Possible bug with New Year's Event Wayward Worm

Platform: Windows 11
ISP: Comcast
Type of Internet Connection: Fiber
Internet Connection Speed: ???
Date & Time: 1/1/26/25 9:50 am EST
Frequency: Once (Probably every time given nature)
Character Name: Aerylin
Race: Mithra
World: Bahamut
Main Job: Blue Mage, Lv.99
Support Job: Warrior
Area and Coordinates: South Gustaberg (Coordinates unknown)
Party or Solo: Solo
NPC Name: Wayward Worm

When doing the New Year's Event ->Bring cheer to those in need! A monster <Wayward Worm> may pop when you select Overturned Soil. It will cast Bind or Bindga.

In the case of Bind, I resisted the spell.

Next time it popped it did Bindga.
Selecting your Mount (Crawler Mount in my case) allowed me to move while Bind was still active.

Unless I am mistaken, this should not happen. This should be repeatable given that I was not mounted at the time of the spell being cast - it had taken affect and I was mounting up to be able to chase the Goblin Rider to the next point. Only did this once and then submitted report.

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Originally Posted by Aerylin

Platform: Windows 11
ISP: Comcast
Type of Internet Connection: Fiber
Internet Connection Speed: ???
Date & Time: 1/1/26/25 9:50 am EST
Frequency: Once (Probably every time given nature)
Character Name: Aerylin
Race: Mithra
World: Bahamut
Main Job: Blue Mage, Lv.99
Support Job: Warrior
Area and Coordinates: South Gustaberg (Coordinates unknown)
Party or Solo: Solo
NPC Name: Wayward Worm

When doing the New Year's Event ->Bring cheer to those in need! A monster <Wayward Worm> may pop when you select Overturned Soil. It will cast Bind or Bindga.

In the case of Bind, I resisted the spell.

Next time it popped it did Bindga.
Selecting your Mount (Crawler Mount in my case) allowed me to move while Bind was still active.

Unless I am mistaken, this should not happen. This should be repeatable given that I was not mounted at the time of the spell being cast - it had taken affect and I was mounting up to be able to chase the Goblin Rider to the next point. Only did this once and then submitted report.

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Can confirm, I was rather puzzled when I experienced this myself trying to figure out the event