Guild Wars 2

I tried searching for the issues in the forums here, but none discussed the issues I am having from what I looked up.

I started the hunt for The Predator 1: The Experimental Rifle items.
I am at 70% done with mostly Fractal items to go.

There are however certain items that are bugged and aren’t able to be collected.

1. Scarlet’s Prototype Mechanism – I entered Scarlet’s secret hideout in Lornar’s Pass and found the object on the table next to the door (the object that looks like the one in the picture), however you cannot collect it.

2. Asuran Experimental Weapon – I ended up following advice from another player to collect this item by using another character. But why aren’t the rifles accessible even after the heart being completed? Was this not tested before release?

3. Decrypted Weapon Research – The console in Professor Portmatt’s Lab gives you the ability to access it. However, nothing unlocks. Are we needing to collect another item to decrypt the console?

In addition, I read about the recipes for crafting not being account wide. Why is that? If you spent the time, resources, money and effort to level up the crafting on one char, should that not be shared account wide?

Anyways, I hope that the bugs with the item hunt can be fixed soon. I will update if I should come across any in the fractals.

Thanks

UPDATE: Found a more active forum post. Will be following there.