Guild Wars 2

So there is that countdown when you are at a tower that says “Defend”. It is my understanding you are supposed to get a dynamic event completion at the end of the countdown IF you kill someone during that time.

Yesterday I was defending a keep for a good 20 minutes or more. The timer went down at least 3 or 4 times (while I was paying attention). I killed a couple of enemies on an arrow cart (got at least one loot bag). I also “contributed” to a few kills without a siege weapon (I got xp at random moments when I wasn’t rezing/repairing/doing anything that nets xp so I assumed it was kill contribution). However, the entire time I was there I never got a single “dynamic event completed” for the defense.

Now I know the game doesn’t encourage/reward a support role, which is what I was doing most of (guardian, laying down shields/walls to help defenders…lots of resurrecting). While I hate that the system spits in my face for doing those things and doesn’t want to reward me for it, I was ALSO getting some kills…and yet I still didn’t get the completion.

Is there like a “minimum” number of kills now for those events? In one of the beta weekends I asked what was required to complete the event and a dev had responded that it just takes a kill. THat was at least not the case for me last night. Should I bug it? I’m not really sure what I was missing.

Just make sure you repair one item. A wall. A Door. Then go back to killing. Rinse and Repeat. If i’m not mistaken.. getting experience during the event is key.

It bugs out sometimes. Not sure what causes it. Maybe the battle lasts too long and the game stop giving you experience ticks because it thinks you’re farming or something.

Experience isn’t the only requirement. You aren’t supposed to get defense credit for resurrecting. I asked them that in beta and they confirmed no. You ONLY get credit if you kill. They aren’t interested in supporting those of us who help our teammates.

However, as I said, I was clearly getting kills. I even got a loot bag (which means I had to have killed something), and yet I got no reward. I’m guessing bug?

Getting contribution for support/healing/reviving has got to be implemented. Just getting contribution for killing is stupid. Most of the time someone steals the execution from you anyways.

I had the same problem and thought it was a bug. I kept healing teammates/ressing/supporting but I never got a kill. Therefore I never got a completed event, this just seemed stupid to me and I reported it as a bug. But it turns out, now when I played again and managed to get a kill for once, I actually contributed.

Its just stupid aiding your teammates/ressing/healing does not contribute. Everything you do should contribute the event, well except standing there afk.

wakko.5248:

Getting contribution for support/healing/reviving has got to be implemented. Just getting contribution for killing is stupid. Most of the time someone steals the execution from you anyways.

I had the same problem and thought it was a bug. I kept healing teammates/ressing/supporting but I never got a kill. Therefore I never got a completed event, this just seemed stupid to me and I reported it as a bug. But it turns out, now when I played again and managed to get a kill for once, I actually contributed.

Its just stupid aiding your teammates/ressing/healing does not contribute. Everything you do should contribute the event, well except standing there afk.

The not getting contribution for support is NOT a bug. THat is “working as intended”. I asked that during beta and a developer CONFIRMED that you only get credit with kills.

However I also think something can occur where even with kills you aren’t getting credit, like I was yesterday. I wasn’t “killing up a storm” by any means (because likeI said, I was focusing on helping my teammates), but I at least was getting some kill credits…and no rewards. That, I believe, is a bug. Unless the “contribution” has like a minimum number of kills and I wasn’t reaching that.

I am finding it’s bugged in general lately. Taking supply camp/tower with a small group, both killing the mobs and being in the circle yet no event at the end.

Happening far more since I xfered server.