Guild Wars 2

So Ive been trying to work out the points system. It appears that when you flip a flag you get 1 point and possibly a sentry kill as well. So my thought is when I see an enemy flipping my flag to let them take it. Their server gets 1 point, then my server gets 1 point when I flip it back. So afaik this means its a gain for my server because the 3rd server gets no point.

Thats my rationale behind my understanding of the flag capping points system. Sure, Im letting them have a point, but gaining 1 for my server as well and as long as I do this quickly I am not going to allow this to interfere with the likes of Yaks. But t seems strange as most seem to not share the same “ideology”. Whenever I am flipping flags if anyone stumbles upon it they will defend it, literally to the death.

Or am I missing something? Do you get points for defending flags as well?

I just cap sentry for the exp and the WXP. I never thought about it giving points…

It will be hard to convince others to leave something alone because of a single point. Technically, (and improbably) if you can keep the point throughout the entire week from flipping, you deny your enemy points entirely.

However, I will defend (if reasonable) the point because disrupting my enemy is something that I find enjoyable.