Is there a sequence of events that triggers the ‘The Campaign Against Taidha Covington’ meta event to happen? We’ve fought the captain pirate several times with no meta event taking place. The meta occurred right after the most recent server reset, but unfortunately, not everyone got the ‘Kill the Hydra Queen’ achievement. Also was alerted to the meta taking place midway through, but nobody knows how it was triggered.
Okay, so a few friends and I cycled through this a few times; and here’s what we can tell (to also confirm another post that was in the Dynamic Events section):
The meta event will not occur when the captain boss/event is up (related to the “Protect Bill and Hekja as they clear Risen from the area” event). Because of this, you may have to fight the captain boss multiple times. This in itself was a task as this boss takes some time. With a smaller group, I would suggest respawning as fast as you can rather than waste the time to revive. No attackers present and the bosses health will start to go back up; if he goes back down below deck, he’ll fully revive his health. We tried to bring him topside as well as outside into the yard as much as possible. You’ll also have to tend to the constant mobs of risen and other pirates that respawn fast.
The signs that the meta will start soon – the two npc’s (Bill and Hekja) will not respawn near the cannons once you’ve killed the captain pirate; and Jenny, the merchant npc (make sure she’s not dead – you’ll have to revive her otherwise as we did) will run towards the beach cannons and into the water. After that, the meta event will start a few minutes after (took about 10 to 15 mins for us after Jenny disappeared). You’ll destroy the cannons on the north and south hills; then you’ll destroy the beach cannons and door at the same time; then you’ll fight Taidha. The achievement still appears random; but today, 2 more guildies got it while one other did not. Best of luck to you.
There is probably something else : on my world, the captain is dead since yesterday evening, the door leading to Taidha’s headquarter is closed (the door you need to destroy to kill her) and the event doesn’t trigger…
You have to kill risen champion 3 times before NPC disappear. Yet i have no clue what is resp time for event to trigger. 1st time it took like 20 min , 2nd time it was over an hour.
I left a character there, and logged in every 15-30 mins for days (of course not 24hrs, but when I am online…)
the meta event remains at “The Lionguard are preparing to attack Laughing Gull Island and Taidha Covington.”
There is no Group-Event, there are no risen, there are just those stupid Covington Pirates. No Boss, no NPCs at all. Am I doin something wrong or could it be, that the event is really really bugged?
Seems to be the same today. I’ve been waiting over an hour and I can’t get it to trigger. I wouldn’t care, except that I can’t get the skill point and map completion since the skill point is behind the locked door that you open as part of the event….
Patch notes mention a change in this event. Here you go:
Admiral Taidha Covington
The Lion’s Arch Galleon will appear at Taidha’s base as soon as the boss is activated to draw fire from Taidha’s defenses.
If the Lion’s Arch Galleon is destroyed, the event fails, causing the Lionguard to retreat. Players can help the galleon survive by defeating Taidha’s cannoneers.
Once the north and south towers of Taidha’s base are destroyed, the galleon will begin bombarding the door. Players can assist the bombardment by carrying explosive kegs to the door.
If the door is destroyed, the event to kill Taidha will begin as normal.
Various scaling factors were adjusted to keep difficulty consistent through a wider range of player counts.
We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That’s the way that lady luck dances
Huh. Doesn’t seem to be working. At least on the 3 servers I tried. The event is perpetually “The Lionguard are preparing to attack Laughing Gull island and Taidha Covington”…
