i don't think it'll matter but can you turn off auto-management of Bitcoin Core/bitcoind and manually run Core? Also, when was the last time you attempted to import these wallets?
sorry, i dont know how to turn off auto management. i searched, but to no avail. wasnt being, lazy
i did what was suggested and just let armory sync fully. i then tried to import a WO wallet which i couldnt previously get to import. it scanned and got stuck at 98% (again) after letting it run overnight. the logs are below.
to be clear, i tried importing another wallet successfully which was created at the same time; however i cant get this one to work. the last time i did a thing with any of these was 2014.
i'm more than uninstall core and start all over again if thats what it takes. anyway, thanks again in advance for any help/advice.
https://pastebin.com/raw/k2CJ1dzg
https://pastebin.com/raw/4Sx6iB1g
then there was a big empty space with no characters in the log filed between the paste above and this one:
https://pastebin.com/raw/U5gWcmmP