Guild Wars 2

Arquillius.8379:

Honestly, I didn’t have a problem with getting through forging the pact, but then again I went in a number of levels over the quest requirement, with a full compliment of food, repair canisters and revive orbs, just in case. I believe I killed all the enemies as well, and rather easily too. Oh, FYI this was on a theif.

I am LEVEL 71!! 9 levels over the recommended level and still, bugged, stuck in my progress. What is going on???

I posted a workaround that worked for me, no one read or responded to it. Try it.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Forging-the-Pact-bug-possible-workaround/first#post253609

Getting the same bug as reported last week: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Personal-Story-Forging-the-Pact-bug-blocking-progress/page/6#post145644

Also getting a frequent message “That content has been temporarily disabled. Please try again later.”

i’m so mad!! spend hours there, and research team wont follow, please AN fix this!!

So on my front i actually completed it.

My question is, when Trahearne summons his little friends, are they supposed to knock down the wall?, or do you like i ended up doing, going back the way you walked in?

Other then that the only bug i can see if that every time i killed a grub i got a "That content has been temporarily disabled. Please try again later.”

Still, i’m so very glad i do not have to do this again for a while yet.

The researchers still won’t follow you when you’re asked to escort them.

Could really use a real fix soon!

They can’t reproduce this one, bro.

I’ve managed to reproduce it 5 times so far. It’s still a problem and they need to do something about it.

OK, finally could do it. The only thing that I did different this time was that I didn’t ask the scientist about his team or what were they looking for, instead I selected the option to start moving out right away.

Ok guys I finally finished it today!!!

This is how I made it!

After enter the combat zone, go to the 1st green circle trigger it(mobs pop from ground), then ignore the mobs go directly to the 1st team, secure 1st team there, go to cave, ignore the green circle again, go to 2nd team, clean up all the mobs in the 2nd team area(not the whole cave just that small area), talk to the 2nd team leader, run directly(no need to wait for npc to follow, just go there) to the blocked exit clean the mobs there, it will do it.

I have npc down, myself downed twice cuz so many mobs after me, no problem.

Moonblade.5890:

OK, finally could do it. The only thing that I did different this time was that I didn’t ask the scientist about his team or what were they looking for, instead I selected the option to start moving out right away.

I know I’ve done that before and it still bugged out for me. I’m just sick of doing this quest, it’s not even a fun quest to begin with and not only that but there’s a progress-blocking bug. I’m not even interested in this game anymore.

Just tried again after reading the update notes saying that this bug is fixed. It is not. Tried different ways as suggested in this forum but nothing is working for me. Traherene is just following me around and wont open the blocked exit. The cave is clear and the 2nd team is still standing in their corner refusing to move.

I thought I was the only one. I did this a while ago, I thought something just glitched out and I’d have to restart. Glad I didn’t. Can’t wait until this is fixed.

I tried this after more than a week now yesterday, I kept getting this in game message
“This content is temporarily disabled. Please try again later”

But I ignored it like a bauss and continued in the cave, not moving too fast – finally the researchers followed me, completed the whole thing – phew!

Just a note to folks who get that message, try just ignoring it and continuing to play …

(hope there isn’t a roll back!!)

Worked for me last night when I finally decided to try again. I did get the error message when grubs were killed but everyone followed as they should. Mission seemed a bit easier than I remember it being the first time as well. I think the mob of veterans was reduced in number a bit.

Well I tried it yet again and the little freak wont leave his corner. I even started the mission standing on my head and eating bugs, with my lucky rabbits foot in my hand, as well I stopped at the bingo hall and pilfered a few lucky tokens from the old ladies. Now frankly I don’t think I would be as cranky as I am now if this was the only problem. As it is I cant even do ac dungeon as that is bugged me me now as well.

I think I speak for more then just myself when I say stop concentrating on people that farm ( at this time it is basically the only way to make gold for items) stop making ways to catch gold sellers and concentrate on making the game playable. If we could play and get the rewards for completing as the game is supposed to be designed to do there would be no market for the gold sellers.

All that being said why not just make this quest a freebee for everyone who needs it. In the future when all the other problems are solved you can put it back to a playable quest.

just want to share how did i finished this quest. at first it bugged for me too. then i tried again. just when you are in the cave finish off all the monsters first then when you talk to the priory. click on follow me now.

Sad tried this again after the patch and still didn’t work. Went nice and slow to make sure that no one died and all I got was epic fail. Before the patch a couple of the second group followed, but this time none did.

I just did this for the seventh time, and had the fortune to find this forum before I pitched my keyboard out through my bloody window.

What I did to complete it was fairly simple; instead of killing the mobs en route to the exit, I simply stopped in front of them and allowed the NPCs to follow after me. I did this for each mob on the way, and the group seemed to follow without a problem.

Hope this helps.

Honestly this needs to get fixed, I am refusing to do this quest again after trying about ~5 times.

I can’t get the second team to follow me. Trehearne is following, but not any of the rest of the npcs. I’ve restarted this four times. I’m done until something official in the way of help is posted.

Probably about the 5th Time I’ve done the quest. Did it before the patch and I’m having the EXACT same problem as before the patch! What is wrong with this patch. They say they fixed the problem, but its still exactly the same problem as before.

Still bugged for me as well.

aw oh noes my explorers just stand dont follow, Trajearne or wathever doesnt die, he comes with me to the exit but the movie doesnt starts… i saw this thread is 17 days old omg! btw my boyfriend did this story with no trouble… me? i guess ill be stucked.

This quest still bugged for me, they wont follow!

