Guild Wars 2

Today..I was doing the Tar Elemental event today with around 5 people. When it was about 60% done, everyone left and I died to a horrible swarm of Tar Elementals.

Then I noticed that this is just another example of where lots of people are leaving events when it is only say, 10% complete and getting max gold reward. It’s kind of dumb because of this, and the so-called pros are apparently all doing this to get their legendary weapon.

It’s mentioned here as a ‘farming strategy’-
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/69427-unbeatables-legendary-guide/

So now instead of a system which encourages team work, its a system where players are just using others to grind, which I believe goes against the gw2 philosophy..

Couldn’t agree more. It’s happened to me when I’ve accidentally tagged an event, run away an then 10 minutes later when someone else completes it I’m getting a gold reward for it… makes no sense.

At the opposite end of this spectrum is spending half an hour of your life with the laggy dragon battles only to be dc-d somewhere near the end and end up with no rewards/chest, which has happened to me numerous times. Obviously my connection is not perfect, but it’s good and stable, and this is very frustrating. I know dc’s can be put down to bad luck or a bad connection, but the game really should be able to track your contribution and reward you even in the event of a dc.

The Dynamic Events are my favourite part of the game and the main reason i bought it, but the way they keep track of who gets what reward is strange, an often leaves me angry an frustrated when I’m on the wrong end of it, an baffled and amused when it goes my way.

Please sort this so people are getting rewarded correctly for the time and effort they put in.

1. DE’s should have static rewards based on the level of the zone youre in. None of this gold, silver, bronze garbage.

2. If a player leaves the area in which a DE is taking place and it finishes, he/she gets zilch.

Problem solved. Youre welcome Anet.