Character Issues (Bugs); my experience with it

Hey. I'm new to the Forum here. I'm a regular over at GameFAQs.
I'm sorry for the "book" I'm about to write. It's my experience with some of the DH:A character bugs/glitches. Maybe it can provide some insight for others who might be dealing with these issues. At least until Gameloft provides a patch/update.

I've posted this over at GameFAQs and Gameloft and I'll leave the links here just as reference
GameFAQs: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/624508-dungeon-hunter-alliance/58904699
Gameloft: http://forum.gameloft.com/index.php/topic,12977.0.html

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on: April 25, 2011, 02:21:03 PM ball4376 wrote

To Whom It May Concern,

I understand Gameloft is working on an update/patch to fix these issues, but I wanted to share my experiences in case it might help the Team(s) working to resolve it.

I have a level 64 Mage who is stuck in Skyburg on Legend Mode. I also have a level 75 Warrior and a level 75 Rogue. I have tried everything I can think of to get my Mage out of Skyburg using my other characters, but it just won't work unless I can get him to see the Act 6 - The Stone Bridge quest. PSN is still undergoing "maintenance", so I figured I'd just start over with a new character.

I started another Mage, but my plan was squashed by yet another glitch in the game - I get to Act 12 with my new Mage, beat the Dark Queen and finish Hero mode. When I get back to the main menu (after the credits roll) and select Legend mode, the game starts me off in Thamos Village with an empty quest log. All the gates are closed in Thamos Village, none of the NPC's have any quests available and when I try to get back to the Royal Tomb through the Dead Pit, I find the bridge is out leading back to it. I can only get as far as the Goblin King's gate, but the gate will not open because I don't have the quest to trigger it (the Creamator wasn't there on the way either).

I've had so many issues with characters getting stuck - black screens, white screens, blank maps, no quests, behind walls, behind gates, in lava, etc etc. I've noticed there are different versions of some maps that may be contributing to some of these issues. For instance, porting from the Ritual Room to Howling Woods can start you out in the North part of Howling Woods where you have to make your way South-ish to the Skyburg gates OR it can start you out in the South where you have to make your way North-ish to the Skyburg gates. My Mage on Hero mode started in the North of Howling Woods and on Legend mode he started out in the South. At one point when I was trying to get him unstuck (from Skyburg) I saved his Hero mode in Howling Woods and this caused his Hero mode to be stuck behind the gates in Howling Woods. I could get him unstuck from his Hero mode by adding him as Player 2 and defeating any of the Gothicus Gates bosses with my level 75 Warrior or Rogue on Hero mode.

I was hoping to get my new Mage up to the point where my first Mage is stuck in Skyburg so that I could add my Skyburg Mage as Player 2 right when my new Mage entered the area and they would both do Act 6 - The Stone Bridge together. Then I could save in a new map to hopefully fix the issue, but it looks like I'll just be waiting patiently until PSN is back up and I can find an online group that is in Skyburg on Legend mode...

I ended up making a new Rogue character and completed Hero mode with him and guess what...the game started me off in the Goblin's Lair (reversed map layout) with no quests in my quest log. So now he is stuck in the beginning section of the Thamos Village area, too.
I was going to use this new Rogue's Act 1 - The Awakening (Legend) quest by adding it to my new Mage's quest log through local co-op so that I could work my way toward Skyburg to save my original Mage in the same way.

Because of the similar issues I had making a second Mage and a second Rogue, I'm beginning to wonder if the game is (unknowingly) programmed to only allow one of each character class to progress into Legend mode.


on: April 25, 2011, 11:37:18 PM ball4376 wrote:

Just updating that I have successfully unlocked my Mage from the grey Skyburg save without having to use an online group. Unfortunately, I cannot provide clearly defined instructions on how to do this, as there was a lot of randomness involved, but Jeremo Market was the key.

Sometimes when you teleport to Jeremo Market there will be two (2) quests available even if you've already done them. Those quests are "Act 7-The Corrupted Lord" and "Find The Book". They will show up on the minimap as the usual light blue exclamation points. I was able to add my Skyburg Mage as Player 2 by letting Controller 2 time out (Sony Wireless Controller).

I went ahead and did both the Jeremo Market quests and teleported back to Skyburg where I was able to complete both of the Act 6-The Stone Bridge quests (Skyburg and Stone Bridge). When I made it back to Jeremo Market, I headed for Jeremo Slums, saved my game and returned to the main menu. My Legend mode Mage displayed "Jeremo Slums" at the character selection screen and when I loaded the file, sure enough, he was finally out of Skyburg.

