Guild Wars 2

Couple questions regarding DR.

How do you know when you actually hit DR?

Is the DR flat or does it gradually increase.

How long does it take to clear it.

Are there ways to speed it up.

Any help with this would be nice, I checked the wiki and search couldn’t find answers.

30 minutes to hit.

DR is flat to my knowledge.

Doesn’t go away until you leave the area for ~30m-1h.

DR is speed-based in dungeons (relative to the finish of your last clear AND how much dr you had on it).

As far as I understand it you can eliminate DR right away by switching to a new zone.

The mechanics behind DR are speculative. The main reason is that Arenanet does its best to hide the exact mechanics. The reason is that it is anti botter mechanic. When the exact mechanics are open its easy to program a bot to get round it.

Bottom line for regular player is that if you get hit by DR all you have to do is change area (not even map) for atleast 30 minutes and your good to go. As soon as your changed you got rid of the effect.