Before I get into the specifics of this bug I would like to state when this issue first arose. We (my guild mates and I) first noticed this issue a little after the May 3rd patch. This patch reintroduced the Alpine Borderlands. We’ve dubbed this the ‘Load Screen’ bug for reasons I will get into later.
There are many side effects of this bug and I will go over each one. These side effects also come in a sort of chronological order. I will state these effects starting from 1. Some effects may be under the same number, this means they occur around the same time. I have also included videos to help you understand what the problem is.
1. Your weapon disappears: Your weapon, no matter the type, will become invisible. Also not allowing you to see the weapon animations
2. Character model quality: Enemies and allies will begin to show as the base model with the server color (green/blue/red).
Animations disappearing: All weapon, utility anitmations will now disappear. Enemy, friendly, and your own.
3. Character will disappear: Your character will disappear, and it may be hard to judge where you are.
NPC’s Disappearing: All NPCs disappear. The name of the NPC sometimes does not properly display where the NPC is.
4. Inability to Jump: When your character is invisible, very rarely can you not jump.
5. Mist: This only happened twice and was very odd (actually made me laugh).
Once you receive any of these effects, you will also have the increased load time which is a 3-5minute increase. The bug resets upon switching maps, leaving WvW, or relogging. It seems this bug affects certain players consistently (every day or every other day), affects a player once or twice then never does again, or never affects a player. It is not map specific or class specific.
On a side note, I’m not sure if this is the same bug or a different one. Whenever I am commanding and get moa’d my character goes invisible and I cannot jump. When I am moa’d again after this I return to normal after the moa duration is over. I know it happens to other commanders as well.
Thanks
-Fortra