Guild Wars 2

Does the game give you credit if you go around supporting and reviving other characters during these fights, or do you only get credit for damage that you do to the boss? And when I say “give you credit”, I mean helping you to earn a gold rating so that you can get chest rewards.

I was thinking this during the battle with the fire elemental in Metrica last night. Something about that particular one is just lethal to me. Whether I try melee or ranged I usually down 2 or more times, and its also the one where I see the most “corpses” of other players (I haven’t done many other world bosses outside the starting zones yet though).

1 – I feel bad for other players who have to stop attacking to give me and others a rez, if the game is “penalizing” them in some way for doing so (although I certainly appreciate the help!)

2 – If I ever get good enough to survive these things myself, I’d hate to have to choose between helping other players and getting a reward, so I’m hoping that the game somehow “knows” about players helping players during these encounters.

Thanks for your input.

If you never do any damage, you won’t get credit. All you need to do is damage it for a few seconds. As long as you get contribution, you’ll get the rewards. It doesn’t matter if you get gold/silver/bronze. You can even show up at the last second and hit it a few times, which will usually get you gold contribution. A lot of people abuse this by tagging and running or showing up just for the ending.

I’m more concerned about getting downed myself while trying to res people around the Fire Elemental than I am about not getting credit. As long as ressing people isn’t the -only- thing you’re doing, it shouldn’t be a problem.

(If that’s -all- you’re doing, chances are good that you’re not contributing a ton. If there are -that- many players dying, to keep you occupied instead of spot revival, it’s probably a better use of time for them to respawn. You’re fighting against the river if you’re trying to res a bunch of dead people.)

I let the Mesmers and Thieves worry about rezzing people on the Fire Elemental. Any other class is just going to join them on the floor if they stop (especially since rezzing people often bugs and prevents you from dodging or using skills until the rez is complete or you hit esc).

No, this game only consider damage as contribution.