Since patch 8.1 some of the elite world quest mobs have not been granting credit when killed. Standing within the small circle at their spawn point, as indicated on the mini-map, does not fix it. Each time I used the Find Group to join a 2-5 player group that did not exceed five characters.
WQ: Headhunter Lee’za
Zone: Zandalar
Problem: It took two kills to receive credit for this kill. My character was within the same area where she has stood and completed this WQ multiple times. The second kill I received credit while ungrouped after getting dumped out of the first shard.
WQ: Ghost of the Deep
Zone: Tiragarde Sound
Problem: This one I gave up on after two attempts in a group of five characters or less. After the first attempt one of the other players also did not receive credit. We stayed and killed it again with a third player. That second time none of us received credit.
It has also happened a third time since the patch this week, but I do not remember which WQ it was. Each time I’ve seen this happen at least one other player also did not receive credit.
Why does this bug keep cropping up? It happened in Legion, and then it came back at some point. Now it is here yet again.
Edit:
This is a friendly reminder you have not fixed this bug. Another recent example is the WQ to kill Alash’anir in the new Darkshore warfront. It took two kills to receive credit. The first time was with a group of five. The other four received credit, but I did not. The second time I was not grouped while several of us killed it. That time it awarded credit.
At this point this bug has me skipping most elite WQs due to the likelihood that it will be bugged.
This just happened to a group of us in “Ghost of the Deep.” Started a group, 4 of us killed him twice, no credit.
To add one more example where I was not grouped at the time:
Mob: Adhara White
Zone: Boralus
It just took me 5 tries to get credit for killing Adhara White. The first 4 kills I was in a party ranging between 2 to 5 players. The last kill I was solo, and finally got credit.
Same problem. Started yesterday. WQ with elites don’t give credits. Other WQ work as expected.
It seems that it works if you solo the WQ (or maybe do it without grouping)… but it does not if you in a group… also, I have noticed something strange… I can see the yellow circle in minimap around area where target should be… but I don’t see the target (as a fat yellow dot) on minimap… even though I can see the mob and I can engage with it.
I have seen a few instances where I was not grouped with anyone yet did not receive credit. Each of these involved other players being present and also fighting the mob, but I was not grouped with them. This seems to happen much less often than when I was grouped with others and did not receive credit.
That is interesting to hear since I’ve seen something a bit different. During incursions the elites will spawn with a yellow circle on the minimap along with a fat yellow dot, but they will not actually spawn in the game at that time. It takes long enough for the mobs to actually appear, after they show up on the minimap, that I’ve seen others ask if the WQ is bugged.
Had this happen twice, but I just assumed it was a random tagging issue, since I wasn’t the only (or 1st) one fighting the mob. It was odd because I could loot the WQ mob, but the WQ wasn’t marked complete. Didn’t happen every time, and never when I was the first hit though.
Sorry I didn’t make a note of the details, since I hadn’t seen anyone else talking about it I just assumed it was a fluke.
This is still bugged. I killed him twice today. The first time I arrived at the tail end of a group killing him. I could loot him, but I did not receive credit for the WQ.
The second time I solo killed him. There was nobody else around for the entire fight. I was not in a group or raid. It still did not grant credit for the kill. Time of kill: 10:29 AM server time for this character.
Edit June 6, 2019: This is STILL bugged. Today’s WQ for Adhara White did not give my character credit for the kill. The last time he had a WQ, within the last few days, it did grant credit.