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[EDIT]
Current Issues:
There is currently an issue where completing certain story steps as part of a group can change the path of your character’s story if you are not the story owner.

While we’re still working on identifying the underlying issue , we do know that the bug is triggered by players completing story missions as a group that include making a big decision or completing story missions as part of a group that check for the decisions you’ve made.

We will continue investigating this bug, but in the meantime, if you want to play it safe and lower the chances of running into this while doing group story, here are the quests you should complete solo (these are the story steps we’re aware of; there may be others).

Chapter 5

  • Skritt
    • Set to Blow
  • Ogre
    • The Lost Chieftain’s Return
  • Grawl
    • Attempted Deicide
  • Quaggan
    • Evacuation
  • Hylek
    • Unholy Grounds

Chapter 7

  • The Battle of Fort Trinity

Unfortunately, if you’ve already run into one of these issues, we cannot reset your progress or change your existing story path.

The problem is that there is literally no difference between a character who intentionally picked the Vigil and one who got sent there by the bug, so there’s simply no way to automatically fix affected characters. Our CS team does not have the ability to change your current quest or order, either, so it’s not something that we can manually fix on a case by case basis, either.

We will continue to monitor and update this thread as information comes in and changes are made.


Past/resolved issues:

  • Initial bug: Players skipped 18 levels of personal story content after completing “Kellach’s Attack” in a group.
  • Resolution: Affected players were reset back to the personal story step they were on before the skipped content.
  • Initial bug: Players who completed the story step where an order is chosen as part of a group ended up as part of the Vigil by default.
  • Resolution: This cause behind this issue was fixed in the 10/22 patch; it should not reoccur. Unfortunately, we have no way to retroactively fix this for players who have already been affected.
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Posted by: Stagnant.4035

Stagnant.4035

Character Name: Correct Staplehorse
Level 30 Story (Before I skipped): Lines of Communcation
Skipped to: Level 48 Suspicious Activity

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Posted by: Jack Attack.3461

Jack Attack.3461

Affected character: Audreanna (Human Warrior 34)
Tag along character: Jill Yvon (Human Ranger 34)
Audreanna started the mission Kellach’s Attack (30). When entering Lion’s Arch, Mission changed to Forewarned is Forearmed (48).

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Posted by: Sahfur.5612

Sahfur.5612

1. Character name?
2. Race, lvl, server and Profession?
3. Quest which caused the skipping?
4. Does the party member who started the quest have the issue as well?
5. Other relevant details of the characters storyline?
6. What quest and quest level did you get skipped to?
7. If possible, provide a quest outline with only the relevant choice missions(where you have to choose one), if you can’t remember, no need.
8. Any other notes?
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1. My character is named Sahfur Pherraniux
2. My character is a human guardian level 31 on Jade Quarry.
3. I was on the level 30 Quest: Stealing Secrets. (The point where you “meet your friend”)
4. My friend who started the instance was not given this bug.
5. Ferocity, Noble, Missed Opportunity. I decided to join the whispers in the final decision quest.
6. the level 48 quest: Suspicious Activity
7. At the decisions for which stories -> Society Function -> Into the Woods ->Mortus Virge -> Track the Seraph -> The Sad Tale of the Ravenous -> The Trap.
8. I did not get a quest reward as the initiating player complted the quest, nor did I get a completion dialog such as “would you like to accept progress?”. I found this strange in particular. Additionally, the quest ends in Lions Arch. A bug fix for a stuck quest previously had been planned to take place in Lions Arch. I think they could be related.

Thats all my information, thank you very much. If possible, you could link to the other thread for discussion to filter out any off topic from this one further.
Have a great day!

Plants, As far as I know are still, still bending toward
the light! And if we dance, until the heart explodes,
It’ll make this place ignite!

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Posted by: Chonghao.8965

Chonghao.8965

Character Name: Idowu
Realm: Drakkar See (DE)
Level 30 story: I choose the organisation (Quest: “Ein Treffen der Gleichgesinnten”)
Skipped to: Level 48 “Alarmstufe Rot”

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Posted by: Lokiie.7690

Lokiie.7690

Character name: Xindi (human ranger, level 35 at time of story skipping, level 38 now)
Preskip was Kellach’s Attack, level 30 vigil mission.
Post skip was Forewarned is forearmed, level 48 vigil mission.

