HOT is NOT for the Casual (My Sentiments exactly)
(edited by Katiekaboom.1980)
Jan 27th Update seems to have fixed this issue! Thanks Anet!
If it is still not fixed for you, click below for the temp workaround (attachment is part of the workaround):
Many have posted about the Norn starting area being broken and the doors (for The Great Hunt) being closed, thus preventing them from leveling past level 1.
Since we have a lot of new players now since the sale, I have decided to make this post for those searching the forums. I hope the mods will “sticky” this or move this to the correct area if need be.
Solution:
Guesting to another server, doing that part of your story and then logging out to your character select screen and going back in to your normal server, will allow you to proceed.
It is broken on the following servers:
*Jade Quarry
*Tarnished Coast
*Yak’s Bend
*Stormbluff
It is NOT broken on the following servers:
*Sorrow’s Furnace
*Fort Aspenwood
*Sea of Sorrows
(I can’t check out more than that until tomorrow due to guesting limitations)
Click the link to learn more on Guesting or look at the image I have attached.
(edited by Katiekaboom.1980)
Sea of Sorrows is broken aswell
Stormbluff is broken too
It isn’t that particular Servers have an issue, but that certain IPs are having problems. Which is why guesting often works, as it moves you to another IP, usually.
I hate to be cruel and judgmental about this, but if the developers can make a nice big expansion for the game, please tell me why the can not fix some simple bug that is plaguing the game first of all please? Then make expansion packs for everyone to enjoy…..that would seem more sense to me…..wouldn’t everyone agree?
I hate to be cruel and judgmental about this, but if the developers can make a nice big expansion for the game, please tell me why the can not fix some simple bug that is plaguing the game first of all please? Then make expansion packs for everyone to enjoy…..that would seem more sense to me…..wouldn’t everyone agree?
A different group of developers works on the story vs works on bugs. What you think is a simple fix might involve several hundred lines of code, and sometimes its just a pain in the butt troubleshooting everything until you find the typo or bug or whatever it is blocking progress.
This particular ‘bug’ usually only shows up when there is an unusual amount of players starting new characters. It has been ‘fixed’ before, but it seems a large population in the instance seems to trigger something….
I would hazard a guess that the Devs would put in a permanent ‘fix’ if they could pin down the problem, and that they are not intentionally ignoring the issue.
This particular ‘bug’ usually only shows up when there is an unusual amount of players starting new characters. It has been ‘fixed’ before, but it seems a large population in the instance seems to trigger something….
I would hazard a guess that the Devs would put in a permanent ‘fix’ if they could pin down the problem, and that they are not intentionally ignoring the issue.
Hopefully that is the case. It would be nice to have someone from “the bug fixing” group from Anet post in here to reassure us kitten many now cannot play the Norn story due to this. A whole unplayable race for new players is NOT a good thing.
Should we list what IP’s are having an issue instead of what server?
As it is a new build just came out so I am going back in to see if this has been fixed. .. Ha .. just updated … and the game crashed on launch. Not looking good
(edited by Katiekaboom.1980)
YES it is fixed now!! At least on Jade Quarry (IP: 64.25.33.88:0) now! What about for the rest of you?
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