Guild Wars 2

I really enjoy recording and sharing videos of playing songs on the in-game instruments (harp, bells, and flute), but I’ve run into a bug with the flute animation. After playing for a while, the character goes into their ‘idling with weapon(s) out’ animation, and is stuck in that animation throughout, even though the keystrokes and sound still work.

I’ve tried playing the flute on several characters (different races as well), and in multiple locations, but it does the same thing every single time. It goes back to normal after I stop playing, unequip, equip, and start playing again, but after a while (I suspect after about a minute of playing), they go back to their ‘idle weapon’ animation again.

This example video shows the bug (~1:41); it’s persistent until I quit playing and unequip the flute. On the other hand, while playing a song on the harp, this finished video shows the same thing happening (~1:55) for a second or two, but immediately reverts to the correct ‘playing instrument’ animation.

I know in the grand scheme of things, it’s a minor bug, but it’s totally killing the immersion and is discouraging me from recording video of flute songs. :c