Guild Wars 2 - Escape from Lion's Arch

Beginning February 18, 2014
Scarlet is on the attack! After months of preparation, the arch-villain descends on Lion’s Arch with all of her deadly forces. Now is the time to rally together and defend the besieged city.

Save as many citizens as you can before the miasma overwhelms the city!

Save the Citizens
As Scarlet fills the port city with lethal miasma, your priority is clear: you must join forces with the Lionguard to evacuate as many of the citizens and merchants of Lion’s Arch as possible. From the great Commodore Lawson Marriner down to the smallest child, people are the most precious resources of Lion’s Arch.

Relocate Refugees
Tyria’s three orders, the Durmand Priory, the Vigil, and the Order of Whispers, have joined with the Lionguard to set up temporary shelters to house the city’s refugees. Visit these camps to talk with refugees and ensure the safety of the fleeing citizens. The Vigil Keep has become an impromptu service hub; head there to find relocated Lion’s Arch vendors.

The challenge is great, but so are the rewards!

Claim Your Rewards
As you help citizens flee Lion’s Arch, gather up lost belongings and return them to refugees in the camps. Collect supplies from your foes, which you can use to craft new back items. More rewards await those who come to the defense of Lion’s Arch, from new utility feasts to endless quaggan tonics! The more citizens you save, the higher your reward level – the most effective defenders even have a rare chance at rewards from past releases!

Captain’s Airship Pass
Get free, immediate access to the new Captain’s Airship from any PvE map! With every conceivable convenience from Black Lion Traders to crafting stations to our own Mystic Forge, this is a one-stop shop for all your needs! Purchase a one-week pass to try it out or a permanent pass for a life of luxury! Act quickly – the permanent pass is available this week only!

Zodiac Armors
Put on a one of the brand-new Zodiac armors and let the real you shine through! These stellar new armors are the most daring we’ve created to date!

New Items in the Gem Store

Ascalonian-Leader Finisher
Summon a horde of vengeful Ascalonian spirits to trample your vanquished foes! Nothing stings quite like being trampled by an ectoplasmic army.

Black Lion Chest Updates
Black Lion Chests now have a chance to drop a Mini Marjory Delaqua or Mini Mai Trin. In addition to all the normal Black Lion Chest rewards, you’ll also get five Bags of Alliance Supplies every time you open a Chest!

Source
Patch Notes

 

This one turned out really well, have had a lot of fun with it.

 

Part 2 of this Event has been back to typical frustrating living world, I'm spending more time on wikis than in game because apparently they can't be bothered to explain what to do in game.

ArenaNet, I get the whole exploration thing but wow not even enough information to know what to do... I have no problem reading stuff in game that points me in the right direction but your not doing that, I get no information whatsoever except a couple little gold things on a map that is stupid hard to traverse. When I finally made it to one of them "Error: Must Have Prime Light Attunement" ... this is the first time I've ever heard of that... and of course it gives no clue how to obtain it.

Ok on to the next one, preferably one that doesn't say portal... ok this one is some npc... talk to him... and all he has to say is about the fight going on... literally no direction at all. Not even a hey! You might want to check this place out.

I'm so sick of it, the normal content is great but this living world crap is so unintuitive it's no wonder the massive zerg-fest ones are super popular but these ones are dead within days... if I have to leave the game to find what to do, your doing it wrong! Not to mention they keep locking the story behind achievements... I don't want to grind achievements to get the story, how is that fun? I'll grind it for extras but don't throw down a two week clock and tell me I have to grind grind grind just to play a 3 minute story mission... that's just horrible design.

Games are suppose to be fun!!!

/rant

 

Agreed, it feels very rushed lately. I think they bit off more than they could chew with content updates every 2 weeks.

 

I got looking for group circled, that one really needs work. As much as I'm annoyed by some of the new content, it is nice that it along with underlying improvements keep coming.