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Additionally this article leads me to believe that "Botting" is the best option for reporting idle players in events.

While I would argue it's 'bad' that players such as yourself feel your way is the 'right' way and everyone else is wrong. Everyone described in this thread is behaving in a manner that is consistent with the ToS and the event's design. That's the only 'right' way there is . . . This will be my last comment on this topic because I have absolutely no desire to argue and I have nothing more to contribute to this discussion but your comment absolutely baffles me. Let us suppose MMOs weren't made with the idea for people to play cooperatively and they were not meant to be a fun hobby but a chore that you absolutely have to do in order to get those vital APs or whatever. Let us imagine that everyone agreed with you that the right way is to sit on our bums and wait for the event to be done by others... but wait there are no suckers who are doing the events anymore. What happens next? Should we put a movie to watch while waiting? Why would I even play if I'm just sitting on my hands? Events cannot be done without someone doing them. We can at least agree on that right? So again I stand by my first comment - this is called exploiting others and in order for you to be able to do nothing someone else has to do it. Exploiting cannot possibly be a right thing for someone who at least acknowledges the existence and work of others. Again do whatever you want, play however you want but don't quote me and say that I'm bad for having fun and helping out because I can't possibly accept that. If you don't contribute in a raid - you get kicked out because no one wants to carry a person who's not willing to carry their own weight. Should be the same in any group activity.

I personally participate and do my best because I would feel bad exploiting others and feel good helping and working towards a mutual goal. Of course everyone is free to do whatever they desire but nothing changes the fact that it's a bad thing to do.

I'm absolutely behind OP and quite surprised to see that most replies here only seek to justify this rotten behavior one way or another. Exploiting others is bad. Period. I don't care how 'boring' the event is, how much you NEED those tokens and how bad Anet is. I just make sure to report just as I would if someone is AFKing in any other content or game.

Recently while exploring Queensdale I stumbled upon something weird. I can't see the item with which I'm interacting but upon inspection the following text pops up : Location: Godslost Swamp, Queensdale near the Hero Point, right next to what seems to be a statue of Dwayna(?). Edit: Thanks to a few lightning-fast redditors we figured out what it is.