So where is Defiants Zombies?

Dr_Toerag · 10-19-2008 08:21 PM

Yup, we moved to a quiet zone with a full team and got all the badges straight away. In King's Row, with a larger number of teams, the bosses didn't spawn.

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LunaWisp · 10-19-2008 08:38 PM

They're hiding, we're just too good for them and they know it.

Golden Girl · 10-19-2008 08:56 PM

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Was this on Defiant or Union?

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Teduardo · 10-19-2008 09:06 PM

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I hear the Halloween zombies are particularly vulnerable to sonics.

And there's been a steady whining tone on Defiant all evening that's scared them off.

(Whaaaaat!!?! )

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Tellis · 10-19-2008 09:07 PM

Zombies are up on Defiant! I just got very squished in Port Oakes!

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Golden Girl · 10-19-2008 09:11 PM

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Zombies are up on Defiant! I just got very squished in Port Oakes!

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What, right now? I see nothing in my chat window...

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Tellis · 10-19-2008 09:14 PM

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Zombies are up on Defiant! I just got very squished in Port Oakes!

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What, right now? I see nothing in my chat window...

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Bah sorry... They were just normal halloween door zombies. Just ran round a corner into one. It was... icky

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Lady Arete · 10-19-2008 09:50 PM

Have you checked that the zone event (hero or villain) is on, so you get a message that your invaded?

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Techbot Alpha · 10-19-2008 10:32 PM

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I hear the Halloween zombies are particularly vulnerable to sonics.

And there's been a steady whining tone on Defiant all evening that's scared them off.

(Whaaaaat!!?! )

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Hehehehehehehehehehehehe

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Jade_Warrior · 10-20-2008 11:22 AM

so... it's been over 24 hours since this "challange" was spotted and so far the offical reply:

Nothing

No red name thread
No post in this thread

Someone must be able to update us...

GhostRaptor_EU · 10-20-2008 12:16 PM

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If the community hadn't generated so many hours worth of unnecessary work for me over the weekend I would have been able to address this for you much sooner.

This possible issue is under investigation and I'll update this thread as soon as I know more.

Edit: Please note that I acknowledged the issue in my locked post on General this morning.

SingStar · 10-20-2008 12:20 PM

Guess that means there's still no point logging on to defiant... No I13, No Zombies...

...back to Travian, it's free and more fun (at the moment)!
Please shout on this thread if they show up! I was guarding the server all day yday, now it's your turn!

Remember there WAS one zombie invasion early morning yday.

LunaWisp · 10-20-2008 12:25 PM

Zombies were all over the place on Defiant Monday morning. Popping up out of the ground as they are supposed to. I haven't been on for long so no idea how many times it happened today but we've certainly has one invasion at least.

Wiggum · 10-20-2008 12:26 PM

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Possible issue?

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I haven't been on for long so no idea how many times it happened today but we've certainly has one invasion at least.

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I logged in around 10ish, just in time to see an invasion end. Stayed on till around 2ish and in that time there wasn't a single invasion.

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Miss Chief · 10-20-2008 12:57 PM

There was invasion about 30 minsa go In Peregrine, and a lot of fun it was too! Only small thing is i have all the badges already on one toon, including a funky pumpkin helmet!

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GhostRaptor_EU · 10-20-2008 01:07 PM

As I said, we're investigating (if you were in the right zones some Invasions were recently triggered on both Defiant and Union as part of these investigations). Apocalypse events should be triggered on a timer.

As a hint, however, just like Rikti events there is a secondary trigger that can be activated by the actions of players.

FloatingFatMan · 10-20-2008 01:15 PM

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Someone pop into Croatoa and kill Eochi and Jack!

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Judgement_Dave · 10-20-2008 01:22 PM

I nearly suggested Katie Hannon TF, but then considered that the trigger would probably be available to both CoH and CoV (unless there are 2 secondary triggers).

I'd go with it being ToT or Halloween GM related...

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GhostRaptor_EU · 10-20-2008 01:41 PM

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As I said, we're investigating (if you were in the right zones some Invasions were recently triggered on both Defiant and Union as part of these investigations). Apocalypse events should be triggered on a timer.

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We've had a look into this and believe that invasions should now occur regularly on Defiant (/em crosses fingers). An Apocalypse was just run on Defiant. It is worth noting that Apocalypse events will not occur as regularly as Rikti Invasions during invasion weeks.

Wiggum · 10-20-2008 01:50 PM

I hope so cos I just missed another one

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SingStar · 10-20-2008 02:11 PM

Been several hero side now, still no sign of villain brain eating undead groundhoppers...

Judgement_Dave · 10-20-2008 02:23 PM

Daft question maybe... but how does the server pick random zones to invade?

It's not doing something stupid like:
* X zones can be invaded on CoH
* Y on CoV
So pick 3 zones at random with each having 1/(X+Y) chance of being picked is it?

If it does similar, it does actually weight the villain zones heavier doesn't it? Or even try to distribute between CoH and CoV evenly...

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SingStar · 10-20-2008 02:50 PM

Well, killing, erhm, defeating madly should fill up the 333 floors down, might be worth trying... In Grandville killing everything I can find btw, because still none on defiant villains so far.

Think the timed trigger is still off villainside!
20:12 CET and still no invasion, seem to have stopped again hero side...

Jade_Warrior · 10-20-2008 04:29 PM

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Someone must be able to update us...

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If the community hadn't generated so many hours worth of unnecessary work for me over the weekend I would have been able to address this for you much sooner.

This possible issue is under investigation and I'll update this thread as soon as I know more.

Edit: Please note that I acknowledged the issue in my locked post on General this morning.

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Well... what about the people who were around to switch the event on... didn't they hang around to sort the problems?

And let's really be frank here... if the event had been bug free in the first place then you wouldn't have had all this work this morning... so let's not blaim the concerned members of the forum for expressing there feelings at being let down in the only place they have to do so.

Sorry if I've offended anyone, I don't mean to, but if as a paying customer you can't express how you feel about the service you pay for then what does that say about the company? If the server population of Defiant is as high as some people belive / say then a lot of people were let down.

Judgement_Dave · 10-20-2008 04:54 PM

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Doesn't seem to have been much forum speculation about this trigger yet...

Don't suppose it'd be triggered by number/percentage of players wearing/using the costume temp powers? Would at least tie the trigger in to the Halloween event...

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