One Messed Up Invasion
 

I, along with a few POFers, was just at an invasion on the Barano. We got everything nice and organized, and soon, the UInvasion was under way. Everything ran smooth for the first few waves, aside from us all getting knocked out by the new Powder Keg Runner. But then we get to wave 5. We manage to kill of all of the crowd, and as usual, only 2 enemies are left. So, we kill them... but then 2 more spawned. So, we killed them..... And 2 more spawned. The small amounts of enemies would not stop. This went on for about 10 minutes or so, until we got this:

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/u...8_17-55-03.jpg

Appearently, we lost the invasion... But theres problems with this:

1. The enemies never got the the Bride.
2. Notice how the game still recognizes that the barricades near the town were still standing.

So, the enemies wouldn't stop, and we get a signal that we lost... Hmm, I don't know, I just keep seeming to get eccentric glitches involved with me. I'm guessing this has something to do with the addition of the new Powder Keg Runners. Has this happened to anybody else?

Im sure this has to do with the new enemy. On test we experienced a tortuga invasion that lasted 2 hours once. Didnt ever think it would be over.

Here is that new Powder Keg Runner that may have had something do do with the glitch:

Indeed, I did a thread on New Enemies, more info there.

whats this about a new weapon for jolly

I logged on and the invasion hasn't even started (desereau server) but the bar is destroyed with no barriers destroyed...people have told me its the same on all servers.

I know this happened to me too! Just a min ago1 Im standing in from of the faithful bride right now And its on fire cause of this glitch! It makes me sooo mad! lol idk what went wrong!


-Captain Elizabeth!

Hmm, this be one messed up day for invasions. Just headed to Cortos, and the barricades are still up! Appearently an invasion was supposed to come, but it never came, and the barricades remained. Here be a screen:

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/u...8_18-52-58.jpg

All the other barricades were up as well. Disney definately made a little oopsie on the carpet today with invasions.

Aye, it happened on all the servers from what I have seen. But the bright side seemed to be that everyone received rep from a win & not a loss. So, it was worth the effort IMHO...

I'm standing here on Jamilies an nothing is happening but it has the invasion notice up, and the barricades.

What level are those new enemies?

After our invasion, I tp'ed around server hopping. Many of the servers were in the same predicament, Hawke. I wasn't sure whether to stay & wait or not. I just think they were glitched. But, I am no expert, it's just what I deciphered from the happenings that I had seen. Maybe the servers need reset...idk

Thanks for the heads up mates. I am curious if these were supposed to be introduced in the PDF invasions and got moved by mistake. Have they been seen on TEST?

Bummer the invasion was all messed up.

Captain Whale

This just in!

Disney just sent us a little message saying that they know about the problem, and are working to resolve it. Here it be:

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/u...19-50-27-1.jpg

For those who can't read it, it says:

Jolly Roger's forces have retreated for now!
We are not sure what this devil is up to, but
we appreciate your patience as we try to
resolve this problem.

Glad to see they are taking steps to fix this all :)

I personally think the powder keg runners are the source of all this (or they come from the same source). They most likely are for either the Padres invasions or the second chapter (I think it's the first option). You can tell because they were not on test.
I'm glad Disney is taaking care of the glitched invasions.

I blame Del for this!

LOLZ, TSC You definitely broke the ice with that one!

Thats what you get for not putting something on TEST and TESTING it. Not testing=Fail.

Actually, I think this was a complete accident, and only one Tortuga invasion will have these. We might see them on Padres invasions... but... the testers would know about them. Maybe they are for the chappter two! Getting hopes up is what hopes are for, right? Next test update might be the one!

Yes I know it was an accident. Just that is what test is for, in case there are accidents.

LOL - that's what I THOUGHT!! Dang - we were dropping like flies on the shore line from those explosives. Someone yelled out to shoot the explosives before they reach the shore and that seems to work - but dang!

And I was commenting that this was totally unexpected because I had not heard a WORD from the test peeps.

What happened with us was that we all got knocked out by the Keg Runners and then after I came back from jail, it wasn't sending out notifications about fallen barriers or new brigades. It just stayed on the first brigade the entire time with Undead Pirates and Witchdoctors spawning over and over. We finally got the message that the tavern was destroyed (and yet the barrier in front of it was still up) and that we had zero enemy waves cleared. You would think we would have at least had the first brigade. It was just crazy

He is a little charm of interesting fortune as of late.My infected Hau may have had something to do with it too,because I'm sick today now too.Whatever infected my Hau and my head also has explosive powers....Methinks Jolly Roger be in cahoots with the Makuta....beware ;).

SILENCE! I KEEL YOU!!!! Who does that remind you of? ROFL

You know if you really look at it it's clear they were having issues, notice the white background in places? Something was busted at that point. What, ya got me. Why to test huh?

Well, the white backgrounds are probably from the explosions from grenades, plus lag, of course. But still, you have a point, they need to test these "new" invasions before they want to try them out. After all, Test is for Testing.

I guess D wanted to surprise us.Even though it was glitched that has been one of my favorite invasions.Normal invasions are too short,I loved it when that second wave just kept coming,lol.Then I ask Del " How's it going in the west [west side barricades]?" The invasion ends ten seconds later. :p

I wanna see these new enemies soooo much! Im jealous that lots of ppl on here got to lolz.

Same thing happened to me. Me and a group of friends went to a smaller, Ideal server for a Tortuga Invasion, and we didnt even pass wave one. They just kept coming, and coming, and coming, and coming. After a while, some of the pirates that could actually think recognized that they had been doing this invasion nonstop for the past 45 minutes, and they were still on wave one.

Either we SUCKED at this invasion, or this is gonna be a problem

Well, this bug might be over, but I might have another guess as to why this chain of bugs happened.

Comparing that day's Invasions to the recent Invasions, there were many more Powder Keg Runners appearing ( There were about 8 in the picture DTP posted ( One at the very right of the screen, another behind one of the Keg Runners ) ). I think that this factor played a role in all the bugs happened. Now, there are 1-2 appearing at a time.

What do you guys think?

The invasions of PR that I participated in yesterday had Keg Runners coming ashore by themselves, in twins, & triplets. At one point there were at least 5 on shore. There were no problems with the invasions. Whatever was causing the bugs, seems to have been worked out by Disney. And, as far as this pirate is concerned, that is all that matters in the end. As far as test, the Keg Haulers were present for the Tuga invasions. The only problem I encountered was not getting knocked out by the blast when one was taken down. Just my 2 cents for what it is worth...

Happened to my guild too, I forget which server. Barricades were not still up, but the invasion was everlasting. >:( So we had to let them run through, but people wouldnt cooperate until about an hour later, and as soon as one of the barricades fell (Not the town walls barricade) we lost. Were these invasions tested at all?!