Guild Wars 2

Hey there, I was told by some players that Aetherblades exists in the middle of the map, inside the area with all the traps. After visiting that area myself and waiting around, I see no Aetherblades spawning, just a ghostly Mai Trin dropping down once a while and ordering imaginary Aetherblades around.

I ask about this and someone said that they only spawn at the begining of each 3 hr match, when all the flags are white. Is this true or is there a bug/mechanic I am not understanding here?

Thanks

Sad if true. I haven’t seen any yet either, but I haven’t exactly been sticking around for the end of a match, to go to the next one. Sounds like a gankfest to me.

I only saw corpses.

I saw them yesterday, but only when it was the start of a match. I think the Aetherblades don’t respawn after

That does indeed sound like a bug. If not those 1000 Aetherblades that need to be killed for the achievement is going to take a rather long time ^^

dulfy.1493:

Hey there, I was told by some players that Aetherblades exists in the middle of the map, inside the area with all the traps. After visiting that area myself and waiting around, I see no Aetherblades spawning, just a ghostly Mai Trin dropping down once a while and ordering imaginary Aetherblades around.

I ask about this and someone said that they only spawn at the begining of each 3 hr match, when all the flags are white. Is this true or is there a bug/mechanic I am not understanding here?

Thanks

Hi Dulfy,

During the public beta test, the Aetherblade only spawned in a sparsely populated map. Given some of the recent AI improvements like NPC’s using siege and repairing structures, it might be within Anet’s design to further the use of the Aetherblade as a “neutral” faction or a “hostile to all” faction later in the year.

Again, they only spawn on sparsely populated maps. Not exactly sure why, whether it be a design choice (the old keep PvE out of my WvW argument) or a technical limitation (number of models on the map).

Someone told me that only spawn if you don’t destroy the generators in the middle.. I guess that fits with the observation that they are only up at start of a match.

Scratch that about generators, Aetherblades seem to only spawn at begining of a 3 hr match up, making this achievement really annoying.

dulfy.1493:

Scratch that about generators, Aetherblades seem to only spawn at begining of a 3 hr match up, making this achievement really annoying.

Aetherblades with 10 min left. The map was very active all evening so I guess they do repop at some point.

They also spawn all over the PvE map. You have to defeat the mob of aether blades in order to open the portal to the mists which will give you the achievement of entering an unstable portal of the mists.

Cool, thanks for the update, Tyler!

Cush.4063:

They also spawn all over the PvE map. You have to defeat the mob of aether blades in order to open the portal to the mists which will give you the achievement of entering an unstable portal of the mists.

These do not count towards the achievement. I killed them before at the portals and my achievement did not advanced.

Anyways thanks Tyler for the update