Guild Wars 2

While running around with my new character, I noticed that I do not see close to as many events in the starting area now, as I did around the start of the game. Since I play mostly Charr, I can only speak about Smokestead. The events I see often is the one where you have to protect the wrecking yard. Getting cannon balls from the skritt, collecting devourer eggs and the shaman pops up ever now and then. But it does not seem like it is very often and the others seem to happen even more rarely.

Before, I was lvl 10 when I left Smokestead after completing the hearts and been doing all the events. I will list the events I have done in Smokestead alone, and most of them I rarely see and some I have not seen since the start of the game.

- Protect the armory
- Take back cannon balls from the Skritt
- Protect the Wrecking yard
— Hunt after the Flame and kill them
- Clear the lake of tar
- Kill the rampaging skale
- Kill the plated behemoth
- Kill the Flame shaman
- Deal with the Legions fighting in the bar
- Answer the Legions’ questions
— Defeat their chosen champion
- Protect the meat from the BBQ thieves
- Protect the cubs from the griffon
- Herd the cows back into their pen
- Collect devourer eggs
— Defeat the devourer queen

As I said, a lot of them I rarely see, even though I spend time running around in Smokestead after completing all the hearts. Do they happen rarely because there are so few people around compared from the start, or has their timers been changed?

Some events start on their own, but there are some that need to be started by talking to the NPC. With less players running around starting areas, it would imply less people talking to them. It’s possible many of these events were occurring while you were walking by and were started by other players.