Arah P4 Simin Bug
After she goes invisible, you have 45 seconds or so to pull sparks AND damage Simin before she stealths again. If you fail to damage her more than she healed during this time, she will end up back in the first phase.
So your group was probably just slow, and needs to work on pulling sparks faster.
No, "The seer path may also bug at the fight with Simi, the priestess of Dwayna. When this happens, she will hide every time her health reaches 50%, regardless of time spent gathering the sparks or fighting her. " – quoted from the wiki
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Ruined_City_of_Arah_%28explorable%29#Seer_path_.28Path_4.29
My group has done this twice now, two separate occasions, and both times no matter what we do she bugs out at 50%, no matter how we’re statted or what we’re doing. We’ve followed every idea and there’s just no way to get past this. It’s really off putting.
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