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Season of the Dragon respawn wait times
If this is the wrong forum, apologies. Don't you think, during the Season of the Dragon, they could ramp up the spawn time (decrease it) between appearances? Something closer to the Harrowstorm rotation in the Reach event would be nice?
These poor dragons are slaughtered within 30 seconds of touching down, which means if you aren't very near it when it lands, you aren't going to help take it out. As one dragons falls, another begins its descent is what I'm thinking. Not necessarily a "one dies, another lands" thing, but we need more Dragons! Just a thought...
These poor dragons are slaughtered within 30 seconds of touching down, which means if you aren't very near it when it lands, you aren't going to help take it out. As one dragons falls, another begins its descent is what I'm thinking. Not necessarily a "one dies, another lands" thing, but we need more Dragons! Just a thought...
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Thee_Cheshire_Cat✭✭✭✭The goal for a game designer, is to keep people in the game... With the wait times for dragons to spawn, then the amount of time it takes for people to kill it (now) is making many people LEAVE, not stay. Myself being one of them.
Events should be fun and something to look forward to, however, i find myself dreading them and preparing for stress and annoyance with the obscene amount of people doing the same thing.
During events at least, spawn times for things that are a quest objective should be revisited, or the difficulty of the dragons should be increased... or something.Lady Kat, from the Cheshire Cats.Interested in HEAVY RP? IC at -all- times? https://thecheshirecatseso.proboards.com/#CheshireCats_RPnow7 -
Quackery✭✭✭✭I'm skipping this event. I don't even care about the tickets, I just hate the stress of going to different zones with two accounts.
I hate zone events that require you to kill delve or dungeon bosses because they're dead before you even have a chance to get a hit in and can't loot.8 -
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✭✭✭✭✭with that many people, even a full fledged trial boss with 120 mil hp would probably still die in seconds lol
i agree that the spawn rates probably need to be adjusted for events though, in a normal situation theres few enough people by the time you kill the dragon another is probably already up, or there might even be 2 dragons active2 -
BenTSG✭✭✭✭These wait times are quite long for an event. Spending more time waiting then actually killing the dragons!6 -
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✭✭DcellDave_1369 wrote: »If this is the wrong forum, apologies. Don't you think, during the Season of the Dragon, they could ramp up the spawn time (decrease it) between appearances? Something closer to the Harrowstorm rotation in the Reach event would be nice?
These poor dragons are slaughtered within 30 seconds of touching down, which means if you aren't very near it when it lands, you aren't going to help take it out. As one dragons falls, another begins its descent is what I'm thinking. Not necessarily a "one dies, another lands" thing, but we need more Dragons! Just a thought...
They spawn as they are killed. The problem is nobody wants to make that run to the SE dragon. So the one right next to the wayshrine dies, then the SE spawns I believe. nobody touches it for like 10 min, then the SW spawns. Dies quick and the other one spawns. If people didn't ignore the one they would spawn rapidly.0 -
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✭✭The dragon spawn times are really only a problem in Northern Elsweyr (and they ARE an annoying problem there).
They spawn a heck of a lot faster in Southern Elsweyr.
Unfortunately, I had forgotten about that difference and I chose the dragon daily in Northern Elsweyr after completing the Southern dragon daily in a very timely manner just staying in the big quest circle south of Senchal, only to quickly remember why I stopped dragon hunting in Northern Elsweyr altogether.
I'm gonna go with the Delve daily in Northern Elsweyr for the remainder of the event, since they very likely won't be making this adjustment; it has been requested for a long time before now.Edited by Grizzbeorn on January 26, 2023 8:20PM3 -
Just had a 15 minute wait in Northern Elsweyr on Xbox EU. Then had two dragons appear one after the other in SE & SW dragonscours but now been 10 mins with nothing in the NW. And here I was thinking this event would be a good opportunity to get the leads that drop from dragons ....4
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✭DMuehlhausen wrote: »DcellDave_1369 wrote: »If this is the wrong forum, apologies. Don't you think, during the Season of the Dragon, they could ramp up the spawn time (decrease it) between appearances? Something closer to the Harrowstorm rotation in the Reach event would be nice?
These poor dragons are slaughtered within 30 seconds of touching down, which means if you aren't very near it when it lands, you aren't going to help take it out. As one dragons falls, another begins its descent is what I'm thinking. Not necessarily a "one dies, another lands" thing, but we need more Dragons! Just a thought...
