Guild Wars 2

Problem with cannons still exists with party or solo. Can not interact with cannons or repair anvil on airship in fight with giants.
This is halting progress and completion of the Personal Story

Problem with cannons still exists with party or solo. Can not interact with cannons or repair anvil on airship in fight with giants.
This is halting progress and completion of the Personal Story.

It would be nice if they had a page that simply listed reported bugs, what the status was on fixing them and perhaps an idea of how long they expected to take. It is friggin frustrating to start, restart and start again when it turns out it is a bug. This has been going on long enough and it would be nice to hear something other than “we are aware”. I am aware that the sun will finally burn out but that doesn’t help much.

Very irritating that a patch just came out, yet the problem still persists. I thought the personal story would be more on their radar since it plays a large part of the game for some players. But let’s be honest, many things need to be fixed with ‘Victory or Death’, including but not limited to the actual killing of Zhaitan.

As of the latest patch on 8/3/15 this bug is still an issue

Yup same problem. I have tried to do this with a group or solo. Last two times I went straight for the repair anvil to see if it was working and it wasn’t. I knew at this point that the cannons would be bugged as well.

Could it be something to do with the patch?

Nick Danger.6405:

It would be nice if they had a page that simply listed reported bugs, what the status was on fixing them and perhaps an idea of how long they expected to take. It is friggin frustrating to start, restart and start again when it turns out it is a bug. This has been going on long enough and it would be nice to hear something other than “we are aware”. I am aware that the sun will finally burn out but that doesn’t help much.

Good point, I have already mentioned a while back something like that. Forums aren’t a good platform for tracking issues and I had even suggested using a Issue tracker software somehow and leave forums for discussions and stuff. It would help both sides and make reporting bugs a lot easier. Not sure what’s their position about this though.

I am very disappointed that this bug was not fixed during the latest patch.

Nick Danger.6405:

It would be nice if they had a page that simply listed reported bugs, what the status was on fixing them and perhaps an idea of how long they expected to take. It is friggin frustrating to start, restart and start again when it turns out it is a bug. This has been going on long enough and it would be nice to hear something other than “we are aware”. I am aware that the sun will finally burn out but that doesn’t help much.

OMG, I was just thinking of it.

Aisveur.1542:

I am very disappointed that this bug was not fixed during the latest patch.

Totally agree with this, it’s taken them WAAAY too long to fix this.

Just tried to help a guild member and could not complete because of said bug during the giants “use shield” part. Please fix. Thank you.

new to gw2. just leveled to 80 and i was enjoying the story. then bugged out on this exact part. post is now a week old( come on gms) . surely its been noticed? how well will the expansion go if the story from the first game doesn’t even work ?

I’m also having this problem. Very disappointed, too, because I pushed through a bunch of the story at once and was really revved up to complete it, but twas not to be. sadface My necromancer chef wishes to offer bribery in the form of cookies. I’m not quite sure what necromancer cookies would be … but they’d be interesting!

belacqua.7496:

Aisveur.1542:

I am very disappointed that this bug was not fixed during the latest patch.

Totally agree with this, it’s taken them WAAAY too long to fix this.

Please understand, the devs have a lot to do. They can not work 24/7 to make sure that the issue is fixed the same day as it is reported, it takes time to fix bugs.

+1 bugged cannons and anvil.
Can we get an ack from Anet pls? Lots of people would like to finish their story before the expansion comes out.

Thomas.9670:

belacqua.7496:

Aisveur.1542:

I am very disappointed that this bug was not fixed during the latest patch.

Totally agree with this, it’s taken them WAAAY too long to fix this.

Please understand, the devs have a lot to do. They can not work 24/7 to make sure that the issue is fixed the same day as it is reported, it takes time to fix bugs.

Yes, be that as it may, this is completely preventing the completion of the story. So it’s a pretty important thing to fix asap.

I tried it last night, trying to tie up the personal story on my newest toon before going on to the LS2. Obviously it wasn’t possible. The thing is, I was in a party with 3 new players, getting to Arah for the very first time. The bug was not received well at all.
Imagine making it to the end for the first time and being told you can’t continue because it’s bugged. For a while now. What kind of impression does this leave new players? They were flabbergasted that such a thing was even possible.