3 weeks and the same bug!!!

I stoped to play game!

For those who can’t get the 2nd team to follow, please try this:
1. Clear out the area of enemies where the 2nd team is located. No need to clear out the whole cave.
2. Walk all the way into the room where 2nd team is gathered. Do this to avoid getting into combat with the grub that will spawn later just outside the cave.
3. Talk to the 2nd Team leader and trigger the next part of the quest.
4. Important: Wait for Trehearne to give his speech. Do not enter combat or aggro the Grub until he finishes talking!
5. The 2nd team should now follow.

What speech is Trahearne supposed to give? I’ve never even heard of this or seen it.

Right after you talk to the 2nd team leader, if you do not get into combat, Trahearne will start talking about how he is going to lead everyone out of the cave and to follow him.

SuperSonic your a star mate
followed your advice and finally i finished it.
as you said ensure any adds are clear from the 2nd group before talking to the team leader and then let Trahearne finish his dialog and then the team leader says something after,then start clearing the cave,then it will work.

i think the problem is the team follows Trahearne and he follows us but entering combat before all the talking is finished breaks the quest.

not bad,12 times to complete one quest,ArenaNet your quest scripting sucks.

Followed your steps to the letter SuperSonic and still bugged out and the whole time i was doing it i got a notice saying this content has been disabled. This is terrible that a main quest has gone unfixed now for nearly a month :/

still cannot get past this god awful quest, i’ve tried everything i can think of at this point but it’s useless.

I don’t know what you’re referring to when you say Trahearne is supposed to give a speech, after talking to the second team leader he does nothing at all for me, combat or no combat.

I am also having an issue getting the researchers to follow. Sent in a ticket, really hope they fix this one soon.

To the guy who said they can’t reproduce this bug, you are either ignorant or just a troll. Anyway, I would like to mimic gianz’s post and say that this method worked for me too. The only thing I did differently on my fourth attempt was that I cleared out the entire cave before talking to the second research team and thankfully the team followed me. I can only recommend to try this method and see if it works but I understand everyone’s frustration with this mission and ANET needs to get their act together and fix this quest without having to resort to players needing to try worksrounds that may or may not work. I’m just happy I can finally move on and I hope others can too soon.

Yeah I need to finish my main quest line to get a POI in straits of devastation. I’m on this quest (pretty longkitten quest btw), get all the way to the end. It bugs out… really?

Still bugged, Trahaerne doesn’t even start his speech.

Yep, still bugged after the 8th time trying.

2nd Research team still doesn’t follow and there’s no speech to be heard from Trahaerne.

I found out what his speech is. It’s a short 2 sentence thing about how they need to stick together to get out. I waited for him for a second to say his short thing, and it allowed me to complete it. Did the next quest without problem, and now on wet work.

Good news: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/story/Forging-the-Pact-is-still-broken/first#post278239

in the part of the quest where i had to get the 2nd team out of the cave, after i killed EVERY Risen mob, i couldn’t get any of the team to follow me to the exit. even when i got to the exit, which was blocked and un-attackable, nothing happened, and it didn’t look like i could trigger anything. i ended up having to die to get out of it.
if it’s not a bug, any help is appreciated. if it is, please fix it ArenaNet.

I just had this same issue as well. Got to the exit and realized no one was behind me, went back, talked to everyone, still couldn’t get anyone to follow me.

It worked for me after this past patch. However, as a trade-off, I was constantly spammed with “That content has been temporarily disabled. Please try again later.”

Bugged for me. They won’t move.

Gosh, I just wasted my time doing this Story. Same problem and this need to be fixed ASAP. I cannot continue my story!

Why can’t Anet release small urgent patch instead of waiting a huge patch Oct 1st? I couldn’t continue my story on the weekends.

BillFreist.1527:

If you can, try playing the quest with a friend or two. I’ve identified the issue, but this may get you guys through it until the update hits that contains the fix.

-Bill

No dice. In fact, a guildie and I tried to do just that, and it threw us both into our own solo instances…

This is still bugged as of 9/28. Not only is it insanely long, but ive ran this several times now when I could have been doing something else (like farming legendary mats!).

Having to redo ANY personal story (but especially the longer ones) is incredibly frustrating. DC’s and bugs happen and are understandable, but if something significant is bugged like this, it would be very helpful to simply have the personal quest disabled with a message saying that “the content is currently unavailable”. At least then players wouldn’t invest X*Y amount of time checking to see if something is broken or fixed. Just a thought :-D

This is still bugged, and the mission is still stupid, badly made, and seriously... why?

The undead need to be turned down, they need to stop auto-targeting the player and ignoring the 30 fighters around you. The amounts of undead is not just stupid enough, the fact that hylek can instantly kill you with their 3 minute poison is not good, either.

Then, once you get done with this all, the tunnel you need to reach is blocked, and/or the cutscene just does not trigger at all.

I’m sorry Arenanet, but this has lasted and halted my progress now for 2 weeks.

I’m having the same problem. Tried 3 times to complete it, all 3 times the researchers wouldn’t move! incredible frustrating. And it doesn’t help that my ele needs 7+ silver to repair his armor each time. Anet, please for the love of God get a fix out soon.

Just had the same issue, Trah didn’t die in mine and he was still following me towards the end. Krewe got stuck on a rock wall while I was escorting them.

Just completed it, go slow and stay with the npc’s walk with them every step of the way and if you are melee bring stability.

Server: Maguuma
Story quest: Forging the Pact
Bug: When i’m trying to lead the researchers out of the cave… they STILL won’t follow!