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Main Story Quest "Messages across Tamriel" Bugged!

  • Snit
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    Sarahyuki wrote: »
    Here is the thing if you complete the main quest in reapers march you get the quest that way and then it wont bug out.

    This proved true for me. Of course, it took four hours to complete the SW beacon for Motes in the Moonlight, but once that got done, everything went smoothly and Ayrenn gave me the Messages quest once the new Mane had been crowned.

    One oddity -- she tells you to go to Elden Root to meet Vanus. The quest text says meet Raz in Skywatch, but her voiceover says Elden Root. Indeed, Vanus is in ER and noninteractable. That caused some stress until I noticed the quest text, headed to Skywatch and was sent on my way to Stirk and Coldharbour.

    Thanks for posting, Sarahyuki. I made sure to complete them in the order you mentioned, and it worked.
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  • Milky
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    Snit wrote: »
    Sarahyuki wrote: »
    Here is the thing if you complete the main quest in reapers march you get the quest that way and then it wont bug out.

    This proved true for me. Of course, it took four hours to complete the SW beacon for Motes in the Moonlight, but once that got done, everything went smoothly and Ayrenn gave me the Messages quest once the new Mane had been crowned.

    One oddity -- she tells you to go to Elden Root to meet Vanus. The quest text says meet Raz in Skywatch, but her voiceover says Elden Root. Indeed, Vanus is in ER and noninteractable. That caused some stress until I noticed the quest text, headed to Skywatch and was sent on my way to Stirk and Coldharbour.

    Thanks for posting, Sarahyuki. I made sure to complete them in the order you mentioned, and it worked.

    I completed everything in reapers march, not fixed. All npcs said to talk to vanus in skywatch, raz was at the crowning. Vanus nowhere to be found in skywatch.
  • Sharon
    Sharon
    After my re-instant I still cannot talk to him. He sits there mute and agravating :(
  • Ametheus
    Ametheus
    Soul Shriven
    And now am VR1 and blocked from the game content -_-
  • Lawoos
    Lawoos
    Can someone from Zenimax respond here? What is up with this. Are you manually helping people? From the support tickets it doesn't seem like it. I assume we are getting compensation/days added. Haven't even progressed through half the game and we are blocked from going further. Watching friends progress without you.

    Please tell us what we are suppose to do to be able to progress. Telling us to patiently wait untill it's fixed, and without compensation is not okay at all.
  • GossiTheDog
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    They have responded to this multiple times. It's also on their main issue tracker, sticky'ed in this forum. It's also on my issue tracker: https://code.google.com/p/esobugtracker/issues/detail?id=4

    You need to be patient, it needs a client side patch. Make sure you have an email ticket logged - when it is fixed, please request gametime back. CSR can add gametime to your account to act as goodwill gesture.
  • iamgusi
    iamgusi
    guys, i figured it out... you need to jump from the pillar, adjacently left to the gate (as in, 90 degrees to the left, NOT directly at it) and then turn your mouse to it in the air. i got it first try using this method as it has a very long window where you are able to press the ''use'' button.

    so it's still a bug, but in essence only needs one death to rectify it :) enjoy the next stage!
  • Marcow
    Marcow
    Same boat guys !!
  • Sharon
    Sharon
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    /stuck does not help. @Shar0n666
    Edited by Sharon on April 17, 2014 8:21PM
  • Ametheus
    Ametheus
    Soul Shriven
    **The quest bug DOESN'T BLOCK you from veteran content**
    1-Go to coldharbour by teleporting to a party member or a guild member there
    2-Start by taking the "The Army of Meridia" quest, LOCATION bit.ly/Qs9Wl2
    3-Finish all the quests now, they are quite many. (to finish "The Army of Meridia" you 'll need to finish another quest you acquire through the process, leading you to another, after you finish it you'll have to finish all the other quests up to the last lvl 50 one
    4-When you finish all the quests you will acquire the lvl 50 Main Quest
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    Here you can see that i have the lvl 43 bugged + lvl 50 main quest

    p.s (The Final Assault) quest is also bugged, @iamgusi mentioned the fix above
  • Sharon
    Sharon
    Ametheus wrote: »
    **The quest bug DOESN'T BLOCK you from veteran content**
    1-Go to coldharbour by teleporting to a party member or a guild member there
    2-Start by taking the "The Army of Meridia" quest, LOCATION bit.ly/Qs9Wl2
    3-Finish all the quests now, they are quite many. (to finish "The Army of Meridia" you 'll need to finish another quest you acquire through the process, leading you to another, after you finish it you'll have to finish all the other quests up to the last lvl 50 one
    4-When you finish all the quests you will acquire the lvl 50 Main Quest
    1lwbk5thap0n.jpg
    Here you can see that i have the lvl 43 bugged + lvl 50 main quest

    p.s (The Final Assault) quest is also bugged, @iamgusi mentioned the fix above

    this would be great and gave me hope BUT now the Final assault is bugged and blocks your progress. God dam this game for being so awesome and yet so broken at the same time :(
  • simbacmeb16_ESO
    Same issue here...

