The KotD invasions were utter incredible fantastic rubbish. Spawning countless tons of aggro everywhere on every empty place around the world and calling it "the invasion" was lame. Nobody was able to go anywhere without a team of 250th lvl bodyguards. Sometimes one could manage to pass the KotD safely though - only to find out that his levelling or digging spot is occupied by another pack of freshly spawned aggro. No digging, no levelling, no trekking. Only farming thousands of kitins all day long for what? A couple of useless titles?..
I've heard numerous complaints from those who weren't interested in farming tokens, because all their daily activities were shut down by so called "invasion" and they had no choice but either sitting in towns chatting their time off or simply not logging in the game at all for two or three weeks. Some newcomers told me it was their worst start in MMO game ever, as they couldn't go anywhere without getting killed by tons of kitins. In fact, they were unable to play the game they had paid for, because of this poorly designed event.
Make it instanced, as it was proposed above, or better make it in old school style, much like Tryker Invasion or Battle for Pyr ( search Youtube for identically named videos if you wanna see what it was like). So far, the Battle for Pyr event is one of my favorite and most enjoyable memories about playing Ryzom. And memories about KotD invasions are the worst ones. Go figure.
I've heard numerous complaints from those who weren't interested in farming tokens, because all their daily activities were shut down by so called "invasion" and they had no choice but either sitting in towns chatting their time off or simply not logging in the game at all for two or three weeks. Some newcomers told me it was their worst start in MMO game ever, as they couldn't go anywhere without getting killed by tons of kitins. In fact, they were unable to play the game they had paid for, because of this poorly designed event.
Make it instanced, as it was proposed above, or better make it in old school style, much like Tryker Invasion or Battle for Pyr ( search Youtube for identically named videos if you wanna see what it was like). So far, the Battle for Pyr event is one of my favorite and most enjoyable memories about playing Ryzom. And memories about KotD invasions are the worst ones. Go figure.