"Put a stop to the Mighty Oouo" not spawning, neither are the pre-events

[Sam.2093]

So i've been waiting around in this zone for up to 3 hours in total, trying different maps, coming back later and none of these events want's to spawn. I'm going for the flameseeker prophecis precursor achievement and i need to finish this event for it. But since it does not spawn, there is no way for me to finish it. Any ideas or how the heck am i supposed to do this???

[Jeffrey Vaughn.1793]

I've run this several times now, and I haven't been able to stall the chain, even if I use debug commands to kill off the NPCs involved in the event at key points. Just to clarify, I'm going to run over the entire event chain:

From the Foundation 86 waypoint, go southwest to the edge of the grawl area to find the OoW agents (Agent Barwick and Agent Marielli) that are observing the grawl. After a few minutes, a veteran grawl commander will appear nearby and the event "Defeat the grawl commander." will start. After defeating the grawl commander, the agents decide to investigate further. You escort them down near the Ogduk waypoint, where they wait while you go up with some other (nameless) agents to investigate the Mighty Oouo. Once you complete the event, they head back to their original spawn point, and the chain starts over again after a while.

So it seems likely that one of the events (commander, escort, or Oou) is running, since they all take place in different locations, and will run indefinitely if no player participates. Where are the agents? Knowing their location can tell me which event didn't start correctly. Thanks!

[Illconceived Was Na.9781]

@"Jeffrey Vaughn.1793" I've come to the map when the event has been stalled. It's never been consistent: sometimes it's the commander, sometimes the escort doesn't start, sometimes the escort finishes but doesn't trigger. It's usually evident in the 'area' description of the umbrella event.added: When I've found it stalled, I have gone to each event's location in an attempt to find out what might have been stalled. It hasn't been consistent. I have, dutifully, nearly always submitted an in-game /bug report with whatever details I gleaned at the time.

Whatever is going on seems common to several chained events across Tyria. People have noticed some of them since launch, although only those that block one of the legendary collections get much attention.

Still, regardless of the stalls, I've never been blocked for more than than a few days: I park a character in the zone, usually right at Oouo's spawn location. When I login to the character, eventually the event is up, often at the Oouo fight.Incidentally, it was up at the Oouo stage in /ip 243 just now at 1:45 pm Pacific, NA.

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One thing that would help players troubleshoot the specifics is if the "umbrella event" text was more specific about the state of the chain. Something like:

• Ramp up: The grawl at White Paper Hill are restless. What might be riling them up?
• Defeat the Grawl Commander: The grawl commander riling up the locals must be defeated at White Paper Hill.
• Interim: Agents Barwick & Marielli are preparing to investigate the source of grawl unrest between White Paper Hill and Guilty Tears.
• Escort the Order of Whispers etc: Agents Barwick & Marielli are working their way towards Ogduk, investigating the source of grawl unrest.
• Interim 2: Having discovered the source of grawl unrest, the Order of Whispers is getting ready to march on The Great Oouo.
• Put a Stop to the Mighty Oouo: It's time to put a stop to the Mighty Oouo.
• Post chain: Thanks to the efforts of passing heroes, the grawl unrest has been ended with the unmasking and defeat of Frainn.

That way, if people are close enough to the beginning or end of the chain, they'll have an idea of (a) where to go next because (b) they'll know what stage the chain is in. Similarly, if anything is going wrong, it will be easier to tell at which stage things stalled. As it stands now, it can be difficult for those unfamiliar with these details to know what to look for when reporting an issue.

[Sam.2093]

Both Agents are standing by the shore just Northeast of Ogduk Waypoint. The plant lady is complaining about something as all plants do and the bookah is just telling me to go help out his friends in one of their camps, like that's on my priority list.

[Illconceived Was Na.9781]

@Fieldburn.2810 said:Both Agents are standing by the shore just Northeast of Ogduk Waypoint. The plant lady is complaining about something as all plants do and the bookah is just telling me to go help out his friends in one of their camps, like that's on my priority list.

If you're still there, can you grab the /ip address (in-game: /ip). And, better, if you have time, submit an in-game /bug report. That should provide some extra details to @Jeffrey Vaughn.1793 et al.

