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Every Wednesday and Friday @ 6-7pm Pacific: "Town Invasion".
What happens here is the streets of Hendon Myre and West Coast (specifically these two areas; Elvenguard, Storm Pass, and other "out-of-town" locations are left alone) are invaded by monsters, and players have to fight them off. How it works is you can go around town as usual, but there will be monsters walking around, and you can engage a group in battle by CTRL+leftclicking them. The difficulty of the enemies varies greatly by what kind of monster you click, and will always be scaled to the level of the highest person in your party (or to your own level if you're fighting alone).
If enough groups of monsters are killed--and the number needed depends on how many players are online at the beginning of the invasion--then all players in the entire game who were online when the invasion ended receive temporary benefits. Additionally, any players who actually fought in the invasion receive free items based on how many fights they personally went through. These items include passes to enter the "Southern Dale" dungeon, various potions, Life Tokens, and a 2-day title that provides a small offensive stat boost and increases in-town movement speed.
Dying in any Invasion fights does not cost you anything; you won't lose EXP, or Tokens, or much of anything else, but you will be unable to move or engage any new monsters for a brief period. Failing to meet the server-wide kill quota results in all service-providing NPCs (Loton, Kiri, Roger Levin, etc) refusing to provide their services for roughly ten minutes.
What happens here is the streets of Hendon Myre and West Coast (specifically these two areas; Elvenguard, Storm Pass, and other "out-of-town" locations are left alone) are invaded by monsters, and players have to fight them off. How it works is you can go around town as usual, but there will be monsters walking around, and you can engage a group in battle by CTRL+leftclicking them. The difficulty of the enemies varies greatly by what kind of monster you click, and will always be scaled to the level of the highest person in your party (or to your own level if you're fighting alone).
If enough groups of monsters are killed--and the number needed depends on how many players are online at the beginning of the invasion--then all players in the entire game who were online when the invasion ended receive temporary benefits. Additionally, any players who actually fought in the invasion receive free items based on how many fights they personally went through. These items include passes to enter the "Southern Dale" dungeon, various potions, Life Tokens, and a 2-day title that provides a small offensive stat boost and increases in-town movement speed.
Dying in any Invasion fights does not cost you anything; you won't lose EXP, or Tokens, or much of anything else, but you will be unable to move or engage any new monsters for a brief period. Failing to meet the server-wide kill quota results in all service-providing NPCs (Loton, Kiri, Roger Levin, etc) refusing to provide their services for roughly ten minutes.