It may not be the most critical bug ever, since it only affects those of us who happened to coincide in this same story quest/path. However, it still is annoying and completely block us from enjoying and discovering the rest of the story, at least for those of us new players. Sure there are other things to do (and I’ve doing that so far), but a bug like this and considering its been a while already… it should be fixed by now. I only have some knowledge of what coding and programming involves and I know its often not so simple as it seems for players. However this has been happening for a while, and I don’t even see it being acknowledged other than by that post days ago about the staff member who said its a fix is “coming soon” (which to me sounds like they have 0 idea when they will be able to dedicate time to fix it).
Point is.. they don’t seem to care enough to work on it. They rather invest in working things, more content, etc.
To Anet: Come on, guys, it IS a simple bug, it won’t kill you to work on it and move on. You’re supposed to have found the issue already, no? As that staff member posted here. So what’s making it so hard for you to fix? :/
Perhaps simply have the npc shout something once then immediately turn aggressive without waiting for the other svanirs, as the others come out of the tents like normally do. No dialogue, no problems, the trigger is just the npc shouting and thats it.