Second time this has happened to me and as someone who only needs one transmog off avatar it’s heart breaking to get to this boss and have the entire instance bug out.
The bug - after killing the desolate host boss most groups opt to jump off the sides and fall to their death allowing them to release at the zone in… however every now and then the instance acts as if the encounter is still in progress and nobody is able to release their corpse. The solution to this is to disband the group, wait 60 seconds and let the game port you outside… reform the group then go back in. Except when you try and zone in you get the “this instance currently has an encounter in progress” meaning basically your run is over.
We tried everything, resetting with different group leaders, swapping difficulties, relogging, nothing worked.
It’s really crappy to have to deal with this on top of having to deal with the RNG nature of the mogs you’re farming. I now have to wait for another reset to even try for it. It hurts especially worse if your boss is towards the end of the raid.
I’m venting I’m sorry it’s just not fun dealing with these types of issues in what should be a casual farming run.