Guild Wars 2

Evil Comrad.5786:

I have exactly the same problem.

I was unaware of the bug until i bought the bow.
I worked so hard to get this bow and instead of being excited by it, i was very disappionted.
At first i thought is was lagg, but when i red this post i was even more disappionted.

Btw why did they fix all the ghastly weapons except the bows (who in my oppinion looks the most awsome.)

I’m already on working towards the shortbow version, but now im having second thoughts.

Pls fix this a.s.a.p.

Originally none of the weapons glowed correctly unless you were already in a map area when it became night time. Zoning into an area when it was already night didn’t trigger the effect and they didn’t work inside dungeons either. I know because I also have a Ghastly Greatsword, and I know other people that had them when they didn’t work. Then there was a patch / new build a few weeks into the game and they started working correctly.

What worries me is they seem to have missed out the Longbow and don’t appear to be doing anything about it / be aware of the problem.

sindara.6492:

Item: Ghastly Longbow

Race: Human, female
Item from: Ascalonian Catacombs vendor

Seriously bugged Ghastly weapon, bought this morning. Several issues with it:

1. Particle effects show while weapon is on back, instead of when used, and are extremely hyperactive. Even then, they only show when you first equip the weapon. (Taking if off and putting it back into your inventory and the re-equipping it will trigger the effect on your back).

2. Running with Longbow on back obscures the entire screen to the point of not being able to see where you are going because of the huge number of flashing effects all over the screen (see screenshot).

3. Weapon loses all particle effects as soon as you use it (see screenshot). It is then just a fairly dull blue, and does not pulse and glow subtly like the other weapons. It’s just blue.

4. Weapon loses all particle effects if you swap weapons or zone (basically only glows when you first log in or first equip it, any subsequent interactions with it instantly kill all effects).

NB: It appears night time, and zoning into an area that is already night, and entering a dungeon, all correctly trigger the blue colour change. The problem is only the animated particle effects, which are broken as described above, most importantly working when weapon is sheathed on back and not working when you subsequently fire the weapon, switch to another weapon and back again or go to another zone (the opposite of what is intended).

14.10.12 UPDATE

Ghastly Longbow (AC tokens weapon)

Bow worked correctly today, briefly, for about 10 seconds, when I first logged in. Blue glow on back and slow, pulsing effects, toned down, not hyperactive, perfect, while firing the weapon. Then the effects mysteriously stopped. This was in Lions Arch, it was still night when the effect ended.

Unequipped and re-equipped the bow and it returned to the previous, bugged, hyperactive effects on back and no effects in combat state. Am unable to reproduce the working state. Logging out with the bow equipped and logging back in sadly did not help. I logged in to find it hyperactive on my back and broken in combat.

Hoping this additional information might help with a fix.

(screenshot of bow still not showing any effects in combat attached
screenshot of bow still hyperactive on back attached).

ADDITIONAL UPDATE:

Just left a dungeon, outside it was daylight. Ghastly Longbow now has an additional bug of still having effects while on back in daylight when the weapon model has returned to the daylight form (screenshot added). This effects stops after a while (further into daylight). Seems effect daylight trigger and weapon daylight trigger are out of sync.

Item: Ghastly Longbow

Race: Human, female
Item from: Ascalonian Catacombs vendor

Seriously bugged Ghastly weapon, bought this morning. Several issues with it:

1. Particle effects show while weapon is on back, instead of when used, and are extremely hyperactive. Even then, they only show when you first equip the weapon. (Taking if off and putting it back into your inventory and the re-equipping it will trigger the effect on your back).

2. Running with Longbow on back obscures the entire screen to the point of not being able to see where you are going because of the huge number of flashing effects all over the screen (see screenshot).

3. Weapon loses all particle effects as soon as you use it (see screenshot). It is then just a fairly dull blue, and does not pulse and glow subtly like the other weapons. It’s just blue.

4. Weapon loses all particle effects if you swap weapons or zone (basically only glows when you first log in or first equip it, any subsequent interactions with it instantly kill all effects).

NB: It appears night time, and zoning into an area that is already night, and entering a dungeon, all correctly trigger the blue colour change. The problem is only the animated particle effects, which are broken as described above, most importantly working when weapon is sheathed on back and not working when you subsequently fire the weapon, switch to another weapon and back again or go to another zone (the opposite of what is intended).

Great that the other weapons are fixed, but just saved up 390 tokens to get the Ghastly Longbow and it is still bugged. Has an effect that only activates when you first equip it or zone into a new area. The effect instantly stops working as soon as you fire the weapon. Then it is just blue coloured.

Also the particle effects when they do work are totally over the top, flashing like crazy and leaving a trail of bubbles everywhere you go like you’re providing the bubble machine at a bad disco rather than emitting a ghostly glow.

Very disappointed. Feel like I should have bought the hammer instead.

Here to report the same issue, only Yiktuk refuses to follow me. He remains marked with a green star, the green circle on the map remains around his area, and I cannot progress the quest. Tchkik and Vracken are both happily following me.

UPDATE: Got it to complete by getting kicked from the instance by entering the striped zone. On restarting the mission Yuktik followed instantly.