Guild Wars 2

In fact it appears pretty much entirely dormant. Now judging by other threads, the Meta events tend to happen on average every three hours as per the dragons do yet the Swamp, or Yoda land as I like to call it appears to remain dormant for days on end. Does anyone know if there is something specific that triggers it or is this a known issue?

I read and heard that you need to havea large enough player population in the area, that the roughly 3 hour timer has to be up and then you have to read the books in the swamp that open the gates.
The hidden timer means though that to test the theory, you would need a large enough group willing to spend up to 3 hours doing nothing but running around the swamp…

I think it’s a good idea to have such events that occur rarely. If it went off frequently the area would be full of players waiting to farm it for drops. And it means that some mysteries can remain even in areas that one is familiar with. In the long run perhaps, when Arenanet add more content, maybe they will increase the number of events that only trigger in certain circumstances, so that each time you are in an area it is a unique experience.

roqoco.4053:

I think it’s a good idea to have such events that occur rarely. If it went off frequently the area would be full of players waiting to farm it for drops. And it means that some mysteries can remain even in areas that one is familiar with. In the long run perhaps, when Arenanet add more content, maybe they will increase the number of events that only trigger in certain circumstances, so that each time you are in an area it is a unique experience.

The problem with that is that Rares don’t exist at lv15, meaning there’s next to reason to farm him, vs the Shatterer who has a better track record of showing up on time than most local city buses, doesn’t have portals to pad his length and does in fact drop rares.

Painking.4703:

roqoco.4053:

I think it’s a good idea to have such events that occur rarely. If it went off frequently the area would be full of players waiting to farm it for drops. And it means that some mysteries can remain even in areas that one is familiar with. In the long run perhaps, when Arenanet add more content, maybe they will increase the number of events that only trigger in certain circumstances, so that each time you are in an area it is a unique experience.

The problem with that is that Rares don’t exist at lv15, meaning there’s next to reason to farm him, vs the Shatterer who has a better track record of showing up on time than most local city buses, doesn’t have portals to pad his length and does in fact drop rares.

This is very accurate.

In the Norn area, there is a similar event where an elemental gets summoned. It happens all the time. I don’t know the exact rotation, but I think it is every hour. You can typically kill the guy 3 times while you do the zone (more if you are slow because you afk or log off) if you complete the zone in a pattern starting at the location of the boss. Guess how many people farm it? None; besides the people at that level. The drops aren’t good enough to even justify the portal hopping. Jormag is so superior that it’d be ridiculous to even consider farming this event.

While it would be cool to have a different event while leveling, it really shouldn’t be a “highlight” event. Look around at the event reviews and you’ll see that everyone loves a true meta-starting event. It’s way better to let your consumer experience that event and hold another random one as the new one. I’ll never be tired of S.B. I can’t say the same for bandits burning some hay bales.