The Departing

[Zenaide.3046]

I have tried too many times, and the mission is rather long and there's nothing to do in most of it - it's to the point where I would rather go mop the kitchen than face that story again :(

[SinisterSlay.6973]

> @"miffels.3184" said:

> Same issue - disconnected twice in the "I need your army, but I don't need you" line in the final dialogue with Joko. Man, this is frustrating.

 

It's important to run up to the portal as quick as possible after winning the boss fight, don't wait for the talk. The talk causes the game to crash.

[Bassanius.1408]

Same issue.

[Dark Sorcerer.6420]

**Arenanet needs to fix this issue. Obviously, since I see all these posts and it happened to me. I get to the end talk to Joki try to get to the portal or do not even make it to the portal on 2nd try game crashes. There has to be a fix Arenanet needs to fix this. This is annoying and making it so others cannot finish the stories.... ):**

[MordoTekniq.7689]

Same issue

[Ilic.4305]

Can't get past the fight with Balthazar. Done that battle 6 times so far today and it just crashes right when he is about to kill me. I've done all the troubleshooting that I have found and still can't get past that part. 2 years and this issue is still there with no perm fix?

[Popeyes.4132]

It's 2020 and issue is still there. Frustrating bc I already had to listen to everyone speak several times before realizing it was a bug I had to google. WHY HAVEN'T THEY FIXED THIS YET?

[Popeyes.4132]

after 5 attempts and troubleshooting what worked for me is running the game in 32 bit and lowering graphics

[zeldara.4127]

Still not fixed.

 

I just had the dc at balthazar twice and twice at the joko line "I don't need you." This instance, to add insult to injury is the longest tedious, most non fun instance ever. Way to long grindy annoying fights (2 of them), endless talking and bugs that needs you to do it all again. I don't think I can face a 3th time doing it all.... for the second time. My first character who done this way back had the same problem. Now i recall why I didn't want to finish the bloody story ever again. Which is a shame as story is the part I like best in the game. Also each try eats up all or a huge part of my available gametime.

 

[Ashantara.8731]

> @"zeldara.4127" said:

 

> I just had the dc at balthazar twice and twice at the joko line "I don't need you." This instance, to add insult to injury is the longest tedious, most non fun instance ever.

 

I think it's one of the best story missions in the game - but having to restart _all over_ due to disconnects is indeed intolerable.

[Will.4510]

I did the whole instance, talked to Joko he was planning my torture and seem to stop talking so I tried to run or jump in the portal of click F near it. nothing, after a minute, get the client lost connection to server T.T

[scorekeeper.6524]

This is still bugged. Please anet fix your game not your black lion skins!

[Pox.3296]

It's now 2021. I just heard from my brother that this issue STILL isn't fixed.

 

This should not be the responsibility of the players to troubleshoot, especially not after YEARS. Even a simple fix of semi-frequent checkpoints could vastly alleviate some of the frustration, as this is an arduously long episode.

 

Even after years this story and others like it are extremely relevant to progression; things like this should be among the top priority for developers to address. I'm trying to bring you clients, for crying out loud; work with me here!

[Jiminimokna.1270]

Holy Cow ArenaNet - its 2021 and this bug was reported in 2017 and you still haven't fixed it. Nice work.