Guild Wars 2

Heres what happened on my overflow.
45min wait > karka invade (same as yesterday)>boss appear than disappear 15 second later> its over

So was there some kind of cinematic or other bugged stuff i missed?

There was no cinematic on my overflow either so maybe there wasn’t one? We had the same thing, although I think the boss was there for longer than 15 seconds.

SarahWitter.2317:

After the weapons were readied, and the karka attack, Captain Magnus and others needed help bringing the battle to the karkas. You should have a piece of mail that helps.

You can also just go near the Sanctum Harbor Waypoint in Lion’s Arch. There is a transporter NPC near the boats/docks that will transport you to Southsun Cove.
Have fun!

Can the team upload a video of what was supposed to happen in LA cus I was there and nothing happened except boat NPC popping up all of a sudden. Thanks!

Same here.. Everyone was waiting around fort marriner for something to happen. Weapons were never built, there was no attack, and then the boat showed up and the Lost Shores event text updated telling us to board a boat. I was on a Maguuma overflow server.

Nothing happend in LA on my server… We were alle waiting for 40 minuts, and nothing, then we got a mail about going to the island. I did the events there, but it ended really suddenly, with no reward or anything… A guy built a bridge, then they built a camp, and that was it :S

Here’s what happened on my overflow:

1) Everyone stood around waiting in Lion’s Arch, nothing happened.

2) The boat to Southsun arrived, everyone left.

Not particularly impressive given the fact that this was a “special, one time event” that people scheduled their weekend around.

Ygglens.1953:

Nothing happend in LA on my server… We were alle waiting for 40 minuts, and nothing, then we got a mail about going to the island. I did the events there, but it ended really suddenly, with no reward or anything… A guy built a bridge, then they built a camp, and that was it :S

This is what happened to me too, although there was a brief (5min) firefight after the catapult was completed which rewarded a small amount of Karma & XP. No reward after helping the guy build the bridge and camp on the island.

Zamdie.8120:

Ygglens.1953:

Nothing happend in LA on my server… We were alle waiting for 40 minuts, and nothing, then we got a mail about going to the island. I did the events there, but it ended really suddenly, with no reward or anything… A guy built a bridge, then they built a camp, and that was it :S

This is what happened to me too, although there was a brief (5min) firefight after the catapult was completed which rewarded a small amount of Karma & XP. No reward after helping the guy build the bridge and camp on the island.

We didnt even get to build the catapult. Absolutely nothing happend at all, then the boat was there suddenly… Total crapp!

Edit: Allso, as yesterdays quest chain was bugged at the part where you were to speak with Noll at the sylvari zone, they postend on the facebookpage that we would be able to complete that quest today, after the live event… But no, you can’t complete it, as the guy isnt there any more.

Catapult didn’t even get built on overflow I was on. Workers was building for over 40 mins and never even completed it, then NPC for LS port popped up and that was that.

Anyways, hope ANet posts a vid of what was supposed to happen.

On my overflow:

25 minutes of catapult building
5 minutes of wondering what’s supposed to be going on

at 30 minutes after the boat opened up and everyone left.

Yashimata.2986:

On my overflow:

25 minutes of catapult building
5 minutes of wondering what’s supposed to be going on

at 30 minutes after the boat opened up and everyone left.

Exact same thing happened here. I completely missed out on the LA attack, never even knew anything was going on.

Halcyon.7352:

Yashimata.2986:

On my overflow:

25 minutes of catapult building
5 minutes of wondering what’s supposed to be going on

at 30 minutes after the boat opened up and everyone left.

Exact same thing happened here. I completely missed out on the LA attack, never even knew anything was going on.

Fortunately, there wasn’t too much to miss. We waited about 46min past the time the event was supposed to start (which in hindsight, was probably a good move on ArenaNet’s part, because the lag was significantly lower than last night). We fought some mobs, like last night and then it was over. Quick quick.

The main thing to phase 2 is the opening of the new zone, which you can access by taking the boat from Sanctum Harbor in Lion’s Arch. From there, it basically doing the various DE’s on the island – helping the Lionguard getting a foothold and building camps – which is quite cool.

Hopefully, the fix for phase 1 (the Noll bug) will be forthcoming very soon, as the completionist in me would like to have that done – even though you only get a jug of karma (afaik).

SarahWitter.2317:

After the weapons were readied, and the karka attack, Captain Magnus and others needed help bringing the battle to the karkas. You should have a piece of mail that helps.

I got the mail as soon as I got to Southsun Cove. Suffice it to say that it wasn’t particularly helpful at that point.

fixit.7189:

Can the team upload a video of what was supposed to happen in LA cus I was there and nothing happened except boat NPC popping up all of a sudden. Thanks!

I was thinking the same thing. We need a video of everything that was supposed to happen for the once only content from today’s noon event. I can’t help but feel like I missed a lot of it due to the beginning bugging out like it did. The boat didn’t show up until 15 minutes after everyone in LA disappeared and the DE mysteriously began at 12:30 instead of noon and mysteriously ended right almost as soon as it began only a few peon karka were killed during that time.

Oh i see the one time event followed up on the island.
kitten i wish i knew that.
The event in lion arch happened 20 minutes after the island opened for me.

Wait. The karka attacked LA today? I never saw that.

