Guild Wars 2

Am I the only one finding that you don’t get credited for this achievement a lot of the time? Does the present have to reset or something?

I finished this achievement and was awarded credit whenever I downed an enemy player carrying the gift.

I’ve killed about 10 present carriers, and in most cases even stole and capped the present after that. I got credit for capturing but my “stopper” counter is still at 1. I guess someone else got the killing blow in the other 9 cases (seems odd, but I suppose possible).

The main issue I have is that this is a stupid achievement to begin with. It seems that whoever came up with it didn’t even spend 10 seconds thinking about the consequences.

• If you play well and always get the present before the enemy, you will never advance the achievement. You’re forced to play badly and against your own team’s interests (i.e., let the enemy get the present) if you want to get it.

• If one of your teammates has the present, you can’t get credit towards this achievement, so it becomes beneficial for you to let your teammate die and let the enemy grab the present so you can (try to) advance your achievement.

• If you already have this achievement, killing the enemy present carrier effectively prevents your teammates from advancing their achievement (I assume only the person dealing the killing blow gets credit). At least with the capturing achievement, players can drop the present near the base and let others capture it (I’ve been doing this since I completed the achievement).

Yeah, the PvP achievements promote selfish play, which is a shame as the event itself is a lot of fun.

But, in order to increase your achievement you must land the ‘downing’ blow on the enemy carrying the present. Using #3 on support and knocking the present out of their hand doesn’t count toward the achievement.

So the best way to do it (how I did it anyway) is to play scout, wait until the present carrier is on about 50-75% hp, cloak and get near them, and then hold a full charged sniper shot. You’ll take them out and you’ll add one to your achievement.

Alk Trio Fan.6357:

But, in order to increase your achievement you must land the ‘downing’ blow on the enemy carrying the present.

I assumed as much, but today I downed 4 enemy present carriers (scout slingshot, fully loaded, when the enemy was at about 20% HP – no way I didn’t get the downing blow) and I only had 1 “stopper” point at the end.

A bad achievement (encouraging players to go against the interest of their own team), badly implemented. Don’t think I’ll bother with this one at all.

Hopefully next year someone with a clue will have replaced it with something more interesting (ex., win a match without letting the enemy score any points, revive X teammates, etc. – something that actually promotes teamplay).