Why doesn't anyone do Serpent's Ire?

[Orimidu.9604]

It's a meta event in Domain of Vabbi and pretty challenging--on the level of Temples in Orr. Is it too difficult, are the rewards too small, is everyone too busy getting a rather useless-unless-you-need-world-completion-and-are-super-rich griffon mount?

 

This event is all I need for my Grieving Gloves, and I can't finish the achievement because nobody is doing this thing.

[etsubmariner.4690]

I've got the problem of Xedra, a branded hydra bounty. People outright refuse to do it when I LFG. There are just some things people aren't doing, and I can't understand why except that they have this Achievement Buzz thing going that cannot be diverted. For a meta thing to just go like that (also the Maw is a big meta) with no one really playing it . . . I don't know. Maybe it will settle soon once people have their achievement buzz in cool down.

[Illconceived Was Na.9781]

I'm not doing much of any events. I'm too busy running hopping & jumping around (plus still working on story & masteries) to pay attention to events that aren't directly related to what I'm doing. (Although, I do admit I constantly digress into whatever things I run into.)

 

That said, I do notice that any time I or someone else pops a tag (mentor or commander), people will show up. I haven't even bothered to check out LFG, there have been enough /map requests so far.

 

In other words, if you link it, they will come.

[Ojimaru.8970]

Vabbi is the fifth and final map of the expansion, and I would hazard to guess that most players are still working their way through the earlier ones, or are still exploring Vabbi itself. Further, many players are motivated by extrinsic rewards, i.e. loot, and will likely be hesitant to take on anything challenging that doesn't have a guaranteed shiny at the end. Does the Serpent's Ire have great loot? Not many know, for now.

[Ohoni.6057]

I'm way too busy to even consider meta events. I haven't event been to Domain of Zabbi yet.

[Drarnor Kunoram.5180]

If it's in the Brand itself, there's a reason many players avoid that place like the plague.

[Ayrilana.1396]

People don't do it because of the scaling. Now I've only ever done it when there were like 7 people in each group so maybe it's better when you have a full map.

 

Other than the collection item, there's likely no reason to do it a second time unless you really really enjoyed it.

[Ashur.7648]

Many reasons already mentioned. In this case it's the Brand, the constant lightning makes it annoying. Although when there is something going on that requires you to go there, the environmental effect seems to be suspended.

[Rennie.6750]

> @etsubmariner.4690 said:

> I've got the problem of Xedra, a branded hydra bounty. People outright refuse to do it when I LFG. There are just some things people aren't doing, and I can't understand why except that they have this Achievement Buzz thing going that cannot be diverted. For a meta thing to just go like that (also the Maw is a big meta) with no one really playing it . . . I don't know. Maybe it will settle soon once people have their achievement buzz in cool down.

 

Then I'll tell you why I straight out refuse to do it: supremely annoying mechanics that are not appropriate for the open world audience, and not fun. First the boss moves all over the place every 5s. A lot of melee classes rely on ground targeted aoes and these aoes don't follow the boss, so that's just frustrating. Then the boss charge attack also hits players on the side and behind it. Go figure... Then all AoEs are targeted so melee is a no-go zone due to meteors. So it's yet another forced ranged mode boss that zips around constantly with massive targeted area denial. Not fun. I don't mind having bosses moving but rather slowly or just once in a while, and I don't mind being forced to go range just not constantly, because the dps loss is insane as range is pretty much worthless for any class but ele. So ultimately, it's long, tedious, and since it hits like a truck you spend half the fight respawning people.That's my reasons, others may have different ones.

[Coyote.1847]

Well, that was impossible to solo too. This event is garbage.

[Kal Spiro.9745]

I haven't actually reached Vabbi yet

[drgast.1469]

It's definitely something that should be looked at. I've been trying to get the event done for a week and have had zero luck finding people there.

[TexZero.7910]

> @Ayrilana.1396 said:

> People don't do it because of the scaling. Now I've only ever done it when there were like 7 people in each group so maybe it's better when you have a full map.

>

> Other than the collection item, there's likely no reason to do it a second time unless you really really enjoyed it.

 

It's literally this.

 

The rewards are junk, the event scaling is worse.

 

There's 0 incentive to replay it so those that have done it, generally wont come back to it.

[Randulf.7614]

There is also a problem of a lack of players on the map. It is being speculated that low population caps or mounts taking up player space is a possible cause, but whatever the reason it is a widely reported issue right now which is causing a lot of events to fail or be unattended.

[Ahlen.7591]

Bad rewards and requires too many players. PoF maps are already ghost towns so asking for that many people is a recipe for disaster.

[Khisanth.2948]

> @TexZero.7910 said:

> > @Ayrilana.1396 said:

> > People don't do it because of the scaling. Now I've only ever done it when there were like 7 people in each group so maybe it's better when you have a full map.

> >

> > Other than the collection item, there's likely no reason to do it a second time unless you really really enjoyed it.

>

> It's literally this.

>

> The rewards are junk, the event scaling is worse.

>

> There's 0 incentive to replay it so those that have done it, generally wont come back to it.

 

5 years and we still have scaling problems ... :/

[Vyrulisse.1246]

Needs better rewards for the difficulty.

[Endless Soul.5178]

I haven't experienced this event yet. Judging from the posts above, it seems like a good one to avoid until I absolutely need it.

[Malediktus.9250]

The rewards are too small. It basically takes an hour worth of time to organise and play and rewards you with the same garbage loot as any other event in PoF.

[Jojo.6140]

Ive done it only once. The biggest issue might be that it takes around half an hour to complete (+ time spent before gathering on a map and organizing the squad) and gives seemingly the same rewards as a normal legendary bounty that can be done in 5 minutes. That said, the event was pretty fun and is probably the largest of the mini-metas we have in PoF.

[Hyper Cutter.9376]

Also the Vabbian part of the Brand is an actively unfun place to do anything on foot, what with the constant lightning strikes and all.

[Nate.8146]

Personally I find Vabbi a boring map, void of any life or interest despite having such grand cities. I prefer Crystal Oasis and Elon Riverlands as those two are the more interesting maps to play in.

[Sarge shot Grif.6450]

The second stage needs to be toned down or the rewards need to be massively jacked up. I got 3 elegies from all of that so now I don't plan on ever messing with it again since I have the funerary gloves.

[Yasi.9065]

Spend over 30min on that meta event from start to finish... for my troubles I got:

1 blue random weapon AND 1 blue unidentified gear.

 

Like all the PoF metas, just not worth my time.

[TheOrlyFactor.8341]

> @Ahlen.7591 said:

> PoF maps are already ghost towns so asking for that many people is a recipe for disaster.

 

Mind sharing this data with us or are you just pulling numbers/stats/data out of your behind?