vet Lucent Citadel: blue and red speed orbs disappear, apparently blocking High Flier achievement

virtus753

My partner and I are attempting the achievement to go from the floor to the top ledge all in one go in Lucent Citadel. She was able to get it a few minutes ago, and when she told me how she'd done it, using the blue orbs, I had about two attempts before all the orbs just disappeared entirely. Exiting and re-entering the trial did not fix this. After trying repeatedly and getting just shy of the ledge on numerous subsequent attempts, I believe this problem makes the High Flier achievement impossible to attain until the trial is reset and the initial bosses done again.

I see no reason we should have such limited attempts at a platforming mechanic, especially one that feels terribly finicky and out of place in an RPG to me, and especially when we're trying to save our future groups time by getting this done without making anyone else wait on us. Please ensure this mechanic remains available for use while the instance is open so that the achievement is not blocked.

(Also, you already have an achievement named High Flyer, for grappling in Vateshran. Since both achievement names refer to the same idea, of someone flying, the difference in spelling between Flier and Flyer is inconsistent, arbitrary, and confusing. I suggest one be renamed.)

Necrotech_Master

i think its possible to do without using any bubbles

if you are in wisp form and hover over the pads on the platforms, it refills your stamina and you can wait till the skills are off cooldown and just go ledge to ledge, the last ledge should be close enough to the top for the achievement as long as you stay in wisp form the entire time

do date on the almost dozen runs of the place ive done i dont think ive seen the orbs disappear, at least one time i went in and did it well after we finished the trial run (though i succeeded in getting it on my first try after the run lol)

virtus753

I’ll have to try that next time, thanks!

It’s still bizarre to me that a basic mechanic just disappeared on a hidden timer or something. It was after the trial had finished, but not immediately afterwards.

Soarora

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

i think its possible to do without using any bubbles

if you are in wisp form and hover over the pads on the platforms, it refills your stamina and you can wait till the skills are off cooldown and just go ledge to ledge, the last ledge should be close enough to the top for the achievement as long as you stay in wisp form the entire time

do date on the almost dozen runs of the place ive done i dont think ive seen the orbs disappear, at least one time i went in and did it well after we finished the trial run (though i succeeded in getting it on my first try after the run lol)

I do not think this works, I've tried it like that before and didn't get the achievement. But yeah, sometimes the orbs disappear, sometimes they don't.

Necrotech_Master

Soarora wrote: »

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

i think its possible to do without using any bubbles

if you are in wisp form and hover over the pads on the platforms, it refills your stamina and you can wait till the skills are off cooldown and just go ledge to ledge, the last ledge should be close enough to the top for the achievement as long as you stay in wisp form the entire time

do date on the almost dozen runs of the place ive done i dont think ive seen the orbs disappear, at least one time i went in and did it well after we finished the trial run (though i succeeded in getting it on my first try after the run lol)

I do not think this works, I've tried it like that before and didn't get the achievement. But yeah, sometimes the orbs disappear, sometimes they don't.

to be honest i cant test that anymore since i already got the achievement, i managed to get lucky on the orb placement and did not use any ledges

re-reading the description of the achievement, i think you may be right though, as it states "without leaving ghost form and without using a sigil to replenish", which i assume means "passing through the sigils" while in ghost form