Random Campaign NPC numbers...

[Eanae]

Basically, NPC factions have been running in, and not leaving, so they accumulate. The result was something like this:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...125_023727.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95...125_023757.jpg

Basically, no one could fight anything because they all died so fast. Poisonhand was dead in single digit seconds. Has anyone had this happen on their server? x_X;

[Thistle]

Seems to vary a lot. In one attack the NPCs were there in force and every mob died in seconds. In the next one (same zone) there were no NPCs and all us PCs died quickly -- no NPCs ever showed.

[Lordwafik]

Redirect them to Eldieme

[Spoony Bob]

Saw the same thing in sarutabaruta while I was sightseeing in windurst, though I didn't get screenshots.

There were 5 divisions sitting at the stronghold at the time, led by:
The Mithra BST with relic axe
The new mithra model with a red spear (imp fork?)
The taru that summoned cardians
A taru in BLM AF2 had that had ifrit constantly following him around
and finally some taru with an odd staff weapon and red shades

It was odd to say the least, seeing some 50 NPCs crowd around so thick that it wasn't until the battle ended and they all warped out that I could finally see a single of the 20 or so actual player characters that were there. Not that they needed help from players. The tarus all GA and obliterated several mobs at once.

[Judai]

and finally some taru with an odd staff weapon and red shades

Zolku-Azolku! Windy has the best NPCs! They are a SCH/BLM or something, casts all the Helix spells and ga3 spells. ga3 spells do over 2k dmg~
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ku-Azolku2.jpg

Never seen more then one group of NPCs at a for myself but Campaign seems kinda glitchy.. Last couple ones I went to, no Yagudo ever showed up, not sure if it's just because Windy has beaten them down so badly or not. We've taken everything on ur side of the wrld except Meri Mounts and their Morale/Prosperity is depleted.

SE needs to fix the current glitches and implement the higher Campaigns before people get bored with it. I'm tired of running out to a fort and waiting for Campaign to happen and no mbs even attack. Waste of my credits if I CA warp out and my time.

[Rocl]

Yrvaulair ftw

[Judai]

Yrvaulair ftw

Where is this guy stationed? Haven't seen him but haven't been to many Sandy Campaigns, Sandy has almost lost Ronf here, rofl. I've been trying to find the Mithra with Guttler too but I haven't seen her. ;;

[Rocl]

Yrvaulair ftw

Where is this guy stationed? Haven't seen him but haven't been to many Sandy Campaigns, Sandy has almost lost Ronf here, rofl. I've been trying to find the Mithra with Guttler too but I haven't seen her. ;;

The first place I saw Royal Knight General Yrvaulair was Eldeime, then Jugner, and now the Ronfaure, so he moves around alot- but always awesome. And that's terrible about the Ronfaure <_< San d'Oria's all but lost the Necropolis but is probably going to win Jugner, Vunkerl, and Batallia here.

[Judai]

Yea, Sandy lost Eldieme here, won Batallia and Vunkerl, has no ground in Jugner and atm Beastmen are at about 80% at least in Ronf, so they will prolly hold onto it. Bastok has done nothing, they just lost CN and made no progress anywhere. Both the Orc and Quadavs are full Morale/Prosperity. On the other side, Windy has dominated the Yags, held ground in GC and Saruta and won Saur and Fort K. No progress in Meri, leaving that for next week!

Guess I'll go help Sandy stop losing and see if I can find the DRG.

[Rocl]

Does anyone know when the areas switch hands though? It certainly isn't every tally! (Or nothing changed here, at least)

Also Tally didn't change my nation's strategy so safe to say the survey didn't go through either

[Vile]

Best guesses would be Mondays (The update that introduced the new npcs in the present as well as the Campaign tab in the map section was a Monday), or Wednesdays (The day the content went live was a Wednesday). Leaning more towards Mondays as I imagine Campaign battles were probably going on even with no players to access the content.

[Rocl]

Best guesses would be Mondays (The update that introduced the new npcs in the present as well as the Campaign tab in the map section was a Monday), or Wednesdays (The day the content went live was a Wednesday). Leaning more towards Mondays as I imagine Campaign battles were probably going on even with no players to access the content.

Monday actually makes perfect sense as that's when the first evaluations for players should go through.

[Narualu]

Also Tally didn't change my nation's strategy so safe to say the survey didn't go through either

I was able to vote again after the Tally.

[Suiram]

You know, when you do the Vanguard-X Campaign Op, you bring a reinforcement to the area they're all stationed. I wonder if every time you do that it increases the number of NPCs up to a certain amount. Since I'm guessing most if not everyone does that for the closest zone, that could explain the large amounts there.

[Judai]

I've never seen more then our regular group of Capricornian Casters and Zonpa-Zippa at the Saruta Outpost and I've done a bunch of Campaigns there since nobody seems to go to the farther ones like they do there. Kind of retarded having 30 people chilling there when we could make alot more points going to Mari Mountains and killing the horde of Yagudo there.

[Goon]

Does anyone know how these NPCs know where to go or even how they behave? Yesterday in Crawler's Nest there were like 5 4th Legionnaires gathered by the Campaign NPC, however they all decided to run in different directions. I followed one but then he warped out like halfway into the zone. When I ran back to the NPC, the Quadavs were already there doing their thing (spamming spells and 1 shotting everyone).

Then I went to the Necropolis where we were waiting for the monsters to come. I decided to go exploring and I saw the Excalibur Wielding WHM and his army of Temple Knights hanging out by a torch.

Is there some sort of battle plan they are executing? Cause it really doesn't seem like it's working since the Beastmen have total control on these 2 zones ._.