PTS Update 48 - Bug Reports for the Writhing Fortress

ZOS_Kevin · September 17

Please report any issues you run into while testing the Writhing Fortress in this thread. In general, we prefer you to use /bug in-game but if you’d rather submit a report here, please give us as much information as possible, including screenshots and/or video if applicable. Thank you!

Margravigne · September 18

If this is supposed to be a Wayshrine (even a respawn point one we can't activate for travel) shouldn't there be blue flames in the brazier?

Margravigne · September 19

For the West:
The quest markers remain over the Barrels even after we've grabbed a backpack of Spare Parts, rather than moving to the available Broken Ballista to prompt us to repair one:

(It would be easier for people to know what to do if the markers updated from Barrel to Broken Ballista to Repaired Ballista / Barrels again, always indicating available Repaired Ballista as well as either Barrels of Spare Parts or Broken Ballista depending on whether we're carrying Spare Parts at the time or not.)

The first Barrier, where Azah is met, does not have a progress bar:

EDIT: There's a pylon near Skordo's platform (3rd barrier) which cannot be targeted except at the very base or very top, the crosshair will simply jump away and cannot be aligned over most of it. It's this one, right next to the gate to the Infernium:

For the East:
His frost breath will sometimes cut straight through the shield, or at least its animation looks to be, and something will kill me when that happens, so it probably is him.

For the Titan:
I had the barrels despawn as I approached them on one attempt - didn't reoccur, but it was every barrel I ran towards, until the fight reset.
He's resetting if we drop to only one person alive, it doesn't even take a full wipe to have to start over, is this intentional?

Margravigne · September 24

While handing this quest in on a template CP3600 alt who had done literally nothing else yet (created after the Patch v11.2.1 update), I was seeing double Mirmal, but I'm guessing one of him may be the questgiver for a 'skipped' quest from Part 1?
None of the other NPCs were affected, and when I asked someone (who had completed the first half of pt1 on their template) if they were seeing it, they said they weren't:

Margravigne · September 24

After destroying the second barrier in the Western approach, the quest marker is on the wrong Grapple Point, it should be on the one accross the chasm from you:

Margravigne · September 30

Not sure where to put this one, because it's a Rampart Camp issue, but Rolf Lead-Feet is a true misnomer - the guy appears to be levitating several inches above the ground as he goes through his sandboxing:

Spotted during PTS v11.2.2 on a copied alt.

Margravigne · September 30

And Liyam is doing some blacksmithing in mid-air instead of using the nearby anvil:

Margravigne · September 30

I don't remember seeing this during earlier PTS runs, but apparently the Archers' Towers at the South Siege Camp haven't been constructed yet, although that isn't stopping these soldiers from manning their positions during an attack:

I popped into Tarnur Mine briefly for the 'Crossing The Wall' delve, and came back out 5-10mins later to this:

The attack seems to be at exactly the same stage, so the towers may be a visual glitch the loading screen reset?

UPDATE: Exact same issue on a copied alt, mid-air archers when I first arrived.

Margravigne · October 1

Handful of us have cleared both sides, and are currently stuck being yelled at by Azah and Walks to 'destroy that warding stone' - we have:

We've killed everything, and there are no mobs respawning despite the barriers still being in place:

We can't flip the lever because it's still transparent, and so is the grapple point we need to reach Zysax.

And for some reason, the NPCs are all back at the central terrace, as well as scattered around the bugged area:

Margravigne · October 2

UPDATE: Logged back in six hours later to find the entire fortress fully reset. Wasn't sure if it had been resolved and completed or just glitched, so I spent the next two hours or so soloing my way to the two side bosses, (cleared up to the harvester, and most of the way to the bone colossus) switching between my copied alt and a template to keep things interesting.
Then while I was switching alt for the 4th/5th time, the whole encounter reset itself back to the start, so I'm going to go do something else and wait until this is fixed.
I've completed this fortress on four alts over the past few weeks, but even I have a limit as to what I'm willing to endure in here.

And yes, I know it isn't necessary to complete the Fortress in order to progress the questline into Eastern Solstice, I just wanted to recheck a few things.

Margravigne · October 2

Margravigne wrote: »

There's a pylon near Skordo's platform (3rd barrier) which cannot be targeted except at the very base or very top, the crosshair will simply jump away and cannot be aligned over most of it. It's this one, right next to the gate to the Infernium:

Here's a short clip of the 'skip' while attempting to target this pylon, it's far easier from the right ballista than from the left one, but still won't allow you to aim at the pylon's tower, only the crystal on top:

https://youtu.be/x_46NozFr14