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Posted by: Undie.8597

Undie.8597

Affected Character: Undie
Tagalong Character: Zero Pagah
Zero Pagah initiated the quest, when I entered Lion’s Arch mission changed to Forewarned is Forearmed.

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Posted by: The Eternal Grace.3157

The Eternal Grace.3157

  • The Eternal Honor
  • I skipped right after the lv 30 story: at the point where I chose Order of Whispers.

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Posted by: hira.8420

hira.8420

Name: Kira Lorelle (Human Elementalist)
Level 30 Story: We both chose the Order and we finished Stealing Secrets (lvl 30 mission). I know that I remember seeing it was a lvl 33 mission after that one, but then it randomly changed to lvl 48. I don’t know when exactly, but I believe it was when I went to Lion’s Arch.
Skipped to: Suspicious Activity (lvl 48)

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Posted by: Aseyhe.2948

Aseyhe.2948

Character: Vehelon Galefury
Story step before being put on a different story branch: Level 70 — fail at something and lose the respect of my comrades (Marshaling the Truth)

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Posted by: vena.7263

vena.7263

Husband’s account Fod.1069.
Character affected: Fod Derr – Norn – Ranger
Tag Along Character Not Affected: (my character) Venatte – Norn – Elementalist

Fod Derr started the mission Silent Warfare.

After entering Lion’s Gate, Fod Derr’s mission jumped to On Red Alert level 48

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Posted by: DivineDragoonKain.7840

DivineDragoonKain.7840

Name: Madam Mortis
Organization: Order of Whispers
Level 40 Story: Helping the Quaggan
Issue: Skritt appeared during next story instance to thank me instead.

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Posted by: Lilium.7095

Lilium.7095

Character name: Sleepea (human necro, level 29 at time of story skipping, level 35 now)
Preskip was after finishing level 28 Order of Whisper mission (The Trap)
Post skip is Suspicious Activities, level 48 mission.

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Posted by: Alios.9257

Alios.9257

Human warrior level 26
Server : Fort Ranik ( FR )
Name : Yoko Teralie
After i join the order of whispers i should talk to the apples seller ( Quest level 30, after the quest called “The trap” ) in Lion’s Arch and the quest skip to the level 48 quest when i enter the Lion’s Arch.
I do all my personal sotry with “Koume Lin” and he don’t have any problems with his sotry.
(Sorry for my bad english, i’m french).

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Posted by: Auraya.9607

Auraya.9607

Character: Aiyana Swift (Lvl 42 Norn Ranger)
Order: Order of Whispers
Mission after which story skipped: Lvl 33 Personal Story Mission “Down the Hatch”,
after we rescued Demmi from the pirates. After the skip "Down the Hatch" doesn't even appear in Story Log. It was never fully completed, as the last step was to go to LA and talk to the Orders leader there.
I never got to complete this step.
Skipped to: Lvl 48 Personal Story “Suspicious Activity”.

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Posted by: Parker.7413

Parker.7413

Cupidparker – Human, Ranger, 30
Kellach’s Attack (30) when it skipped to Forewarned is Forearmed (48).

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Posted by: Saida.7261

Saida.7261

Affected Character: Effy Envy
Tagalong Character: Chap Erone
Chap Erone initiated the lvl 30 quest, mine changed to lvl 48 quest when we came out.

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Posted by: Aisokun.4089

Aisokun.4089

Character Name: Nephthys Lifthrasir
Story: Right after “The trap” quest i see “stealing secrets” in my log, but after crossing the asura gate to lion arch I got my quest changed without interacting with nobody
Skipped to: Level 48 Suspicious Activity

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Posted by: Cathan.5478

Cathan.5478

Affected Character: Cathanin
Tagalong Character: Klastertaru
Level 30 Story.
Klastertaru started the quest, when I entered Lion’s Arch mission changed to “On red alert” (asura), level 48

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Posted by: cooLLedge.5340

cooLLedge.5340

cooLLedge – Human, Guardian, 28
Kellach’s Attack (30) when it skipped to Forewarned is Forearmed (48).

