Hey there all. I’m trying to sort through the mass confusion surrounding this event.
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attempt phase 1 but this afternoon I was able to login in and took the ship to Southshore.
I joined in with about 50 other people taking down large crabs (none of which gave any exp on defeat) to secure the beach and setup defenses, culminating in defeating a giant champion crab that attacked an outpost.
Upon defeating the champion the quest was marked as completed and I was awarded gold for participation. However there were no rewards other than a paltry approx 400exp, and no drops. Everyone that attended immediately expressed confusion and displeasure that the amount of effort required yielded such an outcome.
Is this the big hype that was promised? No gear, no drops, meager exp that doesn’t even compare to what can be gotten from low level quests?