Guild Wars 2

For attack supply camps/towers/keeps:

I can essentially do the exact same job attacking them, but if I don’t run to the ring as soon as possible, sometimes I don’t even get a reward. The only one where contribution actually seems to work is the veteran guard posts. You can kill those, let someone else cap while you run away and you still get a reward. With supply camps you can get rewarded but it seems to always be like bronze. For towers I swear many times I don’t get any reward at all if I’m not in the ring.

I think it is a messed up system. Especially for towers. What it means is that as soon as a gate is down everyone wants to just flood up to the Lord and pack in that tiny area. Of doesn’t encourage people going up walls to clear enemies, or holding at the gate to stop reinforcements. If you are involved in the attacK you should be adequately rewarded REGARDLESS of where you happen to be standing in the tower.

Tagging the boss and not getting a medal at all is serious butt. +1 to OP

Honestly you should still be able to get bronze or silver without even fighting the boss. An equally important roll is to clear the walls/defenders out so that a force can go and take the tower lord. If you are doing that you may end up with no reward at all which is messed up IMO.