Guild Wars 2

I am trying really hard to participate in the living story but having no luck at all. I have tried to participate in three different invasions so far and each time I was put into an overflow that had no event going on. What is the point of even playing this game if the only content that ever comes out I cannot even do because of overflows.

dont worry, anyway overflow is a tag to a fail event.

kishter.9578:

dont worry, anyway overflow is a tag to a fail event.

The only time I’ve completed the event was in overflow.

It only works if you join an overflow that was started within 10 minutes of the event starting.

If they spun off new invasion overflows after that it would be kinda weird. You’d end up with at least one overflow with no chance of completing the event owing to insufficient players.

Shoe.5821:

It only works if you join an overflow that was started within 10 minutes of the event starting.

In theory…it worked about 1 out of 3 times so far in my experience.

I’ve only done 2 and the first was an overflow and we did have an event. As far as I understand if the overflow is created within 10 minutes of the original event starting, then it generates the event. That is not to say there is some limit on the number of Overflows that can have events going at the same time.

I DO think an ANet Rep needs to do a blog post or something to let everyone KNOW how this is supose to work and possibly come up with some way for us to determine (In game, hopefully) if the zone we are in is going to host an event, or if we are just SoL and need to try again in an hour.

BTW, both events I’ve done ended saying Scarlet was driven out of the zone….does that mean they were successful or not? The rewards seemed to be the ones you get for success, but having never seen a different outcome yet, I’m not 100% sure.

I’ve noticed the events tend to start at the beginning of each hour, when it gets close to the top of the hour go to DR and watch the meta for the update and port immediately. I’ve never ported into an overflow not running the event by using this method. I’ve also never been in a failed event, but that depends on the group you’ve gotten in with.

Just a big gold sink and waste of WP costs to jump into a zone with zero chance of getting into the event.

If the message in the upper right tells me there is an invasion going on, I should have a chance to get into it. If there is no chance I can participate, it shouldn’t tell me that there is.

Wasting my time, money, and has gotten me totally frustrated with the event.

Am I expected to stand around for an hour or two until an event pops and WP in at that exact moment or be out of luck?

Even the time I got into an event (failed miserably on the one OF it put me in) I didn’t see any portals to close. How in the world do you get those achievements? The portals are in the air and you can not reach them to close them.

If you port to the map within 10 minutes of the event starting you should get into an overflow with the event going.

Port after that and you’ll most likely end up in a non-event overflow. You could theorhetically still get into an overflow with the event going (if said overflow was created early) but the chances of that are slim, it would require someone to actually leave said overflow either by choice or crash.

kishter.9578:

dont worry, anyway overflow is a tag to a fail event.

Not true. One invasion last night on my main server failed, while one of the overflow invasions I was in succeeded. It ultimately depends on the group tackling the invasion.

Electro.4173:

If you port to the map within 10 minutes of the event starting you should get into an overflow with the event going.

Port after that and you’ll most likely end up in a non-event overflow. You could theorhetically still get into an overflow with the event going (if said overflow was created early) but the chances of that are slim, it would require someone to actually leave said overflow either by choice or crash.

Well its not working as intended. 5 times now I have Waypointed to a zone where an invasion has JUST started and been placed in an overflow where no event has taken place. Just now I ported to Dredgehaunt Cliffs, literally within 2 minutes of the event starting only to be once again placed in an overflow with many others. Waited there 25minutes and nothing happened.

Am getting so very tired of overflows.

just as a precaution, try not to be on an overflow when the events are about to start. that might be what’s screwing up the timing for you.

other than that, it should work. event starts, jump to the map, overflows will have the event (unless somehow the overflow you got thrown into had been around forever. in which case you’re really unlucky)

Mad Rasputin.7809:

Just a big gold sink and waste of WP costs to jump into a zone with zero chance of getting into the event.

If the message in the upper right tells me there is an invasion going on, I should have a chance to get into it. If there is no chance I can participate, it shouldn’t tell me that there is.

Wasting my time, money, and has gotten me totally frustrated with the event.

Am I expected to stand around for an hour or two until an event pops and WP in at that exact moment or be out of luck?

Even the time I got into an event (failed miserably on the one OF it put me in) I didn’t see any portals to close. How in the world do you get those achievements? The portals are in the air and you can not reach them to close them.

