Jerba Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) I was very happy when I saw that you added new achievements related to the Gree event, and started on the "Junior Research Project" achievement, which can be completed outside of the event. Unfortunately, you have to kill 25 Bormu on Balmorra as part of the quest. The problem is that Bormu are only attackable by Imperial players. On the Republic side, they show up as green (friendly) NPCs. Unless I missed a Bormu that can be attacked, it seems like you need an Imperial character to complete the achievement and gain the "Gray Vertical" title, especially because there are no Republic-only NPCs required for the achievement. This gives Imperial players an unfair advantage. To fix this, please either: 1. Remove the Bormu on Balmorra requirement completely, or 2. Replace them by another creature on Balmorra or another planet attackable by both factions, or 3. Make the Bormu attackable by Republic players, or 4. Add a Republic-only species so you need both an Imperial and Republic character. Edit: This link perfectly illustrates the problem: All the Bormu at level 17-20 spawn on the Imperial instance on Balmorra and can be attacked (they are neutral, a.k.a. yellow NPCs), while the Republic Bormu (level 32-33) are friendly NPCs (green). Edited June 27, 2013 by Jerba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerba Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 MAJOR BUG: Achievement progress is lost when logging out I was able to complete the achievement yesterday by buying the pet on my Imperial character. But now, I have another problem: When I logged in today, all my progress was gone. It now once again shows up as 0/25. A warning to everyone who plans on completing the achievement: Do not waste the 3 hours it took me to complete it since it is bugged ATM. By the way, in the "Gray Vertical" achievement, the "Junior Research Project" shows up as completed. Screenshots: Yesterday, I completed the "Junior Research Project" achievement: http://i.imgur.com/JttNTIi.jpg Today, the achievement was reset but still shows up as completed under "Gray Vertical": http://i.imgur.com/iGEqU1r.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoUniverseBC Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I was very happy when I saw that you added new achievements related to the Gree event, and started on the "Junior Research Project" achievement, which can be completed outside of the event. Unfortunately, you have to kill 25 Bormu on Balmorra as part of the quest. The problem is that Bormu are only attackable by Imperial players. On the Republic side, they show up as green (friendly) NPCs. Unless I missed a Bormu that can be attacked, it seems like you need an Imperial character to complete the achievement and gain the "Gray Secant" title, especially because there are no Republic-only NPCs required for the achievement. This gives Imperial players an unfair advantage. To fix this, please either: 1. Remove the Bormu on Balmorra requirement completely, or 2. Replace them by another creature on Balmorra or another planet attackable by both factions, or 3. Make the Bormu attackable by Republic players, or 4. Add a Republic-only species so you need both an Imperial and Republic character. Edit: This link perfectly illustrates the problem: All the Bormu at level 17-20 spawn on the Imperial instance on Balmorra and can be attacked (they are neutral, a.k.a. yellow NPCs), while the Republic Bormu (level 32-33) are friendly NPCs (green). This sucks, I wanted to complete this achievement so badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustinDune Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Have the same problem. spent like an hour hunting on Alderran and now i got the Achievement taken away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhesus_TOR Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 In tandem with this thread, http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=654426, I can confirm that the Gree event achievement, Junior Research Project, resets all progress on the daily reset. Yesterday I had 25/25 Lraida (Alderaan) and today I have 0/0 Lraida (Alderaan). Fortunately, the achievement isn't that hard to do, but achievement chasers are going to be very frustrated to find they can't complete this, especially when this particular achievement looks to be made so it can be done outside the time when a Gree event would be active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerba Posted June 27, 2013 Author Share Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) Regarding the lost achievement progress, in-game CSR responded saying that * They are already aware of the problem and have forwarded all information to the relevant department. * This problem affects multiple players and they currently cannot manually fix the achievement for individual players. * Instead, they want to fix this problem with a future patch. So it looks like we just need to be patient on this one. The developers have a whole month until the Gree event returns, so I'm hoping it will be fixed by then. I hope they will see about changing the Bormu requirement as well. For the record, here is the list of duplicate threads regarding this bug: BUG: Achievement Junior Research Project loses ALL progress Moar buggy pos achievements Edited June 27, 2013 by Jerba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zohkar Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I completed this achievement about a hour before I went to sleep last night and when I logged in it had reset it self 100%. Took about 3 hours to find everything especially on Alderaan trying to find the Lraida creatures because they where spread out over a big distance. Wish I had known even if completed it would reset 100% because I would spent that time being more efficient on something else. This isn't the first bug that doesnt track or resets between stages and it won't be the last. Just wish to get 1 time events that can't be done agains to be given via customer support like I have seen other people have gotten. Example would be codex entrees on Alderaan or the foundry's last boss revan in hard mode not checking off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumperPrime Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 (edited) Nevermind, the pet despawned when I left my ship and I didn't notice Edited July 10, 2013 by JumperPrime I was mistaken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlrikFassbauer Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I was very happy when I saw that you added new achievements related to the Gree event, and started on the "Junior Research Project" achievement, which can be completed outside of the event. Unfortunately, you have to kill 25 Bormu on Balmorra as part of the quest. The problem is that Bormu are only attackable by Imperial players. On the Republic side, they show up as green (friendly) NPCs. Unless I missed a Bormu that can be attacked, it seems like you need an Imperial character to complete the achievement and gain the "Gray Vertical" title, especially because there are no Republic-only NPCs required for the achievement. This gives Imperial players an unfair advantage. Kind of a thread necro - but yes, this isn't the first time that the Republic got overlooked ... At least it's fixed now (according to the 2.2.2 Patch notes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries_cz Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Anybody knows if maybe the dreadseeded bormu count towards the Gree achievement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpeningToEndgame Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Chances are it won't work until the Gree event is in place. Just a thought. I don't think it's bugged though. However, does anyone have good locations for these mobs? I've spent over an hour looking on Balmora(Empire) and nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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