They spawn as they are killed. The problem is nobody wants to make that run to the SE dragon. So the one right next to the wayshrine dies, then the SE spawns I believe. nobody touches it for like 10 min, then the SW spawns. Dies quick and the other one spawns. If people didn't ignore the one they would spawn rapidly.
Maybe for the duration of the event they should install mobile wayshrines at the dragon sites. Lore explanation, I've no idea, maybe the Elsweyr authorities perceived an emergency and brought in wayshrines on carts, or it is Scale Moon, the annual dragon hunting festival.Edited by Northwold on January 26, 2023 9:08PM5 -
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endgamesmug✭✭✭✭I was in on a new account 400cp thought id go for the dragon daily for the tickets, yeah waste of time 😆delve dailies in both areas did the trick 😁2
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✭✭I did four sets of Dragon Hunt Dailies, two in Northern Elsweyr and two in Southern.
The ones in the south were completed in no time, the ones in the north were horrendous, for long periods there were no dragons up at all. So where I would normally just camp one spawn zone, I found myself exceedingly bored and tempted into the mad dashes from the wayshrines hoping to get there before the dragon died.....that didn't end well quite a few times!!
The northern spawn times seemed to be a bit off to me today. PC-EU.
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DMuehlhausen wrote: »DcellDave_1369 wrote: »If this is the wrong forum, apologies. Don't you think, during the Season of the Dragon, they could ramp up the spawn time (decrease it) between appearances? Something closer to the Harrowstorm rotation in the Reach event would be nice?
These poor dragons are slaughtered within 30 seconds of touching down, which means if you aren't very near it when it lands, you aren't going to help take it out. As one dragons falls, another begins its descent is what I'm thinking. Not necessarily a "one dies, another lands" thing, but we need more Dragons! Just a thought...
They spawn as they are killed. The problem is nobody wants to make that run to the SE dragon. So the one right next to the wayshrine dies, then the SE spawns I believe. nobody touches it for like 10 min, then the SW spawns. Dies quick and the other one spawns. If people didn't ignore the one they would spawn rapidly.
In Southern Elsweyr it's a quick turnaround, Northern it's not. While playing my lute, patiently waiting, I scan the radar for the region. I can see where and when they spawn, where and when they begin battle, and when they fall. The southeast area kills are just as quick as anywhere else - it has its own group hanging out there. S. Elsweyr just has long down times between spawns.4 -
DMuehlhausen wrote: »DcellDave_1369 wrote: »If this is the wrong forum, apologies. Don't you think, during the Season of the Dragon, they could ramp up the spawn time (decrease it) between appearances? Something closer to the Harrowstorm rotation in the Reach event would be nice?
These poor dragons are slaughtered within 30 seconds of touching down, which means if you aren't very near it when it lands, you aren't going to help take it out. As one dragons falls, another begins its descent is what I'm thinking. Not necessarily a "one dies, another lands" thing, but we need more Dragons! Just a thought...
They spawn as they are killed. The problem is nobody wants to make that run to the SE dragon. So the one right next to the wayshrine dies, then the SE spawns I believe. nobody touches it for like 10 min, then the SW spawns. Dies quick and the other one spawns. If people didn't ignore the one they would spawn rapidly.
Maybe for the duration of the event they should install mobile wayshrines at the dragon sites. Lore explanation, I've no idea, maybe the Elsweyr authorities perceived an emergency and brought in wayshrines on carts, or it is Scale Moon, the annual dragon hunting festival.
I'm OLD, so am up early. At 5am central US you can get from dragon to dragon via wayshrines AND have time to be in on the kill. At 10am they're dead within 20 seconds of hitting the ground. Even wayshrines in each dragon LZ won't get you there fast enough... LOL0 -
DcellDave_1369 wrote: »DMuehlhausen wrote: »DcellDave_1369 wrote: »If this is the wrong forum, apologies. Don't you think, during the Season of the Dragon, they could ramp up the spawn time (decrease it) between appearances? Something closer to the Harrowstorm rotation in the Reach event would be nice?
These poor dragons are slaughtered within 30 seconds of touching down, which means if you aren't very near it when it lands, you aren't going to help take it out. As one dragons falls, another begins its descent is what I'm thinking. Not necessarily a "one dies, another lands" thing, but we need more Dragons! Just a thought...
