In theory, having (commune) skillpoints in the middle of a tough group event may sound like a good way to make them difficult to obtain, but when no one wants to do the group event, it literally makes them impossible to obtain.
For three days I have have had all of Malchor’s Leap complete except for one skillpoint which is blocked by the Lyssa event. Despite checking multiple times each day, I’ve not seen the event cleared. I’ve asked in chat if anyone wants to do it, but of course nothing comes of it.
If ANet can’t design an area worthy of spending time in, that’s… fine, but why punish the people who do want to go to that area and complete it.