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I’m sure I kittened off a lot of WvW:ers by just repairing walls of SM every few minutes last night, for like 8 hours straight, but it let me achieve my goal in the least painful way so frankly I didn’t care.
tbh, that says way more about your character than Anet’s game design changes. But it takes all types to make the world go ’round I guess. ::shrug::
You can force me to do something, but you can’t force me to do it with maximum effort and a smile on my lips.
Ways for WvW-Adverse PVE’ers to get reward track participation with no (or mimimal) bad guy interaction while probably still helping their servermates:
*Repair structures (check with the other WvW’ers, especially a Commander, first as they may need the supply for defense, etc. and don’t want it burned on repairing walls or gates)
*Destroy siege (if you’re running around and see an unmanned bad guy catapult, ram, etc. kill it)
*Escort a caravan (find a Dolyak and get it to it’s final destination. Use swiftness to get credit faster by getting the yak to its final destination faster)
*Stop a caravan (kill an enemy yak, especially in an enemy borderland)
*Capture a sentry (remember you will show up as a red dot on the map to whomever currently owns that sentry so kill it fast, capture the point by standing in the circle, and then gtfo)
*Defeat veteran guards, supervisors, or quartermaster NPC’s which can be found guarding the enemy gates, escorting Dolyaks, on patrols around structures, or in camps. (Bonus kudos if you hit the gate a few times too as that puts up swords on the enemy structure so they think it’s being hit by a group. This is also known as a “tap”. It causes a bit of confusion for the enemy)
*Capture a camp (more difficult than the items mentioned above, but you can stack up most of the npc’s and burn them down before swords even pop on the camp. Stand in the capture circle and take the camp once they’re all dead)
*If you’re particularly talented, lucky, and/or the map is dead you could also solo towers and keeps but risk of discovery is huge with these two.
Final notes: use a character class/build that allows you to be highly mobile. If an enemy is sighted, and you don’t wish to engage, you can gtfo. Many dedicated WvW’ers aren’t real thrilled with runners, but at least your teammates will be happy that you’re doing the items above. Granted, you just want track participation, but the side effects are that you help out your server.
Then bask in all that PPT goodness that gives you all those Power of the Mists buffs that people love so much. lol http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Power_of_the_Mists There are rumors of these buffs eventually going away, but for now we WvW’ers are able to provide some benefit to everyone who is on our server so we’re not entirely selfish with our game mode.
Also: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/WvW_Reward_Track
Have fun! Who knows. Maybe you’ll hang out in wvw, end up actually liking it, and decide to put in some more hours!
I’m sorry to tell you this after you wrote that all out but I’m just gonna be honest with you. I don’t care about WvW at all, I tried it at launch, I absolutely hated it and I’m just not gonna bother. I’ve actually seen a guildie of me reply in this thread and I’m doing the exact same. I get my participation up, and then I afk while I make sure I cap a ruin every 10mins to keep up my participation. I don’t care that I don’t help my server, I don’t care that I take up a spot that could have been taken by someone that does want to play. I want my gift of battle, and Anet decided to lock it behind some stupid reward track so here we are.
And to be honest, you seem to be the exception but most WvW’ers here and on reddit are the most toxic people I’ve ever met. Which says a lot because I raid/fractal very often. So I really can’t feel bad about it.
So how can I apply?
