Bayan and Esta Are Missing

[Ponky]

This has happened on multiple instances. Whenever I capture Holy Lord Phoenix and I take him to Admag, Esta and Bayan are completely missing. Nowhere to be found in the city or surrounding countryside. However, when I import my game while I'm in Admag, they reappear fine and dandy. Of course with the import, I no longer have Phoenix with me and he's back happy in Blister Hill. BUT, when I try to recapture him the same exact thing happens, they suddenly disappear again it's it's just....triflin.

[philthymcnasty]

I have noticed a similar thing with other characters, mostly the special recruits. Sometimes i enter floatsam village, and there are no recruits.

The same with some UC cities. They will have people, but no recruits. I am not sure if this is a separate bug, or if it is the same bug manifesting itself in different ways. Will experiment with most recent patch.

[philthymcnasty]

It appeared that it did not just remove recruits, but other npcs as well, even modded npcs. After an import in the .46 update i noticed that the eurosword+ merchant has returned to hub. I will be doing an investigation of every town to see if the bug is recurring in .46.

[Ponky]

Trying again as of today and yeah....they disappear every single time I kidnap Phoenix. Seriously is there any way around this?

[philthymcnasty]

This is not confined to just esta and bayan. While Moll can still be found in the floatsam village, none of the recruits are there upon returning.

There are recruits at the fishing village when first visiting, but on the 2nd visit they are gone.

I have not yet visited adamag yet, but i suspect that if i do, then the special characters will vanish the 2nd time.

This also applies to pacifiers as well. the slaver pacifier will be in stoat the first visit, but will not be there on future visits.