Signet of Capture ..does it have a shelf life?

robyn the red

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2008

UK

Oi Fatty No More [CAKE]

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22 Feb 2009 at 16:43 - 1
This is not a joke, I have already gotten my Tyrian and Canthan Elite Skill Hunter Titles and I was on my way to doing NF when I got side tracked maxing Survivor on another one of my characters. Before I stopped I bought all the Signet of Capture's I needed to max Elonian Elite Skill Hunter. Last weekend when it was double xp and green drop rate I decided to brush off my skill hunting hat and finish off NF. I get really excited when i counted that I only needed another 30ish!....Turns out, I had bought 80ish and now 50ish aren't in my skills log? I have reported this is GW but have only got a "we're looking into this for you" and random "help" pages that don't help answer my question.

So to make a long story short... I bought 80 cap sig's about 6 months ago and now 50 are missing. Where are they? I didn't use them, so they should still be there.

Thanks for any help!!

bsoltan

bsoltan

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2005

UK

[SoF]

22 Feb 2009 at 16:51 - 2
They should be there, maybe you have to use some for the others to show up if there isn't enough room in the skill view.

Even if you have captured all the elite skills you can still use them to capture other skills so I would've thought they would still show.

robyn the red

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2008

UK

Oi Fatty No More [CAKE]

W/

22 Feb 2009 at 16:56 - 3
I had set my skill log view to small tiles and had moved my window size around so that it showed rows of 10....had 8+ rows of 10 sigs in the "no attribute" bit. They aren't all there now. I didn't use them for normal skills (bar one- but replaced it), Cap'd about 10 elites last weekend but no new ones popped back into where they should be. I sold and borrowed money to buy the sigs in the first place so that I wouldn't spend the cash on anything else and they would be there for me when I wanted to use them. Just will be really annoying having to buy them again.

crazybanshee

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

Look out!

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22 Feb 2009 at 17:04 - 4
That is a really weird problem. There is no shelf life on spells, so they should still be there. I would have thought they weren't all showing but if you've used that many and more haven't popped up, I dunno. I only bought them in lots of 10 or so, so I never ran into that.

glacialphoenix

glacialphoenix

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2008

Singapore

Royal Order of Flying Lemmings [ROFL]

Mo/

22 Feb 2009 at 17:07 - 5
...that's weird, because my necromancer still has the couple of skill caps I bought her, and I only just dusted her off today after several months' worth of hiatus.

Maybe it just couldn't take the load of 80 skill caps all at once? >< I hope you get them back.

robyn the red

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2008

UK

Oi Fatty No More [CAKE]

W/

22 Feb 2009 at 17:19 - 6
I have still been using the character as she is my main (Robyn) but haven't been using the cap sig's. I really hope I get them back too!...Just wanted to see if anyone has had this happen before? lol Argh! - Not funny but have to laugh to keep myself sane.

snaek

snaek

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

N/

22 Feb 2009 at 17:34 - 7
u said u only have 30 elite skills left to capture?

and u only have 30 cap sigs remaining?

i dun see wut the problem is? o__o

robyn the red

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2008

UK

Oi Fatty No More [CAKE]

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22 Feb 2009 at 17:49 - 8
No. About June/July 2008, I bought all the cap sig's I'd need to finish my Elonian Elite Skill Hunter title. Like I said, there were 80 odd in my skill list. Now that is down to..



.. OMG! I just looked. It's down to 12!? I have 76/140 until Elonian Elite SKill Hunter. SO yeah...not all the ones I purchased!.

Getting more irritated.

king swift

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

Kamadan AD1

Zealots Of Shiverpeak [ZoS]

D/A

22 Feb 2009 at 19:00 - 9
something similar happened to me. Anet said they couldnt do anything for me. Good luck.

Antares Ascending

Antares Ascending

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2008

E/

22 Feb 2009 at 19:11 - 10
Yikes, that sounds painful!

You might try putting the remaining sigs in storage til this gets cleared up...maybe leave one on character to see what happens to it.

AKB48

AKB48

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2008

みやき町

Mo/A

22 Feb 2009 at 19:20 - 11
I suggest use all the sigs. you got now until some form of divine help arrives.(note that Anet wouldn't do a dam for you) And, well, bad luck, that's all I can say, something happened, maybe a rare bug that deletes cap sigs?(I kept like 2 cap sigs on my necro for over 4 month, nothing happened to them)

robyn the red

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2008

UK

Oi Fatty No More [CAKE]

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22 Feb 2009 at 19:22 - 12
Quote:
Originally Posted by king swift View Post
something similar happened to me. Anet said they couldnt do anything for me. Good luck.
Crap, sounds like if they did nothing for you (PlayNC is who I'm dealing with...) that I've probably no hope. Will only buy sig's when I'm off out now.

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Originally Posted by Antares Ascending View Post
Yikes, that sounds painful!

You might try putting the remaining sigs in storage til this gets cleared up...maybe leave one on character to see what happens to it.
They are automatically put into your skill inventory/log. They are basically potential skills. Can't put them in storage.

snaek

snaek

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

N/

22 Feb 2009 at 19:38 - 13
Quote:
something similar happened to me. Anet said they couldnt do anything for me. Good luck.
sounds like it could be a bug or jus a limitation of the game engine

if nuthin can be done, i guess jus spread the word on the wikis
so other ppl wont get into the same problem

sowrie for the loss btw

king_trouble

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2008

In the Realm of the Gods

The High Chroniclez

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22 Feb 2009 at 20:59 - 14
Wierd never had that happened to me, about a year ago I bought all cap sigs for my monk, and never used them, they are still all there.

refer

refer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2009

US

23 Feb 2009 at 03:57 - 15
tip: don't buy anything in bulk. more to lose that way.

Nightow

Nightow

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Kindred Order of Souls [KOS]

23 Feb 2009 at 04:36 - 16
Robyn, you might want to try filing out a support ticket.

http://www.guildwars.com/support/

If that doesn't help, you might want to try contacting ArenaNet's Support Liaison, Gaile Grey. Best way to contact her is probably via her page on the wiki @ http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User_talk:Gaile_Gray

DarkFlame

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2005

Ascalon

E/

23 Feb 2009 at 04:37 - 17
Odd. Sounds like a weird bug as cap sigs don't expire. One of my chars, that has since been regulated to mule duty, still has all her cap sigs(around 30) that I bought years ago, just prior to the original skill's pricing change. Keep at it with support. If nothing can be done for you, then nothing can be done, but at least get them to acknowledge that there's a problem.

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Originally Posted by Antares Ascending View Post
You might try putting the remaining sigs in storage til this gets cleared up...maybe leave one on character to see what happens to it.
Huh? Don't you think its time to put down the pipe?