Guild Wars 2

Soronthar.7236:

The problem with permanent invasion is that they may hinder people not doing the event: They can use a waypoint just to discover that they are surrounded by mobs that can kill you in a few seconds if you’re alone, or that there is a champ surrounded by elites just where you need to go.

And given the amount of people needed for champs to appear, I won’t bet that farmers will be there (you need to pass the first wave for it to be profitable).

All in all, I expect invasion to be more or less what Karka Queen is today.

You realize they’d see a very obvious marker on the map when looking at the waypoint, yes? Besides which, even when the circle encloses the WP (very rare IME) I’ve only ever seen mobs actually near the waypoint itself when people have brought them there fighting. I like these events because it means less running for me, so I warp to them whenever I get the chance, and it’s never been an issue.

If I were ANet, my collective heads would be spinning. We want permanent content! No wait, we don’t want that permanent content!

I’d rather that Anet made the Pavilion permanent than these “invasions.”

The events scale based on how many people are around. Last time I did an invasion I did several events by myself or with 1 or 2 other people because I was avoiding the zerg. It was mostly only regular mobs and the occasional vet so doable solo. If a champion spawned and it was only me I had to leave it but then you already get this with group dynamic events on the map.

If you don’t want to do the events you can avoid them since they aren’t tightly packed or go to a different map for 45 minutes. They don’t contest way points so that won’t be an issue either. Since they aren’t going to be every hour after this LS ends and they can be in a number of maps I don’t imagine you will encounter this issue often unless you are very unlucky.

Gabby.3205:

But how would that work, lore-wise?
I mean… Unless we will keep killing Molten Alliance, Aetherblades and the rest of Scarlet’s army for years to come. Oh dear…

Alright, it is fun and all… For a while. Maybe it won’t be “permanent”, but it will just take some months until they are removed? I mean, they will be removed after Scarlet is gone, right? She will be gone someday, right?

I would like to put an end to her plans someday. It is already bad enough that Orr is still full of risen even though we killed Zaithan already (LS-wise). She is cool, I like her, but fighting her forever… I don’t know.

They might just keep invasions as a system eventually. If Scarlet is defeated for good they could replace the minions and boss with the inevitable new villain who will crop up after her or they could make a few different variations of something relevant to the map like a dredge invasion, nightmare court invasion, fire legion invasion ect

^ Indeed, I would personally love to see Dragon-minion invasions…..

Demented Sheep.1642:

The events scale based on how many people are around. Last time I did an invasion I did several events by myself or with 1 or 2 other people because I was avoiding the zerg. It was mostly only regular mobs and the occasional vet so doable solo. If a champion spawned and it was only me I had to leave it but then you already get this with group dynamic events on the map.

If you don’t want to do the events you can avoid them since they aren’t tightly packed or go to a different map for 45 minutes. They don’t contest way points so that won’t be an issue either. Since they aren’t going to be every hour after this LS ends and they can be in a number of maps I don’t imagine you will encounter this issue often unless you are very unlucky.

Gabby.3205:

But how would that work, lore-wise?
I mean… Unless we will keep killing Molten Alliance, Aetherblades and the rest of Scarlet’s army for years to come. Oh dear…

Alright, it is fun and all… For a while. Maybe it won’t be “permanent”, but it will just take some months until they are removed? I mean, they will be removed after Scarlet is gone, right? She will be gone someday, right?

I would like to put an end to her plans someday. It is already bad enough that Orr is still full of risen even though we killed Zaithan already (LS-wise). She is cool, I like her, but fighting her forever… I don’t know.

They might just keep invasions as a system eventually. If Scarlet is defeated for good they could replace the minions and boss with the inevitable new villain who will crop up after her or they could make a few different variations of something relevant to the map like a dredge invasion, nightmare court invasion, fire legion invasion ect

I don’t see the point in that to be honest. Why re use an event that was specific for Scarlet? It is like saying , dragonbash event would stay permanently in game but will change to different animals , aka Quaggan bash ,Moa Bash , doesn’t make sense…

^ Because it might very well be a test to see how invasion-type events would work in the game? More or less every single Living Story release have experimented with new stuff, so why assume it is not the same case here?

I assumed they meant permanent in the sense that it will carry on after the end of the current chapter, but not necessarily that these events exactly as they are now will be in the game forever and ever.

Given that Scarlet is the new nemesis they’ve been hinting at since the start of Flame and Frost (aka the whole Living Story) I think she’s going to be around for a while yet. I assume we will defeat her one day, but I think it’s going to take a while and she’ll go through a few more new ideas before that happens. (Think main villain in a TV show.)

And as long as Scarlet is around she’s going to be sending her minions to attack. Just not as frequently as they are now.

Once she’s gone they might well use the same mechanic for something else, like Lordkrall said. Maybe dragon minions, maybe something new.

thefantasticg.3984:

Hey Baggins! I love this new content and I think it’s awesome that it is going to be permanent. Hope they add even more things like this!!

And you have every right to feel that way. It doesn’t make either of us any less right or wrong. That’s why they have more than one flavor of ice cream.

It might be more interesting if the invading mobs actually invaded, and if the creatures there resented their attack as much as they resent ours (e.g., Centaurs are very territorial, but leave the “invaders” alone unless caught in AoE).

This thread is to complain about something that hasn’t happened yet.