[Jeffrey Vaughn.1793]

Here's an image to make sure we're on the same page. The NPCs are at the end point? One they reach the end, the escort ends, they play a scene, then the Oouo event starts. On completion they immediately run back to their starting spot, and after a few minutes the chain will start again with the commander fight. My suspicion is that there's some rare edge case where their end scene could get interrupted, which would prevent the Oouo event from starting (it's waiting for the scene to finish.)

[Ninuz.1763]

I m also in the same situation! waiting for the event for 4 days now! I report the bug of course but for me seems that no one of the event chain pop up.I read the wiki to see where the event start and end but nothing happens in those location.The 2 NPC for me are at the "escort end" always( they dont move at all) and the grawl commander actually never appeared.

[Sam.2093]

@"Jeffrey Vaughn.1793" said:Here's an image to make sure we're on the same page. The NPCs are at the end point? One they reach the end, the escort ends, they play a scene, then the Oouo event starts. On completion they immediately run back to their starting spot, and after a few minutes the chain will start again with the commander fight. My suspicion is that there's some rare edge case where their end scene could get interrupted, which would prevent the Oouo event from starting (it's waiting for the scene to finish.)

They are standing to the left of were you are doing nothing, been waiting at them for 30 min with nothing happening

[Daroon.1736]

I was stuck on this a few weeks back - took me about 10 days of checking every few hours to eventually get a map where the event was possible.

On EVERY map where the event had stalled, the agents were well past the Escort end point on your image. Usually they were about halfway up the hill nr the Plat node and less frequently, I found them even further up (just outside the gate)

[Illconceived Was Na.9781]

@Jeffrey Vaughn.1793 said:On completion they immediately run back to their starting spot, and after a few minutes the chain will start again with the commander fight.That doesn't always happen either. Or at least, everything looked set for the Commander to appear and he never did. (Yes, I went to check whether the NPCs were at the spawn point and/or the escort end point and whether Frainn was still up.) I haven't seen that particular scenario recently. However, I confess I no longer bother to do much troubleshooting: I can always avoid the issue by trying again on another day.

[Sam.2093]

https://imgur.com/a/V3pDPLook at that, they have now moved from the beach and are instead standing still between these trees. Maybe they will be we're they are needed in a month or two..

[Turin.6921]

@"Jeffrey Vaughn.1793" The event chain is currently stalled on the map with IP 35.158.51.24:0 on EU servers. In case this helps with the investigations. Both NPCs are just standing on the small creek fighting random grawls as they appear but doing nothing else.

https://imgur.com/a/4fMS9bf

[Martimus.6027]

I am also having this same issue. I've waited for 5 hours at this spot to defeat the grawl commander and start the chain. It is not spawning and it isn't starting. I headed across the river and sure enough the agents were both dead. I revived them and they just stand around fighting grawl near the base of the Oouo head by the shoreline. This is the only thing I need to get from Meteorlogicus III to IV and It's absolutely killing me.

[Fda.6279]

Same here, I've been trying for days, map 18.195.66.191:0, EU Server, at the moment...

[Illconceived Was Na.9781]

@Fda.6279 said:Same here, I've been trying for days, map 18.195.66.191:0, EU Server, at the moment...

Try just after reset, if possible. If not, there should be a hotfix patch this week. Try on the day that happens.

PS make sure to check the status of the various pre-events. I've seen people claim it's not happening, but there was still a mob that needed killing or an NPC to rez in one of the earlier parts of the chain.

[Khisanth.2948]

Found a broken version of this chain today.

It is at "Defeat the Grawl Commander." but the grawl commander is not doing anything and it is not targetable.

[Illconceived Was Na.9781]

@"Khisanth.2948" said:Found a broken version of this chain today.

It is at "Defeat the Grawl Commander." but the grawl commander is not doing anything and it is not targetable.That should be very useful.

Did you use the /bug reporting tool in game? If not, do you remember which IP? If not, maybe just the time & regions (eu|na) will be enough for the QA team to see the chain stuck in real time. I think not being able to see an example of it has stymied their approach.

[SoftFootpaws.9134]

Its very common that events stall like this from edge cases. It only happens like 1% of the time, but that rare occurence is enough to permanently bug the only map instance until the next server reset, which sometimes can be weeks or months apart.

Please, add a time limit to important events like this and just kill all the npcs and restart it after so long.

[Khisanth.2948]

interesting...

41 minutes later the event completed.