Guild Wars 2

So I defended a gate as a guardian, I am currently just level 18 with this character but thought I could as well level by playing some WvW. As I’m not really the best character to play when defending a gate, I offered support with my staff’s abilities. I healed nearby friendlies as often as I could, I popped down some spells on the ground and just generally played as support.

However, playing and defending the gate for like 10 minutes, I didnt get any experience or anything when the event ended, that is the 3 minute intervals. I asked a friend ranger who just joined when there was like 30 seconds left of the interval, and he got experience. He said he just shot a few guys on the ground, while I’ve been standing there for 10 minutes giving support.

Is this a bug? Or am I just too low level? Which would seem weird as it shouldnt matter right? You should be able to level through WvW.

You do have to do some damage, but this very possible for a staff Guardian during a siege.

The best way is to get right up to the gate itself and shoot through it. Or if the fight is outside, pop out, use Wall of Reflection, shoot off some Orbs etc. Your survivability means you could roll back in whenever you need to.

In siege situations though, you have to play the Guardian more as mid line (popping in front when needed), than backline support. Which may mean a change in playstyle.

For the defense to trigger I believe you have to have done a repair and/or killed a person.

I did damage foes with my skills, but I never got to kill anyone (everyone I tried to focus on with my orb or that ground target thing either got killed by someone else or ran away). Healing and aiding players should also add to the contribution though, thats just silly.

This is just silly. Everything you do to help fend of the enemy players should count as contribution and give you reward. It shouldnt just have to be damage, what about heals and defensive abilities? You’re still helping defend? … getting no rewards after a 20 minutes siege is just dumb because you didnt manage to kill anyone. And as it is a 3 minute timer on each reward? Come on AN.. Reward players for their actions!