Portkey Bugs: Confirmed

[gingerbred.livejournal.com]

Someone reported having all eight Portkey slots filled, and yet a bunch of Portmanteaus popped up on the map. Clicking on one on the map caused it to replace one from the queue/vault.

Community Manager Fazes has replied that this should be fixed when they release the new app version. In the meantime she recommends that we not pick up any new Portmanteaus until we see the 'new +2 slots in [the] game'.

So try to avoid them for the next couple of days - there's a chance they might overwrite something unlocked or keyed. And it looks like we'll be able to carry more Portkeys / work on more simultaneously in the future. Also there have been reports that people are unable to use the unlocked Brilliant Portkeys, so be careful about quaffing a Baruffio's just for that purpose. The fix should be out soon, so keep your eyes peeled and hang in there.

Also, PSA, remember to pick up any rewards from completing the event before the event ends.

ETA: Bug fixed with the 2.9.0 update.

Comments

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

But but but I need to pick some up for this week

[gingerbred.livejournal.com]

I was afraid that was the case. Right. The new update is out, but people have been having some issues. I figure you're safely tucked in bed, so let me root around and see if updating will solve this for you or make it worse.

Back in a bit.

[gingerbred.livejournal.com]

Right, so if you haven't seen the post yet, the new update should sort you (hit the app store) and the android users are reporting that they can login again, so you should be set. Good luck!

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

Thaaaaaank you. I just ran the update and the assets. Hoping it will work okay now!

[morethansirius.livejournal.com]

After all the portkey issues I had including weird mileage differences, not counting mileage at all, difficulty finding them in the first place, and then not even getting credit for three of them, I might have turned homicidal if one close to being opened got dropkicked for a new one!

[gingerbred.livejournal.com]

Oh, tell me about it. I was close to tears at one point. Every third kilometre was counted, and that's if I was 'lucky'. I mean, the bike is easier than walking, no question, but hills! Hills! (And it's a three speed so I can't go too fast.) That was a lot of mileage in freezing rain this week.

[blueartemis07.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to get my bonus done. Portkeys are almost complete, but I'm down 18 Dumbles.

[gingerbred.livejournal.com]

They usually boost the brilliant spawn towards the end of an event. (Which isn't the best time for you, but before work, say.) Don't give up, keep your eyes peeled. If you're stationary, and not prone to gps drift, regular spawn last for 30 minutes, so turning the game on every twenty minutes to check will make sure you get anything that's there. And if you're lucky enough to have gps drift working for you (tablets seem more prone to it than phones do), leave it open and running and you'll get a few more.

I had a similar problem with Brilliant Sirius, and ended up seeing more in the last few hours than I had most of the previous week.