Guild Wars 2

Earlier today I was invited to kill the Hybrid. I had just zoned in and got ported instance. We killed it easily enough. After that I climbed the tower to do the instance so I could see the story mode. However, It kept putting me in the instance that is meant to be repeatable. So I climbed the tower on and ALT and the same thing happened. I don’t understand Why I am unable to play through the story mode instance. I did the cut scene outside the tower already. I couldn’t find a fix online either. Does anyone have any idea on how to fix this?

There is a post by an ANET staff member that if you play through with someone who has already done the story mode you will be given a check mark for completion and will not get to do story mode on your own. You need to join a group of people that have one person who has not done the dungeon at all open it. Then you get the story mode.

found it.

Autumn Frazee.3158:

If you joined a group for your first time through the Nightmare Incarnate instance and someone who had already completed the instance opened it for your group, then your first time through would have been in the repeatable version. The instance checks the instance owner’s progress; if they have completed it before, the whole group will do the repeatable version, not the story version. Once you have completed the instance for the first time, your progress will also update to repeatable and every consecutive time you enter the instance, even if you enter solo, you will be put into the repeatable version. This is just a limitation on how we can set up a ‘story’ and ‘repeat’ version of something that is not a dungeon.

If you want to experience the Story version after you have already run the instance, party with someone who has never done the instance before and have them open the instance for your group. Also, if it is your first time inside the Nightmare Incarnate instance and you want to experience the story, make sure your group’s instance is not opened by someone who has done it before.

Lastly, if you wish to review the cinematic inside the repeatable version, you can interact with the terminal inside the boss room after the instance has been completed; it will allow you to watch the cinematic as many times as you wish.

That kinda sucks… Thanks for at least letting me know why though.