Confirming bug re unable to interact with canons is still in place.

For me, the issue where Caithe has a permanent “quest marker” above her head has been resolved and the first part of the story now plays fine, however as soon as you hit the section with the giants it’s clearly still broken. Character gets stuck in a falling pose in mid air on activating the cannons and the giants either sit about in a T-shaped pose or chuck endless mobs that you can’t sheild :/ All in all, it’s pretty annoying.

Just adding in a +1. Came back to the game a month ago and was excited to complete the story finally. Please fix.

A similar problem. I tried solo and in a group. I tried to interrupt the playing of video and no. I tried to go to different sides of the deck, etc. It does not work. I look forward to early fixation.

a very annoying bug, which costs every single gw2 player who wants to finish the story at least 30 mins of life for nothing.

Rip almost broke my computer when i faced this bug.. i thought that restarting the computer will help.. it didn’t.. broke my mouse.. rip arena net help me before ill break something else

Good evening forum in the high hopes that a gw2 tech will read this y am wiling to give as much details as possible about this bug.

In the final dungeon quest "kiling the elder dragon zhaitan" after entering and colecting the 3 power cores we set off whith the ship and after a wile it prompts us to use the energy canons to slay the giant monsters but nothing happens we cant activate the cannons and we ghet slayed endlesly y trieds this for the las couple od days and as y read in game it is a comon issue lots of players are complaining about it and lots are very frustrated(me included) whith this issue Please help me whith this it isa very annoing bug essentialy y cant make the final quest until this issue is fixed gw2 suport couldnt give an answer which uis anoying after all they made the game

ps please helo me solve this issue:)

This is a known issue, and are being fixed.

I find it weird that nobody has responded directly to this thread. I come back for an update and just see more people complaining of the problem. I’d like to FINISH THE STORY

D;

…or at least know the eta of a fix that will allow me to.

Just came back to this game after playing for a week or two at launch, so technically a new player. Anyways, leveled my first character to 80 and now I can’t progress any further because of this bug. Pretty sure Blizzard would have fixed something this broken in a few hours, and now I’m wondering why I moved to a game that is so broken. I should just go back to WoW.

I rely on the little pointer thing at the top to explore zones and now the green personal story won’t go away and I can’t change it. So I literally have nothing else to do but wait for this fix. Three days now.

Please fix this.

Except Valmis, I’d like to level a new toon using the mentor tomes i get from the 2 characters I have ready to do this (as I cant use those on an 80), so for me its the perfect time to use them. Meanwhile I cant start the new toon I’d like to make.
Also, having run 5 other characters through the living story after they completed their personal story, I’d like to be doing that too. Getting that done before HoT would be nice, so they are ready to move on :\

Reignier.8506:

Just came back to this game after playing for a week or two at launch, so technically a new player. Anyways, leveled my first character to 80 and now I can’t progress any further because of this bug. Pretty sure Blizzard would have fixed something this broken in a few hours, and now I’m wondering why I moved to a game that is so broken. I should just go back to WoW.

I rely on the little pointer thing at the top to explore zones and now the green personal story won’t go away and I can’t change it. So I literally have nothing else to do but wait for this fix. Three days now.

Please fix this.

I can understand your frustration but I would tell you to not overreact. I know this is a game breaking bug and frustrating but it doesn’t mean the whole game is broken, there are a lot of stuff working normally. Also, this bug has only showed up on past days while that story instance has been working reasonably for around 3 years now. Don’t curse a whole system because a single issue.

Also, you can change the Content Guide (that green arrow at the top) to not show your Personal Story, just choose Disable Personal Story at Options > General > Content Guide.

omg why its so hard to fix this bug?

Nonny.5170:

I’m not quite sure what necromancer cookies would be … but they’d be interesting!

