All right, so it’s a little bit harder to beat Drakkar at this point in Guild Wars 2. That’s fine. You kind of expect to occasionally fail as a result, yes. Not that this makes things any less frustrating when you’re standing there next to someone with a stupid name who just stood there and barely tapped Drakkar instead of actually doing damage… the sort of thing that could make you angry enough to just reach over and smack them. Only to discover that you can smack them. And it hurts. Because open PvP is on now.
Yes, for lore reasons and as a means of venting any and all frustrations you might feel after losing the Drakkar encounter, failing the encounter turns on open PvP for everyone standing in the zone afterwards. Developers have confirmed that this is intentional and it’s a short-duration thing, so it’ll only really happen right after the encounter is done, but it does create a little more incentive to get your act together and beat that boss. After all, if you’re not trying very hard, your teammate who is trying will know whom to blame.
@ConnorEFallon someone found the thing.
— Clayton Kisko (@ClayKisko) February 11, 2020
Source: Reddit
