Originally Posted by
Guaran
But don't the Anchors spawn, regardless of a player being around? For some reason I was thinking they did.
Or at least, they should. And then spawn mobs to go blight the nearby resources.
And then that existing system could just be tweaked to spawn a different boss in place of the anchor, who in turn would spawn his entourage, and then go on a nice big patrol route, killing npc's, blighting resources, and temporarily disabling landing pads (if possible, this would be quite cool as well).
Any chance the new technology with regards to invasions you mention could happen? It could go a long way to bringing some life back to the feel of the game.