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Balreth Bugged- Cannot Contain Spirit After killing Balreth
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SMW1980b14a_ESO✭✭✭Even after dropping and picking up the quest again, we go back in and he's still dead... Really expected to see a patch this morning.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -Albert Einstein0 -
Sakiri✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »Hey guys. Could you please confirm which quest step you're currently on? It should say "Contain Balreth's Spirit." If you still see "Defeat Balreth," then you may not have gotten credit for killing him. Also, we'd love to get the following information from you so we can work on investigating:- What class were you playing?
- What abilities were you using?
- What was your strategy for defeating Balreth?
- Any specific details about how you fought him, or anything that seemed odd during the fight?
Dragonknight
Burning Embers, Puncture, Spked Armor, Dark Talong, Stonefist, Dragonknight Standard.
Beat the ever loving crap out of him, don't stand in bad, stun his backside when he tries to run to the lava, and kill his add.
Moron NPC stops fighting partway through.
Only thing I've heard suggested is to portal out midfight to get the NPC to start attacking again.0 -
mitien✭The same here- What class were you playing? Dragonknight
- What abilities were you using? FieryGrip4,VolatileArmor,Stampede,BurningTalons,SoulTrap
- What was your strategy for defeating Balreth?
Kick it fast, kick it hard - Any specific details about how you fought him, or anything that seemed odd during the fight?
Kill every imp and than than boss
0 - What class were you playing? Dragonknight
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I was on a Dragon Knight
I used the Firey sword thing a lot, the boulder thing, and charge for 2 handers.. keeping the talisman stun as saved as much as I could for him sprinting to lava. He was a bit easier than in beta (and less buggy as he would often just reset in beta..) but beatable by following the tactic.
The text in the quest switches from defeat Balreth to contain balreth's spirit. After you defeat him.. a blue glow is around him for a few seconds.. nothing to click.. and a spirit floats away and hits the ground with a light boom. His corpse lies there, and it says "quickly.. bind his spirit.." but there is nothing to do.0 -
Badhat✭✭What class were you playing?
Template
What abilities were you using?
Biting Jabs
Normal wallop with two handed
stampede
wrecking blow
Dark flare
What was your strategy for defeating Balreth?
Dark Flare followed up by Stampede mixed in with JBs / WB and normal two hand mace attacks
Was intending to solo but had support from a Sorc
Any specific details about how you fought him, or anything that seemed odd during the fight?
Nope. Seemed normal - actually right at the top of the fight it was giving me the option to use something on Balgreth... I can't remember what and because I'd started the quest this morning (now my evening) I just assumed it was something I was meant to do instead of maybe how I contain his spirit at the end?
Edited by Badhat on March 31, 2014 7:18PM0 -
Esrai✭CONFIRMED SOLUTION:
It is confirmed the cause is the NPC getting out of combat. To get the NPC back into combat, get Balreth low, die, port out of the portal at the entrance, port back in and the NPC should be tanking Balreth or attacking him. At this point you need to kill him rather quickly spamming anything you have to kill him before the NPC stops attacking again.
I've attempted to not cast Magicka spells in hopes he would stay in combat and not restore Magicka, I've attempted not to use the Talisman, and this seems to be the only solution that works.
Thanks a lot. Worked for me :-*Willkommen Dämmerung die du einleitest die Dunkle Nacht.
Verbreitend, deinen Charme.
Umhüllst ein Jeden in diesem;
Dunkelheit.
In deiner Vollkommenheit sehe ich deine Seele,
sehe ich dein Sein.
Lichtlosigkeit die in mich eindringt;
herrschend,
schützend,
erdrückend,
sanft.
Willkommen dunkle Nacht, ich akzeptiere dich.0 -
makosdv✭Night blade
-Poison Injection I
-Swallow Soul I
-Soul trap IV
-normal Bow attacks
I was kiting him and using the talisman when possible. I've killed him twice but still can't do the "Contain Balreth's Spirit" part.0 -
Kujako✭
Done this several times, no good.ZOS_AmeliaR wrote: »We've identified a possible workaround for this. If you don't mind, please try the following and let us know if this solves the issue:- Leave the instance via Wayshrine
- Wait 10 or more minutes
- Return and attempt to complete the event
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Kujako✭CONFIRMED SOLUTION:
It is confirmed the cause is the NPC getting out of combat. To get the NPC back into combat, get Balreth low, die, port out of the portal at the entrance, port back in and the NPC should be tanking Balreth or attacking him. At this point you need to kill him rather quickly spamming anything you have to kill him before the NPC stops attacking again.
I've attempted to not cast Magicka spells in hopes he would stay in combat and not restore Magicka, I've attempted not to use the Talisman, and this seems to be the only solution that works.
