Guild Wars 2

So a long time ago, during the Current Events where you chose between the Priory (Shadowstone) or the Consortium (Krait Oil), I could not decide right away, so I put my Shadowstone into my bank and waited a week or two.

When I finally decided who to chose (The Priory) I spoke to the NPC but I forgot my Shadowstone in the bank. The conversation happened and I was “cured”, but I still continue to see, during quiet moments, the ethereal purple dragon coming through a ripple in reality. I no longer see the sad Anomalies after I was “cured”. Speaking again to the Priory NPC (with the Shadowstone in my inventory) does not give me any helpful dialog.

To be honest, I was expecting “the cure” to remove both apparitions, but it seems to only have removed one. Is this a bug due to my oversight (leaving the Shadowstone in the bank)? Does everyone else still continue to see the purple dragon apparition when their characters are idle?

Am I going to need to have someone fix my account in order to advance as and when the next Current Events are added?

Would those quiet moments include selling stuff on the trading post, or sending/receiving mail?

As far as I’m aware there is no apparition of a dragon through a purple ripple as part of the anomalies or shadowstone storyline, and instead it sounds a lot like the animation of the birthday mail carrier.

Purple dragon? The only dragon I’m aware of seeing as an ‘apparition’ was Aurene. And that wasn’t connected to the Current Event with the Sad Anomaly, as far as I know.

Otherwise, I guess I missed out…

Oh, the Anniversay Mail Carrier! Is that when your character sees this ‘purple dragon’? When sending or receiving mail? Or is it over some other character’s head? Is this the ‘purple dragon’? -> http://dulfy.net/2016/08/24/gw2-fourth-birthday-gift-details/

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Purple dragon? The only dragon I’m aware of seeing as an ‘apparition’ was Aurene. And that wasn’t connected to the Current Event with the Sad Anomaly, as far as I know.

Otherwise, I guess I missed out…

I forgot about Aurene, she appears sometimes on being downed which I wouldn’t consider as a ‘quiet moment’. Also her apparition is more of a blue/green colour and there’s no ripple. From what the OP described, my money is still on the mail carrier.

Yeah, I have a bad habit of reading too fast. As noted, from your previous post, it sounds more like the Anniversary Mail Carrier. The OP can look at the video in the link to see if that is what he/she is experiencing. =)

Yeah, the purple dragon is someone with the Anniversary Mail Carrier sending/receiving mail or listing items on the TP.

Many thanks for the responses …

Yes, this often happens at the TP and bank in Divinity’s Reach (this is where I park my characters). I am trying to think how often I see it elsewhere, but a part of the issue is I rarely stand still away from DR.

There is no way the animation could be from my mail carrier … I have 9 characters and only 6 of them have passed their first birthday.

I guess it can only be this mail carrier people have mentioned. But I am certain it started during the Anomalies Current Event. Did the fourth anniversary happen at the same time? Maybe it doesn’t matter. And it seems I am almost certainly not “bugged” ankitten ot likely to be blocked when the next Current Events finally go come around.

Thanks all.

EDIT: Somehow a.n.kitten .o.t. comes out as “an kitten ot” … how strange.
EDIT EDIT: Well, even that got filtered. Not going to bother with fixing it now, I guess.

If you write ‘and I am not likely…’, you should not come up against the filter. (The filter does not like the word d*a*m* space n)

Did you check out the video to ascertain if that was the ‘purple dragon’?

Yes, I did. It is the same dragon that I see, but I have never really noticed the red claws at the start of the animation. That does not mean it’s not the mail carrier that I have been seeing all along, though.

It doesn’t have to be from your mail carrier, you will see it if someone else is mailing stuff near you using that carrier. And if someone mails something to you using the carrier, you’ll see it over your head even if you’re alone in the wilderness.