Jump Puzzle not resetting with daily reset

Jump Puzzle not resetting with daily reset

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Posted by: Neural.1824

Neural.1824

I have several alts parked at Weyandt’s jumping puzzle in L.A.

At around 5pm Eastern time today, I logged in on them and opened the jump puzzle chest.

Now, at 8:30pm Eastern, I’ve gone through again, and only half of my characters found the chest reset properly, while the others showed the chest still being open.

Where are my gem sales? I want gem sales! Nerf EVERYTHING!

Jump Puzzle not resetting with daily reset

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Posted by: Illconceived Was Na.9781

Illconceived Was Na.9781

See also: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/Jumping-puzzle-chests-1/4951855

Some JPs (and rich metal veins and a few other nodes) apparently use two different timers: the reset (midnight UTC) and a minimum elapsed time between opening. It’s been in the game since probably launch. Not sure if that is by design or it’s a bug.

Weyandt’s/Sharkmaw is one of the chests affected. You should be ok by about 1 am Eastern. When I encounter it, I usually just blow off the node for that day; I prefer to miss a single chest than try to schedule my next appearance at the node.

John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”

Jump Puzzle not resetting with daily reset

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Posted by: Neural.1824

Neural.1824

See also: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/Jumping-puzzle-chests-1/4951855

Some JPs (and rich metal veins and a few other nodes) apparently use two different timers: the reset (midnight UTC) and a minimum elapsed time between opening. It’s been in the game since probably launch. Not sure if that is by design or it’s a bug.

Weyandt’s/Sharkmaw is one of the chests affected. You should be ok by about 1 am Eastern. When I encounter it, I usually just blow off the node for that day; I prefer to miss a single chest than try to schedule my next appearance at the node.

If you read what I had posted, you’d see that with several alts at the same jumping puzzle I had two different results.

Where are my gem sales? I want gem sales! Nerf EVERYTHING!

Jump Puzzle not resetting with daily reset

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Posted by: Illconceived Was Na.9781

Illconceived Was Na.9781

See also: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/Jumping-puzzle-chests-1/4951855

Some JPs (and rich metal veins and a few other nodes) apparently use two different timers: the reset (midnight UTC) and a minimum elapsed time between opening. It’s been in the game since probably launch. Not sure if that is by design or it’s a bug.

Weyandt’s/Sharkmaw is one of the chests affected. You should be ok by about 1 am Eastern. When I encounter it, I usually just blow off the node for that day; I prefer to miss a single chest than try to schedule my next appearance at the node.

If you read what I had posted, you’d see that with several alts at the same jumping puzzle I had two different results.

I did see that and I still think it’s a matter of multiple timers. I have several toons at that same JP and I’ve seen it hit differentially. When I was in the mood to do the extra work to research when it happens, it always clears up by skipping a day (or waiting a few extra hours).

So, sure, it’s entirely possible that there’s something else going on. But I believe the 2nd timer theory does as a better job explaining the data compared with any other I’ve seen.

In case it wasn’t clear, I do think it’s a bug that some open-world chests are affected by this, but not others. I don’t think ANet is going to prioritize fixing it, though, so I’m more interested in figuring out how to avoid or mitigate it. Opening chests well in advance of reset avoids it entirely; skipping a day (or waiting longer after reset) mitigates it.

John Smith: “you should kill monsters, because killing monsters is awesome.”