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Posted by: Nimatek.4375

Nimatek.4375

Character Name: Nimatek
Level 30 Story (Before I skipped): Lines of Communcation (completed)
Skipped to: Level 48 Suspicious Activity

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Posted by: Kingslayer.1784

Kingslayer.1784

1. Character affected: Tengi
2. Character grouped with and not affected: Ziranya (also the group leader)
3. We both have been doing the personal story together since the start of the game.
4. We were both on the step called: The Trap
5. This is where my personal story screwed up and went to step: Suspicous Activity (48)
6. Ziranya personal story correctly went to step: Stealing Secrets (i don’t know the quest level)
7. As the leader Ziranya picked Order of Whispers, as I was not able to pick as I was not the leader. This the point it did seem to screw up or right after this.

I am including some screen shots from both of our characters so you can see what our story lines look like:

Ziranya – Party leader and correct personal story line:
http://dbsicee01.infor.com/images/gw001.jpg
Tengi – Party follower and screwed up personal story line:
http://dbsicee01.infor.com/images/gw001a.jpg

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Posted by: Cookiepan.1647

Cookiepan.1647

Character Name: Spring Neko
Order: Priory and completed Queen’s Justice
Story step before skip: Dredging Up The Past (31)
Story skipped to: On Red Alert (48)

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Posted by: fedaykin.4186

fedaykin.4186

I went through Kellach’s Attack and afterward got skipped to Forewarned is Forearmed.

My character is Chatt the Leaper.

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Posted by: Cupcake.4193

Cupcake.4193

Affected character: Mini Cupcake
Last quest completed: Lines of Communication (lv 30)
Skipped to quest: Suspicious Activity (lv 48)

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Posted by: Sarls.6421

Sarls.6421

Name: Kevin Jonas
Server: Ring of Fire
Lvl 30 story: The vigil

My last quest was “Assault the hill” lvl 30ish, then it skipped to the lvl 48 quest “Forewarned is Forearmed”

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Posted by: esn.7490

esn.7490

Character’s name: Elementalist Sara
(Level 30) Quest I was on: Kellach’s Attack
(Level 48) Quest I skipped to: Forewarned is Forearmed

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Posted by: Krizhka.3967

Krizhka.3967

Fray Ghul, skipped from level 30 story Stealing Secrets.

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Posted by: Ceroxylon.7305

Ceroxylon.7305

Character Name:
Iyuleel

Skipped from quest :
The Trap

To lvl 48:
Suspicious Activity

Edit:
I was in a party with another person (who was the party leader), but only my character skipped the quests.

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Posted by: Steven Chisholm.6074

Steven Chisholm.6074

Character Name:
Zthe

Skipped from quest (order of whispers option):
The Trap

To lvl 48:
Suspicious Activity

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Posted by: Webxero.6201

Webxero.6201

This is on behalf of a friend:

Character name:
Apple Wood (human ranger)

Skipped from A Fragile Peace (30)
to Forwarned is Forarmed (48)

My character, Wiz Bihuq, was the character who’s been making the personal story instances and my story is fine.

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Posted by: Rudziaczek.9617

Rudziaczek.9617

Character name: The Osa
Skipper from ’Kellach’s Attack’ to lvl 48 ‘Forewarned is forearmed’. I have choosen The Vigil Order and I am missing the lvl 30 quest ‘Fragile Peace’.
Thank You.

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Posted by: Navi.7142

Navi.7142

Character Name:
Naaarp

Skipped from Quest: Meeting of the Minds (we choose Durmand Priory)

To lvl 48: On Red Alert

Character Name:
Rhea Fackelschwung

Skipped from Quest: Assault Hill (we choose Vigil)

To lvl 48: Forewarned is Forearmed

Don’t know if it’s important, but the “stealing secrets” bug happened to my human mesmer Navannia Cortex before. So all three characters that I brought to that point of personal storyline get bugged.

