new invasion, mass mob spawn?

[trog_star]

so is the instant orange alert on taking the portal from floor 1 to floor 2 normal?
figured this might be WAI so i continued on.. only to get one 2-3 times larger (another player and a hire had joined).

3 of pretty much every mob in new invasion.... spawning on my head. instant red alert
air, fire and earth elementals.
teefling casters spamming acid fog, incendiary cloud and acid rain
standard assortment of orthons, bearded devils, big hellhounds and melee teiflings.

don't remember getting pwned this hard on normal before.
stealth buff or did new invasion get broken?

[Micron]

Yes, had the same thing when I solo farmed the quest for Colethenis's (sp?) Belt recently. Even on a decently kitted level 20 ranger these orange and red alerts proved to be a pain in the backside so I gave up on using the portals and just used the "stick to the left wall" method. (I have a friend who farmed the quest so many times at one point that he learned the 3 or so possible quest layouts and was able to go straight for the hole but I have no such ambition.)

I might be wrong but I think it's always been this way, or at least as far as I can remember. Maybe it's the "price" you pay for taking the shortcut?

[trog_star]

kool bananas.

[DocBenway]

so is the instant orange alert on taking the portal from floor 1 to floor 2 normal?
figured this might be WAI so i continued on.. only to get one 2-3 times larger (another player and a hire had joined).

3 of pretty much every mob in new invasion.... spawning on my head. instant red alert
air, fire and earth elementals.
teefling casters spamming acid fog, incendiary cloud and acid rain
standard assortment of orthons, bearded devils, big hellhounds and melee teiflings.

don't remember getting pwned this hard on normal before.
stealth buff or did new invasion get broken?

This happened because you took the portal. Shorter route with tougher fight. Take the holes in the floor to avoid this.

[Quickben1]

Actually it always spawned enough mobs to give u a hard time, if u enter portals with even a small number of mobs aggro'ed then 1st or 2nd type of alert is to be expected. Also keep in mind that it's easy to aggro mobs behind wall, so if u entered with green alert, it's easily an orange one inside there.
As for avoiding them if u drop from the hole, not really...
I'm no expert in the quest, but i ran it a lot in the past (helping ppl get their favor on elite) but even when i avoided portals (Actually wasn't able to find em, or found 1st hole) afterwards i came by a door that closed and the mobs spawned there..
I'd suggest to either run it invi if u want to aggravate fewer mobs and kill when it's neccesery (before jumping to next level for example) or go slow and kill all. Also if u want to grab a friend who's overlevel (25 caster i'd suggest, but 25..anything is more than enough) u can walk through the masses he kills and go collect ur reward. ;)

[trog_star]

thanks for the heads up.

honestly the mobs in there are not overly concerning under normal circumstances, just the mass spawn.