I just finished a race of Sanctum Sprint and didn’t get an end chest, despite being the first person to the finish line. My friend, who was in the same game, came second and also did not receive the chest. We both got the “due to a late start, no rewards will be given” message. We both used the wind powerup to skip the last spiral up to the top. I did, however, get completion towards my Sprint games played track (the repeatable one that gives a loot bag), so I’m not sure what was up with that. Other players did, however, get their chest, so it seems like the skip is possibly what caused the bug. Given that the skip is clearly intentional from the placement of the wind powerup, this seems like a pretty glaring bug.
ETA: I should probably note that we started from the very beginning of the match. As in, the 10 second countdown. We got the “due to a late start” thing as we tried to loot the chest, not at any point in the actual run.
We started from the very beginning of the match. The “due to a late start” message is clearly a bug, since we were in there the entire time. I’ve updated the OP to reflect that, thanks for pointing out my lack of clarity there.
Just had this happen to me three times in a row. 1st time i came in the match just as it started. So I waited around for the timer to finish up on that one, and started the next two matchs from the start. Waiting period and 10 second countdown included.
Edit: Logged out, same thing. Exited to desktop, same thing. Exited and came back in with a different character and I’m getting chests again.
Many people use the wind jump due to the conveniently placed wind power up. However, if i use it, i don’t get my reward chest and receive the “due to late start” – even if i was from the start.
This is frustrating. Must do the entire spiral while 90% of the others I’ve competed against don’t have to and get the chest.
A nice solution would probably just be to remove the “late start” thing. It seems kinda glitchy anyway – I’ve gotten it with 6 minutes to spare at times, but I’ve started games with 1:20 left and not gotten the message. I’ve also had the message not come up for the entire run until I get to the end chest (often with at least 0:30 to 1:00 left).
Yes please remove, this is ridiculous. I get this msg too often, both when i was spawned couple seconds late into the race, and when i was spawned on time.
Especially frustrating when I just spawned a second late, got first, finished first, and go no reward. Thanks a net again. This plus the fact I can’t complete obsidian sanctum achieve due to connection/crash issues.. anything else?
