Guild Wars 2

Is it supposed to give you ruined wood logs or ore when you’re being attacked?
It’s getting very annoying to lose high end components. I was just hacking up an ancient sapling and got 2/3 ruined logs.

I am using the expensive never ending axe/pick/sickle.
It should NOT be giving me ruined crap that tells me to use a ‘higher end’ gathering tool when Im using the infinite gathering tools.

Anyone else having this problem?
Is it because I tend to ignore the monsters and just harvest and run?
Do I have to get ooc to make sure I don’t ruin my harvests?
I have used the in game bug report about this a few times in the last few months and it’s still happening so I thought I’d try here.

This can happen when you are being attacked. I find it’s typically if you’re damaged below 2/3 of your health, you will not be able to properly gather things. If you’ve barely sustained damage even though things are attacking you, it will probably work just fine for gathering, but if you take any significant damage, it will result in getting trash.

Best to try and clear out any attacking mobs first to prevent that from happening. If you can’t clear them out, then you’ll just have to try and mine/chop/gather it up before you take too much damage (skills can help with stealth, aegis, immunities, distractions, &c.).

Well, Im glad it’s not just me.
They really should fix it though. Either make it so you cant harvest under attack or stop ruining the stuff. It really sucks when it’s a T6 node.
I usually do harvesting farming on my tank and he takes next to no damage but it still screws up.
I guess ill clear crap around the T6 nodes.

Nothing to do with how much damage you take and what amount of health you’re at. It happens when any passive Trait or Rune bonuses activate.