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ogre wars event chain permanently stalls

I’m sure many people have posted about this in the past, but I hope to bring it to attention again.

The Ogre Wars event chain in Fire Heart Rise has several areas where it is possible for the event chain to literally halt progress forever until that server shard resets. This makes its unique item drop “Sam” the rabbit accessory essentially impossible to obtain.

At least some form of “reset” would be useful to add to the event so that it automatically gives up and resets if it times out, or something along those lines. Currently the event chain can get NPCs stuck, or dead while out of event and running to the next event spawn.

It is really annoying to be attempting to perform the chain and then have it stuck. Since the map is not very popular, you can’t even find alternate shards to try the event on, since the reduction of per-server map instances, and no longer having the API to check event progress.

This has essentially made it impossible to attempt earning the accessory required for “Treasure Hunter” collection.

ogre wars event chain permanently stalls

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Posted by: Illconceived Was Na.9781

Illconceived Was Na.9781

There’s a really long post about this, documenting the specific ways in which the event can fail (and how to prevent them). I don’t remember if ANet responded to that specific thread, but they have mentioned they are aware of an issue. No ETA about changing the event chain and/or the method for acquiring Sam.

In the meantime, I recommend getting to that map as soon as possible after a new build; the chain will succeed at least once afterward. Similarly, whenever Fields of Ruins is part of the event daily, there’s a good chance of getting in a new map and therefore at least one successful chain.

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Annoyed But Resigned to Waiting

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