The Daemon Moon rises over WAR

Is that a Pyro?

You know, i'd really like to hop back into WAR but i'm afraid of joining a game with no one to play with. Last i remember the pop was at about 300k players but that was some time ago and from other articles and such it seems like that number had only dropped. I have it downloaded and my account ready to activate but would really like to see a welcome back week similar to LOTRO where you can get a free week of gameplay.

I read the news on WAR from time to time but have not decided if I want to play again.

Free trial is always an option, but I think the server I am on is gone or deserted by now.

I'm kinda unclear on why these are called "Live Events", let alone why anyone thinks they're an epitome of much of anything.

Sure, the Hunter's Vale thing was fun (if badly balanced, the tree boss stopped most groups I tried it with cold, whilst the rest of the instance once you're past that was ludicrously easy), but it seemed way too short for the amount of work that went into it, was a lot less involved then holiday events in most MMOs, and the PvE nature of it feels odd in War, especially as you had to go to an RvR lake to access the instance.

Kinda begs the question, since you had to go to an Elfville RvR lake and they're disabling Elfville T1 RvR (yes, I know, the zone will still be there, for now, but I assume they felt they had a reason for sticking it in an oRvR zone in the first place), how are they going to handle this next year -- assuming there is a next year?

Anyway, beyond that the "live events" have consisted entirely of one scene being available in all tiers. Woo-hoo, be still my heart. There's titles for doing that particular SC that weekend, but then there's titles for everything and even though that SC will likely be the only one that pops that weekend, which gets old as the least popular SCs seem to be chosen for some reason, don't be expecting it to pop anywhere near as often as would be needed to get the title.

I dunno, when I heard "live event" I was expecting GMs running mobs or some such, not basically a short lived PvE mini-holiday followed by minor SC fiddling no one really seems to care about beyond the increased downtime and occasional bugginess.