I’m sure these items have been mentioned but I’d like to add my voice to the tally. I was excited by the prospect of the mordrem invasion but there are a number of points that sap the fun out of it for me. First, I’m not sure I understand the reasoning behind the “participation stacking bonus.” Given the mechanic that a person can get bronze participation and a reward by simply running through an area where an event is happening and killing one enemy before leaving the area, this means that people are encouraged to “tag” 20 events without really participating in any of them (or only in the last ones as the timer’s running out and they’re gaining bronze participation from events long left behind.) Given the limited amount of time for the event and the limited rewards, in order to acquire the highest-priced items, a player is almost forced into this tactic.
Second, the reward token distribution. In my opinion, it makes more sense for the blooms to drop like any other loot, maybe replacing an adept-level item that would normally drop. This means players can amass flowers by killing multiple levels of enemies – as opposed to the blooms only dropping from champions, which would encourage champ farming. I like the map bonus but it shouldn’t be so hard to get the regular blooms and the map bonus should feel like an extra perk for staying in the area.
Finally, the fights themselves are lacking. For months now, we have been fighting these same mordrem in the silverwastes and now they just feel randomly dumped into the core maps, rather than like an actual planned invasion. There are no real enemy commanders, no use of tactics brought on by the new environments, etc. It feels like the invasions are a missed opportunity.
