September event and oooh is that a new..

[R4ven]

In the Q2 2018 Financial Presentation from funcom, SWL did not get to much of a mention.
Thay did however mention that a the team are working on a new event to be released late September.

So erm that must mean Soom(TM)

Well we got a teaser of what is happening with this pic on September 6th

Which caused a bit of pondering until we realised this was a Druid stone. So something to do with Druids? Possibly stone hedge ritual?

Well last night we got a few more details, Nirvellel posted on the official forums a small Dev later update. (Linky)
A new Scenario Mode (at last no more seek and preserve) Called Occult Defence.
Details are slim at the moment, but there will be a blog post from AndyB shortly with more details.

Heres what we know so far:-

• Survivors? Naw, not in here! No picking up a hammer and standing in Filth puddles.
• Scaling difficulty inside the scenario? Yep. Start at a difficulty you’re comfortable with, and push yourself to go as far as you can! It’ll be well worth the effort.
• Timed intermission? Nope, you need to go AFK for 5 minutes after a wave? Go for it. Just make sure to tell your Duo partner first…
• Unpredictable and fast paced enemies? Yes, indeed.

So the scenario scales Within the scenario, sounds like waves of increasing difficulty as you progress, with boss encounters and apparently increased rewards the further you get. Should be fun.

A new scenario type is good news, it shows the game is still being developed and that thay listened to us (well it was a few years back when we wanted more modes but hay) about wanting other modes. However this is not an event (boooo)

Andy saves the day by posting this reply on the forums:-


So there is still an event coming to, to coincide with the new scenario modes.
With its timing being around the September Equinox, the whole druid and occult defence package (and possibly lore to hunt) Im looking forward to it.We should have a few more details in the next few weeks from AndyB

 

[Coyaga]

LotRO has had a skirmish that is very similar to this for many years. I think my record in a 12man raid is 22mins...!!

 

[R4ven]

Here is a clip from wave 23 of closed beta testing.
Looks a lot of fun.

 

[VMax]

I just hope that whatever next map we get isn't completely flat. I felt like the map designers said "fuck it" and decided to make the shantyhouse area super bland and uninspiring. I loved the vertical nature of core SWL maps.