Guild Wars 2

I’ve been trying to get into Dreamdark Enclave but the vine gate/spider web gate at one end is closed and it says there might be another way in—that’s what I’m looking for?

The problem is that Morgan’s Orchid is ‘dead’ to me because I believe I did this jump a long long time ago including getting the chest contents and have totally forgotten. The plant leaves are now turned down and shriveled up and although I can get to the top of the rock I cannot make the first real stepping-stone jump.

Q1 Would someone confirm that this is indeed the problem?

Q2 Is there yet another way in or should I just hang this one up?

I tried using Haste to make the first jump to the first stone bridge but failed. Did I use Haste wrong?

Thanks…

I believe what has happened is that there was an event in that area that was failed, and as a result, the petals were destroyed. Do not despair—give it some time and they will grow again!

that’s really bizarre, never seen that happen.

there’s only 2 ways in that i know of, the jump and the gate

I’ve seen it dead before, but never actually witnessed it die. In other words, I’ve never seen the event fail, and I’m almost certain that’s the cause of it. There should be another event that kicks off before too long to remedy the situation.

By the way, the dead orchid can be climbed, but with great (glitchy) difficulty. Also yes, failed events regularly have adverse affects on the environment. Vendors disappear, routes become inaccessible and content is just generally blocked off. Not all failed events do this, but it’s certainly not uncommon. You just don’t see it often because events are so rarely failed.

Assuming the events are being set properly (I’ve seen guys who start events permadead due to glitches before), the guy who normally stands by the base of the tree should be coming round more or less soon. He comes from south of the spiral and has to be protected against undead to get to the tree, defended at the tree against waves of undead (using the plant mortars as back up), and then defended against a champion risen hylek.

If it’s taking that long, I suspect the event has stalled. The event to defend the orchid from the Risen attack seems to pop every 15 minutes or so. I’m not sure exactly, but I never have to wait very long to see it. If it doesn’t activate after 30 minutes, I’d report it. It’s starter zone event and an early one. It should be popping pretty frequently.