U55.1 bug .. still can't talk to Oksi

[Bjond]

Oksi still won't chat to two of my characters: "Sorry, we're only looking for the best hunters to help our guild". This means one of the two Dread Isle story arcs can't be completed by those characters.

One common factor between those two characters is that they have low PL counts. One has zero PLs (1st life). The other has 3 PLs. The other is that both were L31 when first trying to talk to Oksi. One is now L32 and Oksi still demurs.

Someone else mentioned that using the teleport without running Hidden God might cause it. One character ran Hidden God first. The other did not. So, that's not the trigger.

The 3 other characters I have that could talk to and complete the story arc all have more PLs and also did a mix of porting first or entering via Hidden God.

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Whatever is causing him not to chat to some characters simply needs to be removed. If you're playing the game and clicking on him, he should chat and give you the story arc. There is no valid reason to put any kind of gating trigger on him for the story-arc chat.

[AlsoWondering]

Oksi still won't chat to two of my characters: "Sorry, we're only looking for the best hunters to help our guild". This means one of the two Dread Isle story arcs can't be completed by those characters.

One common factor between those two characters is that they have low PL counts. One has zero PLs (1st life). The other has 3 PLs. The other is that both were L31 when first trying to talk to Oksi. One is now L32 and Oksi still demurs.

Someone else mentioned that using the teleport without running Hidden God might cause it. One character ran Hidden God first. The other did not. So, that's not the trigger.

The 3 other characters I have that could talk to and complete the story arc all have more PLs and also did a mix of porting first or entering via Hidden God.

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Whatever is causing him not to chat to some characters simply needs to be removed. If you're playing the game and clicking on him, he should chat and give you the story arc. There is no valid reason to put any kind of gating trigger on him for the story-arc chat.

I had the same problem a few days ago, but after running all the quests I was able to talk with him and get the end reward.

[adamkatt]

I had the same problem a few days ago, but after running all the quests I was able to talk with him and get the end reward.

same here.

[Bjond]

I had the same problem a few days ago, but after running all the quests I was able to talk with him and get the end reward.

This did not work for either of my characters. I've run the full saga multiple times on one of them and he still can't talk to Oksi. Only ran it once on the other, but again still can't talk to Oksi.

This isn't just the complete story arc from Oksi, but the full complete saga, every quest handed in. Oksi simply refuses to speak to either of those characters.

I'm wondering if it's not some kind of favor issue. It's not an iconic issue. Both are iconic, but 2 of 3 on the ones that he will talk to are also iconics. The newer/failed characters have not unlocked HW via GK favor. They've probably done enough for Nyx's tome overall, but may not have unlocked Drow/WF. The 3 successes all unlocked Drow back when it was Drow and I'm pretty sure all 3 have unlocked HW, too.

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The real question is why is there a check of any kind on Oksi? The story arc is available at a very low level. You can't get there if you didn't buy the content. So, if you're there, he should talk to you no matter what, not check some hidden flag before deciding to talk or not.

[J1NG]

Just a shot in the dark, but did you get a share at any point for the quests?

J1NG

[Bjond]

Just a shot in the dark, but did you get a share at any point for the quests?

J1NG

I did NOT get a share on the most recent "failed chat" character. Hmm. I got a share that bounced off because I had the quest already. That happens a lot. But I did not accept one. I also shared quests out, too.

I suspect I did not accept a share on any of my characters, but I can't be sure of those. Asking for a share while people are fighting just seems rude to me. So, I try to avoid needing one.

However, I picked up the quests BEFORE talking to Oksi on the most recent character to fail chat. I don't recall if I talked to him before or after picking up his quests on the 3 characters he would talk to.

The most recent (failed) character also picked up Oksi's arc quests before picking up the other NPC's (who's name I have forgotten).

[ahpook]

I did NOT get a share on the most recent "failed chat" character. Hmm. I got a share that bounced off because I had the quest already. That happens a lot. But I did not accept one. I also shared quests out, too.

I suspect I did not accept a share on any of my characters, but I can't be sure of those. Asking for a share while people are fighting just seems rude to me. So, I try to avoid needing one.

