#meta events

[khorren]

Off-timer meta events maybe worth your time

I've been doing a bunch of event chains that aren't on the timers recently, and a lot of people don't know about these! So here's some info on what they are and why you should keep an eye on them, if that's your sort of thing :)

"In Pursuit of Knowledge" meta event, with the boss "Champion Dredge Commissar" which takes place in Dredgehaunt Cliffs

This event chain is largely soloable. The boss at the end is a champion, but fairly squishy. It's good karma to call out the boss though, so that will help if you're not super comfortable on your class :)

Once per day chest loot, event repsawns every 20 minutes and events in the region must be complete first. Notably those in Fridgardr Lodge and Firebase Molek areas.

This event does occasionally bug, and you can identify it if the meta says "The dredge and the Priory are competing for the center camps." without any active events at Fridgardr Lodge or Firebase Molek.

Map shows the events in the region that must be complete, and the boss appears bottom left of the map.

Sought after reward: Commissar's Manifesto (exotic version) currently goes for around 200g

"Ogre Wars" meta event with the boss "Champion Foulbear Chieftain" which takes place in Fields of Ruin.

This event chain is largely soloable, but again it's good karma to call it out on map chat so others can get in on the fun. I wouldn't call it out on map until you get to the point of assaulting the Kraal for reasons explained below though.

Once per day chest loot.

There's two main areas in the region that must be under ally control. Sapper's Delve to the South and Bloodgorge Watch to the North West. The main event takes place at Foulbear Kraal.

This meta event is notorious for stalling at various stages. Namely talking to npcs with the event icon above their heads doing nothing. No way to fix it other than to come back later and hope for a different map instance.

This event chain has a bit of talking from NPCs / waiting for them to get in place. So it's easy to think stuff has stalled, when really they're just getting in to place. So hang around for a moment after the events, and look for npcs nearby to talk to. Especially Maybri Shadowstalker over at Bloodgorge

Sought after rewards: Sam (exotic version). Goes for around 400g

The last one strictly isn't a meta event chain, but just gets called "Eye of Zhaitan" event chain, or "Zho'qafa Catacombs". As the name would suggest, it takes place in Zho'qafa Catacombs in Straits of Devastation

Largely soloable again, but when it comes to the escort, I would call it out in map chat and throw up a mentor/commander pin, as the parts inside there can be very ouchy.

This one takes a while to set up, so it's not super popular, but people do like it when it's up.

It starts off in the Catacombs and there's a bunch of coffins to kill. Shortly after that three events pop up one after the other. 2 are inside the catacombs, and it's just to kill a vet each, and the final one is to the west at the exit of the catacombs to kill another vet.

After this there's a 20~ minute waiting period. Go off and do other stuff like other events, gathering, go run the jump puzzle, whatever.

After the 20 minutes, over to the East south of "Blighted Battleground" there will be an event to take down an anti-aircraft gun in the swampy area. Shortly after this a squad will land via helicopter and you have to escort them to, and then through the Catacombs.

If you want to help fellow players, keep the waypoint at Waywarde Way open. It's just guarded by an easy to kill veteran.

Inside the catacombs there's a bunch of mobs to kill, a risen brute or two which can be pretty ouchie. And finally the boss, the eye of Zhaitan. He spawns as invulnerable and the npcs blab for a bit, so dont blow your cooldowns right away. Kill the boss. Done! If you want to be polite to fellow players, do the event to escort the npcs out of the catacombs so that the event chain can start up again in 20 minutes.

Sought after rewards: Pendant of Arah (exotic version). Goes for around 400g.

Hope you find this useful, and good luck on the $lol drops. They are pretty rare so you might not see one for a long time. But it's some nice activities to do / keep an eye on when you're traveling around those regions. Enjoy! :)

[metarail]

Collective Chronology

Shake things up here, how about some creative project thoughts this time?

So let’s agree that most fandoms spawn from stories.  Whether film or text or video game or whatever, generally speaking the core of our shared experience is some sequence of narrative events and its accessories (characters, settings, cultures and the like).

MetaRail, when used as intended, will be a shared experience.  Except its “canon” will be static.  My Meta Prime will be snapshots of people and places and conflicts that are meant to be interpreted and extrapolated into three dimensions by the willing.  Let’s call this frozen moment in time the “Present Day.”

In the long run, then, I would think it would be cool to introduce “Meta Events” that are imagined and agreed upon by the general community.  To piece together a timeline on either side of the “Present Day” that sees empires rise and civilizations fall - to give our shared experience the narrative weight of the passing of time that traditional fandoms naturally enjoy.

The key thing would be that these “Meta Events” would only be as concrete as the Meta Prime originally provided; to be used (or ignored) by each individual as they see fit.

(Similar to Riot’s lore-based seasonal events for League, except with no ulterior motive other than enabling creativity of the masses.)

[guild-guardian]

In the beta weekend, there were generally 2 or more large meta dynamic event chains in each of the maps available. These meta event chains are made up of usually in the ballpark of 5-20+ events chaining and branching in various different directions. They stand out because even if no events are currently running, you'll see unique UI for them that tells you the state of the world as a result of the events that occurred in the area. Meta events generally have the largest amount of world impact of any event chains, making large sweeping changes to huge chunks of a map in the world. Dynamic events have varying impact from small (new merchant who sells stuff) to massive (explosions!!) depending on the scope and important of the event. You'll find the early part of the game tends to be a bit easier to help guide people into the game and not overwhelm them at first. There are optional much harder areas available in those maps for folks looking for larger challenges, and group events even in the starter maps as well designed to be a larger challenge. As you progress through the game, you'll encounter more and more meta events, group events, and the difficulty ramps up. Along the way, you'll encounter more events that have larger branches along their failure chains as well. Also a bonus tip, after any dynamic event (or event chain) it's always a good idea to follow the key NPC's or investigate the area after the event has been completed. If you don't run off, you'll often times find they build new buildings, setup stores, build defenses, kick off new events (after some dialogue), repair broken things, build siege weapons, change the weather, have new spawns appear/change, and more as a result of dynamic events concluding. The range of affect on each events varies on a case by case basis, if you get the rabbits out of the melon field the farmers daughter opens a store and sells watermelon and lucky rabbits feet. If you participate in the meta event chain to drive into centaur lands near Beetletun, you open up merchants who find centaur weapons and sell them, conquer centaur lands causing centaurs to stop spawning in the area, open up safe paths for caravans to travel to Beetletun and more! It's always good to look around after an event and see what happened, there is often more than on first glance you'd think. Hope that helps a bit, Colin

Colin Johanson on Meta Events in Guild Wars 2