Minion Apocalypse Indeed.

Rhapsody Lightshard

Rhapsody Lightshard

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2008

Bit Of Finger [digi]

E/Me

(hope I'm posting in the right place) So I took a little trip over to RA after getting a PM from a rather excited friend and this is what I find:



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Apparently somebody got banned and the apocalypse began

rb.widow

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2009

Same thing happening in JQ, i think its glitched, apparently someone got banned, my guild mate was on TS and said, someones dead in the outpost on the stairs, so i zoned in to see it, and then WHAM 40 minions, because no one can kill them, idle guys getting popped and making more.

Stay clear of JQ AD1 for 10 mins haha

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

Survivor is not lost when you die in outposts, and you can join battles even dead, so it's not really a problem.

On the contrary. Kids are having quite some fun with it.

For example, one can go to one of these outposts with a survivor title on, and yell: "BOOMER!" right before a warrior explodes.

Gabriel of Ravn

Gabriel of Ravn

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2010

Virginia

None, retired to GW2.

W/A

I'm quite entertained by this.

Relyk

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2008

W/

It only takes a single minion...



to get the ball rolling...



And then you get the end of the world: http://www.xfire.com/video/4e844a/

And then nothing will stop it.

Galen Ubal

Galen Ubal

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Harcourt, Victoria, Australia

Omniverse Wanderers

N/R

I popped in to have a look - it's pretty funny to watch!

Jcpsr

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

AW

Rt/Me

New build just released. I wonder if it fixes the Flux in outposts.

Premium Unleaded

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Zaishen have put down the apocalyptic minion outbreak in PvP outposts.

Lanier

Lanier

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2010

[Pink]

P/

haha, i was dead on the kurzick side of jQ for quite awhile, even after the minions died out (before the update was released). Some idiot/troll kept yelling at everyone to report us dead people for botting.

Jcpsr

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

AW

Rt/Me

Yeah they had to do this, if they didnt More people than usual would be trolling JQ/RA all month long.

Premium Unleaded

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

One of the few times were a blatant dev oversight has been genuinely hilarious.

Quantum Duck

Quantum Duck

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

Err7

Me/

Sad but necessary. :-/

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

Well, it was fun while it lasted.

AngelWJedi

AngelWJedi

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2008

orlando,florida

Society of Souls [Argh]

Rt/E

awws wished i couldve seen it in person but yeah looked funny

BrettM

BrettM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2008

Fuzzy Physics Institute

E/

The Day GW Died. That video was freaking hysterical. I bet every dev at ANet is going to watch it, and the Live Team is going to be teased unmercifully . Stumme wants a meme? Now he has one: Zombiemeister!

Premium Unleaded

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

JQ was cleared when I checked, but there are about 6-8 in RA ad1 at last count as a few people are going to try and keep them going.

Rhododendron

Rhododendron

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2009

Rt/

everyone enjoyed this glitch, it made the place more alive :]
Maybe they could bring it back .

StormDragonZ

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhododendron View Post
everyone enjoyed this glitch, it made the place more alive :]
Maybe they could bring it back .
New quest available for Halloween: Resident Minion

-- Defend Lion's Arch from a recent outbreak that turned the townsfolk into the walking dead. If you die, a zombie version of yourself will be added to someone else's attempt, so be careful! You might end up fighting your guild members or friends, or perhaps that one person you added to your ignore list!

Balthazar Blessed

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

R/Mo

This would actually be epic when this flux is still there when mad king comes to town.

Ailina

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2010

Whats Prot Spirit [FoR]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Balthazar Blessed View Post
This would actually be epic when this flux is still there when mad king comes to town.
Except flux is not there in non-pvp areas, and neither LA nor Kamadan (the only places where Mad King Thorn appears) are pvp areas. Sigh. It would be hilarious though. I have an image in my head of someone taking a video of a horde of bone minions crowded around the Mad King, mindlessly attacking even though he's invincible (I presume). Mad King Thorn, Master of Minions!

That would be awesome. Except it's not going to happen.

Dewshine Wildclaw

Dewshine Wildclaw

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2008

Planet Earth

Weapons Of Tyria [WoT]

R/

Oh yes make that a halloween quest event thing, would be epic

ruk1a

ruk1a

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2008

UR MOM LOL

ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES

A/

Haha.. this reminded me of the scourge apocalypse in wow some years back if anyone remembers that.

shadowfell

shadowfell

hamonite anur ruk

Join Date: Jan 2006

Echovald Forest

[PhD] Teh Academy

Me/A

I do and that was not enjoyed by many at all, if the indication of such on the forum was clear. You couldn't go anywhere in the world without grief.

ruk1a

ruk1a

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2008

UR MOM LOL

ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowfell View Post
I do and that was not enjoyed by many at all, if the indication of such on the forum was clear. You couldn't go anywhere in the world without grief.
Lol true but it was still fun, I mean pure chaos.

Da Kenster

Da Kenster

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

A shoebox

The Boat Crew

W/E

Looks like a fun time, similar to the sweets flux. Shame they changed it, these kinds of thing do make for a good laugh.

Should change it back for the Halloween, would be seasonally appropriate.

RedDog91

RedDog91

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2007

Farming for Nick gifts

R/

I honestly have no idea why they even bothered "fixing" it.

1. Deaths while in the outpost caused by the minions did not affect Survivor title
2. Dead players in the outpost could still click "Enter Mission"
3. Dead players in the outpost could change districts to "revive" themselves, so if they had anything they wanted to walk around and do, they still could

Therefore, the minions over-running the outpost had no negative effects.
And they surely would have gone away over night as less players were around to keep spawning them on purpose.

StormDragonZ

StormDragonZ

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

New York

W/R

It wouldn't be long before people got bored and annoyed over it. That's why they fixed it. It was cute for a moment...

Amy Awien

Amy Awien

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by RedDog91 View Post
Therefore, the minions over-running the outpost had no negative effects.
Perhaps they caused too much lag?