They spawn as they are killed. The problem is nobody wants to make that run to the SE dragon. So the one right next to the wayshrine dies, then the SE spawns I believe. nobody touches it for like 10 min, then the SW spawns. Dies quick and the other one spawns. If people didn't ignore the one they would spawn rapidly.
In Southern Elsweyr it's a quick turnaround, Northern it's not. While playing my lute, patiently waiting, I scan the radar for the region. I can see where and when they spawn, where and when they begin battle, and when they fall. The southeast area kills are just as quick as anywhere else - it has its own group hanging out there. N. Elsweyr just has long down times between spawns.
Oops, I meant N. Elsweyr has long down times...
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✭✭DMuehlhausen wrote: »DcellDave_1369 wrote: »If this is the wrong forum, apologies. Don't you think, during the Season of the Dragon, they could ramp up the spawn time (decrease it) between appearances? Something closer to the Harrowstorm rotation in the Reach event would be nice?
These poor dragons are slaughtered within 30 seconds of touching down, which means if you aren't very near it when it lands, you aren't going to help take it out. As one dragons falls, another begins its descent is what I'm thinking. Not necessarily a "one dies, another lands" thing, but we need more Dragons! Just a thought...
They spawn as they are killed. The problem is nobody wants to make that run to the SE dragon. So the one right next to the wayshrine dies, then the SE spawns I believe. nobody touches it for like 10 min, then the SW spawns. Dies quick and the other one spawns. If people didn't ignore the one they would spawn rapidly.
Maybe for the duration of the event they should install mobile wayshrines at the dragon sites. Lore explanation, I've no idea, maybe the Elsweyr authorities perceived an emergency and brought in wayshrines on carts, or it is Scale Moon, the annual dragon hunting festival.
No. There is no need. Unless there are literally 100s there isn't a dragon you can't get to before it's killed if you see when it spawns on the map. The Wayshrines are fine.1 -
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✭DMuehlhausen wrote: »DMuehlhausen wrote: »DcellDave_1369 wrote: »If this is the wrong forum, apologies. Don't you think, during the Season of the Dragon, they could ramp up the spawn time (decrease it) between appearances? Something closer to the Harrowstorm rotation in the Reach event would be nice?
These poor dragons are slaughtered within 30 seconds of touching down, which means if you aren't very near it when it lands, you aren't going to help take it out. As one dragons falls, another begins its descent is what I'm thinking. Not necessarily a "one dies, another lands" thing, but we need more Dragons! Just a thought...
They spawn as they are killed. The problem is nobody wants to make that run to the SE dragon. So the one right next to the wayshrine dies, then the SE spawns I believe. nobody touches it for like 10 min, then the SW spawns. Dies quick and the other one spawns. If people didn't ignore the one they would spawn rapidly.
Maybe for the duration of the event they should install mobile wayshrines at the dragon sites. Lore explanation, I've no idea, maybe the Elsweyr authorities perceived an emergency and brought in wayshrines on carts, or it is Scale Moon, the annual dragon hunting festival.
No. There is no need. Unless there are literally 100s there isn't a dragon you can't get to before it's killed if you see when it spawns on the map. The Wayshrines are fine.
Would it not solve the very problem you yourself identified -- that no one bothers to go to the southeast??Edited by Northwold on January 27, 2023 7:53PM0 -
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I was waiting a long time for a N Elsweyr world boss today, and a lot of players waiting with me, because it was the objective of one of the dailies. I forgot to check how long the wait was, but it was way too long. So perhaps it's not just the dragons.Why even go for dragons, when you can just as welll do a world boss or delve?PC(Steam) / EU / play from Melbourne, Australia / avg ping 3903 -
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✭✭The dragons are on a cycle - clockwise in Northern Elsweyr. You don't need to scramble to a place when a dragon appears, you can start going there before they spawn and be on time every time. And in each zone, there are three landing sites where the fight can take place, and if you notice how the dragon flies, you'll know where they will land.
They take a while to spawn after the last one got obliterated in three seconds. But you can still do the round in a reasonable amount of time.1 -
DMuehlhausen wrote: »DMuehlhausen wrote: »DcellDave_1369 wrote: »If this is the wrong forum, apologies. Don't you think, during the Season of the Dragon, they could ramp up the spawn time (decrease it) between appearances? Something closer to the Harrowstorm rotation in the Reach event would be nice?
