Random Garlean invasion in Gridania?

I was walking from Ul'dah to Gridania today and, when I was near cam Tranquil, found an npc next to a chocobo, spoke with him and he asked me to help the militia fighting a Garlean invasion.

I accepted to help and fought neverending waves of garlean soldiers and hounds. After a while they retreated and a chest appeared giving me 4 Deaspected crystals. The npc also disappeared.

Is this some kind of new behest ninja-added in 1.18 or has it been around before this patch and I just never found it before?

I am told the same thing is happening in Thanalan. 9:30am EDT today, an NPC named Alfgar outside the Ul'dah Adventurers Guild started saying that the Empire is attacking Ul'dah north of Camp Horizon. I didn't investigate because I had business in Limsa Lominsa. But when I asked another player in Limsa (yes Virginia, players do now talk to each other), she said that she participated yesterday and that she had alot of fun.

This is all hearsay though. So I suggest those interested investigate these events for themselves, and see what it's like.

A small update. I just found A LOT of imperial soldiers running around The Black Shroud. I followed them and found myself repeling another invasion.

The soldiers do not give exp or SP, but after the fight a chest appears. Got 6 deaspected crystals and a lot of fun XD

I like the fact that SE is introducing the coming story events through all this dynamic content, but what would really be great is if once they're done with everything including zone redesigns and whatnot, they implement a sort of "phasing" system in which new players can go through all the previous stuff, hit a quest, then be brought up to speed on current events kind of like Guild Wars.

So thats what was going on lol.. Just saw in my chat someone saying "invaders are attacking".

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Originally Posted by Malakhim

I like the fact that SE is introducing the coming story events through all this dynamic content, but what would really be great is if once they're done with everything including zone redesigns and whatnot, they implement a sort of "phasing" system in which new players can go through all the previous stuff, hit a quest, then be brought up to speed on current events kind of like Guild Wars.

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We do have the Echo. Maybe it can be used for what you just described ...

Just participated in this little event, it was pretty cool. Basically if you see someone shouting at camp that the Garleans are coming....well they are lol. Look around for them gathering in a certain area and speak to a nearby NPC who asks you to help. You can't engage them in combat until you do. After killing enough or a certain time you emerge victorious and a chest pops at the NPC you talked to to start with deaspected crystals in it.

I took part in the "the end is nigh" stuff last saturday. The archanist npc was standing at horizon spouting off about the end of the world when the camp was attacked by gnats and hyppocerfs. Craziness.

Going on the whole "End is nigh" and the beginning company quests,

Just who or what the hell ARE Y'shtola and the other trio of leading characters? And is the 7th Umbral Era going to be ushered in by Meteor?

Argh! So many questions!

Your idea under your hidden text there sounds like a great idea. Tho i assumed this related more to the primals.

The meteor would be a nice and FF-classic method to destroy all lol

..and maybe the meteor could bring other creatures/threats inside, ala ff5 (i love)

I'm for it. :cool:
(i know i'm so classic here ahah)

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And is the 7th Umbral Era going to be ushered in by Meteor?

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A quest in Wineport suggests that the smaller of the 2 moons is getting bigger.

Are the invasion locations random or always the same locations?

There is also a new NPC in Gridiana that takes the Deaspected Crystals. Trade 30 for a Peregine Helm (red feather version of onion helm) att +1 acc+1 magic potency +1 m acc+1 r30 all class.

What kind of level are the enemies? Is this something anyone can get involved with, or should I continue to ignore this stuff (I've seen Alfgar shouting about it)? My highest rank is still a mere 26, so...

well they nerfed SP hardcore for solo/casual players to be impossible to level at all, why couldnt they have allowed these mobs to give SP? would that have made the games leveling easy mode or something?

anyway, do deaspected crystals have a purpose yet?

From what I am told, these invasions happen at set times of the day, and in order of location (Tranquil, Horizon, Bloodshore). Not quite sure on the times as of yet. However, it could be VERY efficient leveling if you got a group of 20s-30s together to do all 3 each day.

Nope, you can't level on it as they don't give any SP. It is doable by a R25ish character as that's the rank of the mobs spawned. Did it twice, only got deaspected crystals...still, pretty nice to see this kind of thing.

Im going to have to try this out now lol. This reminds me of when they ninja'd in the prophets a few patches ago. I'm just sitting in Camp Horizon minding my own business and this guy appears and I'm like "whoah!? is that a GM?" Then leve quest monsters spawned on the edge of the camp and started walking into the camp and I drew my sword and went at them. bout 2 minutes later half of the afk/crafting people were all dead and the prophet left rofl. (A gnat's brundleflight got off a nasty thunderstrike that took out about 5 people haha) That day was officially the most fun I had had in the game thus far. This new mini-event sounds like a similar random "Send waves of monsters to attack unsuspecting players" fun event.