Hey Alex02. First of let me just say thankyou for coming along and offering your input and skillset on this matter. These are OUTSTANDING posts, rich with detail. Your hard work was appreciated. Ok I have re-tested all but one of these bugs again, and felt I should contribute what if anything useful I have discovered to the information stockpile. Now regarding the following two:
- Ch8, Step7: Discover all of the Lemurian Lorestones.
Ok I went and visited all of the locations listed on the picture below in chronological order. An explanation key is listed on the page. Please excuse the messy handwriting.
As stated earlier, this finally logged as completed for me, on what was approximately the fourth attempt. I also found there were 13 locations. None of the stones were visibly irregular. Ironically it said ‘completed’ on the first one! A good outcome, but a potential pain from a testing point of view. I know for certain I had activated it in the past too, as I go there to harvest bulk amounts of yellow lotus. Maybe a previous patch corrected it?!? As you said Alex, it seems some people can complete this but not others. Thanks Alex, I will be drawing Funcoms attention to your findings on it. If anyone else is having trouble with it, try mixing up the sequence, or try the one on Sanctuary Ruins first as a stab in the dark. Then again after all others are completed.
- Ch9, Step 10: Discover all of the Giant-King Obelisks.
Ok this is where it gets a little bit strange in terms of the findings. The source I tested with was a map from Snowhawk Clan (great interactive map too guys!) Which can be viewed here: http://snowhawkclan.org/map/
Based on this source, and assuming I havent made any errors, there is actually a total of 35 of these Giant-King lorestones. Although it should be noted that some of them, such as the first 6 on the list below, are exactly the same eg- in the starting area, but appear in multiple locations. I completed all 35 in the order on the pictures below.
So it is quite possible that as you said, only 23 (or not all of them trigger this Journey Step. I also noted some are different colours too. Probably not important, but just thought I would put it out there. Only one displayed (very minor) irregularities. This still has not logged as completed. Quite possibly temperamental in terms of order. This one is DEFINATELY bugged, as also posted here recently. Journey stones ( giant kings)
I should also noted that I also interacted with each lorestone on both sides where possible, and let them finish speaking entirely before progressing to the next. Finally, probably irrelevant, but I re-interacted with all regular maproom obelisks to eliminate variables. Do you suspect it may be the same problems as those causing the Lemurian Loretone bugs Alex02? While Im not sure just how many there actually are and which ones count, I hope Funcom can reproduce this.
Has anyone managed to complete this? Whether you have or not, we encourage you to share ANY observations.