Guild Wars 2

Never heard of anyone only reviving for the tiny xp boost. GW2 community aren’t so heartless.

And here i am, reviving people because i don’t want them to be dead. Never paid much attention about those 100 xp i get per revive. Oh all these xp is lost, all is lost better quit the game, hide yo wifes hide yo kids the end is nigh.

I really doubt the exp is the reason people revive… People are very easy to condition, just like many animals. GW2 has done a great job of conditioning people to run up to shiny things and press F. Don’t believe me? Conduct this little experiment:

1. Go to Heart of the Mists.
2. Find the big bonfire over by the Wall of Champions.
3. Stand in it until you die.
4. Wait until players come and try to revive you.

I’ve done this experiment many times while bored. People flock to you constantly. They don’t get exp for reviving here. They just do it because they see that icon and feel compelled to interact with it.

Reviving becomes more of a habit then being reward based. You even have to tell people NOT to revive on certain fights. Though tbh I usually only revive downed players and not dead ones, SW afkers have gotten me jaded.

Xenon.4537:

They don’t get exp for reviving here.

Are you sure? I found out completing the hearts in the PvP tutorial section actually gives exp …

Who revives for xp?

I’ve never revived someone with the intention of receiving XP. I revive people to help them. I’m pretty sure that’s also why 99.9% of people do it.

Well we did revive each other for XP when we started but that was a joke because my one guild mate jumped off of any cliff there was – so he (and everybody else who didn’t know him, he had a commander tag which made things worse) died.
Edit: He didn’t do it on purpose, he always assumed the height was safe.

Anet really needs to work on their communication skills. In that blogpost yesterday it said “will gain no XP anymore, the wits of XP cannot be used by lvl 80s”
Now you guys say that this very XP will count towards masteries- so I really have no clue what will happen to XP.

Even if they wouldn’t add experience for the mastery, and the ressurrections would not give any reward at all, I’m sure that the impact would be imperceptible.

- The people kittenurrect their partners, they do it for more altruism and teamworking reasons. So surelly they will keep doing.
- The people who don’t resurrect the fallen partners, are not currently interested in the exp and won’t be affected if the resurrection experience would dissapeared. So they are not likely to do it for the lack of experience.

I don’t really think people resurrecting for exp, being anythin numerous.

However, over all that. the experience keep being there, (but instead of higher levels, it will be used for the Masteries) I neither see the huge problem, better that, than the skill points that at the end, only can be used for the Mystic Forge.

If they are charr or asura, just res them up to 99% and then jump on their face for a bit.

I stopped reviving people after reviving stopped being one of the daily tasks.

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/kidding off

I revive people because I would dislike myself if I knew that I could have facilitated their having a better gaming experience and chose not to. Does that mean I have some tiny shred of empathy deep within the black confines of my heart?

I revive anyone regardless of the situation, even if I die in the process at least I tried.

It’s the nicest thing to come by in a game like this; everyone is so friendly and willing to help out.

I revive downed players but dead players can WP

if you stop to revive dead players during events then you are only holding back other people and potentially screwing over the event

Well OP. If being nice isn’t ’it’s own reward, maybe you can start charging half the price to the nearest waypoint. You could even make a char with that name, Half Price Revives.

Teratus.2859:

I revive downed players but dead players can WP

if you stop to revive dead players during events then you are only holding back other people and potentially screwing over the event

Please don’t generalize like that. This kind of mentality leads to people not ressing downed players either, because once those downed fools are dead, they can just wp eh?

Sure, don’t stop to res and potentially be killed yourself for a dead one, but try to get up that downed one.

I mean i read and understood what you wrote, but people do not make the distinction.

I only die so people can touch my fabulous body while they ress me. I’m so lonely, please help.

serenke.4806:

Teratus.2859:

I revive downed players but dead players can WP

if you stop to revive dead players during events then you are only holding back other people and potentially screwing over the event

Please don’t generalize like that. This kind of mentality leads to people not ressing downed players either, because once those downed fools are dead, they can just wp eh?

Sure, don’t stop to res and potentially be killed yourself for a dead one, but try to get up that downed one.

I mean i read and understood what you wrote, but people do not make the distinction.

5 people stop the fight and spend 20 seconds reviving a dead player who could have WP and run back in less than 30seconds. That’s a total of 100 secs of DPS wasted on a guy that should have ported. Rez the downed, the dead can port.

Don’t worry. If I am around, I will run towards the downed player/dead player if I am able too. I usually stop attacking to help downed players. Unless there is too much heat, then sorry.

serenke.4806:

If they are charr or asura, just res them up to 99% and then jump on their face for a bit.

Oh, I like this human. It understands!

Gibson.4036:

KyreneZA.8617:

Also, if they are Charr or Asuran, or known to be AFK I let them bleed out. No amount of XP could motivate me to revive in those cases.

You’re missing out. Revive those AFKers enough times and they’ll come back to find themselves naked and needing to waypoint out to an armor repairer.

Oh, I used to do this when repair cost was still a thing. Nowadays, I’m not even sure characters display naked, so it’s not worth the effort.

KyreneZA.8617:

Also, if they are Charr or Asuran,

Why?

FrouFrou.4958:

I only die so people can touch my fabulous body while they ress me. I’m so lonely, please help.

I regret to inform you that they aren’t touching you, they are rubbing the ground in your vicinity. You may want to make sure to die in a pile of people to up the chances that a ground-rubbing hand will actually graze your fabulousness.

:D

serenke.4806:

If they are charr or asura, just res them up to 99% and then jump on their face for a bit.

This is the only correct answer!