Guild Wars 2

I’m currently in Timberline Falls with my ~60 Staff/Condition Damage-mesmer. I prefer kiting and survivability over pure damage and as such I’m usually capable of beating the group events that have me fighting against just one bigger boss (and give me enough room to kite without aggroing too many other enemies).

These events should be the ultimate test (outside of e.g. dungeons of course) for anyone and especially if you’ve got the nerves to try to solo them. Well, after kiting something for 20-30 minutes, what do you get? Practically the same crappy amount of xp and karma as any other event taking 5 minutes would give. Time well spent indeed.

What I want is better rewards that make it worth the while. The amount of xp and such could correlate to the number of players participating in group events or something. E.g. two players battling against a boss would get more xp each than five players doing the same thing later. It shouldn’t correlate too much, though, because seeing other players entering a fight should be something to look forward to (no for xp stealing or damaging the rewards that others get!).

I’m not sure how exactly they could be increased but the main thing is that the current rewards are a huge letdown after a long battle.

Same. I am a mesmer, like you and due to the fact there was no one in the area i choose to solo some group events.
Normally, if i was in a group i would get at least 1 masterwork item and some other stuff. But from soloing what do i get? Nothing. Just karma and exp which is horrible for the time i spent taking that boss out. I have to agree that for less people the reward should be greater.

—With the fact i am in a under populated server (Fissure of Woe) I have to solo nearly all events and with the fact i don’t get anything from doing so is just stupid.

I agree. I end up soloing events because I tend to play at unpopular times and it is discouraging to spend a long time beating a group event for less than if I was in a group.