A few things:
The map stuck/white/black bug can be fixed by both multiplayer and if you start a game with another character and then use controller 2 to call in your stuck player. After it saves, your character should be unlocked.

Character stuck at a location further than the current quest has happened before while in multiplayer and switching back to solo. I had to run back, however the teleporters will work even if your solo character did not unlock the right ones.

New game (goblin lair): Sorry i have not encountered that one. But I do have 2 rogues on legendary (deleted the other after I decide to keep the first for trophies) But it is possible to have more than 1 character (same class) on legendary.

"if you start a game with another character and then use controller 2 to call in your stuck player. After it saves, your character should be unlocked."
This is tricky to do especially if the player gets stuck in Legend mode. The majority of the time I seemed to get this message when you log in with Controller 2:
"The host's current game progression does not match the progress of (character). No quest updates will be saved." The game would automatically log me in with my stuck character's Hero mode leaving his Legend mode stuck as stuck can be. I can usually tell when this happens by looking at the quest log for all the completed Hero mode quests.

"Character stuck at a location further than the current quest has happened before while in multiplayer and switching back to solo. I had to run back, however the teleporters will work even if your solo character did not unlock the right ones."
I was stuck behind a gate in Howling Woods where there was no teleporter and I currently have two bugged characters who can only travel between Thamos Village and Jeremo Market. These glitches have had me pulling out my hair trying to work in different combinations between five characters to where I dont get the "host's current game" message and can follow someone through to a new area. If PSN was up it wouldn't be an issue, but I guess it's sort of like a game within a game messing around with their glitches right now...or something like that.

It's good to know that you can have more than one of the same character class get through Legendary. I just found it very odd that I would have two characters in a row that could not begin Legend mode.

you are going to need players on the same quest as you for it to work. though...i just wait for psn to get back up.

Even when the other players are past my quest the teleporters still register. for example: I was at skyburg for heroic and joined a game that was @ the forge. They walked back to the market and we used the teleporter. When i got onto solo mode I was able to take the Jeremo teleporter to skyburg.

Here's an update from the Gameloft Forums from one of their employees after I reported my situation.

« on: April 26, 2011 at 07:13:34 AM »Nik wrote
Hi their! Thanks for your detailed information. Unfortunately we know that this problem exists and we are working to fix it.
Thanks for sharing about your temporary solution. Just in case I will repeat the solution we are offering our customers - join an online game, save your progress and go back to your character.
Can you please tell us your game version?
To get the version’s number please:
* Get on DHA icon in XMB menu
* Press TRIANGLE
* Go to INFORMATION
* Press X
* Version’s number is displayed at the bottom.
Besides,were you playing online with your mage and rogue which then got stuck?
Thanks in advance! We are looking forward to your answer.

This was my response:
on: April 26, 2011 at 09:59:52 PM »ball4376 wrote
Hi Nik,

My DHA version number is 1.02.
I was not playing online with my mage and rogue who are stuck in Thamos Village (Legend mode). I created them after PSN went down.

I just now realized that what you referred to as my "temporary solution" was actually another part of this glitch/bug.
I added my level 40 Mage, who was stuck in Thamos Village on Legend mode, as Player 2 to my level 75 (Rogue) character's game. Since my 40 Mage had no quests in his quest log it also cleared the Rogues quest log. I used my Rogue, who can obviously use Teleporters, to teleport to Jeremo Market. As soon as we arrived, all quests were available since the game did not see them in our quest logs.

I immediately saved my game to focus on whether or not my level 40 Mage was somewhat saved from his doom. So I logged both characters out and then re-logged the level 40 Mage in Legend mode as Player 1. He was still in Jeremo Market. This is good so far.

Now I wanted to focus on clearing the bad save file for my Mage who is stuck in Skyburg. I logged in my Skyburg Mage as Player 2. My level 40 Mage still has no quests in his quest log and this also cleared the Skyburg Mage's quest log. We accepted "Act 7-The Corrupted Lord" and "Find The Book" in Jeremo Market, played through the quests to fully complete them, saved my game and logged both characters out. I re-logged my Mage (who was stuck in Skyburg) as Player 1 on Legend mode to happily find him in Jeremo Market. He was no longer stuck in Skyburg.
Furthermore, I was able to teleport back to Skyburg to trigger all of Act 6-The Stone Bridge for my now unstuck Mage.

One thing about the no quests in the quest log thing - no matter what I did with any combination of characters, I could not trigger any quests in Thamos Village, so I am patiently waiting for PSN to get up and running again to find someone on Act 1-The Awakening (Legend mode).

Hopefully PSN is back up soon. Now I got my warrior stuck lol. Warrior stuck by jeremo gate and my rouge stuck somewhere in the royal throne haha