Guild Wars 2

I just got done doing an event where you must smash posts in Molgrand to collapse a tunnel, and I encountered an issue.
Now, this may be me just doing something wrong, and if it is, please correct me.

When attempting to smash the posts, I spent the majority of my time swinging and trying to find a spot where I could hit the post. Everytime I would swing, it would miss. Even if I’m right in front of it, or in the middle of it, on either side. I finally found a spot that would allow me to hit it, but it was very precarious and difficult to stay in that one spot. At one point I even changed to my Staff, which sends out a wave of energy. (Note, this is a LARGE area of attack) and it still said “miss”.

My suggestion is make things like those posts easier to hit. In real life, it doesn’t matter where I hit it, if I’ve got a large kitten sword, I swing, and connect, it’s going down. I shouldn’t need to die 2 times trying to find the “sweet spot”