Dark Astoria Day Job "Cold Hand of Death" status irregular, progress seems okay

[Jacke]

I noticed in the last day that the Dark Astoria Day Job "Cold Hand of  Death" status isn't being granted upon zoning into Dark Astoria (first screenshot).  I've seen this on Everlasting Shard.

Moving around the area near the DA west gate, well away from the Base Portal and its Day Job zone, I saw the DA status sometimes come and go.  When leaving the Base Portal area, DA Day Job status was never assigned after Monitor Duty status dropped.

2 toons on Everlasting are getting what appears to be normal DA Day Job progress.  Apparently DA Day Job Status always appears to be assigned on login (second screenshot), so Day Job Badge progress doesn't appear to be affected.

 

Forum user @GS4-Shield has also reported the status not appearing in this post.

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/24686-patch-notes-for-december-1st-2020-winter-event/page/4/?tab=comments#comment-301485

 

Edited December 3, 2020 by Jacke

[Faultline]

I'll look into it, but that icon is purely informative and doesn't affect progress in the slightest. It's a power granted on zone entry that displays the icon and nothing more; Cimerora and Recluse's Victory also have similar powers. The day job progress calculated at login doesn't use that at all and just checks what volume or map you're in; as long as you're not in a volume that grants a different day job, you get progress for the map's day job.

[GS4-Shield]

10 hours ago, Jacke said:

I noticed in the last day that the Dark Astoria Day Job "Cold Hand of  Death" status isn't being granted upon zoning into Dark Astoria (first screenshot).  I've seen this on Everlasting Shard.

FWIW, I noticed this as well, and I am also on Everlasting.

 

Good to know the icon is just informative and actual day job credit is calculated at login.  I'll move those two toons back to finish up this Day Job.

 

Thanks,

 

Shield

[Oubliette_Red]

On 12/3/2020 at 8:56 AM, Faultline said:

I'll look into it, but that icon is purely informative and doesn't affect progress in the slightest. It's a power granted on zone entry that displays the icon and nothing more; Cimerora and Recluse's Victory also have similar powers. The day job progress calculated at login doesn't use that at all and just checks what volume or map you're in; as long as you're not in a volume that grants a different day job, you get progress for the map's day job.

 

I just came across this this morning while doing musical day jobs on my characters. It appears to happen when you zone in via the base portal. If you zone in via Tunnel Connection or the zone entrance from Talos, the icon appears as expected. Haven't tested via LRT yet, though it may have the same issue if it lands you next to the base portal. If you leave DA through the zone entrance and return, the icon appears as expected.

 

This is similar to what I experienced in Recluse's Victory and the Caregiver day job, as soon as you left the MediPorter area the Predator day job would not reappear until you left the zone and returned.