They’re to die for… and to come back for more ! ^^

The issue is that Logan sacrifices himself before they are able to load the actual cannons, so its his fault

Hello Everyone,

I scouted through some Forum posts telling about bugs in Victory or Death, but I didn’t find anything like the issue I have, though it is little of influence for my character.
It hasn’t been long since I realized that my story journal is missing chapter 8: Victory or Death in the first Living Story.
It doesn’t have any influence on my character, since I’ve completed it long ago, but it quite annoys me not being able to watch it in my journal.
Immediately after I realized that, I switched to my Guardian, Elementalist, my first thief as well as my Ranger and awkward enough they all had it. My warrior though is missing it too.
Does it have anything to do with the time when the character has been created?
Since the characters of mine who actually have it are a whole lot older than the ones who haven’t, but it doesn’t change the fact that all characters have completed this chapter before the bug or whatever it is occurred.
It’s a little annoying and troubling not being able to watch that chapter although the characters have long played through it after reaching level 80.

Thanks for your attention everyone,

I hope this gets fixed soon or is explained why it has changed this way.

Greetings Lestanios

There is very little to do in the game right now, i’m down to completing my characters with map and story+LS…
But nop, we can’t because you have absolutely everyone working on the new crap, and it took them way over a week to tell us that NOW they are working on it.

Every day that passes i feel less and less excited abou HoT because it has turned into a pitty excuse to not fix the old stuff. “Yeah we are working on it… but we are so busy with HoT….”
That, guys, it what happens when you announce an expansion when all you have of it is concept art and an idea. And now let’s pre-purchase without even having a release date! Let’s buy AIR!

the real reason it’s not fixed is that the Anet team are in Cologne trying to flog Heart of Thorns.

Wow, over one week and such a frustrating bug hasn’t been fixed. Guess who won’t buy that expansion.

BobbyStein commented two hours ago about this here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Personal-Story-Restoration-update/page/8#post5350146

“An update for those near the end of their Personal Story: The Victory or Death fix is undergoing testing currently. I don’t have a release date to share at this time, but I do want to let you know that things are in progress. Thanks for your patience.”

So they may have found the fix and are now testing it. Hopefully it won’t be long before it goes live.

davpatgan.4567:

the real reason it’s not fixed is that the Anet team are in Cologne trying to flog Heart of Thorns.

If so, we will be waiting for a while then. More flogging to come.

davpatgan.4567:

the real reason it’s not fixed is that the Anet team are in Cologne trying to flog Heart of Thorns.

The saddest part is that you’re probably right.

Having the same problem as well…either the giants are at their T pose…or you cant interact with the cannons…

Ugh i’m a bit nervous doing this mission again. I did it a few weeks ago and had the same bug where the mission stalled at the giants. So i left and attempted it again on a different day and it worked perfectly.

But now, i’m at VoD again with another char and not sure if i should wait till they fix it or give it a go. I’m a bit concerned waiting, as they might be too busy to fix this any time soon, especially with beta coming up as well.

same problem in here cant interact with the cannons…

Bumping since I encountered this as well, and reported it in-game too.

Can we please get a fix in for this? I know things are probably heavy on HoT right now, but this is central to progression in the game’s story.

Same problem with the cannons and the giants not attacking. Tried 7 times with and without a party. You guys think 8th times the charm?

The charm will be when they release the fix (that apparently)is still being tested, no use wasting any more of your time.

and still this seems to be bug…

I can’t complete this either. Anyone got a work-around or something? It sounds as though quite a few people are stuck here.

That’s not true my son and i have tried to do this and it was the same thing tried doing what posts says and nothing works i have been playing this game from launch this is the first time i have not heard a response from guild wars 2 team stuck on story can not progress very frustrated

Also stuck here. Unable to progress no matter what I try.

THE BAKER.5638:

That’s not true my son and i have tried to do this and it was the same thing tried doing what posts says and nothing works i have been playing this game from launch this is the first time i have not heard a response from guild wars 2 team stuck on story can not progress very frustrated

Actually there was a post “An update for those near the end of their Personal Story: The Victory or Death fix is undergoing testing currently. I don’t have a release date to share at this time, but I do want to let you know that things are in progress. Thanks for your patience.”

somewhere on this page.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Personal-Story-Restoration-update/page/8#post5352630

I have yet to complete the story here and I’m rather upset to see that I can’t now:C