Guild Wars 2

Against my better judgment, I tried this quest for a fourth time, investing another hour-plus of my life. This time I tried waiting for Trahearne to catch up to me before I spoke to the second research team. Then I waited for Trahearne to deliver his two little chat-bubble speeches about exiting the cave together. Although the NPCs in my party already were engaging the grubs, I held my fire. Miraculously, it worked! I was able to complete the mission. Trahearne died during this play-thru, but I was still able to complete it. So I think the “wait for Trahearne to speechify” workaround was the key for me.

Sounds like it didn’t work for you, Karate. I have no idea what to suggest. If I were A.net, I’d be making this a top-priority fix, because it’s such a long quest. People are wasting LOTS of time on this. It’s a good way to make people frustrated and unhappy with the game.

So they lied: it’s still bugged. After my third run-through, AGAIN I’m stuck at the barricade, as the researchers refuse to follow me.

Unbelievable.