Guild Wars 2

This is defending objectives. 90% of the time that I’m inside a tower or keep, and I’m defending it actively, when the timer hits zero I don’t get credit. For some reason actually defending an objective doesn’t get recognized.

You need to get at least one kill XP during the defending event to be rewarded. It seems like building siege or reparing gates/walls isn’t enough.
Good luck !

Edit : That was actually a false assertion, and I apologize for that^^ Please read Zaxares’ post below for the right answer.

this needs to be changed then. If you are alone defending against a zerg there’s no way you’ll get a kill but can slow them, that should definitely count for the point

GreyShark.4293:

You need to get at least one kill XP during the defending event to be rewarded. It seems like building siege or reparing gates/walls isn’t enough.
Good luck !

Actually, no, I’ve found that repairing gates/walls is the surefire way to get credit for a defense event. When this daily pops up, I get it by going to a map where my Keeps/Towers/SMC are under attack (EBG is a good candidate for this), finding the initial breach that the attackers broke in/are currently attacking, repair it for 2 supply, and then go join the rest of the defenders.

SMC is particularly good for this, since usually it’s always being trebbed from one side, but the enemy server will not make a push for it until the outer wall is completely down. Just go dump 2 supply into that wall and then leave.

Your Keeps in EotM can also work well for this, since there’s often a big gap of time between the enemy breaching the outer walls and actually capturing the Keep.

Thanks for the info Zaxares, i tried it tonight and it worked.
I guess I wasn’t reparing the freshly damaged gate/wall last time i checked and got no credit, so i thought kill XP was the only way !

Glad to help! Just remember that:

1. The gate/wall in question must actually be damaged for you to repair it. Attempting to repair an undamaged gate/wall will not give you any credit. Basically, watch to see if your supply goes down when you’re repairing; if it does, you’re good.

2. Credit is awarded when the “Repulse the enemy attackers!” event completes, or every 3 minutes. If the enemy succeeds in capturing the structure before then, you will not get credit. For this reason, it’s best to repair structures that take a lot of time for the enemy to breach and capture, such as Towers, Keeps and Stonemist Castle. Again, SMC is a great choice because it’s almost always being trebbed, resulting in the “Repulse” event being triggered, but it takes a long time for a solo trebuchet to knock a wall down, and even then the enemy zerg may not attack SMC for several more minutes, allowing plenty of time for the “Repulse” event to finish.