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Posted by: xragnar.4071

xragnar.4071

Character name: Rlyn

it is the level 70 one.
we did the story in a group of 3-4 people with different decisions,
everything seemed fine until “Breaking the Bone Ship” after that characters say they know us even if we do not and the next step “Liberationg Apatia” is totally wrong.

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Posted by: Incurus.8520

Incurus.8520

Character name : Inky Weasel
Skip Point : Level 70 point

Inky Weasel
Seafarers Roost
www.Precept.cc

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Posted by: weasel.3710

weasel.3710

Affected character: Bennedetto
Story step I was on before the skip: Stealing Secrets (lv 30) (did not complete)
Skipped to quest: Suspicious Activity (lv 48)

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Posted by: tsddave.2049

tsddave.2049

Character name: Sonjar
Server: Blacktide
Jumped from lvl30 quest to lvl48 quest Suspicious activity
I did this quest with a friend who initiated the quest and he was uneffected.

I really hope you will fix this bug or give us what we will miss xp and reward wise.

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Posted by: Raidersman.8791

Raidersman.8791

Character Name: Meraden
Story step I was on: Kellach’s Attack, was skipped to Forewarned is Forearmed

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Posted by: Lighty.2038

Lighty.2038

Character name: Shâphira
Server: Elonafels (DE)
Jumped from lvl30 quest “die Falle” (the trap) to level 48 quest “verdächtige Aktivitäten” (suspicious activity)

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Posted by: Jen Isaacs.5123

Jen Isaacs.5123

Character name: Abner
Server: Desolation
Jumped from lvl30 quest to lvl48 quest Suspicious activity
I did this quest with a friend who initiated the quest and she was uneffected.

I would appreciate it if you could provide a fix that will correct the situation for this character

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Posted by: Person.3149

Person.3149

I was questing with a friend, we were both on the same Sylvari storyline quest and when he chose his order we wanted to choose Whispers, but after he chose Whispers and I accepted his progress I ended up on the Vigil quest.

Character name: Mellorine Bell
Previous story quest: Trouble at the Roots
Current “changed” story quest: Flower of Death
Intended story quest: A Tangle of Weeds

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Posted by: TweekieMusen.7041

TweekieMusen.7041

Character Name: Little Miss Tweekie
Server: Blacktide
Story: The Trap
Skipped to: Suspicious Activity

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Posted by: AzureHawk.5216

AzureHawk.5216

Character Name: Qwik E Fix
Quest Before Skipping: Lines of Communication (30)
Quest After Skipping: Suspicious Activity (48)

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Posted by: Meep XD.6293

Meep XD.6293

Character: Undian
Skip Point: level 30
Quest Before Skip: Kellach’s Attack
Quest After Skip: Forewarned is Forearmed

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Posted by: Naria.4820

Naria.4820

Character name: Naeja
Server: Elonafels (DE)
Jumped from level 30 quest “Assault the Hill” to level 48 quest “Forewarned is Forearmed”

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Posted by: Lisha.7904

Lisha.7904

Character: Auly
Organization: Vigil
Quest Before Skip: Kellach’s Attack (30)
Quest After Skip: Forewarned is Forearmed (48)

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Posted by: TBrother.9138

TBrother.9138

Character Name : Tbröther – Human Warrior
Organization: Vigil
Quest Before Skip: Kellach’s Attack (30)
Quest After Skip: Forewarned is Forearmed (48)

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Posted by: piccolana.7254

piccolana.7254

Affected character: Pulguixx (asura elementalist 38)
Tag along character (instance owner): Rroxx (Asura guardian 47)
Organization: Drumand priory
Quest before skip: A meeting of the mind (level 30)
Quest after skip: On red Alert (level 48)

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Posted by: muriness.7146

muriness.7146

Character: Sukena
Server: Drakkar See (DE)
Story: The Trap (lvl 30)
Skipped to: Suspicious Activity (lvl 48)

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Posted by: TheWilyDoctor.6253

TheWilyDoctor.6253

Character Name: Conlyia
Story Step: Level 30 – Pick an organization (Whispers)
Skipped to: Suspicious Activity