Guild Wars 2

At this point I wonder if I should just post this to the bugs forum.

He should start an event that unlocks a merchant you need access to for the treasure hunter achievement… but he doesn’t. Ever. After a few hours of semi-afking with the game on the side of my screen, I’ve pretty much lost the will to go on.

What I did notice was that on each map he is standing in a different spot. Sometimes he’s in the trees, sometimes on the path… other time’s he’s almost down by the water. Is there any significance to this?

It’s on a timer, at least that’s what I got from digging up a wiki article.

Reportedly, it has been bugged in the past:

event for krewe leader dobbs clearing excavation site bugged. south of gyre rapids.
no waves spawning, making this dynamic quest impossible AND the heart quest in the area (almost) impossible

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2h6ko1/krewe_leader_dobbs/

Kuldebar.1897:

Reportedly, it has been bugged in the past

The ruins and the heart area there have been one of the buggiest spots since beta, yeah. Don’t know why the particular bit of map is so bad, it’s like the bermuda triangle of game code.

I was wondering if the location Dobbs is standing in might have something to do with bugged/unbugged status though. Generally NPCs have a more solid location than “yeah, kind of within 900 range of this spot” so it seems sort of curious. I’ve never caught him moving or walking either.

Yeah. ANet really needs to do a big “bug fixes” patch that addresses all of these bugged events and areas. Some of these bugs have been around since launch! >.<

High on my list of priorities to fix are:

1. Dobbs, because it’s blocking progress for Treasure Hunter.
2. Ogre Wars meta-event in Fields of Ruin, for the same reason, and it’s also a world boss.
3. Capture/Protect Fridgadr Lodge in Dredgehaunt Cliffs, which is part of the Commissar chain. This event is frequently bugged which stops the Commissar from spawning, who is also a world boss.
4. Devouring the Brand meta-event in Iron Marches. The final event in this chain is needed to unlock a trait, but it is nearly constantly bugged which forces players to buy the trait instead.

Any other bugged events people can think of?

Its bugged. I have not seen the event up even once in four days.

I’m with the OP, I’ve submitted bug reports (with screenshot attached) instead of posting in the bug forum, might get through a bit quicker that way.

On top of the other bugged, progress-blocking events, there’s also bugged collections which haven’t been sorted out since the 9/9 patch. Also a few vendors (particularly in low level areas) don’t have the goods they’re supposed to have in order to complete a collection.

It seems parts of the previous patch weren’t very well thought out.