Common Causes - Ghost Stories

nilator

I finished defeating Charthaxis & Grave Swapping. I was going to do Ghost Stories. Which is under Common Causes as the active Quest. But I cannot. The star trail keeps wanting me to go back to Harper Windle. I already got credit for the other 2 quest. They are grayed out. The only other option is Goodbye. I quit the game an restarted it. No help. Are you guys aware of this?

sprawlfx

It's happened to me many times. No idea why. I just had to drop it and hope for next time. But the issue if I recall, is that you get the GS quest in PE.. but there is some delay.. sometimes I have been able to go back and get it and sometimes I just had to wait a few seconds for it to appear. Anyway, it is bugged, and I hope they fix it soon.

I reported it the first two or three times it happened (because it happened differently each time, and the system isn't smart enough to allow you to update your reports.)

My memory is a bit foggy on this because it got so frustrating, I haven't even tried to do it lately.

nilator

Thank you Sprawlfx for the reply. I went back to Harper Boward at the PE and it was there this time. I will remember about the delay for next time. It was a pretty big delay. Thanks again.

lewstelamon01

For the record, the entry point for Ghost Stories is at Soldier's Memorial. The quest is issued by Harper Boward at PE, not Windle.

grindtoof

lewstelamon01 wrote: »

For the record, the entry point for Ghost Stories is at Soldier's Memorial. The quest is issued by Harper Boward at PE, not Windle.

For the record, what OP described is part of the bug, as I am experiencing the same phenom in a different zone:

I am having the same issue with the 'common cause' quest; different zone so I will post in this thread as perhaps the issue is related to common cause and not the chain quests or locations (as those can change).

I received common cause from Harper Boward for Ebon Downs. I had to kill the dragon, perform Barrow Demolition, and lastly Barrow Guardians. I was able to complete two of the three; I cannot trigger Barrow Guardians. When activate the quest path for the common cause quest, it leads me to Acolyte Heiron (AH). Similar to your experience in the graveyard, AH only conversation option is 'goodbye', with his two repeatable quests grayed out.

It sounds like work around is to abandon quest?

grindtoof

nilator wrote: »

I finished defeating Charthaxis & Grave Swapping. I was going to do Ghost Stories. Which is under Common Causes as the active Quest. But I cannot. The star trail keeps wanting me to go back to Harper Windle. I already got credit for the other 2 quest. They are grayed out. The only other option is Goodbye. I quit the game an restarted it. No help. Are you guys aware of this?

I think I found the answer to our issue:
http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?745081-Common-Cause-quot-Remnants-of-the-Past-quot-incomplete-dragon-quest&p=8853211&viewfull=1#post8853211


Have to finish common cause the same day you accept it, as, the quests in each unique dragon zone change daily...FOR THE RECORD lawl.

darkstarcrash

You cannot complete the lair for Common Cause unless you take the separate lair quest from the appropriate NPC in Protector's Enclave. There is always a slight delay, so look at where the Common Cause quest takes you and talk to the NPC who belongs to that area. In the case of the graveyard, either close Harper Broward's dialogue window then click on her again when the quest symbol pops up on her again, or just hang on a second to see if Ghost Stories pops up.

It is done this way because sub-60s do not run the lair, so it has to be a separate quest.

beckylunatic

When you pick up Common Cause, it takes a moment for the lair to spawn on the appropriate quest-giver.

Boward for Ghost Stories, Theraclast for Barrow, etc. The game is running checks to see which Cause you have active and whether you're level 60. It's not a bug, just a slight delay while it checks.

If you run off to another zone without picking up the lair, the entrance will not be active.

If you party up with someone else and enter anyway, Common Cause will resolve and you'll get no chest. You will not be able to pick up the lair to run it again because it is no longer active in your Cause.

And yes, the daily non-dragon quests that are also part of Common Cause are not the same every day, so you can't pick up a Cause and expect to be able to finish it the next day, if you didn't get the right quest. Neverdeath and Icespire are easiest to grab quests to bank for completion another day, since you don't have to travel so far to get them. All the others, by the time you're there, you might as well just do it.