Guild Wars 2

I’ve been noticing that my WvW participation is erratic. It will be 82% at one point, then then drop to 7% (real example). I find it extremely hard to get to 100%. Once there it is stable, but it takes forever because of this problem.

I know about deterioration. I don’t believe this is happening. The jump happens all at once and not gradually. The participation bar is orange, not red. The drop happens when I am running with an active group and participating in kills and captures. I do get credit for events, but the participation is still erratic. I’ve been keeping my eye on it and I went from a score in the 90s after capturing a keep, and then less than 2 minutes later after capturing a sentry point, I was under 20 percent. I do not leave the map, I participate in all the activities the rest of the group does, and they don’t seem to have the same issue.

Is this a known issue? I have been reporting it because I’ve been keeping a close eye on it lately. I run a guardian (not dragonhunter) and it happens in both WvW and EotM.

The participation bar fills several times as you go up tiers of participation – each time it resets, it means you’ll be getting more reward track progress every 5 minutes. When the bar stops at 100%, it’s because you’ve hit the top tier.

I recommend re-reading the wiki article on the WvW reward tracks:
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/WvW_Reward_Track#Reward_track_progress

Each tier has its own progress bar; when you go up from e.g. tier 1 to tier 2, that bar will show a lesser percentage, as in you might be at 82% in tier 1, cap a tower and be at 7% in tier 2 after.

Mostly, you can ignore the % bar and instead focus on the reward bar. After an hour of steady play (capping, killing, causing havoc, whatever), you should be at least tier 5 and ticking 160 reward points without buffs.

tl;dr look at reward, not percent

Thanks guys.

Wow, that is not clear just from the UI. But I feel much better now, thanks again.