Vampire Hunt is horrible

Nemesis7884 · July 10

not just that you have to wait and sit around forever - this npc basically immediately dies so 0/3 tries we could even complete it despite A LOT of ppl doing it...

Does ANYONE find these fun??? I think those are pretty much the worst designed dynamic events i have ever seen in an mmorp

the Warhammer Online mmorpg that came out 2008! had much better dynamic events already....

fizl101 · July 10

I’ve not seen the npc die yet (ps eu). I’ve done that one 4 times and its completed each time

iGuavaTH · July 10

I would say that the monsters died very quickly, due to the amount of people doing it. No problem at all keeping the NPCs alive. I liked this one.

frogthroat · July 10

Wait, the NPC can actually die? I thought it was just a meaningless warning to create excitement.

TX12001rwb17_ESO · July 10

Not to mention why does the boss have a transformation that should be player-exclusive? the only reason the Blood Scion exists is because they wanted to make us Vampire Lords but did not want to give us wings, just make her a Blood Knight and stop diminishing player transformations by giving them to NPCs.

Nemesis7884 · July 10

I have done it now...i think the issue with the first ones was that maybe ppl joined too late and the npc was already nearly dead? But yeah did barely loose health the last two times...
That being said, the events are pretty boring and not very creative...

YffresTrill · July 10

I have not seen the NPC die after doing this twice (though there was a warning once). Can the NPC be healed?

Anyway, I agree that it was not fun. Just a boring enemy killing thing with a bit of running added in.

tsaescishoeshiner · July 10

I have not seen the NPC die at all, but if that happens with a low number of players or just under certain conditions, that would make the Encounter miserable.

IncultaWolf · July 10

frogthroat wrote: »

Wait, the NPC can actually die? I thought it was just a meaningless warning to create excitement.

Yes, I've been in two groups so far with at least 15 players and the npc died, encounter failed.

I did learn that you can shield/heal them though.

DenverRalphy · July 10

What server is it where that encounter is seeing fails? On PSNA I've yet to see failure even appearing to be a possibility.

Vonnegut2506 · July 10

I've done all three of them every day they have been out on both PC-EU and PC-NA, and I have never seen them come close to dying. It actually makes me happy to think that they can actually die.

Nemesis7884 · July 10

Vonnegut2506 wrote: »

I've done all three of them every day they have been out on both PC-EU and PC-NA, and I have never seen them come close to dying. It actually makes me happy to think that they can actually die.

Was very weird for me, either the npc did barely loose health in 80% of the times or it nearly instantly died...not sure if a bug?

anadandy · July 11

I twice got a bounty during the vampire hunt and I can't figure out why. This character is not one of the classes/curses that has "criminal act" skills. All I can think is that in the rave light show scrum I hit a civilian?

NoticeMeArkay · July 11

anadandy wrote: »

I twice got a bounty during the vampire hunt and I can't figure out why. This character is not one of the classes/curses that has "criminal act" skills. All I can think is that in the rave light show scrum I hit a civilian?

At the last stage of the vampire hunt is a single lion guard keeping watch. At the end of the passage we take inbetween the larger rocks. Gave me a bounty too.

Lekjih · July 11

Not failed it ince,

anadandy wrote: »

I twice got a bounty during the vampire hunt and I can't figure out why. This character is not one of the classes/curses that has "criminal act" skills. All I can think is that in the rave light show scrum I hit a civilian?

If you heal a criminal you get a bounty too.

Arunei · July 11

NoticeMeArkay wrote: »

anadandy wrote: »

I twice got a bounty during the vampire hunt and I can't figure out why. This character is not one of the classes/curses that has "criminal act" skills. All I can think is that in the rave light show scrum I hit a civilian?

At the last stage of the vampire hunt is a single lion guard keeping watch. At the end of the passage we take inbetween the larger rocks. Gave me a bounty too.

I was watching someone streaming doing the Encounters and he got a Bounty from hitting someone but couldn't see who or what it was through the crowd of people that were running it too. That is a REALLY bad place to be putting an NPC that can give you a Bounty for attacking/killing.

JavaRen · July 11

Prevent attacking innocents toggle?

FieryPhoenix · July 11

If you run by in werewolf form you also get a bounty fyi.

MissNoir · July 11

I have done all thee of these encounters now a couple of times, and I have still not managed to see what is going on because of all the laser beams in multiple bright colors. I just try to stand back and throw out some AOE where I believe the enemies are.

Off course, those books of lasers still, too often, shine right into my eyes and gives me a headache.

IncultaWolf · July 11

FieryPhoenix wrote: »

If you run by in werewolf form you also get a bounty fyi.

Yeah this happened to me too :{
And then if anyone in group happens to heal you after being attacked by guards, they get a bounty too. Just a lot of chaos.

Malprave · July 11

Sorriest excuse for content since the writhing wall event. At least this wasn’t hyped as much. Total *** content.

anadandy · July 11

Lekjih wrote: »

Not failed it ince,

anadandy wrote: »

I twice got a bounty during the vampire hunt and I can't figure out why. This character is not one of the classes/curses that has "criminal act" skills. All I can think is that in the rave light show scrum I hit a civilian?

If you heal a criminal you get a bounty too.

Oh that'd be it, it happened right after I popped a heal.

AzuraFan · July 11

Arunei wrote: »

I was watching someone streaming doing the Encounters and he got a Bounty from hitting someone but couldn't see who or what it was through the crowd of people that were running it too. That is a REALLY bad place to be putting an NPC that can give you a Bounty for attacking/killing.

I got a bounty yesterday when doing that encounter. I have no idea why. It was the last ambush before the end, when we're running between two cliffs or boulders or whatever.

Right now, the encounters are just chaos. I just lay down AoEs when mobs attack because I can never actually see them.

Nemesis7884 wrote: »

not just that you have to wait and sit around forever - this npc basically immediately dies so 0/3 tries we could even complete it despite A LOT of ppl doing it...

That happened to me once this morning. The vampire encounter failed right at the end. I have no idea why. There were tons of players there and we burned down the boss quickly. I think there's some other mechanic there with stones, but it's just too chaotic and as usual, they have an NPC screaming stuff at you while you're focused on combat. Anyway, I did it again later and that time she didn't die. It's especially annoying with the 30 minute cooldown. If the encounter fails, it should start up within 5 mins to give people who have been waiting a while another chance.

Hopefully these encounters scale, or anyone trying to do them in a few weeks will have no chance of succeeding solo or with a handful of people.

Malprave · July 11

Alright. I already shot my mouth off about how bad these dynamic encounters are. But it’s not that they are actually bad. What’s bad is the way they’re being zerged down instantly.

These could be good but they are going to have to be in every zone. And if you do more, don’t announce them, just stealth drop them into the game. Let players figure out that there are new ones. Create a little bit of mystery. Let players have fun finding a new one, telling their guild, posting it in the forums.

Yeah, once it’s found the zerg will form but when there enough of them players can play these like I’m sure they’re intended to be played.