I’ve had multiple instances where the oath mod had only 1 invulnerable monster left and I went around the entire map like 10 times and couldn’t find his summoned minion. I left the map 100% certain there wasn’t a random mob I missed and it was just bugged

Many more instances where it turned out there was a random monster way off to one end I needed to kill 1st but I am definitely certain the bug is legit and can brick maps.

Been doing nothing but expeditions for the last few weeks, ever since they introduced rerolling remnants. So a very large sample size, and I’d say the amount of maps that were bricked have been less than 20. Though that also is with me adjusting to hard skip oath mod except for the very high value exceptions. And I know the bug was only introduced within the last week or 2, had no issues the first few weeks I was running expedition

What monster counter?

Someone mentioned in another thread that being close to the remnant when the rune phase triggers may help avoid the oath bug. Do you typically stay close to the remnant?

I appreciate this post. I think folks playing need to keep in mind they’re beta testing and instead of screaming the complaints, trying to figure out wtf is going on will help GGG devs figure it out. The only consensus I can see so far is that it is SOMETHING with oath runes, but it doesn’t always brick, and various interactions seem to spur the bug.

While I don’t want to lose maps, I’m thinking of running some grand expeditions and experimenting to see if I can determine any consistency.

I was experiencing this bug frequently on tighter maps or in confined areas and of course adjusted to completely attempt to avoid oath runes altogether. Lush Isles is really bad, although I experienced it on many other maps too. I don’t feel like having to skip oath runes to be safe from bricking is an acceptable fix, though. I actually just uninstalled when avoiding oath runes and ending up with what felt like an unkillable rare duo anyways that would instantly heal each other when I got them to 0? They both had the heals allies mod. Their minions also revived almost instantly from unlimited distance away. Basically what felt like no counterplay. Made me realize that what I thought GGG’s vision for this game was is apparently incorrect. Not sure why they would take such ridiculous systems from PoE1 if they want slower and more meaningful combo based gameplay. Some of the expedition rares are ridiculously fast to the point that you can barely dodge them simply because of mod stacking. I think toughness is a decent system, but mob speed should hardly be changing and invincibility condition rares should NOT exist. Just make it a 90% damage reduction while a minion is still living. Unfun in my opinion. And I actually really loved this patch and want the game to be great. I played a ton and did most other mechanics with expedition being my final grind. Was having a blast until last patch.

I’ve been running GEs nonstop for about a month now. I’ve definitely run into unkillable mobs, but most of the time they haven’t been map-breaking.

That said, there is one tall, scraggly monster that spawns in Scorched Gully that is 100% unkillable. I can’t move his health bar even a pixel, and I’ve run into him at least 3 or 4 times. Didn’t matter whether he was magic or rare.
Outside of that, it was easy for me to write the issue off as everyone else’s problem.

But last night someone in global asked for help with an unkillable mob in GE, so I joined them. That thing was absolutely unkillable, and it was especially brutal because it prevented the player from cashing in a very rare unique remnant.
I really hope GGG takes this seriously.

One thing I’ve noticed is that Oath runes aren’t always the culprit. Sometimes it’s just a combination of blue runes that creates an impossible mob. If that’s intended, GGG should just come out and say it.

Same. Never had a bricked expedition, have had to hunt down many mobs though.

i have a friend who’s always farming grand expedition and he never encountered this bug and he is playing in PS5.

I didn’t have it happen all season, and after the latest patch I had 2 bugged oath runes in a row. It seems to me like it’s when they’re near the end of the grand expeditions and have a ton of runes on them, so now I just avoid oath runes if I can.

Both instances were scorpions on different maps.

Of note, the streamer (Raxx) that spoke to GGG about this said that he got a reply saying this was already fixed/adjusted internally, but no date or further information. This feels like something that should been posted on their social media or forums at least instead of conveyed via a content creator.

Alright. I apologize for my earlier snarky response. You’re really trying to help the community.

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Hard agree. Every time I had a “bug”, I just needed to chase down a stupid far mob

Same the oath run never bugged, once I realized the unkillable rare has spawned a friend somewhere that needed to be killed first

What’s the point of this post? The bug is confirmed there are streams with the player searching every corner of the map and finding nothing for hours. I have no doubt the reports are overstated but I also have no doubt the bug exists. Blindly exchanging stories with no way to see the back end is useless. GGG has to adress this, period.

i read in another thread that the assumption is that it only affects characters created from league start. so if you started late or using an alt character, you might be safe.
i can confirm as i tried on my day 1 character and was able to replicate twice, both on frigid bluffs, Oath rune, and on the bottom corner part. one with the scorpion, one with caterpillar. I’m not sure if it’s just coincidence but that’s all the data i can give.

The last time I did a grand expedition, I had one invulnerable mob and a hidden/ stuck minion. There was a boon in the map, so I had multiple people join me to help look for a hidden mob and/ or verify that the mob was invulnerable. I probably patrolled the zone for ~20 minutes kiting around the crab and looking for a hidden mob. I believe the map was craggy whateverthefuck

This isn’t just an instance of players just not looking hard enough, this is a bug 100%

I often wonder if it’s more the mechanic gets really hard at the me of chains rather than it being bricked. Now i often have to go hunt down a random spawned oath mob, and i can also see how occasional one could spawn and an unreachable area.

but i think what happens to most people is end of long chains oath can really build up. often times with multiple oathed mobs. and after 5+ minutes of endless spawns, I run out of charm charges, get frozen and GG. I wonder if a lot of people are conflating very hard with “bricked”.