Guild Wars 2

So I was running around in the Fields of Ruin leveling my newest character when I decide to go partake in an event to kill some harpies and save some villagers. The last time I’d been the area and the event was going on, it had been bugged and a villager wouldn’t leave even though all the harpies were dead, so I’ve never been around to do this event before. But I doubt this event is supposed to spawn level 81 NPCs to fight.

Specifically, it’s the event in Tangleroot Hills, in the north-east corner of the map. I’ll include a screenshot that shows one of the event NPCs towards the left, and on the right you can see this is clearly meant to be an event for lower levels, not some new level 80 event for ley lines or bandits.

http://i.imgur.com/KEK2wYW.png

All the other harpy NPCs in the area are around level 35, so at least they’re still normal.

Yeah, this has been a problem for at least a few days, maybe longer. Those harpies can easily one-shot you. I assume this is a glitch that needs to be fixed.

But… wow – when enough folks get together you can actually take these very high level mobs down. And it’s fun. Yes, very tank-and-spank, but not where you might expect it. So, ANET, you may have stumbled upon something here. Throw up some max (80-82) level mobs in lower level zones every week – different zones of course.

This was more fun than the typical learn-the-crazy-tactics (stand on your left foot, wave your right hand) fight against so many bosses. Just getting enough people in the map to organize and beat down these WAY op mobs was fun.