Guild Wars 2

Doing damage on the Shatterer is the only way to get contribution.

An “easy” fix for this is to switch places with the person on the mortar halfway through or something. Damage done while controlling the mortar counts, so try to coordinate with the other player and let them defend you for the last half of the fight.

Or, don’t even both defending the mortars and let the players controlling them fend for themselves. Sometimes it isn’t too bad up there. I’ve been on a mortar for the entire boss fight and barely been attacked at all without any other players anywhere near me.

I’ve done the entire event just on the mortars. I believe it’s since then been fixed.

High Lord Orion.9647:

I’ve done the entire event just on the mortars. I believe it’s since then been fixed.

Group of people on all mortars generally speeds up the event.

The issue is not being on the mortars. That hasn’t been an issue for a very long time if ever since you are still dealing damage. The issue is for people defending the people on the mortars. This is mainly for the west and southwest pair. On the other hand it is not really necessary to defend those either. I’ve use both without anyone defending. There is the occasional mishap but usually you can just get off and kill the adds then hop back on.