However, I picked up the quests BEFORE talking to Oksi on the most recent character to fail chat. I don't recall if I talked to him before or after picking up his quests on the 3 characters he would talk to.

The most recent (failed) character also picked up Oksi's arc quests before picking up the other NPC's (who's name I have forgotten).

I also have a character with this problem and another without the problem. Only difference I can see is that one got the quest when level 29 and the one that cannot talk to Oksi was level 30+. I doubt that is the issue as it is too obvious.

[J1NG]

OK, thanks for confirming, I didn't want to start any player side testing of possible causes until I could eliminate more causes before I began testing so I don't retreat on old ground. Since you can only pick up the quests one time each life, and I don't have a spare Otto Box or time to fast level someone to reach those levels at the moment to repeat if it's an issue brought about by stuff done in a particular order.

I can confirm on my own Iconics (Including Tabaxi Trailblazer) with low Past Lives, that they did not have issues. As well as Iconics with many more. So this should eliminate that as a possibility for the issue.

There are sometimes dialogue choices that could break progression entirely as well. I've noticed this in various quests, so I'll try and break all dialogue along the way on my next test character I take through to Isle of Dread (sometimes it's very innocuous and players don't even realise they've done it). Actually is Lamannia still up? I might be able to sneak some tests over there rather than on Live, that'll save me some permutation of break tests on Live.

Back a bit later, hopefully with some info to help track the issue down. (Just hope Lam remains up a bit longer)

J1NG

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Preliminary test:
Getting the quest from the Harbor then porting to Isle of Dread, then speaking to everyone and then finally (the last person) Oksi, has him ignore me as others. So I think the issue might be getting quest and porting. Will try and confirm on another toon (running out of those, but thankfully on Lam).

OK just managed to repeat it. Process done was:

1. Grab quest from Harbor giver. Cancelled talk on first talk. Talked again, got to ask next page of dialogue, then cancelled. Then grabbed quest properly.
2. Ported over to Isle of Dread.
3. Tried to talk to Oksi, no problem, but left at first dialogue.
4. Grabbed quests Mira the Hawk and givers. Then the Saga givers, Heroic then Legendary. Then grabbed two quests from Oksi chain quest givers. Then grabbed rest of quests from the final chain group. Leaving Oksi last entirely to talk to.
5. Speak to Oksi, no want to talk anymore.

So there's something in that process that is causing the issue. But I have repeated it on two toons now.

Further tests will be done to see what dialogue order causes issue.

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Further test just now shows that if you talk to Mira (and Quamak and Akakan) first, Oksi will refuse to talk to you. Will try to narrow down which one is the buggy one.

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Eliminated Akakan. So either it's just Mira the Hawk being talked to first causes the problem, or Quamak then Mira. Note that these all followed the same initial process of talking to the Harbor quest giver first in the funny manner listed then ported over. Will see if I can get more tests in before Lam shuts down to narrow it down and if the other chain givers and saga givers causes problems. Be right back.

[J1NG]

OK, confirmed replication process, just tested on Lam right now.

1. Port to Isle of Dread with brand new character.
2. Speak to Mira the Hawk.
3. Oksi will no longer want to talk with you.

In process of testing if other Saga givers or chain givers at IoD causes same problem.

J1NG

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OK, fully tested. Getting any of the other quests first before to talking to Oksi will not break them. Only by talking to Mira of the Hawk first will Oksi no longer talk to you. So it's definitely something the Devs need to fix as it's not something fixable on player side.

:: Final edit ::

Since you can't abandon the chain, that's not an option. Hence the need for Devs to fix. Also the issue largely impacts those who port in, because the position and facing happens to be Mira of the Hawk first, and thus it's a trap for those porting players.

The "workaround" for players, is to basically talk to Oksi first. As any normal player would when they first arrive into the camp from the Southern entrance and up to the quest givers. Oksi is first there. Whilst the porting option places players in front of Mira and facing them instead. So spread the word, anyone porting into Isle of Dread (for now) NEEDS to speak to Oksi first, otherwise you won't be able to until the Devs fix it.

[Bjond]

Only by talking to Mira of the Hawk first will Oksi no longer talk to you

Great work on the testing!

That's some very serious NPC jealously there.