Guild Wars 2

Finishers keep resetting, this has been going on for awhile now, in pvp for example you change it and it automatically reverts back.

Bump, this is very annoying.

This seems to happen to me at times. Not sure if it’s related to previewing other animations or not. Personally, I think we need a better indication (more visible) of our currently selected/active Finisher.

I am unable to use scarecrow or mad king finishers to get A stomping good time-achievement as my finisher resets back to my rank finisher constantly. I haven’t been previewing any other finishers.

I’ve found that it resets Mini’s and Finishers when you change something like an armor skin or dye on your character and apply it.

Cmon Anet, respond to this. If you want us to spend gems on finishers fix this bug or provide a workaround. This is still happening.

I have the same probleme, I can’t use the finisher I buy month ago.

Bump, Driving me NUTS. Spend 90 gold on 600 gems for a finisher and it disappears half the time and uses the standard one…

Plz at least a response?

Doh I searched before I created my thread.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Finishers-keep-getting-reset-to-default/first#post4649926

Guess search forum doesn’t work very well either as it came back with no results…

Changing dyes, weapons or miniatures resets finishers to default

I literally hate this bug. I started doing 1 pvp match to get some progress on daily, and every time I go pvp (which I don’t really love doing but I want the achieve points on daily) – I look forward to seeing my snow globe finisher.

And I keep forgetting how I have to set the finisher to the snow globe every day. And so there’s no finisher.

This sucks big time.

This has been happening a lot to me aswell, I haven’t notice a specific pattern but just about everyday I have to reselect my finisher a few times. Kind of annoying considering we pay for these finishers and can’t even keep them selected.

Here’s something I noticed. It might tie in with a lot of the finisher reset issues.

To get my results:

1. Open your hero window (helmet icon).

2. Switch to your finishers tab (under the helmet icon). You may or may not see your preference selected. Select your preference.

3. Tab back to the default hero picture screen. Notice the default finisher being reset/selected a micro second before the window goes back to the default hero display.

When you repeat your finisher selection again and tab back, your selection sticks. This reset seems to happen each time you freshly open the hero window.

Moral of the story (workaround for me): If you view your finishers (every time), make sure you tab out and back in to reselect your preference before tabbing back out a second time to keep your selection.

yea the only way around this is to choose a finisher and quick click the arrow icon back checking that it didnt revert to the default. Its annoying but the only way around it atm.

thank god im not the only one with this, its so annoying i cant use any of my bought finishers. seriously, why cant we just have a tick system like mini’s or something, so i dont have to click a million times to FINALLY use the finisher i paid for.

It’s an old bug that just came back, like the mac crashes.

I have the same problem.

Not going to buy any gems until this is fixed. As a WvW player with no interest in PvE or their lolEsport, finishers are the only thing worth buying from the gem store. Now even those don’t work. Guess ANet doesn’t need my money – their bank must be full.

STILL no dev response to this. Thanks a lot -_-
This finisher reset bug is highly annoying and affects everyone that pvp/wvw yet is being completely ignored. It’s not game breaking but it’s clearly not working as intended and as someone that payed for quite a lot of finishers it is frustrating.

Kitta.3657:

STILL no dev response to this. Thanks a lot -_-
This finisher reset bug is highly annoying and affects everyone that pvp/wvw yet is being completely ignored. It’s not game breaking but it’s clearly not working as intended and as someone that payed for quite a lot of finishers it is frustrating.

I have 14 finishers….

It is so annoying.

This only happens for me if I select a new finisher/min and I don’t tab out. If I do tab out it stays. Same with how dyes do not save unless you tab out when you’re done.

Happening for me too, keeps reverting to that ugly basic finisher

I haven’t seen my shark finisher in like 20 years. It just resets, and if I set it back there’s just no finisher at all. I have to type /rank when I leave WvW to feel better now.

Same here. Love the snowglobe- select it from the choices, go back to the equipment window, and it gets reset. If I stay on the “finishers” window and close it without changing to another tab, it seems to stay for one finisher, then resets to default.

Same problem here.

I have the same problem. I choose a finisher and when I switch from the Finishers tab to another it resets to the default finisher.

Pretty upsetting to have paid for nearly every finisher in the game, just to get stuck with the default

I have the same bug. Nothing but the pole. And honestly I can’t be bothered with work-arounds, I have enough to manage in WvW as it is.

Same, I paid for a finisher I rarely see. Almost everytime I stomp it shows the plain ugly stick finisher.

From the 13 JAN 2015 Patch Notes:

“Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug in which finishers would sometimes reset to the default finisher after interaction with the Hero panel."

It’s still broken. Every time I switch away from the Finishers tab, it resets to the default. Sometimes it shows it reverting, and sometimes it doesn’t. But it’s always disappointing as heck to dunk on some fool and have the default finisher pop instead of something I paid money for.

sigh…they finally get around to fixing it…and its still broken… guys for the love of god whats wrong with your QA department???

Lauree Akhtar.3205:

Sorry guys, we’re investigating currently exactly what happened with this issue. I promise we will have a fix for this bug, but unfortunately it isn’t working right now.

Again, we’re really sorry about this mix up and confusion.

Thanks for the update

FIX IT!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

It seems fixed for me, out of pvp, its not resetting to default each time, has anyone tried for pvp recently?

I’m doing PvP right now. It resets when I log off, when I switch Finishers, and when I switch characters.

Looks like it is a feature, not a bug.

Also resets my finisher when I just look at armor haha

well, since its still bugged, and we got an anet staffer to reply here…might as well mention this…Inventory window still bugged resets size when you login.

just thought Id throw that out there to remind you

I opened a thread also here. This is what I wrote so you ca fix you “bug”

Greetings, this is not a bug but I would like to mention it. When you open the finisher panel to select the finisher a couple of things happen that get you back to the basic finisher :
a) You open the Hero panel and go to finisher panel. Once there you see the animation of the finisher you are currently using but that finisher is not selected. If you close the window there (b) your option remains, if you click to go back to the hero panel there is no selected finisher thus it selects by default the basic finisher.
b) If you open Hero Panel and you are already in the finisher menu, you can see the animation of your finisher, your finisher will not be selected. If you select your finisher (the same one so you can avoid a, it seems if you choose another finisher it works ok )and go back to the hero panel and then revisit the finisher menu you will have the selected finisher but when you close hero panel you reopen it you the basic finisher will be selected.
Sorry If my expression is messy and unclear.

Tl;DR Open Hero Panel. Go finisher menu. Click your finisher. Go back to hero panel. Close and do not revisit finisher, only if you want to change it then repeat.

Lauree Akhtar.3205:

Sorry guys, we’re investigating currently exactly what happened with this issue. I promise we will have a fix for this bug, but unfortunately it isn’t working right now.

Again, we’re really sorry about this mix up and confusion.

It’s been two weeks and no fix has been implemented nor information on the progress given. Having paid for a finisher, I find this delay completely unacceptable as this bug has made the use of the finisher questionable at best.

Not sure what reset it, but is like reseting everytime I use it.

Thanks guys, it appears fixed for pve and wvw, but havent tried it for pvp