Guild Wars 2

I really don’t know what to call it, I assume hack.

Yesterday was Sunsouth Survival day for the daily activity. I was enjoying it, after playing for awhile it ended up a 1v1 match for a couple of times.

I kept looking at the score (scavenging items) I was at 42, then 50, 70 and so on. The other player was constantly at 14. 8 minutes later he was still at 14, now unless the 14 items he scavenged were all rations (which is very very unlikely) he/she was hacking in a way, or has found an exploit.

AND (off topic a bit here) I don’t receive chests if I win and its 3 players only etc.

If I understand you correctly, you are suggesting that the other player found a way to to retain health without scavenging.

If it happens again, I’d screenshot and just send a note with details to ANet (or create a support ticket). Let them sort out if there’s a hack or not. You can explain why you think it’s not possible and they can investigate.

If it doesn’t happen again, well, I wouldn’t worry about it. (Life’s too short, etc.)

That doesn’t sound like a hack, it’s just common sence. In southsun survival you only have to gather ~9 rations from the plants. After that you search for a save spot and just wait until everyone else is dead → You won.

Playing like that I usually “earn” only around 10-20 points each round but still win. I never unterstood why people run around and scavange for worthless stuff at this game mode or even try to kill each other.

Bomber.3872:

That doesn’t sound like a hack, it’s just common sence. In southsun survival you only have to gather ~9 rations from the plants. After that you search for a save spot and just wait until everyone else is dead -> You won.

Playing like that I usually “earn” only around 10-20 points each round but still win.

Thanks for offering the point count for that technique. Maybe the OP was paired off with you

Bomber.3872:

I never unterstood why people run around and scavange for worthless stuff at this game mode or even try to kill each other.

I used your technique a lot when the mini-game first came out and it was fun. But it’s boring camping out. I have more fun doing a bunch of early kills/gathering and then sometimes getting killed and collecting motes or sometimes waiting until there’s just one opponent and trying to get them.

All three methods are viable and efficient. Yours is more likely to succeed, but it’s also the only one that bores me to tears.

Since I play to maximize my fun (not my loot), you’ll probably always ‘win’ a match against me. But we probably both have the same amount of fun.

edit: replaced pronouns for improved context

I don’t play that one much, but there was a time when had a health regen food running with a metabolic primer… When I entered Southsun, I still had the regen, so my health never went down. I thought they fixed this though.

Many of the achievements also require you to kill other players, so if you want to chip away at those, you’ll need to do more than hide.