This is really poorly made content and Anet’s laziness is shown when they couldn’t even be bothered to make two separate candidate trials. Yes it is possible to compete it but that really isn’t the point. Also like many have said before, I really doubt they intended for players to sit behind the plunderer spawn points since they have medals based on kills. I have few complaints about what Anet does and I think they made a great game, but i hope that we won’t see the quality of these events decline with the bi-monthly content patches. Also I really did enjoy Aetherblade Retreat, best dungeon they have come up with, too bad it wasn’t permanent.