Khrushchev

As a Mesmer (Null Field, Phant. Disenchanter, sword clones)

CoE Golem boss. protection
HoTW Path 1 final boss. protection
Caudecus Manor, any group with Silver Thugs protection
Fractal of the Mists,Dredge,  Molachev+adds protection, regen
Fractal of the Mists, Ascalon, final boss's might


Do I get a cookie?

I hope I get to put up signs in Southsun for a month warning the refugees that there are Karka about.

It's a little sad that someone they've hired as a game designer (especially one who has the intention of streaming his gameplay while commentating it) doesn't even know basic things like how to contest a fortification. For reference, Izzy, attacking a guard does absolutely nothing to contest a tower, you have to do damage to the gate, walls, or Tower/Keep Lord. You can clearly see that at the first tower you attempt to contest, where you hit the guard when the WvW timer is at 1:49. It doesn't become contested after 30 seconds, but shortly after, thanks to the player that followed behind you to actually contest the tower.

Edit: Apparently he went on the official forums and noted this mistake himself after the stream. So props to him for that.

The underlying issue here is not the gold making part of the exploit. There will always be a fast way to make money with a game this large.

The issue here is that people are actively preventing the quest from completing, when there are 50 people at the event, it scales so heavily that it becomes near impossible to do with a group of 5-10, especially if those players then move to scale other events so that the north one can reset.

It's the intentional prevention of players completing this event, and the line has to stop somewhere.

If there was an event that opened Arah, and people found out that they could farm that more effectively than here at Lyssa, should the people going for Dungeon Master or wishing to complete their Personal Story just sit back and suck their thumbs? No, and it's immature and disgusting that people have this mindset, even if this is a less drastic scenario than that.

And to the people whose response is, "Just move to a different server, nab." No. That's just putting a rug over the elephant in the room, especially when the popularity of this exploit is rising, If there isn't a bug fix or a social change, this will soon plague all servers across the game.

To Kaaboose, as someone on Henge who attempted to do this event a few days ago, only to run into the same situation you did, I would love to join you and help do the event properly.

Nastasia enjoying her Bolt.