Guild Wars 2

I’ve noticed this several times over the last few days: I’ll run through an area with an active event, but don’t participate, only to suddenly have the event credit message pop up, giving me copious amounts of gold some pocket change in copper and XP I didn’t earn. At first I thought that maybe I accidentally tagged an event mob, or had an active elemental do it for me, though I usually don’t have those, and don’t randomly tag mobs when I’m just on my way from A to B.

This time, I was idling in front of the entrance to Barradin’s Vaults in Plains of Ashford, waiting for the ghost events to start. I had no elementals active, and I was standing well outside all orange circles on the minimap. Yet, I randomly got credit for the “Find the missing scout…” event. And I’m 100% sure I didn’t accidentally participate; I have the game open on a second monitor so I can keep an eye on the event messages while working, and there was just no way I could have tagged this event (being busy with the aforementioned work).

I haven’t noticed a pattern, it happens all over the place, HoT maps and core maps, all sorts of events (combat and non-combat).

So, tl;dr: You sometimes get event credit when you just run through the general area, and that could be exploited if someone sees a pattern here.

Edit for clarification, before anyone asks: No, I didn’t buff or heal anyone, either.

May sound silly but were you in a party somehow? If I recall right you get credit if party members participate in events. (I had never noticed that but one day I and a friend in party had just done Vinewrath, they went ahead on the champ train and I stayed behind, occasionally I’d see Event completion thing poping up even before I could reach it)

No party, no squad, I was completely on my own.

I am getting event credit out of nowhere sometimes too. Have not noticed any patterns. Just be on the map and sometimes event reward pops up.

Could you have had buffs up, such as retaliation? Certain traits and boons will trigger damage under various conditions, so it’s possible to “just run through mobs” and end up getting kill credit, which is enough to get you the lowest completion reward.

I’ve noticed this lately, as well. I thought I must have somehow come in contact with said events, but I always get Gold rewards, and now I’m not so sure.

Mine may be different, though, as I often play as a Ranger. /shrug

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I’ve noticed this lately, as well. I thought I must have somehow come in contact with said events, but I always get Gold rewards, and now I’m not so sure.

Mine may be different, though, as I often play as a Ranger. /shrug

If your pet is in “assertive” mode, they will engage foes who try to harm you. This happens nearly every time I traipse just about any foe-dense map (unless I remember to toggle the pet to “clueless”) — and that’s plenty to get silver or often gold credit, depending on the event.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I’ve noticed this lately, as well. I thought I must have somehow come in contact with said events, but I always get Gold rewards, and now I’m not so sure.

Mine may be different, though, as I often play as a Ranger. /shrug

If your pet is in “assertive” mode, they will engage foes who try to harm you. This happens nearly every time I traipse just about any foe-dense map (unless I remember to toggle the pet to “clueless”) — and that’s plenty to get silver or often gold credit, depending on the event.

Yup, for several times I have seen pets engaged in combat with foes while its master was somewhere else doing their business.