Guild Wars 2

Went to new map to checkout. Looks nice!
Jump back to LA back into overflow, catapult built…probably missed the event.
Working tomorrow so I can’t play the finale therefore get no chance at some nice loot from the big boss.
Quite dissapointed with the fact I jumped in to attend the 2nd event and ended up just waisting my time and I won’t get a chance to even see the third.

We need a system where each player can do the event once. Have a staging area where players who haven’t done it can talk to a NPC and the event kicks off once a certain number of players have joined in for the event. Kind of like the Mad Kings clock tower, but to get to the instance you talk to a NPC, which is disabled after you’ve already done it!

Since I went to my normal server the NPCS that were missing are back but I still missed the event since it never spawned on my overflow :[

What the heck are we supposed to do for those of us that crashed 2 times during these events.

I come back on overflows that are not even doing the events since I’d assume they’re done. This is just unreal.

Well, that was lame….

I stood around in overflow for over 40 minutes. Eventually I was prompted to travel out of overflow, and when I did, I realized that the event had already happened. I tried desperately to get back to the overflow I was in, but despite people being kind and adding me to their group, I couldn’t get back.

From there I read the event details and got on the ship…oh ANet…y u no get it?

My husband and a friend and I were in the same overflow server (as in, didn’t leave or bounce around or go to main) from about 11:45 PST to 12:30 PST. In that time, I eventually found the trebuchet being built, stood and watched it for a while as they “completed” it… and nothing happened. No one on map chat saw a single Karka, let alone this Ancient one that people are referencing. And then the zone event changed to “Go to Southsun Cove”… so everyone in our Overflow missed out entirely on what was supposed to be a big epic enemy of some sort, right?

ArenaNet, that stinks. :-( I woke up early since I was too excited about the event to sleep in any longer, and while the new zone is cool, I feel really frustrated that I was in the right place at the right time and still didn’t get to see the big reveal there. :-(

Event on Aurora Glade overflow server started about 40-45mins late (didn’t exactly keep track of time after 30 mins), a few minutes after the catapult was built (I guess that was deliberate). It was quite a fight, and I think it scaled to the number of defenders (probably about 20-40 players that I saw). If there was a boss encounter, I didn’t see it.

Made it to Lost Shores, though there is little guidance as to how the story is meant to flow from there (feels more like general exploration at the moment). Will update when I find a clue.

Love the game but they really need to work on these events if they want to have them.

Unfortunately for a lot (probably most) people the events have just been terrible and have not gone to ANets plan.

Really is disapointing.

CC Dalmarus.8397:

Thanks for the feedback and patience everyone. The team is investigating these issues as we speak. Please continue to let us know if the event has not kicked off on your server (overflow servers too). Also, let us know if you are in an overflow server and the event did kick off. Thanks!

I bug reported it in-game.

LBHobbit.4790:

My husband and a friend and I were in the same overflow server (as in, didn’t leave or bounce around or go to main) from about 11:45 PST to 12:30 PST. In that time, I eventually found the trebuchet being built, stood and watched it for a while as they “completed” it… and nothing happened. No one on map chat saw a single Karka, let alone this Ancient one that people are referencing. And then the zone event changed to “Go to Southsun Cove”… so everyone in our Overflow missed out entirely on what was supposed to be a big epic enemy of some sort, right?

ArenaNet, that stinks. :-( I woke up early since I was too excited about the event to sleep in any longer, and while the new zone is cool, I feel really frustrated that I was in the right place at the right time and still didn’t get to see the big reveal there. :-(

Same here. A dry tear dropped from my eye.

Was on overflow on Stormbluff Isle and nothing happened, waited for about 40 minutes and then the event notification simply changed to the one to go to the island. Waited a few more minutes but everyone left for the island so eventually just gave up.

Incredibly disappointing seeing as I stayed up extra late especially for the event. I sincerely hope the even gets repeated at a few more intervals tomorrow to make up for this because otherwise I do not see how this is fixable.

Your not alone. thousands of players missed phase 2 event in lions arch because it never started in overflows.

Yep, I was caught on an overflow server, too. For 30 minutes, there was nothing but confused people… then, I got offered to go to the main instance for Lion’s Arch… and it became clear that the event had happened. No way to go back to the overflow instance, I logged out… lost my Saturday morning essentially.

I’ve been a BIG defender of this game. A few small gripes aside, I still really believe in this game’s design… however, it’s hard to defend against the bugs in this event. I’m just getting “told ya so” from the game’s detractors right now, and… I’ve got nothing to hit them back with.

I couldn’t even complete the lead-in quests. I told myself “OK, that’s fine… I’m really here for the big event anyway…” and it just passed me by…

I want so badly for this game to really live up to what it could be… but unless I get really bored, probably going to sit the rest of this event out. I hope these get better… I really do.

I was in an Overflow shard when some kind of event started. The siege weapons were already built (or built instantly after the event started) and LA was attacked by some Karka. We used the Lionguard Solvent (or whatever) on our weapons and all was going smoothly more or less. Then the Ancient Karka showed up, and it’s health would never get below 75%. Once it hit that mark, it would instantly heal to 100%. While all of this was going on, the NPCs weren’t using siege weapons and neither could we. At some point during all of this, the boat to get to Southsun spawned at the dock (no cutscene) and we all just… left.

Waited in an overflow for more than half an hour. Suddenly got a disconnect and then could only join overflows that had already had the event.

I have been with Guild Wars since the very first Beta Weekend and my thoughts at this time are KITTEN, KITTEN, KITTENING your KITTEN in a KITTEN!

Yes I typed the kittens myself, I want to cuss you guys out so freaking badly it is not even funny. fix the crap! NOW!

Yep ~ a total mess and waste of time for tens of thousands of players. Tomorrows event, better be perfection otherwise I think we might see more people quit in disgust.

So, did the event actually work as intended on any server? There were no siegeweapons or attacks on my server (on overflow), and suddenly there was a boat there, that took us to an island where we protected an NPC while her freinds built a road and a bridge, then it all just ended, with no reward or any dialog/hint that it was over.

On Yak’s Bend some overflows did not get the event.

The event in LA never triggered on the overflow I was in with guild mates though another mate (not in overflow) said it had where he was.

Also, apparently there was an event earlier in which karka were repelled at Morgan’s Spiral in Caledon Forest. I had been in that map just prior and after, but there was no sign of an event having taken place or about to take place.

I was logged in Lion’s Arch (Crystal Desert Overflow) from event start -15mins to event start +30mins and it went from waiting for construction to all of the sudden there’s a boat. It almost seems as if this whole retaking of Lion’s Arch was totally borked dev-side and someone from ANet said, “Quick, just throw the ship to the islands at the unwashed masses before they revolt!”

Then I read about other people talking about an Ancient Karka (the guy from yesterday who took a dip, I assume) and I’m thinking, “What did I miss?”

Same here. Wondering what and how much of the “one time” event I missed out on.
Very frustrated and confused.

I’m ok with the idea of one time events, but if you can’t properly pull it off Anet, please, no more of this.