wouldn't respond to new challengers. Once QA confirms the fix, it'll go into the next content update.

can we just get ONE good reason why a progression-stopping bug like this isn't treated like the gamebreaking bug it is? Why is the fix, as it is apparently finished, not shipped as a hotfix? How can it be okay that Map completion, trait-progession and leggy-crafting is literally blocked, while the fix is ready?

It really gives a feeling as if you guys just aren't interested in the experience of players anymore :/I am very disappointed. :-1:

Because, to be fair, it's not "progression-stopping" in any sense of the term. Leveling to 80 gives you all the hero points you need to fully rank up all core specializations. The only things Tyrian Hero Challenges really do for the player is accelerate the process slightly. As for elite specializations, hero points in expansion maps are the desired places to earn Hero Points as you earn 10x the amount, and they're not broken.

The only thing being halted is Map completion. That can wait for the next update.

If you are trying to craft any of the legendary weapons of the first generation, tell me how are you going to get your required Gift of Exploration.

proof of heroics.

[VAHNeunzehnsechundsiebzig.]

anyway, if you compare this bug and the long time it has been around, with the quick fixing of some minor issues it is really troublesome. Why not push a hot fix?

I do not need it, but I mentor a lot, and the newbies really are all disappointed. This isn't good anet. This is ridiculous. 'some gemstore item has a cosmetic issue on some charr' hotfix. 'hp are broken' nothing happens for weeks.

Seriously?