Something Wrong with Day Job Timers?

[Erratic1]

Have a character I created before the last patch, and parked her in Vanguard base in front of Lady Grey, and after four days of not logging in on the character (because I have been focused on my newly created character from the last patch), I popped on here to find that the timer has pretty much not increased and is nowhere near completion. 

 

And this is not the first time this has happened with Day Jobs.

 

What gives?

[Snarky]

Vanguard day job will not award until level 35? I believe. But the bar should progress. Mine did at level 20?  Still 34, with a full bar.

 

But not progressing?  That is real odd. 

[Erratic1]

13 minutes ago, Snarky said:

Vanguard day job will not award until level 35? I believe.

 

Character was level 40.

[Snarky]

13 minutes ago, Erratic1 said:

 

Character was level 40.

Ah. Have you double checked there is a vanguard day job buff active there?

[Erratic1]

24 minutes ago, Snarky said:

Ah. Have you double checked there is a vanguard day job buff active there?

 

I did. Just logged the character out. Will see where she is tomorrow.

[gameboy1234]

If you log out next to the Base Portal or the Hospital, you can get progress towards those badges instead of the Vanguard one.  Or even not "next to," the distance those two work at is pretty large. Thus it's important to actually check which bad you're getting before you log out.  This can happen even through walls, as the Day Job check is just distance, and doesn't consider line of sight.

@Erratic1

[Jacke]

The Day Job check is on login and it checks if your login location is tagged for a Day Job.  Those are volumes set and adjusted by the devs.  If you're in a Day Job volume (normally checked by which is the left-most Day Job indication on your Buff Bar), then the time your Toon was logged out will be credited to the Day Job.  Patroller::Criminal is another separate check done if the Day Job Badge is unearned and if you've accumulated more Patrol Duty time.  As well, the check will credit Day Job Accolade Powers as well.