Bug 1941: (Jakkal) Quest: Sisters: Hethe's Demise...

[BugTracker]

Bug ID       : 1941 - Quest: Sisters: Hethe's Demise... 
Bug Date     : 2018/06/25 07:55:19
Assigned To  : Jakkal
Priority     : Low

Category     : VGClient
Sub-Category : Gameplay: Quest
Severity     : Standard
Reproducible : Every time

Details:
Quest: Sisters: Hethe's Demise - 641

The divining rod is not activating at any of the five stones in hethepool. Ive flown/swam/ran across every angle of them and the rod isnt activating them.

Originated From World: New Telon (1)

[Jakkal]

Okay, I made a forum topic for this because we get bug reports on this ALL THE TIME. Let me assure you the quest IS WORKING. I have to test this every time it comes up as a bug report. Here's my proof:

http://jakkal.com/vanguard/VGO/ScreenShot_00082.JPG
http://jakkal.com/vanguard/VGO/ScreenShot_00083.JPG
http://jakkal.com/vanguard/VGO/ScreenShot_00084.JPG

I feel like we get so many bug reports on this that I need to make it simpler. You have to click the wands in a certain order(And please note that everytime you use one, it's deleted and a new one shows up in your inventory. I know it's stupid but that's how they did it in live). So if you put the first rod on your hotbar, it's not going to work after the first one because it no longer exists in your inventory.

The last time this came up as a bug report, I extended the area where you needed to click the rods. If I extend it any more, it will clip into the other rocks, so I can't do it.

[Jakkal]

Bumping so it's seen.

[dhew]

Ive attached a video to help you see why people, myself included, keep bug reporting this, and will continue to for the life of this game.

https://youtu.be/W3L0hd8WfS4

I finally gave up, woke up, and tried again remembering how finicky VG was with location type quests. I swam to a certain spot located at the BASE of the stones, and was able to get it to continue the progress.

Since youre probably going to get hammered with bug reports on this thing for your foreseeable future (which takes away your time), maybe consider changing the quest text from: "Use the divining rod near each of the menthir stones....." to "Use the divining rod near THE BASE of each menthir stone..." Is it kind of unfortunate that things have to be spelled out in detail like this? Perhaps, but i promise it will save you the frustration of more false bug reports in the future. Not gonna lie, I read that quest log multiple times thinking to myself "Well, I'm doing exactly what the quest is saying to do. I'm near each one of the stones, trying each one individually and nothing is happening. I'm doing exactly what the quest is telling me to do." When multiple people who have no connection to each other come to the same conclusion, it might just be worth the simple rewrite.

Appreciate all youve done.

[Jakkal]

Well the problem is that there's no way for us to currently define an area for the item to work in. Ideally it should work with your toon at the stone no matter where you are at the stone. All we can do right now is define a point (Loc) with a certain radius around the stone. If we try to encompass the entire stone, it will overlap with the other stones. If we try to set up multiple points around the stones, we will have the same problem. If I set it up just at the top, those that remember it from live will complain that it's not working at the bottom. If I set it up at the bottom, same problem.

The devs are still working on setting up perimeter type areas for us, which we are waiting on. So I don't want to change the quest text or put in a bunch of kludge fixes for the time being. I just need people to be aware that it's working and keep trying.

The most I can do is put in a dev notice to do closer to the base. (This is how it was in live too). And I do recall in live that people were complaining about it there, so I guess we've got the authentic vanguard feel going on. (I have logs of people asking how to do it from Live).

This is just a notice to let people know that it's working and not to bug report it.

[dhew]

Sounds frustrating.

[Jakkal]

Okay, we finally have the polygon area set up for this quest! Now it's much less irritating. I even made the pattern a little easier. But now you can click on many spots around the rocks to have it work.

If you already did this quest and want to try it again, just use /say .quest reset 641 then /say .quest offer 641

[dhew]

Awesome work! I bet that helps in several other quests too.