Coldain Shawl War BUGGED?

[Maio]

Today we tried to do the Coldain Shawl War and after we killed the 3rd wave the General got stucked in a loop were he just went back and forth and didn't progress to the next wave.

The 'loop point' is at p1196, p3724, p149. We tried moving him to the next island and blur him, moving him forward, aggroing a giant on him, and he always gets stucked in that point. He just loops moving SW then turns in an about face and heads NE.

We petitioned but it was 11PM EST already so we doubt there were any GMs online since it was weekend. Went to chat and /tell'ed a GM for help and well, he told me to /petition. <3 Auto-Responses.

This is so frustrating, especially after Prexus crashed and we got rolled back, then the server went down again.

Update: after trying everything for 3 hours we finally got him to the right path. I just sitted in front of him and got him "stucked" to a point where he had to "jump" me over.. when he did that he got to the right path. So there you have it, if you get this bug you should know what to do.

[Ilona]

I did the shawl on Thursday and the General got stuck like this twice.

Aggro'ing and moving back or forwards didn't work, but "crowding" him did.

This is definately a new bug, as I have been on this walk many times in the past and not seen it. Any chance you could mention this in your write-up, Verdandi?

[Verdandi]

Well, right now the site is frozen so I can't add it to the guide. I'll sticky this though, to help spread the word. Everyone who has experienced it should also submit a /bug with every single detail possible, until it gets fixed.

[Cenzo]

I did the "walk the dorf" today and had this problem. We tried everything to get him to move. We were about to give up when i joined the serverwide.eqtraders and a few people in there gave me the answer. I dont remember their names but they are very much appreciated.

What a headache it was.

[Jascenta]

I did my 8th shawl last night. After he climbs the hill past the first water mass you cross he starts to path back and forth. I tried running him to his next war I tried to run him back before he crosses the water. It does not work.

What did work was this:
1-2 people get illusion troll or if you are fortunate enough to have troll friends bring them along for this part. When he gets stuck walk up behind him and slowly scoot up until all he is doing is turning in circles. With the second person, have him/her stand as close as possible to you.

What eventually happens is he pops out of that loop and continues on his way.

[Hibashira]

We did the walk earlier today. Same thing. We had the monk aggro and drag him away from the spot in different direction, monk FD, he walked back to the stuck point and stayed stuck. What we ended up doing was to drag him all the way to the next wave point, that worked nicely. Walk completed.

Oh, and the first time he got stuck, while we were deciding what to do, he actually warped back to the starting point near EW. We had to run back to re-escort him through the roamers.

[merlhohn]

stuck general

Just finished my shawl last night. During the walk, the general got stuck. We crowded him and he finally broke free. Really glad i saw this sticky. Thanks.

[Bedalin]

i will do my war tonight, what "crowded" means???

do you think this bug come from the last patch(the 13 june)? because on the sebilis server this patch has not been patched so maybe the bug is not here

thx

[Ilona]

i will do my war tonight, what "crowded" means???

do you think this bug come from the last patch(the 13 june)? because on the sebilis server this patch has not been patched so maybe the bug is not here

thx

"Crowding" is just getting some people to stand almost on top of him.

I originally found out how to get him to move because I wanted to get the exact /loc that he got stuck at... but yes, it is as he comes out of the water, before he passes ToFS. For me, he also got stuck AFTER the last battle. Crowding him then got him "unstuck" too.

I don't know if this is from the last patch or not, but it is likely (two weeks earlier, this problem did not exist)

[Tinile]

I've seen him stuck recently as well. Aggroing him and moving him out of his stuck spot and then mem blur works as well.

[Ilona]

I've seen him stuck recently as well. Aggroing him and moving him out of his stuck spot and then mem blur works as well.

We tried this, moving him both forwards and backwards on his journey, by either a little or a lot... we had to use Atone as there were no enchanters, but essentially it's the same. It didn't work (for us)

[Gundark Viresdator]

Yep, buggered. But not impossible

I completed my own shawl on Xev tonight (June 20) with the help of my guild, and some good friends. The General as with others got STUCK between fights 3 and 4. Our monk and chanter did the tag, Feign death, memblur thing several times. Once they drug him all the way across the island back to where he came from. Keep at it... don't give up. He's pretty stupid, and needs to be slapped around some by your monkey. *EVENTUALLY* he finally figured it out .

I did petition, and gave some details. The response came a mere two hours later. :roll:

He got stuck again, after the final battle, but before the gomes. Ke wandered around in a little loop for a much shorter time. Again, he figured it out and worked his way to the camp and all was well However, we as a raiding party gave the General a field demotion to the rank of Colonel after the first bug, and Major after the second.

ANOTHER WEIRD BUG I've seen-- I was on a pickup shawl walk, to see what it's like, and a duplicate General spawned, complete with a duplicate wave of attackers at each stop. We eventually wiped at the third fight. I have no idea if the quester ever got a response to her petition, or her shawl. All I know is, it was UGLY. Anyone else seen Duplicate Generals?

I just want to thank Verdandi and all of EQTraders information on the OUSTANDING write up on the shawl quest. I think we can all agree it is spectacular. How it was ever solved in the first place blows my mind!

[Kashale]

Does anyone know if the General's pathing bug has been fixed or not. I am ready to do my walk but don't want to deal with the added aggravation of trying to get him on his way again. I've read about crowding him but I would rather wait till I know this is fixed.

Thanks.

[Kahooli]

shawl war

I did shawl war about a week ago for my buddy and the pathing was not fixed. Took us about 1.5 to 2 hours to finish the war. General got stuck in 3 different places, all around ToFS. We tried numerous times pulling him back on his path and mem blurring, but none of it seemed to work, just kept pathing back to his stuck spot.

If you do attempt the war, you can most likely complete it, as the general seems to get back on his path on his own, it just may take a while

[Kashale]

This kind of stuff is what is so frustrating. You work for darn near a year getting ready to get this awesome item and then right before you are ready to do the final war they break it. I refuse to risk having an unpleasant outcome in this fight due to the bug so here I sit waiting for SOE to fix the darn thing.

/vent off