Why is God of Schemes still bugged after 1 year? 2 week update edit 22.7

Osiinin · July 2015

Updated, tl:dr still not working after being told it was fixed, full update post below.

Original Post:

So I am on the last stage of the main quest line, but can't speak to the survivors as the quest wants me to. I googled it to find out whats going on and find out this is a bug that has been around for over 1 year. Yes, there are forums posts on this from June 2014.

Not being able to finish this quests stops me moving to the other zones to start my VR questing. Yes, I have tried the log out and in, as suggested in other posts and nothing changes. (this happened yesterday so I have been logged out all night ( I am in Australia)).

Yes some bugs are frustrating, but this stops me entering the other 2 thirds of the story parts of the game, seems like a pretty big bug to have been around for over a year

Azalin76 · July 2015

I have gone through that quest about 10 times in the past year (have a hard time deciding what class I want to play because they keep changing everything) and never had a problem with it. Some of those were on pc and some on ps4 NA server. I'm wondering if it has something to do within your account or the game download. Have you tried doing a fresh install?

Osiinin · July 2015

yeah right, hadn't thought of that.

I am on PS4, I am not sure how to re intall to be honest. If if means having to re download the two 15G patches I am not overly keen though. Thanks for the advice

I am not going to try and pretend I understand coding / programing, but seriously, seems like a pretty bad bug thats lasted over a year which is frustrating.

Enodoc · July 2015

It hasn't actually lasted for over a year; it was an issue in June 2014, and is an issue again now. In between, it was working fine. Sometimes old bugs resurface if a bit of seemingly-unrelated code is changed.

Cameron_Star · July 2015

I finished it last week, didn't even know it was bugged

Vis · July 2015

Osiinin wrote: »

So I am on the last stage of the main quest line, but can't speak to the survivors as the quest wants me to.

P3ZZL3 · July 2015

Not sure if this helps, but I had this problem at the weekend on PC/EU for "Two moon Path" where the NPC I needed to speak to wasn't where they should be - or at least - where the map market had them.

After running around countless times and re-logging and re-booting the problem was still there and the NPC Wasn't.

In the end, I Abandoned the quest and re-did it. Ran through it fine the second time.

Bit of a pain, but might help?

Vis · July 2015

Yup, having a dev let you abandon the quest is your best bet. Who knows, you may get to sacrifice a second member of the Council.

P3ZZL3 · July 2015

Not sure if you even need the Dev? I just selected "abandon quest" ?

Enodoc · July 2015

P3ZZL3 wrote: »

Not sure if you even need the Dev? I just selected "abandon quest" ?

You can't abandon the Main Quest.

P3ZZL3 · July 2015

Ahhh, ok.

Osiinin · July 2015

Thanks for the help above, but still doesn't fix it and as mentioned can't abandon that quest.

Why is this still a problem!

Osiinin · July 2015

Of this hasn't lasted a year and just popped up again, why is it taking so long to fix again? And I don't just mean my game, their are other posts about this that pre date my recently

SirAndy · July 2015

Enodoc wrote: »

It hasn't actually lasted for over a year; it was an issue in June 2014, and is an issue again now. In between, it was working fine. Sometimes old bugs resurface if a bit of seemingly-unrelated code is changed.

From what i have seen in regards of bugs after the console launch i'm convinced that ZOS forked the source code over a year ago and you guys are now seeing all the bugs we used to have on the PC.

It would appear that none of the PC bug fixes ever made it into the console code branches.

Osiinin · July 2015

Just over 2 weeks ago I put my ticket in for this, yes, the replies I got from TESO were quick which was great, and we went back and forth for a few emails.

The first told me to log out and log in, the 2nd told to wait, the 3rd told me to wait, the 4th is below.

I did mention and request my quest be abandoned so I could retake it as others have suggested that this is a work around.

Correct me if I am wrong but the below email suggests its fixed. I just logged on, then logged out again for over 15 minutes and nothing.

I am sorry but this is ridiculous! For 2 weeks now, I have not been able to access 2/3 of the story content of the game.

I am out, I am done, yes I have just become one of those people. But I guess its fine, they win, I paid for the game and one month ESO plus, so the loser is me.

Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:39:15 -0400
Subject: Customer Service Ticket [Incident: 150707-007219]

Response By Email (Chris) (07/13/2015 05:39 PM)
Greetings,

We are aware that some players have encountered a bug with this quest in which the event freezes midway and prevents players from completing it.
We understand that this is not a minor issue and that God of Schemes is key to progression and the culmination of the main story.
Thanks in part to the players who filed bug reports about this issue, we have developed and applied a fix that should now make this quest possible.
If you log out of your affected character for 15 minutes to let the event reset and then try it again, it should progress for you.
If you are playing on PC or MAC, please do report any other issues you run into with the /bug command, as reports from our players really speed up our investigations and help us find fixes. We really appreciate both the patience you have shown while this was resolved, and that you took the time to report it. Thank you for your continued interest and support!

Warm Regards,
Chris
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited Team

Enodoc · July 2015

Just to be sure, make sure you log out from outside the Harborage, as the event may not reset if you are still in it. If that doesn't work, it would be worth replying to the email to tell them it's not fixed for you, as they would need to know and there may still be more they can do.

Osiinin · July 2015

Thanks @Enodoc appreciate your reply.

I did try that after the 'fix' and unfortunately it didn't work for me.

Yes I did reply to their email saying it isn't working and this was the reply:

"Greetings!
Thank you for contacting The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited Team.

First of all I would like to apologize once again, because we are aware of having an open issue with this quest, which has not been fixed yet.

In the meantime, please keep questing in your unlocked alliance zones and return to try it again later.

Thank you for your patience and understanding!
Warm Regards,
Andrea
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited"

Which to be honest made me quite angry, being told to go back and quest in the low level zones. I have already traded the game in and deleted it from my playstation. Yes I am salty and yes I am disapointed because there are lots of things to like about this game.

Cheers for your help though mate.

CeeCee77 · November 2015

I'm actually quite SADDENED to see this thread. I'm having the SAME problem as Osiinin and getting basically the same response from ESO support. NO HELP!

I've played thru this quest to the ritual portion, where the companions are to reassemble, but they never reassemble. I'm tired of killing the same titans and harvesters, only to get stuck at this ritual site. The ONE time I finally got the companions to show up, the darn game crashed!

I'm done with all mage, fighters and main quest steps. I've logged off for days and retried the quest. I've gone out of the Harborage, out of the zone even, and tried grouping with other players to reset the instance, but nothing is working.

I get that there's game bugs and that they take time to fix, but as has been stated here. You can't abandon this quest to start over, it's REQUIRED for you to access the other 2/3s of the the game content, and it seems that NO ONE is coming up with a WORKABLE work around for this.

Are they trying to get people to quit playing their game?? It's not like this is some random side quest that gives minimal xp and/or reward.. this is a required step in the MAIN QUEST of your game!!

FelixTheCatt · November 2015

Why fix it when there's new content to focus on releasing? Only thing I can say is get used to it. Seems to be the norm in these here parts.

Why is God of Schemes still bugged after 1 year? *2 week update edit 22.7*

Why is God of Schemes still bugged after 1 year? 2 week update edit 22.7