I KNOW I saw a post about this, but I can't find it. The guy said there was an "invisible wall" between himself and the Noble Ant leaders. I thought he was insane.
He's not. We went to go do this quest last night, there is indeed an invisible wall. If you run at it long enough, you "pop" or "port" through it.. Right into the middle of about 15 aggro, extremely angry, large ants.
The easiest way to get thru the wall is to have someone else go thru it and die. Then target them and and just keep clicking on their name.
There is then a *second* invisible wall at the other end of the ramp.
If anyone wants to test this, port to the ant's nest from Gludio. Go right into the entrance of the cave, and keep to the left. You'll end up at a bridge, at the other end of this bridge is the noble ant leaders.. and an invisible wall.
This makes this quest extremely dangerous. You absolutely *have* to take the aggro from all the mobs on the ramp in order to be anywhere near the mobs.. you can't pull them out one at a time, due to the barrier there.
I'd imagine that it makes getting to the ant queen a royal pain in the [censored], as well.
Please get this fixed. I can't imagine how it must feel to be on your level 39 quest, a first timer, and actually be unable to finish it because you can't get to the mobs.
Although bug reports are handled through the web site, I did want to mention that this issue has been reported to the development team. There is no other workaround that I am aware of. :(
Here is a possible hint. You can access the 'far end' by going all the way down to the queen's room from one of the other entrances, I suggest taking the north entrance. From there just hug the left wall (avoiding the one dead end room full of mobs) until you get to the queen's room, you will be coming into it through the far left entrance, as you enter.
The farthest entrance is the one to the invisible wall. There are a couple of aggro and a couple of passive mobs before you get to the wall, you can pull these out and deal with the respawns.
Here is the hint. If you run right to the invisible wall then the mobs inside will aggro on you and can hit you through the wall and they will eventually pop through it. You can kill them there or run to the queen room, watching for respawns in the room. Do this a few times, quickly, and most of the aggro will be dead.
I have not tried to get thru the barrier myself, so I have not tested the above poster's pop-thrus.
Remember that pets can not only draw aggro but also hump through walls (just as much as players). If you're somewhat proficient at pulling with a servitor, bring a hatch or wolf along to help provide a target just inside the wall for you to get through to.