These poor dragons are slaughtered within 30 seconds of touching down, which means if you aren't very near it when it lands, you aren't going to help take it out. As one dragons falls, another begins its descent is what I'm thinking. Not necessarily a "one dies, another lands" thing, but we need more Dragons! Just a thought...
They spawn as they are killed. The problem is nobody wants to make that run to the SE dragon. So the one right next to the wayshrine dies, then the SE spawns I believe. nobody touches it for like 10 min, then the SW spawns. Dies quick and the other one spawns. If people didn't ignore the one they would spawn rapidly.
Maybe for the duration of the event they should install mobile wayshrines at the dragon sites. Lore explanation, I've no idea, maybe the Elsweyr authorities perceived an emergency and brought in wayshrines on carts, or it is Scale Moon, the annual dragon hunting festival.
No. There is no need. Unless there are literally 100s there isn't a dragon you can't get to before it's killed if you see when it spawns on the map. The Wayshrines are fine.
We don't all have wonderful internet speeds. I live in FL, but it's 'semi-rural'. as I write this my internet is working but I have no TV, regular or cable. Mediacom sucks, but it's the only option out here. Dish/ATT has terrible internet speeds, since they haven't run fiber out here yet.2 -
DMuehlhausen wrote: »DMuehlhausen wrote: »DcellDave_1369 wrote: »If this is the wrong forum, apologies. Don't you think, during the Season of the Dragon, they could ramp up the spawn time (decrease it) between appearances? Something closer to the Harrowstorm rotation in the Reach event would be nice?
These poor dragons are slaughtered within 30 seconds of touching down, which means if you aren't very near it when it lands, you aren't going to help take it out. As one dragons falls, another begins its descent is what I'm thinking. Not necessarily a "one dies, another lands" thing, but we need more Dragons! Just a thought...
They spawn as they are killed. The problem is nobody wants to make that run to the SE dragon. So the one right next to the wayshrine dies, then the SE spawns I believe. nobody touches it for like 10 min, then the SW spawns. Dies quick and the other one spawns. If people didn't ignore the one they would spawn rapidly.
Maybe for the duration of the event they should install mobile wayshrines at the dragon sites. Lore explanation, I've no idea, maybe the Elsweyr authorities perceived an emergency and brought in wayshrines on carts, or it is Scale Moon, the annual dragon hunting festival.
No. There is no need. Unless there are literally 100s there isn't a dragon you can't get to before it's killed if you see when it spawns on the map. The Wayshrines are fine.
Would it not solve the very problem you yourself identified -- that no one bothers to go to the southeast??
People are doing the SE LZ, they mostly camp out there since it's a pain to get into and out of.
I paid attention to spawn time from SW dragon killed to SE dragon spawn. 4 1/2 - 5 minutes each time, both last night, and this morning. On a hunch I went overland from the one to the other and that gives you BARELY enough time to make the event, if you know the route and don't get lost. That may be why they have the the long lag.1 -
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✭✭✭✭DcellDave_1369 wrote: »DMuehlhausen wrote: »DMuehlhausen wrote: »DcellDave_1369 wrote: »If this is the wrong forum, apologies. Don't you think, during the Season of the Dragon, they could ramp up the spawn time (decrease it) between appearances? Something closer to the Harrowstorm rotation in the Reach event would be nice?
These poor dragons are slaughtered within 30 seconds of touching down, which means if you aren't very near it when it lands, you aren't going to help take it out. As one dragons falls, another begins its descent is what I'm thinking. Not necessarily a "one dies, another lands" thing, but we need more Dragons! Just a thought...
They spawn as they are killed. The problem is nobody wants to make that run to the SE dragon. So the one right next to the wayshrine dies, then the SE spawns I believe. nobody touches it for like 10 min, then the SW spawns. Dies quick and the other one spawns. If people didn't ignore the one they would spawn rapidly.
Maybe for the duration of the event they should install mobile wayshrines at the dragon sites. Lore explanation, I've no idea, maybe the Elsweyr authorities perceived an emergency and brought in wayshrines on carts, or it is Scale Moon, the annual dragon hunting festival.
