Bloodstone Harvest - Why
I am no fan of these events, but it’s not as dire as you make it out to be. I see these things spawn all the time and usually get killed if someone organizes (usually, no one does, or someone tries to do so while people are already gathered on some other event). Plus, no question that this was easier when it first launched.
So the tips are:
- Start organizing before it spawns.
- Check the wiki’s event timer (in-game: /wiki ET) to make sure nothing else is scheduled to overlap.
- Make sure there are people who can break defiance & do lots of DPS. Buffs help.
One way of making that happen (besides using LFG, which might or might not be successful) is to post here or in Reddit a specific time/map that you plan on targeting. Or better yet: find a guild interested in helping. Lots & lots of guilds have plenty of members who haven’t completed this; they just need an excuse to organize.
I got it done by not trying to race through it, but instead, just playing the game, and jumping in to kill the legendary critters when they popped up. I think it was about a month ago I finally got the bear, and the achievement.
Was happy about it, but much happier than if I’d been frustrating myself trying to solo grind the thing to completion.
Oh, and you asked for tips: watch out for when the daily event zone is in an area that the critter you want is in. That brings piles of players, enough that they will spawn much more frequently than through normal zone populations.
My problem with it was just that they had respawn timers on them.
I had a lot of fun with the event. Some of my favorite content in the game.