Not seeing any way I can reasonably do this. It is a hard fight for me at my level, class and spec. Trying to time it perfectly simply renders the quest unmanageable unless I wait till I out level it.0 -
Seroczynski✭✭✭Killed Balreth for the second time today, this time it worked. Probably a bit based on luck wether you get it or not.
I had to use a Wayshrine to get out but completed the quest.“To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.” ― Homer J. Simpson0 -
NightbladeZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »Hey guys. Could you please confirm which quest step you're currently on? It should say "Contain Balreth's Spirit." If you still see "Defeat Balreth," then you may not have gotten credit for killing him. Also, we'd love to get the following information from you so we can work on investigating:- What class were you playing?
- What abilities were you using?
- What was your strategy for defeating Balreth?
- Any specific details about how you fought him, or anything that seemed odd during the fight?
Death Stroke, assasins blade, teleport strike, basic auto attacks
Just went at him, stunned him before he got into pools
I died once, and respawned in the wayshrine in the zone. Then attacked him again. After the fight, a blue light went to the place where the marker was on my compass, but nothing happens when I go there.
Edited by Nicharathas on March 31, 2014 8:45PM0 -
makosdv✭finally got it to work... kept porting in and out to keep the npc attacking.. just a PITA.0
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Elhim✭I ultimately did this 11 times before it worked. 8 times solo, 1 with 2 people, 1 with 4 people, and 1 with three people that finally advanced.
I am playing Sorc; I used a summoned clanfear, lightning, sometimes soul trap or the daedric curse, and a lot of hitting. I did use the talisman whenever possible. My strategy didn't change much when in groups, but the speed of killing did. It looked to me like the NPC had stopped fighting during the final run, but I can't confirm that definitively. During the solo runs, logging in and out, quitting the game for a while, going and doing other things for an extended period of time -- all had no effect.
Once we got past that step, the portal out had disappeared, so we teleported out using wayshrines. It seems like the phasing for this quest is off -- things disappear at the wrong stages.0 -
Casdha✭✭✭✭✭
✭I tried this quest for 2 hours last night and again when I got home today. The only thing I can add to this that I haven't seen is that I tried to get in front of the light that goes from Balreth's body over to the area where the marker shows up (I was trying to beat it there) I got to the point to where the light goes before it did and my character reacted as if I had been hit by the light (what I assume is suppose to become the spirit). Could the game be mixing objects here??Proud member of the Psijic Order - The first wave - The 0.016%0 -
Confirmed unless npc is attacking you the quest will bug out just worked for me had to port in and out until he was attacking and and just dpsed the boss down.Edited by iQuitGamerscore on March 31, 2014 10:16PM0
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BrielsoSoul ShrivenConfirmed also, keep the NPC in combat attacking him. Do significant damage to him, leave the instance, come back while he's low, the NPC will start re-attacking him, finish Balreth off before the NPC stops attacking him.
You probably have to kill him before he enters the lava after you re-enter the instance so be quick!0 -
yotz.mivonks_ESOSoul ShrivenROFL, so I went to that trouble to make sure the NPC was attacking at the end, and then it told me to leave Ash Mountain but I couldn't. The "Go here, through this door/portal." mark was just floating in the air over nothing. Death did not work, had to pay to wayshrine out.0
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Casdha✭✭✭✭✭
✭Make that a third, if NPC is fighting when he dies then it will work but the way out does not appear.Proud member of the Psijic Order - The first wave - The 0.016%0 -
substancexdSoul Shriven
^ i did this after i read it and it worked for me, get him low let him run to lava then leave then re-enter and finish him and it worked for meWell, I managed to somehow outbug the bug and exit instance when Balreth was healing himself, but when I reentered, he was still low on health, so I quickly killed him before the NPC bugged out again.
... and now the new exit portal failed to spawn. Have to use wayshrine to leave zone.
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Poxs✭Developer's, this sounds like a DATABASE conflict. The database does not get updated properly where the MOB is flagged as DEAD for that char's data entry but the chain-quest is not updated to enable the follow-on.
This would make the MOB invisible/not present and leave the quest marker on the non-existent mob.
So, again, put in a means where the quest can be reset for the current quest in the chain. They would have to repeat the killing of the Mob but at least the quest would then be doable. By reset, I do NOT mean abandoning the quest and accepting it again because that may not clear the DATABASE entries!!!
That would give your developers time to FIX the quest. Because these bugs have been around since at least three beta tests and the developer's have yet to find the problem.0 -
atwon23✭✭✭I beat him and was unable to contain his spirit. so I abandoned then retried the quest. problem is everytime I enter the instance he is already dead and there is no body0
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Sarmoung✭✭Seroczynski wrote: »Killed Balreth for the second time today, this time it worked. Probably a bit based on luck wether you get it or not. I had to use a Wayshrine to get out but completed the quest.
I sure hope the developers won't use luck to fix this.
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