A treb was being built and a boat showed up before it completed. Everyone left then.

Lord Moose.8234:

Wait. The karka attacked LA today? I never saw that.

A treb was being built and a boat showed up before it completed. Everyone left then.

Same here.

The Karka attack has a much smaller scale than the yesterday one. It only lasted 5-10 minutes on the server I was on, so it can be shorter if there are a lot more people on your server. My server was not so much crowded. And maybe the completion of the catapult killed them instantly, idk, but they despawned rather quickly. Besides, they seem to drop nothing, so not much an issue if you missed it.

45 minute after the time we waited, then the treb was built. Almost immediately the mission objective changed to get on the boat. Everyone jumped on the boat. I waited an extra 10 minutes but nothing happened. I ended up taking the boat almost an hour after the event (2nd attack) was to occur.
Disappointing.
At least the fun started once we made it to the island.

Nothing happened for me in LA, we just used to boat and explored the area…
Very disappointed also

Nothing happened at LA on my server either (CD overflow). We just waited around for a half hour, then the Trebuchet got finished, and then the mission indicator told us to go to the island. If there was any combat in LA today on other servers, we missed it on ours.

SarahWitter.2317:

After the weapons were readied, and the karka attack, Captain Magnus and others needed help bringing the battle to the karkas. You should have a piece of mail that helps.

You can also just go near the Sanctum Harbor Waypoint in Lion’s Arch. There is a transporter NPC near the boats/docks that will transport you to Southsun Cove.
Have fun!

And for us that were unlucky enough to be in an overflow that didn’t trigger the initial event, tough luck right? “Here’s the story, go talk to the NPC”.

It was a small karka attack in which the lionguard furnished the players with a special alchemical solvent. Basically, you either grabbed a sprayer or used a barrel to coat your weapons in the stuff, which allowed you to damage the normally invincible large karka.

Our overflow was pretty light on people so we spent a good deal of time with my little group on the walls of fort mariner. In my memory the first time I have ever actually used the place as a fort.

That said, if you missed it you didn’t miss much, just a slightly easier version of the initial karka attack with a lot of yelling at trebuchet builders to stop taking beer breaks beforehand. The real fun today was all out at southsun cove.

I guess it depends on the definition of “fun”. I for one enjoy a bit more a proper story than mindless killing that I can do after this event as well. I’m not really seeing the fun in the Shores to be honest:“defend the beach”, “cut trees”, “gather eggs”, etc. Granted the jumping puzzles are fun, those are not part of the event.

Also what happened last night brings some major concerns about the finale. Are we gonna have the same thing happening and ANet coming to the forums and saying “There was a boss, we killed him, we got a chest. Have fun!”?

It’s mind boggling the fact that so many people reported this broken and yet the answers were a copy paste of “Events spawn with delay. Keep an eye on the kitten”. Way to take responsibility for a bunch of consecutive broken events…

PopeUrban.2578

That said, if you missed it you didn’t miss much, just a slightly easier version of the initial karka attack with a lot of yelling at trebuchet builders to stop taking beer breaks beforehand. The real fun today was all out at southsun cove.

That is no excuse for the complete lack of event in the first place, there where a few hundred people on the overflow I was in and I am sure there where tons more on other overflow servers. Many of which stayed up late or got up early or made time especially just to be able to attend the event.

I do not understand. First, I waited about an hour, event in the city. Without any video, simply change the label in the quest, and opened the way to the island. There I joined the meta event, which ended with an attack on the karka camp and slaughter defender with little one. No any “special awards” I had noticed. Running there for about an hour, but nothing changed. No new event hase started… Did I miss something?

SarahWitter.2317:

After the weapons were readied, and the karka attack, Captain Magnus and others needed help bringing the battle to the karkas. You should have a piece of mail that helps.

You can also just go near the Sanctum Harbor Waypoint in Lion’s Arch. There is a transporter NPC near the boats/docks that will transport you to Southsun Cove.
Have fun!

Most of your events lack decent, straight forward communication. It’s not beyond anyone to put a very literal speaking, straight forward NPC out there who can outline the event. One who isn’t speaking on lore, or part of the storyline.

The communication issues extends beyond this. There was no in game mail telling me the Noll event was broken, or some other obvious in game communication. After an hour through speaking to other players, I learned you guys promised a fix. Today, those promises came up short. It took me another 30 minutes to find out I couldn’t do it. (Dare I mention the horrible lack of on time restart for WvW and no communication there either?)

You guys put piecemeal information out there on twitter, Reddit, GW2guru, and it requires a bit of detective work—and way to much effort—to come up with a comprehensive idea what is going on. It’s unprofessional, simply put.

This is only the recent stuff. It’s a chronic problem. I trust you guys will make the necessary changes.

In the Claw of Jormag event, we have an NPC telling us “It’s coming back” “protect the golemns” “we’ve moved the cannons!” It sort of gives us an idea of things from a zoomed-out perspective. Just helps with storytelling.

I had no idea that catapults were even being built or that we had found a way to penetrate the shells. We have a lot of stuff to read, and most of it isn’t important. Some clear and concise pre-messages saying “If they come back, we are going to have siege ready for them and weapons for everyone. If you see an invasion, run to ____ to arm yourself. We will be more prepared for future assaults” would have given us the feeling like we were supposed to have an invasion to stick around for.