Map overflow is killing this event

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Posted by: darkwombat.3695

darkwombat.3695

I can’t belive something like a simple map overflow has stopped me this evening from doing an event in an MMO game. This is beyond frustrating.

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Posted by: Vayne.8563

Vayne.8563

How has map overflow killed the event?

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Posted by: Onshidesigns.1069

Onshidesigns.1069

How has map overflow killed the event?

Disconnections!

Make invasions on all servers at the same time.

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Posted by: Vayne.8563

Vayne.8563

disconnections have nothing to do with overflow. They have to do with stability of the system over all.

There’s a core instability,. possibly since Anet again increased server limits.

But I don’t see what this has to do with overflows.

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Posted by: darkwombat.3695

darkwombat.3695

It says I cant participate in event because im in the overflow and need to wait.
Been waiting forever.

On some events and servers if you are in the overflow, you cant help with the invasion.

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Posted by: Araziel.7201

Araziel.7201

It says I cant participate in event because im in the overflow and need to wait.
Been waiting forever.

On some events and servers if you are in the overflow, you cant help with the invasion.

You need to go to the zone that the event is in within 10 minutes of getting the message. Otherwise you will be thrown into an overflow without the event.

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Posted by: Crazylegsmurphy.6430

Crazylegsmurphy.6430

Overflow is terrible due to the fact that getting disconnected often means you lose your place, and often get separated from friends.

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Posted by: Vayne.8563

Vayne.8563

It says I cant participate in event because im in the overflow and need to wait.
Been waiting forever.

On some events and servers if you are in the overflow, you cant help with the invasion.

You don’t wait. That’s not how it works. You should read the patch notes.

Every hour, roughly on the hour, a new invasion starts. If you get into an overflow within ten minutes of that event starting, the event will trigger on that overflow again. After that you have to wait for the next hour.

Overflows aren’t killing the event. Lack of understanding (and possibly lack of Anet explaining things properly) is killing the event.

One of the best things about being in a guild is having this stuff explained to you, instead of waiting on an empty overflow.

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Posted by: Araziel.7201

Araziel.7201

The only problem I had with the overflow was on the final phase. My regular server finished the event and I used the waypoint to get closer to one of the invasions. It put me back on my regular server. I was kitten ed.

That’s easy to avoid though because you will get the pop up to return to your regular server. Just don’t waypoint after that. Sucks, but what are you going to do?

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Posted by: Vayne.8563

Vayne.8563

The only problem I had with the overflow was on the final phase. My regular server finished the event and I used the waypoint to get closer to one of the invasions. It put me back on my regular server. I was kitten ed.

That’s easy to avoid though because you will get the pop up to return to your regular server. Just don’t waypoint after that. Sucks, but what are you going to do?

I haven’t had this happen. I’ve gotten the pop up, selected leave queue, and when I teleported at the end, I ended up on the same server I am.

It might only happen if you click re-enter queue.

I’ve done this several times during the event already.

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Posted by: Khisanth.2948

Khisanth.2948

The only problem I had with the overflow was on the final phase. My regular server finished the event and I used the waypoint to get closer to one of the invasions. It put me back on my regular server. I was kitten ed.

That’s easy to avoid though because you will get the pop up to return to your regular server. Just don’t waypoint after that. Sucks, but what are you going to do?

I’ve done that several times already without being tossed back into the home server. Each time(once per invasion) the popup showed up I clicked leave queue.

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Posted by: Araziel.7201

Araziel.7201

Yeah, I did it a bunch too. That was the first time it ever happened. I won’t attempt it again though. Luckily I already had that map in my achievements.

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Posted by: darkwombat.3695

darkwombat.3695

“The invasion is not active in this overflow”
Meanwhile, there are like 20 people at each waypoint, waiting to get into the non overflow verison of the zone that has the event.

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Posted by: IndigoSundown.5419

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This may not kill the event for me, but it sure does wound it.

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Posted by: Vayne.8563

Vayne.8563

“The invasion is not active in this overflow”
Meanwhile, there are like 20 people at each waypoint, waiting to get into the non overflow verison of the zone that has the event.

So those people also didn’t read patch notes. If you’re more than ten minutes past the hour, you have to wait till the next hour. Wait until the text on the right side of your screen changes, tells you the zone and way point there.

As long as you’re within ten minutes past the hour, you’ll get the events.

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Posted by: Sir Morgan Malory.2069

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This is to keep players from getting rewards if they join for the last 5-10mins.

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Posted by: Berelious.3290

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Just for the sake of posterity, I shall again repeat what’s been said by a few others, in this thread and others. Keep an eye on the event UI. Once it says that an invasion is occurring, you have 10 minutes to get to the specified map. Any overflow that is created within that 10 minute window will be hosting the event. Once that 10 minutes is over you’ll have to wait till the next event. It’s really simple, and to be honest it’s a huge window. The only real excuse for missing it is logging in sometime after the event has started.

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Posted by: ShiningSquirrel.3751

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This is to keep players from getting rewards if they join for the last 5-10mins.

That is incorrect. The real reason is each event takes roughly 45 minutes. Add 10 minutes for the overflow, that’s 55 minutes. That only leaves 5 minutes between each event.

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Posted by: LadyRhonwyn.2501

LadyRhonwyn.2501

This may not kill the event for me, but it sure does wound it.

Indeed… People only care for the loot and screw those that want maybe Scarlet to kill…

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Posted by: yorick.1305

yorick.1305

If’ it’s at the expense of guesting that’s even worse.

If you’re the one guesting, the Of’ is more…acceptable.