Are "Waves of enemies" events broken?

[CoyrmGreybeard.1746]

For 2 consecutive events (defend researcher from waves of Skrit and defend Hylek from waves of Krait) I can see the event on my list, see the progress bar, talk to the NPC, etc. but even sitting inside the orange event circle for more than a quarter of an hour does not spawn even a single enemy. I tried logging out and back in with no effect. Is it just broken? Are other types of events working? I'm in Metrica Province on a level 47 character trying for the Daily Event Completer. My Metrica Province completion is 100%, and my world completion is 31%. This is hugely frustrating.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Just a coincidence. Sometimes, events stall.
You can try guesting to, hopefully, put you into a different map instance.Or, just complete any number of other events in Metrica for the Daily.

Good luck.

[CoyrmGreybeard.1746]

Thanks, I completed with other types of events. When that happens, is it usually one character, one account, or everyone in the region?

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

When an event stalls on a particular map instance (IP address), it stalls for everyone. As noted above, changing maps (IP addresses) often alleviates the issue. Stalled events will often be reset (and work) whenever the map resets (new patch/release), as well.

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

When an event stalls, it stalls for everyone on that particular map.

[thehipone.6812]

Sometimes it is a true stall and there's nothing you can really do. However, a lot of the wave events are scripted so the entire wave N needs to be killed before wave N+1 will spawn. Sometimes one mob from wave N will wander off away from the event circle - be it from chasing a player or an NPC or engaging another type of hostile mob in the area- and prevent wave N+1 from spawning. It doesn't always work, but you can try looking around the nearby area for an enemy with the same type as the wave foe and killing it. I think in newer maps they started marking the relevant foes with swords, but old maps are inconsistent, at best.