    NPC doesn't spawn properly, and there is no indication on the map of where he is (or should be).

    Been everywhere and now not sure where I originally had to find him.

    Because it's the main storyline, the quest can't be reset.
  • Sharon
    Sharon
    OK after 2 hours of jumping and failing naked....I got through the final assult by grouping with a guildy... he was able to do the jump/exploit to work around the bug and then because he got through.... it unlocked the door for me to go through. I couldn't interact with any of the npcs that he could so i waited till he had got through the main part and came out the other side to get his reward and I traveled to player through group. It then unlocked the quest for me like i had done it. We then faced the end boss solo which for me bugged out again and spawned so many dragons I couldn't even see through them so i ran down the stairs and the adds bugged out and stayed up the top. I then kited the boss around the stair well and i killed him with 5minutes to spare before server downtime! PHEW!!! *wipes sweat from brow* I AM SO GLAD TO BE DONE WITH THIS BROKEN QUEST!!! they hopefully will fix this in this down time *fingers crossed* for those still stuck.
    Edited by Sharon on April 18, 2014 12:13PM
  • Djownage
    Djownage
    Its bugged once again. this time, you simply cant interact with him.
  • cricripetitb16_ESO
    all the workaround are sketchy. This should have been resolve LONG ago and way before this guild bank stacking thing
  • Bopy
    Bopy
    quest worked for me now, what about you guys? can someone else try?
  • AngryNord
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    Bopy wrote: »
    quest worked for me now

    ...because servers just got reset

  • joanjett
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    Well if this quest is not fix for me by next week i'm done.
    I'm level 47 now and really can't do much but craft and pvp.
    I want to finish this please!
    When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."
  • Bopy
    Bopy
    did you tried to interract NPC today? it worked for me!
  • cptkm
    cptkm
    Soul Shriven
    I am too totally progress blocked thanks to this quest, VR1 and cant level anymore thanks to this. Made many tickets about this, and still progress blocked.

    I expect game time refund from the 6 of April until they solve this.

    Makes me want to unsubscribe this game so much.
  • joanjett
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    Yup still broken.
    When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."
  • Bopy
    Bopy
    @cptkm and @joanjett you guys can avoid this quest and continue to progress..
    just invite a friend or find anyone in cold harbor and port to him... then go to mid bottom on the map and talk to codwell (or cadwell? NPC) this quest Message across tamriel leads to this NPC cadwell)
    Edited by Bopy on April 18, 2014 6:37PM
  • Nabren
    Nabren
    Still running into this issue, the NPC spawns when going to Ebonheart but you cannot talk to him to progress the quest.
  • Zythos
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    After patch and reset my quest still reads, "Talk to Vanus Galerion." He is no where to be found in Davon's Watch, Ebonheart or Mournhold. When pressing "Show on Map," it just shows Stirk, which I have no way to get to. I've gone to the spot in Mournhold that friends have told me he interacts with a NPC, but nothing is there.
    Dunmer Dragonknight - Wabbajack
  • Bodybuilding
    I been stuck on this quest for the past week, all i have to show for it is the generic reply sent by David. Hi, David. The sooner you can get this fixed the better. Thanks, and have a wonderful day.
  • castrodi
    castrodi
    Where Vanus Galerion stay in DC?
  • phan
    phan
    Stuck also .. vanus Galerien not reactable in Ebonheart
    (Messages across tamriel . Talk to Vanus Galerion)

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    i had already travelled to coldharbour mid-30 with a random travel to player and got a quest there.

    I couldnt find him at first so i went to Coldharbour and use the South Portal, ended up in Mournhold Fighters Guild .. no Vanus in sight .. Asking around a player told me he was seeing him (in his phase) at the Mages Guild ..

    After checking some threads i went to Ebonheart and he was there but not reactable.

    i abandoned the few quests i had in coldharbour before trying (from gatekeeper /and or Cadwell, cant remenber) .done all Guild quests and The Rift zone quests

    ... trying the language change ...

    [EDIT]

    Language Change DID WORK for me!

    i did change to French.. downloaded all (it may not be required)

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    Edited by phan on April 19, 2014 9:21PM
  • Zenira
    Zenira
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    Language change didn't work here
  • Twicebit
    Twicebit
    Same situation, I'm stuck.
  • infoub17_ESO22
    My character is also stuck on this quest (as is the case for many other quests) but unfortunately I cannot skip it. I am 50 now and stuck with nothing to do.

    I hope we get a refund for this down time. I'm sure they would cancel my game sub if I didn't pay, so I should get time back for when the game was unplayable, right? What do you guys think?
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