Guild Wars 2

Why is it during Claw of Jormag that those only capable of wielding 900 range still cannot hit jormag without dying yet rangers have no problem hitting them. Is this not choosing favorites? My shortbow used to be able to hit him(thief) without getting Frost on me but in the same exact spot, my pistol would not reach.

This screws up the reward i receive as well. i could be getting lvl 80 rare/exotic from the chests…but instead i get a chest pop up only to give lvl 68 gear….because i could not contribute fully.

You’re so wrong about this whole idea, I don’t even know where to start…
a) Chest rewards from boss chests do not depend on your contribution. I would have a bank full of precursors by now if it was so, from solo’ing Tequatl and Behemoth at 4am for months. As long as you do enough damage to get the bronze medal, you’ll get a chest with randomized items just like everybody else.
b) If you’re expecting to get rares or EXOTICS (hahahaha) from those chests, you’re going to be very dissapointed. Besides of the daily account guaranteed rare per boss, you’ll find a rare in that chest once each 5-10 events, and an exotic each… 50? 100? Who knows.
c) I’m sure you can get to do the few thousands of damage required to get the event bronze even by meleeing it, frostbite or not. If you have the skills of a rock and the resistance of wet paper, you can just wait for the moments it gets stunned during any of the two phases and attack it. This should happen at least 4 times, and allows you to place enough to get the gold medal without even actually contributing to the event.
d) If this is still too hard for you, grab a charrzooka from phase 1 and don’t drop it during phase 2, you will have 2000 range and you won’t die to frostbite on the safe spot, while you are still able to shoot it like the brave warrior you are.
e) The level of the loot from these events chests is determined by the character level, again not by your contribution. If you’re playing with an 80, you should not get anything under lvl75. If you’re playing with a 65, don’t expect lvl70s or more. If you consistently get 60-69s while doing it with a 80, it’s a bug.

You don’t have to touch Jormag’s Claw to get credit for the event. As an experiment, I took a badly underpowered character and stayed as far away from the dragon as possible, hitting only the other foes that spawned as part of the event. I had low-damage options, poor health and gear, and still received full credit and the chest.