A couple waypoint costs hardly qualify as a “big gold sink”. 2 whole silver lost, yeah, how will we ever feed the children now… come on, just pick a couple plants, kill an animal or two, and you’ll get your money back.
The events are at set times so that wasted waypoint should never happen in the first place. What should you do while waiting? I don’t know… doing your daily sounds pretty reasonable to me…

Make sure you first port to a WP near an exit to the zone. If you are in an overflow that does NOT appear to have an event, then EXIT the zone (via the portal) wait a few minutes and then re-enter the zone (try this a few times over the next 10 minutes to try and get in an overflow that has the event).

I’m guessing this issue may be due to overflow zones existing prior to the event starting in the home zones. Has anyone been in an actual home zone when the event started up? Just wondering how that happens (do the events just start showing up or what?).

rizzo.1079:

Shoe.5821:

It only works if you join an overflow that was started within 10 minutes of the event starting.

In theory…it worked about 1 out of 3 times so far in my experience.

How would you know when the overflow you went to was created, to know if it should spawn an event or not?

I have a question. If little event window says there’s an invasion in blazeridge steppes, how do i know which WP to go to? If i go to map view while i am still in DR will i see an orange circle in blazeridge where the actual event is occurring?

ozmaniandevil.6805:

I have a question. If little event window says there’s an invasion in blazeridge steppes, how do i know which WP to go to? If i go to map view while i am still in DR will i see an orange circle in blazeridge where the actual event is occurring?

The invasion events cover the entire map, more or less. There are multiple small events across the map. So chances are pretty good that no matter where you go you’ll find an event somewhere nearby, unless players have recently cleared the area. Sticking to the middle areas of the map (just don’t go straight to the edges) could further improve those chances.

I was sitting on an non-event Overflow. Waiting. Then I went to the forum. Read a bit. Then, all of the sudden, I realized I wanted to play. So I closed GW2, wrote this post and started Steam.

WTB map priority pass to not get into overflow. That was kinda anticlimatic.

Sorin.4310:

rizzo.1079:

Shoe.5821:

It only works if you join an overflow that was started within 10 minutes of the event starting.

In theory…it worked about 1 out of 3 times so far in my experience.

How would you know when the overflow you went to was created, to know if it should spawn an event or not?

Because I ported there less than 10 minutes after the event started. There’s usually not an overflow for Fireheart or Blazeridge(not for a long time anyhow, and Shatterer wasn’t up) as far as I know, so it didn’t exist before the event.

Chidori.9483:

I’ve noticed the events tend to start at the beginning of each hour, when it gets close to the top of the hour go to DR and watch the meta for the update and port immediately. I’ve never ported into an overflow not running the event by using this method. I’ve also never been in a failed event, but that depends on the group you’ve gotten in with.

This has been my experience also.

When you logon to the game the Living Story bar in the corner will likely say Scarlet is invading a certain area. If you’re after 10 minutes from event start time and you go to that map, you’ll likely be in a non-event overflow and the Living Story bar will tell you Scarlet is not invading and please wait to go to your home world.

I’d like to see the main Living Story bar verbiage changed to let you know if the 10 minute window is already past or not. It’s a small annoyance to see that message she is invading, but not know whether you’re in time to join in or not.

Also per some comments about overflow=fail above, I’d tend to disagree. I’ve done two events thus far, both on overflows, and both successful.

Meeks.1079:

I am trying really hard to participate in the living story but having no luck at all. I have tried to participate in three different invasions so far and each time I was put into an overflow that had no event going on. What is the point of even playing this game if the only content that ever comes out I cannot even do because of overflows.

I posted about this earlier today.

Check my indignant post…

I and my friends, as casual players, find “Clockwork Chaos” quite difficult. We, like many others, have yet to manage to enter an overflow with an active event. I acknowledge that the system is working for some people, but there is sufficient testimony to indicate a real problem in the way the event system is run. In particular, if you only have 1 or 2 hours at a time, one to three times a week, to play, the hit-or-miss event entrance makes it extremely challenging to complete this arc of Living Story.
At the very least, a “timer” indicating that the 10-minute window was up would be useful.

anet have given me some karma, i assume to say sorry for how badly the game is running. I would rather be able to play the game I love so much