Guild Wars 2

I’ve had a lot of trouble recognizing what exactly nets credit for killing opposing invaders, as tracked by the monthly achievement.

ANet’s attitude towards PvE in-game, as we know, is very generous towards who gets credit for a kill of any random mob, but in WvWvW, I seem to have difficult getting credit for these kills unless I am victorious specifically in a one on one match.

Is it fair to extrapolate, then, that only one (or limited) person(s) can get credit for each kill (ie, the person who did the most damage, contributed the killing blow, only counting certain kinds of skills, etc?), rather than all damage contributors? I spent about an hour in game earlier today and got credit for just four kills, despite contributing seemingly significant damage to dozens of players during the mayhem. Two of those kill credits came from finishing moves.

Further unusual is the fact that sometimes I seem to get phantom credit for kills out of nowhere. In previous attempts, after being defeated and returning to a waypoint, as I begin my way back to the fray I’ll sometimes get kill credit for killing an opposing invader, presumably ones I left behind before dying myself. This is further puzzling; how can I get credit for the kill on enemies across the map after death, but still miss credit for the dozens of enemies I’m contributing damage towards right in front of my face?

Any insight would be appreciated.

Unsure about this myself & have 1500 kills so far in wvw.

Do you have to spike ’em for it to count?

I play ranged and feel I get the short end of the stick on the kills and badges side of things. Badge bags are missed (coz standing still is a fools position) and finishing moves are again not the best tactic for ranged. I often shoot them down and then shoot them to death….and it seems only these 100% kills get me credit.

Hard one to get right I suppose, or else a necro with their plague like powers would get just about every kill credited.

I’m also ranged, using mostly staves, only using an axe/dagger combo in a pinch or 1v1 small scale encounters. The next step may be just to experiment with builds and see if I end up with different results with a melee style build, but it’s hard to generate interest in that for me as my only reason for playing WvWvW is for the monthly achievement.