Guild Wars 2

Obviously there are diminishing returns in the game to avoid things like botting and overpopulating an area. My concern lies within Silverwastes. The entire premise of Silverwastes is to capture points, defend them, and escort pack bulls (as well as random events to kill veterans).

I run full karma buffs – 50% from Karma Booster, 5% from Karma Food, 15% from guild wide buff, and 5% from guild Karma Banner. Typically when I am in Silverwastes I get about 500-600 karma per event, depending on the difficulty and level achieved from the events. (With no buffs it’s somewhere around 350 per event).

Today when I was doing my thing in Silverwastes I noticed I was getting 60 Karma per event (38 with no buffs). I don’t just stay at one color, I do multiple things for multiple colors and yet still getting 60 Karma per event.

Now I wondered if this was DR (that is some INSANE DR) but my boyfriend who is in the same guild as me, who does the EXACT same events I do for the EXACT amount of time, was getting the normal amount of Karma… doesn’t make sense, right?

So I left the map and I did events in Cursed Shore and came back – still getting 60 Karma per event… And that’s will FULL on buffs.

In one round of Silverwastes, my boyfriend got 11,786 Karma. I got 6,559 – and he wasn’t running a Karma Booster like I was… so he got double my karma with NO 50% booster on… What gives?

I get the need for DR in certain areas, but Silverwastes? Is this really DR? Has anyone else experienced this? How can I stop it from happening? It seems unfair to be PUNISHED for doing exactly what the map is intended for. Any input is appreciated. Thank you.

— Raena