No. There is no need. Unless there are literally 100s there isn't a dragon you can't get to before it's killed if you see when it spawns on the map. The Wayshrines are fine.
We don't all have wonderful internet speeds. I live in FL, but it's 'semi-rural'. as I write this my internet is working but I have no TV, regular or cable. Mediacom sucks, but it's the only option out here. Dish/ATT has terrible internet speeds, since they haven't run fiber out here yet.
Second this; I’ve been hit by load screens en route to Dragons multiple times this event that lasted long enough I missed the fight.#proud2BAStarObsessedLoony
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The dragons are on a cycle - clockwise in Northern Elsweyr. You don't need to scramble to a place when a dragon appears, you can start going there before they spawn and be on time every time. And in each zone, there are three landing sites where the fight can take place, and if you notice how the dragon flies, you'll know where they will land.
They take a while to spawn after the last one got obliterated in three seconds. But you can still do the round in a reasonable amount of time.
The rotation changes (like in Alik'r). This morning Northern Elsweyr is going counter clockwise.0 -
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And then this happens: at 8:45 central US dragons appeared simultaneously at the N and SE LZs of Northern Elsweyr. No way you can make both...0
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Have you considered perhaps leaving bringing one character to each spawn area in northern and southern, and just log in and out between them?
Do dailies one character, then just farm the dragons and make some decent bank on all the others.0 -
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✭✭✭The dragons don't make sense to me as a rotating spawn.
I waited over an hour at the Northern Elsweyr SW dragon spawn during 7-8pm prime time. No dragon spawned. I was tabbed out watching youtube but with my window small enough to see most of my game screen. I find it hard to believe that no one went to kill the other dragons, which is supposedly would have prompted the SW spawn.Zirasia Firemaker, imperial fire mage & sunbather _ Deebaba Soul-Weaver, argonian spirit minder & soul gem collector
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✭✭✭✭✭DMuehlhausen wrote: »DMuehlhausen wrote: »DcellDave_1369 wrote: »If this is the wrong forum, apologies. Don't you think, during the Season of the Dragon, they could ramp up the spawn time (decrease it) between appearances? Something closer to the Harrowstorm rotation in the Reach event would be nice?
These poor dragons are slaughtered within 30 seconds of touching down, which means if you aren't very near it when it lands, you aren't going to help take it out. As one dragons falls, another begins its descent is what I'm thinking. Not necessarily a "one dies, another lands" thing, but we need more Dragons! Just a thought...
They spawn as they are killed. The problem is nobody wants to make that run to the SE dragon. So the one right next to the wayshrine dies, then the SE spawns I believe. nobody touches it for like 10 min, then the SW spawns. Dies quick and the other one spawns. If people didn't ignore the one they would spawn rapidly.
Maybe for the duration of the event they should install mobile wayshrines at the dragon sites. Lore explanation, I've no idea, maybe the Elsweyr authorities perceived an emergency and brought in wayshrines on carts, or it is Scale Moon, the annual dragon hunting festival.
No. There is no need. Unless there are literally 100s there isn't a dragon you can't get to before it's killed if you see when it spawns on the map. The Wayshrines are fine.
While I agree there is no need for additional wayshrines during prime time on the PC-NA server I had a heck of a time getting to the dragons on a low level character that wasn't up to full speed yet. I missed several dragons and ended up just staying in one area killing little critters until a dragon finally showed. I could have jumped on one of my other characters if it got to frustrating so I did have an alternative to what I was doing.and then the parrot said, "must be the water mines green too."0 -
emilyhyoyeon wrote: »The dragons don't make sense to me as a rotating spawn.
I waited over an hour at the Northern Elsweyr SW dragon spawn during 7-8pm prime time. No dragon spawned. I was tabbed out watching youtube but with my window small enough to see most of my game screen. I find it hard to believe that no one went to kill the other dragons, which is supposedly would have prompted the SW spawn.
I literally just saw (N. Elsweyr, 5:43am, US central time) back to back spawns in the SE LZ. WTH? It's not hard enough to chase these things down?2 -
AltanasAExcalibur wrote: »Have you considered perhaps leaving bringing one character to each spawn area in northern and southern, and just log in and out between them?
Do dailies one character, then just farm the dragons and make some decent bank on all the others.
That's a thought, but too long to log out/in...1
