The terrifying yet true story of the haunted Northwind Disguise.

robeauch

So, my main has this Northwind disguise that he picked up in the Rift. But, y'know, he has a lot of disguises, and this one isn't really compelling enough to merit an inventory slot.

So just destroy it, right? I know, that's what I thought too! But no.

I can destroy it, sure ... but when I log out and back in, it's right back there in his inventory. Every single time.

Here's a video demonstrating its destruction and terrifying reappearance. Since this requires logging out and back in, everything from :12 to :47 is a load screen, for which I apologize. But you can see that it's destroyed, and then (35 seconds of load screen later) it's back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7r_Z2TCwaY

I'm curious if anyone else has seen any kind of behavior like this, from a disguise or from any other item in their inventory.

For the record here are the things I've tried to get rid of it:

1. Destroy it from inventory. Result: Restored to inventory after relogging.
2. Equip, and destroy it from costume slot. Result: Restored to inventory after relogging.
3. Deposit to vault. Result: Stays in vault. But when I relog, it's also in my main's inventory.
4. Deposit to vault, put into another character's inventory, and have that character destroy it. Result: Permanently gone from *that* character's inventory. Restored to my main's inventory after relogging.
5. Deposit to vault, have another character retrieve and equip it. Result: Other character looks like a Northwind. Still restored to my main's inventory after relogging.
6. Drink three beers in rapid succession. Result: Disguise remains in my character's inventory, but I find it less bothersome.

Nyghthowler

robeauch wrote: »

So, my main has this Northwind disguise that he picked up in the Rift. But, y'know, he has a lot of disguises, and this one isn't really compelling enough to merit an inventory slot.

So just destroy it, right? I know, that's what I thought too! But no.

I can destroy it, sure ... but when I log out and back in, it's right back there in his inventory. Every single time.

Here's a video demonstrating its destruction and terrifying reappearance. Since this requires logging out and back in, everything from :12 to :47 is a load screen, for which I apologize. But you can see that it's destroyed, and then (35 seconds of load screen later) it's back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7r_Z2TCwaY

I'm curious if anyone else has seen any kind of behavior like this, from a disguise or from any other item in their inventory.

For the record here are the things I've tried to get rid of it:

1. Destroy it from inventory. Result: Restored to inventory after relogging.
2. Equip, and destroy it from costume slot. Result: Restored to inventory after relogging.
3. Deposit to vault. Result: Stays in vault. But when I relog, it's also in my main's inventory.
4. Deposit to vault, put into another character's inventory, and have that character destroy it. Result: Permanently gone from *that* character's inventory. Restored to my main's inventory after relogging.
5. Deposit to vault, have another character retrieve and equip it. Result: Other character looks like a Northwind. Still restored to my main's inventory after relogging.
6. Drink three beers in rapid succession. Result: Disguise remains in my character's inventory, but I find it less bothersome.

Step 6 is pretty much the best solution to all of life's little problems. Large problems require adding Whiskey or Tequila along with the beer.

Xendyn

robeauch wrote: »

1. Destroy it from inventory. Result: Restored to inventory after relogging.
2. Equip, and destroy it from costume slot. Result: Restored to inventory after relogging.
3. Deposit to vault. Result: Stays in vault. But when I relog, it's also in my main's inventory.
4. Deposit to vault, put into another character's inventory, and have that character destroy it. Result: Permanently gone from *that* character's inventory. Restored to my main's inventory after relogging.
5. Deposit to vault, have another character retrieve and equip it. Result: Other character looks like a Northwind. Still restored to my main's inventory after relogging.
6. Drink three beers in rapid succession. Result: Disguise remains in my character's inventory, but I find it less bothersome.

This part...wins the Internet today lol congrats!

To the point..no, I haven't run into that one. Have you tried Dragging it out of inventory window onto the screen to destroy it?

Moonshadow66

This is so odd and even creepy that I gave you both an awesome^^

Really, the disguise usually should be gone after deleting it, this always worked on my end. If you would still be in the Rift and on that quest you got the disguise from, I'd say it's related to that, but obviously that's not that case since you're in Malabal Tor already as I can see in the video, and your other characters having it equipped as well, as you wrote. That IS creepy..

I guess I would just report it as a bug, this definitely is one. In the meantime, step 6 should do

Moonshadow66

I just had another idea:
Could you go back to the location where you got the disguise from? I forgot which quest it was, but if there are still enemies which would attack you and you'd lose the disguise (when it is equipped), it maybe disappears for good.