(Discussion) Halloween In Spring? April Fool? Nope, It's True!
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Posted on: 2011-04-01 09:20 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Originally Posted by Rylas
It's no FREEM, but I guess it'll do.
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How will hunts be done for both of the WSTs? These events despawn mobs and both Manticore and Renault have hunts in zones.
This doesn't seem to be well thought through...
Edit to add - ok it looks like these events aren't constant. As I typed my message, banner events in all zones were followed by zombie events in all zones. So it looked like this was going to be a constant stream of these events at the time. That doesn't appear to be the case now.
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Don't see the problem. Odds are slim a banner or zombie attack are happening just when you need your Crey, but, if it is, they don't last that long, and you're on a ready made team to take advantage of some zombie killing or banner smashing. Then when it's over, carry on with the crey hunting.
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Originally Posted by Deacon_NA
How will hunts be done for both of the WSTs? These events despawn mobs and both Manticore and Renault have hunts in zones.
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Like I said in my edit above, the events happend in ALL zones, Crey and Longbow hunts were literally impossible.
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Originally Posted by Madadh
Don't see the problem. Odds are slim a banner or zombie attack are happening just when you need your Crey, but, if it is, they don't last that long, and you're on a ready made team to take advantage of some zombie killing or banner smashing. Then when it's over, carry on with the crey hunting.
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Kind of annoying; can't do the Manticore TF or Operative Renault SF because the invasions/hunts in the zones 
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Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
Kind of annoying; can't do the Manticore TF or Operative Renault SF because the invasions/hunts in the zones
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Guess it could be worse, it could be Numina this week.
But yea, there are going to be a lot that don't see this as a good thing. Constant invasions cause a lot of disruption.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
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Originally Posted by mousedroid
Double XP would have been better, but I'll take it. Thanks!
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Welcome to my debut post.
*Raises the curtain*
I just wanted to stop by and talk about the effects of the Halloween event on the Weekly Strike Target.
The current Weekly Strike Targets have hunt missions in Creys Folly and Nerva Archipelago. Each of these zones are subject to the Zombie and Deadly Apocalypse events. When these events run they will despawn all the creatures in the zone. This will cause a team to be unable to complete the hunt mission until the event has ended. These events last around 20 minutes which I understand can be a large amount of time for many players. While the Halloween event is running the world is plunged into perpetual night. This should not affect any of the creature spawns needed for the hunt missions.
As Weekly Strike Targets continue this issue may appear again during other future zone events.
I would like to apologize for any inconvenience these events have caused anyone trying to run the current Weekly Strike Targets.
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guess we are canceling out weekly task force then with the SG... grumble grumble
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Oh good grief, the zone invasions are not constant - like the new Red Name said (btw, hi new red name!) they last 20 minutes. They also tend to happen once every 2-6 hours or something like that. So yes, some unlucky people will get caught trying to do a hunt during a zone event, but it's not like this is going to prevent anyone from doing the WST at all this weekend.
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Originally Posted by nytflyr
guess we are canceling out weekly task force then with the SG... grumble grumble
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@Quasadu
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I thought the Manti Hunt was just Crey not zone restricted.
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Originally Posted by TheNet
Welcome to my debut post.
*Raises the curtain* I just wanted to stop by and talk about the effects of the Halloween event on the Weekly Strike Target. The current Weekly Strike Targets have hunt missions in Creys Folly and Nerva Archipelago. Each of these zones are subject to the Zombie and Deadly Apocalypse events. When these events run they will despawn all the creatures in the zone. This will cause a team to be unable to complete the hunt mission until the event has ended. These events last around 20 minutes which I understand can be a large amount of time for many players. While the Halloween event is running the world is plunged into perpetual night. This should not affect any of the creature spawns needed for the hunt missions. As Weekly Strike Targets continue this issue may appear again during other future zone events. I would like to apologize for any inconvenience these events have caused anyone trying to run the current Weekly Strike Targets. |
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you have misunderstood what I said... I'm canceling tonight's run, cause I don't want to chance it, manticore is long enough without a 20 minute interruption.
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Originally Posted by Quasadu
Oh good grief, the zone invasions are not constant - like the new Red Name said (btw, hi new red name!) they last 20 minutes. They also tend to happen once every 2-6 hours or something like that. So yes, some unlucky people will get caught trying to do a hunt during a zone event, but it's not like this is going to prevent anyone from doing the WST at all this week.
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can I get a confirmation on this?
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Originally Posted by Blood_Beret
I thought the Manti Hunt was just Crey not zone restricted.
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One is in Crey's Folly, a hunt of 25 Crey I believe, the other is in any zone. So yes, IF there's an event in Crey's Folly it can delay you and if you get stunningly unlucky, several events in the proper zones could effect the other.
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Originally Posted by nytflyr
can I get a confirmation on this?
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Originally Posted by namey
you want us to run out faster?
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No I didn't misunderstand I just forgot to put the "end" on "weekend." I think it's silly to cancel the run just because you JUST MIGHT happen to come up on the hunt mission at the same time that a zone event happens. It seems pretty unlikely to me. It's your run, so obviously you can do whatever you want, but I still think it's silly.
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Originally Posted by nytflyr
you have misunderstood what I said... I'm canceling tonight's run, cause I don't want to chance it, manticore is long enough without a 20 minute interruption.
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@Quasadu
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Manticore is not some 3 hour tour of hell and high water either.
Even the most PUG of PUGs can get it finished in under an hour.
You have a slim chance of it maybe taking an extra 15 minutes. While Trick or Treating in PI today, I saw a span of about 2 hours without any banner or zombie events.
If you just happen to be slightly inconvenienced by this, why don't you go with the flow and spend the 15-20 minutes as a team fighting some zombies and actually having fun. This game isn't a second job and you aren't getting paid by the hour.
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Ive been in two, both were just a hair under 3 hours, sorry im not as seasoned as some of you folks are, and some of those in our SG are even greener than I am. so please lose the Im superior to you attitude, not needed, we will have fun tonight running the halloween event stuff.
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Originally Posted by Friggin_Taser
Manticore is not some 3 hour tour of hell and high water either.
Even the most PUG of PUGs can get it finished in under an hour. |
That's right! We're celebrating this day of mischief with another mischievous holiday. The Halloween event has been activated on all live servers effective this morning at 9:00 AM PDT and runs until Monday, 4/4/2011! So come on out and join in the fun as we do something a little different to make up for yesterdays lost (down) time!
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