TL;DR: Do not insert your forge keys or the Black Armory key. They are bugged and you WILL lose all the progress.
This is what it looks like: https://media.giphy.com/media/VIPLKMGIIEXMRup33u/giphy.gif
(Credit to user Faggio: https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/254204886?sort=0&page=0&path=1)
Hello everyone. I previously made a post (https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/253843579) outlining my experience with the Izanagi's Burden exotic sniper rifle's questline, the Lock and Key.
For those who are worried about their rare BA bounty expiring, here's what I did: Complete it, but don't hand it in. Meaning, keep it ready to hand in with the exclamation and all, but just don't click it to receive the rare BA reward. This way, it removes its expiry and keeps it in your inventory indefinitely. When you get the quest step reward for the Obsidian Crystal, accepting this after that quest prompt will reward you with the Obsidian Crystal despite having outlasted its initial expiry. Please let others know before their rare BA expires!
Bungie recently provided a fix for the questline where some players are able to obtain the Black Armory Key mold queststep from Ada-1 after having already obtained 3/4 of the locks (missing the Black Armory key lock only). Unfortunately, after having completed the Bergusia forge and obtained the Black Armory key from killing the 2 drones and opening the final post-boss chest, I lost both the key and the progress it should have given me. Now, I am back to the situation as before as per my first post about not being able to obtain the Black Armory key mold questline...
It seems that while Bungie had the intention to fix the questline, they instead opened a can of worms. What are the worms, you may ask?
Worm 1: Players who discarded the box, re-aquired it, and tried to get the keys again are unable to insert the keys (Keys lost, no progress made)
Worm 2: Black Armory Key is lost upon being inserted, and is thereafter unobtainable even after re-doing the Bergusia forge and getting the loot chest. (Black Armory Key mold quest step unavailable... AGAIN)
Worm 3: Players who somehow, God knows how, managed to progress past my step and had to get the Obsidian Crystal from a rare BA bounty were unable to use the Crystal to progress (Progression impossible, crystal and hours grinding for the rare BA bounty both lost)
Worm 4: Players who had the Black Armory Key mold quest step on another character other than their main Lock and Key quest step holder are unable to progress.
Worm 5: Players, despite being able to re-obtain previous keys (such as the Butterfly key), are unable to insert the key into the Lock and Key box to get the progress for said key. (Credit: User Orioniys)
As for Bungie, I beg you. Please fix this quest. I was actually excited to play D2 today after seeing it was Bergusia (the forge I needed) and I was immensely let down. A lot of us have been working hard towards the absurdity that is the Izanagi's Burden's questline. If there is to be lore about this gun, it has to be this quest. This is the burden in and of itself on the players having a modicum of hope in obtaining it.
These are some of the worms I have found. If anyone has found any other problems with this, or possibly a potential fix, please discuss below.
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Recently discovered - if you have any completed bounties in your inventory, turn them all in before trying to use the key. It works.