I was using the controller beforehand for moving around and such. But then I used the kb&m to talk to the merchant and opened the chest in the End of Time area, sorted some items, pressed Esc to close that menu and the chest was gone + the ESC button no longer worked. Not sure if the two are tied together or the controller had something to do with it. Though, I’ve done this hundreds of times before so maybe something new with the patches.
Update to this as I’ve found out how to reproduce it.
So it appears to be another Controller related bug, somewhat similar in fashion to this post;
Steps to reproduce the bug;
Select character and enter the game world
Turn on controller and wait for the game to recognize it
Turn off the controller while still in the game world
The chest should disappear when you try to access it using kb&m. If it doesn’t, in either case it is no longer accessible nor does the ESC button work.
Turning the controller back on resolves both issues.