Story Arcs Starting Prematurely

I have had this happen 2 times. Once on each account.

The first one, I got the talk to Seer Marino mission. So I talked to her, and she offered me the Bloody Bay liazon, so I took the mission. I return and I get the book Icon even though I have not started the arc.

The other, was Dimitri Krylov. I did the first arc, I dropped the Facemaker notes mission. I never started the second arc, Spetznaz(sp) arc. But the book appeared.

Not long ago a patch was introduced that was suppose to keep this from happening.

And they also told us we're supposed to /bug it when it happens (or, heck, now we can tell Arbiter Kim!), cos it *IS* a bug.

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Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

I did /bug both times it happened. Also Tried Support but as usual they cannot do anything about it.

I just had it happen again with a new character. The Radio contact this time. I did the Plague Bringer missions, then I check to see if the Legacy Chain mission was next or if it was the Hit List Arc. It was the Hit List Arc, so I closed the window and went to Cap to start Paper mission for KR Mayhem.

I did a Hellion Paper mission and the went and did the Invention quest at the university. After I finished it I noticed the "Story Arc Book Icon" on the Radio Contact.

Can you say 4 times now, 2x on the same character, Now Marshal Brass as started a story arc prematurely...

It happened again Last night with Vince Dub... in Sharkhead. With the Surveyors Arc.

I've noticed for a long time. Just looking at the 1st mission of an arc gives the story book and you don't have to actually take the mission. I assumed that was working as intended. I've been using it to see if I've been offered the first mission yet.

The Seer Marino arc has been doing this forever. The others are new to me. It wouldn't be much of a problem if it didn't prevent you from starting arcs(especially Patron) later.

"Sorry bucko, but CoH and CoV are the same game." -BackAlleyBrawler
"Silly villain, CoX is for Heroes!" -Saicho

They fixed a bunch of arcs several issues back. Like I said above, and like they told us back then, if you get arcs that do this, /bug them. They're not supposed to.

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Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

Thank you for repeating yourself, Agge, though it really wasn't necessary.

All we're saying is that several of us didn't realize it was a bug, and thought it was WAI.

Now that we know it IS a bug, at least some of us will be more comfortable putting a report in for it.

HOWEVER, /bugging it does not relieve us of the books that are still in our contact list. And apparently, some folks have been less than successful when dealing with CS on this issue, so we are stuck with these arcs regardless.

As for me, I will be /bugging and /petitioning... hopefully someone will eventually catch a clue. In the meantime, posting our experiences here is also another way of getting the word out.